Vortex Hammers South Coast smash and grab

The Vortex Lakeside Hammers clawed their way back up the Sky Sports Elite League table, with a dramatic three point away victory, winning 45-48, against the Poole Pirates.  Hammers Captain and former Pirate Davey Watt, lead the charge with 15 points, including a heat 7 tactical victory, as The Vortex Hammers battled back from a 10 point deficit by heat 6.

Hammers Number 1 Peter Karlsson again continued his early season form with 13 points, but the top Hammers duo were provided with support from the main body of the team, including Kim Nilsson who recovered from two last places to record two race victories, Lewis Bridger and Piotr Swiderski with 5 points a piece, whilst Hammers reserve Richard Lawson, returned from injury with a valuable 4 points.

The Essex based club will be looking to build on tonights achievement of  three league points, when they host the Peterborough Panthers at The Arena Essex Raceway, this coming Friday, the 10th May, with the first race scheduled for 8pm.

Scores and Heat results:

Poole Pirates:  45

1. Hans Andersen (G) – 2, 3, 0, 1* = 6+1
2. Dawid Stachyra – 1*, 1, 1, 1 = 4+1
3. Chris Holder – 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 14
4. Dennis Andersson – 0, 1*, 1, 0 = 2+1
5. Maciej Janowski – 3, 2, 1, 2, R = 8
6. Kyle Howarth – 2*, 0, 0, 2*, 2 = 6+2
7. Rohan Tungate – 3, 2*, Fx = 5+1

Lakeside Hammers:  48

1. Peter Karlsson – 3, 3, 2*, 3, 2 = 13+1
2. Kim Nilsson – 0, 0, 3, 3 = 6
3. Lewis Bridger – 1* , 1, 2*, 1 =5+2
4. Davey Watt – 2, 6^, 3, 3, 1 =15
5. Piotr Swiderski – 1, 2, 2, 0 = 5
6. Robert Mear – 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0
7. Richard Lawson – 1, 0, 2*, 1 = 4+1

Heat Results

Heat 01: Karlsson, Andersen, Stachyra, Nilsson 3-3 3-3
Heat 02: Tungate, Howarth, Lawson, Mear 5-1 8-4
Heat 03: Holder, Watt, Bridger, Andersson 3-3 11-7
Heat 04: Janowski, Tungate, Swiderski, Lawson 5-1 16-8
Heat 05: Karlsson, Holder, Andersson, Nilsson 3-3 19-11
Heat 06: Andersen, Swiderski, Stachyra, Mear 4-2 (23-13)
Heat 07: Watt, Janowski, Bridger, Howarth 2-7 (25-20)
Heat 08: Nilsson, Lawson, Stachyra, Tungate (Fx) 1-5 26-25
Heat 09: Holder, Swiderski, Andersson, Mear 4-2 30-27
Heat 10:Watt, Bridger, Stachyra, Andersen 1-5 31-32
Heat 11: Nilsson, Karlsson, Janowski, Howarth 1-5 32-37
Heat 12: Holder, Howarth, Bridger, Mear 5-1 37-38
Heat 13: Karlsson, Janowski, Andersen, Swiderski 3-3 40-41
Heat 14: Watt, Howarth, Lawson, Andersson 2-4 42-45
Heat 15: Holder, Karlsson, Watt, Janowski (Rtd) 3-3 45-48

Image: Heat 7: Davey Watt (red) and Richard Lawson (blue) – Vortex Lakeside Hammers vs Eastbourne Eagles, Elite League Speedway at Arena Essex Raceway. CREDIT: Rob Newell/TGSPHOTO