BRITISH STAR BRENNAN GETS CARDIFF WILD CARD

Great Britain shooting star Tom Brennan admits he will be getting a few tips from Speedway GP-winning stepdad Martin Dugard after sealing the FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff wild card in Manchester on Saturday.

Brennan finished third in the British Championship Final to earn his spot alongside British Champion Dan Bewley, runner-up Tai Woffinden and Robert Lambert at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, August 17.

Brennan’s family knows all about wild-card winners. Stepdad Dugard was famously called up for the 2000 FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Coventry and topped the podium. He also received a spot in the first-ever Speedway GP event at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on June 9, 2001.

Brennan was born nearly a month later on July 2 and will have only heard about Dugard’s heroics from his family or the sport’s history books.

But now he has a chance to live his own Speedway GP dream in Cardiff and he’s not heading to the Welsh capital to make up the numbers.

He said: “I’m in it to win it, as hard as that sounds. Maybe that sounds unrealistic right now, but I am in it for a reason and why not? 

“My stepdad Martin Dugard won a Speedway GP in Coventry in 2000 as a wild card. Maybe I will get some advice from him. I’m sure he will give me some tips after this. 

“I am going to Cardiff, and it is a dream come true for me. I will do the best I can. I’ll try and get as much experience as possible. To be surrounded by the best guys in the world is an honour already. It’s a huge opportunity and I’m sure these boys will be showing me the way. “I am riding pretty well right now, so that day in Cardiff is definitely something I can aim towards and go and have fun.”