EKSTRALIGA | BEWLEY STARS AS WROCLAW GO SEVEN CLEAR

Great Britain star Dan Bewley raced to 13 points as Wroclaw cruised into a seven-point lead at the PGE Ekstraliga summit with a 51-39 win away to third-placed Czestochowa on Sunday.Bewley dropped just two points over his five outings, while 2021 Speedway GP world champion Artem Laguta added 12 paid 13 and Polish star Maciej Janowski tallied 10 paid 12. Triple world champion Tai Woffinden collected five paid eight points, with SGP2 rider Bartlomiej Kowalski scoring six.Danish ace Leon Madsen was the home side’s top scorer on 12, with Maksym Drabik notching nine paid 10 and Speedway GP star Mikkel Michelsen and Kacper Woryna both bagging six paid seven.In the day’s other meeting, Speedway GP first reserve Andzejs Lebedevs and Jason Doyle both piled up the points for basement club Krosno, but they could not save them from a 51-38 loss at sixth-placed Grudziadz.Latvian racer Lebedevs racked up 13 paid 14, with Doyle bagging 12 paid 13 points and Czech rider Vaclav Milik scoring eight paid nine.But Vadim Tarasenko led Grudziadz to victory on 10 paid 12 points, while Denmark’s Frederik Jakobsen tallied a straight 10, triple world champion Nicki Pedersen notched nine and Gleb Chugunov added eight paid 11. Triple Aussie champion Max Fricke scored four paid five.For full details of the day’s PGE Ekstraliga results, scorers and the latest league table, click here: https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/en/ 

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FREDDIE READY FOR MALILLA PARTY

Swedish star Fredrik Lindgren looks forward to “a good party in Malilla” as he gets ready for the Holmgrens Bil FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla on July 15.Lindgren heads back to his homeland for Sweden’s biggest speedway event, placed third in the Speedway GP World Championship on 68 points – one behind Jack Holder in second place and 22 short of series leader Bartosz Zmarzlik with five rounds to race.While the Pole has topped the podium in Malilla three times, Lindgren also won the Swedish round there in 2019 and spent a number of seasons racing for Dackarna club Malilla in the Bauhaus Elitserien.This should give Lindgren a good idea of track conditions, but his biggest advantage will be having a sizeable Swedish crowd behind him.He said: “I always look forward to racing in front of my home fans. I hope this year we are going to have a good crowd. They have a good date in the middle of summer – Swedish people are on holiday and camping. I am sure we will have a good party in Malilla.”Lindgren raced to third place at the KGHM FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow last Saturday, beaten by Zmarzlik and Leon Madsen in an epic final.The Orebro-born racer led very briefly at the start of the race, before his rivals got the better of him, with Zmarzlik taking the win with a big move under Madsen on the final turn.Lindgren was pragmatic after missing out on his second Speedway GP win of 2023. He said: “I think that was my best. My best was a third on that night. I could not beat those two guys, Bartek and Leon. They were better and faster than me. Sometimes you just have to take a bow and know that. I gave it everything I had and this time it was a third.”

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EKSTRALIGA | ZMARZLIK HITS 15-POINT MAX AGAINST OLD CLUB GORZOW

Triple world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik stormed to a 15-point maximum against boyhood club Gorzow to inspire Lublin to a 52-38 PGE Ekstraliga win on Friday.After winning last Saturday’s KGHM FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow, Zmarzlik continued his red-hot with five wins from as many rides against the club he represented from 2011 until his emotional departure in 2022.He was well supported by 10 paid 13 from Lublin teammate Fredrik Lindgren, with Polish star Dominik Kubera scoring seven paid eight on his return from the back injury he suffered in Orlen FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Warsaw Qualifying Practice on May 12.FIM SGP2 series leader Mateusz Cierniak raced to six points for Lublin, with Speedway GP star Jack Holder adding five paid six.Slovak star Martin Vaculik collected 14 paid 15 points for Gorzow from six races, while Danish ace Anders Thomsen scored nine paid 10.In the day’s other meeting, former world No.3 Emil Sayfutdinov racked up a 15-point maximum as Torun triumphed 53-37 at home to Leszno.The triple FIM Speedway of Nations world champion was backed up by 12 points from Poland’s Patryk Dudek, 11 from GB star Robert Lambert and eight paid nine from former Speedway GP rider Pawel Przedpelski.Former World Under-21 champion Jaimon Lidsey led the Leszno score chart on 12 points, with Polish duo Janusz Kolodziej and Bartosz Smektala adding 10 paid 11 points apiece.For full details of the day’s results, scorers and the latest league table, click here: https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/en/ 

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BEWLEY & KURTZ BAG PREMIERSHIP PAIRS WIN FOR BELLE VUE

Speedway GP star Dan Bewley joined forces with Aussie racer Brady Kurtz to lift the Sport Insure Premiership crown for Belle Vue at Leicester on Thursday.The Aces pair defeated Peterborough duo Richie Worrall and Ben Cook in the Grand Final to follow up the club’s Premiership title triumph in 2022.The Belle Vue duo scored 32 points across their six heats, with Bewley racing to 20 points and Kurtz tallying 12.But they were pipped to automatic Grand Final qualification by Peterborough on 33, with British rider Richie Worrall racing to a terrific 23 points from a possible 24, while partner Ben Cook added eight and rising star Jordan Jenkins chipped in with two for his mandatory ride.Belle Vue faced off with Sheffield in the semi-final, with Speedway GP star Jack Holder scoring 16 and Polish racer Tobiasz Musielak tallying 13 as the Tigers made it through on 29.Kurtz and Bewley teamed up to see off Sheffield 7-2 in the semi, before repeating the trick with another maximum in the Grand Final.Speedway GP star Max Fricke raced to 19 points for host club Leicester, who finished on a team tally of 26, with rising star Drew Kemp adding five and Justin Sedgmen scoring two.Ipswich matched Lions’ haul of 26, with former British champion Danny King collecting 18 and German star Erik Riss adding eight.King’s Lynn took sixth spot on 22 points – all of them scored by Danish racer Nicolai Klindt. Wolves took last place on 21, with Steve Worrall racing to 16 points and Sam Masters adding five.

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EKSTRALIGA | MADSEN TOPS LIONS SCORE CHART IN KROSNO WIN

World No.2 Leon Madsen raced to 13 points for Czestochowa as they triumphed 49-41 away to Krosno in the PGE Ekstraliga on Thursday.Madsen raced to four wins from five rides to lead the Lions to victory. He was well supported by a nine paid 11-point haul from Kacper Woryna, with Maksym Drabik notching nine. Speedway GP star Mikkel Michelsen accrued eight.Aussie ace Jason Doyle led the Krosno score chart on 12 points, with Speedway GP first reserve Andzejs Lebedevs adding 11 and junior star Krzysztof Sadurski collecting a useful eight paid 10.For full details of the latest PGE Ekstraliga results, scorers and the latest league table, click here: https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/en/ 

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