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POLISH star Krzysztof Kasprzak will make his third appearance in the Ben Fund Bonanza at King’s Lynn next Saturday.The former World No.2 is back in British Speedway this season with Coventry, and finished runner-up in the event at Rye House in 2010 before also competing the following year at Scunthorpe.Kasprzak said: “It’s a good meeting to start the season and I’m very happy I can ride in it and help riders who are injured. King’s Lynn is a very good track for the meeting.“I’ve had some injuries but never so bad that I have had to call on the Ben Fund.”Meanwhile Danny King has been added to the line-up following the withdrawal of Thomas Jorgensen.
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ROB Mear has paid tribute to former rider Martin Hagon for getting him back on track with Lakeside this year.Mear has ended his self-imposed exile from Speedway by agreeing to return to the Hammers thanks to the hugely successful Hagon Shocks owner, who has supplied him with machinery to get started.Mear said: “I probably wouldn’t have even thought about if I hadn’t been approached by Lakeside and if Martin Hagon hadn’t sorted me out with a couple of bikes.“I’d been planning to have a busy year riding abroad doing grasstrack and longtrack, but with Martin supplying me with bikes it would be silly to turn it down and it’s just all fallen into place.“It’s a good situation, and even though I haven’t been riding speedway I’ve still been doing plenty of grasstrack meetings so I’ve been keeping myself busy and keeping on the bike.”
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PETERBOROUGH have completed their squad for the new Premier League season by snapping up a local lad.Tom Stokes will act as the Panthers' number eight for 2016, meaning he could follow in the footsteps of father John, who represented the club in the 1980s.Co-boss Dale Allitt, for whom Stokes rides in the National League for King’s Lynn, said: “Tom is a rider with huge determination and a big heart, who wants to progress.“He commanded the number one spot in the Young Stars last season despite still only being 21. Being involved in a Premier League set-up is the logical next step for him and it will also give us options in the future.”
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EDINBURGH star Ryan Fisher will stage his Testimonial meeting at Armadale on Friday June 3.Fisher, who returns to the Monarchs this season after winning two previous Premier League titles with the club, made his UK debut in 2002 with parent club Coventry.But his plans to stage the meeting at Brandon in 2014 were hit by injury and visa issues for his family, and it did not prove possible to find a suitable date at Plymouth when he rode for the Devils last year.Fisher has scored over 900 points in his three previous seasons with Edinburgh as he prepares to rejoin the club.
