The new stadium of Liberec, in Czech Republic, and the city of Zarnovica (Slovakia) hosted the Individual Speedway Euro Championship.
Saturday’s race was a promotion of the sport and it was big entertainment for the spectators in the small “family stadium” in the North of the Czech Republic.
Polish rider Michal Szczepaniak won the Semi Final 3 and advanced to the Challenge of this year: the Final European Championship.
With him on the podium, Russian Artjom Laguta and Swedish Joonas Kylmakorpi, in front of Polish Tomasz Jędrzejak. They all will race in the Final at Olching, next May 26th.
In Zarnovica (Slovakia), the win was taken by Fredrik Lindgren (who defeated Anders Thomsen in the additional heat). Advance was reached also by Przemysław Pawlicki and Tomas H.Jonasson. Other riders including Krzysztof Buczkowski did not manage to go through. Additional heats had to be taken to select the riders who will take part in SEC Challenge, to be held on May 26 in the German city of Olching.
Results on FIM Europe official website:
http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/191
http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/192
