The TAURON Speedway European Championship series was due to start in Vojens, Denmark on 20 June and conclude in Chorzow, Poland on 19 September. However, this week has seen the postponement of the two events with no new dates published as this stage. No announcement has been made about the second and third rounds due to take place in Lodz, Poland on 4 July and Gori can, Croatia on 22 August.
The Chorzow event was the first to be cancelled and came as a surprise to many following on of the first positive announcements in speedway this year when the Ekstraliga’s announcement that they will run in June. The final round of the SEC was also scheduled to take place over four months away.
However, on Friday the inevitable was made official when the Danish event, due to take next month, was called off with the pandemic still holding sway over the majority of the world.
However, Piotr Szymanski at the Polish Motor Association has hinted that the series will begin in July and take place during that month in Poland, according to an article on Polish website, Sportowefakty.
This could mean that the event in Lodz will become the first round of the competition and many of Europe's top riders are already going to be based in Poland, like last year's winner, Mikkel Michelsen, pictured above. The SEC also has sold TV rights for the whole continent maybe making it possible for the Individual European Speedway Championship to continue without supporters in the stands.
An announcement from the SEC about how it will work seems imminent.
