(SPEEDWAY 1)PETERBOROUGH took a massive step towards confirming their play-off place with an historic away win at Swindon.The Panthers hadn't won in 24 previous visits to the Abbey Stadium but came through 49-47 on Thursday even though they finished with just three fully-fit riders in an incident-packed meeting.The visitors roared into a 22-8 lead after five races and had extended it to 17-points at the halfway stage, with Swindon's fightback coming just too late.Rory Schlein gave his best performance since his mid-season move from Coventry, scoring 12+1, and Polish reserve Norbert Kosciuch also contributed a crucial double-figure score.Panthers boss Trevor Swales said: "It’s been 17 years coming – but we richly deserved the win. It was a terrific performance, particularly considering all our injury problems.“We certainly boosted our chances of making the end of season play-offs and the good thing is we are getting better and better."

(SPEEDWAY 2)NEWCASTLE kept up their impressive away record with victory at Redcar - and now the Diamonds are preparing for a crunch home match on Sunday.They provided 13 of the 15 heat winners against the Bears, with David Howe proving an ideal choice of guest for the unavailable Kenni Larsen, as he scored a 15-point maximum.The 50-40 victory takes the Diamonds up to third in the table, ahead of their crucial home clash with Edinburgh.Boss George English said: "Once again, even with a lowly score here and there the team have pulled so well together to take another decisive away win and a one that nets us all four points."Now we look to Sunday back home at 6.30pm against the table-topping Edinburgh Monarchs, their new number seven, one of our former heat leaders, William Lawson and knuckle down to concentrate on what is our most crucial League match of the campaign yet."

(SPEEDWAY 3) NEWPORT are offering a special admission deal for their clash with local rivals Somerset on Sunday.The Wasps stage the National League Pairs on Saturday afternoon and then take on the Rebels the following day looking to continue a recent impressive run of form at home.Promoter Steve Mallett has reduced adult admission prices to £10 for the Premier League encounter, with a family ticket for two adults and two children available for £25.Mallett said: "It will have been a busy weekend at our Queensway Meadows Stadium with the staging of the National League Pairs Championship on the Saturday and the local derby on the Sunday afternoon so we want help fans with that. "Also, speedway is a family sport and so two adults and two children can come in at a special rate. We are expecting a fair number of Rebels fans to make the journey over the Severn Bridge on Sunday so there will be a really good atmosphere."(SPEEDWAY 4)

WORKINGTON boss Ian Thomas says his side are very much in the race for a top-four Premier League finish and a shot at the play-offs.The Comets have been one of this season's surprise packages and were close to an away win at Birmingham on Wednesday before having to settle for a point.They will face one of their former riders at Derwent Park on Saturday, with visitors King's Lynn having redeclared their team to include Adam Roynon in place of Joe Haines.Thomas said: "We have now done exceptionally well to pick-up a bonus point at two of the leading teams in Birmingham and King’s Lynn where very few teams get anything."We are clear fifth now in the table and if we can beat King’s Lynn on Saturday and get something from our trip to Glasgow on Sunday we are very much in there fighting for fourth."(FIXTURES) FRIDAY AUGUST 6:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Wolverhampton 8pm, Lakeside v Peterborough 8pm PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP Q/F 2nd leg: Edinburgh v King’s Lynn 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Isle of Wight 7.30, Weymouth v King’s Lynn7.15 SATURDAY AUGUST 7:PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Edinburgh 7pm, Rye House v Glasgow 7pm, Stoke v Sheffield 7.30, Workington v King’s Lynn 7pm NATIONAL LEAGUE PAIRS: Newport 2.30 SUNDAY AUGUST 8:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Workington 4pm, Newcastle v Edinburgh 6.30, Newport v Somerset 2.30 NATIONAL TROPHY: Buxton v Isle of Wight 3pm