SWEDISH GRAND PRIX
 
Surely this was the round where FILLIPPE CHONG (WANTAGE KINGS) did enough to claim the 2018 World Championship?  After a first race blank and a 2-minute exclusion in his third we recovered in style to finish 2nd in the round and his lead at the top of the overall leaderboard is now extended to 16 points.  With only 21 points available in a round, and just 1 meeting to go, he needs just 6 points in Poland to definitely be crowed as champion.  The round was won by TIBOR NEMECEK (NEWMARKET RAIDERS) who propels himself up the standings, from 6th to 3rd overall courtesy of his 18 point haul.  The other Grand Finalists were HANS E BERGESTOL (TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS) and GABRYS IRZYK (NEWMARKET RAIDERS); Irzyk is now the only rider who can catch Chong but he's going to need something of a miracle to make up the gap, although he looks well placed to finish 2nd overall, sitting 11 clear of club-mate Nemecek.
 
LIAM REAY (TILBURY DOCKERS) picked up a good 13 points, which puts him in joint 4th now, just 3 points away from a rostrum spot.  Another rider sitting joint 4th is MACIEJ TERCJAK (HULL ANGELS) who also made the Semis in this round.  STEEN ERIKSEN (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) and MAREK CZAJA (NEWMARKET RAIDERS) were the other semi-finalists - Eriksen now holds the all important 8th spot, which guarantees a place in next season's series, with Czaja just 2 points behind him.
 
Of the rest LUKE TREADWELL (TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS) is still in 7th but just 6 points sees him sucked into a battle for a top 8 spot with just one round to go.  The same is now true of HAYDEN WOOD (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) who had a poor round, scoring just 3 points, and he drops out of the top 8 with 6 points to make up in Poland if he wants to avoid the GP Challenge.  It was also a poor round for BOGUSLAW KYRZNOWEK (MILTON KEYNES CATS) who loses his 3rd place spot overall, now joined by Tercjak and Reay in the chase to overturn Nemecek for the final rostrum place.  Wild Card GOTE NORDVALL (HULL ANGELS) had a solid display, picking up 6 points despite an exclusion in one ride and he'll be hoping this proves a confidence boost ahead of next week's GP Challenge Semi Final meeting.
 
  1. Tibor Nemecek............. 3  2  3  3  2  2  3  18
  2. Fillippe Chong............ 0  3  N2 3  3  3  2  14
  3. Hans E Bergestol.......... 3  Fx 0  3  3  3  1  13
  4. Gabrys Irzyk.............. 1  1  3  3  1  2  0  11
  5. Liam Reay................. 2  3  3  1  3  1  -  13
  6. Steen Eriksen............. 2  2  2  1  2  1  -  10
  7. Marek Czaja............... 2  3  2  2  0  0  -   9
  8. Maciej Tercjak............ 1  2  2  2  2  0  -   9
  9. Sven Svensson............. R  3  0  0  3  -  -   6
 10. Luke Treadwell............ 3  0  1  1  1  -  -   6
 11. Gote Nordvall............. 2  Fx 0  2  2  -  -   6
 12. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 3  1  N2 1  0  -  -   5
 13. Rudi Juritzen............. 0  1  2  2  0  -  -   5
 14. Nikita Federenko.......... 0  0  3  0  1  -  -   4
 15. Boris Dvoynev............. 1  2  1  0  0  -  -   4
 16. Hayden Wood............... 1  1  0  0  1  -  -   3
 17. Ila Niemi................. 1  -  -  -  -  -  -   1
 18. David Bedford............. 1  -  -  -  -  -  -   1
 
 No. Results
  1: Tibor Nemecek, Liam Reay, Hayden Wood, Rudi Juritzen 
  2: Hans E Bergestol, Steen Eriksen, Maciej Tercjak, Fillippe Chong 
  3: Luke Treadwell, Gote Nordvall, Gabrys Irzyk, Sven Svensson (R) 
  4: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Marek Czaja, Boris Dvoynev, Nikita Federenko 
  5: Fillippe Chong, Tibor Nemecek, Gabrys Irzyk, Nikita Federenko 
  6: Liam Reay, Steen Eriksen, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Luke Treadwell 
  7: Marek Czaja, Maciej Tercjak, Rudi Juritzen, Gote Nordvall (Fx) 
  8: Sven Svensson, Boris Dvoynev, Hayden Wood, Hans E Bergestol (Fx) 
  9: Tibor Nemecek, Steen Eriksen, Boris Dvoynev, Gote Nordvall 
 10: Liam Reay, Marek Czaja, Ila Niemi, Sven Svensson 
 11: Gabrys Irzyk, Rudi Juritzen, David Bedford, Hans E Bergestol 
 12: Nikita Federenko, Maciej Tercjak, Luke Treadwell, Hayden Wood 
 13: Tibor Nemecek, Maciej Tercjak, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Sven Svensson 
 14: Hans E Bergestol, Gote Nordvall, Liam Reay, Nikita Federenko 
 15: Fillippe Chong, Rudi Juritzen, Luke Treadwell, Boris Dvoynev 
 16: Gabrys Irzyk, Marek Czaja, Steen Eriksen, Hayden Wood 
 17: Hans E Bergestol, Tibor Nemecek, Luke Treadwell, Marek Czaja 
 18: Liam Reay, Maciej Tercjak, Gabrys Irzyk, Boris Dvoynev 
 19: Sven Svensson, Steen Eriksen, Nikita Federenko, Rudi Juritzen 
 20: Fillippe Chong, Gote Nordvall, Hayden Wood, Boguslaw Kryznowek 
 
 SEMI FINAL 1: Hans E Bergestol, Tibor Nemecek, Steen Eriksen, Marek Czaja 
 SEMI FINAL 2: Fillippe Chong, Gabrys Irzyk, Liam Reay, Maciej Tercjak 
 
 GRAND FINAL: Tibor Nemecek, Fillippe Chong, Hans E Bergestol, Gabrys Irzyk