Speedway: Peterborough Panthers off bottom of the table with 53-37 win against Sheffield
It's their third win of the season
Peterborough have moved off the bottom of the Premiership table with a solid win against Sheffield 53-37.
Peterborough Panthers now sit 6th in the table, above King's Lynn Stars.
Vadim Tarasenko and Niels-Kristian Iversen were the heroes for the Panthers as they outgated Tai Woffinden, the treble World Champion.
Although Iversen found himself under massive pressure, he managed to repel everything that Woffinden could throw at him in one of the races of the season.
Tarasenko was excellent once again with 12+1 from five rides, and there was a second stunning performance at reserve from another recent signing, Patryk Wojdylo, who racked up paid-14 from a six-ride shift, going unbeaten in his first three.
It all enabled Panthers to overcome the loss of Rising Star Jordan Jenkins, who fell heavily in Heat 2 when he tangled with Dan Gilkes on the back straight. Gilkes was disqualified as the cause of the stoppage and was withdrawn immediately, whilst Jenkins took one more ride before pulling out.
Panthers are back in action on Bank Holiday Monday, August 28 with another home match against Ipswich in their delayed KO Cup tie (7.30pm start).
SPORTS INSURE PREMIERSHIP R1
PETERBOROUGH 53: Patryk Wojdylo 13+2, Vadim Tarasenko 12+1, Niel-Kristian Iversen 9+3, Ben Cook 8+1, Benjamin Basso 6+2, Chris Harris 4+1, Jordan Jenkins 1
SHEFFIELD 37: Tai Woffinden 18+1, Josh Pickering 8, Lewis Kerr 6, Kyle Howarth 5, Adam Ellis 0, Dan Gilkes 0, Tobiasz Musielak r/r
Peterborough win aggregate bonus point.