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SCUNTHORPE V REDCAR NOW ON EASTER MONDAY AT 5.30PM A DISMAL weather forecast for this afternoon has led to Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions putting back their SGB Championship clash at the Eddie Wright Raceway with Redcar Bears by twenty-four hours to Easter Monday at 5.30pm. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “We’ve looked at the forecast, and we simply wouldn’t have got it on today (Easter Sunday). The last thing we want to do is keep supporters standing around in poor weather. “We’re now going for tomorrow at 5.30pm (Easter Monday). We realise it’s late notice for a re-staging, and we’ll do our best to get it announced across all the media outlets. But I’d also ask our loyal fans if they could let their friends and families know, that we’re now on tomorrow at the Eddie Wright Raceway. “I thank the Redcar promotion for their co-operation.” Tomorrow’s re-staging will be a single header.

RAINED OFF - restaging tomorrow (Easter Monday) at 5.30pm.

We need a collective noun for a group of texters. Does anyone have a suggestion? All the best Rob

Congratulations on spotting the deliberate mistake. All the best Rob

EGG-TRAVAGANZA OF ACTION ON EASTER DAY HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions - buoyant after a superb victory over league leaders Glasgow - are looking to get another three points on the board in the SGB Championship, when they entertain Redcar Bears at the Eddie Wright Raceway on Easter Sunday (3pm). The league fixture forms the first half of 31-race feast of speedway. A 16-heat junior challenge in the second half pits the Scunthorpe Stags against the Halifax Dukes, featuring eight riders on 500cc bikes and eight riders on 250cc bikes. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey says: “It was a massive relief for us to defeat Glasgow at the Eddie Wright Raceway last Sunday and get our first win of the season under our belts. “I always had faith in this set of riders – which is why I brought back the same seven riders this season. It was an excellent victory; I look at the league table, and while it’s early days, I notice Glasgow are currently on top of it. They will still be near the top of the table all season long, and it was a great result for us to beat them. “Josh Auty put in a performance that was simply vintage Josh, but the whole team deserves praise for a fantastic performance, which has restored our confidence. “We now need to kick on and record another win over Redcar. I think the racing could be just as exciting as last week, since two out-and-out racers in Jason Garrity and Ben Barker are part of a new-look Redcar Bears side.” With Austrian Fritz Wallner out with a broken hand, Scunthorpe bring in ex-Scorpion Jan Graversen as a guest. “It’s a big blow for both Fritz and us”, admits Godfrey. “When on song, Fritz was a massive plus to have down at reserve. “We need to establish exactly how long he will be out for, and in the meantime, we will continue to assess our options.” Easter Sunday’s adult admission price for the double-header is £17. It’s just £2 more than a single SGB Championship meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway, for 16 extra heats of action. A full and exciting afternoon of racing is ahead. DON’T MISS IT! Admission prices for Easter Sunday: Adult: £17.00 Student/OAP: £15.00 Child (10 – 17): £5.00 Child (0 – 9) Free (accompanied by paying adult) Family Ticket £39 (2 adults, 2 Children 16-17) Match Programme: £1.00 Expected teams for Easter Sunday: Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Ryan Douglas, 2. Carl Wilkinson, 3. Lewis Kerr, 4. Michael Palm Toft (captain), 5. Josh Auty, 6. Jan Graversen (guest), 7. Josh Bailey. Redcar Bears: 1. Jason Garrity, 2. Coty Garcia, 3. Charles Wright, 4. Jonas B Andersen, 5. Ben Barker, 6. Richard Hall, 7. Ellis Perks. Junior Challenge: Scunthorpe Stags: 1. Luke Woodhull, 2. Drew Kemp, 3. Ben Woodhull, 4. TBC, 5. Dan Thompson, 6. Jordan Bull, 7. Joe Thompson, 8. Danny Curl. Halifax Dukes: 1. Kyle Bickley, 2. Liam Little, 3. Carl Basford, 4. Dan Gilkes, 5. Jason Edwards, 6. Sam Hagon, 7. Jordan Palin, 8. Jacob Clayton. * HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions are also away at Workington on Easter Saturday (7pm).

1. Simmo 2. Louis 3. Wilson 4. Boocock 5. Ashby All the best Rob

But I trust you didn't go in the 60s/70s due to tactical substitutes? Unless, of course, TRs are not the only reason you currently largely chose not to attend speedway? All the best Rob

OK, fair enough. In which case, you've been genuinely unlucky. I do consider it as the best racetrack in the country - with Peterborough, the new Belle Vue and Somerset not far behind. It's how I've found myself connected with the club. PS Decent vantage points at the EWR. Either the open terracing to the side of the ref's box. Or try the viewing outside the new clubhouse. Watched a few races from up there with Paulco on Sunday. You get a really nice view of the first/second bend. All the best Rob

Sid, he's winding you up. Scunthorpe v Glasgow clashes, on the whole, have been superb. The only one I can remember that has been anything less than excellent was last year's, the day after Cardiff, when the track dried out. But even that had a blockbuster Heat 13 and 15, including Josh Auty moving from last to first in a space of a bend. It's largely thanks to a truly brilliant clash between Scunthorpe and Glasgow in 2009 that hooked me on the superb racing at the EWR and why I travel up from Oxford most weeks. All the best Rob

It did always seem to kick off at Cowley rather than Blunsdon!! Mind you, at Cowley, we did have dear old Kojak winding up the Swindon fans. All the best Rob That was still on track, though (although not on a bike). Off track, Stefan Andersson and Martin Dugard were pals, weren't they? All the best Rob

