Event One of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the opening race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 1 at the Adrian Flux Arena in King's Lynn, Great Britain and was won by Great Britain from Australia, United States, and the Czech Republic. As a result, Great Britain progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Australia and the United States progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. The Czech Republic were eliminated.
Craig Cook led Great Britain to the final by scoring 14 points, while Steve Worrall, Chris Harris and Robert Lambert all scored 13 points each. Australia were hampered by the loss of Jason Doyle, who was injured and unable to compete, however Chris Holder was the star of the meeting scoring 19 points.
Results
Pos. National team Pts. 1 532 443 154 13
Scores
GREAT BRITAIN53 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Steve Worrall 13 3,2,2,3,32 Craig Cook 14 3,3,3,3,23 Chris Harris 13 3,2,3,3,24 Robert Lambert 13 3,3,2,3,25 Adam Ellis 0 AUSTRALIA44 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Max Fricke 8 2,1,2,1,22 Chris Holder 19 2,3,3,6,2,33 Nick Morris 5 0,2,2,14 Troy Batchelor 12 2,3,2,2,3 5 Jason Doyle 0 UNITED STATES15 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Ricky Wells 3 0,0,1,2,02 Gino Manzares 7 2,2,2,0,13 Luke Becker 2 1,0,1,04 Dillon Ruml 2 1,1,0,05 Broc Nicol 1 1,0 CZECH REPUBLIC13 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Matěj Kůs 0 0,0,0,02 Václav Milík, Jr. 6 0,1,0,2,33 Josef Franc 4 1,1,0,1,14 Hynek Štichauer 3 1,0,1,15 Eduard Krčmář 0 0,0
References
See also 2017 Speedway Grand Prix