Swales: We have another good chance!
REDCAR co-promoter Jamie Swales sees no reason why one of the Bears trio cannot make it a perfect weekend ahead of today’s Championship League Riders Championship (CLRC) at Scunthorpe.
The Redcar trio of Charles Wright, Erik Riss and Danny King are set to battle it out against the best of the Cab Direct Championship at the Eddie Wright Raceway with tapes up at 3pm.
After a memorable pairs success less than 24 hours ago, Swales is in a confident mood ahead of the second major event in as many days. Swales said, “ There’s no reason why we can’t go and get another trophy. I don’t think there is an outstanding home track advantage for anybody and all three of our boys are more than capable.”
Swales also believes a gold medal today could be another “shot in the arm” for Redcar. Swales said, “ One of the big advantages of running this meeting at the start of the year is that a win can give a rider and the club a real shot in the arm ahead of the Bears meetings.”
The former rider turned promoter believes his three charges are well-equipped to challenge. Swales explained, “ Danny (King) is in good form, and don’t forget, he won the Ben Fund at Scunthorpe in 2020. Erik (Riss) has top scored for us at Scunthorpe before and Charles (Wright) is always in the mix around there.
Swales also reserved special praise for the club’s travelling support, with another large contingent expected to descend on Lincolnshire this afternoon. Swales said, “ The support we had yesterday was superb and I expect another big Bears turnout today. The fans always travel in numbers and do us proud and it really does make a difference for the riders.”
Overall, Swales expects a top class meeting with the standard of riders on show. Swales said, “ I think it’s going to be a great meeting, regardless of the outcome as Scunthorpe is a track that always provides fantastic racing.”
The meeting is another wide-open, star studded field with the likes of Poole’s Richard Lawson, Oxford’s Sam Masters and Glasgow’s Chris Harris bidding for early season individual glory.
Any fans who are unable to attend the meeting are reminded that the meeting will be live streamed by BSN @ https://bit.ly/CLRC2025
CLRC DRAW: 1 Drew Kemp (Berwick), 2 Jake Allen (Scunthorpe), 3 Justin Sedgmen (Edinburgh), 4 Ben Barker (Plymouth), 5 Sam Masters (Oxford), 6 Kyle Howarth (Glasgow) 7 Danny King (Redcar), 8 Steve Worrall (Scunthorpe), 9 Troy Batchelor (Workington), 10 Richard Lawson (Poole), 11 Dan Thompson (Glasgow), 12 Erik Riss (Redcar) 13 Antti Vuolas (Workington), 14 Chris Harris (Glasgow), 15 Charles Wright (Redcar), 16 Tate Zischke (Workington).