Coventry Bees went down to a 47-43 defeat at Wolverhampton Wolves.
At Monmore Green, the Bees had Chris Harris back for a meeting which saw plenty of work done to the track before the start of the racing.
Hans Anderson started with a win in the opening heat which finished 3-3 and was followed by Jason Garrity and James Sarjeant riding for a 4-2.
Wolves came back in the third with a 5-1 but Garrity won again in a 4-2 to see the scores at 12-12 after four heats.
Engine failure for Ryan Fisher gave Wolves a 5-1 in the fifth and Anderson and Harris rode for a 5-1 to even up the scores yet again.
After two 3-3's, Garrity won again in a 5-1 which was cancelled out in the next heat with a 5-1 for Wolves.
Heat eleven finished in a 3-3 but Jacob Thorssell took heat twelve for a 4-2 to give Wolves a two point lead which was double to four points when Piotr Pawlicki got round Chris Harris.
Garrity had his bike pack up on the seocnd lap of heat fourteen in a 3-3.
That left the Bees needing a 5-1 to get a draw from the meeting. Chris Harris and Hansen could not get the win and a 3-3 meant that the Bees went down to a 47-43 defeat but did take a point from the meeting.
WOLVERHAMPTON 47: Piotr Pawlicki 15, Jacob Thorssell 11, Tai Woffinden 6+3, Ty Proctor 6, Joe Jacobs 5+1, Ricky Wells 4+2, Ashley Morris 0.
COVENTRY 43: Kenneth Hansen 9+1, Jason Garrity 9, Chris Harris 7+2, Hans Andersen 7+1, James Sarjeant 7+1, Ryan Fisher 3, Kyle Howarth 1.