BJARNE Pedersen wants to get another piece of silverware safely inside Poole's trophy cabinet before he starts planning for his assault on next year's Grand Prix series.

The 26-year-old Dane has just been named as one of the five permanent wild cards for the 2005 World Championship.

It was just reward for Pedersen, who finished 10th in this year's series after slipping out of the top eight only after the final round in Hamar.

That was agonising for the RIAS Pirates rider, who won the European GP at Wroclaw early in the season, and was in the top eight for the majority of the campaign after that.

Looking ahead to the 2005 series, Pedersen said: "It is too early to say what my aim for next year will be because I want to finish my 2004 season first before I start planning for next year.

"I still have one more really important meeting for Poole now. We'll get through that and then start to plan out what to do next season, then see how it pans out."

Talking about Poole's impressive performance at Ipswich in the BSPA Knockout Cup final, first leg, when Pirates only lost 48-42, Pedersen said: "Everyone at Wimborne Road is happy how the meeting finished.

"To lose by only six points was good because Ipswich are really strong at home. That's why it was really great to get that result."

Pedersen, who scored five paid six points from four rides, added: "I didn't have the best of nights because I had a problem with my clutch.

"But almost everyone in our team scored from paid five to paid nine points, so we were pretty solid.

"We know we ride better at home and in the last month we have been winning by big margins at Wimborne Road.

"I feel everyone on the team is on good form and I hope that if everyone rides like they do normally we can pull back the six-point deficit in the second leg at Poole on Sunday and win overall."

Pedersen, meanwhile, admitted he never felt his GP status was in serious doubt, although he stressed at the same time he was never 100 per cent certain he would get his place back.

The Dane, who has already played a key role in Poole's march to the Elite League title, said: "I had felt pretty good since the last GP about getting a permanent wild card place.

"You can never be sure but I felt I had some good results behind me for getting into the 2005 series.

"It is great when you know you are in the GP because it is where I want to be and I believe I am getting better and better.

"It is really important that they have made the wild cards known so early.

"It means the riders are able to speak to sponsors, mechanics and plan what we are going to do next year.

"It's really important to know when you are building your team for the following season."

Pedersen stressed he felt it was right for Denmark to be represented by three riders, Nicki Pedersen, Hans Andersen and himself.

He said: "I feel all the Danish riders have done really well this year, so it is no problem to have three Danes in the GP next year.

"Nicki was World champion last year and myself and Hans won GPs this year.

"If they want to have the 16 best riders in the world in the competition, then you need the three Danes.

"It is fair they have chosen the next five riders outside the top eight for the wild card places."