BRITISH SPEEDWAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

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TIGERS ARE PAIRS CHAMPIONS

GLASGOW were crowned Championship Pairs winners thanks to Chris Harris and Benjamin Basso on a dramatic night at Oxford.
The Tigers duo edged out defending champions Redcar in the Final with Basso winning the race ahead of Charles Wright whilst Harris crucially overtook Danny King for third place.

They had earlier come through an epic semi-final against the host club, featuring Pairs racing at its best as Harris and Basso combined to squeeze out Cheetahs star Lewis Kerr. The Bears defeated Poole in the other semi-final.
Harris said: “I just tried to get over Danny in the Final. I knew if I got that third place we had it in the bag.

“But when you’ve got a hard charger like Danny behind you, it’s hard because you know he won’t give up.
“I’ve won this twice in the old Elite League but not at this level, so it’s nice to put this on the mantelpiece now.”

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BELLE Vue favourite Dan Bewley looks to repeat his first-ever Grand Prix triumph at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium today (5pm).
Bewley is one of four home riders competing in the British GP with series regulars Robert Lambert (King’s Lynn) and Tai Woffinden (Sheffield) joined by Wild Card Steve Worrall of Wolverhampton.
And starting the meeting sixth in the overall standings but only seven points adrift of third-placed Martin Vaculik, Bewley has plenty of incentive to deliver another spectacular performance.

He said: “It’s cool to go back; it’s a cool stadium and a cool event. The track wasn’t ideal last year, but the track in Warsaw is pretty much the same size and I think they nailed that this time around. There was some awesome racing. I think the racing here should be good too.
“When it comes to the racing, I don’t really think about it as being any different to any other meeting. I will just go there and enjoy the ride really and see where I am at the end of the night.

“I am looking forward to going back to Cardiff the second time around. I’ll have a bit of an idea of what to do this time around.”
Meanwhile triple World Champion Woffinden is looking to finally win his home Grand Prix for the first time, having finished as runner-up on three previous occasions.
Woffinden said: “It would be special. I will go out there and treat it as any other Speedway GP. It’s no different – I try and win them all. Some days it happens; some days it doesn’t.

“But I always enjoy coming here. It’s the British Grand Prix and for me, it is the biggest one on the calendar. There is always something special about being here with the atmosphere. I just like the whole build-up to the event. I am looking forward to getting out there and having fun.”

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GREAT Britain compete in the FIM European Under-19 Pairs Final in the Czech Republic this afternoon (Saturday).
Representing GB at the Pardubice venue are Sam Hagon, Joe Thompson and Ashton Boughen.
Both Thompson and Boughen will be making their Great Britain debuts whereas Hagon represented GB in this event in 2022 when it took place in Riga.

This event is a one-off final with eight nations taking part, and again both Poland and Denmark look particularly strong and start the meeting as favourites.
This event is held over 28 heats with each nation having seven heats and it looks like a tough start for the GB team as they face the three big nations in their first three heats – Denmark, Sweden and Poland.

The full line-up in draw order is: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Norway/Latvia, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Great Britain. There are a number of SGP2 Finalists taking part in this event including Belle Vue’s Norick Blodorn for Germany, Damien Ratajczak for Poland, Mathias Pollestad for the Norway/Latvia team, Nicolai Heiselberg of Denmark and Casper Henriksson of Sweden.

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2:
FIM BRITISH GRAND PRIX: Cardiff 5pm

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4:
SPORTS INSURE PREMIERSHIP R2: King’s Lynn (39) v Ipswich (51), Peterborough (42) v Sheffield (48) 7.30, Wolverhampton (51) v Leicester (39) 7.30

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Oxford (45) v Scunthorpe (45) 7.30, Plymouth v Berwick 7pm