FINAL ROUND/OCTOBER 5, 2013
MARIAN ROSE MOTOARENA/TORUN, POLAND
SPEEDWAY
P80
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX SERIES
Greg Hancock (3) ultimately got
overtaken by Adrian Miedzinski
(16) in the final, with the Californian
settling for second place at the
Torun Grand Prix.
ken collarbones and I've come
back from that fighting fit. To put
in the performances I've been
putting in all season was a great
achievement.
"I got a wild card and I was
500/1 [odds to win] in January
to win it. I know people who put
20 or 30 Pounds on me back in
January. I think they're going to
be pretty happy."
Woffinden's title hopes suffered a setback at the Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix on
September 21 when he re-fractured the collarbone he shattered
at the British Speedway Grand
Prix in Cardiff on June 1.
The British rider bent the
plate surgeons inserted after
the first crash in June and saw
his 22-point lead over Hampel slashed to 16 points at the
Friends Arena.
Despite emerging as the red-hot
favorite over the past two months,
Woffy was determined not to take
his position for granted.
"I've been saying it over and
over at the last three GPs – anything can happen in speedway,"
Woffinden said. "Look at the
Scandinavian Grand Prix. I was
saying it the whole week and
I picked up Tomasz's [Gollob]
back wheel in the first race and
busted my collarbone again.
That proved everything I said was
right. I just kept levelheaded and
didn't take anything for granted.
I put in the hard work and hard
work pays off."
Woffinden is set to undergo
surgery to repair the bone and
get back to full fitness ahead of
his World Championship defense
in 2014.
"I'll be ready for next year,"
Woffinden said. "I bust my collarbone two weeks ago and I'm
here racing again today. It is what
it is and it will take me a couple
more weeks to get it sorted out.
They're going to have to re-break
it and put a fresh plate in because
the plate I've got is really bent. I'll
get it done and when the bone is
healed, we'll take it out and I'll be
sweet to prepare for next year."
Hampel admits Woffinden was
head and shoulders above his
rivals throughout the year and
was content to add to the World
