SPEEDWAY - REBELS TRIO AUSSIE TITLE CHALLENGE DENTED

The 2nd Round of the Australian Speedway Championship was to be a disappointing one for the three 'Cases' Somerset Rebels representatives, with new signing Josh Grajczonek the best placed finisher of the trio in 8th place.

It meant that none of the Somerset riders, Jason Doyle, Alex Davies and Josh Grajczonek, progressed through to the latter stages of the meeting which was held at Undera, Victoria, the venue staging a round of the Australian Championship for the first time in its history.

For the majority of the meeting it looked as if Grajczonek would earn himself at least a place in the 'B' Final, but after scoring 9 points from his first 4 rides, a last place in his final ride was to ultimately deny him a possible place in either of the 'A' or 'B' Finals.

Davies and Doyle, Somerset's other 2 participants in the 16-rider field, scored 7 and 6 points respectively, an exclusion in Doyle's penultimate ride denting his final points tally.

The meeting was won by Troy Batchelor, the winner of last Saturday's opening round, with Dakota North putting knowledge of his local track to good use in finishing 2nd while Cameron Woodward finished in 3rd place.

Result:

1) Troy Batchelor, 2) Dakota North, 3) Cameron Woodward, 4) Davey Watt, 5) Justin Sedgmen, 6) Mark Lemon, 7) Sam Masters, 8) Josh Grajczonek, 9) Alex Davies, 10) Ty Proctor, 11) Rohan Tungate, 12) Jason Doyle 6, 13) Adam Shields, 14) Micky Dyer, 15) Cameron Heeps, 16) Kozza Smith

Championship Standings:

Troy Batchelor 40 pts, Cameron Woodward& Dakota North 32, Justin Sedgmen 28, Davey Watt 27, Rohan Tungate 26, Jason Doyle 25, Mark Lemon & Alex Davies 23, Josh Grajczonek 22, Micky Dyer & Sam Masters 20, Ty Proctor 16, Adam Shields 9,Kozza Smith 6, Cameron Heeps 5

The final round is at Loxton Park, Kurri Kurri, NSW on Saturday (11th)

Press Release by Ian Belcher

Somerset Rebels Press Officer

www.somersetrebels.co