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Kings Lynn Stars v Exeter Falcons
Premier League, 14 September 2005
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn
| 1 | Oliver Allen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Ashley Jones | 2* | 0 | 1* | 3 | 2* | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | R | 3 | 3 | R | R | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Simon Lambert | 2* | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Jan Jaros | 3 | 2* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 11 | 1 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 1 | 2^* | 0 | 2 | R | R | . | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 0 | 2 | 3 | R^ | 1* | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 1* | 0 | 1* | 1 | 2 | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 4(g) | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 2 | 2 | Fx | 1 | 2* | 2 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Mark Thompson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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King’s Lynn again used R/R for Troy Batchelor tonight at number 3 in their line up and had Simon Lambert at number 6 for the injured Tommy Stange. Exeter used R/R for Ray Morton at number 4 and had Mark Thompson at number 7 in place of Ben Barker. For some obscure reason Sebastian Tressarieu was replaced by his brother, Mathieu Tressarieu, at number 4. Exeter had a 15 point lead from the match at the County Ground in the race for the bonus point which was crucial for the Falcons as they need to scramble a couple of points from their last three matches, all away from home, to have any hope of qualification for the Jack Young Shield. King’s Lynn were quickly into their stride opening with two 5-1s from Oliver Allen and Ashley Jones ahead of Mark Lemon then Jan Jaros and Simon Lambert in the reserves race. Kevin Doolan suffered an engine failure at the start of heat 3 but Oliver Allen won the race for a shared heat. After a lengthy delay due to the paramedics being needed to attend to a spectator King’s Lynn took another 5-1 in heat 4 from Tomas Topinka and Jan Jaros. This took the score after four races to 18-6. Exeter did better over the next stanza of four heats though. In heat 5 Mark Lemon took a TR but it was Kevin Doolan who led Lee Smethills home. Mark Lemon eventually passed Ashley Jones on the last lap so the heat resulted in a 3-4 to Exeter as Lemon doubled his one point to two. In heat 6 Lee Smethills took a R/R ride and passed both Ashley Jones and Oliver Allen for a fine win and shared heat. Heat 7, won by Tomas Topinka, was also shared then Lee Smethills took a TR in heat 8 for Exeter. Disastrously for Exeter, Smethills had an engine failure while lying last leaving the Stars in a 5-1 position. However, Pavel Ondrasik passed Jan Jaros on the second lap to change that to a 4-2 won by Ashley Jones. This took the score after 8 heats to 31-18 and Exeter’s aggregate lead was down to two points with both TRs used. Kevin Doolan won heat 9 from Mark Thompson with Mark Lemon once again in a race for third place. He lost this one to Jan Jaros and another 4-2 to the Stars levelled the aggregate score. Exeter were unlucky in heat 10. Oliver Allen won the race but Mathieu Tressarieu having passed Ashley Jones for second place was subsequently excluded when it was discovered that his exhaust had fallen off. This turned the 4-2 into a 5-1. Tomas Topinka had his third race win in heat 11 but Mark Lemon and Lee Smethills finished second and third for a shared heat. Heat 12 was shared too when Jan Jaros beat Seemond Stephens and Mark Thompson after Kevin Doolan had suffered another engine failure. The score after twelve heats was now 46-27 with Exeter trailing by four points on aggregate. King’s Lynn stretched their lead to 23 points with another 5-1 in heat 13 from Tomas Topinka and Oliver Allen as Mark Lemon pulled up while at the back. In heat 14 Kevin Doolan had his third engine failure of the evening leaving Simon Lambert to compete against Pavel Ondrasik and Mathieu Tressarieu. The two Exeter riders scored a 1-5 to take the score to 52-33 leaving them needing another in the last heat to level on aggregate. Tomas Topinka completed a full five ride maximum in the last heat while Mathieu Tressarieu passed Jan Jaros for second place and Mark Lemon suffered an engine failure. This gave King’s Lynn a 4-2 and 6 point aggregate win. Match Report by Merlin |