By John Walsh

Last updated 11:46, Thursday, 14 August 2008

WORKINGTON COMETS’ latest recruit 20-year-old Richard Lawson is already making the speedway world sit up and notice.

Impact Housins Open Day to Launch the Re-furbished Youthtastic Space at Nook Street Workington. Speedway Stars, Kauko Neiminen and Richard Lawson, cut the ribbon in the colourfull Bar Area. There is also a fully fitted kitchen, IT Suites, Arts and Craft Areas and much more designed, decorated and furnished by the Youthtastic youngsters themselves.

Lawson, right, was only introduced to the crowd ahead of the recent Premier League Fours and since then he’s been finding his feet in the sport.

But Comets owner Keith Denham and former Derwent Park rider Mitch Graham are getting excited about the latest addition to the Workington rider base.

He hasn’t actually completed the final switch from Moto-X but Richard – son of Workington and Glasgow favourite Steve Lawson – has made an excellent start in the two Conference League meetings in which he has ridden for Redcar Bears.

Graham, who is acting as a mentor to the young west Cumbrian, was at Sittingbourne this weekend to see what he described as a “sensational display”

Lawson scored 16, paid 17, from his six starts and underlined all the potential that Comets boss Denham believes he has seen in him.