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[f-s-p 832]

Two come back during the year Pulliainen and Hyyrylainen. Who will be next?

Dont know, but a few is needed for sure!

[Vicar 2]

As I remember first round of Kaupunki was not held this year?

 

And who is Jani Pirttinen??

[f-s-p 832]

As I remember first round of Kaupunki was not held this year?

 

And who is Jani Pirttinen??

Post #144: September 19th at Pori.

 

Never seen Pirttinen and heard only once before. According to the results seem's somewhat decent, actually beat Rene Lehtinen.

[Romualds 2]

May be Juha Moksunen or Roj Malminheimo? I have nice photo of Roy from Vjunov Memorial in St.-Petersburg (Leningrad).

Dont know, but a few is needed for sure!

[f-s-p 832]

May be Juha Moksunen or Roj Malminheimo? I have nice photo of Roy from Vjunov Memorial in St.-Petersburg (Leningrad).

I'm quite sure it's not Roy Malminheimo. He's more in to the recreational side of motorsports these days. Moksunen would probably still fit his old kevlars and was in fact named in one of the teams only about 4-5 years ago but I doubt him coming back as much as Malminheimo.

[f-s-p 832]

Tigrarna 45

Robin Bergqvist 22203 9

Alexander Söderholm 0111 3

Jonas Messing 23231 11

Linus Lydin 0210 3

Robin Messing 21310 7

Michael Sjöqvist 21230 8

Johan Hyll 3001 4

 

Suomi 51

Joni Keskinen 31322 11

Mika Loppi 10011 3

Niko Siltaniemi 33232 13

Teemu Lahti 130d 4

Timo Lahti 33323 14

Aarni Heikkilä 1212 6

Jiri Nieminen 0000 0

 

Erä erältä:

1. Keskinen, Berqvist, Loppi, Söderholm 64,3 (2-4) 2-4

2. Hyll Sjöqvist, Heikkilä, Nieminen 64,5 (5-1) 7-5

3. Siltaniemi, J.Messing, Lahti, Lydin 63,9 (2-4) 9-9

4. T.Lahti, Messing, Sjöqvist, Nieminen 63,3 (3-3) 12-12

5. Lahti, Heikkilä, Söderholm, Hyll 63,7 (1-5) 13-17

6. J.Messing, Lydin, Keskinen, Loppi 61,9 (5-1) 18-18

7. Siltaniemi, Bergqvist, Söderholm, Lahti 63,4 (3-3) 21-21

8. T.Lahti, J.Messing, Lydin, Nieminen 62,5 (3-3) 24-24

9. Keskinen, Sjöqvist, Messing, Loppi 63,8 (3-3) 27-27

10. T.Lahti, Berqvist, Heikkilä, Hyll 61,7 (2-4) 29-31

11. Sjöqvist, Heikkilä, Hyll, Nieminen 65,1 (4-2) 33-33

12. Messing, Siltaniemi, Loppi, Lydin 63,4 (3-3) 36-36

13. J.messing, Keskinen, Söderholm, Lahti d, ei aikaa (4-2) 40-38

14. T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Messing. Bergqvist 63,4 (1-5) 41-43

15. Berqvist, Keskinen, Loppi, Sjöqvist 63,0 (3-3) 44-46

16. Siltaniemi, T.Lahti, J.Messing, Messing 63,1 (1-5) 45-51

Tuomari: Eva Jansson, katsojia 49.

 

Some great racing at Eskilstuna on friday night. Timo Lahti and Niko Siltaniemi rode brilliantly, Joni Keskinen was good and the rest of the Finns delivered according to their capacity. Teemu Lahti had a nasty fall in heat 13 due to a mechanical problem and it looks like broken bones on the shoulder area.

 

I was delivered a ”Best wishes to f-s-p” from a forum member from Ipswich today, we just dont know (my friend forgot) who You were. Hope You had a good time at Gdansk alltough it was a rain affected meeting. And best wishes right back at You!!

[f-s-p 832]

Timo Lahti excellent again, Keskinen-Mäkinen-Siltaniemi also good. Teemu Lahti out with a broken collarbone and Mika Loppi hurt his wrist in a fall today. Jiri Nieminen was in the mix with a couple of points to his name this time.

