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World Junior Speedway: Rain Causes Havoc in 2010 World U21 Final Opener.
By Admin
Jul 18, 2010, 10:37
Rain caused the first round of the world U21 final to suffer a delayed start, prompt an hour's delay after just 5 heats when lightening blitzed around the stadium with further downpours and then a total abandonment after all riders had completed 3 rides a-piece.
Defending champion Darcy Ward had two second places and a third, his final ride seeing him holding second place until a mistake allowed Patrick Dudek and Ward himself almost fall. His Pirate team-mater Artur Mroczka endured a miserable night on a track where he is usually simply awesome. Machine problems in his first ride saw him limp home for a point after Kevin Wolbert had packed up totally. The gremlins were still with him in his second outing where he found himself almost a full lap behind at one stage and he looked a poor shadow of his normal self in what was to prove to be the final race of the rain-soaked evening.
Latvian Maksim Bogdanov headed the scoreboard with an unbeaten 9 points with Belle Vue's Patrick Hougaard, who will be part of the cup side that visits Wimborne Road on Wednesday night on 8 points, two clear of a quartet of riders on 6.
The championship will now move on to Daugvapils, Latvia on August 7th culminating in Pardubice, Czech Republic on October 2nd.
Scores:- M.Bogdanov (LV) 9 (3,3,3); P.Hougaard (DK) 8 (3,3,2) ; J.Pavlic (HR) 6 (3,3,0); A.Laguta (RU) 6 (2,3,1); W.Tarasenko (RU) 6 (3,2,1); M.Janowski (PL) 6 (1,2,3); D.Ward (AU) 5 (2,2,1); M.Vaculik (SI) 5 (1,2,2); R.Bach (DK) 4 (0,1,3); P.Dudek (PL) 4 (2,R,2); K.Wolbert (DE) 3 (R,0,3); M.Kus (CZ) 3 (0,1,2); D.Andersson (SE) 2 (2,0,0); A.Mroczka (PL) 2 (1,1,0); F.Facher (DE) 2 (1,1,0); D.Sperz (PL) 1 (F,F,1)
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