LAKESIDE will recall Swedish star Jonas Davidsson for the closing weeks of the season in a bid to avert their current injury crisis.Davidsson will not be available for the Hammers’ final regular Elite League fixture against Birmingham on Friday, but he is expected to line-up along with another new signing in the club’s KO Cup matches and in the play-offs should they finish in the top four.Promoter Jon Cook said: “We can now reach a total of 46 League points with a win next week against the form side of the Elite League, Birmingham, and that’s our aim. “We will then have to sit back and see if we can be caught but we did ourselves a huge favour, race points wise, with the win by 40 points over Peterborough on Friday and with our four own riders showing great form we are confident we can hold our own against anyone once we return to full strength in ten days’ time.”(SPEEDWAY 2)WOLVERHAMPTON expect to welcome No.1 rider Freddie Lindgren back into their team for the Elite League clash with Peterborough on Monday.The Panthers need positive away results if they are to put in a challenge for a play-off place, but Wolves should be back to full strength for the fixture.Lindgren has been out of action in the UK since an horrific crash three weeks ago, but expects to make his comeback in Poland on Sunday.Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said: “It looks as if Freddie will be back with us on Monday, but if he doesn’t come through his Polish league fixture then we have Swindon’s Scott Nicholls on stand-by.”(SPEEDWAY 3)SEBASTIAN Alden lowered the Berwick track record by half a second in his third ride of the Bandits’ 54-40 Premier League win over Newcastle.Alden shattered the mark previously held by Chris Harris for nearly two years, which was one of several highlights for the home side whose top-scorers were Kozza Smith (13) and Lee Complin (11).Team boss Ian Rae said: “This was almost as good a match as the Glasgow thriller a few weeks ago, but from a result point of view it was a superlative meeting for Berwick with all the Bandits trying their hearts out against excellent opposition.“As for Seb Alden shattering the two-year-old track record, well, when we signed him we knew we had a good one, but he’s exceeded our expectations several-fold.”(SPEEDWAY 4)PREMIER League title favourites Glasgow took another step towards silverware with a 49-43 away win at Leicester.The Tigers, who had run up a record-breaking win at the same venue earlier in the season, had to settle for three points this time in a much closer meeting, with the form of reserve Nick Morris (19+1) being the key difference between the sides.Co-promoter Stewart Dickson said: “I knew that this weekend was going to be vital and to start off with a win away from home gives us a little breathing space. “We kept in the hunt through the early heats and when Nick Morris came into ride we were just about guaranteed a heat win such was his dominance and thankfully in the big heat 13, Joe (Screen) and James (Grieves) were in brilliant form to get the win.”(FIXTURES)
SUNDAY AUGUST 21:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Workington 4pmNATIONAL LEAGUE: Mildenhall v Scunthorpe 4.30MONDAY AUGUST 22:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Poole 7.30, Wolverhampton v Peterborough 7.30TUESDAY AUGUST 23:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Stoke 7.30, Isle of Wight v Newport 7.30
