EMOTIONAL Matt Ford hailed one of Poole Speedway's greatest nights as Chris Holder and Krzysztof Kasprzak took the British Grand Prix by storm.

Poole Coastal Aluminium captain Holder moved to within one point of the world championship lead by winning his second Millennium Stadium showpiece.

And GP second reserve Kasprzak, only called up for the event on Friday morning after regular Kenneth Bjerre suffered a broken leg riding for Peterborough on Thursday, made it a stunning Pirates one-two-three as he split the Aussie and Wimborne Road asset Antonio Lindback in the final.

Speaking from Cardiff, Ford told the Echo: “It’s not very often I am left speechless, but to have three Poole riders on the podium at the world championship’s biggest event has just blown me away.

“This has to rank alongside the club's greatest nights. We’ve won Elite League titles in dramatic fashion, done the double with the Knockout Cup and seen some fantastic individual races at Wimborne Road down the years.

“Clearly, welcoming back Mark Loram to Poole when he won the world title in 2000 was a special moment for the club, but I would put this right up there.

“I’m so proud of Chris, KK and Antonio. Even though Antonio is not riding for us this year, he is still a Poole asset and he’s never far from everyone’s thoughts at the club.”

Holder dropped just one point from seven races in Cardiff and, with championship leader Greg Hancock enduring a night to forget, the Aussie's quest for a maiden world title is very much on with three rounds to go.

Dane Nicki Pedersen was the only man to lower Holder’s colours in his opening ride, before the 24-year-old blitzed through the card for his second Cardiff win in three years.

Ford, who admitted he “couldn't stop crying” after Holder had crossed the finishing line in the final, added: “For Chris to be within one point of Greg with three meetings to go is incredible.

“There’s a lot of racing left, but he has given himself a real chance. The Grand Prix series is very unforgiving, though, and Chris knows that.

“He’ll just be focusing on maintaining the consistency he has shown throughout the championships this year and, if he can be within touching distance going into the final end in Torun, he will have a superb chance as that is his home track in Poland.”

Kasprzak, meanwhile, thanked Ford for supplying him with an engine after his late call-up to the meeting.

The Pole said: “I got one engine from my Dad and the second engine was from my promoter Matt Ford at Poole. This was the engine I used. It was fast and I’m very happy. It was prepared by Peter Johns and I want to say thanks because I was very quick.”