SGB Championship: Sheffield Tigers 54, Glasgow Tigers 36
Sheffield: Josh Grajczonek 14, rider replacement for Todd Kurtz, Lasse Bjerre 8, Josh Bates 8, Kyle Howarth 14, Jan Graversen 9, Georgie Wood 1
Glasgow: Richie Worrall 4, Mason Campton (guest) 10, Aaron Summers 10, rider replacement for Nike Lunna, Richard Lawson 6, Tom Perry 2, Jack Smith 4
Glasgow Tigers were mauled 54-36 by SGB Championship pace-setters Sheffield Tigers and one of their former riders, Josh Grajczonek, starred for the home side with 14 points.
Kyle Howarth also collected 14 points as Tigers came from behind to dominate the second-half of the meeting.
The English side now move onto 73 points from 29 matches while Glasgow are on 59 points from 27 outings.
Earlier, Glasgow led 16-14 after five races but the sides were level at 18-18 after Heat Six.
Sheffield then put their foot down and 4-2 scorelines in three of the next four heats saw the home side edge 33-27 ahead.
And a 5-1 thanks to Howarth and Aussie-born Grajczonek in Heat 13 took the scoreline to 44-34 and sealed the win for the home side.
The Yorkshire side turned the screw with another 5-1 in Heat 14, Josh Bates and Jan Graversen doing the business.
Grajczonek rounded off a great night personally and for the team by winning the final race with Howarth in second place for a third straight 5-1.
Elsewhere, Berwick-born teenager Leon Flint finishished well down the field in the World 250cc Championship in Prague, Czech Republic.
The 14-year-old scored three points to take 14th place out of 16 riders in the event won by Denmark’s Jonas Knudsen with 12 points.
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