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IN THE WIND P44 DOYLE VICTORIOUS AT CZECH REPUBLIC SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX A ussie icon Jason Doyle ad- mits he "got out of jail again" after defying a difficult start to land his second straight Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix victory in Prague on Saturday. The Newcastle-born star, who raced to his first SGP win at the Marketa Stadium in 2016, re- peated the trick with an electrify- ing start to triumph in the final ahead of world champion Greg Hancock, Czech wildcard Vaclav Milik and World Championship leader Patryk Dudek. Dudek, at 51 points, still has a one-point cushion over Doyle at the top of the standings. But having recorded just three from his opening three outings for the second straight round, the Swindon, Zielona Gora and Rospiggarna ace was elated to produce a champagne finish. "We just needed to score the points," said Doyle. "I got 13 tonight and if someone had offered me that when I had three going into my fourth ride, I'd have taken it. We've got out of jail again. "We did it in Daugavpils. We had a tough start and battled into the final there, and now we have done it in Prague. We should have had a podium at the last Grand Prix, but the bike broke down in the final. I guess luck was on our side here and we had a great night. "If I finished how I started, it was not looking good. For the first three heats, I couldn't get any speed out of the first engine. "It was the engine I rode for all of last year in the Grand Prix and it was very fast. But we have another rocket now, I guess. I jumped on the third bike and made that work. "I have never worked so hard to get points. My fourth ride was against a very hard lineup in Bartosz Zmarzlik, Tai Woffinden and Dudek. I knew that win got me on to six points and it made it a little easier for me to get into the semis. I didn't have to win the last race. "The points just weren't com- ing at all. I couldn't make a start; I couldn't do anything right. But then it just clicked and started working with the track. It was one of those nights where we finished in the right way." Doyle produced the ride of the night to force his way past Dudek and Zmarzlik to win heat 14—the race which turned his evening around. Doyle hit the tapes in his opening ride and it ultimately proved a blessing in disguise— as he avoided a warning for jumping the start. Had he not touched the tapes, he would have received a cau- tion from referee Craig Ackroyd, which would have seen JD excluded from the final when he PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN HIPKISS