Hodgson in for Redcar
Posted 19/08/06

The Official Redcar Website has this evening confirmed that in place of Matt Tresarrieu - who has chosen to ride in a grasstrack meeting at Swingfield instead of turning out for the Bears at Glasgow - they will have a Conference League guest from the ranks of their junior side, Rusty Hodgson.

Rusty has had a couple of second half outings at Ashfield so will not be seeing the track for the first time. The 24 year old former road racer has a speedway pedigree and becomes the third generation of his family to ride for the Bears (although technically his father and grandfather rode for 'Middlesboro' Bears rather than Redcar).

He is expected to ride at number 4.

Rather surprisingly the official Redcar site seem to imply that team boss Brian Havelock was disappointed that he could not use rider replacement for his missing Frenchman - we bet he was, but the rules dictate that when he is riding elsewhere other than in an approved meeting that a Conference League guest is the only option.