Last season Tomasz Gollob was fighting for a medal of Speedway European Championships but really bad injury made impossible for him to start in Rzeszów during the last tournament. This time the biggest hope of Poles is Janusz Kołodziej who loses five points to medal zone.
Support of fans at a speedway stadium is really important for riders who stand in front of a tape. Although they are concentrated, they hear sounds from stands and shout of thousands of fans gives them zest and help to create unforgettable actions on a track. Top fifteen of Speedway European Championships count on similar experience in Częstochowa.
Thanks to draw with Stal Gorzów, FOGO Unia Leszno caused that Unibax Toruń has no chance to qualify to play – off. Although riders from Toruń had a big win in Wrocław, earlier losses appeared crucial and the team from Wielkopolska qualified to play – off. In the other two matches really big wins had the teams from Zielona Góra and Tarnów.
Emil Sajfutdinow won all six heats in which he took part during Individual International Championship of Ekstraliga which was in Tarnów. Second place took Darcy Ward and Martin Vaculik was third. In the final was also Krzysztof Kasprzak. The leader of Speedway European Championships is in a really good form which confirms his high aspirations as far as European Champion title is concerned.
Mr. Andrzej Biernat, the Minister of Sport and Tourism took honorary patronage over the tournament of Speedway European Championships which takes place on the 19th of September in Częstochowa. The final tournament which is at SGP Arena in Częstochowa will emerge the new speedway European Champion.
It’s a month to the final round of SEC. On the 19th of September at SGP Arena in Częstochowa there will be fifteen best riders in Europe but only one of them will hold the cup for the best one in Europe. At this moment a lot of organizational work is done at the stadium and the effects of it will be seen during the great final.
Michael Jepsen Jensen, the representative of hosts started quite unexpectedly during the last tournament of Speedway European Championships in Holsted. For the young Dane it was the first start in SEC series. Although Jensen took part in the Challenge in Debrecen but his score wasn’t successful enough to qualify to the series.
Nicki Pedersen is not slowing down! Dane in the match of Swedish Elitserien scored so called big maximum. He won his heats six times and showed that he still wants to win the European champion title. Jarosław Hampel, who was unbeaten in three starts, reborn.
It’s exactly in a month, on the 19th of September in Częstochowa the final round of Speedway European Championships takes place. Generally only four riders can fight for the gold medal of European Championship. They are: Emil Sajfutdinow, Peter Kildemand, Nicki Pedersen i Martin Vaculik.
Krzysztof Kasprzak won Latvian Grand Prix which finally took place in Daugavpils. Nicki Pedersen stood on the second step of the podium and Greg Hancock on the third.. American is now also on the lead in general classification. Jarosław Hampel, who scored 4 points, wast 14th. Darcy Ward didn't take part in the tournament because he failed the alcoholic test before the event. Kjastas Puodzuks rode instead and scored 10 points.
The weather hasn’t been gracious for the riders who have been supposed to ride on Saturday and Sunday during two important tournaments. The tournament of world championship in Riga has been postponed to Sunday and as a result of that decision Individual International Ekstraliga Championship in Tarnów also has been postponed. Grand Prix tournament has been moved to Daugavpils and will take place tomorrow at 2 p. m.
Krzysztof Kasprzak won the gold medal of Individual Polish Championship which took place in Thursday evening in Zielona Góra. Piotr Pawlicki took the second place and last year champion, Janusz Kołodziej was on the lowest step of the podium. The biggest surprise was lack of the representatives of hosts, Jarosław Hampel and Piotr Protasiewicz in the race – off.
