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Loram charged up the inside, and before Boyce could react, Louis also went round him for a Lions' 5-1. Heat 11 played host to a sickening crash. Tomasz Gollob was leading, and at the end of the second lap he glanced back to see how brother Jace!< was fairing against the Swedes only to find his brother in an interesting battle with Rickardsson. At that moment, Tomasz Gollob's machine stopped, and . Rickardsson and Jacek GoUob swept past him on the inside. The unseeing Karlson wasn't so lucky, driving into the back of Tomasz's machine and sending both men clattering down the home straight. Two ambulances drove down the track to aid the injured riders while the crowd chanted Gollob's name. The announcement that Gollob was excluded from the rerun was not suprisingly an unpopular one. Gustafsson came in to replace Karlsson, who was sen t to the hospi tal, and the Swedes raced to a 5-1 victory over the younger Gollob, who was no doubt more worried about his brother than racing. Then things got ugly. As Rickardsson slowed down the back straight at the end of the race, he was met with a hail of bottles and glasses from Polish fans, who were apparently intent on some ort of revenge for what happened to their own number one. News that Tomasz Gollob was back in the pits did help to bring a bit of calm - but only slightly. Leigh Adams' presence as reserve for the Aussie side in heat 12 couldn't prevent the Danes' march toward the title. Jason Crump did get in front of Knudsen down the back straight, but the two-time Grand Prix winner slipped past the youngster on the top bend to claim his usual spot at Nielsen's right elbow. "We agreed (before the meeting) that if Hans made a good start and I wasn't quite there, then he should go for it, and I'd nip in for points where I could," Knudsen said. "The inside gates were a lot better than gates three and four, so I knew I had to makes some good starts." Heat 13 took forever to get rolling. Ermolenko, Hancock and Gustafsson got to the tapes, but Rickardsson's first effort to follow them earned him another fusillade of missiles from the angry Polish fans. Rickardsson returned to the pits and got off his bike while the three waiting at the start were red-flagged. Rickardsson walked toward the crowd and tried to reason with them, but it was the plucky presence of the two-time world champion Gundersen, who came out to be at Rickardsson's side, that did most to restore some semblance of sense. When he was allowed to continue, Rickardsson showed little effect from his brush with the fans. He pushed Ermolenko wide on the first turn, and Gustafsson joined him in the chase for the fleeing Hancock. Ermolenko repassed Gustafsson on the next turn while Rickardsson dropped his first point of th.e meeting to the impressive Hancock. With everyone hav'ing completed four rides, the Danes were coasting at 20 points. England trailed with 16 followed by Sweden with 13, the United States with 11, and Australia with 10. Poland and Norway occupied the bottom of the scorechart with seven points each.. .. But those totals meant little to the crowd upon seeing Tomasz Gollob reappear for heat 15, and he didn't let them down this time as he scorched around Crump and too~ the win, riding a wider line than any before him. Jacek Gollob, (Above) Mark·Loram (right) matched teammate Chris Louis' 11 points to nat the silver medal for England. Lars Gunnestad (left) was Norway's top scorer, earning eight points. (Left) Future champion?: Greg Hancock (left) scored eight points and then defeated reigning world champion Tony Rlckardsson (right) In the runoff for the bronze medal. (Below) The victorious Danes.head the winner's podium with the secondplaced English squad • (left) and the thlrd-placed Americans (right). though, rode a poor first turn after a good start and allowed Boyce through for third. The Danes were confirmed as champions in heat 17. England's only hope of catching them was to score two 5-1s, but Ermolenko kept Louis wide in the first turn of heat 17, and' although Loram enjoyed his best moment by thundering under Hancock on the second lap, the young Brit's partner was stranded at the rear. England would finish the meeting with the silver medal. The new champions elected to give reserve rider Brian Karger a taste of the action against England in heat 19, and lively stuff it was too. The immaculate Knudsen stayed that way while Karger fought tooth-and-nail with Koram before surrendering third. The bronze medal was still to be .decided, however, and that brought out the best in Ermolenko as he and Hancock went against the Australians. Off gate four the 1993 world champion pulled back from the first-turn bunching and drilled his way up the inside line past both Aussies to join Hancock for a vital 5-1. Sweden did, however, "do enough to earn a runoff with the USA for third place, and it would be Rickardsson vs. Hancock . for the final rostrum spot. The young American made the gate and was more than fast enough to beat the reigning world champion and secure the bronze. ex Bydgoczsz Speedway Club Bydgoczsz, Poland Results: september 24, 1995 .... O/A: 1. Denmark 28 (Tommy Knudsen 15, Hans Nielsen 13, Brian Karger 0); 2. England 22 (Mark Loram 11. Ouis Louis 11. Steve Schofield 0); 3. USA 19 (Sam Ermolenko 9, Greg Hancock 8, Billy Hamill 2); 4. .g ...... Sweden 19 (Tony Rickards50n 15, Henka Gustafsson 4, Peter Karlsson 0); 5. Australia 14 Quon Crump 8, Craig Boyce 6. Leigh Adams 0); 6. Poland 13 (Tomasz Gollob 12, Jacek CoJlob 1, Rafal Dobrucki 0); 7. Norway 11 (Lars Cunnestad 8, Rune Holm 3, Amt Forland 0). ~ M l-< Q) u o 45