DutchGrasstrack

2 easy heats Heat 3: Pletschacher, Saetre, Kirchner Heat 7: Akko, Seppanen, Soderstrom ---- Vitaly Khomitsevich 5 points after 8 heats (from isracing guestbook) René Stellingwerf 2 points after 8 heats...

Doug, Vitaly can't have 6 points as Dmitri and Vitaly should rode againt eachother in heat 5. And Dmitri won both his heats (2x3=6). ---- But thanks for the update . Stellingwerf

Received this from the FIM earlier today.. "Due to the injury of the rider Markus Skabraut, he will replaced by another Austrian, Mr Martin Posch. Therefore, the new 2nd reserve N°18 will be now Mr Josef Kreuzberger." (Saalfelden quali)

Changes in the Stockholm lineup: 1. Dmitri KHOMITSEVITCH 2. Antonin KLATOVSKY 3. Antti AAKKO 4. René STELLINGWERF 5. Vitali KHOMITSEVITCH 6. Peter KOIJ 7. Jouni SEPPÄNEN 8. Ilja DROZDOV 9. Stefan PLETSCHACHER 10. Jo SAETRE 11. Jan KLATOVSKY 12. Christof KICHNER 13. Per-Olov SERENIUS 14. Simon GARTMANN 15. Joakim SÖDERSTRÖM 16. Johann WEBER Substitute rider 17. Gösta SUNDELIN Substitute rider 18. Patrick SOHLBERG (just received from the FIM)

Swedish Ice Racing League - Round 1 - 08/01/08 - Bollnäs (SWE) 1. SMK Gävle - 41 Per Olov Serenius - 12 Peter Koij - 12 Per Bruhn - 9 Peter Jansson - 2 Totte Nilsson - 6 2. Team Finland - 35 Kai Lehtinen - 11 Joni Kontoniemi - 8 Jussi Hytönen - 6 Jouni Seppänen - 5 Henri Malinen - 5 3. Bollnäs MK - 22 +3 Tobias Åström - 12 +3 Jonas Norell - 5 Stefan Hedström - 1 Jonas Lindholm - 3 Tomas Andersson - 1 4. Njurunda MK - 22 +2 Gösta Sundelin - 3 Tomas Ekström – 7 +2 Tomas Höglund - 2 Ulf Byström - 2 Magnus Lundgren – 8

Should be good for them to ride in Poland, will be a great experience for the young lads , any info about there ages Joni ? .

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That's the one ! Totally forgot Shane . So... Shane to Neustadt Donau (EC Quali).. but what about Krsko (EC U19 Quali) ? Anymore "Belgium-wannabees" around ?

Not much info about the 27 Apr meeting.... all I know is that 3 classes (Dutch Open) will ride surely, Speedway Senioren (500cc Solo A), Speedway Nationalen (500cc Solo B ) and 125 Specials (125cc 4-stroke). No times yet. Track is very easy to reach... it's near the N719 between Heusen & Zolder.. . Google Maps: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&hl=nl&geoco...1,0.028925&z=15

From what I've heard is that a Dutch rider, Eddie Turksema, is going to start riding again... under a Belgium licence... so I think he's going to Neustadt Donau.. For Krsko... I don't know... don't think Wim Kennis is ready for it yet (he don't have a 500cc yet though) but if he's going I'm sure it will be a great experience for him .

Problems in Sweden ??? "Ett trasigt kylaggregat på Östermalms IP har ett tag gjort livet trist för de ansvariga för VM-semifinalen i isracing som ska köras där den 11:e och 12:e januari. Utan aggregat ingen konstis och utan konstis ingen VM-semifinal. Men lagom till nyåret fick man igång aggregatet och bröderna Peter och Roger Jansson från arrangörsklubben Getingarna arbetarna nu på nätterna med att spola isen. "Vi behöver ha 20 centimeter tjock is och nu är vi nog uppe i åtta", säger Peter Jansson. Nu är därför humöret ett helt annat än det var när aggregatet packade ihop. "Det kändes inte roligt, jag hade lite panik faktiskt, men nu kör vi så det ryker", säger Jansson. " (from: http://www.ib.se/index.php) In English... a important cooling device failed to work.. last saturday they only had 8 centimeters ice.... they have to reach 20 centimeters at least. Any more info from the Swedish guys here ?

