The meeting was nearly an hour late starting while trackstaff battled to get a waterlogged circuit fit for racing and the home side seemed set for a comfortable win when they led 31-23 after nine races.
But with Andy Smith, Rusty Harrison and Jason Lyons all struggling, team manager Ian Thomas slid mudlark Stead in for extra rides and he responded with five wins in seven races and an 18-point haul.
He was brilliantly supported by world champion Jason Crump who won his five races while Kenneth Bjerre had one win and three seconds in his ten points.
The Fonestyle UK Aces turned the match when Joe Screen ended a slow start by winning heat ten and then they piled in with maximum points in four of the last five races
The win, their eighth in 10 matches this month, was worth three points as they tacked on the bonus for winning on aggregate over the home and away fixtures. It extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points over Poole, and the Aces now look certain to qualify for end-of-season play-offs.
Jubilant boss Thomas said: "When we were eight points down I would have been happy to go home with the bonus points. To get the win as well was a bonus."
WOLVERHAMPTON: D Howe 8, C Gjedde 6, S Johnston 6, F Lindgren 6, K Pecyna 5, R Correy 4, J Grieves 4.
BELLE VUE: S Stead 18, J Crump 15, K Bjerre 10, J Screen 7, J Lyons 1, A Smith 0, R Harrison 0.
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Ian, Manchester (26/07/2005 at 13:19)
Eight wins from 10 matches in July.
20 points taken from a maximum 24 and 2 bonus points set up ready for the taking. A brilliant July.
MEN Sports personalities of the Month for July? The Belle Vue Aces!!!!
Phil, Manchester (26/07/2005 at 15:27)
Not even Wolves presenting a shocking ploughed field of a track could stop the mighty Aces.
What a superb July. 10 matches....8 wins...and there's still the cup to come.
Garry Cook, Preston (26/07/2005 at 15:51)
Raj Patel, Wolverhampton (26/07/2005 at 16:15)
even then only crump and stead wanted to ride, the rest of you lot were chicken.
we'll see who the really the top dogs are in the play-offs.
up the wolves
Simon, Gorton (26/07/2005 at 18:57)
This time last year Perrin had all but killed this famous club. Now we're rejuvenated, a winning team, a perfect smooth track, growing crowds, great entertainment.......and what a July! marching to the top of the league and the semis of the cup.......If a team in any other sport had managed the kind of turnaround the Aces have, the MEN would be producing a 24 page full colour pull out!
Trevor Jones, Huddersfield (27/07/2005 at 09:01)
Proud to be an ACE
Sports Personality of the Month
Joe Screen by a mile, new dad and riding with new vigour
Chris, M/C (27/07/2005 at 13:09)
Hopefully we can keep up the good work and reach the KO Cup final too.