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Reading Racers v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier League, 30 May 2005
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
| 1 | Zdenek Simota | 1 | 2* | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 3 | 2 | 2* | 2* | 2 | 1 | . | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | Richard Wolff | R | M | 0 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Mark Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | R | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2* | 12 | 1 |
| 1 | Tomas Topinka | 2* | 3 | 6^ | 2 | 2 | . | . | 15 | 1 |
| 2 | Adam Allott | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Lee | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Ashley Jones | 2 | 1* | Fx | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Oliver Allen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Tommy Stange | 2 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jan Jaros | 1 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Reading desperate to get back to winning ways used R/R for Steve Masters and had Mark Thompson at number 6 filling in for Chris Johnson. King’s Lynn were at full strength. Reading got off to another poor start losing the opening heat 1-5 to Adam Allott and Tomas Topinka. A shared reserves race was followed by a 3-2 for the Racers after Paul Lee and Richard Wolff had pulled out with engine troubles. A 4-2 for Matej Zagar and Mathieu Tressarieu got the home side back to within a point of the Stars at 11-12 after 4 heats. Topinka and Allott took a 2-4 in heat 5 to extend the visitors’ lead to three points but in heat 6 Reading took the lead with a 5-1 from Tressarieu and Simota ahead of Oliver Allen. Two shared heats took the score after heat 8 to 24-23. Reading then took consecutive 5-1s in heats 9 and 10 to establish a 9 point lead after heat 10 at 34-25. Nine points in arrears meant that King’s Lynn could use a TR and they did so in heat 11. Successfully too, as Tomas Topinka won the race beating Matej Zagar. With Adam Allott finishing third the Stars took a 2-7 to pull back to 36-32. Then they had the home nerves jangling with a 2-4 in heat 12 to get within two points of the home side when Paul Lee beat Andrew Appleton and Tommy Stange heading home Mathieu Tressarieu. The interval score with three heats remaining was 38-36. Reading rallied after the break and finished with two 4-2s and a 5-1 with Matej Zagar winning two of the heats for the home side helping them to a ten point win. Match Report by Merlin |