Finnish News 2012

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Timo Lahti is the new champion, nemo 2nd, hautamäki 3rd, asrnio 4th.

 

EDIT: Better results...

 

Timo Lahti KMMK 33323 14

Kauko Nieminen SeMK 3333d 12

Juha Hautamäki SeMK 22233 12

Kalle Katajisto SsMK 23213 11

Tero Aarnio KMMK 32232 12

Teemu Lahti KMMK 12123 9

Jari Mäkinen HyMK 13122 9

Marko Suojanen PMK R1331 8

Niko Siltaniemi HjMK 32111 8

Joni Keskinen SeMK 11301 6

Jiri Nieminen SsMK 21200 5

Jesse Mustonen VRT 01012 4

Mika Loppi SeMK 2001N 3

Aarni Heikkilä HyMK 100d2 3

Jouni Viljanen PMK 00020 2

Markku Autio KuMaMo R010M 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Siltaniemi, Loppi, Lahti, Autio F 63,27

2. T.Lahti, Katajisto, Mäkinen, Viljanen 62,18

3. Nieminen, Hautamäki, Keskinen, Suojanen R 64,02

4. Aarnio, J.Nieminen, Heikkilä, J.Mustonen 63,33

5. Katajisto, Hautamäki, J.Nieminen, Loppi 62,13

6. Mäkinen, Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Heikkilä 64,18

7. Nieminen, Lahti, J.Mustonen, Viljanen 63,16

8. T.Lahti, Aarnio, Suojanen, Autio 63,16

9. Keskinen, Aarnio, Mäkinen, Loppi 63,99

10. Suojanen, Katajisto, Siltaniemi, J.Mustonen 64,26

11. T.Lahti, Hautamäki, Lahti, Heikkilä 63,34

12. Keskinen, J.Nieminen, Autio, Viljanen 64,82

13. Suojanen, Viljanen, Loppi, Heikkilä d 64,19

14. Nieminen, T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen 63,91

15. Aarnio, Lahti, Katajisto, Keskinen 63,14

16. Hautamäki, Mäkinen, J.Mustonen, Autio 63,87

17. T.Lahti, J.Mustonen, Keskinen, Pulli 64,11

18. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Viljanen 64,22

19. Lahti, Mäkinen, Suojanen, J.Nieminen 64,80

20. Katajisto, Heikkilä, Autio M, Nieminen d 63,95

Semi: Hautamäki, Aarnio, Lahti, Katajisto 63,84

Finaali: T.Lahti, Nieminen, Hautamäki, Aarnio 63,54

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 715.

 

It was pretty good. Never seen Routakallio look so fine, the local club had made excellent work with the stadium. Track was great, racing better than OK and meeting all in all well organised. Also over 700 paid to get in, so the people at SeMK have a good reason to boast about today for a while.

 

Interesting note from heat 20 was that Katajisto gated for the lead with Nemo following. Autio who had been in the shadows all day somehow managed to get some speed on the backstaight and was passing Nemo from the outside on bend 4 lap 1. For some reason as he passed Nemo he instantly decided to cut in front of him and they touched and Autio fell. I saw it from the other end and thought it was something Autio (or anyone else) could have done intentionally to get a guy out. Luckily Nemo had done enough for a place in the final. In the semi Katajisto had gate 4, managed a good start but it was just not enough and he got squeezed to last before the backstraight. He did not find the speed to pass Lahti and gave up after entering 4th lap while 4th. Marko Suojanen started the meeting with an absolute flier. He lead heat 3 for over three? laps before a spark plug gave up in his engine. There was no way Nemo would have passed him in that one.

Edited August 26, 2012 by f-s-p

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Photos from Seinäjoki: http://www.speedwaysuomi.com/kuvat/2012/spwsmsjk/thumb.html

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what was siltaniemi like fsp?

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I thought he did OK apart from losing to Mäkinen. I spoke with him after the meeting and he blamed his poor gating towards the for his low score. A friend had kept score on the gates and I saw his notes after 16 heats. They showed white as the poor one and others relatively even. Niko was on white against Mäkinen but that was no excuse in that one. Yellow saw a few fliers, which hopefully Spar will prove accurate later this week. He just needs rides to come back 100 % and riding in Finland is not enough at the moment.

 

>>Me<< with white jersey colour.

Edited August 28, 2012 by f-s-p

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Kaupunki Cup

Varkaus (VRT) 2.9.2012

Rain stopped the meeting at Varkaus after 12 heats. Results stand. Siltaniemi crashed heavily on his own, hurt his back again but sounded ok when I spoke to him today. He should see his x-rays tomorrow. The track was really soft I'm told, loads of grip and Siltaniemi just lost control at some stage. Also some riders pulled out of the meeting due to conditions so I guess it was not easy.

