CURRENT World Championship leader Tai Woffinden admits that Great Britain will be going “all-out” to beat Australia at Glasgow.
In a special one-off Ashes clash at Ashfield Stadium, Woffinden will go head-to-head with defending world champion Jason Doyle in a mouthwatering duel on Saturday, August 4.
Woffy and Doyle will lead out full strength sides at Glasgow and the GP standings leader is adamant that Great Britain must win.
He revealed: “It will be awesome to lead the team out at Glasgow. I think it’s vital that Great Britain have more meetings.
“To have another chance to race in the UK will also be sweet. I’ve only raced here twice this season and the support I get in the UK is unreal.
“I’ve just signed for Kumla in Sweden and now I feel very settled for the second half of the season. I needed more race time and I’ve got that now. It’s just the set-up I needed.
“When Rob Painter came in at Great Britain we discussed how vital it was to have more meetings for all the British boys to get more experience.
“This is exactly the sort of thing we need. In the 1970s and 1980s there were so many test matches and they were pretty awesome I’m told. I think the Aussie test matches stopped in the 90s but we need them back.
“We had a decent Speedway of Nations and we want to keep that feel good factor going and keep winning.
“There’s no doubt this will be a fierce test match. Australia will want to win but so will we being going all-out for the victory.”
It’s been a decade since Woffinden last raced at Ashfield and is looking forward to seeing the £3million revolution of Glasgow by the Facenna family.
He added: “We’ve just had the British Grand Prix in Cardiff where I got so much support, so it will be awesome to race for my country at home again and to go to a part of Britain I haven’t been to in so long.
“I raced at Glasgow a long, long time ago in my Premier League days, but I haven’t been since they made all the changes and improvements to the track so I’m excited to go and check it out.
“I’ve heard a lot about how good the place is now and what a good job the owners have done so it’ll be cool to head up there and see it all for myself.”
Glasgow owner Gerry Facenna said it was a massive coup for the Tigers to host the match.
He added: “You don't get two bigger names than Tai and Jason - they are genuine superstars in our sport - and we're so lucky to have them racing here.
“Jason's World Championship win last year was remarkable given the injuries he had to overcome and he's one of the most exciting men you'll see on a speedway bike.
“Tai has the potential to become Britain's greatest-ever rider and he's dominating the Grand Prix series - he's undoubtedly the top rider in world speedway right now.
“We have a great relationship with those heading up the Great Britain Speedway Team and we're delighted to have been chosen to host the national side's first full team meeting since the new management took over.
“We've already seen some great action at our reshaped track this season - but you'd expect that to reach another level with such top-class riders taking to the shale.
“This is the only meeting being held in Britain on August 4, so we'd love to see fans from across the country joining us for what is sure to be a truly memorable event.
“With a stadium capacity of 2,500, don't miss out on your chance to see the world's best going head-to-head here in the west of Scotland and book your ticket early.”
Words: Phil Lanning
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