Attention turns to individual matters for Kent's top duo of skipper Jack Thomas and Nathan Stoneman at lunchtime in Leicester today (Sunday 30/9) as they contest the National League Riders' Championship.
The annual showcase sees 16 riders from the TPTNL's ten clubs competing for the 24th.staging of British Speedway's third tier individual event.
Twice in the past five years Kent riders have tasted success in the NLRC and with so many debutants in the event this time the championship is probably more open than at any time in the previous two dozen years,
Riding draw order for today's NLRC is:
1 NATHAN STONEMAN (Kent SLYDE Kings) 2 BEN WILSON (Buxton Hitmen) 3 DREW KEMP (Mildenhall Fen Tigers) 4 CONNOR MOUNTAIN (Coventry Bees) 5 ALFIE BOWTELL (Isle of Wight Warriors) 6 RYAN KINSLEY (Mildenhall Fen tigers) 7 TOM PERRY (Belle Vue Colts) 8 JACK THOMAS (Kent SLYDE Kings) 9 LEON FLINT (Birmingham Brummies) 10 KYLE BICKLEY (Belle Vue Colts) 11 MAX CLEGG (Stoke Potters) 12 BEN MORLEY (Isle of Wight Warriors) 13 HENRY ATKINS (Plymouth Devils) 14 MARK BASEBY (Eastbourne Eagles) 15 GEORGIE WOOD (Eastbourne Eagles ) 16 JON ARMSTRONG (Coventry)
Start time is at 1pm at Leicester Speedway, Beaumont Park, Beaumont Leys, Leicester. Leics LE4 1TZ