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Posted 13/06/06

Tigers travel to Middlesboro hoping to inflict the first home league defeat on the Redcar Bears but could well be without Lee Dicken.

Lee is struggling to recover from the back injury that caused him to pull out of his final ride last Sunday - an injury he actually picked up at Newport. If unable to make it, David McAllan and both the reserves can take his rides.

Although Redcar won the PT meeting in a last heat decider, many factors have changed since then and it makes tonight's meeting difficult to call.

Redcar have been finding their way and their form in recent weeks has improved considerably, especially at home. Recent results indicate Chris Kerr could provide more of a challenge than he did previously and the Bears have Kevin Little back-he was missing through injury the last time round.

Glasgow will also have a rider back from injury as Kauko Nieminen missed last time although his rider replacement rides returned 7 points.

The major difference however should be in the track. The last visit saw three riders fall on parade and Danny fall in two of his rides. The weather has been kinder of late though and the track has had more time to bed in. With one of the PL's top riders at number 1 for Redcar in the form of Gary Havelock, it promises to be entertaining particularly in heat 13 as long as Shane Parker has got over his engine troubles.

Tonight's meeting at Redcar has had the start time put back to 8pm due to World Cup football - Trinidad and Tobago's Colin Samuel has stood on the terracing at Ashfield, or more accurately in the bar, cheering on the Tigers so presumably that's the reason!