Big speedway win to Taylor

Umina speedway competitor Taylor Poole won this year's Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship in Kurri Kurri on Saturday, January 28.

Taylor finished the first heat in second place behind old rival Alex Davies who had the early lead.

He went too wide at the end of lap two which left him in second place.

The second heat was a come-from-behind win with Mason Campton leading for the first lap.

At the beginning of the second lap, Campton took the wide line out of the turn and Taylor zipped underneath to take the lead and hold on for the win.

The third heat was a hard fought win against Justin Sedgman who would not give up, but Taylor was steady and opened a little gap late in the race.

In the fourth heat, Taylor swept around the outside from gate four to lead all the way for another win.

The fifth heat saw Taylor shuffled back to third behind Sam Masters and Todd Kurts.

By the second lap, he had made it to second place but could not make up the gap to Masters.

Taylor was joined in the final by Masters, Davies and B Final winner Sedgman.

First corner jostling between Masters and Davies allowed Taylor to take the lead.

Sedgman moved into third then flew inside Masters at the start of the second lap.

Down they went and Masters was excluded.

On the restart, Taylor was in third.

He passed Davies for a second at the end of the back straight, went high then cut back in and rocketed by Sedgman out of the fourth turn to take the lead.

As in an earlier heat, Sedgman pushed and pushed but Taylor kept the lead to win the biggest title so far in his speedway career.

Website, 2 Feb 2012

Taylor Poole Racing Photo: David Lamont