Coventry Storm Speedway Team were heavily beaten in their first ever meeting.
The Storms who will ride in the National League this season, went to Dudley Heathens for a Travel Plus Trophy meeting and were soon 10-2 after the Heathens took the opening two heats 5-1 at Monmore.
A 4-2 win and a 5-1 victory in a rerun heat four saw the Storm down by fourteen points.
Joe Jacobs took the tactical ride for Coventry in heat five and held off Starke to take a 6-3, followed by a 3-3.
Heat seven was also a 3-3 before The Heathens won a re-run heat eight 4-2.
A 3-3 and two 5-1's meant that by heat eleven, the Storm were 21 points down and Oliver Greenwood took a tactical ride in heat twelve to try and get some points back. The arrears were only reduced by two points
A 4-2 in heat thirteen restored Dudley's 21 point lead which was maintained by a 3-3 in the next heat.
A miserable night ended with a 5-1 in the final heat and the Storm started with a 60-35 defeat.
The home leg takes place at Brandon on April 19th