2016 Speedway World Cup Race-off

The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Race Off was the third race of the 2016 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on July 29 at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester, England and was won by Australia from Denmark, Russia and the United States. As a result, Australia progressed to the 2016 Speedway World Cup Final, where they will join defending champions and Event Two winners Sweden, hosts Great Britain and Event One winners Poland. Denmark finished second, but were eliminated from the competition along with Russia and the United States.[1]

2016 FIM Speedway World Cup – Race Off
Information
Date 29 June 2016
City Manchester
Event 3 of 4
Referee Christian Froshauer
Stadium details
Stadium National Speedway Stadium
Capacity 18,000
Length 347 m
Track speedway track
SWC Results
Winner  Australia - 44 pts
Runner-up  Denmark - 41 pts
3rd place  Russia - 32 pts
4th place  United States - 9 pts

Jason Doyle led Australia to victory with a 15-point maximum, and he was well supported by Sam Masters and Chris Holder, while reserve Brady Kurtz scored six points after replacing the injured Max Fricke. Niels Kristian Iversen top scored with 16 points for Denmark, however his efforts were not enough as the Danes fell short of reaching the final by four points.

Results

Pos.National teamPts.
1 Australia44
2 Denmark41
3 Russia32
4 United States9

Scores

AUSTRALIA 44
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Sam Masters 12 3,3,2,1,3
2 Max Fricke 2 2
3 Jason Doyle 15 3,3,3,3,3
4 Chris Holder 9 2,3,2,1,1
5 Brady Kurtz 6 2,1,1,2
DENMARK 41
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Niels Kristian Iversen 16 3,3,4,2,3,1
2 Leon Madsen 7 1,1,1,2,2
3 Michael Jepsen Jensen 11 3,1,3,2,2
4 Kenneth Bjerre 7 1,0,3,3
RUSSIA 32
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Grigory Laguta 7 X,2,3,E,2,0
2 Emil Sayfutdinov 16 2,2,6,1,3,2
3 Andrey Kudryashov 4 2,1,0,1
4 Artem Laguta 5 1,0,1,3
UNITED STATES 9
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Luke Becker 0 0,0,0,0,0
2 Billy Janniro 3 0,1,1,0,1
3 Broc Nicol 0 0,0,0,0,0
4 Ryan Fisher 6 X,2,0,4,0

References

  1. "2016 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-07-30.

See also

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