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IN THE WIND P38 DOYLE TOPS GERMAN SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX A ustralian star Jason Doyle admits he's fueled by a desire not to throw away his chance of FIM Speedway Grand Prix glory after storming to a sensational German SGP success in Teterow, September 10. The Newcastle-born racer won the historic 200th SGP event—his third SGP round of the season and his second in a row. He did it the hard way after rounding Polish starlet Bartosz Zmarzlik with an epic opening lap-and-a-half to triumph in the final. With World Championship leader Greg Hancock finishing third, Doyle has cut his advantage from seven points to five. While the 46-year-old Califor- nian is in his 22nd SGP season, 30-year-old Doyle is only in his second. After years of dealing with doubters and injuries, the Swin- don, Zielona Gora and Rospiggar- na man is grafting hard to make up for lost time. Asked what drives him to suc- ceed, the Prague, Gorzow and Teterow winner said, "I think many years ago, I didn't have what I have worked for now. I don't want to throw it away. I had many years with injuries and people putting me down, saying I wasn't good enough and 'go back to Australia.' "I wanted to give myself some plans and some goals to make it in speedway. I didn't want to go back home and say I didn't give it 100 percent. When I retire, I want to say I did it 100 percent." Doyle's breathtaking charge around the Teterow boards to hunt down Zmarzlik in the final under- lined his desire to be the best in the world, even if he has to do it the hard way. He said, "I didn't make the best of starts, but I had some speed going around turns one and two on the second lap. I don't really remember; it was just head down, backside up and try to do some- thing special! "I knew when Bartosz got in front it was going to be very dif- ficult to hunt him down. I knew I had to do it in the first two laps; he's very quick on these big tracks. But it worked out." Runner-up Bartosz Zmarzlik was delighted with his first sec- ond-place finish in an SGP round as he surged up to fourth in the standings. "In 2014, I won in Gor- zow," he said. "In Gorzow 2012 and Cardiff this year, I was third. So this is my first time in second position and it was my first time on this track. It's my first season in the GP, so I don't think my result was too bad. Third-placed Hancock insists he's ready to play the long game as the race for the world title looks set to go to the wire. "It's going to be a long, old haul, but that's what we're here for," Hancock said. "This field is amazing and anything can hap- pen in the game. We're in it for the long run. "You get a lead and it gets a bit tighter, but it doesn't matter who is behind me. We're all going for the same thing. I want to win the championship and to do that, I've got to get a lot of points. I have three tough GP events left and I am in it to win it. I want it bad." John Hipkiss 1. Jason Doyle (17) 2. Bartosz Zmarzlik (13) 3. Greg Hancock (15) 4. Niels-Kristian Iversen (11) 5. Piotr Pawlicki (11) Aussie Jason Doyle won again at the German Speedway Grand Prix. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN HIPKISS