WOLVERHAMPTON SPEEDWAY NEWS
02 May 2006 - Wolverhampton Speedway

WOLVES 47 READING 44

ONCE again a Wolves home meeting went down to a dramatic finale before the Monmore men secured the right result against the Elite League newcomers.

There seemed no hint of the action to follow when Wolves led by ten points with five heats to go - but Reading refused to be beaten and slashed the gap with a 5-1 in Heat 12, and after the teams traded 4-2s in the next two races the Bulldogs needed a 5-1 from the last heat to force a draw.

Wolves were still hot favourites especially as Peter Karlsson was again in dominant form as he started with four straight wins, including a new Monmore track record in Heat 1.
Reading''s chances ended when Matej Zagar caused Billy Hamill to fall on the back straight and was excluded by referee Margaret Vardy. Hamill received lengthy attention and took an ambulance ride back to the pits but was fit for the re-run.

But there was further drama when they tried again as Karlsson spun and fell with Hamill laying his machine down in avoidance.

That led, almost fittingly, to a match race between the two great American former World Champions, and it was Hancock who took the win ahead of Hamill to round off another thriller of a meeting.

WOLVES: Peter Karlsson 12, Billy Hamill 11, Fredrik Lindgren 10, Ronnie Correy 5+2, Christian Hefenbrock 5+1, Magnus Karlsson 4, Lee Smethills 0.

READING: Greg Hancock 14, Janusz Kolodziej 8+1, Matej Zagar 7, Travis McGowan 5+1, Charlie Gjedde 4+1, Andy Smith 3+2, Zdenek Simota 3+1.

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