Northampton are celebrating their first victory since joining the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership after a dramatic 48-42 comeback triumph over Leicester.
Workington Comets number one Jonas Jeppesen and skipper Troy Batchelor are both members of the Foxes septet.
The Lions raced into an early six-point lead but the Foxes levelled by Heat 9, and whilst the visitors briefly regained the advantage the meeting swung decisively with two home 5-1s in Heats 12 and 13.
Leicester then required a 5-1 from Heat 15 to salvage a draw but race leader Ryan Douglas suffered mechanical failure when they were on a 4-2, with Jaimon Lidsey taking the win for the hosts.
Lidsey, with 12+1, was unbeaten after the first race, whilst Niels-Kristian Iversen starred on debut with 11+1 and reserve Kye Thomson added 10.
Jeppesen scored five points and a bonus on his Northampton debut, picking up a second and three third while Batchelor, won his third ride but picked up no points from his other three outings.
Foxes boss Chris Adams said: “I’m really pleased. It was a great team effort, and tonight proved what we can do as a team.
“Every race counts, and you have to keep picking away at those points. We had ten race wins, only six last places, and it all adds up at the end of the night.
“It’s easy to chalk someone off the board, especially with Kye going well at reserve, and I could have taken Nicolai Klindt out of Heat 13. But sometimes you have to put your trust in your riders and Nicolai showed what he could do when he popped out of the start and won it.”
Klindt, a former Workington rider, finished with five points from a win and two thirds.
