West Cumbrian racer Dan Bewley led the Great Britain scoring as the defending champions eased into Saturday’s FIM Speedway of Nations Final.
The Belle Vue star, from Maryport, and colleague Robert Lambert suffered an early shock when they lost out to Sweden in their opening race of the semi-final in Torun, but they recovered to go unbeaten through the remainder of the meeting.
The crucial race was Heat 21 where GB defeated closest rivals Latvia, who still took the remaining place in the final in a race-off with Germany. Bewley collected 22 points for GB with Lambert adding 15.
Bewley said: “It was a good night really. The first race wasn’t ideal. Sweden is a good team, and when you throw some points away like that, we knew we were definitely fighting for second.
“That was probably the toughest race, and after that, we knew we couldn’t make any more mistakes.
“We had to be pretty solid from that point onward.
“It was a tough meeting, and the points were so close. It was only the semi-final, but we got some experience and learned a few things.”
