Parr: Let’s step things up!

Redcar team boss Gavin Parr has challenged his Redcar side to step things up as the “Agilia” Bears travel to Workington today in search of their first win of the campaign with tapes up at 3pm at the GT Tyres Arena. 

Parr, who is desperate for his side to pick up their first win said, “ Nobody is more frustrated than me at the moment, we are desperate to win meetings and I don’t think we are too far away from that happening.”

The former rider turned team manager wants his side to relax on the bike this afternoon, “ The BSN Series (for Redcar) is over so hopefully the boys can go out on the bike, relax and get the result we want.”

The Newcastle born man believes Jonas Knudsen will love the Workington circuit, “ Jonas should love the track. Workington’s track is a bit like Poland with big, open spaces so he should really go well today!”

Parr has also emphasised the importance of heat 2, “The reserves race is always an important one so if Ben (Trigger) and Jake (Mulford) can get us off to a good start that should bode well for the rest of the meeting, especially as the reserves have got to have 6 more rides between them.”

Parr also explained the guest situation, with Charles Wright missing after picking up a shoulder knock last night against Scunthorpe, “ Erik (Riss) had agreed to come in as a guest but his engine had been sent away. Erik only sent the engine away today but unbeknown to Erik, the guy had already stripped the engine and he doesn’t want to use his second engine as he doesn’t want to let Redcar down. However, we have secured the services of Justin Sedgmen to guest at number 5.”

Workington are unchanged from the reverse fixture at the ECCO Arena with the Comets looking to record their first home win of the season after they were defeated by Berwick on home shale three weeks ago. Meanwhile, the Bears bring in the aforementioned Justin Sedgmen to guest in place of Charles Wright with Danny King taking over the captaincy in Wright’s absence. 

Workington Comets

1 . Craig Cook (C)  8.52

2. Tate Zischke  5.00

3. Antti Vuolas  5.00

4. Claus Vissing  6.24

5. Troy Batchelor  7.16

6. Sam McGurk  2.00

7. Celina Liebmann  4.00

TM : James Denham

Redcar “Agilia” Bears

1. Danny King © 8.41

2. Jonas Knudsen 5.39

3. Connor Bailey 5.23

4. Jason Edwards 4.55

5. Justin Sedgmen (G) 7.80

6. Jake Mulford 3.06

7. Ben Trigger 2.08

TM: Gavin Parr