2016 British Championship

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THE draw has been made for the 2016 British Final to be held at Belle Vue Speedway, National Speedway Stadium, in Manchester on Monday, June 13.

1 Josh Bates (Coventry / Sheffield)
2 Steve Worrall (Belle Vue / Newcastle)
3 Craig Cook (Belle Vue / Peterborough)
4 Danny King (Coventry / Ipswich)
5 Josh Auty (Leicester / Scunthorpe)
6 Simon Stead (Sheffield)
7 Ben Barker (Coventry / Glasgow)
8 Richard Lawson (Lakeside / Glasgow)
9 Scott Nicholls (Belle Vue)
10 Paul Starke (Leicester / Somerset)
11 Richard Hall (Unattached)
12 Robert Lambert (King’s Lynn / Newcastle)
13 Chris Harris (Coventry)
14 Richie Worrall (Belle Vue / Glasgow)
15 Jason Garrity (Coventry / Sheffield)
16 Kyle Howarth (Wolverhampton / Sheffield)

Reserves: Charles Wright (Swindon / Somerset)
Lewis Kerr (Lakeside / Ipswich)

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From the SGB website::
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COVENTRY and Ipswich star Danny King was crowned British Champion after a stunning ride in the Final at Belle Vue on Monday.

King led the qualifiers on 13 points, progressing to the decisive race along with home star Craig Cook, who recovered from a first-ride last place to reel off four straight wins.

King selected gate two in the Final, with Cook choosing the inside, and they were joined by teenage star Robert Lambert and another home man Steve Worrall who had come through from the semi-final.

Cook led the early stages but King generated speed on the outside and swept around his rival on turns three and four before pulling clear for victory.

King’s first national title also saw him secure the Wild Card place for the British Grand Prix at Cardiff next month and he was elated with his success.

He said: “I've tried for so many years to win this meeting. I was sort of in the mix but I never really had the edge. Tonight was probably the first time in a long time that I genuinely felt I could win it.

“I spoke with my boys about the gate choices and we thought even though gate one might be the favourite we went with two, which was a bit of a gamble, but I knew it would give me more options.

“To be British Champion is a dream come true. As a kid it was a meeting I always wanted to win and while the Wild Card is an amazing opportunity, I wanted this trophy more than anything else.”

Cook was left to settle for the runners-up spot for the third year in succession, with Lambert on the podium in his debut British Final and Worrall in fourth place. Richard Lawson and Scott Nicholls were the defeated semi-finalists.

All competitors deserved great credit for ensuring the meeting ran to a conclusion as rain gradually intensified throughout the meeting.

The drainage system at the National Speedway Stadium had worked superbly to contain the heavy downpours of the weekend and on the day of the meeting, meaning racing was not in doubt and got underway at the scheduled start-time.


Picture: JEFF DAVIES

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