The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Race Off was the third race of the 2016 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on July 29 at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester, England and was won by Australia from Denmark, Russia and the United States. As a result, Australia progressed to the 2016 Speedway World Cup Final, where they will join defending champions and Event Two winners Sweden, hosts Great Britain and Event One winners Poland. Denmark finished second, but were eliminated from the competition along with Russia and the United States.
Jason Doyle led Australia to victory with a 15-point maximum, and he was well supported by Sam Masters and Chris Holder, while reserve Brady Kurtz scored six points after replacing the injured Max Fricke. Niels Kristian Iversen top scored with 16 points for Denmark, however his efforts were not enough as the Danes fell short of reaching the final by four points.
Results
Pos. National team Pts. 1 442 413 324 9
Scores AUSTRALIA44 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Sam Masters 12 3,3,2,1,32 Max Fricke 2 23 Jason Doyle 15 3,3,3,3,34 Chris Holder 9 2,3,2,1,15 Brady Kurtz 6 2,1,1,2 DENMARK41 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Niels Kristian Iversen 16 3,3,4,2,3,12 Leon Madsen 7 1,1,1,2,23 Michael Jepsen Jensen 11 3,1,3,2,24 Kenneth Bjerre 7 1,0,3,35 Mikkel Andersen 0
RUSSIA32 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Grigory Laguta 7 X,2,3,E,2,02 Emil Sayfutdinov 16 2,2,6,1,3,23 Andrey Kudryashov 4 2,1,0,14 Artem Laguta 5 1,0,1,35 Viktor Kulakov 0
UNITED STATES9 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Luke Becker 0 0,0,0,0,02 Billy Janniro 3 0,1,1,0,13 Broc Nicol 0 0,0,0,0,04 Ryan Fisher 6 X,2,0,4,05
References
See also 2016 Speedway Grand Prix