Woffinden equals Crump's record
A hat-track of wins at the Czech Republic world speedway round for the Briton, drawing him level with Aussie icon Jason CrumpBritain's 2015 Speedway World Championship leader Tai Woffinden completed a sensational hat-trick of Czech Republic wins in Prague on May 23, topping the rostrum in the final ahead of Polish pair Jaroslaw Hampel and Maciej Janowski and triple world champion Nicki Pedersen.
Woffinden is now 6pts clear of Pedersen at the top of the standings ahead of the blockbuster British round at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on July 4.
Seven of the last 11 Czech SGP winners have gone on to be crowned world champion in the same season. Woffinden capitalised on the Czech charm in 2013, but missed out on retaining his title after triumphing in Prague last year.
Despite equalling Aussie great Jason Crump's record of three Czech SGP wins, Woffinden can't put a finger on why Prague has proved such a happy hunting ground. He said: "I don't know what's happening. I've ridden different engines in each of the last three years I've been here."
It wasn't a great night for the three Aussies, with Jason Doyle, Chris Holder and Troy Batchelor finishing in positions 9-11.
The series now takes a break until the Cardiff round as the sport's top stars prepare for the 2015 Speedway World Cup. The action gets underway when Poland hosts Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic at Gniezno on June 6. Team Great Britain then tackles Australia, Latvia and the USA at British track King's Lynn on June 8.
CZECH SGP SCORES: 1 Tai Woffinden 18, 2 Jaroslaw Hampel 13, 3 Maciej Janowski 18, 4 Nicki Pedersen 15, 5 Greg Hancock 13, 6 Andreas Jonsson 9, 7 Matej Zagar 9, 8 Niels-Kristian Iversen 8, 9 Jason Doyle 7, 10 Chris Holder 6, 11 Troy Batchelor 6, 12 Chris Harris 5, 13 Krzysztof Kasprzak 4, 14 Michael Jepsen Jensen 4, 15 Vaclav Milik 2, 16 Tomas H Jonasson 1, 17 Matej Kus 0, 18 Josef Franc 0.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1 Tai Woffinden 40, 2 Nicki Pedersen 34, 3 Jaroslaw Hampel 31, 4 Greg Hancock 27, 5 Matej Zagar 24, 6 Andreas Jonsson 24, 7 Maciej Janowski 23, 8 Jason Doyle 22, 9 Niels-Kristian Iversen 21, 10 Michael Jepsen Jensen 19, 11 Chris Harris 18, 12 Krzysztof Kasprzak 17, 13 Chris Holder 13, 14 Troy Batchelor 13, 15 Tomas H Jonasson 9, 16 Tomasz Gollob 4, 17 Bartosz Zmarzlik 3, 18 Timo Lahti 3, 19 Vaclav Milik 2, 20 Piotr Pawlicki 1.
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