Why they selected these riders ? Both didn't even reach the final of the Russian Championship..

Lineups World Championship Qualifiers 11-12/01/08 - Quali 1 in Stockholm (SWE) Antonín Klatovský (CZ) Jan Klatovský (CZ) Stefan Pletschacher (GER) Anton Weber (GER) Christoph Kirchner (GER) Heinz Goldi (CH) René Stellingwerf (NL) Vitaly Khomitsevich (RUS) Dmitri Khomitsevich (RUS) Ilya Drosdov (RUS) Jo Saetre (NOR) Antti Akko (FIN) Jouni Seppanen (FIN) Per Olov Serenius (SWE) Joakim Söderström (SWE) Peter Koij (SWE) Reserves 17. Gösta Sundelin (SWE) 18. Patrick Sohlberg (SWE) 13/01/08 - Quali 2 in Saalfelden (AUT) Graham Halsall (GB) Dmitri Tschatschin (GER) Andreas Roth (GER) Johnny Tuinstra (NL) Sven Holstein (NL) Grigory Laguta (LAT) Pavel Tsjaka (RUS) Daniil Ivanov (RUS) Franz Zorn (AUT) Harald Simon (AUT) Markus Skabraut (AUT) Kai Lethinen (FIN) Joni Kontoniemi (FIN) Tobias Åström (SWE) Johan Lundkvist (SWE) Hans-Olov Olsén (SWE) Reserves 17. René Verhoef (NL) 18. Martin Posch (AUT) 26-27/01/08 - Quali 3 in Inzell (GER) Andrej Diviš (CZ) Jan Pecina (CZ) Gunter Bauer (GER) Max Niedermeier (GER) Franz Mayerbuchler (GER) Simon Gartmann (CH) Claude Gadeyne (FRA) Oleg Doseav (UKR) Nikolaj Krasnikov (RUS) Stanislav Arkhipov (RUS) Maxim Zakharov (RUS) Martin Leitner (AUT) Josef Kreuzberger (AUT) Tommy Flytkman (FIN) Stefan Svensson (SWE) Per-Anders Lindström (SWE) Reserves 17. Florian Furst (GER) 18. Andreas Wieser (GER)

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Ice racing in St. Johann (Austria)... 1. Franz Zorn (AUT) 15 + 3 2. Stefan Svensson (SWE) 10 + 2 3. Antonin Klatovsky (CZ) 12 + 1 4. Rene Stellingwerf (NL) 11 + 0 5. Markus Skabraut (AUT) 10 6. Harald Simon (AUT) 9 7. Johann Bruckner (AUT) 7 8. Sven Holstein (NL) 6 9. Max Niedermaier (GER) 6 10. Simon Gartmann (CH)6 11. Stefan Pletschacher (GER) 5 12. Jan Klatovsky (CZ) 5 13. Josef Kreuzberger (AUT) 5 14. Grzegorz Knapp (POL) 4 15. Per Olov Serenius (SWE) 2 16. Mario Schwaiger (AUT) 2 17. Johnny Tuinstra (NL) 0 (from: speedway.org) Awesome result from René Stellingwerf, good to see that Sven Holstein is doing well again. Johnny Tuinstra only rode his first heat... because his shoulder and ribs are still hurting badly after his crash in Bollnas (SWE) last week... he's on his way to Holland already to take a rest, and prepare for Saalfelden (AUT). Sven Holstein is replacing him tomorrow in Steingaden (GER).

