2010 Speedway World Cup Event 2

The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the second race of the 2010 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on 26 July 2010 at the Norfolk Arena in King's Lynn, England.[1][2]

2010 FIM Speedway World Cup – Event 2

Information
Date	26 July 2010
City	King's Lynn
Event	2 of 4 (41)
Referee	Christian Froschauer
Jury President	Andrzej Grodzki
Stadium details
Stadium	Norfolk Arena
Length	342 m
Track	speedway track
SWC Results
Best Time	Chris Holder 59.94 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner		Great Britain - 51 pts
Runner-up		Australia - 48 pts
3rd place		Sweden - 40 pts
4th place		Finland - 14 pts

Results

The event was won by host team Great Britain who scored 51 points. Australia (48 points, without injury former three-time World Champion Jason Crump, former captain Leigh Adams, Ryan Sullivan[3]) and Sweden (40 points, without injury star Andreas Jonsson) goes into the Race-off. Finland (14 points) were knocked out of the competition, but were classified 7th place in World Cup, beating Czech Republic (8 points in Event 1).[4][5]

It was the Speedway World Cup debut for three riders: Darcy Ward of Australia (8 pts), Magnus Zetterström of Sweden (5 pts) and Timo Lahti of Finland (0 pts).

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Great Britain	51
2		Australia	48
3		Sweden	40
4		Finland	14

Heat details

Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1	Great Britain	51	2	3	5	8	11	13	16	19	21	21	23	24	27	30	32	33	36	38	41	42	45	45	45	48	51
	(1) Scott Nicholls	14	2							3						3			3								3
	(2) Lee Richardson	10		1							2						2			2			3
	(3) Tai Woffinden	7			2							F2x	2								3			0
	(4) Simon Stead	7				3		2						1								1			Fx
	(5) Chris Harris (c)	13					3		3						3			1								3
2	Australia	48	3	6	9	11	13	16	18	20	21	21	24	27	28	29	32	34	36	37	39	41	42	43	45	46	48
	(1) Chris Holder	12	3						2								3				2				2
	(2) Davey Watt (c)	11		3						2			3									2				1
	(3) Troy Batchelor	11			3						1			3				2									2
	(4) Rory Schlein	6				2						F3			1				2				1
	(5) Darcy Ward	8					2	3								1				1				1
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
3	Sweden	40	0	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	11	14	15	15	17	19	20	23	24	27	28	31	31	34	37	39	40
	(1) Fredrik Lindgren	14	Fx								6J				2							3		3
	(2) Jonas Davidsson	14		2								3				2		3			1				3
	(3) Antonio Lindbäck	6			1			1									1		1							2
	(4) Magnus Zetterström (c)	5				0			0				1							3			0				1
	(5) Daniel Nermark	1					1			0				Fx							-		-
4	Finland	14	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	13	14	14	14
	(1) Timo Lahti	0	Fx					0					0					0					-
	(2) Joonas Kylmäkorpi	9		0					1					2					0				4J	2
	(3) Juha Hautamäki	2			0					1					0					0					1
	(4) Kauko Nieminen (c)	1				1					0					0					0					0
	(5) Tero Aarnio	2					0					2					0					0					0
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Heat after heat

1. [59.94] Holder, Nicholls, Lahti (Fx), Lindgren (Fx)
2. [60.03] Watt, Davidsson, Richardson, Kylmäkorpi
3. [60.19] Batchelor, Woffinden, Lindbäck, Hautamäki
4. [60.53] Stead, Schlein, Nieminen, Zetterström
5. [59.22] Harris, Ward, Nermark, Aarnio
6. [60.37] Ward, Stead, Lindbäck, Lahti
7. [60.00] Harris, Holder, Kylmäkorpi, Zetterström
8. [60.59] Nicholls, Watt, Hautamäki, Nermark
9. [60.28] Lindgren (J), Richardson, Batchelor, Nieminen
10. [60.60] Davidsson, Aarnio, Schlein (F), Woffinden (Fx)
11. [61.47] Watt, Woffinden, Zetterström, Lahti
12. [61.25] Batchelor, Kylmäkorpi, Stead, Nermark (Fx)
13. [60.90] Harris, Lindgren, Schlein, Hautamäki
14. [61.47] Nicholls, Davidsson, Ward, Nieminen
15. [61.82] Holder, Richardson, Lindbäck, Aarnio
16. [61.66] Davidsson, Batchelor, Harris, Lahti
17. [61.72] Nicholls, Schlein, Lindbäck, Kylmäkorpi
18. [62.34] Zetterström, Richardson, Ward, Hautamäki
19. [62.22] Woffinden, Holder, Davidsson, Nieminen
20. [61.53] Lindgren, Watt, Stead, Aarnio
21. [63.22] Richardson, Kylmäkorpi (J), Schlein, Zetterström
22. [62.37] Lindgren, Kylmäkorpi, Ward, Woffinden
23. [62.50] Davidsson, Holder, Hautamäki, Stead (Fx)
24. [61.31] Harris, Lindbäck, Watt, Nieminen
25. [62.78] Nicholls, Batchelor, Zetterström, Aarnio

See also

• 2010 Speedway World Cup
• motorcycle speedway

References

1. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
2. "Teams declared" (PDF). fim-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
3. Crump, Adams and Sullivan were a Australia team members in all of the past World Cups
4. "SWC Kings Lynn results" (PDF). pzm.pl. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
5. "Wielka Brytania niespodziewanie wygrywa półfinał DPŚ!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2010-07-26. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-27.