Latvian Andžejs Lebedevs and another Dane Rasmus Jensen, who was the best driver after the regular season with 13 points, remained outside the podium.
Kvěch collected 11 points during five starts. In the final, the outer side of the oval fell to him, but it was he who took care of the dramatic course, when he was able to move from fourth place to second place and then tried to find a loophole in different ways to get ahead of Wožniak. He did not succeed and the last domestic winner of the traditional race remains Matěj Kůs, who celebrated the triumph in 2010.
“I was left with the worst starting position, we took a risk with the choice of bike, but the risk worked out. The decisive factor was probably the first corner, when I was able to pull through there. I tried to overtake Szymon as well, but unfortunately I did not succeed. Already before I said during the race that I wanted to improve compared to last year, which I succeeded in. I’m very happy for that, but there is still some reserve, so it’s still true that I would like to win the Tomíček Memorial one day,” said Kvěch, who was third last year.
He was also happy that before the end of the season he had made up his mind after the unsuccessful speedway weekend in Pardubice. “I didn’t do well in the European Championship race on Friday, yesterday I narrowly missed advancing to the semi-finals at the Golden Helmet… Today was a very difficult and balanced race, but I felt very good on the bike. I felt that I was fast. A few times I I managed to overtake there, I certainly had fun with the ride, which was great,” praised the twenty-one-year-old Kvěch.
The 30-year-old Wožniak is the first Polish rider to win the Luboš Tomíček Memorial since 2015, when Przemyslaw Pawlicki won. He started the race for the first time.
“I’m very satisfied and happy that I managed to win. I really enjoyed it here. I’m pleasantly surprised how well it’s organized here. It’s like a Grand Prix race, which is in front of me,” praised Wožniak, who secured a stable spot in the World Championship series for next season.
“We finished in Poland, so I still wanted to race and tried to collect as many racing days as possible. It was also a great training session for the Grand Prix, which is held here. I was able to touch the track, which was nice. And to hear the Polish anthem, that was really great. It would be nice to repeat it next year at the Grand Prix,” dreamed Wožniak with a smile.
A place on the podium also made Kildemand happy. “I’ve had some health problems in recent years, but it’s fine now. I’m happy with the result, it was a good race and I enjoyed the whole evening,” boasted the 34-year-old Dane.
Václav Milík finished sixth, remaining just behind the promotion with 10 points. Ninth was Daniel Klíma, tenth Petr Chlupáč and fourteenth only sixteen-year-old talent Adam Bednář.
The defender of the surprising triumph from last year, the Ukrainian Marko Levišyn, who collected five points, remained deep in the field of losers. The young Bednář claimed Levišyn’s scalp in the final performance.
Luboš Tomíček Memorial, international flat track race in Prague:
1. Wožniak (Pol.), 2. Kvech (Czech Republic), 3. Kildemand (Dan.), 4. Lebeděvs (Lat.), 5. Jensen (Dan.), 6. Darling…9. Climate10. Hairy guy14. Cooper (all Czech Republic).
2023-09-25 20:54:58
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