15th JUNE 2023

It was a meeting of two halves for Drew as Leicester took on table toppers Belle Vue Aces. Drew was second to Norick Blödorn in his first ride before teaming up with Nick Morris for an impressive 5-1 against Brady Kurtsz and Jake Mulford. That was the end of his point scoring heats as bad luck took over for the second half of the meeting. In Heat 8 his seat broke and in his final ride he was excluded after a fall on the first bend that would have seen all four back in nine out of ten instances.

9th JUNE 2023

Drew doubled his debut score for Scunthorpe with a solid 8 points in his second outing for the Scorpions against Birmingham. Riding at number 2, he made a great gate in Heat 1 to take the win from Nick Morris, Ryan Douglas and Alfie Bowtell. A vital third place in Heat 6 to gain a 4-2 with Ryan Douglas was followed by another win from the gate in Heat 8. Drew finished his night with a third place in Heat 10.

9th JUNE 2023

BACK IN THE PREMIERSHIP

Following Drew’s impressive return to British Speedway with Championship Scunthorpe, he made another statement of intent when he took up a Rising Star guest booking for Leicester Lions in their Premiership clash with Ipswich Witches. Riding at number 7, Drew flew from the gate in Heat 2 and continued to pull away from the rest of the pack, winning the race by a quarter of a lap and equalling the time of Heat 1 - 60.47, in the process. Drew took a vital third place in Heat 4 as the impressive Emil Sayfutdinov thrilled the crowd, and it was Drew who was back to winning ways in Heat 8 to help the Lions to another 5-1. Drew just lost out to Danyon Hume in his final race of the night, but with 7+1 he’d produced the goods and helped Leicester to a 52-38 win over the Witches who were not only licking their wounds but having salt rubbed into them too by Ipswich asset Drew Kemp!

2nd JUNE 2023

BACK IN THE UK!

Drew began his 2023 season in British Speedway with a thrilling ride for Scunthorpe Scorpians in Heat 3 against Redcar Bears’ Steve Worrall. Drew made a good start from gate 4 and with Worrall off gate 1 they were level coming out of the second bend. Drew briefly took the lead on the back straight of lap two before Worrall took Drew wide on bend 4 to take the win. Despite a decent start in his second ride he was at the back coming out of bend two and could never make ground. In Heat 9, Drew and Jake Allen looked to be heading for a 5-1 but Drew got squeezed out by Jake on lap two losing momentum which Charles Wright took advantage of on lap 3. Drew was involved in another exciting race in Heat 12. Connor Bailey found a way past Drew coming out of bend four going into the last lap but Drew took the lead again going into bend 1 but his momentum took him slightly wide allowing Bailey back through although Drew made ground on the last bend, Bailey just took it on the line. In an post match interview, Scunthorpe’s Michael Palm-Toft said of Drew’s debut, “Drew seems to be liking it here, he had some good battles but was unlucky with his points.”

21st MAY 2023

Rawicz were two points ahead at Heat 9, three 5-1s and a 4-2 in the last six heats saw the Bears go down by 12 points at Polonia Pila. After two second places in his opening heats, Drew took a win in Heat 8 as he replaced Hans Andersen. Having dropped just one point in his opening three rides, 2 points from his final rides saw Drew top the scoring for the Bears with 9+1. Rawicz now take a break from racing before a home return against Polonia Pila on 1st July. After six meetings in Rawicz colours, Drew has achieved an average of just over six points.

14th MAY 2023

Drew recorded his lowest score in Rawicz colours as they suffered a 20 point defeat at Gniezno. Following a last place in his opening ride in Heat 2, Drew was immediately out again in Heat 3 to replace Scott Nicholls who was excluded for touching the tapes. Drew held third place before being overtaken by Tim Sorensen on the second lap. Drew took second place in his third ride before ending his meeting with another unplaced ride. A disappointed Drew said, “I felt quick in the pre-meeting practice but was lacking during the meeting.”

7th MAY 2023

Drew opened his account with a win from the gate in Heat 2 of this tight encounter against Tarnów, and after an unplaced second ride he recorded another win in Heat 12. With 6 points from his three programmed rides Drew was given extra reserve rides in Heats 13 and 14. With Ryan Douglas winning Heat 13, an important third place for Drew gave the Bears an important 4-2 to put them within 2 points of Tarnów going into the last two races. Drew led Heat 14 for the opening lap before being overtaken by Tarnów top scorer Oskar Bober, but he held second place - and with Damian Dróżdż third, it gave the Bears a 3-3 to take the 2 point deficit into the last heat decider. Ryan Douglas and Hans Anderson took a 4-2 for Rawicz in the final race ending the meeting as a 45-45 draw. Drew’s 9 points saw him as Rawicz’s second top scorer behind Ryan Douglas on 13+1.

22nd APRIL 2023

Drew produced the best performance of his Polish league career so far in a close encounter for Rawicz against Daugavpils, which ended with a two point last heat decider victory for the Bears. Drew recorded his first Polish league victory in Heat 2 before joining Damian Baliński for a Rawicz 5-1 in Heat 4. Drew replaced Damian Dróżdż in Heat 5 for his second replacement ride of the afternoon and was defeated by an opponent for the first time in the meeting by Daugavpils’ Kevin Woelbert. Three on the trot saw Drew out for his scheduled race partnering Scott Nicholls in Heat 6 finishing second behind Daugavpils’ Peter Kildemand. Drew took a point from his final ride in Heat 12 before the thrilling finale saw Damian Baliński and Ryan Douglas take the 5-1 needed to give Rawicz victory by two points.