The wet track put a stop to the Swedish Championship final and it will be moved to August 11.
It's extremely disappointing, of course, but I think it's the right decision, said Nilsson to SVT when the news came.
The idea was that the freshly crowned Swedish champion – or the runner-up if Fredrik Lindgren won – would be rewarded with a so-called wildcard to Målilla, where the World Championship series makes a stop in less than two weeks.
The day after the cancelled final, the organizer in Målilla contacted Nilsson.
He gets a new chance on speedway's biggest stage, just like last year. Then Nilsson came second in the Swedish Championship final behind World Championship driver and world third Lindgren.
Kim Nilsson drove in the World Championship series 2023. Then he scraped together 44 points and finished in 13th place. Last year he was a reserve driver in the championship.
He drives for Smederna in the elite series and for Masarna in the first division as well as for Landshut, the German club that participates in the Polish league.
Reserves in Målilla are the Swedish drivers Rasmus Karlsson and Sammy van Dyck.
