Speedway GP star Dominik Kubera raced to victory in the opening round of the Polish Championship as Patryk Dudek topped the standings on his home track in Torun on Thursday.
Former world No.2 Dudek was the leading scorer after 20 heats on 13 points to advance to the final with five-time Speedway GP world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik scoring 11 to join him.
Kacper Woryna also made it through to the final by winning the last-chance heat ahead of Kubera as both riders reached the last four.
Kubera, who lines up in Saturday's Events.com FIM Speedway GP of Poland - Gorzow, then took victory ahead Dudek in second, Zmarzlik in third and Woryna in fourth place.
With riders’ points from the heats and the final counted towards the championship standings, Dudek leads the way on 15, with Kubera second on 13 and Zmarzlik third overall on 12.
Woryna is chasing in fourth place on 11, with SGP2 champion Wiktor Przyjemski on 10 – level with former Speedway GP star Piotr Pawlicki.
The next round takes place in Ostrow on July 19, with Czestochowa staging the series finale on August 15.
POLISH CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1 Patryk Dudek 15, 2 Dominik Kubera 13, 3 Bartosz Zmarzlik 12, 4 Kacper Woryna 11, 5 Wiktor Przyjemski 10, 6 Piotr Pawlicki 10, 7 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 9, 8 Pawel Przedpelski 9, 9 Maciej Janowski 8, 10 Szymon Wozniak 7, 11 Mateusz Cierniak 6, 12 Bartlomiej Kowalski 5, 13 Antoni Kawczynski 4, 14 Krzysztof Buczkowski 3, 15 Jakub Krawczyk 2, 16 Jakub Miskowiak 1, 17 Mikolaj Duchinski 1.