Speedway: King's Lynn secure fifth consecutive victory
The Stars have won their last five matches
King's Lynn secured another win last night, to round off their home campaign with a 48-42 win against play-off qualifiers Leicester.
The Stars have now won their last five matches.
The Lions arrived on a ten-match unbeaten run, one of which was an emphatic victory at the AFA last month, and still with a chance of finishing top of the table.
But the mix and match Stars, tracking two guests in their line-up, were again good enough to see off much higher opponents, and they did it with a stirring last race 5-1 from Jan Kvech and Niels-Kristian Iversen.
King's Lynn's manager Rob Lyon said: “When you consider that we’ve to patch the team up every week, it’s testimony to the Lynn riders and also all the guests that we’ve used that we’ve managed to pull off these wins.
“It’s been tremendous really, and tonight topped it off. Leicester are the in-form team, possibly favourites for the play-offs, and they had a full squad apart from Sam Hagon, so it’s a fantastic result for us.
“Fair play to our boys, they’ve given it 100 per cent all the way through, and they’ve deserved these results.”
King's Lynn's last fixture of the year is on Thursday at Leicester.