Scunthorpe to host British U19 Final

The Eddie Wright Raceway, the home of the Attis Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions, will host the British Under-19 Final on Friday, September 17th at 7.30pm.

The meeting was awarded to Mildenhall this season, but the staging at West Row on August 22 was abandoned after five races. The Mildenhall promotion added a statement to their website during the week that explained that they do not wish to hold the re-staging of the meeting.

Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey, who is also the chairman of British Speedway, explains: “The British Under-19 Final was Mildenhall’s meeting, since it was allocated to them for this season. When it was called off, Mildenhall still had first refusal on the re-staging.

“But once the Mildenhall promotion revealed they no longer wished to hold it, I stepped in to bring it to Scunthorpe, since we have a free date on September 17, plus this is a prestigious meeting that has been held every year since 2004, when it was the British Under-18 Championship, and it’s important it’s still held this season.

“As people may recall, we also held the meeting during Covid-hit 2020. It was a cracking meeting that was the pick of the three meetings we held here last season under Covid restrictions. Drew Kemp pipped Dan Gilkes to the title, while our own Jordan Palin recovered from a first race exclusion to win a run-off for third place.

“The meeting will again boast a line-up of the top British prospects and it will contain some thrilling racing; I have no doubt about it.

“It’s quite a coup for any winner to add their name to the list of winners for this championship.