Speedway: King's Lynn suffer heavy loss to Sheffield
The Stars were without two of their riders due to injury
Injury-struck King’s Lynn suffered a 58-32 defeat at the hands of champions Sheffield last night.
The Stars were without both Niels-Kristian Iversen (due to a concussion) and Benjamin Basso (who has an elbow injury), leaving them depleted on arrival.
British racer Tom Brennan was an effective guest replacement though, scoring nine points.
Skipper Tobiasz Musielak led the Stars’ score chart, earning 12+1 against his former club.
Rising Star Anders Rowe also enjoyed another solid night, winning Heat Two on his way to seven points.
Stars co-promoter Rob Lyon said: “It felt like we were really depleted tonight if I’m honest.
“It was always going to be difficult with two riders injured this week but we had a great guest in Tom Brennan who I thought rode really well.
“But it’s always tough running rider replacement and with this team that Sheffield have got it was always going to be an uphill task for us.
“Tobi had a good night but you would expect him to come here and get dialled in pretty quick.
“But we struggled as a team and Vadim had an absolute nightmare.
“There’s not a great deal I can say about it and there’s not a great amount of positives to come out of it.
“We’ve got to move on and try and regroup as a club, to get seven riders on track would be nice, and now we’ve got Monday to put things right against Sheffield again.”
The Stars welcome the Tigers to the Adrian Flux arena on Monday (April 22, 7.30 pm).