Honours even at Remembering #Rico

The Lakeside Vortex Hammers and Lee’s All Stars delivered a fitting 45-45 draw in the Remembering #Rico Spring classic at The Raceway this evening.

Prior to the main event, National league pairs teams from Lakeside, Mildenhall, Kent and King’s Lynn took to the track in a six heat mini event, with the Mildenhalls Connor Coles and Connor Mountain emerging victorious in the final against the Hammers pairing of Marc Owen and Jack Kingston.

In front of a large crowd, the main event saw the 2015 Vortex Hammers take on Lee’s All stars, in an  evenly balanced meeting.  Former Hammers captain Davey Watt showed he remembered his way around The Raceway, sweeping round the Hammers pairing of Jonsson and Nilsson in heat one, whilst in the following heat, Sky Sports commentator Kelvin Tatum rolled back the years with a tapes to flag victory.  The shared heat theme continued for the next three races, before new Hammers signing Edward Kennett teamed up with Mikkel Bech to deliver a 5-1 and open the first advantage of the night to the Hammers in heat 6.

Two further shared heats followed, including another victory for the impressive Kennett, before former Hammers Richie Worrall and Ben Morley combined to deliver a 2-4 over Nilsson and Ellis in the 9th race.  After a further three-all in the 10th, Nilsson was squeezed into 2nd place between the All Stars heat leaders Schlein and Nicholls in the 11th.

New reserve Ashley Birks won his first race as a Hammer in heat 12, before two further shared heats left the meeting delicately poised at 42-42 entering the nominated heat 15.

After Schlein led from the tapes in the final race, his team mate Nicholls over cooked it exiting the 2nd bend of the last lap, causing Lawson to fall. The Belle Vue rider was subsequently disqualifed, resulting in an awarded race and a final shared heat and a draw on the night.

As the victor in heat 15, Rory Schlein won the inaugral #Rico Spring trophy.  Returning Hammers captain Andreas Jonsson has since withdraw from tomorrows Elite League Riders championship after being signed out after the meeting with sickness.  The Swede will be replaced by Richard Lawson in the event at Leicester.

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Scores and heat results.

Lakeside Vortex Hammers = 45

1. Andreas Jonsson 2, 1′, 0, 1′ = 4+2
2. Kim Nilsson 1′, 3, 2, 2, 2 = 10+1
3. Mikkel Bech 0, 2′, 1′, 2 = 5+2
4. Edward Kennett 3, 3, 3, 1′ = 10+1
5. Richard Lawson 3, 2, 2, 2, 1′ = 10+1
6. Adam Ellis 1′, 0, 0, 0 = 1+1
7. Ashley Birks 2, 0, F, 3 = 5

Lee’s All Stars = 45

1. Davey Watt 3, 1, 3, R = 7
2. Justin Sedgmen 0, 1′, 2, 0 = 3+1
3. Rory Schlein 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 14
4. Richie Worrall 1′, 0, 3, Fx = 4+1
5. Scott Nicholls 1′, 0, 1, 3, X = 5+1
6. Kelvin Tatum 3, 2, 1′, 1′ = 7+2
7. Ben Morley 0, 2, 1, 2 = 5

Lee’s All stars win toss but choose to take gates in Heat 15.
Lakeside off 1 and 3 in Heat 1

Heat Results

Heat 01: Watt, Jonsson, Nilsson, Sedgmen 3-3 59.5
Heat 02: Re-run Tatum, Birks, Ellis, Morley 3-3 6-6 61.8
Heat 03: Re-run Lawson, Schlein, Nicholls, Bech 3-3 9-9 60.4
Heat 04: Re-run Kennett, Morley, Worrall, Birks 3-3 12-12 61.4
Heat 05: Nilsson, Tatum, Sedgmen, Ellis 3-3 15-15 60.0
Heat 06: Kennett, Bech, Watt, Nicholls 5-1 20-16 60.6
Heat 07: Schlein, Lawson, Jonsson, Worrall 3-3 23-19 59.9
Heat 08: Kennett, Sedgmen, Tatum, Birks fell 3-3 26-22 60.8
Heat 09: Worrall, Nilsson, Morley, Ellis 2-4 28-26 60.7
Heat 10: Watt, Lawson, Bech, Sedgmen 3-3 31-29 60.3
Heat 11: Schlein, Nilsson, Nicholls, Jonsson 2-4 33-33 60.4
Heat 12: Birks, Morley, Tatum, Ellis 3-3 36-36 60.2
Heat 13: Nicholls, Lawson, Jonsson, Watt ret 3-3 39-39 60.5
Heat 14: Re-run Schlein, Bech, Kennett 3-3 42-42 60.3
Heat 15: Schlein, Nilsson, Lawson, Nicholls excluded 5-1 45-45 Awarded

National League Pairs Event

Young Hammers = 14 (Runners-up)

Jack Kingston 0, 2, 4 = 6
Marc Owen 4, 4, M = 8

Kent = 12

Danno Verge 3, 2, 3 = 8
Adam Sheppard 2, 0, 2 = 4

Kings Lynn = 11

Scott Campos 4, 3, 4 = 11
Tom Stokes N, N, N = 0

Mildenhall = 17 (Winners)

Connor Coles 3, 4, 2 = 9
Connor Mountain 2, 3, 3 = 8

Heat Results

Heat 01: Owen, Coles, Mountain, Kingston 64.2
Heat 02: Campos, Verge, Sheppard 66.3
Heat 03: Owen, Campos, Kingston 63.3
Heat 04: Re-run Coles, Mountain, Verge, Sheppard 66.1
Heat 05: Kingston, Verge, Sheppard 66.2
Heat 06: Campos, Mountain, Coles 64.0

Final: Owen, Mountain, Coles, Kingston 62.9