BRITAIN'S Dan Bewley was within a whisker of winning the opening Grand Prix of the season with a maximum on Saturday night – but in the end had to be content with the silver medal.
Polish debutant Kacper Woryna made a memorable start to his GP campaign by leading home Bewley in the final after the Belle Vue star had topped the qualifying heat scorechart with five wins out of five. Reigning World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik was third, ahead of Britain's Robert Lambert in fourth. Victory was a special moment for Woryna, whose grandfather Antoni was Poland's first World Championship medallist after finishing third in the 1966 World Final in Gothenburg in 1966, – a feat he also achieved in Wroclaw in 1970. Woryna said afterwards: “Obviously, it’s really something special for me. I knew I was competing in Speedway GP 60 years after that first bronze medal happened, and it’s special. “My grandpa was a legend. You can’t really beat what he has achieved in speedway. I am not trying to compete with what he has achieved, but I have always said it is a privilege to have the same surname at least. "I am going to try to maybe, maybe, in some percentage, level up with him with my achievements. I don’t think it is possible really, but I will definitely try. “I was five when he died. The only memory I have of him was when he took the side wheels off my mini bicycle when I was learning to cycle at three or four. That’s one memory that has stuck with me – he just took the side wheels off and off I went.” • Full coverage from Landshut in this week's Speedway Star – on sale on Thursday.
