SWINDON Robins were able to secure their ninth win on the spin as they beat King’s Lynn Stars 50-40, but it came at a cost.

With the meeting having beaten the wet weather to get on at the Adrian Flux Arena, it was the worst possible start for Swindon as Tobiasz Musielak went down in bend two but was able to return to his bike to allow heat one to continue.

However, with the Stars duo of Robert Lambert and Thomas Jorgensen leading, Jason Doyle, still sporting crutches before the meeting, tried to fight back for second place but came together with Jorgensen, attempting a move down the inside, on the home straight and proceeded to go straight into the air fence at bend one of lap two.

After medical attention on the track, the Aussie, who is currently leading the Grand Prix series, was able to return to his feet but was taken straight to hospital, with concerns about broken toes on the same foot he broke in three places during his crash in Poland more than a month ago, as well as complaining about his ribs hurting.

“Jorgenson came down the straight and caught Jason,” explained team manager Alun Rossiter.

“He turned in on Jason down the straight and they just come together.

“It was a bit hard on Jason. If you keep your line, he turned on him when Jason had gone through up the inside.

“He was complaining with his toes and ribs, we don’t know, he has gone to the hospital in Norwich for X-rays.”

However, Swindon, who were already missing Zach Wajtknecht from the side after he tore his spleen last week, have confidence streaming through their veins at the moment courtesy of their winning streak which dates back to the start of June.

Having slipped behind early on, with Kai Hulkenbeck earning heat advantages in heats three and five, Swindon rallied and made inroads on the deficit when David Bellego and Bradley Wilson-Dean teamed up for the Robins’ first 4-2 of the night in heat seven.

By heat nine, Swindon were ahead as Adam Ellis, who won his first two heats of the evening, got away superbly and was followed by Nick Morris to complete the maximum and move two points ahead.

The scores were back level just one race later before Morris and Musielak combined in heat eleven to secure another maximum and edge away from their hosts.

The duo were back at it again in heat 13 to stretch the visitor’s advantage to eight points and despite that being reduced to six in the penultimate race of the night, when Robert Lambert fell in the first run of heat fifteen, the same Swindon pairing ensure all four points were returning to Wiltshire with their third maximum of the night.

“It’s a very good win, especially without Jason,” said Rossiter.

“I knew that the new guys for King’s Lynn would come in and they would be fired up to prove a point with the changes they’ve made and they are triers and they did give it their all.

“With all the problems they have had here; it was a little bit slick tonight and passing was at a minimum so the gating was very important tonight.

“We had some good, hard first corners and we muscled our way in a few times.

“We got it going in the end and we really came on strong.

“Full credit to everybody, they dug in and did a great job.

“We were basically without our number one and number seven tonight, Jake did his best but, unfortunately, it’s a different ball game, coming up from the National League.

“That’s how lucky we were with Zach, he was coming on so good.

“He was fives, sixes and sevens most weeks and they are vitally important, they are the difference between winning and losing, especially away from home.

“I think we had enough, in the end, with Adam at reserve.

“Bradley struggled and then he came good in heat 12, I dropped him and he showed me, ‘there we go boss, don’t drop me again’.

“Nine on the bounce feels pretty good but our feet are still firmly grounded.

“As I said, I think the fans will be getting a bit excited but I know the riders aren’t.”

Swindon now return to the Abbey this evening to host Leicester Lions and Rossiter admits he will have his work cut out to find a replacement for Doyle in time.

“I think it is going to be tough,” he added.

“This could be a banana skin tomorrow. We slipped up against Leicester a few years ago and they have got Rohan Tungate in reserve and Scott Nicholls, so it is going to be a tough test.

“We’ll try to get a guest or maybe a rider replacement, it depends what I can pull out of the bag.”