Leicester Lions face two crucial Bank Holiday fixtures which could make or break their Premier League play-off hopes.
Tomorrow they host the Berwick Bandits at the Jordan Road Surfacing Stadium (6.0) before travelling to Scunthorpe Scorpions the following day (3.0).
Lions lie seventh in the table and, with only five meetings remaining, need to muster as many points as they can to stay in contention.
They will have to do it without captain Kauko Nieminen, who is still troubled by the shoulder injury he picked up in the win at Redcar last week. As a result, Lions will operate the rider-replacement facility.
In addition, talented reserve Alex Edberg is struggling to shake off a problem with his left hand and will also be absent.
Ryan Douglas will guest against Berwick, while Edberg will test out his fitness tomorrow in the hope of making the Scunthorpe trip.
"After the win at Redcar last week, we are back in the frame for a top-six finish," said Alan Jones, co-promoter of the Harry Jordan Haulage-sponsored Lions.
"It is very much in our own hands now whether we succeed or not.
"There are two teams in the top six who are within our reach and we have to believe that we can overhaul one of them in the final reckoning.
"But to do that we have to gain all three match points against Berwick and go to Scunthorpe the next day and pick up at the very least a draw, which will give us another two match points.
"It is going to be tight but, if we duplicate the same 'can do' attitude as we did to surprise the Redcar team, then anything is possible."
A special rider will be remembered at the Jordan Road Surfacing Stadium tomorrow.
After the Lions' Premier League clash with Berwick, there will be a six-race event between the host's Lion Cubs and the Long Eaton Invaders for the Mick Spiers Memorial Trophy.
Spiers was born and bred in Leicester. He was a student at Gateway College and a member of the Knighton Fields Swimming Club, and part of their water polo team.
He was making good progress as a speedway rider with the Invaders' junior side when he died following a crash during a team training session in 1983.
His name lived on at Long Eaton, where a memorial trophy was raced for at junior level on eight occasions in the 1980s and '90s up until the stadium closed for redevelopment.
The original trophy has been located and recently returned to the Spiers family.
It is a replica of Spiers riding his speedway bike and will be on display inside the stadium's main entrance for fans to view.
Spiers' speedway colleagues, Darrin Hewitt and Mike May, together with his cousin, Steve Spiers, have helped arrange this event.
Alan Jones, Lions co-promoter, said: "When the idea of a memorial meeting was run past me I readily agreed.
"I am sure the two teams will put on a good show for Mick's family tomorrow to mark the 30th anniversary of his death."