The Elite League's Birmingham Brummies face closure after potential investor Tony Mole pulled the plug on a deal to keep the club afloat.
The Perry Bar outfit had ran up debts including rent of the stadium, which following Alan and Charles Phillips' departure had not been paid. The British Speedway Promoters Association had to step in to pay the riders after The Brummies were defeated heavily by the Poole Pirates, and look set to do so again in what appears to be the final encore against the Belle Vue Aces.