BEWLEY AIMS FOR MUCH HIGHER

BRITISH Grand Prix winner Dan Bewley is eyeing a late surge up the Grand Prix standings after his brilliant victory at Cardiff on Saturday.

Belle Vue racer Bewley won the meeting with Robert Lambert second to give Great Britain their first-ever one-two result in a GP, and it was the nation’s best individual result since Michael Lee and Dave Jessup finished first and second in the 1980 World Final at Gothenburg.

Victory at the Principality Stadium leaves Bewley seventh in the overall standings on 73 points, within 15 of Fredrik Lindgren who is third, with four rounds remaining.

And the next event takes place on Bewley’s home Polish track of Wroclaw on August 31.

He said: “That’s 24 points this weekend and we still have another 80 to go. That’s what’s up for grabs. 

“If I got 80 points, I could still win it. Who knows? Before the weekend, I said there were 104 on offer and I got as many as I could here.

“I just want to score as many as I can and have more nights like this. I feel like I belong here, but I don’t want a wild card or anything like that. I want to put myself up the top.”