ROUND 7/JUNE 29, 2013
PARKEN STADIUM/COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
SPEEDWAY
P86
WORLD SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX SERIES
WARD'S
COMEBACK TALE
>>DARCY WARD FIGHTS BACK
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
JOHN HIPKISS
A
ustralian sensation Darcy
Ward admits two months
of injury hell was a blessing in disguise after collecting his
first Grand Prix win in the Moldow
Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
in Copenhagen on Saturday night.
The 21-year-old topped the
rostrum at Parken ahead of Slo-
venian racer Matej Zagar, World
Champion Chris Holder and Polish legend Tomasz Gollob after
a titanic tussle with Zagar in the
final.
Ward made a racing comeback
with his Swedish team Dackarna
on Tuesday after spending seven
weeks out nursing the broken
shoulder he suffered in the Fogo
Swedish GP in Gothenburg on
May 4.
That injury was the culmination of a serious of crashes that
plagued a tough start to the year
for the Queenslander. But Ward
says he is back a wiser rider after leaving the Danish capital with
19 points out of a possible 21 and
his first Grand Prix win in only his
sixth GP appearance.
"I've learned a lot of things
since I've been injured," Ward
said. "I've been watching the
