Coventry Bees have brought in Swedish star Linus Sundstrom for their final Elite League fixture of the season.
The Bees are still to announce when they will face King’s Lynn to Brandon but they have brought in Sundstrom, who started the season with Peterborough but lost his place with the Showground side due to injury.
The 22-year-old will take the place of No.1 rider Krzysztof Kasprzak, who has been released from his contract after several inconsistent displays, leaving the Pole free to compete in the final three rounds of the Grand Prix series and his forthcoming Testimonial at Poole.
Sundstrom is a proven performer at Brandon, having got the better of a World-class field to win the Brandonapolis at the start of last season, and he was unbeaten from his first four rides when the Panthers raced at Coventry at the end of May.
He suffered a broken scaphoid in a crash in Poland in late-June, with Peterborough subsequently making a host of changes to their team with Kenni Larsen also on the sidelines.
Coventry co-promoter Neil Watson said: “We realise it’s not ideal to make a change with only one official meeting remaining - circumstances have prevented us from moving sooner, but we still felt it was important to act when we could.
“We are considering several options for next season but we are pleased to be able to bring Linus to Coventry for the King’s Lynn match and we thank his parent club Peterborough for their co-operation.
“It is a shame that things have not really worked out for KK this season. Despite all the criticism, there have been some top performances from him on occasions, but not as consistently as either he or we would have liked, and obviously our recent results have highlighted areas of major concern in the team.”