Ashfield Set for Quicker Times?
(Posted 02/03/07)

Glasgow Captain Shane Parker is expecting even faster speedway at Ashfield this season after recent work on the track surface.

The past few seasons have seen the track deteriorate with the third bend in particular developing some pretty severe ruts.

However the track has now apparently been completely ripped up and relayed.

Shane spent a considerable amount of time working at the track on Monday and now believes it to be in the better condition than in any of his previous seasons with Glasgow.

The uneven track of last season has been replaced with a more level surface which should see faster and even more competitive racing with faster times expected.

The current track record at Ashfield is 57.6 seconds set by Shane himself back in May 2004. The fastest time last season was 58.0 seconds set in heat 1 of the meeting on 2nd July against Somerset by Danny Bird but in reality the majority of times were in the 59 or 60 second bracket.