Speedway: Peterborough Panthers beat Wolverhampton 54-36 in penultimate fixture at East of England Arena
They continue their winning streak
Peterborough Panthers keep up their end-of-season run beating Wolverhampton 54-36 in their penultimate fixture at the East of England Arena.
Wolves are play-off qualifiers.
The Crendon Panthers comfortably took all three points from the meeting at the East of England Arena, winning all but two of the races.
Manager Rob Lyon said: “Obviously it was a bit of a dead rubber for Wolves, but we wanted to win and keep the run going.
“It’s a strange situation because we couldn’t buy a win for the first two-thirds of the season, and now we’re winning in a canter, and you can see that with the team we have now.
“I’ve tweaked the line-up around a few times which you can do when you’ve got that sort of strength that you can just mess around with it a bit, and you’re not exposed in any areas.
“It’s been a pleasure, very enjoyable, and I’ve lost count of the number of people who’ve said if we’d had this team and the start of the season we’d be in the play-offs – but that’s speedway.”
The club will close down at the end of the season because speedway is not part of the development plan which has been outlined for the East of England Arena.
The owners are planning a 1500-house development with associated “leisure” facilities added in.
The club told us their lease ends at the end of the current season, and they will be homeless and out of the sport as there is nowhere else for them to stage fixtures
SPORTS INSURE PREMIERSHIP R2
PETERBOROUGH 54: Vadim Tarasenko 13, Niels-Kristian Iversen 11, Ben Cook 10+2, Benjamin Basso 8, Chris Harris 5, Richard Lawson 4, Jordan Jenkins 3+1.
WOLVERHAMPTON 36: Luke Becker 11, Ryan Douglas 7, Steve Worrall 6+2, Sam Masters 6+1, Rory Schlein 2+2, Zach Cook 2, Leon Flint 2.
Peterborough win the aggregate point.