Speedway News

Reading will have to pull out all the stops in their quest to reach the semi-finals of the Premier League KO Cup, when they have to make up a fourteen point deficit against Hull Vikings on Monday night at Smallmead in the second leg of their quarter-final tie.

The Arena-Essex Promoter, Ronnie Russell, was due to make the announcement of a new signing for the Club during Wednesday's match between the A F Stocktaking Hammers and the Oxford Silver Machine.

Speedway results for Wednesday 18 August. Elite League: Arena-Essex v Oxford Meeting postponed. Belle Vue v Ipswich Meeting postponed. Premier League: King's Lynn v Sheffield Meeting postponed.

Two weeks before their biggest meeting of the season, Wimbledon Speedway have been rocked with the news that two of their riders have been given suspended bans for their alleged involvement in a pit-side fracas.

The A F Stocktaking Hammers lost out on the aggregate bonus point with this seven point defeat at Eastbourne in a meeting that was marred by two terrible crashes, which saw both Eastbourne reserves take hospital trips.

Following the A F Stocktaking Hammers match at Eastbourne on Saturday evening their captain, Kelvin Tatum MBE, announced that he has been forced into retiring from the sport due to his ongoing hip problems.

The draw has been made for the prestigious Premier League Fours at Workington on Saturday August 21 - 7pm.

The Oxford Silver Machine have been hit with the news that Rafal Dobrucki has been injured riding in Sweden and will be unable to take his place when they take on the Peterborough Panthers at the stadium tonight (Friday).

World Speedway Long Track Champion, Germany's Robert Barth is champing at the bit to resume the defence of his crown, after the accident in which he broke bones in his left hand, forcing him to sit out the first two Grand Prix's of the 2004 Championship.

It's the biggest event of its kind in the world.And it's coming to Oxford Stadium on Wednesday 28th July at 7.30pm. The world's fastest riders will compete for this years title of The Bike Broker World Sidecar Speedway Super Cup Champion at the Sandy Lane Circuit in Cowley.

Kyle Legault successfully defended his Canadian National Championship title before a packed house at Welland on Saturday night. It was a hugely popular win by the young local rider who led the scorers throughout the meeting and always seemed the likeliest winner.

Elm Bank Berwick Bandits took the all important win on Saturday night over Newport Wasps, but when looking at Newport's current record, the 14 point margin of victory should have been so many more.

As a thank you to supporters for their loyalty to the Racers during the season and their support to the riders last night, Chalfont Coaches have announced a cut-price deal for Reading supporters to travel to Exeter on Monday 2nd August, to watch their team race the 2nd leg of their 2004 Premier T

The current World Speedway Long Track Champion, Germany's Robert Barth has been forced to sit out the second Grand Prix in this year's five round Championship.

Paris, 9 July - The Symes Catering Night provided excellent entertainment on a track that the riders praised as the best of the season. Kyle Legault was in top form in D1 action. He dominated the action and led all his races from start to finish including a comfortable win in the Main Event.

Wimbledon claimed their second trophy of the 2004 season with a morale boosting victory in the Festival of Speed Meeting at Sittingbourne last weekend.

The talking point of two meetings in as many days for Mildenhall was an injury to influential teenage reserve Lee Smart. The 16 year was involved in a high speed crash with Darren Andrews at Coventry on Monday during the Fen Tigers 54-39 CL Trophy victory.

Paris, June 25th: This meeting had lots to offer the best crowd of the season. Close racing, plenty of passing and a very competitive main event that took four tries before it was settled with all four riders hitting the deck at least once in the first three attempts to run it.

Newcastle "Tap and Spile (North Shields)" Diamonds put on a superb show to overcome the sturdy challenge of the 2003 Premier League Champions, the Edinburgh Monarchs in a thrilling Premier League match that saw home-debut-Diamond, Aussie Jason Lyons score a brilliant 5 ride maximum to lead them t

The Newcastle 'Ultrafast' Gems have been rocked by the new that Danny Hughes has quit the sport for now. To cover his absence Karl Langley came back into the side for yesterday afternoon's double header Conference match.

After an enthralling night's speedway at Reading's Smallmead Stadium, Euphony Racers duo Danny Bird and Phil Morris won the 2004 BSPA Premier League Pairs, beating Stoke's Paul Pickering and Alan Mogridge in the sudden-death Grand Final.

With the summer months now well and truly with us, the time has come to reflect on the past eight months in the life of paralysed speedway star, Carlos Villar who is due to leave our shores for the final time to return to his native Argentina within the next couple of months.

Speedway results for Sunday 13 June. Premier Trophy: Rye House 48 - 42 Berwick Chris Neath 14+3 - Adam Pietraszko 14 Premier Trophy: Stoke 61 - 31 Newcastle Jan Staechmann 18 - Richard Juul 8

New signing Tomasz Piszcz makes his Coventry debut at Brandon on Thursday night (7.45pm) when the Buildbase Bees take on Elite League table-toppers Poole.