The Lakeside Hammers will now be using Jonas Davidsson alongside Adam Shields in Saturday’s Elite League Best Pairs meeting at King’s Lynn as Jonsson is struggling with a hand injury. Davidsson has been selected ahead of Joonas Kylmakorpi based on their current form.
Following the crash in heat 11 at Belle Vue last night involving Andreas Jonsson and Leigh Lanham the Club is awaiting news from both riders. Jonsson flew back to his native Sweden this morning and on his arrival is going to have his hands examined. His has nail damage to one hand and has possibly broken a finger. His right wrist is very swollen.
A resounding victory against the Peterborough Panthers on Friday evening was the reward of some extraordinary work by the Lakeside track staff to get this Craven Shield fixture on. The match saw the Hammers side dominate proceedings from the very first heat. The initial staging of that race was stopped on the second lap when the Panthers No.2 Zdenek Simota took a tumble on the exit to the second bend. At the time of his fall the Hammers pairing of Andreas Jonsson and Leigh Lanham were on their way to a maximum 5-1 heat advantage over Peterborough’s Danish Grand Prix star, Hans Andersen.