NORTH AMERICAN GRAND PRIX

 
JACEK KLECHA (CANVEY ISLAND CASTAWAYS) won the opening GP of the season with a solid performance in qualifying and then vital race wins in the final stages to record a 15-point haul.  RAY FRANCE (KING'S LYNN LIGHTNING) and JACK HAGEN (STOCKHOLM SCORPIONS) completed the rostrum places in the round, Hagen doing well to finish so high despite clearly struggling with his machinery mid-meeting.  Another rider unlucky with bike problems was defending champion BOGUSLAW KRYZNOWEK (TILBURY DOCKERS) after he reached the final, showing all his usual quality, before retiring in the crunch heat.
 
Perhaps the fastest rider on show was RAFAL ARANOWSKI (READING REBELS) who raced to a 15-point maximum in qualifying but then fell in his Semi Final, despite that setback he sits joint top of the early standings though, alongside round winner Klecha.  Other Semi Finalists were LOUIS JOOSSENS (CANVEY ISLAND CASTAWAYS) and HAYDEN WOOD (BIRMINGHAM BOURNVILLIANS).  Also extending his meeting was wild card LORENZO TURATI (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) who has made a flying start in the UL and impressed here with a 9 point haul.
 
From the rest PETR MARKO (BOTTSEFORD BULLETS) and JERNEJ KEGLOVITS (MADRID MAGPIES) both finish last season on the world title rostrum but recorded just 8 and 3 points respectively in this opening round.  TIBOR NEMECEK (NECRONS) returned from an early season injury and started well but faded as a lack of race fitness seemed to catch up with him but he justified his decision to not sit the round out by putting 5 points on the board and generally looked well.
 
  1. Jacek Klecha.............. 2  1  2  3  1  3  3  15
  2. Ray France................ 0  3  2  2  1  2  2  12
  3. Jack Hagen................ 2  3  N2 0  3  2  1  11
  4. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 2  2  3  2  1  3  R  13
  5. Louis Joossens............ 3  0  3  2  1  1  -  10
  6. Lorenzo Turati............ 3  2  1  0  2  1  -   9
  7. Rafal Aranowski........... 3  3  3  3  3  F  -  15
  8. Hayden Wood............... 0  3  2  1  2  0  -   8
  9. Rumun Dimotrov............ 1  2  0  3  2  -  -   8
 10. Petr Marko................ 1  1  3  1  2  -  -   8
 11. Fillippe Chong............ 2  0  1  1  3  -  -   7
 12. Enzo Innacone............. 1  1  1  1  3  -  -   7
 13. Tibor Nemecek............. 3  2  0  0  0  -  -   5
 14. Kenni Algreen............. 1  1  2  0  F  -  -   4
 15. Leon Jeppesen............. 0  F  0  3  0  -  -   3
 16. Jernej Keglovits.......... 0  0  1  2  0  -  -   3
 17. Frankie Young............. Did not ride
 18. Vaclav Ruzucha............ Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Lorenzo Turati, Fillippe Chong, Enzo Innacone, Ray France 
  2: Louis Joossens, Jacek Klecha, Kenni Algreen, Jernej Keglovits 
  3: Rafal Aranowski, Jack Hagen, Petr Marko, Hayden Wood 
  4: Tibor Nemecek, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Rumun Dimotrov, Leon Jeppesen 
  5: Hayden Wood, Lorenzo Turati, Kenni Algreen, Leon Jeppesen (F) 
  6: Rafal Aranowski, Rumun Dimotrov, Jacek Klecha, Fillippe Chong 
  7: Jack Hagen, Tibor Nemecek, Enzo Innacone, Jernej Keglovits 
  8: Ray France, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Petr Marko, Louis Joossens 
  9: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Jacek Klecha, Lorenzo Turati, Jack Hagen (N2) 
 10: Petr Marko, Kenni Algreen, Fillippe Chong, Tibor Nemecek 
 11: Louis Joossens, Hayden Wood, Enzo Innacone, Rumun Dimotrov 
 12: Rafal Aranowski, Ray France, Jernej Keglovits, Leon Jeppesen 
 13: Rumun Dimotrov, Jernej Keglovits, Petr Marko, Lorenzo Turati 
 14: Leon Jeppesen, Louis Joossens, Fillippe Chong, Jack Hagen 
 15: Rafal Aranowski, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Enzo Innacone, Kenni Algreen 
 16: Jacek Klecha, Ray France, Hayden Wood, Tibor Nemecek 
 17: Rafal Aranowski, Lorenzo Turati, Louis Joossens, Tibor Nemecek 
 18: Fillippe Chong, Hayden Wood, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Jernej Keglovits 
 19: Enzo Innacone, Petr Marko, Jacek Klecha, Leon Jeppesen 
 20: Jack Hagen, Rumun Dimotrov, Ray France, Kenni Algreen (F) 
 
 SEMI FINAL 1: Jacek Klecha, Ray France, Lorenzo Turati, Rafal Aranowski (F) 
 SEMI FINAL 2: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Jack Hagen, Louis Joossens, Hayden Wood 
 
 GRAND FINAL: Jacek Klecha, Ray France, Jack Hagen, Boguslaw Kryznowek (R)