GARRY Stead has vowed to attend his benefit meeting at Sheffield on Thursday (7.15pm).

Stead, the former Hull man, was paralysed in a crash earlier this season and a host of star riders have agreed to race.

Stead said: "Attending this meeting is a big step for me, one I am looking forward to and I know it will be an emotional occasion for us all but we are going to have a great night.”

GARRY STEAD BENEFIT GRAND PRIX LINE-UP: Gary Havelock (Redcar), Freddie Lindgren (Wolverhampton), Simon Stead (Belle Vue), Andre Compton (Sheffield), George Stancl (Edinburgh), Jason Lyons (Birmingham), Ricky Ashworth (Sheffield), Tai Woffinden (Rye House), Lee Complin (Stoke), Steve Johnston (Coventry), Joel Parsons (Sheffield), Rusty Harrison (Stoke), Chris Kerr (Redcar), Emiliano Sanchez (Birmingham), Magnus Zetterstrom (Somerset), TBC.