Ricky Ashworth rounded Tero Aarnio on the second bend to go second but
never looked like catching Magnus Karlsson and the Scorpions start the
match by establishing a two point lead. Steve Worrall gated to lead
heat 2 but Paul Cooper dived under him out of turn two. Jerran Hart
hit the fence down the back straight and Simon Lambert was quick to
grab third place. The Tigers looked set to level the scores until Paul
shed a chain at the start of the third lap but Simon kept the pressure
on and passed Steve off the second bend on the last lap to share the
heat. Josef Franc trapped ahead to win heat 3 but Richard Hall was woeful
from the start. Richard passed Viktor Bergstrom around the outside of
the second turn on the second lap but David Howe left it late to steal
third place off the very last turn. Carl Wilkinson leads the way in
heat 4 from team mate Steve. Simon swoops around Steve off the pits
turn on the first lap to move into second place. Josh Auty eventually
recovers from his appalling start to pass both Steve and Simon at the
end of lap three, and by maintaining his momentum around the outside
he blasted around leader Carl on the third turn for a last to first
victory. Magnus trapped to lead heat 5 but was passed by Josef out of
turn two, and then Richard into turn three after which he just didn't
seem interested. Tigers lead by 10 points.
Carl gated ahead in heat 6 only to be passed by Hugh out of the second turn. Jerran was chasing Ricky but went too wide and into the fence on the second lap earning himself a disclusion. Hugh led the rerun from Carl with Ricky stalking him in third place until swooping around him at the end of the third lap. David was on a tactical in heat 7 but Paul out gated him and took him the long way around the first turn allowing Josh to take the lead. David steadily reeled Paul in but didn't get close enough to mount a challenge as it started raining. Tero took the remaining tactical ride in heat 8 and made a lightning start. Hugh never gave up trying despite the steady rain and came within centimetres of snatching the win after a superhuman effort off the last bend. Josef was left at the gate in heat 9 but Richard was the untroubled winner. Ricky won heat 10 from David and Hugh with Viktor retiring from last place on the first lap. Tigers lead now stands at fifteen points.
Magnus traps to lead heat 11 but is passed by Paul on the third bend. Tero also lost his third place to Josh in the same spot. Josh then closed rapidly on Magnus and dived under him at the start of the third lap, and completed another last to first win by passing Paul on the third turn of the last lap. The rain has passed and the track seems to be ok. Simon and Josef lead heat 12 from Viktor and Jerran. Simon makes a hash of things at the start of the second lap baulking his team mate and Viktor gratefully accepts the lead. Magnus leads the way in heat 13 but Ricky goes around him on the third turn of the first lap, and then Josh follows suit on the second lap for the Tigers sixth maximum heat win. Richard had the legs of David on his way to winning heat 14 but after a poor start Paul was left chasing Steve for third place. When Steve drifted too wide out of turn two on the last lap Paul was well positioned to snatch the point on the third turn. Ricky and Richard were Eric's nominations while the Scorpions chose Magnus and David. Ricky sped into an early lead but Magnus dived past Richard and into second place at the end of the first lap. Richard just moved even wider and powered around the pits turn and back into second position on the second lap for yet another 5-1. The Scorpions provided just three race winners as the Tigers swept to their second biggest win of the season.
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