Coventry Storm were beaten 57-35 at Cradley tonight.
The Storm had rider replacement for Luke Chang and were beaten 4-2 in the first heat and 5-1 in the second.
Stefan Nielsen won in heat three for a 4-2 but that was cancelled out by Cradley taking a 4-2 in a re-run heat four.
Two 3-3's, a 4-2 to Cradley and another 3-3 followed before Cradley went 33-21 up with a 5-1 win in heat nine.
Nielsen took a tactical ride in heat ten which saw the Storm take a 5-3 but two 3-3's and three 5-1's meant a heavy defeat for the Storm.