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Cycle News 2014 Issue 24 June 17

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VOL. 51 ISSUE 24 JUNE 17, 2014 P23 WOFFINDEN BACK ON TOP W orld Speed- way Cham- pion Tai Woffinden is determined to take his Speed- way Grand Prix winning streak indoors in Copen- hagen and Cardiff after completing back-to-back vic- tories with Swed- ish GP gold in Ma- lilla on Saturday, June 14. Woffinden pow- ered past World C h a m p i o n s h i p rival Greg Han- cock in the final to score the win for the second time in two weeks following his Czech Republic GP triumph in Prague on May 31. They were joined on the podium by their Monster En- ergy stable mate Chris Holder and Polish racer Jaroslaw Ham- pel, who was fourth. Woffinden leads the point standings by a point with 63 – just one ahead of Hancock. The Californian has won at both the next two venues – Parken in Copenhagen, home of the Dan- ish GP on June 28, and Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the stage for the British GP on July 12. "I've had a bad track record on the indoor ones, but hopeful- ly I'm going to set that straight," Woffinden said. "I'm going to work very hard until the end. I'm going to train my backside off to get ready and really push on. Anyone can win it – it's one of those seasons. It's going to be interesting for everyone. I struggled a little bit with setup at the start of the night, but as each race went on, I got faster and faster. I'm pumped to get the win and it was an all-Monster podium – that's crazy. We'll have to see how many more we can get." Woffinden had to overcome a restart in the final after jumping a fraction too early from gate three in the initial staging of the race. Hancock was gutted not to leave Malilla with his first Grand Prix win on Swedish shale in 32 attempts. But he's delighted to be firmly on Woffinden's tail. "I haven't won a Grand Prix in Sweden yet and that's the clos- est I have come so far," Hancock said. "On the second start, I saw daylight right off the bat and I thought 'it's my race.' I forgot Tai was in the race too, though. It's one of those things. You've got to pick the right lines. I had a great night still. I'm feeling good and building momentum. It's a long season and I'm ready to run them all the way." John Hipkiss Tai Woffinden leads Greg Hancock en route to victory in the Swedish Grand Prix. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN HIPKISS

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