Rain halted last night's Elite League speedway match at Belle Vue but not before Eastbourne Eagles had salvaged the bonus point.
The Sussex squad were trailing 42-30 at the time, but the result will stand because 12 heats had been completed.
Eagles scored a surprise 5-1 in the opening heat via Martin Dugard and guest rider Dave Watt, from the Isle of Wight, who beat the international pairing of Peter Karlsson and Kaj Laukkanen.
The Sussex squad, who were without Toni Svab and Roman Povazhny, continued to make their presence felt, Brent Werner storming to victory in heat seven with David Norris in third place.
The scores were level at that stage, but Belle Vue built up a 12-point lead on a rain-soaked track over the next five races.
Belle Vue: Jason Lyons 9, Matej Ferjan 9, Carl Stonehewer 8, Kaj Laukkanen 7, Peter Karlsson 6, Wayne Carter 2, Lee Smethills 1.
Eastbourne: Martin Dugard 6, Dean Barker 6, Brent Werner 5, David Norris 4, Dave Watt 4, Adam Shields 3, Joonas Kylmakorpi 2.
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