Rampant Redcar march on!
REDCAR produced a superb team display to secure their first away win of the season with a convincing 36-54 BSN Series win. The win confirmed Redcar’s place in the BSN Series semi-finals.
Danny King struck a superb 12 point maximum for Redcar with Charles Wright (10+2) and Riss (12) also plundering double figures. The Comets resistance came in the shape of Antti Vuolas who struck eight points.
The meeting began with Jake Mulford and Charles Wright making the gate, but with Workington’s Jye Etheridge clipping Troy Batchelor’s back wheel and suffering a frightening fall, the race was stopped with a re-run ordered and Etheridge excluded.
The re-run saw Mulford take a comfortable win from the gate, and with Wright in an equally comfortable 2nd place, Redcar had the perfect start in their quest to reach the BSN Series semi-finals.
Heat two saw Workington register their first heat advantage as Jacob Hook took a well deserved win, and with Vinnie Foord passing Tom Spencer on bend four of the first lap, the Comets were back within two of Redcar.
However, heat two was the closest the Comets got to the Bears as the visitors began to run riot. Redcar’s first maximum arrived in heat three as the engine room of Danny King and Jason Edwards cruised to a 5-1 to hand Redcar a 12-6 lead at the GT Tyres Arena.
Heat four saw a second Comet take a nasty looking fall. On the back straight of the opening lap, Ace Pijper (sat in 2nd) moved across to block Foord’s run, causing Foord and Antti Vuolas to collide, sending the Finn to the Cumbrian shale with the Comets heat leader excluded from the re-run.
The second staging saw Foord hit the deck on the first bend with a re-run being ordered. After Foord was checked over by the paramedics for a wrist injury, he returned to the track, only for Riss to win comfortably, and with Pijper 2nd ahead of the Comets reserve, the Bears had a startling 10 point advantage.
Heat five saw yet another maximum as another of the Bears dynamic duo’s Wright and Mulford cruised off into the Cumbrian sun to send Redcar 22-8 ahead.
Heat six saw the hosts breathe a sigh of relief as they stopped the Bears onslaught with a shared race as Batchelor and Etheridge packed in behind Riss to stem the tide.
After King won a shared heat seven, the Comets began to come to life in heat eight as Etheridge took an impressive win after getting the better of Pijper, and with Hook in 3rd, the Comets fans had something to cheer.
Heat nine saw Workington team manager James Denham bring in Vuolas as a tactical substitute. The move proved to be an astute one as Vuolas lowered Riss’s colours for the win, and with Tate Zischke 3rd, the Comets had something to build on.
However, any momentum that was building was emphatically ended in heat 10 as King took yet another win, and with Edwards 2nd, Redcar could sense a first away win of the season just around the corner.
Heat 11 saw further drama as Wright and Vuolas were involved in a nip and tuck battle until they tangled on the back straight of lap three, sending Vuolas down with the referee excluding Wright and awarding Vuolas the win, securing the Comets a 4-2 as Mulford split the Finn and Jacob Hook in the final finishing positions.
The next race saw another stoppage as Foord went in too hot on the back straight of lap one, with the former Poole man taking out Tom Spencer in the process with Foord excluded from the re-run. The re-run saw Zischke take the win, but with both Bears settled into the minor placings, the win was almost secure.
Heat 13 saw Hook come in for Vuolas who was withdrawn due to injury. The race saw Redcar secure the win as Wright won, and with Riss 3rd, Redcar had their 6th heat advantage.
After King completed his four ride maximum with a faultless win in a shared heat 14, the “Agilia” Bears added gloss to a special day on the road with another 5-1 as Riss and Wright stretched their legs to secure Redcar’s biggest away win in 1,077 days.