Zmarzlik Scores Record-Tying Win
P
olish icon Bartosz Zmarzlik
secured his place among
speedway's top competitors
after winning his sixth FIM
Speedway GP World Champion-
ship, tying the record, by just
one point at Vojens Speedway
Center in Denmark on Saturday,
September 13.
On the night the home of Dan-
ish speedway celebrated its 50th
anniversary, Zmarzlik, 30, joined
the ranks of late New Zealand
hero Ivan Mauger and Swedish
legend Tony Rickardsson as a
six-time FIM Speedway World
Champion after finishing sec
-
ond at the Deluxe Homeart FIM
Speedway GP of Denmark.
He also became the first rider
in the sport's history to win four
consecutive World titles, adding
to his victories in 2019, 2020,
2022, 2023 and 2020.
Australian star Brady Kurtz
wrapped up an impressive
Speedway GP debut season in
Vojens by capturing the silver
medal after becoming the first
SGP rider in the series' 30-year
history to win five consecutive
rounds. This added to his victo
-
ries in Gorzow, Malilla, Riga and
Wroclaw, surpassing the four-in-
a-row record previously held by
Rickardsson in 2005.
Great Britain racer Dan Bew-
ley bagged the Speedway GP
bronze medal, which was his
first-ever podium finish in the
World Championship.
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OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Brady Kurtz
2. Bartosz Zmarzlik
3. Michael Jepsen Jensen
4. Dan Bewley
5. Andzejs Lebedevs
WIND
IN THE
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Bartosz Zmarzlik sealed his sixth FIM
SpeedwayGP World title in Denmark.
