iris123 21,094 Posted January 16, 2008 Just found this http://speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2008011503 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any idea what happened.I guess arson as there is a telephone number I talked with Matti Pöysä yesterday, he was the referee in the Russian ice racing final. He said said it was the toughest meeting he'd ever seen. With a couple of weaker riders still there was racing like never before. Referring to a statistics book from last year he said there was 77 riders listed for 2007 and on top of that there was 52 junior riders in Russia. All in all they had around 35 meetings combined last season. Thats number of total meetings, not something one rider could ride in. This means that for this seasons qualifiers, not everyone got to ride. After the meeting riders that had qualified for next weekends qualifiers packed their cars and started heading towards Europe... The one's qualified for Sweden had to be there by thursday... Poland achieves a similar qualifying system to this in speedway. The rest of us are so far off... I could be lying if I said Finland has 70+ track racing license holders all together. Thats 80cc, ice, longtrack and speedway combined. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't you see the second day online f-s-p.That was a cracking meeting with at least 4 fantastic heats plus an amazing bit of skill from Bulankin.If day one was as good then it really must have been a super weekend.There was a preview on bashinform.ru that said it was just about the hardest meeting of the season.No easy heats or opponents.And the way the weather is going this side of the continent and the professionalism that Togliatti seem to be bringing to both speedway and iceracing it could be tougher in future for western riders to compete with the Russians.I guess the only hope is that more money and clubs follow Togliatti and maybe,just maybe a few western riders could get a team place somewhere in Russia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 16, 2008 Yes, I saw just about half of the sunday meeting. It was OK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted January 17, 2008 Sanok Cup lineup: 1. Frank Zorn (Austria) 2. Harald Simon (Austria) 3. Jan Klatovsky (Czechy) 4. Antonin Klatovsky Jr (Czechy) 5. Rene Stellingwerf (Holandia) 6. Marian Kreklau (Niemcy) 7. Stefan Pletschacher (Niemcy) 8. Graham Halsall (Wielka Brytania) 9. Johnny Tuinstra (Holandia) 10. ... (Rosja) 11. Per Olov Serenius (Szwecja) 12. Aantti Aakko (Finlandia) 13. Grzegorz Knapp (Polska) 14. Jo Saetre (Norwegia) 15. Zdzisław Żerdziński (Polska) 16. Peter Koji (Szwecja) 17. Grigori Laguta (Łotwa) 18. Peter Jansson (Szwecja) 19. Mario Schwaiger (Austria) 20. Piotr Hejnowski (Polska) 21. Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 22. Sven Holstein (Holandia) 23. Johan Lundqvist (Szwecja) 24. Simon Gartmann (Szwajcaria) 25. Dmitri Tschatschin (Niemcy) 26. Jouni Seppanen (Finlandia) 27. ... (Rosja) 28. Thomas Cavigelli (Szwajcaria) R1. Rene Verhoef (Holandia) R2. Oleg Dosaev (Ukraina) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joni 0 Posted January 17, 2008 I'm really interested in the system they're going to use... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,094 Posted January 18, 2008 A Dutch programme on Ice Racing from Assen and the Roleof Thijs Cup from last year by the looks of it. Assen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) If you can get Xleague TV (the Sky channel is 279) then they have some Ice Racing footage tomorrow. I've had a look on the website but their TV schedule is for November 2007, however the Sky EPG shows it as being on at 2pm Saturday. Don't know if you can get this channel outside the UK, but Ice Racing apart it appears to be male teenagers playing games in competitions with commentators that make Nigel Pearson sound positively reserved. EDIT: This is the American ICE series promoted by Gary Densmore (?) , with Flat Trackers, Quads and Bar Stool racing. No signs of any European Ice Racing or the Telford Style Speedway on Ice which the Brits dominated for several years. Edited January 19, 2008 by Conkers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs mark246 0 Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) I don't have the full results from Flims but Mark Uzzell (GB) got 9 points. Edited January 18, 2008 by Mrs mark246 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted January 19, 2008 A Dutch programme on Ice Racing from Assen and the Roleof Thijs Cup from last year by the looks of it. Assen <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep it's from the Roelof Thijs Cup from last year . