SGP: Woffinden wins, Doyle back on top

Great Britain ace Tai Woffinden sounded a deafening warning to his 2017 Speedway World Championship rivals, declaring “I’m just coming through like a steam train” following his Gorzow win in Poland on Saturday, August 26.

The Scunthorpe-born racer topped the podium after powering past title rival Patryk Dudek to win the final. New world championship leader Jason Doyle was third and Gorzow Bartosz Zmarzlik fourth.

Woffy, a dual world champion, moved up to fourth place in the overall standings on 89pts, behind Doyle (97), Maciej Janowski (94) and Dudek (93).

Woffinden said: “The last round in Sweden was a step forward in the right direction and what we’ve been looking for a few months now. To get that win was really good. I’m just getting warmed up.

“It’s a good situation to be in. The boys above me, it’s their championship to lose. I’m just coming through like a steam train. This reminds me of 2013 and the confidence reminds me of 2015. I’m ready.

“We’re just getting started and I am super excited for the rest of the year. Bring it on!”

Doyle was elated to put the struggles of the last round behind him when he scored just 5pts in Sweden.

He has now reached seven out of a possible eight finals this year and was glad to regain top spot in the standings from Janowski, who missed out on semi-final qualification.

Doyle said: “I’m sure it couldn’t get any worse than when I went to Sweden two weeks ago. We needed to push quite hard in this one to get back up there. We didn’t want Magic to just run away into the distance.

“Hats off to Tai and Patryk; they did a great job. I know Patryk is spewing because he wanted to win, but there are plenty of years for him to come.

“It has been a great couple of days for myself. I’d just like to thank my boys for all the hard work they have done.”

Doyle's compatriot Chris Holder scored just 2pts in Poland, and he's 12th in the standings on 52pts.

Next up for the SGP stars is the German GP at on September 9, with the championship to conclude at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium on Saturday, October 28.

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SGP OF POLAND SCORES: 1 Tai Woffinden 18, 2 Patryk Dudek 13, 3 Jason Doyle 14, 4 Bartosz Zmarzlik 10, 5 Emil Sayfutdinov 11, 6 Fredrik Lindgren 11, 7 Piotr Pawlicki 9, 8 Michael Jepsen Jensen 8, 9 Matej Zagar 7, 10 Vaclav Milik 7, 11 Martin Vaculik 7, 12 Krzysztof Kasprzak 6, 13 Maciej Janowski 6, 14 Antonio Lindback 5, 15 Martin Smolinski 4, 16 Chris Holder 2, 17 Kacper Woryna DNR, 18 Oskar Polis DNR.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1 Jason Doyle 97, 2 Maciej Janowski 94, 3 Patryk Dudek 93, 4 Tai Woffinden 89, 5 Fredrik Lindgren 87, 6 Bartosz Zmarzlik 80, 7 Emil Sayfutdinov 79, 8 Martin Vaculik 66, 9 Antonio Lindback 60, 10 Piotr Pawlicki 59, 11 Matej Zagar 58, 12 Chris Holder 52, 13 Greg Hancock 45, 14 Niels-Kristian Iversen 44, 15 Peter Kildemand 26, 16 Vaclav Milik 20, 17 Nicki Pedersen 8, 18 Michael Jepsen Jensen 8, 19 Maksims Bogdanovs 8, 20 Kenneth Bjerre 7, 21 Krzysztof Kasprzak 6, 22 Martin Smolinski 5, 23 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 3, 24 Craig Cook 2, 25 Linus Sundstrom 2, 26 Josh Bates 2, 27 Nick Skorja 1.