 

Stjärnorna 38

Robin Messing 21202 7

Tomas Bäck 0F000 0

Linus Lydin 12110 5

Peter Wall 002R 2

Robin Burestad 22211 8

Tobias Bäck 31033 10

Joel Nyström 1212 6

 

Suomi 56

Jari Mäkinen 3333 12

Mika Loppi 111dd 3

Niko Siltaniemi 3232M 10

Joni Keskinen 23322 12

Timo Lahti 33333 15

Aarni Heikkilä 010d 1

Jiri Nieminen 2001 3

 

Erä erältä:

1. Mäkinen, Messing, Loppi, Bäck 59,2 (2-4) 2-4

2. Tob.Bäck, Nieminen, Nyström, Heikkilä 61,5 (4-2) 6-6

3. Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Lydin, Wall 59,8 (1-5) 7-11

4. T.Lahti, Burestad, Tob.Bäck, Nieminen 59,0 (3-3) 10-14

5. Keskinen, Nyström, Heikkilä, Bäck F 61,0 (2-4) 12-18

6. Mäkinen, Lydin, Loppi, Wall 59,6 (2-4) 14-22

7. Keskinen, Siltaniemi, Messing, Bäck 61,0 (1-5) 15-27

8. T.Lahti, Wall, Lydin, Nieminen 59,6 (3-3) 18-30

9. Mäkinen, Burestad, Loppi, Tob.Bäck 60,1 (2-4) 20-34

10. T.Lahti, Messing, Nyström, Heikkilä 59,6 (3-3) 23-37

11. Tob.Bäck, Nyström, Nieminen, Heikkilä d 61,5 (5-1) 28-38

12. Siltaniemi, Burestad, Wall d, Loppi d 60,8 (2-3) 30-41

13. Mäkinen, Keskinen, Lydin, Bäck 61,4 (1-5) 31-46

14. T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Burestad, Messing 60,0 (1-5) 32-51

15. Tob.Bäck, Messing, Siltaniemi M, Loppi d 63,6 (5-0) 37-51

16. T.Lahti, Keskinen, Burestad, Lydin 60,1 (1-5) 38-56

Tuomari: Eva Jansson, katsojia 70.

[f-s-p 832]

Extraliiga 5/8

Lahti (SsMK) 7.9.2010

 

Jokerit 38

Tero Aarnio 22’6^12 13+1

Joni Keskinen 032’2’1’ 8+3

Niko Siltaniemi 32333 14

Markku Autio 102’ 3+1

 

Haukat 34

Joni Kitala 00 0

Timo Lahti 33323 14

Tomi Reima 2’1203 8+1

Alexander Edberg 13132’2’ 12+2

 

Kotkat 30

Juha Hautamäki 326^33 17

Pasi Pulliainen 2’0010 3+1

Rene Lehtinen 2132’1 9+1

Jani Pirttinen 010 1

 

Paholaiset 12

Marko Suojanen 12111 6

Petri Koskela 01’001 2+1

Janne Nyman 12000 3

Aarni Heikkilä R01 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Hautamäki, Pulliainen, Suojanen, Koskela 66,44

2. T.Lahti, Aarnio, Edberg, Keskinen 65,15

3. Siltaniemi, Lehtinen, Autio, Pirttinen 65,25

4. Edberg, Reima, Nyman, Heikkilä R 66,18

5. T.Lahti, Suojanen, Koskela, Kitala 66,02

6. Keskinen, Aarnio, Lehtinen, Pulliainen 66,14

7. T.Lahti, Hautamäki, Edberg, Pulliainen 64,86

8. Edberg, Siltaniemi, Reima, Autio 65,83

9. Aarnio^, Keskinen, Suojanen, Koskela 66,77

10. Lehtinen, Nyman, Pirttinen, Heikkilä 71,87

11. Hautamäki^, Reima, Pulliainen, Kitala 65,58

12. Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Suojanen, Nyman 65,99

13. Siltaniemi, T.Lahti, Aarnio, Reima 65,22

14. Hautamäki, Lehtinen, Suojanen, Koskela 67,08

15. Siltaniemi, Autio, Heikkilä, Nyman 66,87

16. Reima, Edberg, Lehtinen, Pirttinen 67,72

17. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Keskinen, Pulliainen 66,45

18. T.Lahti, Edberg, Koskela, Nyman 68,62

Tuomari: Harri Heikkilä, katsojia 215.

 

This make's the standings at:

Seura O-+-P

Kotkat 7-29-219

Haukat 7-28-217

Jokerit 7-25-206

Paholaiset 7-15-143

 

This will be interesting come saturday at Seinäjoki. Beating Kotkat by three (or more) points will give the title to Haukat. If they win by two, Kotkat will take the title. No reruns according to the rules. Jokerit will take bronze unless Haukat or Kotkat are a complete noshow.

 

IF Haukat is 3rd on saturday and still win Kotkat by just two points, it's a tie and the rulebook has no solution.

 

Good to remember also that Kotkat has a suspended penalty on their shoulder. Should they be one rider short or their team manager late from the briefing, thats minus three points from their tally and would actually give a realistic chance of a silver for Jokerit.

Edited September 8, 2010 by f-s-p

[f-s-p 832]

This make's the standings at:

Seura O-+-P

Kotkat 7-29-219

Haukat 7-28-217

Jokerit 7-25-206

Paholaiset 7-15-143

 

Official ruling regarding Paholaiset at Kauhajoki (they rode the meeting with only three riders according to the federation results sheet) is that their team was full and there's no point deduction. Jari Mäkinen was there (I knew that) for the practise but left before the meeting due to illness.