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) Mrs mark246 Posted Yesterday, 11:16 PM I don't have the full results from Flims but Mark Uzzell (GB) got 9 points. You'll be pleased to know Mrs U, that young Mark not only scored 9, but finished a creditable 7th place, with Roger Newton finishing 11th with 5. Sadly Rob failed to score. I don't have the heat details so I can't comment, but it bodes well for next weekend in the European Championship. Pass on my congrats. to him. Swiss Championship 2008 / Alpenarena Cup, 18.01. 1. Lukas Rösti (CH) 11 +3 2. Mario Schwaiger (A) 13 +2 3. Josef Kreuzberger (A) 12 +1 4. Simon Gartmann (CH) 14 +0 5. Thomas Cavigelli (CH) 11 6. Philippe Weiss (CH) 10 7. Mark Uzzell GB) 9 8. Peter Jansson (S) 9 9. Christof Kirchner (D) 7 10. Dirk Fricke (CH) 7 11. Roger Newton (GB) 5 12. Piotr Hejnowski (Pol) 4 13. Zdzislaw Zerdzinski (Pol) 4 14. Dennis van de Tang (NL) 2 15. Roland Winkler (CH) 2 16. Robert Irving (GB) 0 17. Heinz Göldi (CH) 0 Swiss Championship 1. Simon Gartmann 2. Lukas Rösti 3. Thomas Cavigelli Interesting that Simon G top scored 14 then failed to win the Race to win the Alpenarena Cup, yet won the Swiss Championship. EDIT: So tonights Line Up now looks like this: Golden Spike Qualification 1. Grzegorz Knapp Pol 2. Jan Klatovsky CzR 3. Martin Posch CH 4. Thomas Cavigelli CH 5. Mario Schwaiger (A) 6. Phillipe Weiss CH 7. Martin Leitner A 8. Stefan Pletschacher D Golden Spike - 19.1.2008 1. Johnny Tuinstra NL 2. Max Niedermaier D 3. 1st in Qualification ? 4. Andreas Roth D 5. Harald Simon A 6. Johann Bruckner A 7. Simon Gartmann CH 8. Lukas Rösti CH 9. Sven Holstein NL 10. René Stellingwerf NL 11. Günther Bauer D 12. Dmitri Tschatschin D 13. 2nd in Qualification 14. Antonin Klatovsky CzR 15. 3rd in Qualification 16. 4th in Qualification Those riders in bold indicate the changes Edited January 19, 2008 by Conkers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,094 Posted January 19, 2008 Yes well done Mark I said it looked a very even and competetive field.Glad to see him going well.Something must have happened to Heinz Göldi though.Didn't he win this a few years back? Günther to win tonight.But main thing,get through without any injuries!Hoping to see a good performance from Dmitri Tschatschin as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 19, 2008 I had a brief chat with A.Aakko yesterday. He currently has only one bike, updated from last year. He's bought one new frame for this season, but it's not race ready yet. Too expensive... Realities of ice racing/track racing in Finland/worldwide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs mark246 0 Posted January 19, 2008 Yes well done Mark I said it looked a very even and competetive field.Glad to see him going well.Something must have happened to Heinz Göldi though.Didn't he win this a few years back? Heinz Goldi has a problem with the muscle in his right knee so it wasn't certain he was going to ride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lyndylou 0 Posted January 19, 2008 just heard that mark uzzell has another ride in the meeting tonight,at flims hope that he has another good night like last night, good luck mark, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs mark246 0 Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) just heard that mark uzzell has another ride in the meeting tonight,at flims hope that he has another good night like last night, good luck mark, <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mark rode in the qualifiation tonight but sadly didn't qualify. Edited January 19, 2008 by Mrs mark246 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted January 19, 2008 1. Roth 14+1 2. Simom 13+ST 3. A. Klatovsky 13 4. Jan. Klatovsky 12 5. J. Tuinstra 10 6. Stellingwerf 9 7. D. Tschadschin 8 8. S. Holstein 8 9. Knapp 8 10. Bruckner 5 11. Posch 4 12. Max Niedermeier 4 13. St. Pletschacher 3 14. Gartmann 3 15. Rösti 2 16. Kreuzberger 2 17. van de Tang 1 A big well done to the Dutch guys !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
