Finnish News 2012

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Congratulations ! New speedway rider is coming

Edited July 27, 2012 by Puma23

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I was at Pori this week for the federation training session. There I saw Jooa Partanen ride a 500cc bike for the third time in his life. He's the current leader of the 80cc series in Finland and winner last year. It looked so easy and beautiful... And on top of that he was on pace with Marko Suojanen, who was riding on his hometrack.

 

And on top of all this, someone said that Henri Ahlbom makes it look even easier, and he's a year younger!

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SM-liiga 6/8 at Seinäjoki today

 

Kotkat 36+3

Kauko Nieminen 22313 11+3

Juha Hautamäki 33132 12

Markku Autio 20202 6

Joni Keskinen 2131 7

 

Keittiöpiste 36+2

Teemu Lahti 01211 5

Timo Lahti 13333 13+2

Tero Aarnio 32223 12

Marko Hyyryläinen 3210 6

 

Haukat 23

Mika Pellinen R/R

Kalle Katajisto 222332 14

Jiri Nieminen 1d0213 7

Vili Mattila 1100000 2

 

Sand Blowers 19

Pasi Pulliainen R/R

Jari Mäkinen 31FRR0 4

Niko Siltaniemi 331221 12

Jesse Mustonen R000111 3

 

Erä erältä:

1. Hyyryläinen, Keskinen, Mattila, Mustonen R 66,52

2. Mäkinen, Katajisto, J.Nieminen, Mustonen 63,81

3. Hautamäki, Nieminen, T.Lahti, Lahti 63,30

4. Aarnio, Hyyryläinen, Mattila, J.Nieminen d 64,83

5. Siltaniemi, Autio, Keskinen, Mustonen 64,29

6. Hautamäki, Nieminen, Mäkinen, Mustonen 63,94

7. T.Lahti, Katajisto, Lahti, J.Nieminen 63,18

8. Nieminen, Katajisto, Hautamäki, Mattila 63,84

9. Keskinen, Aarnio, Hyyryläinen, Autio 65,51

10. T.Lahti, Lahti, Mustonen, Mäkinen F 65,56

11. Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen, Mustonen, Mattila 66,07

12. Katajisto, Autio, Nieminen, Mattila 64,81

13. T.Lahti, Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Mäkinen R 64,17

14. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Lahti, Autio 64,59

15. Katajisto, Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen, Mäkinen R 65,02

16. Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Mustonen, Hyyryläinen 64,71

17. J.Nieminen, Autio, Keskinen, Mattila 66,49

18. T.Lahti, Katajisto, Lahti, Mattila 64,59

19. Nieminen, Hautamäki, Siltaniemi, Mäkinen 63,95

Uusinta: Nieminen, T.Lahti 64,89

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 320.

 

SM-liigan sarjatilanne 6/8 2012: 1) Keittiöpiste (+223 eräpistettä) 27 pistettä, 2) Kotkat (+185) 24, 3) Sand Blowers (+126) 19, 4) Haukat (+122) 13.

Edited July 31, 2012 by f-s-p

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Finnish U21 final at Haapajärvi abandoned after 6 heats, re-staging at a later date not currently known.

 

KK rode a new track record and was leading with loppi, both 6 and siltaniemi on 5. There were a couple of incidents that took time. Without them we would have seen 8 heats definately, 9 would have given the results. So a bit of bad luck there too.

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SM-liiga today at Kuusankoski postponed due to a waterlogged track. No new date yet.

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Finnish longtrack final this sat, Nordic final sun.

SM-liiga 7 at Hyvinkää Aug18th

SM-liiga 8 at Kuusankoski Aug 21st

U21 final at Pori Sep 16th

 

 

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Longtrack Finnish Champion 2012 is Aki-Pekka Mustonen. He beat Björn G Hansen and Joel Nyström in the final. Aarni Heikkilä was 4th. Full results sunday, also on sunday they will ride the Nordic final.

