Speedway: Ipswich close in on a top four finish after East Anglian derby win
They're now level with fourth-place Sheffield
The Ipswich Witches secured a 50-40 victory in the East Anglian derby away at King’s Lynn last night in the Premiership.
The Witches came in to the racing high on confidence after Monday’s win at Leicester.
Their win earnt them three points.
They're now level with fourth-placed Sheffield.
Ipswich team manager Ritchie Hawkins reflected on Thursday’s win: “Another victory and another good performance, I felt we were solid throughout the meeting.
"Jason and Emil were superb and everyone else was picking up points. We kicked on nicely and pulled away a bit at the end which was nice.
“We need everyone chipping in with points to back Emil and Doyley up and it was nice to see Erik score a few tonight.
"He had machinery troubles in his first ride which was the same that he had at Leicester. It is a bit of a mystery to be honest, it is not through lack of effort because he must have changed everything to try and solve that before tonight and it happened again straight away in his first ride.
"For him to come back and score a few points was good hopefully that is something he can build on for Monday.
“We are doing everything we can do at the moment; we have got maximum points from our last three meetings, and we are going to have to go into next week looking for another five points and that is all we can do.
“It was great to win, and I saw more Ipswich fans than King’s Lynn tonight, it felt like a home meeting, and it was great to see so much travelling support and I hope they are back again in two weeks, and we can send them home happy again.”
Next, the Witches travel to the East of England Arena to face Peterborough on Monday 7th August.