MILDURA Marvel Leigh Adams is just 11 points adrift of Martin Ashby’s all-time scoring record for the Robins, following his peerless paid maximum in the home defeat against Poole on Thursday.
The amazing Aussie has again been Swindon’s linchpin this term, emphasized by his trademark high scoring exploits from the club’s thirty-four official matches thus far, which are made up from 26 Elite League, 2 Knock-Out Cup, 4 Craven Shield and 2 Elite Shield.
From these, Adams has rocketed to 435 points and a whopping 11.10 real-time average to again head the entire Elite League figures. His statistical run-down for the season also includes 10 maximums (1 full and 9 paid).
Leigh’s remarkable scoring has propelled him to within touching distance of the legendary Ashby. For Swindon, including Thursday’s home encounter versus Poole, Adams now totals 5,465.5 points from 466 appearances in all team competitions.
His number of maximums for the Robins currently stands at 101 (48 full and 53 paid), the brilliant Aussie having, of course, added yet another one to his tally in the loss at the hands of the Pirates.
In the league alone for the Robins, Adams has ridden in 313 matches, scoring 3,778.5 points. With the exclusion of a guest appearance in 1995, this adjusts to 3,767.5 points from 312 appearances.
From official matches (League, Play-Offs, Knock-Out Cup, Gold Cup, BSPA Cup, Craven Shield and Elite Shield), the durable Aussie now totals 4,949.5 points from 415 meetings in Swindon’s colours, excluding those as a guest, not forgetting 96 maximums (45 full and 51 paid).
Incredibly, having first ridden officially on these shores for Poole in 1989, Leigh is currently in his twentieth successive season of UK racing. He is already the highest scoring rider in British speedway history and recently, on 10 July, in the Robins’ home fixture versus Belle Vue, he made his 800th official appearance in the UK.
He has since taken his overall tally of race points to an amazing 9,839.5 from 806 matches. From these meetings, he has also recorded a total of 155 maximums (70 full and 85 paid).
Meanwhile, on the individual stage, the reigning World No. 2 made his 99th Grand Prix appearance in Prague last Saturday evening, when he took his overall points tally in the competition to 1,131.
That total puts Leigh fifth in the list of all-time GP scorers, behind Jason Crump (1,411), Tony Rickardsson (1,401), Greg Hancock (1,345) and Tomasz Gollob (1,256).
The Sultan of Slide is due to make his 100th GP appearance in the Scandinavian round at Malilla on 16 August.