Carried on for a few seasons, that one. Martin Dugard was rather ruthless on track - nice bloke off it. All the best Rob

Technically nobody was called anything in 1928, since there was individual racing only. However, it was the same speedway club who ran at Kirky Lane in 1928 and then moved to Hyde Road in 1929. The 1st season of operation was 1928; the 90th season is 2017. All the best Rob

Finally back after a six-and-a-half odyssey back from Scunthorpe via three breakdown trucks and a courtesy car. The clutch started playing up on the way when I was 30 miles away - glad I managed to get it back into gear and see a brilliant speedway meeting!!! All the best Rob

Matt Williamson guests for Fritz Wallner. All the best Rob

Thanks. Just been reading up on the history and the original 'killer' surface. All the best Rob

Thanks Norbold and Iris. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Indianapolis was never a dirt track, was it? Whereas a few years later, Johns was riding dirt tracks? All the best Rob

In exactly the way I described. Grachan, where is your maths degree from? Mine's from Warwick. All the best Rob

Grachan, I am correct. Heat 15 will nearly always include riders who have averaged above 6.00 between them entering Heat 15. Therefore, Heat 15 has a overall net effect of reducing their averages. That's clear to anyone with a basic understanding in maths. Of course, there's over factors as well - R/R, reserves taking additional riders, etc. But the equilibrium over a number of meetings will be very close to 41.5. All the best Rob

To work out the equilibrium, we need to consider the following. The top riders are always likely to go out in Heat 15. This is an ‘average’ drawn meeting. Team A scorers before Heat 15: 10,8,8,6,4,4,2 Team B scorers before Heat 15: 10,8,8,6,4,4,2 Heat 15 features riders who had previously scored 10,10,8,8 – 36 points from 16 rides – an average of 9.00. After heat 15, they have scored 42 points from 20 rides –an average of 8.40. So Heat 15 takes around 0.5 away from averages. Therefore the equilibrium is approximately 41.50. That’s taken me 5 minutes to work out. All the best Rob

Norbold, there's been the occasional claim that speedway started in the USA as early as c.1907. Did these claims prove to be false? All the best Rob

It's around the 70,000 mark for the majority of the latter finals. I think 1978 was the largest - that was not far from capacity. I'm trying to recall where the article about it was... It was quite interesting that only four post-war finals (1949-1952) were complete sell-outs. All the best Rob

There were actually around 70,000 of us at Wembley in 1981 - it wasn't a sell-out. Certainly not 93,500 - that was above the capacity of the stadium at the time No final after 1952 was a complete sell-out. But yes, the sport has shifted back a couple of gears since 1981. All the best Rob

That'll do Gazc, will you be there on Sunday? All the best Rob

Joe and Tom Owen in a good amount of matches in the '75 and '76 seasons. They finished No 1 and 2 in the NL averages in both seasons. Also, the Williams brothers (Freddie and Eric) would have done it a few times at Wembley. And Peter and Les Collins at Belle Vue between 1977 and 1979. But the record would be owned by the Owen brothers. All the best Rob

SCORPIONS EAGER TO GET OFF THE MARK ROB GODFREY, promoter of the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions, realises the importance of the club getting off the mark in their two SGB Championship meetings this weekend. Scunthorpe travel north of the border for the second time this season at Edinburgh tonight (Friday), before entertaining Glasgow Tigers in the big match at the Eddie Wright Raceway on Sunday evening (5.30pm). Scorpions have, to date, suffered three defeats in 2017. While much encouragement was taken from the away performances at Peterborough and Glasgow, with Scorpions just missing out on points on both occasions, last week’s 44-46 home defeat to Peterborough was a big disappointment. Godfrey says: “We need some points on the board in the SGB Championship; it’s as simple as that. “We’ve already lost ground by losing at home to Peterborough last Sunday. I can’t state how disappointed I was by that result. “Sport is all about fine margins. Had we scored just two more points, we’d have all gone home happy, but that didn’t happen. “That’s now water under the bridge. There’s nothing we can do about it now, other than concentrating on this weekend’s fixtures. “The ideal reaction that I’d love to see is for us to go to Edinburgh and take the win, just as Peterborough did at our place. That would put us back where we need to be. “Sunday’s home meeting against Glasgow is also a very important meeting to us. “We held the Tigers for most of the meeting up there last week, so we should have the belief that we can defeat them around the Eddie Wright Raceway.” There are 24 heats of action in total on Sunday, with a nine-race second half including a six-heat Midland Development League challenge match between Scunthorpe and Carmarthen. Admission prices for Sunday: Adult: £15.00 Student/OAP: £13.00 Child (10 – 17): £5.00 Child (0 – 9) Free (accompanied by paying adult) Family Ticket £35 (2 adults, 2 Children 10-17) Match Programme: £1.00 Expected teams for Sunday: Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Ryan Douglas, 2. Carl Wilkinson, 3. Lewis Kerr, 4. Michael Palm Toft, 5. Josh Auty, 6. Fritz Wallner, 7. Josh Bailey. Glasgow Tigers: 1. Aaron Summers, 2. Dan Bewley, 3. Richie Worrall, 4. Nike Lunna, 5. Richard Lawson, 6. Tom Perry, 7. Jack Smith. Midland Development League teams: Scunthorpe Stags: 1. Sam Chapman, 2. Lloyd Ditchburn, 3. Luke Whitehead, 4. Sheldon Davies. Carmarthen Dragons: 1. Russell Barnett, 2. Danny Wright, 3. Connor Fletcher, 4. Joe Alcock.