LEICESTER and King\u2019s Lynn go into ROWE Motor Oil Premiership action for the first time this season when they meet in the East Midlands tonight (Thursday).<\/p>\n
Both sides failed to reach the play-offs last year although in the Lions\u2019 case it was in dramatic circumstances as they missed out on race points difference after a heavy defeat on the final night of regular racing.<\/p>\n
There are a number of debutants in the clash at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park with American star Luke Becker set to be watched by his mentor, four-time World Champion Greg Hancock, as he lines up for the Lions \u2013 whilst Tobiasz Musielak takes over as skipper of the Stars.<\/p>\n
Leicester captain Max Fricke said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got a new team this year and a lot of changes around the club so it\u2019s really cool to see, and hopefully we\u2019ll put in some good results.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt is the first one of the year so we\u2019ve got to be conscious of that – but I think we should go well.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is keen and ready to go and we can\u2019t wait for it. It\u2019s been a long off-season so we\u2019re looking forward to seeing all of the supporters there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n King\u2019s Lynn operations manager Dale Allitt said: \u201cIt\u2019s obviously difficult to know what to expect, because none of us have ridden yet as Leicester got called off last week.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s straight into league action, but we\u2019ll certainly be going there to try and get some points, that\u2019s the name of the game, and we\u2019ll be confident.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really not bothered about what other people do. We know our job, we know what we\u2019ve got to do, and we will concentrate on being the best we can.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n LEICESTER:<\/strong> Max Fricke, Richard Lawson, Sam Masters, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson.<\/p>\n KING\u2019S LYNN:<\/strong> Tobiasz Musielak, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Michael Palm Toft, Benjamin Basso, Vadim Tarasenko, Patryk Wojdylo, Anders Rowe. Words and Feature Image by British Speedway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LEICESTER and King\u2019s Lynn go into ROWE Motor Oil Premiership action for the first time this season when they meet in the East Midlands tonight (Thursday). Both sides failed to reach the play-offs last year although in the Lions\u2019 case it was in dramatic circumstances as they missed out on race points difference after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,52],"tags":[8,17,11,16,9],"class_list":["post-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-british-speedway","category-speedway","category-the-premiership","tag-british-speedway","tag-kings-lynn-stars","tag-leicester-lions","tag-premiership","tag-speedway"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSCB Referee: Dave Watters<\/p>\n