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ROB Lyon has quit his role as King’s Lynn manager – to step upstairs and run the club!Lyon, who has enjoyed a glittering era in charge of the Stars team winning 10 major honours, will be in charge of the day-to-day business at the Adrian Flux Arena.It means current chief Keith ‘Buster’ Chapman is free to focus on his role as chairman of British Speedway, although he will be in regular contact with Lyon.Lyon said: “This is the right time for me to take on a new challenge. I’m delighted to have this opportunity and I believe it suits all parties at King’s Lynn Speedway.“I make no apologies when I say I was looking for a new challenge after some wonderful years with the King’s Lynn team, we’ve had so many highs and the occasional low!“This role means I stay at the club and I’m even more involved. It’s great to be able to play my part in taking the club forward and it’s nice to help Buster like this with everything he has on his plate right now.”

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SHEFFIELD have snapped up Josh Grajczonek to lead their 2017 SGB Championship bid. The Australian helped Somerset to the Premier League title this year and will now line up at Owlerton in the second tier after the Oaktree Arena outfit stepped up to the top flight.“It feels pretty good to sign for Sheffield,” Grajczonek said. “To be fair I love riding the track and it’s only 40 minutes from home so it will cut my travelling down a lot which is great. I’m looking forward to it.“The travelling is a big thing. I clocked up close to 40,000 miles driving all over the UK last season and it wrecked me.“I like to say I ride big tracks well, without being big headed, so it’s an ideal move for me.“You always have targets but we don’t like to tell them too often. I’m setting myself up better than ever for next season.”(SPEEDWAY 3)

AUSTRALIAN racer Mason Campton has sealed a return with Workington in the 2017 SGB Championship.The 23-year-old endured a tough spell with the Comets last year, but has been handed another opportunity by the Derwent Park outfit.Comets co-promoter Steve Whitehead said: “Speedway is a business, and sometimes you have to give your investments time to give you a return, that is one of the major drivers behind giving Mason another shot in 2017.“We have not changed our mind about his potential; the lad can ride a speedway bike and now that he has sorted his machinery we think he will be a star for us in 2017.“I only hope that the Comets fans will get behind him and support the team, and our decision.”