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Woods did get in for second place after a hard battle with Steve Bast, but all the glory went to Jim, well earned. Continuing to dominate the Division 11 event, Dubb Ferrell showed that he is ready for a Division I ride. Mike Curoso. who has been off his riding style the last few races, got things working for him and kept it all together for "the win. Larry Shaw didn't make it easy for him, pushing all the way in the Scratch Consolation Main. SCENE: World Speedway TIE IAJA 'YHEEI.4 Competition tested and p~oven in the toughest terrain in. the worldl The best thing that ever happened to a chain. Mfd by. "Blendzall" Corporation 1433-37 First St. Escalon. 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In this year's European Final, Waloszek topped the score chart with 13 points. Placed second was defending World Champion, Ole Olsen, from Denmark. Olsen scored 12 poin ts and clinched a place at Wembley where he retains equal favouritism for his second year'in succession win with former triple champion, Ivan Maugt:r, who will be shooting for his fourth World title. Maintaining the cosmopolitan flavour of the leading place getters was Anders Michanek, Sweden, who finished third with 11 poin ts. Michanek was the unlucky rider of the meeting and would have been a likely winner had he not suffered a puncture while leading in a vital race against the Russian contingent. Riders contesting the European Final came from Russia (six), Sweden (six), Polant (one), Denmark (one), Czechoslovakia (one), and Norway (one). . The m,yor surprise was the qualification for Wembley of all six Russians at the expense of several more fancied and experienced Scandinavian riders. In fact, only five of the 16 contestants did not qualify so there was ample opportunity for all riders to stake their claims fot a World Final berth. Those who' missed out were sole Czechoslovakian, Milan Spinka; sole Norwegian, Reidar Eide; top _rated Swedes,' Berigt' Jansson (who 'fmishe\r third behind Olsen and Mauger in Sweden last year) and Hasse Holmqvist. Another Swede, Jan Simenssen, goes to Wembley as European reserve. The Polish meeting was a triumph for Russia as all six Soviet riders go to Wembley one of the strongest representations yet seen at the historic' Empire Stadium by tbe Russians. Their achievemen t is all the more meritorious when it is considered that no Russians compete in the toughest league competition in the world today, the British League. It is gt:nerally accep ted that a rider must race- in the British League all season to stand a chance of lifting any World Championship as the constant white-hot competition against other world class calibre riders keeps that vital edge. Qualification failures, Eide. Simensen, and Jansson are all highly respected British League po~ ts gatherers. Ole Olsen beat Waloszek in the eighth race but the Pole finished ahead on points at the end of the meeting. A brilliant display of riding clinched Waloszek's victory in the 19th heat. Best race of the afternoon was the 13th, in which Olsen, Michanek and Soviet ace, Viktor Trofimov, duelled intensely. Michanek turned bri1liantly· into the 1ast tum and a strong final spurt swept him home. Though none f'mished among the top three, the Soviet riders packed the middle- places - fourth to seventh:' Russian qualifiers include. Valeri Gordejev. the yaimgt:r brother of Vladimir, banned for 12 months for using an illegal fuel addi~ at the World Final in Sweden last year. Swede Christer Loftqvist, a fancied outsider at Wembley, sustained an injury while racing for his British League team (Poole) the Wednesday before but rode despite the pain and managed to qualify with eight points. The meeting was held on a dry, bllJ'?py p'ac~. which i~. ,!o~ . :at~~ as Poland's top speedway venue.