Cumbrian star Richard Lawson continued his good start to the season as Leicester Lions raced to an emphatic 43-29 win at Birmingham to put their early-season frustrations behind them.
They went 14 points up with a 5-1 in Heat 12, at which point a halt was called due to worsening conditions with heavy rain moving in.
Lawson had been involved in three races and had scored eight points for the L:ions with two wins and a second.
The Lions had reeled-off a hat-trick of 5-1s from Heats 4 to 6 at Perry Barr as they dominated the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership clash to collect their first away win of the campaign.
Ryan Douglas led the way for the visitors with 10+1 from four rides, and Lawson (8) also only dropped one point to an opponent, the Brummies’ Zach Cook.
Lions boss Stewart Dickson said: “I know it’s only one result, and one swallow doesn’t make a summer, but there was a glimpse of what this team can do when they collectively all score.
“Any manager will tell you it’s difficult to get all seven firing, but I felt I got close to that tonight, and hopefully this is the start of things coming together.
“My riders are due credit tonight, and I certainly don’t begrudge giving them that credit – they rode extremely well.”
