FIM (7) Gorzow Polish Speedway Grand Prix 27/8/16

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FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
1 Greg Hancock 83
2 Tai Woffinden 71
3 Jason Doyle 71
4 Maciej Janowski 64
5 Chris Holder 62
6 Bartosz Zmarzlik 61
7 Antonio Lindback 60
8 Piotr Pawlicki 50

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the race for 8th is already hotting up.

9 Peter Kildemand 47
10 Nicki Pedersen 43
11 Matej Zagar 42
12 Fredrik Lindgren 42
13 Niels-Kristian Iversen 41
14 Andreas Jonsson 39
15 Chris Harris 23 (5 and counting)

#16 WILD CARD: Krzysztof Kasprzak

REFEREE: Jim Lawrence

Stadium Capacity 17,000

Track Length 329 metres

Track Record 58.00s by Niels-Kristian Iversen 13.05.2012

2015 Winner Matej Zagar

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1 M. Zagar (55) F. Lindgren (66) A. Jonsson (100) J. Doyle (69)
2 N. Pedersen (3) M. Janowski (71) C. Holder (23) B. Zmarzlik (95)
3 C. Harris (37) P. Pawlicki (777) K. Kasprzak (16) T. Woffinden (108)
4 A. Lindback (85) G. Hancock (45) P. Kildemand (25) N. Iversen (88)
5 N. Iversen (88) M. Zagar (55) N. Pedersen (3) K. Kasprzak (16)
6 G. Hancock (45) C. Harris (37) F. Lindgren (66) C. Holder (23)
7 P. Pawlicki (777) A. Lindback (85) M. Janowski (71) A. Jonsson (100)
8 J. Doyle (69) B. Zmarzlik (95) T. Woffinden (108) P. Kildemand (25)
9 C. Holder (23) P. Kildemand (25) M. Zagar (55) P. Pawlicki (777)
10 T. Woffinden (108) N. Pedersen (3) A. Lindback (85) F. Lindgren (66)
11 B. Zmarzlik (95) K. Kasprzak (16) A. Jonsson (100) G. Hancock (45)
12 N. Iversen (88) J. Doyle (69) C. Harris (37) M. Janowski (71)
13 M. Janowski (71) T. Woffinden (108) G. Hancock (45) M. Zagar (55)
14 F. Lindgren (66) N. Iversen (88) B. Zmarzlik (95) P. Pawlicki (777)
15 P. Kildemand (25) A. Jonsson (100) C. Harris (37) N. Pedersen (3)
16 K. Kasprzak (16) C. Holder (23) J. Doyle (69) A. Lindback (85)
17 M. Zagar (55) B. Zmarzlik (95) A. Lindback (85) C. Harris (37)
18 K. Kasprzak (16) F. Lindgren (66) M. Janowski (71) P. Kildemand (25)
19 A. Jonsson (100) T. Woffinden (108) N. Iversen (88) C. Holder (23)
20 N. Pedersen (3) G. Hancock (45) P. Pawlicki (777) J. Doyle (69)

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Doyle puts himself in serious contention for the title as Hancock stutters and unconvincing Woffinden still collects a decent score to make the rostrum. Good night for Pedersen who finds some speed and put himself in touch with the top 8.

MIB NORDIC GORZOW SGP SCORES: 1 Jason Doyle 16, 2 Tai Woffinden 15, 3 Chris Holder 15, 4 Bartosz Zmarzlik 14, 5 Nicki Pedersen 12, 6 Greg Hancock 11, 7 Fredrik Lindgren 11, 8 Piotr Pawlicki 10, 9 Krzysztof Kasprzak 7, 10 Maciej Janowski 6, 11 Niels-Kristian Iversen 5, 12 Antonio Lindback 4, 13 Chris Harris 4, 14 Matej Zagar 4, 15 Peter Kildemand 3, 16 Daniel Kaczmarek 1, 17 Andreas Jonsson 0, 18 Pawel Przedpelski DNR.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
1 Greg Hancock 94
2 Jason Doyle 87
3 Tai Woffinden 86
4 Chris Holder 77
5 Bartosz Zmarzlik 75
6 Maciej Janowski 70
7 Antonio Lindback 64
8 Piotr Pawlicki 60

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9 Nicki Pedersen 55
10 Fredrik Lindgren 53
11 Peter Kildemand 50 (4 and counting)
12 Niels-Kristian Iversen 46
13 Matej Zagar 46 (possibly (4 and counting)
14 Andreas Jonsson 39 (4 and counting)
15 Chris Harris 27 (4 and counting)

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Aug 30, 2016 9:34:00 GMT admin said:

Good night for Pedersen who finds some speed and puts himself in touch with the top 8.

Triple world champion Nicki Pedersen insisted “I just want to show my best for the rest of the season” after roaring back into form at the MIB Nordic Gorzow SGP last Saturday.

The Danish icon stormed to 12 points, topping the heat scorechart before exiting at the semi-final stages. But it was comfortably his best SGP performance of 2016 after weeks and months of working furiously to find some fast equipment.

Pedersen insists he’s back on the right track as he stands ninth in World Championship on 55 points – just five short of Piotr Pawlicki, who occupies the eighth and final qualifying place for 2017.

The world No.3 is determined to secure his SGP spot for next year as he looks to the future.

He said: “I just want to show my best for the rest of the season and then I can’t wait for a new season. I haven’t forgotten how to race speedway overnight. I just haven’t been lucky. Things have to go in the right direction, which they haven’t before. But they are now.

“We’re getting there. Malilla was slightly getting there. It was even better in Gorzow. It showed that small things are improving. We slipped away a little bit in heat 20 and the semi-final. But we know what we did wrong and what we need to do better. It was a step in the right direction.

“We have some new equipment that I am getting to know. It takes some time to know it 100 percent. We haven’t had this all season, so we’re working uphill to know what to do with it. It’s not enough to have good equipment if you didn’t know how it works.

“I had my best engine back and something happened to it in practice. Luckily we had a brand new engine we could chuck in that I had never tried. It was lucky. It worked the same as the other engine I had.

“On a surface like this, the equipment is the same for most of the riders, so it’s down to knowing the setup and knowing what to do when it gets slick. I changed a few things and I was happy halfway through the meeting. Towards the end, we slipped away a bit and we made a few changes. We made one mistake in the semi-final, but when I know what I’ve done wrong, I feel I’m still improving. I’m picking up points and I’m fighting towards the top eight.”

SGP (Friday 2nd September 2016)