iris123 20,935 Posted February 12, 2019 European Championship day 2 from Ufa.Bit drawn out at 3 and a half hours.Outside freezing and in the refs box they are wearing Hawaiian shirts 3:22:00 is the great race off between Bauer and Iwema Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,935 Posted February 12, 2019 Day 2 from Shadrinsk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted February 15, 2019 Practice pics from Togliatti Ice Speedway of Nations today: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1724/ice-speedway-of-nations-in-togliatti-van-start-met-vrije-training.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,712 Posted February 15, 2019 Not sure if this has been posted before but " left turn" is the story of World ice speedway champion Dmitry Koltakov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) FIM Ice Speedway of Nation, Togliatti, Russia, February 16 & 17 Day 1 Results: Russia 30 Daniil Ivanov (3, 3, 3, 3) 12 Dmitry Koltakov (2, 3, 2, 3) 10 Dmitry Khomitsevich (2, 2, 2, 2) 8Sweden 26 Martin Haarahiltunen (3, 3, 3, 0) 9 Ove Ledström (2, 2, 2,2) 8 Niclas Svensson (2, 1, 3, 3) 9Austria 22 Franky Zorn (3, 3, 3, 1, 3) 13 Charly Ebner (2, d, 2, 2, 2) 8 Josef Kreuzberger (1) Germany 17 Max Niedermaier (d, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2) 10 Stefan Pletschacher (1, 2, 0, 0, 1) 4 Johann Weber (3) 3Finland 12 Tomi Tani (1, 1, 1, 0, 1) 4 Matti Isoaho (0, 3, 1, 3, 1) 8 Jussi Nyrönen (0) 0Kazakhstan 10 Sergey Serov (0, 0, 1) 1 Vladimir Cheblokov (1, d, 2, 1, 2) 6 Denis Slepuchin (2, 1, 0, 0) 3Czech Rep. 9 Andrej Divis (3, 2, 1) 6 Jan Klaus (0, 1, 0, 0) 1 Lukas Volejnik (1, 0, 0, 1, 0) 2 Thanks to Jesper www.baansportfansite.nl for the results Edited February 16, 2019 by Conkers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted February 16, 2019 Photo's from day 1: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1725/rusland-na-eerste-dag-ice-speedway-of-nations-met-maximale-punten.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted February 17, 2019 FIM Ice Speedway of Nation, Togliatti, Russia, February 16 & 17 Final Results: Russia 60 (30+30) +13 Daniil Ivanov 12+ (3, 3, 3, 2) 11 = 23+8 Dmitry Koltakov 10+ (2, 2, 3, 3) 10 = 20+5 Dmitry Khomitsevich 8+ (3, 2, 2, 2) 9 = 17 Sweden 52 (26+26) +2 Martin Haarahiltunen 9+ (3, 1, 3) 7 = 16+2 Ove Ledström 8+ (2, 2, 3, 2) 9 = 17 Niclas Svensson 9+ (3, d, 2, 2, 3) 10 = 19+0 Austria 38 (22+16) Franky Zorn 13+ (3, 1, 3, 3) 10 = 23 Charly Ebner 8+ (2, 1, 1, 0) 4 = 12 Josef Kreuzberger 1+ (0, 1, 1) 2 = 3 Germany 34 (17+17) Max Niedermaier 10+ (3, 3, d, 0, 3, 2) 11 = 21 Stefan Pletschacher 4+ (0, 3) 3 = 7 Johann Weber 3+ (d, d, 1, 2) 3 = 6 Finland 24 (12+12) Tomi Tani 4 (1, 2, 2, 0, 1) 6 = 10 Matti Isoaho 8+ (1, R, 2, 2, 1) 6 = 14 Jussi Nyrönen 0+ (0, 0) 0 = 0 Kazakhstan 22 (10+12) Sergey Serov 1+ (0) 0 = 1 Vladimir Cheblokov 6+ (1, 2, 2, d, 3, 1) 9 = 15 Denis Slepuchin 3+ (1, 0, 2, 0, d) 3 = 6 Czech Rep. 21 (9+12) Andrej Divis 6+ (1, 3, 3, 1) 8 = 14 Jan Klauz 1+ (1, 1, 1, 0) 3 = 4 Lukas Volejnik 2+ (0, 0, 1, 0) 1 = 3 GRAND FINAL: Ivanov (8), Koltakov (5), Haarahiltunen (2) Svensson (0) Thanks to Jesper for the live results via www.baansportfansite.nl I do think the Grand Final on this meeting was somewhat surplus to requirements, as the Russians had won the meeting by their 5th heat on the Sunday, however, the FIM have decided to introduce it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,935 Posted February 17, 2019 Was the title all on this Grand Final then? I did see that there would be a Grand Final and wondering what the point was....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Was the title all on this Grand Final then? I did see that there would be a Grand Final and wondering what the point was....... From what Jesper wrote on his live updates, the title was decided on this race. hence the points scoring giving the winner more points than the others if his team mate finished last. But in Ice Racing, the Russians are not going to let that happen. It looks like they've taken a successful format and completely turned it on its head. If you look at it that there were 73 points on offer, and Russia took all of them...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted February 17, 2019 Yes the points on this Grand Final Heat decide the World Champion. I think this is quite cool because the this Final heat was absolutely amazing with Haarahiltunen giving everything. Now time to go home after three weeks in Kazakhstan and Russia. Great trip where we joined the Ebner team on a roadtrip from Almaty to Shadrinsk and finally to Togliatti. Amazing experience The roads in Kazahkstan are shocking though, from Almaty towards Astana. Day 2 Togliatti pics: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1726/rusland-ongeslagen-winnaar-ice-speedway-of-nations-in-togliatti.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted February 19, 2019 FIM TV coverage of Shadrinsk now available Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,935 Posted February 19, 2019 Quote Russian tv report on the Speedway of Nations,Togliatti.Pretty sparse crowd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted February 19, 2019 Stadium is too big for Ice speedway. I think the crowd was quite okay, think the same numbers are Shadrinsk. The BSI crew was also in Togliatti, hope they got a good impression of the stadium Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwantz34 17 Posted February 19, 2019 It's a pity they've cut the FIM TV footage down to 26mins from the two days rather than 45ish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teaboy279 1,038 Posted February 20, 2019 I hate it when the oldies go on about the old days being better. But the modern ice speedway just does dont seem to excite me other the last decade, as much as it did when I was growing up in late 80s early 90s. I seem to recall tracks were a lot more choppy back then with riders bouncing all over and producing many incidents and over takes. Also seem to recall the Russians/soviets being slightly less dominant abiet slightly more scary too. Is this me just looking back with rose tinted glasses or has today's ice speedway become boring and predictable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites