Oxford v Wolves

[Mr X]

Oxford v Wolves 19th September 2005.

JFB on vocals and MM2 on keyboards.

Oxford 48
1 Greg Hancock 3 2 3 2 2
2 Henka Gustafsson 0 1* 1
3 Freddie Eriksson 1 0 1* 2*
4 Billy Hamill 3 2 2 3 1*
5 Niels K Iversen 3 1 3 1*
6 Travis McGowan 1 0 3 2* 3 1
7 Craig Branney 0 1 0

Wolves 42
1 Peter Karlsson 1* 3 1 3 3
2 Magnus Karlsson 2 1 2 0
3 Steve Johnston 2 2* 1* 0
4 Fredrik Lindgren 0 3 2 2 0
5 David Howe 2 3 3 F
6 Ronnie Correy 2* 0 0 1
7 Krzystof Pecyna 3 0 F 0

[Mr X]

Pre Meeting Report: A very small crowd, conference league level. Weather is fine, it's dark and the floodlights are on. Track is spiked on the starts and the bends... everything all set!

Delayed start while they tyre pack the track!

Referee is Robbie Perks although it says in the programme it's Peter Adams.

1. Hancock, Magnus, Peter, Gustafsson. 3-3
Good start from Magnus but Hancock nips inside on the back straight. Good team riding from PK.

2. KP, Ronnie, McGowan, Branney. 1-5, 4-8
Great start from the Wolves, KP on the outside, RC on the inside - 5-1. Woo Hoo!

3. Hamill, Johnno, Eriksson, Freddie. 4-2, 8-10
Hamill form the gate. Freddie has a close look at the fence on bend 2... and again later in the race having passed Eriksson. Good ride from Johnno.

4. Iversen, Howe, Branney, Pecyna. 4-2, 12-12
David pushed NKI hard at the front as KP can't recover from a poor start in time to pass Branney who rides mid track.

JFB says the crowd is 403... outside at least (yes he counted them).

5. Peter, Hamill, Magnus, Eriksson. 2-4, 14-16
Good start from PK who pulls away for an easy win. Magnus holds off a strong challenge from Eriksson for 3rd.

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6. Howe, Hancock, Gustafsson, Correy. 3-3, 17-19
Great start and easy win for David! Ronnie missed the gate and locked up on the 3rd bend too far back to hope to challemnge though he was close at the end.

7. Lindgren, Johnston, Iversen, McGowan. 1-5, 18-24
Great start from the Wolves and it's 5-1... Freddie looks fast.

JFB says there's a wanted poster up for whoever stole the shale off the track!

8. McGowan, Magnus, Henka, KP( fell) 4-2, 22-26
Wolves pair gate but it's KP on the inside of Magnus, he can't hold the line and almost takes them both down. KP falls and Henka is baulked. 3rd lap Travis passes Magnus on the inside pushing him wide. Wolves 5-1 becomes an Oxford 4-2...

9. Howe, Hamill, Eriksson, Correy. 3-3, 25-29
Eriksson tangles with Ronnie and stays down for all 4 back. David had gated on Billy Hamill... and he does it again in the rerun! Great win from David, but Ronnie locks up again and falls back.

10. Hancock, Lindgren, Johnston, Branney 3-3, 28-32
Freddie leads but too wide on the 2nd lap and brushed the fence and Hancock nips past. Johnno passes Branney on 4th lap 1st bend on inside.

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11. Iversen, McGowan, PK, Magnus. 5-1, 33-33
PK misses the gate by a mile and takes a lap to pass Magnus. Iversen has gone, PK challenges McGowan but can't pass. All the hard work down the pan, back level.

Interval.

12. McGowan, Eriksson, Correy, Johnston. 5-1, 38-34
From the gate... we've gone to pieces! Bit like Belle Vue.

13. Peter K, Hancock, Iversen, Howe(fell) 3-3, 41-37
PK from the gate, David gets squeezed wide by Hancock and slides off trying to make up ground, clears the track for PK's win. Gating all important now.

14. Hamill, Lindgren, McGowan, Pecyna. 4-2, 45-39
Great start from Freddie but he holds the inside(!) and Hamill sweeps round him. KP nowhere at the back - a one ride wonder from him tonight.

... and we've lost.

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15. Peter K, Hancock, Hamill, Lindgren. 3-3, 48-42
From the gate.

That's it... same again, good start for Wolves but we fade at the end. Good performances from PK and David.

That's it... thanks for following and goodnight.