A vintage performance from Polish superstar Maciej ‘Magic’ Janowski was not enough to save Oxford Spires from a 40-50 defeat at King’s Lynn Stars.

On Monday (June 17) night’s televised fixture in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership, Janowski, who has won the World Cup with Poland three times, put in his best performance to date for Spires, with two-second places followed by four classy victories in a 16-point performance.

However, King’s Lynn came out as the overall winner following a night of mechanical frustration for the Spires.

King’s Lynn clinched all three points, including the aggregate bonus point, with a 5-1 in heat 13, before Spires concluded the evening with two 4-2s, with Janowski winning both races.

For Stars, Czech Republic Grand Prix star Kvech had an impressive debut in British Speedway, scoring nine points.

Janowski said: “Everything was working for me from the beginning of the meeting. I found the set-up and that allowed me to relax on the bike and concentrate on my racing.

"After my first two rides, I started to attack the track more and I enjoyed today and had good fun. But it was a hard night for the team, with problems with the bikes in the pits.” 

Team manager Peter Schroeck said: “I can’t fault the boys for effort, but we had too many machinery problems and that cost us.

"That’s not taking anything away from King’s Lynn, who put in a good night’s racing.”