{"id":3105,"date":"2024-11-19T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2024-11-20T13:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:57:47","slug":"luke-becker-to-return-to-the-leicester-lions-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/luke-becker-to-return-to-the-leicester-lions-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Becker to return to the Leicester Lions for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Leicester Lions have announced a return for American ace Luke Becker who will go into his second season with the club next year.<\/p>\n<p>Becker joined the Lions after the forced closure of his previous club Wolverhampton, and he hit a rich vein of form midway through the season as his new side charged up the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership table.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Stewart Dickson said: <em>\u201cLuke is a determined young man, he doesn\u2019t say too much but you could tell at the time he wasn\u2019t doing well \u2013 and there was one particular period of around three weeks when it really wasn\u2019t going well for him \u2013 just how determined he is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe need Luke to do the job that Luke Becker can do. 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