 

Results from saturday

 

1) Aki-Pekka Mustonen VRT 333333 18

2) Björn G. Hansen NO M22M32 9

3) Joel Nyström SE 333321 15

4) Aarni Heikkilä HyMK 212220 9

5) Janne Nyman SsMK 10121 5

6) Rasmus Sundström J-PMK 2F111 5

7) Jani Pirttinen SeMK 2233d 10

8) Simo Pulli KarhMK 3322d 8

9) Ari Tuomisto FMS 1111 4

10) Klaus-Peter Gerdemann DE/IRR 020T 2

11) Mika Helin FMS 1001 2

 

Erä erältä:

1. Pulli, Pirttinen, Nyman, Gerdemann 91,73

2. Nyström, Sundström, Helin, Hansen M 94,15

3. Mustonen, Heikkilä, Tuomisto 91,07

4. Mustonen, Hansen, Heikkilä, Nyman 89,71

5. Nyström, Pirttinen, Tuomisto, Helin 90,28

6. Pulli, Gerdemann, Sundström F 92,96

7. Pirttinen, Heikkilä, Nyman, Helin 90,40

8. Nyström, Hansen, Tuomisto, Gerdemann 89,21

9. Mustonen, Pulli, Sundström 90,22

10. Nyström, Nyman, Sundström 90,31

11. Mustonen, Heikkilä, Helin, Gerdemann 91,36

12. Pirttinen, Pulli, Tuomisto, Hansen M 91,32

Semi 1: Hansen, Nyström, Nyman, Pulli d 87,01*

Semi 2: Mustonen, Heikkilä, Sundström, Pirttinen d 93,06

Finaali: Mustonen, Hansen, Nyström, Heikkilä 88,26

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia ?.

* = Rataennätys, Björn G. Hansen NO.

Edited August 12, 2012 by f-s-p

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SPEEDWAYN SM-LIIGA 7

HYVINKÄÄ (HyMK) 18.8.2012

 

It was a decent meeting yesterday at Hyvinkää. They have done a lot of work with the track and it was in excellent condition for Finnish speedway. Every rider looked like a speedway rider yesterday because the track allowed them to ride speedway without worrying about holes in the track. The top guns were complaining about the lack of grip and dirt line, so it was just perfect.

 

The way things were before this one, was that Keittiöpiste could have sealed it. Timo Lahti was riding for Eastie and Aarnio probably for the comets, so they did have a weakened team, but thats speedway. Anyway, Kotkat took victory and for the last heat Sand Blowers needed a 3-3 to get a rerun for second with Keittiöpiste. They were riding against Kotkat who had already won the meeting and by allowing SB to take atleast a 4-2 from the heat they were giving SB a second place in the meeting and therefore gaining one extra point towards KP in the standings. So naturally SB took a 5-1 from the heat, came second and the standings are giving Kotkat a chance to win the championship next tuesday.

 

After heat 19 both Kotkat riders were excluded for not trying to win, but that did not change anything scorewise. The funny thing is though, that I thought there was nothing dodgy going on at all! Well, I was on the centre green and saw the start from behind. Apparently it was obvious from tapes up that the effort was just not there.

 

So on tuesday, KP will win if they finish second or first. Kotkat needs to win with KP third for a win. KP will have Lahti bros and Aarnio, Kotkat might persuade Nemo to ride and SB will have Mäkinen and Siltaniemi. The way things have been shaping on and off the track lately, it's safe to say that every point will be contested 100 % next tuesday. There's no way the a rider wearing a KP jacket wont get passed if there's a chance for it.

