World speedway: Holder fourth

Pole Jaroslaw Hampel produced an unforgettable 21pt maximum to win
the  Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix in Stockholm on September 27, with
Australia’s Chris Holder fourth.

Hampel ended one of the most
difficult spells of his career – he managed just 12pts in the previous
four rounds -- in spectacular style, romping to a sensational seven wins
at the Friends Arena to record the first SGP maximum since Tomasz
Gollob went through the card unbeaten in the 2010 Nordic SGP at Vojens.

Hampel
triumphed in the final ahead of world championship leader Greg Hancock,
who is close to becoming a triple world champion, with Polish star
Krzysztof Kasprzak ahead of Holder.

Holder won his semi-final,
and overall took home three wins out of seven races for an evening haul
of 13pts. Australia’s second rider, Troy Batchelor, was well down the
order with a 6pt haul, which included one win.

With one round
remaining in Poland on October 11, Hancock holds a 12pt buffer (127 to
115) over Kasprzak, followed by reigning world champion Tai Woffinden
(112), followed by Matej Zagar (109), Nicki Pedersen (107) and Holder
(93). Batchelor is 11th on 85pts, with Darcy Ward, still on suspension
after his recent in-competition positive alcohol test, 13th on 75pts.

STOCKHOLM
SCORES: 1 Jaroslaw Hampel 21, 2 Greg Hancock 15, 3 Krzysztof Kasprzak
11, 4 Chris Holder 13, 5 Matej Zagar 12, 6 Andreas Jonsson 12, 7 Fredrik
Lindgren 9, 8 Tai Woffinden 7, 9 Martin Smolinski 7, 10 Tomas H
Jonasson 7, 11 Troy Batchelor 6, 12 Nicki Pedersen 6, 13 Michael Jepsen
Jensen 4, 14 Chris Harris 4, 15 Kim Nilsson 3, 16 Kenneth Bjerre 1, 17
Oliver Berntzon DNR, 18 Jacob Thorssell DNR.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS: 1 Greg Hancock 127, 2 Krzysztof Kasprzak 115, 3 Tai Woffinden
112, 4 Matej Zagar 109, 5 Nicki Pedersen 107, 6 Chris Holder 93, 7
Jaroslaw Hampel 87, 8 Niels-Kristian Iversen 87, 9 Fredrik Lindgren 87,
10 Andreas Jonsson 86, 11 Troy Batchelor 85, 12 Martin Smolinski 77, 13
Darcy Ward 75, 14 Kenneth Bjerre 71, 15 Chris Harris 44, 16 Michael
Jepsen Jensen 42, 17 Peter Kildemand 33, 18 Bartosz Zmarzlik 17, 19
Kasts Puodzuks 10, 20 Peter Ljung 7, 21 Mikkel Bech Jensen 7, 22 Tomas H
Jonasson 7, 23 Adrian Miedzinski 5, 24 Joonas Kylmakorpi 5, 25 Kauko
Nieminen 4, 26 Andzejs Lebedevs 3, 27 Kim Nilsson 3, 28 Jason Bunyan 2,
29 Vaclav Milik 2, 30 Craig Cook 2, 31 Adrian Cyfer 2, 32 Lukasz
Kaczmarek 2, 33 Lasse Bjerre 1.