SWEDISH GRAND PRIX
 
It was a fine day for HANS E BERGESTOL (TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS) who won the 7th GP round, picked up 17 points and almost certainly guaranteed his place in next season's series.  Behind him HAYDEN WOOD (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) did much the same, moving up to 4th and giving himself a shot at a rostrum finish, impressively so after starting the day down in 6th overall.  BOGUSLAW KRYZNOWEK (MILTON KEYNES CATS) finished 3rd and continued to justify the claim that he could well have taken the title this year but for an injury layoff.The Grand Final was completed by GABRYS IRZYK (FALMOUTH FALCONS) who failed to pick up any extra points in the final heat but his 15 point total proves enough to move him to the top of the overall leaderboard, a point ahead with just one round remaining.
 
LIAM REAY (TILBURY DOCKERS) dropped a couple of places overall but his 11 point return strengthens his place in the top 8 and it would take a major upset for the former world champion not be automatically be back next season.  FILLIPPE CHONG (WANTAGE KINGS) recorded double figures and stays in the top 3 overall, maintaining his 5 point gap to top spot.  STEEN ERIKSEN (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) was disappointed to fall from the top of the leaderboard but recorded another solid score and is just a point behind Irzyk as the riders travel to Poland for the final GP in 3 weeks' time.  The final rider to make the Semi Final was LUKE TREADWELL (PARIS PANTHERS) but his 7 point return doesn't really improve his position and the defending champion looks set for a trip to the GP Challenge if he wants to retain his place in the series.
 
Of the other riders TIBOR NEMECEK (KING'S LYNN LIGHTNING) had an average day but extended his gap over team-mate DAVID BEDFORD in the race for the all important top 8 positions.  The unluckiest rider of the day was BRAXTON MCCHESNEY (SHEFFIELD DONS) who has had a tough series which was exemplified by a fall and retirement costing him a place in the Semis despite 3 excellent rides otherwise.  Wild Card SVEN SVENSSON (FALMOUTH FALCONS) picked up some useful points and will have learned a great deal about what is required to compete at the very top international level.
 
  1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 3  2  3  3  0  3  3  17
  2. Hayden Wood............... 3  2  3  3  3  2  2  18
  3. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 3  2  2  0  3  3  1  14
  4. Gabrys Irzyk.............. 2  3  3  2  3  2  0  15
  5. Liam Reay................. 3  0  2  3  2  1  -  11
  6. Fillippe Chong............ 0  3  1  2  3  1  -  10
  7. Steen Eriksen............. 2  3  0  3  1  0  -   9
  8. Luke Treadwell............ 1  1  2  2  1  0  -   7
  9. Tibor Nemecek............. 2  0  3  1  0  -  -   6
 10. Braxton McChesney......... Fx 3  R  1  2  -  -   6
 11. Henrik Hansen............. 1  0  1  2  1  -  -   5
 12. David Bedford............. 1  0  0  1  2  -  -   4
 13. Sven Svensson............. 0  1  2  0  1  -  -   4
 14. Rudi Juritzen............. 0  2  1  1  R  -  -   4
 15. Nick Ambrose.............. 1  1  R  0  2  -  -   4
 16. Boris Dvoynev............. 2  1  0  0  0  -  -   3
 17. Dennis Groves............. Did not ride
 18. Chris Adams............... Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Hayden Wood, Boris Dvoynev, Nick Ambrose, Rudi Juritzen 
  2: Hans E Bergestol, Gabrys Irzyk, David Bedford, Fillippe Chong 
  3: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Tibor Nemecek, Henrik Hansen, Braxton McChesney (Fx) 
  4: Liam Reay, Steen Eriksen, Luke Treadwell, Sven Svensson 
  5: Fillippe Chong, Rudi Juritzen, Sven Svensson, Henrik Hansen 
  6: Braxton McChesney, Hayden Wood, Luke Treadwell, David Bedford 
  7: Steen Eriksen, Hans E Bergestol, Boris Dvoynev, Tibor Nemecek 
  8: Gabrys Irzyk, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Nick Ambrose, Liam Reay 
  9: Tibor Nemecek, Liam Reay, Rudi Juritzen, David Bedford 
 10: Hayden Wood, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Fillippe Chong, Steen Eriksen 
 11: Gabrys Irzyk, Luke Treadwell, Henrik Hansen, Boris Dvoynev 
 12: Hans E Bergestol, Sven Svensson, Nick Ambrose (R), Braxton McChesney (R) 
 13: Hans E Bergestol, Luke Treadwell, Rudi Juritzen, Boguslaw Kryznowek 
 14: Hayden Wood, Gabrys Irzyk, Tibor Nemecek, Sven Svensson 
 15: Liam Reay, Fillippe Chong, Braxton McChesney, Boris Dvoynev 
 16: Steen Eriksen, Henrik Hansen, David Bedford, Nick Ambrose 
 17: Gabrys Irzyk, Braxton McChesney, Steen Eriksen, Rudi Juritzen (R) 
 18: Hayden Wood, Liam Reay, Henrik Hansen, Hans E Bergestol 
 19: Boguslaw Kryznowek, David Bedford, Sven Svensson, Boris Dvoynev 
 20: Fillippe Chong, Nick Ambrose, Luke Treadwell, Tibor Nemecek 
 
 SEMI FINAL1: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Hayden Wood, Fillippe Chong, Steen Eriksen 
 SEMI FINAL2: Hans E Bergestol, Gabrys Irzyk, Liam Reay, Luke Treadwell 
 
 GRAND FINAL: Hans E Bergestol, Hayden Wood, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk