Cubsforever 16 Posted September 11, 2016 The Hartburn Garage supported Redcar Cubs lost narrowly at Workington Meteors this evening but gave another good account of themselves in a very entertaining meeting. Heat one saw one of the craziest starts seen by this correspondent in many years. A grippy start line saw Carl Basford lift violently from gate one but not as spectacularly as his race partner Gavin Parr who not only lifted but careered across the track and unbelievably held on to the shock of everyone even the referee who strangely didn't put the red lights on and somehow everyone made it to the first corner. Whilst the Cubs held a 4-2 position with Carl out in front , Lloyd Ditchburn came to grief at the back causing the race to be stopped and a rerun ordered. After the events of the first start the rerun was a little less frantic from the Cubs pair allowing Jake Isherwood to take the lead. Carl quickly got passed his partner and a three lap battle ensued for the lead in an excellent tussle with Jake taking the win by half a wheel. Heat two for the 125 boys saw an all too familiar pattern as the Cubs pair initially gated well but were soon passed by the quicker home riders and a cursed Elliot Kelly again suffering machine malfunction. Heat 3 was as good as the first 500 race with Jake gating first with Gav and Carl cautiously away.This time it was Gav who gave the chase and tried an aggressive inside pass on bend 3 resulting in both riders hitting the deck and Gav being excluded. The rerun saw Jake Isherwood away first again but Carl showed a maturity way beyond his years to stalk him and pounce exiting bend 4 on lap 3 for the win putting the score at 11-7. The second 125 race saw further bike issues for Elliot and the quicker Meteors pair took a 5-1. Heat 5 finally saw a controlled start from all 4 riders with the Cubs pair out in front to take an impressive 5-1 with Gav following Carl home putting the score at 17-13. Unfortunately for the Cubs the 125 boys were again outclassed by the faster duo of the Meteors in the final race leaving the result as Meteors 22 Cubs 14. Meteors scorers; Jake Isherwood ( guest) 3,2,1---6 Lloyd Ditchburn. Fx,1',0-----1&1 Kieran Taylor. 3,3,3--------9 Luke Harrison ( guest) 2',2',2'----6&3 Cubs scorers; Carl Basford 2,3,3--8 Gav Parr 1',X,2'----3&2 Elliot Kelly 1,0,1-----2, Alex Goldsbrough 0,1,0--1 . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