Results from Day 1: 13. Nikolai Krasnikov (3 2 3 3 3) = 14 10. Stanislav Arkhipov (3 3 2 3 1) = 12 16. Vitaly Khomitsevich (2 2 3 1 3) = 11 9. Igor Kononov (2 0 3 3 2) = 10 12. Pavel Tsjaka (1 1 3 3 2) = 10 8. Dmitri Khomitsevich (2 3 1 2 2) =10 1. Sergej Baltatshev (3 1 1 1 3) = 9 11. Ilya Drosdov (0 3 2 1 2) = 8 5. Danil Ivanov (3 3 2 0 X) = 8 3. Maxim Zakharov (2 1 2 2 X) = 7 14. Dmitri Bulankin (0 1 0 2 3) = 6 15. Eduard Krysov (1 2 1 1 0) = 5 4. Ivan Ivanov (0 0 1 2 1) = 4 2. Junir Baseev (1 2 X X 1) = 4 6. Sergej Kasakov (0 0 0 0 1) = 1 7. Maxim Baraboskin (1 0 0 0 0 =1 1. Sergej Baltatshev, Maxim Zakharov, Junir Baseev, Ivan Ivanov. 2. Daniil Ivanov, Dmitri Khomitsevich, Maxim Baraboskin, Sergej Kasakov 3. Stanislav Arkhipov, Igor Konokov, Pavel Tsjaka. Ilya Drosdov. 4. Nikolaj Krasnikov, Vitaly Khomitsevich , Eduard Krysov , Dmitri Bulankin. 5. Daniil Ivanov, Nikolaj Krasnikov, Sergej Baltatshev, Igor Konokov. 6. Stanislav Arkhipov, Junir Baseev, Dmitri Bulankin, Sergej Kasakov. 7. Ilya Drosdov, Eduard Krysov , Maxim Zakharov, Maxim Baraboskin. 8. Dmitri Khomitsevich, Vitaly Khomitsevich , Pavel Tsjaka, Ivan Ivanov. 9. Vitaly Khomitsevich , Ilya Drosdov, Sergej Baltatshev, Sergej Kasakov. 10. Pavel Tsjaka, Daniil Ivanov, Eduard Krysov , Junir Baseev.п/и 11. Igor Konokov, Maxim Zakharov. Dmitri Khomitsevich. Dmitri Bulankin. 12. Nikolaj Krasnikov, Stanislav Arkhipov, Ivan Ivanov, Maxim Baraboskin. 13. Pavel Tsjaka, Dmitri Bulankin, Sergej Baltatshev, Maxim Baraboskin. 14. Nikolaj Krasnikov, Dmitri Khomitsevich, Ilya Drosdov, Junir Baseev.п/и 15. Stanislav Arkhipov, Maxim Zakharov, Vitaly Khomitsevich , Daniil Ivanov. 16. Igor Konokov, Ivan Ivanov, Eduard Krysov , Sergej Kasakov 17. Sergej Baltatshev, Dmitri Khomitsevich, Stanislav Arkhipov, Eduard Krysov . 18. Vitaly Khomitsevich, Igor Konokov, Junir Baseev, Maxim Baraboskin. 19. Nikolaj Krasnikov, Pavel Tsjaka, Sergej Kasakov, Maxim Zakharov.п/и 20. Dmitri Bulankin, Ilya Drosdov, Ivan Ivanov, Daniil Ivanov.п/и

