Bydgoszcz - Częstochowa 51:39
Polonia Bydgoszcz have beaten Włókniarz Częstochowa and finished 7th in the main part of the season. Today's win means that Bydgoszcz will be racing the 1st leg of this year's race-off (for staying up in Ekstraliga) at their rivals' track (in Częstochowa) and the 2nd leg at their home track, which is always a bit more comfortable combination.Andreas scored paid 12 today, individually winning his last three races. However, a very unusual situation happened in AJ's first race. Andreas and Emil Sayfutdinov were easily leading 5:1 while AJ slowed down to stop his bike... after the third lap! Unfortunately, when Andreas realised the heat hadn't finished yet it was too late to chase the rival.
I can't remember such situation happening to me ever before - says AJ - I was sure we had already done all four laps, I didn't see the flag well enough because of the sunset but I was almost sure it was the chequered one! Thankfully though, this one pointed I missed didn't decide about anything.
I'm relatively satisfied with tonight's result - we have won at last and now our situation is a bit better than Czestochowa's. However, I know that our rivals rode without Rune Holta and this victory should have come much easier. On the other hand - we were a bit unlucky too. Robert Kościecha had 3 engines failures out of 4 races today! I missed one point in a silly way, Greg Walasek and Denis Gizatullin should have done a bit better as well. So, all in all, taking into consideration today's bad luck the result may not be too bad but we must ride better in both matches of the race-off.
Polonia Bydgoszcz 51: Antonio Lindbaeck 9 (2,3,0,2,2), Denis Gizatullin 2+1 (0,0,-,2), Grzegorz Walasek 9+2 (2,3,2,0,2), Robert Kościecha 3 (ef,ef,3,ef), Andreas Jonsson 11+1 (1,1,3,3,3), Emil Sajfutdinow 13+1 (3,3,2,2,3), Szymon Woźniak 4+2 (2,1,1)
Włókniarz Częstochowa 39: Peter Karlsson 7+1 (2,1,1,3), Lewis Bridger 3 (1,1,0,1), Jonas Davidsson 10 (3,3,3,0,1), Sławomir Drabik 6+1 (1,0,2,3), Rafał Szombierski 5+1 (2,1,1,1,0), Borys Miturski 1 (1,ef), Tai Woffinden 7 (0,3,2,0,2,0)
1. Sajfutdinow, Woźniak, Miturski, Woffinden 5:1
2. Woffinden, Lindbaeck, Bridger, Gizatullin 2:4
3. Davidsson, Walasek, Drabik, Kościecha (ef) 2:4
4. Sajfutdinow, Szombierski, Jonsson, Miturski (ef) 4:2
5. Walasek, Karlsson, Bridger, Kościecha (ef) 3:3
6. Davidsson, Sajfutdinow, Jonsson, Drabik 3:3
7. Lindbaeck, Woffinden, Szombierski, Gizatullin 3:3
8. Jonsson, Sajfutdinow, Karlsson, Bridger 5:1
9. Davidsson, Drabik, Woźniak, Lindbaeck 1:5
10. Kościecha, Walasek, Szombierski, Woffinden 5:1
11. Jonsson, Gizatullin, Bridger, Davidsson 5:1
12. Sajfutdinow, Woffinden, Karlsson, Walasek 3:3
13. Drabik, Lindbaeck, Szombierski, Kościecha (ef) 2:4
14. Karlsson, Lindbaeck, Woźniak, Szombierski 3:3
15. Jonsson, Walasek, Davidsson, Woffinden 5:1
