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WOLVERHAMPTON SPEEDWAY FREDDIE Lindgren is facing a race against time to be fit for the Elite League play-offs after crashing out of Wolverhampton''s win over Peterborough. The popular Swedish youngster was involved in an incident with Lukas Dryml and was immediately ruled out of the rest of the meeting. Good news is that there is nothing broken, though he has had eight stitches to a wound on his face and his thigh is badly swollen. Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said: ''You never know with youngsters, they are so keen to get back on a bike but I would rate him as extremely doubtful for our meeting in the play-offs next Monday. ''At this stage it lookes like he will be unavailable for the next two or three weeks which is a massive disappointment, both for him and the club.'' *WOLVERHAMPTON safely booked a home draw in the Elite League play-offs by brushing aside Peterborough 57-36 to claim second spot in the regular standings. Going into the meeting they needed to win by 13-points at least to claim the aggregate bonus point which was enough to put them beyond the reach of nearest rivals Ipswich. And they set about their task in determined fashion. Mikael Max powered under former World Champion Gary Havelock, exiting the second turn of the first heat, and pulled away for an easy victory. Wolves followed that up with two maximum heat wins, and a 4-2 from the exciting partnership of David Howe and Simon Stead to open up a ten point lead on the night. Peterborough tried to respond by nominating Grand Prix rider Lukas Dryml for a double point tactical ride in heat 5, but Fredrik Lindgren and Sam Ermolenko highlighted the determination in the home side, by powering past the Czech to share the points, with Havelock taking the chequered flag. Howe and Skornicki combined in heat 7 to put Wolves ahead on aggregate for the first time, but Wolves lost the services of Lindgren in the next race. Lukas Dryml fell on the third turn, and Wolves’ young Swede couldn’t avoid the fallen rider and his machine, and was forced to withdraw from the meeting with a gashed chin and bruising to the leg. A somewhat surprise victory for the visitors by Ricky Ashworth in the re-run, and a six point tactical ride success by Lee Richardson in heat 9 could have unsettled Wolves, but they powered home with three 5-1’s and a 4-2 in four of the last five races to open up a comfortable margin of victory. On a night when the whole side performed solidly to send out a warning to their play off rivals, the performance of Skornicki was a real highlight. Occasionally more famous for his showmanship than his points scoring, the Pole turned in his best ever performance on a British track, featuring in five of Wolves’ six maximum heat wins. David Howe turned in a display of quick gating and forceful riding, and is arguably riding as well as he has ever done, and on this form Wolves will enter the play off’s fearing no one. WOLVERHAMPTON: Adam Skornicki 16+3, David Howe 11+1, Mikael Max 11, Sam Ermolenko 8+3, Simon Stead 8+1, Fredrik Lindgren 3+1. PETERBOROUGH: Lee Richardson 16, Gary Havelock 7, Ricky Ashworth 5, Ales Dryml 4, Henning Bager 3+1, Lukas Dryml 1+1, Norbert Magosi 0.
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