Coventry Bees Speedway team were beaten 46-44 at Kings Lynn Stars tonight.
The Bees, riding off gates one and three at the Adrian Flux Arena, had Krzysztof Kasprzak win in the opening heat to take a 4-2 lead. However, that was wiped out when the home side took a 5-1 win in the second.
Danny King won in a 3-3 which was followed by a 5-1 to Kings Lynn and Jason Garrity winning in a 3-3.
The Bees were six points down but reduced that in heat six when Krzysztof Kasprzak and Chris Harris won in a 5-1 before being cancelled out with another 5-1 to Kings Lynn thanks to a win from Niels Kristian Iversen.
Two 3-3;s were followed by another win for Krzysztof Kasprzak in a 4-2 with Iversen getting past Harris to take heat eleven and give Kings Lynn a 4-2.
Josh Bates took a win in a 5-1 heat twelve victory for the Bees and then Krzysztof Kasprzak won in a 3-3.
In heat fourteen, there was a big pile up which saw Rory Schlein and Kacper Woryna taken to hospital and a 4-2 win for the home side.
Krzysztof Kasprzak won the final heat to earn a paid maximum with five wins from five rides but the 4-2 win was not enough to stop the Bees from going down to a 46-44 defeat.
KING’S LYNN 46: Niels K Iversen 10, Mads Korneliussen 8, Carl Wilkinson 7, Robert Lambert 6+3, Kai Huckenbeck 5+1, Lewis Rose 5+1, Rory Schlein 5.
COVENTRY 44: Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Jason Garrity 7, Josh Bates 6+1, Chris Harris 5+1, James Sarjeant 4+2, Danny King 4, Kacper Woryna 3.