 

Jiri Nieminen put his name in the permanent history of the Varkaus track. He's the current track record holder after the track wa schanged during the summer. They pulled in the bends and the length of the track is now 312 meters.

 

This was Nike Lunna's 1st meeting on 500cc.

 

Varkaus 18

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 2333 11

Jesse Mustonen 3211 7

 

Seinäjoki 15

Aarni Heikkilä 32R3 8

Herman Kenkkilä 2122 7

 

Karhula 12

Tino Turkia 0210 3

Nike Lunna 1332 9

 

Lahti I 11

Jiri Nieminen 3323 11

Niko Siltaniemi d 0

 

Forssa 10

Marko Suojanen 1131 6

Jarkko Kunnaskari 2020 4

 

Pori 1

Jouni Viljanen 0 1

Jere Lehtonen 1 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Heikkilä, Kenkkilä, Lunna, Turkia 64,12

2. J.Mustonen, Mustonen, Lehtonen, Viljanen 66,64

3. J.Nieminen, Kunnaskari, Suojanen, Siltaniemi d 61,27*

4. J.Nieminen, Heikkilä, Kenkkilä 64,73

5. Lunna, Turkia 65,07

6. Mustonen, J. Mustonen, Suojanen, Kunnaskari 68,08

7. Suojanen, Kunnaskari 69,57

8. Lunna, J.Nieminen, Turkia 63,91

9. Mustonen, Kenkkilä, J.Mustonen, Heikkilä 63,70

10. Mustonen, Lunna, J.Mustonen, Turkia 63,82

11. Heikkilä, Kenkkilä, Suojanen, Kunnaskari 66,65

12. J.Nieminen 66,74

Tuomari: Harri Heikkilä, katsojia 31.

* = uusi rataennätys

 

KC meetings on both days next weekend. Sat at Hyvinkää and sun at Pori, the restaging of saturdays match that was rained off.

 

Other upcoming Finnish fixtures are East vs West meeting at Pori on Sep 15th and restaging of the U21 final at Pori on Sep 16th. EastWest meeting will be held between two 7 man teams lead by the national team manager (west) and SM-liiga champions team manager Jorma Mäkinnas (east).

 

And individual meeting scheduled at Hyvinkää on Sep 22nd has been cancelled, so at the moment it seems Sep 16th is the last day of the Finnish season.

Edited September 3, 2012 by f-s-p

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Siltaniemi's crash after 5 minutes. Edited September 7, 2012 by f-s-p

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Isn't there a KC meeting at Karhula tomorrow, Saturday, 8 September?

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Moved to Hyvinkää because the re-development of the Karhula is not yet finished.

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Thanks. So no meetings have taken place at Karhula this season?

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Indeed, no meetings at Karhula this season.

 

Kaupunki Cup was finished last weekend

 

SPEEDWAY Kaupunki cup 8.9.2012 Hyvinkää

1. Lahti1 23: Niko Siltaniemi 14, Jiri Nieminen 9

2. Varkaus 19: Teemu Lahti 12, Jesse Mustonen 7

3. Karhula 14: Nike Lunna 10, Simo Pulli 3, Tino Turkia 1

4. Pori 13: Jouni Viljanen 7, Jere Lehtonen 6

5. Forssa 12: Marko Suojanen 10, Jarkko Kunnaskari 2

6. Lahti2 9: Kalle Kivistö 6, Marko Hyyryläinen 3, Juha Tuominiemi 0

 

SPEEDWAY Kaupunki Cup 9.9.2012 Pori

1. Varkaus 23: Teemu Lahti 15, Jesse Mustonen 8

2. Lahti I 20: Niko Siltaniemi 13, Jiri Nieminen 7

3. Pori 15: Jere Lehtonen 8, Jouni Viljanen 7

4. Forssa 13: Marko Suojanen 12, Ari Tuomisto 1, Jarkko Kunnaskari 0

5. Kauhajoki 12: Vili Mattila 6, Janne Nyman 6

6. Lahti II 6: Marko Hyyryläinen 4, Kalle Kivistö 2, Juha Tuominiemi 0

 

Kaupunki Cupin lopputilanne:

1. Varkaus 6 111 28

2. Lahti I 6 120 26

3. Seinäjoki 6 75 14

4. Karhula 6 73 13

5. Forssa 6 69 11

6. Lahti II 6 73 10

7. Pori 6 64 10

8. Kauhajoki 6 73 8

 

Siltaniemi crashing out at Varkaus cost Lahti I the win of KC. Well, thats what one would think in haste... = )

 

EDIT: I had another byline in Spar last week... This is becoming an annual thing! One photo, full spread! Had two pics the week before... Like many in speedway, I'm just getting going as the season finishes.

