f-s-p 832 Posted January 26, 2005 Riders in the meeting are: 1. Sami Räsänen P-KMK 2. Jouni Seppänen FMS 3. Christer Biskop 4. Tommy Flyktman Ruotsi 5. Tomi Kirilov PirMM 6. Q 1. 7. Antti Aakko OMK 8. Jussi Hytönen KMMK 9. Mika Kastren KRT 10. Kai Lehtinen Vähämäki & Toivola Motorsport 11. Q 2. 12. Timo Kankkunen P-KMK 13. Q 3. 14. Jaakko Mäki FMS 15. Pekka Karttunen P-KMK 16. Teppo Toivola Vähämäki & Toivola Motorsport 17. Q 4. (reserve) Qualifying heat: Ville Koski-Vähälä KRT Ari Nevala PirMM Tommi Suolammi HäMK Jani Ahola KRT Riders from the qualifying heat will ride in the meeting as it indicates in the roster. Antti Aakko is the only favourite, and expects Tommy Flyktman to be his main threat. Raimo Henriksson, Seppo Klemettilä and Aki Ala-Riihimäki have (to my knowledge) all retired, so the gap between Aakko and the next one is most likely to be more than half a straight. I dont really have any expectations about the meeting, but I'm going, and I'll post the results sometime next weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 26, 2005 If Raimo has retired then Aakko has won (unless of course he does something stupid). Isn't Flyktman Swedish? And do you know what has happened to his Brother, Jimmy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 27, 2005 Jimmy had a bad crash in a longtrack meeting last summer in Finland. In fact there was a bad crash in practicly every longtrack meeting last year. He broke a lot of bones, and I think he's still in hospital, not sure. He was entering 1 bend when he collided with someone, and went straight on trough where there was no fence... It's an open meeting, because there's not so many riders. Winter here is practically non-excistent, Aakko has had the most practise = most meetings in Austria and Sweden. I think only one training session has been organised, that was last weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 27, 2005 Thanks for clarifying the Situation, and thanks for the update on Jimmy F. Saw him and Tommy ride last year at Assen, and thought that with a few more meetings they could cause a few upsets. Once again, thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,979 Posted January 30, 2005 Don't know what happened to f-s-p,so the results can be seen here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 30, 2005 Interesting! Flyktman scores a 15 point maximum and beats Aakko. Perhaps the Swedes have a rider who could follow Svensson after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 31, 2005 Friend of mine who I was staying with, had moved and I had no access to internet. Sorry about the delay. results: Tommy Flyktman 33333 15 Antti Aakko 33233 14 Kai Lehtinen 33133 13 Jouni Seppänen 12332 11 Mika Kastren 23311 10 Sami Räsänen 22222 10 Pekka Karttunen 32220 9 Jussi Hytönen 22221 9 Teppo Toivola 11320 7 Christer Biskop 01113 Jaakko Mäki 20012 5 Jani Ahola 01102 4 Tomi Kirilov 11101 4 Tommi Suolammi 0k011 2 Ville Koskivähälä 10000 1 Timo Kankkunen h 000h 0 Ari Nevala 1. Flyktman, Räsänen, Seppänen, Biskop 58,86 2. Aakko, Hytönen, Kirilov, Ahola 61,82 3. Lehtinen, Kastren, Koskivähälä, Kankkunen (XT) 61,34 4. Karttunen, Toivola, Mäki, Suolammi 61,60 5. Kastren, Räsänen, Kirilov, Suolammi (R/engine) 62,80 6. Lehtinen, Seppänen, Ahola, Mäki 61,28 7. Aakko, Karttunen, Biskop, Koskivähälä 62,50 8. Flyktman, Hytönen, Toivola, Kankkunen 61,80 9. Toivola, Räsänen, Ahola, Koskivähälä 63,63 10. Seppänen, Karttunen Kirilov, Kankkunen 64,10 11. Kastren, Hytönen, Biskop, Mäki 65,41 12. Flyktman, Aakko, Lehtinen, Suolammi 62,11 13. Aakko, Räsänen, Mäki, Kankkunen 63,91 14. Seppänen, Hytönen, Suolammi Koskivähälä 66,01 15. Lehtinen, Toivola, Biskop, Kirilov 60,53 16. Flyktman, Karttunen, Kastren, Ahola 63,70 17. (re-run) Lehtinen, Räsänen, Hytönen, Karttunen 64,62 18. Aakko, Seppänen, Kastren, Toivola 64,68 19. Biskop, Ahola, Suolammi, Kankkunen (XT) 70,00 20. Flyktman, Mäki, Kirilov, Koskivähälä 64,76 Better meeting than I expected. -25 weather the night before made the ice very hard, and the racing suffered as the meeting progressed. Aakko made two mistakes that cost him the championship. In heats 7 and 12 he was left spinnig at the tapes, and in heat 12 he couldnt challenge Flycktman, who looked extremely fast. Flyckman was riding bikes and motors from Veijo Tuoriniemi, and especially in heat 1 when Räsänen took the start it looked he could've won even further from the back. Kai Lehtinen took his 1st medal after 20 years in the sport, riding with Aki Ala-Riihimäkis equipment. Being family and all. Raimo Henriksson has left the door open for a comeback next year, cant remeber what Aki said to the same question. Jimmy was on his feet helping his brother. After the accident he stayed in hospital for 12 weeks, before checking himself out before total boredom. He's been training, and expects to make a comeback in ice racing in 2006. Doctors gave him a riding ban for 18 months, and the metalwork in his back will be taken of later this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 31, 2005 f-s-p Posted Today, 10:21 AM Flyckman was riding bikes and motors from Veijo Tuoriniemi Didn't he tune Jarmo Hirvasoya's bike the year he was World Champion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfslayer 0 Posted January 31, 2005 f-s-p Posted Today, 10:21 AM Flyckman was riding bikes and motors from Veijo Tuoriniemi Didn't he tune Jarmo Hirvasoya's bike the year he was World Champion? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Conkers, I don't know if he did Jarmo's bike,although i wouldn't be surprised.I know he did Erik Stenlund's when he raced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted February 1, 2005 More yes than no!? Didn't get a good answer from a friend who followed the sport 15 years ago. He makes Antti Aakkos bikes at the moment, for a couple of seasons already. I think I should redefine the borrowed machinery in Flyktmans case, VT has provided them with equipment (as in sponsored), not borrowed them. Guess who asked "Who's he?" when heard the name Erik Stenlund, and found out five seconds later he was sitting next to him in a minibus... happened in Poland after the Bydgoszxs GP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
