Narrow miss at Poole
The Hammers came very close to pulling off a rare victory at Poole – only to be overhauled in the final race when the Pirates duo of Davey Watt and Chris Holder raced to a 5-1 over Lee Richardson to snatch victory by a single point.
Poole Pirates = 44
1. Chris Holder 0, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2* = 14+1 2. Dennis Andersson 3, 3, 2*,3, 1 = 12+1 3. Davey Watt X, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3 = 11 4. Renat Gafurov R, R, F, 0, 3 = 3 5. Rider Replacement 6. Gary Havelock 2, 0, 0, 1, 0 = 3 7. Ilya Bondarenko (G) 0, 1, 0 = 1
Lakeside Hammers = 43
1. Lee Richardson 2, 2*,2*,1*, 1*,1 = 9+4 2. Kauko Nieminen 1*,X, 3, 2,1* = 7+2 3. Peter Ljung 3, 3, 2, 2, 1*, X = 11 4. Rider Replacement 5. Piotr Swiderski X = 0 6. Robert Mear 3, 0, 2, 1*,0, 2 = 8+1 7. Kim Nilsson 1, 2, 1, 2, R, 2 = 8
Heat Results
Heat 01: Andersson, Richardson, Nieminen, Holder (3-3) 59.2 Heat 02: Mear, Havelock, Nilsson, Bondarenko (2-4) (5-7) 61.5 Heat 03: Ljung, Gafurov (ret), Watt (fell exc), Nieminen (fell exc) (0-3) (5-10) 60.6 Heat 04: Andersson, Nilsson, Bondarenko, Swiderski (fell exc) (4-2) (9-12) 60.5 Heat 05: Nieminen, Richardson, Watt. Gafurov (ret) (1-5) (10-17) 60.9 Heat 06: Holder, Andersson, Nilsson, Mear (5-1) (15-18) 60.2 Heat 07: Ljung, Richardson, Watt, Havelock (1-5) (16-23) 61.0 Heat 08: Andersson, Mear, Nieminen, Havelock (3-3) (19-26) 60.7 Heat 09: Watt, Nilsson, Mear. Gafurov (fell) (3-3) (22-29) 60.7 Heat 10: Holder, Ljung, Andersson. Nilsson (ret) (4-2) (26-31) 60.4 Heat 11: Holder, Richardson, Nieminen, Bondarenko (3-3) (29-34) 60.0 Heat 12: Watt, Ljung, Havelock, Mear (4-2) (33-36) 60.3 Heat 13: Holder, Mear, Richardson, Gafurov (3-3) (36-39) 60.2 Heat 14: Gafurov, Nilsson, Ljung, Havelock (3-3) (39-42) 61.0 Heat 15: Watt, Holder, Richardson, Ljung (fell exc) 60.7
Picture: Kauko Nieminen (blue), Davey Watt (white), Peter Ljung (red) and Jason Doyle (yellow) – Lakeside Hammers vs Poole Pirates, Elite League Speedway at the Arena Essex Raceway, Purfleet – 22/07/11 – (Rob Newell/TGSPHOTO)