FORMER fans\u2019 favourite Ben Barker is on his way back to the Birmingham Brummies.<\/p>\n
The ex Great Britain international was a big hit with the Perry Barr faithful between 2011 and 2014 and has been a popular visitor in seasons since.<\/p>\n
And now he\u2019ll don the famous yellow and red once more after agreeing a deal until the end of the season.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s his first top-flight team spot since appearing for Ipswich two years ago and he\u2019ll come into the team at reserve, despite being named as Michael Jepsen Jensen\u2019s replacement following the expiry of his covering facility, in a move which will also see skipper Tobiasz Musielak reclaim the No.1 racejacket.<\/p>\n
Curtis Sport Brummies CEO Nigel Tolley said: \u201cI already know some people\u2019s reaction will be \u2018how is Ben Barker a replacement for MJJ?\u2019, but those people have to be realistic and remind themselves of a few things.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe reality is that there are a lack of riders available, particularly of MJJ\u2019s quality.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSo we studied our options and Ben is actually someone who opted to put his name in the frame in the build-up to this season.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou know you\u2019re going to get maximum effort from Ben, you know he\u2019ll fight for every point and he likes to put on a show and ruffle some feathers.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHopefully he can come in and be a strong reserve for us and now we\u2019ve got a 1-7 again, hopefully the team can settle down and battle their way to some more wins on track.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Barker will make his debut in Thursday\u2019s (June 26, 7.30pm) trip to Oxford in a key battle at the foot of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership standings.<\/p>\n The Brummies are then back at Perry Barr next Monday (June 30, 7.30pm) when King\u2019s Lynn are the visitors.<\/p>\n Words and Images by Birmingham Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FORMER fans\u2019 favourite Ben Barker is on his way back to the Birmingham Brummies. The ex Great Britain international was a big hit with the Perry Barr faithful between 2011 and 2014 and has been a popular visitor in seasons since. And now he\u2019ll don the famous yellow and red once more after agreeing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,52],"tags":[154,22,152,8,9,90],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-british-speedway","category-speedway","category-the-premiership","tag-ben-barker","tag-birmingham-brummies","tag-birmingham-speedway","tag-british-speedway","tag-speedway","tag-the-premiership"],"yoast_head":"\n