NORTH AMERICAN GRAND PRIX
 
Poland's BOGUSLAW KRYZNOWEK (MILTON KEYNES CATS) got his title challenge off to a fine start by winning the North American GP, even more impressive as he had just 5 points after 4 rides!  Behind him was DAVID BEDFORD (KING'S LYNN LIGHTNING) who scored in each ride to match Kryznowek's 14 point return.  DENNIS GROVES (AMSTERDAM ANACONDAS) was only riding as a reserve replacement for the injured Hans E Bergestol but showed he still has much to offer at the top level with 3rd place in the round and 12 points in total.  The Grand Final was completed by GABRYS IRZYK (FALMOUTH FALCONS) who finished 3rd in the series last season and is clearly determined to challenge again.
 
HAYDEN WOOD (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) couldn't quite make the Grand Final but his 12 point return has him among the leaders, the same being true of former champion LIAM REAY (TILBURY DOCKERS) who suffered an exclusion in his Semi Final but had still done enough to end the meeting with an excellent 13 point return.  Defending World Champion LUKE TREADWELL (TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS) was a little unhappy with his single figure return but 9 points suggests he will be in the mix to try and retain his crown.  The final Semi Finalist was BRAXTON MCCHESNEY (SHEFFIELD DONS) who had a mixed afternoon with 2 wins, 2 last places and then engine problems in the Semi as he garnered 7 points.
 

Also ending with 7 points, although failiing to quite make the final stages, were RUDI JURITZEN (OSLO OWLS), STEEN ERIKSEN (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) and Wild Card JACK HAGEN (TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS).  HENRIK HANSEN (HAMPDEN EAGLES) and 3-times champion NICK AMBROSE (WANTAGE KINGS) opened with 6 points apiece and FILLIPPE CHONG (WANTAGE KINGS) and TIBOR NEMECEK (KING'S LYNN LIGHTNING) scored 5 in what was a very evenly matches opening round of the series.  Bottom of the pile here was BORIS DVOYNEV (WEDNESFIELD WANDERERS) who still managed to score 3 points and he will be looking for an improved round next time so he doesn't slip behind the early chargers.

 

 

 
  1. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 1  2  2  0  3  3  3  14
  2. David Bedford............. 2  2  1  3  2  2  2  14
  3. Dennis Groves............. 3  0  2  3  0  3  1  12
  4. Gabrys Irzyk.............. 2  1  3  1  2  2  0  11
  5. Hayden Wood............... 3  3  0  2  3  1  -  12
  6. Luke Treadwell............ 0  0  2  3  3  1  -   9
  7. Liam Reay................. 3  3  3  2  2  E  -  13
  8. Braxton McChesney......... 1  3  0  3  0  R  -   7
  9. Rudi Juritzen............. 1  1  3  2  0  -  -   7
 10. Steen Eriksen............. 3  2  1  0  1  -  -   7
 11. Jack Hagen................ 2  0  1  2  2  -  -   7
 12. Henrik Hansen............. 0  1  2  Fx 3  -  -   6
 13. Nick Ambrose.............. 1  3  0  1  1  -  -   6
 14. Fillippe Chong............ 0  0  3  1  1  -  -   5
 15. Tibor Nemecek............. 2  1  1  0  1  -  -   5
 16. Boris Dvoynev............. 0  2  0  1  0  -  -   3
 17. Chris Adams............... Did not ride
 18. Ryan Irwin................ Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Liam Reay, Jack Hagen, Rudi Juritzen, Fillippe Chong 
  2: Steen Eriksen, Tibor Nemecek, Nick Ambrose, Henrik Hansen 
  3: Dennis Groves, Gabrys Irzyk, Braxton McChesney, Luke Treadwell 
  4: Hayden Wood, David Bedford, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Boris Dvoynev 
  5: Hayden Wood, Steen Eriksen, Rudi Juritzen, Dennis Groves 
  6: Nick Ambrose, Boris Dvoynev, Gabrys Irzyk, Fillippe Chong 
  7: Liam Reay, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Henrik Hansen, Luke Treadwell 
  8: Braxton McChesney, David Bedford, Tibor Nemecek, Jack Hagen 
  9: Rudi Juritzen, Luke Treadwell, David Bedford, Nick Ambrose 
 10: Fillippe Chong, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Steen Eriksen, Braxton McChesney 
 11: Liam Reay, Dennis Groves, Tibor Nemecek, Boris Dvoynev 
 12: Gabrys Irzyk, Henrik Hansen, Jack Hagen, Hayden Wood 
 13: Braxton McChesney, Rudi Juritzen, Boris Dvoynev, Henrik Hansen (Fx) 
 14: Luke Treadwell, Hayden Wood, Fillippe Chong, Tibor Nemecek 
 15: David Bedford, Liam Reay, Gabrys Irzyk, Steen Eriksen 
 16: Dennis Groves, Jack Hagen, Nick Ambrose, Boguslaw Kryznowek 
 17: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk, Tibor Nemecek, Rudi Juritzen 
 18: Henrik Hansen, David Bedford, Fillippe Chong, Dennis Groves 
 19: Hayden Wood, Liam Reay, Nick Ambrose, Braxton McChesney 
 20: Luke Treadwell, Jack Hagen, Steen Eriksen, Boris Dvoynev 
 
 SEMI FINAL 1: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk, Luke Treadwell, Liam Reay (E) 
 SEMI FINAL 2: Dennis Groves, David Bedford, Hayden Wood, Braxton McChesney (R) 
 
 GRAND FINAL: Boguslaw Kryznowek, David Bedford, Dennis Groves, Gabrys Irzyk