The 2013 Speedway European Championship season was the premiere season of the Speedway European Championship era, and decided the 13th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the first series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.
The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia
Qualification
For the 2013 season there are 15 permanent riders, joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.
Defending champion, Aleš Dryml, Jr. of Czech Republic, was invited to participate in all finals event, as of top European Grand Prix riders: Tomasz Gollob of Poland, Nicki Pedersen of Denmark, Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and Emil Sayfutdinov of Russia. Three weeks before Final One, Tai Woffinden of Great Britain was invited to the series also. Injured Andreas Jonsson was replaced by another the Swede Fredrik Lindgren.
Nine riders were qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event. The SEC Challenge was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia.
Qualified riders
# Riders SEC Ch place1 Aleš Dryml, Jr. 2 Tomasz Gollob 3 Fredrik Lindgren 4 Nicki Pedersen 5 Emil Sayfutdinov 6 Jurica Pavlic 17 Roman Povazhny 28 Grigorij Laguta 39 Martin Vaculík 410 Andriy Karpov 511 Maciej Janowski 612 Hans N. Andersen 713 Sebastian Ułamek 814 Ķasts Puodžuks 915 Tai Woffinden
Wild cards and track reserves
# Final One – Gdańsk, Poland Final Two – Tolyatti, Russia Final Three – Goričan, Croatia Final Four – Rzeszów, Poland16 Krystian Pieszczek Artem Laguta Krzysztof Kasprzak Grzegorz Walasek17 Artur Mroczka Vitaly Belousov Łukasz Sówka Łukasz Sówka18 Renat Gafurov Oleg Beschastnov Renato Cvetko Maciej Kuciapa
BSI—One Sports relationships The Speedway Grand Prix promoter, BSI of the United Kingdom, effectively prevented the appearance top riders in SEC. British federation, Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) after the withdrawal of Nicholls refused to nominate other British riders.
Because final events date do not coincide with Wolverhampton Wolves matches, ACU and BSPA have to agree of Tai Woffinden' participating in the series.
ACU and British Speedway Promoters' Association refused to appearance in a tournament qualifier British star, Scott Nicholls. On 27 July, Final One date, Nicholls need ride in British Elite League event. Then ACU does not agree that Hans N. Andersen could be replaced in Swindon Robins match. Andersen informed the club and a league that he will take part in the SEC before signing the contract.
Results The 2013 season consist of 4 events.
Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results 1 27 July Gdańsk, PolandZbigniew Podlecki Stadium Emil Sayfutdinov Nicki Pedersen Tai Woffinden Tomasz Gollob 2 10 August Tolyatti, Russia Mega-Lada Stadium Emil Sayfutdinov Nicki Pedersen Grigory Laguta Tai Woffinden 3 14 September Goričan, Croatia Stadium Milenium Krzysztof Kasprzak Sebastian Ułamek Martin Vaculik Tomasz Gollob 4 29 September Rzeszów, Poland Municipal Stadium Martin Vaculik Grigory Laguta Hans N. Andersen Grzegorz Zengota
Classification Pos. Rider Points
Broadcasting Territory Rights holder RefWorld wideEurosport and Eurosport 2
See also 2013 Speedway Grand Prix
References
External links speedwayeuro.com