WOLVERHAMPTON surged eight points clear at the top of the SGB Premiership with an emphatic away win at Leicester on Monday.
The reigning champions had three unbeaten riders and recorded all but two of the race wins in their 57-36 victory at Beaumont Park.
World Championship leader Fredrik Lindgren reeled off his fifth straight domestic maximum, with fellow Swede Jacob Thorssell also on the 12-point mark from four rides – whilst early-season signing Rory Schlein notched a paid maximum from five outings (12+3).
To emphasise their side’s dominance, Sam Masters (10+2) and reserve Mark Riss (9+1) were also in the major points in a comprehensive Wolves performance.
There were slim pickings for the Lions, whose only successes came from Kim Nilsson and Erik Riss, who collected six points from a tactical ride on his way to top-scoring with eight overall.
Lindgren said: “To win away from home so comfortably is always brilliant but it really was an awesome performance from the whole team.
“Quick gating and smart first and second turns were where we won this meeting so impressively tonight and it was just another unbelievable effort from all of the team.
“It's another four huge points for us to add onto our total at the top of the table and we can't ask for much more right now.”
Leicester newcomer Jason Garrity said: “At the end of the day, they've got a good strong team, they were way better than us tonight and we didn't deserve anything out of the meeting.
“They were quicker out of the tapes and the way the track was, with the rain we had before the meeting, gating was going to be more important than ever.
“There's nothing we can do though apart from learn from it and move on.”
Meanwhile Kent were dominant 64-26 winners over King’s Lynn in their Travel Plus National League clash at Central Park.
Skipper Luke Bowen scored a 15-point maximum with Ben Hopwood (14+1) also paid for a full house, with Josh Bailey top-scoring with 10 for the Young Stars.
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LATEST RESULTS...
TUESDAY JUNE 27:
TRAVEL PLUS NATIONAL LEAGUE Isle of Wight v Cradley - OFF
MONDAY JUNE 26:
SGB PREMIERSHIP Poole 43 (Jack Holder 12+2) Belle Vue 47 (Craig Cook 14) SGB Premiership points: Poole 0 Belle Vue 3
PREMIERSHIP KO CUP Q/F 2nd leg Wolverhampton 48 (Sam Masters 13) King’s Lynn 42 (Troy Batchelor 13) Wolverhampton win 102-78 on aggregate
FOUR TEAM TOURNAMENT USA Dream Team 40 (Luke Becker 11/Dillon Ruml 11) Kent Kings 26 (Jack Thomas 10) Lakeside 15 (Ben Morley 6) Kent Kestrels 14 (Bradley Andrews 5/William O’Keefe 5)