Should be good to make a huge list with all the coordinates from the tracks, I'll start: Blijham (The Netherlands) 53° 6'25.42" 7° 5'5.39" Lelystad (The Netherlands) 52°26'52.72" 5°29'55.60" Veenoord (The Netherlands) 52°42'56.84" 6°50'39.84" Vledderveen (The Netherlands) 52°59'41.51" 7°1'19.69" Zolder (Belgium) 51°2'15.90" 5°19'0.19" Mureck (Austria) 46°42'11.83" 15°46'16.21" Ljubljana (Slovenia) 46°4'12.65" 14°28'39.59" Krsko (Slovenia) 45°56'55.45" 15°29'18.83" Lendava (Slovenia) 46°31'47.6" 16°28'32.03" Eskilstuna (Sweden) 59º24'59.27" 16º22'36.97" Hagfors (Sweden) 60º2'23.87" 13º42'54.51" Hallstavik (Sweden) 60º3'21.06" 18º36'49.28" Malilla (Sweden) 57º22'34.85" 15º46'49.47" Motala (Sweden) 58º31'29.05" 15º4'29.25" Vastervik (Sweden) 57º 46' 7.32" 16º35'12.94" Slany (Czech Republic) 50°13'23.88" 14°5'50.93" Divisov (Czech Republic) 49°47'20.93" 14°51'55.79" Pardubice (Czech Republic) 50°1'19.45" 15°43'12.74" Liberec (Czech Republic) 50°47'3.37" 15°2'36.69" (not sure that's the one) Chabařovice (Czech Republic) 50°40'18.23" 13°56'5.05" Mšeno (Czech Republic) 50°26'5.39" 14°38'58.31" Praque (Czech Republic) can't find it.. Kopřivnice (Czech Republic) 49°35'16.13" 18°9'9.11" Březolupy (Czech Republic) 49°7'12.07" 17°34'44.61"

Alot of tracks from The Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain can be found on: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/ and click on "Banen".

Yep will do the Belgium News too . --- Last year a new club tried to start up Speedway again in Zolder (Belgium). And is was a succes ! They did 2 open-meetings, one in July and one in November. This year (2008) Zolder will host 2 rounds of the Dutch Championship: - 27 April - 13 July Currently Belgium got only 3 riders: - Guido Hulsman: 500cc Solo rider - Willy Kennis: 500cc Solo rider (classic) - Wim Kennis (son of Willy): going to start in 2008 on a 500cc solo bike, he rode in 2007 on a 125cc junior bike One other kid is also planning to ride, Glenn Haex, he's going to ride on a 125cc junior bike.

Wooow amazing, they really have to make loads of kilometers for there team meetings .

Just typed Vladivostok in Google to try to find the track... but I was quite shocked, are they really racing in the Vladivostok near Japan ? (400 kilometers east from Jilin)

Krasnikov will win it. 2. Igor Kononov 3. Dmitri Khomitsevich

EXLOO RESULTS 1. Daniel Rath 2. Dirk Fabriek 3. Jannick de Jong 4. Sonke Petersen 5. Pascal Swart 6. Tony Kroger 7. Ronny Weiss 8. Mark Stiekema 9. Henry van der Steen 10. Jorg Tebbe 11. Dominik Moller 12. Ramon Stanek Great races... but loads of crashes. Full results and results of the support classes are on: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/ .

Dutch Championship Speedway 2007 13/04/08 Moorwinkelsdamm (GER) 27/04/08 Zolder (BEL) 10/05/08 Vledderveen (NL) 08/06/08 Lelystad (NL) 13/07/08 Zolder (BEL) 19/07/08 Veenoord (NL) 13/08/08 Moorwinkelsdamm (GER) 14/09/08 Lelystad (NL)

Lineup for tomorrows Indoor *cough* Speedway Meeting in Exloo (NL).... 1. Jannick de Jong (NL) 2. Jörg Tebbe (GER) 3. Dirk Fabriek (NL) 4. Dominik Möller (GER) 5. Ramon Stanek (GER) 6. Mark Stiekema (NL) 7. Pascal Swart (NL) 8. Daniel Rath (GER) 9. Ronny Weis (GER) 10. Sonke Petersen (GER) 11. Toni Kröger (GER) 12. Henry van der Steen (NL) Shame the lineup is getting weaker and weaker every year . Anyway.. should be a fun night I hope . For anyone who is comming to Exloo... prepare you on a high entry-price... 15 bloody euros !!