 

Kotkat 32

Juha Hautamäki 32232 12

Markku Autio 0003d 3

Joni Keskinen 3123d 9

Jooa Partanen 1232 8

 

Sand Blowers 30

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 21032 8

Niko Siltaniemi 13323 12

Aarni Heikkilä 11011 4

Jesse Mustonen 303d 6

 

Keittiöpiste 28

Teemu Lahti 22211 8

Marko Suojanen 12112 7

Marko Hyyryläinen 31003 7

Janne Nyman 0222 6

 

Haukat 23

Kalle Katajisto 33333 15

Jiri Nieminen 00110 2

Vili Mattila 12000 3

Jouni Viljanen 2001 3

 

Erä erältä:

1. J.Mustonen, Viljanen, Partanen, Nyman 69,65

2. Hautamäki, Lahti, Suojanen, Autio 64,57

3. Katajisto, Mustonen, Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen 64,13

4. Hyyryläinen, Nyman, Mattila, Viljanen 69,28

5. Keskinen, Partanen, Heikkilä, J.Mustonen 67,48

6. Siltaniemi, Hautamäki, Mustonen, Autio 65,34

7. Katajisto, Suojanen, Hyyryläinen, J.Nieminen 64,97

8. Siltaniemi, Lahti, Suojanen, Mustonen 65,06

9. Mustonen, Mattila, Heikkilä, Viljanen 68,62

10. Katajisto, Hautamäki, J.Nieminen, Autio 63,69

11. Partanen, Nyman, Keskinen, Hyyryläinen 67,44

12. Mustonen, Lahti, Suojanen, Heikkilä 66,88

13. Hautamäki, Keskinen, J.Nieminen, Mattila 65,45

14. Katajisto, Siltaniemi Heikkilä, Mattila 64,84

15. Autio, Hautamäki, Lahti, Hyyryläinen 66,13

16. Keskinen, Partanen, Viljanen, Mattila 66,78

17. Hyyryläinen, Nyman, Heikkilä, Mustonen d 68,78

18. Katajisto, Suojanen, Lahti, J.Nieminen 65,32

19. Siltaniemi, Mustonen, Autio d, Keskinen, d 65,56

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 175.

 

Standings before the final round on tuesday (edited to correct mistakes in gained points)

 

Seura O + P

Keittiöpiste 7 (+251) 30

Kotkat 7 (+217) 29

Sand Blowers 7 (+157) 23

Haukat 7 (+145) 15

 

I have forgotten to post the LT nordic final results from last week.

 

1) Aki-Pekka Mustonen FI 333333 18

2) Björn G Hansen NO 332132 14

3) Joel Nyström SE 323221 13

4) Janne Nyman FI 231320 11

5) Rasmus Sundström FI 22211 5

6) Simo Pulli FI 123d1 7

7) Aarni Heikkilä FI d1220 7

8) Ari Tuomisto FI 10030 4

9) Klaus-Peter Gerdemann DE 21NN 3

10) Mika Helin FI 1110 3

 

Erä erältä:

1. Mustonen, Nyman, Pulli 88,56

2. Hansen, Gerdemann, Tuomisto, Heikkilä d 89,37

3. Nyström, Sundström, Helin 91,86

4. Hansen, Sundström, Helin 90,15

5. Mustonen, Nyström, Heikkilä, Tuomisto 90,52

6. Nyman, Pulli, Gerdemann 93,44

7. Mustonen, Heikkilä, Helin 91,37

8. Nyström, Hansen, Nyman, Tuomisto 90,12

9. Pulli, Sundström 94,73

10. Tuomisto 104,45

11. Nyman, Heikkilä, Sundström, Helin 92,62

12. Mustonen, Nyström, Hansen, Pulli d 90,00

Semi 1: Mustonen, Nyman, Pulli, Heikkilä 91,84

Semi 2: Hansen, Nyström, Sundström, Tuomisto 89,29

Finaali: Mustonen, Hansen, Nyström, Nyman 88,34

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia.

Edited August 19, 2012 by f-s-p

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Keititöpiste is the new Finnish Champion. Kotkat silver and Sand Blowers bronze. Katajisto is points king.

