King: We are a solid unit!
Redcar’s Danny King believes the Redcar Bears are a “solid unit” who are also “working well as a team” as the “Agilia” Bears welcome Poole to the ECCO Arena for a mouth watering BSN Series semifinal 2nd leg clash with tapes up at 7:30pm this Saturday. Redcar head into the clash 6 points down on aggregate with a tight encounter expected to decide who will take their place in the BSN Series final.
King, the 2016 British Champion, is impressed with how things are going on and off track for the Bears, “ We are all working hard as a unit, on the track and off it too! We are all getting along really well and helping each other in the pits. I see a lot of positives in our side, you need everyone to be pulling together and that’s what we have at Redcar, you don’t need any bad eggs in the side and we don’t have that.”
With the Pirates holding a 6 point advantage, King has stressed the importance of starting fast, “ At the end of the day, we need to win the meeting but if we can start fast in heat 1 and claw some points back that will give us a great boost for the rest of the meeting.”
King, who has a mightily impressive 9.84 average so far this season has praised Redcar’s choice of guest, Lewi Kerr, “ Lewi is a great choice of guest, everyone knows how quick he is around Redcar, he knows the track well so hopefully he can help us get over the line.”
The 36 year old is also of the firm belief that the “Agilia” Bears will only get stronger as the season progresses, “ Everybody is working hard and people who are in the pits can see that. As the season goes on I can only see us getting stronger as a unit which is exciting!”
Poole are again without the former Bear Anders Rowe for this clash with the young Brit racing in SGP2 this weekend with King believing this neither strengthens or weakens the visitors, “ Anders is good around Redcar but the riders who will be covering his outings also go well at our place so I don’t think it will make too much of a difference.”
Redcar bring in the 2022 pairs winner, Lewi Kerr to guest in place of Erik Riss with the rest of the side remaining unchanged whilst Poole bring 4 former ex Bears in the shape of Steve Worrall, Richard Lawson, Adam Roynon and Kyle Newman with the 4 Poole stars racing over a staggering 100 times for the Bears in their careers.
Fans are reminded that season tickets are not valid for this meeting. Also, any fans who are unable to attend can tune into coverage of the semifinal clash at watch.britishspeedway.co.uk/
Redcar “Agilia” Bears
1. Lewis Kerr (G) 8.24
2. Danyon Hume 5.68
3. Charles Wright © 7.40
4. Connor Bailey 4.32
5. Danny King 8.05
6. Jason Edwards 3.80
7. Jake Mulford 2.00
™: Gavin Parr
Poole Pirates
1. Steve Worrall © 8.05
2. Rider Replacement for Anders Rowe
3. Ben Cook 6.09
4. Zach Cook 4.92
5. Richard Lawson 7.97
6. Kyle Newman 4.29
7. Adam Roynon 3.47
™: Neil Middleditch