Coventry Bees were beaten 51-39 at Eastbourne Eagles.
At Arlington tonight, The Bees were forced to use rider replacement for Olly Allen and Arron Summers came in for Allen and helped Krzysztof Kasprzak ride to a 5-1 in the first heat.
Eastbourne hit back with a 5-1 in the second heat and a 4-2 in the third followed by a 3-3 to lead 13-11.
Kasprzak and Zengota took a 5-1 in heat five before a Scott Nicholls win gave the Bees a 3-3.
Both Stuart Robson and Lukas Dryml went down in heat seven but got back on their bikes as Eastbourne took a 4-2 to level the scores at 21-21.
A 4-2 for the Bees and a 3-3 followed before the Eagles went back in front with a 5-1 thanks to Pedersen and Bridger.
Heat eleven produced a 3-3 as did heat twelve. But in heat thirteen, the Bees were held back by Woodward as Eastbourne took a 5-1 and extended their lead to 42-36.
Another 5-1 in heat fourteen was enough to give The Eagles the win and a final heat 4-2 made it a 51-39 defeat and a long trip back to Coventry.
EASTBOURNE 51: Cameron Woodward 13+1, Bjarne Pedersen 11+1, Simon Gustafsson 11+1, Lukas Dryml 7+2, Lewis Bridger 7+1, Denis Gizatullin 2+1, Timo Lahti r/r.
COVENTRY 39: Scott Nicholls 12, Krzysztof Kasprzak 11, Grzegorz Zengota 9+1, Michal Szczepaniak 4+1, Aaron Summers 3+2, Stuart Robson 0, Olly Allen r/r.