VOL. 52 ISSUE 27 JULY 7, 2015 P45
the end of time!
"That's the way it goes. You
win some, you lose some. You
have to do your best. This one
worked for me and it's a great
feeling. I knew I had the speed
after the semi-final when I came
from last to second, and I put
myself in a good position in
the first corner. Then I had a
chance. It was all or nothing.
I would have been pleased to
get to the podium after how the
night went, so to win it was even
better."
For Iversen the win is a con-
fidence booster and the Dane
looks to build on the momentum.
"I'm in fourth position, but
there are still eight rounds left,"
he said. "Only four have been
done now. There's such a long
way to go. You have to put in
performances in every meet-
ing to be in contention when
the season finishes. I don't see
myself as a favorite because I
won this meeting. I need to be a
bit more consistent and I need to
up my game a little bit more if I'm
really going to be in with a title
shot. There are other riders who
are more consistent than I am at
the moment. But this is definitely
a step in the right direction.
"Hopefully it can give me a
bit of a boost confidence-wise.
I know I have some bikes that
are working quite well now and
when you get that feeling you
have the speed, pace and abil-
ity—things just happen a little bit
easier. Hopefully this can push
me a little bit on the way."
Runner-up Chris Holder was
gutted he couldn't grab what
would have been his third Cardiff
victory after hitting the front in
the final. But after going into the
event 13th in the standings with
13 points, storming to 18 out of a
possible 21 has blasted him up
to sixth with 31.
Having endured a confidence
battle of his own following a
spate of injuries over the last two
years, Holder was elated to be
back to his best.
"I was sitting right down near
the bottom," Holder said. "So
getting a lot of points tonight was
the plan, and to have a chance
of winning is the ultimate. It just
didn't happen in the end. I man-
aged a start in the final. But I
was in two minds down the back
straight as to what to do—go up
to the fence or stay inside. I took
the wrong option.
"After three rounds, I was
nowhere near the top eight. One
good round has put me straight
back up there. It was tight, but
being up in sixth place is better
than sitting down in 13th."
Third-placed Peter Kildemand
was drafted into the meeting as
a replacement for the injured Ja-
roslaw Hampel and starred with
a swashbuckling display.
Woffinden did a partisan home
crowd proud as he stormed into
the semi-finals on 12 points,
before winning his semi to reach
the last four. But he missed
the start in the medal race and
couldn't battle his way to what
would have been a second
straight rostrum appearance.
Woffinden also reserved
special praise for the British
supporters, who he says left him
with "goosebumps" with their
rapturous reception.
American Greg Hancock
rounded out the top five.
John Hipkiss
Iverson sits fourth in the Speedway
Grand Prix after four rounds.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN
HIPKISS
