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Individual Speedway Euro Championship: Final 3 Mikkel Michelsen won the third round of the Individual Speedway Euro Championship, which was held in Vojens, Denmark. Kacper Woryna was the runner-up and the last spot on the podium was taken by Nicki Pedersen. First series of starts was filled with many impressive actions on track. Fans gathered at the stands in Vojens witnessed lots of overtakes, including the one by former Euro Champion Andzejs Lebedevs, who overtook Bartosz Smektała at the very last metres. Track reserves also impressed – Fredrik Jakobsen and Andreas Lyager caused a lot of troubles to Mikkel Michelsen. In the second series of starts, we still had tons of emotions. Probably, the most interesting heat was the sixth one with a perfect start by Frederik Jakobsen. Dane was leading through two laps, but was overtaken by very fast Kai Huckenbeck. At the last metres, Jakobsen lost his position

European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: the Final SMF President Peter Lazar, FIM Europe President Martin de Graaff and organizer and FIM Europe Track Race commission member Jakub Zliehovacia The city of Zarnovica, in Slovakia, hosted the final of the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup, which was held in front of around 2000 spectators. Nice weather and a sunny day welcomed the 18 riders in fight for the title. At the end of a thrilling competition and a hard-fought battle, Jan Kvech (from Czech Republic) won in front Evgenij Saidullin and Mads Hansen. On the occasion of the 300th speedway race on the track of Zarnoviva FIM Europe President Mr. Martin De Graaff and SMF President Peter Lazar were present at this competition and at Prize Giving Ceremony. The club also organized a party to celebrate the event and a nice photo book since 1953 was presented. Final classification: 1. Jan

European Speedway Cup: the U19 Individual and the 85cc Youth in Germany Semi Final 2 for the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup and Final round for the European 85cc Youth Speedway Cup in Güstrow, Germany. European U19 Individual Speedway Cup - Semi Final 2 The meeting was raced on a wet track due to the heavy rain, but thanks to the excellent job of the club members, all twenty heats and two run-off heats were completed within two and half hour. Sensational Drew Kemp claimed his victory undefeated all night on 15 points. There were two race offs for the 3rd and for the last qualifying place. Event classification: 1. Drew Kemp, Great Britain 2. Evgenii Saidullin, Russia 3. Jonas Seifert, Denmark European 85cc Youth Speedway Cup - Final The meeting was held on a cloudy Saturday following all night rain. Organizers did a great job and prepared an excellent

European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Semi Final 1 After one year the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup was back to Pardubice Stadium, Czech Republic, for the Semi Final 1. Excellent time for spectators and riders, fighting for the eight positions of the Final. Great performance for the 2018 champion Mads Hansen from Denmark. The Final meeting will be on Sunday August 11th at Žarnovica, in Slovakia. Final classification: 1. Mads Hansen, Denmark 2. Aleksandr Kaibushev, Russia 3. Jan Kvěch, Czech Republic 4. Mateusz Cierbiak, Poland 5. Petr Chlupáč, Czech Republic 6. Jason Edwards, Great Britain 7. Phlip Helström-Bengs, Sweden 8. David Pacalaj, Slovakia

SEC Speedway European Championship: Final Leon Madsen won the second round of the SEC Speedway European Championship held on Saturday’s evening in Torun, Poland. Dane topped the podium, leaving Grigorii Laguta, Kacper Woryna and Nicki Pedersen behind. After the round in Guestrow, it was Grigorii Laguta who had come to Torun with a leader’s golden jacket. Russian rider had had a three-point advantage over second – Bartosz Smektała and four points over Leon Madsen and Antonio Lindbaeck. Meeting started from jumping a gun, because in the first heat of the day, Paweł Przedpełski made a start way quicker than the referee pressed the button. In the second attempt, Kacper Woryna grabbed the win and in the first series of starts, “threes” appeared next to Leon Madsen, Jarosław Hampel and Adrian Miedzinski. Series’ leader – Laguta had a tumble, so it all started with some bad luck for him. Second series

European 125cc Youth Track Racing Cup: the Final in Poland Thrilling final for the European 125cc Youth Track Racing Cup. The race took place in Torun, Poland, on Saturday 22nd July with the participation of 10 nations. The Czech Republic riders ruled the competition both in ranks 1 and 2.   Final classification: 1. Jaroslav Vanicek, CZE 2.Vojtech Sachl, CZE 3.Luke Harrison, GBR

SEC Speedway European Championship: Final 1 Final 1 of the SEC Speedway European Championship was raced on 13th July in Güstrow, Germany. In front of 5.000 spectators the Russian Grigorii Laguta topped the podium. In the decisive heat of the night Laguta rocked the German crowd, starting from the first gate and even though Madsen attacked him hard, he was still able to take this win up to the last meters. Title's defender (from 2011) Leon Madsen finished 2nd, while the U21 World Champion Bartosz Smektała was 3rd. Under the podium 4th position for Antonio Lindbaeck and 5th for Leon Madsen. Next round will be in Torun, Poland, on 10th August.

Vintage Endurance Cup - Bikers Classic: the third round in Belgium Photo credit: DG Sport The 3rd round of the FIM Europe 4h Endurance Classic Cup in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, was raced on 06th-07th July. The event was held at the Bikers Classic weekend, one of the biggest gatherings of classic racing motorcycles in Europe, with more than 800 riders. 63 teams (151 rider) qualified for the race and a new class joined the race: Evo class with bikes from ‘83 to ’91, joined the competition together with the Cup’s 4 usual classes: Classic, Maxi, Classic, Formula, Open. Even if on the race day some rain felt down on Spa Circuit, the dry track allowed the riders to improve their lap times with a hard-fought battle for the victory in each class. The winners of this round are: PoweRacing-JapautoClub in Maxi Classic; Team A.M. in Classic; RST Edge in Open; Bikeparts

European U21 Individual Speedway Championship Qualifying Round 1 - Poland Polish Gdansk track hosted the European U21 Speedway Qualifying Round 1 with riders from 8 different countries. The meeting was run on a wet track following some rain in the first part of the day.  Top five final classification: Roman Lakhbaum, Russia Jakub Miśkowiak, Poland Daniel Bewley, Great Britain Mateusz Cierniak, Poland Michał Curzytek, Poland   Qualifying Round 2 - Hungary The Qualifying Round 2 was raced in Nagyhalasz, Hungary, in front of 2 thousand spectators with good weather conditions. The fight for the qualifications to the final was so tigh with several crashes. After 4 series, 8 riders had a chance to get a promotion. The best was Jan Kvech (14 points), second position for Petr Chlupac (12 points) and third for Artjom Trofimows (11 points). Favourite Nick Skorja had an unlucky race with a crash in heat 17.

European Pairs Speedway Championship SF2: France wins the title Photos by Roberto Tomba It was a thrilling race with a lot of close racing and several passes, especially in the first half of the meeting despite hot and difficult track conditions the one raced in Terenzano. Pre-meeting favourite France team lived the expectation with their two top guns Bellego and Berge who were always in control for the qualifying spot. Second and last qualifying place went to hosts Italy thanks to a brilliant display of local hero Michele Paco Castagna. He was one of the most entertaining riders of the meeting and scored 13 points not all form the start. He won also the decider with Finland’s Tero Aarnio for the delight of the partisan crowd. Last place on the rostrum went to a depleted Finland team which lost the services of skipper Timo Lahti during the 16th heat.