2010 Speedway World Cup Event 2
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| Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 26 July 2010 | ||
| City | King's Lynn | ||
| Event | 2 of 4 (41) | ||
| Referee | Christian Froschauer | ||
| Jury President | Andrzej Grodzki | ||
| Stadium details | |||
| Stadium | Norfolk Arena | ||
| Length | 342 m | ||
| Track | speedway track | ||
| SWC Results | |||
| Best Time |
59.94 secs (in Heat 1) | ||
| Winner | |
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| Runner-up | |
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| 3rd place | |
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| 4th place | |
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The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the second race of the 2010 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on 26 July 2010 at the Norfolk Arena in King's Lynn, England.[1][2]
The event was won by host team Great Britain who scored 51 points. Australia (48 points, without injury former three-time World Champion Jason Crump, former captain Leigh Adams, Ryan Sullivan[3]) and Sweden (40 points, without injury star Andreas Jonsson) goes into the Race-off. Finland (14 points) were knocked out of the competition, but were classified 7th place in World Cup, beating Czech Republic (8 points in Event 1).[4][5]
It was the Speedway World Cup debut for three riders: Darcy Ward of Australia (8 pts), Magnus Zetterström of Sweden (5 pts) and Timo Lahti of Finland (0 pts).
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51 | ||
| 2 | 48 | ||
| 3 | 40 | ||
| 4 | 14 |