iNikeAguero Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Australian star Troy Batchelor says he is ready for a Grand Prix wild card after impressing in the Speedway World Cup last week. The Peterborough racer led his countrys scorechart with 13 points in the Race-Off at Gorzow, before bagging 10 in the SWC Final to help Craig Boyces men carry off the silver medals. Batchelor has been in red-hot form all over the continent this year, frequently putting in meeting-winning performances for Panthers in the Elite League, Leszno in Poland and Lejonen in Sweden. Had he been involved in this years SGP qualifiers, he would have been a decent bet to reach the GP Challenge at Vetlanda. He missed out after withdrawing from the four-round Australian Championship in January, in which his countrys four qualification places were up for grabs. Motorcycling Australia didnt take up the option to grant him one of these spots in the international rounds. To guarantee his place for next year, Batchelor admits he could make the trip Down Under over the winter. But the 23-year-old feels he is ready to have a shot at the worlds biggest names this year. He said: The wild cards have got to be an option for me pretty soon. I didnt do the qualifiers because I didnt get picked to do it, so it was out of the window this year. But Im out there to show what Im made of and I did it two meetings in a row last week. Asked whether he will compete in his homeland in the winter, Batchelor replied: Ill have to see what happens at the time. Its a long way away. In this last year I had just bought a house and I just wanted to have a rest. Well see what happens closer to the end of the year, but it is definitely an option. Batchelor emerged as a genuine force on the world stage in Gorzow, but he still left the Edward Jancarz Stadium dejected that he didnt have more than a silver medal in his back pocket. He said: Im kind of happy with second, but we didnt gain second, we lost first. Poland were a lot of points down. We really had them running. In the end, I dont know exactly what happened, but we didnt have the best gates in the last four or five races. We tried our best and we had Poland behind us for a while, but we couldnt quite pull it off in the end. We all rode fantastically; we just didnt quite get there. Poland were on a Polish track and with the Polish fans behind them, it helped. At just 23-years-old, Batchelor has plenty more SWCs ahead of him. With the likes of Tomasz Gollob and Piotr Protasiewicz set to retire from the Polish team in the coming years, the Brisbane-born racer is certain the balance of power in world speedway will shift in Australias favour. He said: Weve got a young team. Chris is young, Darcy is 19 and Im young. Poland are running out of time. SpeedwayGP Site. Edited July 21, 2011 by KingKennethSpeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateandi Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 He is so full of himself needs to ride more consistent than just a couple of months in good form , maybe 2 or 3 years time Troy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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