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Polish racer Damian Balinski has been handed the wild card for the FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix at Leszno, Poland, on April 30. Balinski will don the No.16 race jacket for the first World Championship round of 2011. The 33-year-old goes into the meeting with a wealth of experience around the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium circuit, having served as a Leszno rider since 1995. He has also r...

FIM Speedway Grand Prix series (SGP) rights holders BSI Speedway and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) have unveiled the SGP and FIM Speedway World Cup calendar for 2011.It features Poland’s brand new SGP venue Gorzow, which will stage the final round of the World Championship next year.Gorzow’s Edward Jancarz Stadium is the only new venue on the list, while Polish track Torun an...

FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) stars Andreas Jonsson, Nicki Pedersen and Emil Sayfutdinov have all been handed permanent wild cards for next season’s World Championship, and they are joined by Polish newcomer Janusz Kolodziej. Following the selection of the four wild cards, BSI Speedway managing director Paul Bellamy said:”With just four places available, it is never an easy decision”.  A...

Newly-crowned world champion Tomasz Gollob hopes the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series gold medal stays in Poland “for a while now” after collecting the sport’s biggest prize in Bydgoszcz on Saturday night. The 39-year-old went into the FIM Bydgoszcz SGP of Poland with the title guaranteed after triumphing in Terenzano on September 25. This was fortunate for the Gorzow and Vastervik star, as he su...

BSI Speedway, rights holders of the world championship FIM Speedway Grand Prix series (SGP), has today announced a new contract with the City of Gorzow, Poland, to host a round of the SGP series at the Edward Jancarz Stadium for the next five years (2011 – 2015).The inaugural Grand Prix in Gorzow will mean Poland will once again host three rounds of the SGP series – Marian Rose Motoarena, Torun an...

New world champion Tomasz Gollob ended his 20-year quest to secure speedway’s biggest prize, and apologised to the Polish people for keeping them waiting so long. The 39-year-old became Poland’s first world champion since Jerzy Szczakiel in 1973 when he won the FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix at Terenzano on Saturday night. The Bydgoszcz-born racer’s dream came true when Chris Harris beat J...

FIM Speedway Grand Prix series organisers BSI Speedway have confirmed Terenzano will stage the FIM Italian SGP for a third straight season in 2011.The venue near Udine in north eastern Italy hosted its first World Championship round in 2009, which was won by current SGP series leader Tomasz Gollob on his debut appearance at the track.This year’s event takes place there on Saturday night, when Goll...

Polish racer Piotr Protasiewicz will take his place in the FIM Bydgoszcz Grand Prix of Poland on October 9.The Zielona Gora star qualified for the SGP series as first reserve at the GP Challenge last year. This meant he would be called upon if one of the 15 World Championship regulars missed a round through injury, illness or other reasons.He was called up for the FIM Dansk Metal Danish SGP in Cop...

New Polish champion Janusz Kolodziej has been granted the wild card for the FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland on October 9.The Leszno and Vetlanda star makes his second appearance in the No.16 race jacket this season and is clearly in the form of his life.He finished fourth as the wild card in the FIM Otomoto.pl European SGP at Leszno on April 24, before helping Poland to FIM Speedway Wo...

Danish international Niels Kristian Iversen has been handed the wild card for the FIM Dansk Metal Nordic Speedway Grand Prix at Vojens on September 11.The former SGP regular, who raced in the series full-time in 2006 and 2008, missed out on qualification for next year’s World Championship in the GP Challenge on this circuit on August 21. But he will be determined to make up for that disappointment...