JASON Crump celebrated his European Grand Prix triumph with a brilliant maximum as Belle Vue stayed among the Elite League pacemakers.

But Ian Thomas, boss of the Fonestyle UK Aces, was equally pleased with the best all-round team effort of the season which promises much for the return tomorrow night.

The Aces go in search of the vital aggregate bonus point at Oxford with an 18-point advantage and Thomas said: "This was a really solid performance.

"There have been meetings this season when one or two riders haven't contributed very much but everybody chipped in this time."

The Aces were 8-4 down after two heats, Joe Screen having been brought to a halt in the first race, his motor seizing up when he was tucked in behind team-mate Kenneth Bjerre for full points.

But it was only a temporary setback as Crump got to work, well assisted by Simon Stead who won three of his five races despite being laid low by hay fever.

The Aces took maximum points from the third and fourth races to lead 14-10 and from there it was a damage limitation exercise by the visitors, whose main bright spot was the 13-point return by Czech reserve Lubos Tomicek.

Bjerre pulled off two good passes and Phil Morris got up on the line in heat seven to beat Freddie Eriksson and follow Crump home for another maximum.

BELLE VUE: J Crump 15, S Stead 12, K Bjerre 8, J Screen 7, J Wright 6, P Morris 5, T P Madsen 3.

OXFORD: L Tomicek 13, D Watt 10, T Wiltshire 6, E Andersson 4, A Skornicki 2, D Howe 2, F Eriksson 1.

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