HAIL the new King of Wimborne Road - Tony Rickardsson.

The mighty Swede pulverised the old Poole track record by a mammoth 1.15 seconds during their 50-40 win over Oxford last week.

And yesterday he scorched to a convincing victory in the lucrative Golden Jubilee individual meeting.

Rickardsson pocketed the first prize of £7,500 - believed to be the biggest single prize in British, if not world, speedway history.

So now he goes into the British Grand Prix at Cardiff on Saturday looking to pull off another triumph which would complete a remarkable hat-trick in such a short space of time.

With Pole Tomasz Gollob absent, Rickardsson and Mark Loram were the pre-meeting favourites.

But Loram's challenge never really got off the ground after he lost out to the Swede in heat five and it was the man from Avesta who took centre stage.

Rickardsson, however, had to play catch up at first following his defeat to Krzysztof Cegielski in heat four.

The Pole, who rode for Poole last year, showed he still knew the quickest way round the Wimborne Road circuit as he held off Rickardsson's strong last-bend challenge to win in particularly stylish fashion.

Rickardsson went straight back into the pits, hooked his bike up again and came out to outgate Loram and win the fifth race with ease.

Gary Havelock and Greg Hancock both won their first two heats and their tussle with Rickardsson in heat 12 was another pivotal moment in the meeting.

Rickardsson was like lightning out of the traps and he won comfortably again with Grzegorz Walasek the joker in the pack as he pegged Hancock back into third and Havelock as the last man.

It was a vital extra point dropped by Hancock and he had to be content with third place overall in the end.

Rickardsson produced the ride of the meeting in heat 14 to keep on course for success.

Matej Ferjan, Gollob's replacement, and Lee Richardson both came out of the second bend in front of the Swede.

However, Rickardsson quickly roared past Richardson on the outside of the fourth bend before he began chasing down Ferjan.

The Slovenian expertly pegged Poole's spearhead behind him on the second lap by closing the gate on the fourth turn.

But Rickardsson scorched outside the next time round and his thrilling third-to-first burst meant victory in his last race would secure the £7,500 payday.

Leigh Adams was the rider who stood between the Swede and the big money - about £400 more than the winner of a Grand Prix round gets.

And the Australian, needing to win heat 19 to force a run-off for the title, was first out of the gate.

Rickardsson, however, scorched past Adams on the outside coming off the pits bend and went on to take the chequered flag with ease.

The Meridian Lifts Pirates number one punched the air with delight as he crossed the finish line and received a standing ovation from the crowd after completing a lucrative early evening's work.

Adams received £2,000 as runner-up, Hancock got £1,800 for being third and Havelock £1,500 for fourth.

In all, between £25,000 and £30,000 was paid out in prize money based on final positions and points scored.