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Individual Speedway Euro Championship: QR1 The 2023 Individual Speedway Euro Championship season got underway in Terenzano, Italy, with the QR1. After one hour delay due to bad weather conditions, 17 riders from 11 European nations started the meeting with several close racing heats. Polish rider Grzegorz Zengota won the meeting with 15 points ahead of Jan Kvech, from Czech Republic, for just one point at the end of heat 16. Kvech was one of the most entertaining riders of the event with a couple of masterclass passes during heats 16 and 17. In the latter he finished ahead of local hero Nicolas Covatti at the finish line, after four thrilling laps. Third position for German ace Martin Smolinski with a solid meeting which included a couple of wins and second places. Fourth and last place available to progress to the SEC challenge went to Danish rider Mads Hansen, who recorded three

European Team Speedway Championship: team Poland claims the title Pictures copyright: Jarek Pabijan Sensational team Poland won the European Team Speedway Championship, claiming victory at the Grand Final at Stralsund in northern Germany. The meeting was run on a well-prepared track in good weather conditions, even if a slight wind made the track hard to prepare. In front of a huge crew of 3.000 spectators the Polish team started well and didn’t drop the victory till the end. With 49 points it claimed the gold medal ahead of the Danish team, who got 35 points. Third position for Great Britain with 22 points. In a hard-fought atmosphere World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik and Szymon Wozniak scored 13 points for the Polish Team together with Dominik Kubera (12 points) and Jaroslaw Hampel (11 points). Individual European Champion, Mikkel Michelsen, took 12 points for team Denmark, showing some nice overtaking. For the British

European Team Speedway Championship: the lines up of the Super Final We got to know the lineups of all teams for the HN Nowak GmbH European Team Speedway Championship scheduled for April 22nd. At the end of last week, the defending champions from Poland secured their promotion to the Grand Final, and on Saturday they will be strengthened by the current world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, as well as the Danes and the British. The rate is completed by the hosts - Germany. Start of the competition in Stralsund at 2.00 pm. Managers of individual teams have already announced the line-ups for the tournament, which will decide about this year's European Team Championship medals. The Germans will be fully represented by the riders of the Trans MF Landshut Devils team starting in the Polish 1st league. One change compared to last Sunday was made by the British, whose squad was expanded

European Team Speedway Championship: Final A and Final B Lights on the European Team Speedway Championship with Final A in Poland and Final B in the Czech Republic. Pictures copyright: Jarek Pabijan Well-known as Poland's principal seaport and country's fourth-largest metropolitan area, the city of Gdansk has been the perfect location for the Final A of the European Team Speedway Championship. In front of 2.000 spectators the meeting was raced without delays, in a cloudy and cold weather. On home soil, team Poland ruled the competition from the beginning. The last heat decided the race, with team Swedish second and team French third. Pictures copyright: Jarek Pabijan Final A classification 1. Poland, 42 points 2. Sweden, 31 points 3. France, 24 points 4. Latvia, 23 points Originally scheduled on Saturday, the final B of the European Team Speedway Championship was postponed to Sunday due to bad weather conditions. The race

One Sport extends SEC license until 2030 During the Gala to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Speedway Euro Championship, representatives of One Sport and FIM Europe announced the decision on the extension of the contract to organize the Speedway Euro Championship series. One Sport will be the organizer of the series until at least 2030. Thanks to the consistent efforts of the entire One Sport team, the SEC series has managed to rise to an excellent level. The starting list every year includes the biggest speedway stars, and the competition has come to Poland, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Germany, among others. Tomasz Gollob, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculik, Leon Madsen, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Emil Sajfutdinow, among others, have raced on a variety of tracks. Michal Sikora - FIM Europe President “On behalf of the FIM Europe, I’m very happy to confirm the renewed partnership

European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Poland wins on home soil The city of Tarnów, in southeastern Poland, hosted the Final of the European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship, in front of around 2000 spectators. The big efforts of the local organizers allow the meeting run on a perfect track. At the end of a tight and competitive race team Poland grab the highest step of the podium together with Denmark, second, and Great Britain, third. Final result 1. Poland 2. Denmark 3. Great Britain Visit the Track Racing page Visit the SEC official Page

European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Final postponed to next weekend Due to the heavy rain and the bad track condition, for the sake of both safety of the riders and attractivity of racing, the European U23 Team Speedway Final scheduled for this weekend will be postponed to Sunday October 9th. This decision was taken by Mr Piotr Szymanski, Chairman of the Track Racing Commission, in agreement with the Team Managers and the Organizer, after consultation with some TRC members and FMN representatives. The new date has been agreed also to permit the TV coverage, as this is an important European Final event and it will be live broadcasted. European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship Visit the Track Racing page Visit the SEC official Page

SEC - Final 4: Leon Madsen is the new champion! In the Final 4 of the SEC – the Speedway European Championship, held in Pardubice, Czech Republic, the Dane Leon Madsen made up the loss to Janusz Kołodziej and grabbed the gold medal of the Individual European Championship. Silver went to Kołodziej, while bronze to Mikkel Michelsen. Before the start of the meeting, Kołodziej was on the lead of the interim classification, and already in the first series he increased the advantage over Madsen. Both were scoring well, and ended the regular phase with 11 points each. That result meant, they compete in the 'last chance' heat, in which Madsen crossed the finish line as first, while Kołodziej was fourth. In the final, Madsen needed to win or to be second to win the title. And it happened. In the last heat of the whole series, Madsen took the first

European U19 Individual Speedway Championship: Jesper Knudsen crowned Champion! Final round for the European Under 19 Individual Speedway Championship in Nagyhalász, Hungary. A thrilling open-doors event, even more challenging due to the weather conditions, with a huge audience of over 2.000 spectators. After Heat 12 two riders could be the new Champion: Jesper Knudsen from Denmark and Mathias Pollestad from Norway. In Heat 15 the two riders met face to face: after the second lap the Danish could get a bit of gap on the Norwegian, winning the heat. In Heat 14 Casper Henriksson from Sweden secured with a race win the third overall position. Due to the bad weather conditions, the Jury decided to stop the meeting after Heat 16. Final results of the European U19 Individual Speedway Championship 1. Jesper Knudsen, DEN 2. Mathias Pollestad, NOR 3. Casper Henriksson, SWE Visit the Track Racing page Visit the SEC

SEC - Final 3: Kołodziej wins in Łódź Janusz Kolodziej won the TAURON SEC - Final 3, which was held in Łódź, Poland. Before the grand finale in Pardubice, the Pole is on the lead of the interim classification of the series. Second in the table, Leon Madsen loses only one point. After two series of starts, Madsen and Woryna were on the lead. The Dane showed a fantastic form and made up for his loss to the leaders. The only one to beat Madsen was Janusz Kołodziej. Thanks to his great performance, the Dane was promoted directly to the final and, equally important, moved to the first place in the interim classification already after the main round in Łódź. Dudek started equally well as Madsen, taking advantage of Kołodziej's weaker start of the meeting, and after eight runs of the day he evened out in the standings. Dominik Kubera,