Triple European champion Mikkel Michelsen starred on 13 points for Torun as they claimed a 14-point lead in the PGE Ekstraliga play-off semi-final with a 52-38 first-leg win at home to Wroclaw on Sunday evening.
Michelsen raced to three wins and two second places at the Marian Rose Motoarena, with Emil Sayfutdinov backing him up on 11 points, while Robert Lambert tallied 10 paid 11 and Patryk Dudek picked up eight paid 10. Czech star Jan Kvech notched four paid six.
Former Speedway GP world champion Artem Laguta led the Wroclaw scoring on 11 paid 12, with SGP title contender Brady Kurtz bouncing back from two last places in his opening rides to end on nine. Britain’s Dan Bewley collected five paid six points.
The second leg takes place at Wroclaw’s Olympic Stadium on September 7 – just over a week after the venue stages the DeWalt FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Wroclaw this Saturday.
In the play-offs to avoid relegation, Aussie star Jason Doyle raced to 10 points for hosts Czestochowa as they triumphed 48-42 in the first leg of their showdown with Gorzow.
Poland’s Piotr Pawlicki led the Lions scoring on 11, with Wiktor Lampart adding eight paid 10 and 2026 Speedway GP qualifier Kacper Woryna collecting seven paid nine.
Danish ace Anders Thomsen stormed to a sensational 17 points for Gorzow, with Slovakia’s Martin Vaculik registering 11. Latvian racer Andzejs Lebedevs scored five paid six.
The second leg of the tie takes place at Edward Jancarz Stadium next Sunday.
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