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LAGUTA ROARS TO 15-POINT MAX AS WROCLAW BEATS LESZNO

Former Speedway GP world champion Artem Laguta powered to a 15-point maximum for Wroclaw as they triumphed 50-40 over local rivals Leszno in the PGE Ekstraliga on Sunday.

Laguta went unbeaten over five rides, with Maciej Janowski collecting 10 paid 11, world No.2 Brady Kurtz notching nine and Great Britain star Dan Bewley adding eight paid 10 after racing to second spot at the WWK Schwaiger & Partner FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut on Saturday night.

Former SGP rider Piotr Pawlicki was Leszno’s star man on 13 paid 15, with Speedway GP newcomer Nazar Parnitskyi collecting 11 paid 13 and Ben Cook adding eight paid nine.

Elsewhere, former world No.3 Emil Sayfutdinov raced to 12 points for Torun as they won 48-42 at home to neighbours Grudziadz.

He was backed up by 10 paid 11 from European champion Patryk Dudek. Robert Lambert, Norick Blodorn and Antoni Kawczynski all contributed seven points to Torun’s score.

Vadim Tarasenko led the Grudziadz score chart on 12 paid 13, with Danish champion Michael Jepsen Jensen and Maksym Drabik both adding 11. Max Fricke scored four.

In Friday’s action, former SGP star Przemyslaw Pawlicki picked up a 15-point maximum for Zielona Gora as they won 56-34 at home to Czestochowa.

Danish racer Leon Madsen scored 12 paid 13, while Andzejs Lebedevs tallied 10, Dominik Kubera collected eight paid 10 and former SGP2 rider Mitch McDiarmid impressed on seven paid nine.

Aussie ace Rohan Tungate scored 10 points for the visitors, with Mads Hansen adding nine paid 11 and Jaimon Lidsey scoring eight.

The Polish Championship Challenge also took place on Friday night, which saw Krzysztof Buczkowski, Janowski and Piotr Pawlicki all progress to the main series on 12 points.

Krosno teenager Radoslaw Kowalski was a shock qualifier on 11, while Szymon Wozniak and Jakub Jamrog made it through on 10. Double SGP2 champion Mateusz Cierniak won a run-off with Tobiasz Musielak for the seventh and final place after they tied on nine. Former SGP3 champion Maksymilian Pawelczak missed the cut on six points.

Speedway GP stars Bartosz Zmarzlik, Kacper Woryna, Dudek and Kubera all take their places in the Polish Championship series automatically, along with 2024 SGP2 champion Wiktor Przyjemski, Jakub Miskowiak and Przemyslaw Pawlicki. The line-up will be completed by a wild card.

For full details of the weekend’s PGE Ekstraliga results, scorers and the league table, CLICK HERE.