Wolverhampton Wolves 55, Oxford Silver Machine 38: Greg Hancock's magnificent 19-point haul was not enough for Oxford Silver Machine to take any reward from the Black Country last night.

Hancock won four of his six races on his way to scoring half of the team's total.

But with only former Wolverhampton rider Jesper B Jensen offering any support, the home side comfortably took both match and bonus points.

Oxford were defending a five-point margin from Thursday's meeting at Cowley.

But this was quickly overturned as Wolves, very much in-form on their home circuit, raced into a ten-point lead in the space of four races.

A rearguard action was required from Silver Machine, who were still without the unwell Stefan Andersson, and were once again using No 8 Michal Makovsky, this time in place of the injured Henka Gustafsson.

Hancock won his tactical ride in heat five for double points.

But Wolves began to pull away with a 5-1 in heat eight from Ronnie Correy and Polish reserve Krzysztof Pecyna, who has chosen his two meetings against Oxford to have his best matches in British speedway.

Silver Machine's second tactical ride was wasted with a struggling Niels-Kristian Iversen making no impression in heat ten, and from that point the bonus point never looked possible for the visitors.

Iversen's nightmare evening started with him suffering mechanical failure while in the lead in heat three which caused a three-man pile-up.

And it ended with him going from first to last in heat 14 after hitting the fence coming off turn four.

Hancock deprived Max of a maximum by winning heat 13.

But he had no answer to the Swede in the final race as Max unusually clocked the fastest time of the night in heat 15.

Wolverhampton: Max 14, Pecyna 14, Correy 7+3, Johnston 10+2, Lindgren 7+2, Karlsson 3+2. 55pts.

Oxford: Hancock 19, Jensen 10+2, Bajerski 5, Iversen 3, McGowan 1, Makovsky 0. 38pts.