 

SM-liiga 8/8

Kuusankoski (KMMK) 21.8.2012

 

Keittiöpiste 35

Teemu Lahti 212T1 6

Timo Lahti 32312 11

Tero Aarnio 31333 13

Marko Hyyryläinen 22001 5

 

Kotkat 31

Juha Hautamäki 23033 11

Markku Autio 11M10 3

Mika Loppi 23022 9

Joni Keskinen 31220 8

 

Sand Blowers 28

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 00121 4

Jari Mäkinen 12221 8

Niko Siltaniemi 32332 13

Jesse Mustonen R012 3

 

Haukat 19

Kalle Katajisto 33333 15

Jiri Nieminen 00010 1

Vili Mattila 0100F 1

Jarkko Kunnaskari T101 2

 

Erä erältä:

1. Keskinen, Hyyryläinen, Mustonen R, Kunnaskari T 64,44

2. T.Lahti, Lahti, Mäkinen, Mustonen 61,78

3. Katajisto, Hautamäki, Autio, J.Nieminen 61,09

4. Aarnio, Hyyryläinen, Kunnaskari, Mattila 63,03

5. Siltaniemi, Loppi, Keskinen, J.Mustonen 62,88

6. Hautamäki, Mäkinen, Autio, Mustonen 62,56

7. Katajisto, T.Lahti, Lahti, J.Nieminen 62,44

8. T.Lahti, Keskinen, Lahti, Hautamäki 62,86

9. Loppi, Keskinen, Mattila, Kunnaskari 66,37

10. Katajisto, Mäkinen, Mustonen, J.Nieminen 62,87

11. Aarnio, Siltaniemi, J.Mustonen, Hyyryläinen 64,02

12. Hautamäki, Lahti, T.Lahti, Loppi 64,71

13. Siltaniemi, Mustonen, J.Nieminen, Mattila 65,41

14. Katajisto, Loppi, Autio, Mattila 63,26

15. Aarnio, Mäkinen, Mustonen, Hyyryläinen 64,14

16. Siltaniemi, J.Mustonen, Kunnaskari, Mattila F 65,46

17. Aarnio, Loppi, Hyyryläinen, Keskinen 63,74

18. Katajisto, T.Lahti, Lahti, J.Nieminen 69,24

19. Hautamäki, Siltaniemi, Mäkinen, Autio 64,01

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 285.

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Big congrats to Keititöpiste on becoming Champions! Great night and score for Mr Aarnio! Extremely pleased for him and the two Lahti boys! Do we have a line up for the Finnish Championship on Saturday yet? Or will there possibly be some updates from the meeting?

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All the Finnish top riders are there apart Kylmä. Everything looks set for a real cracker.

 

The local club has a facebook site that can be accessed via semk.fi and text on the top right corner. They might hand out some info. Dont believe there will be any live updates. Someone hopefully disagrees and keeps them, I wont.

Edited August 22, 2012 by f-s-p

[Vicar 2]

Jooa Partanen 1232 8

 

Who is he?

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jooaspeedway.fi

 

Has turned 16 this season, rode his first meeting at Haapajärvi U21 final. Looks good, hope he makes it.

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jooaspeedway.fi

 

Has turned 16 this season, rode his first meeting at Haapajärvi U21 final. Looks good, hope he makes it.

Think i saw him last year in the Euro 80cc's didn't i? When does Ahlbom turn 16?

 

And a prediction for the top 3 tomorrow?

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Think i saw him last year in the Euro 80cc's didn't i? When does Ahlbom turn 16?

And a prediction for the top 3 tomorrow?

Next year. The word is he's gonna rock the world. We'll see, but he'll be good. Still focusing on 80cc next year though.

 

My prediction is 1st: Kauko, 2nd Timo Lahti, 3rd Kalle, 4th Aarnio

 

The weather should be ok according to the last time I checked. This is the meeting I'm really looking forward to. It should be really good. Dont know what happened, but for the first time this season I actually enjoyed a meeting last tuesday... Hopefully this one makes my season!