Edited September 10, 2012 by f-s-p

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East vs West

Pori (PMK) 150912

A good meeting I'm told yesterday at Pori. Katajisto withdrewing at the last minute was a huge disappointment, but the meeting itself probably turned better because of it. West was leading before the last heat but first Lehtonen was excluded and in the rerun Partanen took a fall from the lead on the last lap handing a 5-0 for East. Apparently this was a success and will be kept again next year. This was introduced to replace the best pairs, after the federation decided it was not worthy of a Finnish Championship status.

 

Itä 43

Kalle Katajisto R/R

Janne Nyman 0021230 8

Jiri Nieminen 122231 11

Vili Mattila 11113 7

Marko Suojanen 231323 14

Simo Pulli d102 3

tm: Petteri Koivunen

 

Länsi 40

Jari Mäkinen 3333 12

Jooa Partanen 2121d 6

Aarni Heikkilä 30R221 8

Jere Lehtonen 0TRd 0

Niko Siltaniemi 32332 13

Simon Finne 1000 1

tm: Jyri Palomäki

 

Erä erältä:

1. Mäkinen, Partanen, J.Nieminen, Nyman 1-5 (1-5) 65,14

2. Siltaniemi, Suojanen, Finne, Pulli d 2-4 (3-9) 66,70

3. Heikkilä, J.Nieminen, Mattila, Lehtonen 3-3 (6-12) 67,97

4. Suojanen, Siltaniemi, Partanen, Nyman 3-3 (9-15) 66,53

5. Mäkinen, J.Nieminen, Mattila, Heikkilä 3-3 (12-18) 66,34

6. Siltaniemi, Nyman, Suojanen, Finne 3-3 (15-21) 67,95

7. Suojanen, Partanen, Pulli, Lehtonen T 4-2 (19-23) 66,40

8. Mäkinen, J.Nieminen, Nyman, Heikkilä R 3-3 (22-26) 66,41

9. Siltaniemi, Nyman, Mattila, Finne 3-3 (25-29) 65,97

10. J.Nieminen, Heikkilä, Mattila, Lehtonen R 4-2 (29-31) 67,09

11. Mäkinen, Suojanen, Partanen, Pulli 2-4 (31-35) 65,59

12. Nyman, Heikkilä, J.Nieminen, Finne 4-2 (35-37) 68,08

13. Suojanen, Siltaniemi, Heikkilä, Nyman 3-3 (38-40) 65,78

14. Mattila, Pulli, Partanen d, Lehtonen d 5-0 (43-40) #

Tuomari: Harri Heikkilä, katsojia 195.

# = ei aikaa.

 

Just one more to go!

Edited September 16, 2012 by f-s-p

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23. Speedwayn U21 SM-finaali

Pori (PMK) 16.9.2012

Timo Lahti was crowned champion at Pori today. He had to pass Mika Loppi on the last bend of the final heat to take it, but he did it. This complete's his hatrick of winning the league and both individual titles this season. No one has done it and he was only a few weeks older than the youngest ever Finnish individual champion Juha Moksunen when he won at Seinäjoki.

 

Timo Lahti KMMK 3333 12

Niko Siltaniemi HjMK 2332 10

Mika Loppi SeMK 2223 9

Herman Kenkkilä SeMK 1313 8

Jere Lehtonen SeMK 2222 8

Jiri Nieminen SsMK 3R31 7

Jooa Partanen KMMK 1122 6

Vili Mattila KauhjMK 3010 4

Simon Finne SeMK 1201 4

 

Erä erältä:

1. J.Nieminen, Loppi, Partanen 66,52

2. T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Kenkkilä 64,09

3. Mattila, Lehtonen, Finne 69,02

4. Kenkkilä, Lehtonen, J.Nieminen R 66,08

5. Siltaniemi, Finne 64,91

6. T.Lahti, Loppi, Partanen, Mattila 65,33

7. J.Nieminen, Lehtonen 65,33

8. Siltaniemi, Loppi, Kenkkilä, Finne 65,52

9. T.Lahti, Partanen, Mattila 64,08

10. T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen, Mattila 64,33

11. Loppi, Lehtonen 65,77

12. Kenkkilä, Partanen, Finne 65,41

Semi: Loppi, Kenkkilä, J.Nieminen, Lehtonen R 65,77

Finaali: T.Lahti, Loppi, Siltaniemi, Kenkkilä 65,41

Tuomari: Harri Heikkilä, katsojia 250.

 

This wraps up the Finnish season for me. I'll post some comments in a few weeks time...

 

Ohh, he's called Oskar. Full name Oskar Väinö Fredrik Surname

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Why wasn't Katajisto riding in the U21 final?

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The story goes that his bikes packed up in Sweden in the Allsvenskan finals and he drove home from the ferry. Let's stick to that.

 

It would have been a really good meeting with him in it though! Lahti, Loppi, Siltaniemi and him were/are all good enough to win it. But I'm also told it was good without him, so we'll leave it at that.

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