Speedway of Nations teams announced

History will be made when the first-ever Speedway of Nations event takes places at German track Teterow on Saturday, June 2, as Germany, Denmark, Russia, Latvia, USA, Slovenia and the Ukraine compete in race-off one.

Manchester’s National Speedway Stadium then stages race-off two on Tuesday, June 5 as hosts Great Britain meet Australia, Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Finland.

Three teams from each race-off reach the finals in Wroclaw, Poland on June 8-9, with the top two scorers qualifying automatically and the third to fifth-placed teams playing off for the final spot.

Australia’s team is world champion Jason Doyle, with Manchester and Wroclaw track specialist Max Fricke named as his partner. Aussie under 21 champion Jaimon Lindsey, who rides for Rawicz in the Polish second division, is their junior.

The full team line-ups are as follows:

RACE OFF 1, TETEROW, GERMANY, JUNE 2
USA: 1 Greg Hancock, 2 Luke Becker
UKRAINE: 1 Andriy Karpov, 2 Aleksandr Loktaev
RUSSIA: 1 Artem Laguta, 2 Emil Sayfutdinov, 3 Gleb Chugunov
SLOVENIA: 1 Matej Zagar, 2 Matic Ivacic, 3 Nick Skorja
GERMANY: 1 Kai Huckenbeck, 2 Martin Smolinski, 3 Michael Hartel
LATVIA: 1 Andzejs Lebedevs, 2 Jevgenijs Kostigovs, 3 Olegs Mihailovs
DENMARK: 1 Michael Jepsen Jensen, 2 Kenneth Bjerre, 3 Frederik Jakobsen

RACE OFF 2, MANCHESTER, GREAT BRITAIN, JUNE 5
CZECH REPUBLIC: 1 Vaclav Milik, 2 Josef Franc, 3 Jan Kvech
FINLAND: 1 Timo Lahti, 2 Tero Aarnio
GREAT BRITAIN: 1 Tai Woffinden, 2 Craig Cook, 3 Robert Lambert
FRANCE: 1 David Bellego, 2 Dimitri Berge, 3 Gaetan Stella
SWEDEN: 1 Fredrik Lindgren, 2 Antonio Lindback, 3 Joel Kling
ITALY: 1 Nicolas Covatti, 2 Paco Castagna
AUSTRALIA: 1 Jason Doyle, 2 Max Fricke, 3 Jaimon Lidsey

FINALS, WROCLAW, POLAND, JUNE 8 & 9
POLAND: 1 Maciej Janowski, 2 Patryk Dudek, 3 Maksym Drabik
THREE TEAMS FROM RACE OFF 1
THREE TEAMS FROM RACE OFF 2