Speedway: Lambert helps King's Lynn topple league leaders Belle Vue
The Stars beat the Aces - the current Premiership champions
Robert Lambert made a sensational return to the Adrian Flux Arena as King’s Lynn toppled Premiership champions and league leaders Belle Vue 46-44.
Lambert, who's rejoined the Stars for their last six fixtures of a dramatic season, brought the house down in Heat 15 to pass the Aces’ top duo of Brady Kurtz and Dan Bewley.
It secured a narrow victory for an injury-ravaged Stars side, who went down to five riders after Emil Breum suffered an elbow injury in a Heat 5 crash.
Captain Simon Lambert and Anders Rowe both scored 13+1 from seven rides apiece.
Team manager David Hoggart said: “I don’t want to be critical of the past because since I came in at the end of June the guys have ridden their hearts out week after week, and wherever we’ve gone they’ve tried.
“But Robert coming in has given us fresh impetus, and there’s a different atmosphere in the pits. The win has been a long time coming, and frankly it should have come before because the capabilities were there, but there were lots of reasons why it didn’t happen.
“The beauty of having Robert in the team is that he’s very grounded, his family are around him, and he’s got lots of support from everybody around him. He’s got an infectious personality and that’s already spread through the team in just a couple of meetings.
“The track was the best it’s been since I’ve been here, it was smooth and consistent and the grip was in the right place, and we saw more passing tonight than in the last four or five home meetings.”
The Stars are back in action at Leicester on Monday (8pm) with their home finale against Ipswich taking place on Monday September 4.