 

So the standings before the last round as follows:

Seura O-+-P

Kotkat 7-29-219

Haukat 7-28-217

Jokerit 7-25-206

Paholaiset 7-16-143

 

My mistake totally. I saw only three names in the results and thought the team was incomplete. Well, even Greg Hancock makes mistakes...

Edited September 9, 2010 by f-s-p

[davidba 3]

Says in Speedway Star that Teemu Lahti could be on his way to join Tera at Scunthorpe. Be good to see him over here if this happens.

[f-s-p 832]

Says in Speedway Star that Teemu Lahti could be on his way to join Tera at Scunthorpe. Be good to see him over here if this happens.

Was supposed to (/could have happened) ride today if it was not for this: "Here we go, go..." and this: gone!

Season finished with a broken collarbone that was operated this tuesday.

[davidba 3]

What a shame for the lad!

Which other Finns do you think could do a good job in the PL? Makinen struggle before, but with a bit more experience now do you think he would be

better if given another chance?

[f-s-p 832]

What a shame for the lad!

Which other Finns do you think could do a good job in the PL? Makinen struggle before, but with a bit more experience now do you think he would be

better if given another chance?

I find myself in disbelief when I think eight months back, but currently I think Mäkinen might actually shake some feathers (easily?) in the PL. Siltaniemi would cope also and Timo Lahti would impress.

[f-s-p 832]

Extraliiga 8/8

Season finale was truly a finale! Great speedway on a track that was perfect (if you forget the mention worthy dust problem) for Finnish speedway. More details tomorrow as I want to watch the GP.

 

Haukat 36

Marko Hyyryläinen 02’ 2+1

Timo Lahti 1312’3 10+1

Tomi Reima 2’3323 13+1

Alexander Edberg 32’21’12’ 11+3

 

Kotkat 34

Kauko Nieminen 2’3332’ 13+2

Juha Hautamäki 32’2’33 13+2

Rene Lehtinen 01102’ 4+1

Jani Pirttinen 103 4

 

Jokerit 27

Jiri Nieminen 001 1

Joni Keskinen 31330 10

Niko Siltaniemi 32’121 9+1

Markku Autio 2’2’300 7+2

 

Paholaiset 11

-

Marko Suojanen 1121 5

Petri Koskela 10121 5

Jouni Viljanen 10000 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Keskinen, Autio, Viljanen 65,65

2. Hautamäki, Nieminen, T.Lahti, Hyyryläinen 64,78

3. Edberg, Reima, Koskela, Viljanen 65,87

4. Siltaniemi, Autio, Pirttinen, Lehtinen 65,25

5. Nieminen, Hautamäki, Keskinen, J.Nieminen 64,65

6. T.Lahti, Hyyryläinen, Suojanen, Koskela 67,65

7. Nieminen, Hautamäki, Suojanen 64,60

8. Reima, Edberg, Lehtinen, Pirttinen 65,09

9. Keskinen, Edberg, T.Lahti, J.Nieminen 65,65

10. Autio, Siltaniemi, Koskela, Viljanen 66,00

11. Nieminen, Suojanen, Lehtinen 65,40

12. Reima, T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Autio 65,47

13. Hautamäki, Reima, Edberg, Lehtinen 64,91

14. Keskinen, Koskela, J.Nieminen, Viljanen 66,22

15. Reima, Siltaniemi, Edberg, Autio 66,00

16. Pirttinen, Lehtinen, Koskela, Viljanen 67,44

17. T.Lahti, Edberg, Koskela, Viljanen 66,90

18. Hautamäki, Nieminen, Siltaniemi, Keskinen 65,25

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 210.

 

Final table

 

Team - M – + - P

Haukat 8 – 253 – 33

Kotkat 8 – 253 – 33

Jokerit 8 – 233 – 28

Paholaiset 8 – 154 – 18

 

Haukat is the champion through countback on meeting wins. They won the championship with tied points alltough I said they wouldn't. My mistake, second this week. Not my week and just to top it all I was called today by phone and asked to retire from my commentary. I'll think about that more when I can stop laughing to the whole matter.

 

EDIT2: Teemu Lahti had his meeting with the knife postponed until this coming tuesday due to (you'll love this): a lack of tools and proper spare parts by the surgeon. I spoke with Teemu today and we certainly had a good laugh. Teemu was a bit tired though with some strong painkillers on for an 8th day and counting...

Edited September 13, 2010 by f-s-p

[f-s-p 832]

I spoke with Jani Pirttinen today and actually saw him ride for the first time today. He was not at all bad for a guy thats's bought his first bike ever this season. Didn't ask but I think he's closer to 40 than he's 25. He has a history of motor racing since 1986 and it envolves mx, formula ford, rallying, the snow sleigh something stuff and others and even national championship medals have been won. It looked a bit wild at times but he did take a heat win for Kotkat in a meeting that was very tense and important for the top three teams.

 

Way to go Tomek. Glad for him!