Mdl --scunthorpe 18 Coventry 17

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Fri Aug 7^th

 

Scunthorpe 18 Coventry 17

Scunnhorpe :

1. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 3 3 R = 6

2. Stephen Whitehouse 1 0 3 = 4

3. Jamie Halder 2 3 2 = 7

4. Luke Whitehead 0 1 0 = 1

 

Coventry :

1. Sam Darroch 2 2 R = 4

2. Mitchell Beckett R 0 1’ = 1+1

3. Robert Parker 3 2 3 =8

4. Kyle Roberts 1 1’ 2 = 4+1

Ht 1 : JPB Darroch Whitehouse Beckett (ret) 4-2 4-2

2: Parker Halder Roberts Whitehouse 2-4 6-6

3 : JPB Parker Roberts Whitehouse 3-3 9-9

4 : Halder Darroch Whitehead Beckett 4-2 13-11

5 : Whitehouse Roberts Beckett Whitehead 3-3 16-14

6 : Parker Halder JPB (ret) Darroch (ret) 2-3 18-17

A superb advert for MDL racing with the home side securing the narrowest of wins in a meeting that could have gone either way with a classic heat 6 wheel to wheel battle between Jack Parkinson-Blackburn and Robert Parker.

Heat one looked saw Mitchell Beckett blow his engine whilst his side were on a 3 all and the 16 year old had to rush to get his second bike , which he had never ridden before and was over geared, for his second outing.

Robert Parker was in tip-top form heading hoime man Jamie Halder in heat 2 before giving Parkinson-Blackburn a hard chase in heat 3. But in heat 6 the fast starting Parker rode a superb race to hold off all the challenges of his rival before the home man’s chain came off when wheel bearings collapsed on his back wheel. With Vikings man Darroch having already retired from the race there were two finishers and the home side held on for the league points.