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JAREK Hampel will decide in the next few days whether to return to British racing next season.The former Grand Prix rider made a successful return to Ipswich this year and remains popular with Witches supporters.He told the Evening Star: "Of course I am thinking very much about riding in England and with the security Ipswich offer then Ipswich is the club I will talk to first."

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RICHARD Lawson will follow in his father's tyretracks when he lines up for Workington in 2009.  Lawson, based in Maryport, made a successful move into the sport from Moto-Xmid-way through last season. He told the News & Star: "My dad (Steve) was still racing when I was five or six years old and I was a spectator. Workington is the only place I wanted to ride."