Chris Harris is ready to prove his class in the Grand Prix series after missing out on a fourth British Championship last Monday night.
The Cornishman lost out to Scott Nicholls, who clinched a record-breaking seventh title after an enthralling final duel between the Coventry pair.
The Ipswich-born racer's victory earned a wild card place in the British Grand Prix on August 25 and he joins his club captain at the Millennium Stadium.
Harris has another world championship date before that, when he lines up in the Italian event at Terenzano on Saturday.
Having scored ten points in the Croatian Grand Prix at Gorican ten days ago, the Truro-born racer is keen to build on that performance and show he deserves another SGP shot in 2013.
Harris told Speedwaygp.com: "I have a lot to prove still. I was hoping to win on Monday and prove I'm the best of British, but I'll just have to keep scoring the points in the Grand Prix and get as close to that top eight as I can, if not in the top eight.
"I'm 150 per cent up for the Grand Prix still. I showed in Croatia that I am capable of mixing it. I have the hunger to be in that competition and I have the hunger to be world champion. While I've still got that, I'll keep battling for my spot."
Harris admits he was gutted to lose out to Nicholls in the British final. "Me and Scott were having a good tussle, but I just felt slower on the last lap," Harris said. "I don't know if the clutch started to slip or what, but no excuses, the best man won on the night.
"We left each other room and that's all you can ask. We chucked the bikes at each other and both gave it 150 percent in that final. It showed how much this championship means to me, Scott and the other riders.
"It's unfortunate Scott finished on top again, but I'll get my title back again."
Plymouth Devils continued their successful home run with their fifth successive Premier League victory at the St Boniface Arena when they beat Ipswich Witches 47-43 on Friday evening.
The win saw them close to within six points of Ipswich, who currently hold the sixth – and final – qualifying place for the end-of-season play-offs.
Ben Barker led the way for the Devils with a 15-point maximum and was well supported by Todd Kurtz, who was also unbeaten by an opponent, scoring nine (paid 12) to record his first paid maximum.
Promoter Mike Bowden said: "Todd did very well and showed that is he capable of the job that was expected of him when he was signed earlier in the season.
"We were eight points down after heat four but we fought back well to beat Ipswich and gain two match points."
Referee Ronnie Allen excluded Plymouth skipper Cory Gathercole when he fell on the first bend of the last heat. Barker beat Morten Risager and Rohan Tungate for a 3-3 in the re-run but Bowden said: "Nine times out of ten, with a rider falling on the first bend, it would have been all four back."
Risager scored 19 points from seven outings at reserve for the Witches.
Plymouth Devils: Barker 15 (5 rides), Kurtz 9+3 (4 rides), Gathercole 9 (5), Holder 3+2 (4), Fisher 7 (4), Ksiezak 3 (4), Reade 1 (4).
Ipswich Witches: Poole 3+1 (4), North 2 (3), Lanham 7 (4), Tresarrieu 3+2 (4), Tungate 7+2 (5), Heeps 2+1 (3), Risager 19 (7).
Somerset Rebels recorded a fine 57-36 home victory over Redcar Bears on Friday evening to maintain their place among the Premier League front-runners.
The Rebels were without the services of their 2011 Premier League riders' champion, Sam Masters, the young Australian en-route for Slovenia and the second round of the World Under-21 Championship and utilised the rider replacement facility to cover his rides.
Skipper Jason Doyle led the way with 13 points from his five rides return and recent signing Jesper B Monberg fared equally well, being paid for 13 points on only his second Oaktree Arena meeting.
James Wright backed up the pair with a double point score as he was paid 14, with Kyle Newman performing superbly at reserve for 11 points.
Tom Perry and Alex Davies both chipped in with paid seven, Perry building on from his fantastic appearance as track reserve in last Monday's televised British Final.
The Rebels take on Edinburgh at the Oaktree Arena on Wednesday, before embarking on a gruelling Northern tour, taking in Edinburgh, Berwick and Glasgow on successive evenings from Friday.
Somerset Rebels: Doyle 13 (5), Davies 5+2 (5), Wright 11+3 (5), rider replacement (Masters), J B Monberg 12+1 (6), Newman - 11 (5), Perry 5+2 (4).
Redcar Bears: Østergaard 8 (5), Wilkinson 10 (5), Doolan 4+1 (5), Summers 9 (5), rider replacement (Kus), Mudgway 0 (4), Dilger 5+2 (6).
Swindon Robins saw a busy month get off to a damp start when their trip to Birmingham Brummies on Thursday was postponed.
The Robins were scheduled to ride nine Elite League meetings in August, in addition to hosting Simon Stead's testimonial – for which four more riders have signed up. Poole Pirates team-mates Chris Holder and Darcy Ward, Elite League riders' champion Rory Schlein and a fourth Australian, Ryan Sullivan, will visit the Abbey to ride for Stead on Thursday, August 16.
The quartet join Nicolai Klindt, Joe Screen, Tai Woffinden, Oliver Allen and Matej Zagar in the field.
