KURTZ: NOW FOR THE GP!

BELLE Vue captain Brady Kurtz completed a sensational 24 hours by securing a place in the sport’s individual Grand Prix series for the first time in his career.

Just one day after leading the Aces to ROWE Motor Oil Premiership glory, Kurtz won the GP Challenge at Czech Republic venue Pardubice, scoring 13 points to head up the four qualifiers for next year’s World Championship.

Kurtz said: “The tough conditions normally suit me. I have been fast everywhere in Europe this year and when I saw that it was wet and heavy, it looked like Belle Vue in the rain all over!

“I don’t really have any worries in tough conditions, and I think that’s where I got my advantage.

“It has been a really good year. Years like this don’t come around too often. We won with Rybnik (in Poland), we won with Belle Vue on Thursday, and I am so happy I got it done here too.”

Denmark’s Anders Thomsen and Poland’s Dominik Kubera, who both have recent GP experience, completed the rostrum on the night, and there was also good news for Leicester skipper Max Fricke who took the final place in the 2025 series.

Great Britain’s Tom Brennan scored four points in his first experience of the GP Challenge event.

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