IN
THE
WIND
P50
DOYLE WINS GRAND
PRIX OF POLAND
SPEEDWAY
A
ussie racer Jason Doyle admitted "that's the
hardest I've worked for any race" after snatch-
ing victory in a final thriller to win the MIB Nordic
Gorzow FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland on
Saturday, August 27.
After an epic contest with World Championship
rival Tai Woffinden for four laps, the Newcastle-
born racer got the better of the Brit with a stunning
last-bend swoop to win his second SGP of 2016.
The Mitas Czech SGP winner and Woffinden
were joined on the podium by third-placed Chris
Holder, who overhauled home hero Bartosz
Zmarzlik for third place in one of the best finals in
recent memory.
Doyle's victory saw him slash Greg Hancock's
World Championship lead from 12 points to seven,
and he jumps into second spot with 87 points—
one point ahead of Woffinden.
Doyle may have established himself as a true
world title contender—in only his second sea-
son as an SGP star. But the grounded Swindon,
Zielona Gora and Rospiggarna man admits he has
already exceeded his pre-season expectations.
He said, "I'm chasing a world title, but I want to
be in the GPs next year. We never expected to be
second in the World Championship. We're push-
ing hard and now a bit of confidence is coming;
that's a massive part."
Doyle would love to become Australia's sixth
world champion, and the first to achieve the feat
on home shale in Melbourne.
"It would be a dream come true."
Woffinden saluted Doyle for a brilliant final
battle, saying, "I know when I go bar-to-bar with
Jason, we're going to give each other room. It's
going to be a hard race, but it'll be fair, and I said
to him after that it was a great race."
Holder was content to pile up 15 points to move
up to fourth in the standings on 77. He said, "It
was a good night. I had some solid results and,
halfway through, I had a lot of speed. I was win-
ning a lot of races, which felt nice." CN
1. Jason Doyle 16
2. Tai Woffinden 15
3. Chris Holder 15
4. Bartosz Zmarzlik 14
5. Nicki Pedersen 12
6. Greg Hancock 11
7. Fredrik Lindgren 11
8. Piotr Pawlicki 10
9. Krzysztof Kasprzak 7
10. Maciej Janowski 6
Jason Doyle
enjoys the
spoils of
victory after
the Speedway
Grand Prix of
Poland.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN
HIPKISS
