f-s-p 832 Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) New and final/confirmed Finnish calendar came out yesterday, April 2nd. Good thing it was kept for an extra day! 21.5. ... TO ... 80 cc Suomen Cup 1/6 ... Pori 14.6. ... SU ... 80 cc Suomen Cup 2/6 ... Lahti 23.6. ... TI ... 80 cc Suomen Cup 3/6 ... Kuusankoski 5.7. ... SU ... 80 cc Suomen Cup 4/6 ... Haapajärvi 5.9. ... LA ... 80 cc Suomen Cup 5/6 ... Kauhajoki 13.9. ... SU ... 80 cc Suomen Cup 6/6 ... Lahti 25.7. ... LA ... 80 cc Suomen Cup, team final ... Kuusankoski 31.5. ... SU ... Extraliiga 1/8 ... Kauhajoki 13.6. ... LA ... Extraliiga 2/8 ... Seinäjoki 14.6. ... SU ... Extraliiga 3/8 ... Lahti 23.6. ... TI ... Extraliiga 4/8 ... Kuusankoski 11.7. ... LA ... Extraliiga 5/8 ... Seinäjoki 12.7. ... SU ... Extraliiga 6/8 ... Kauhajoki 22.8. ... LA ... Extraliiga 7/8 ... Kuusankoski 13.9. ... SU ... Extraliiga 8/8 ... Lahti 17.5. ... SU ... Kaupunki Cup 1/6 ... Seinäjoki 5.7. ... SU ... Kaupunki Cup 2/6 ... Haapajärvi 18.7. ... LA ... Kaupunki Cup 3/6 ... Lahti 5.9. ... LA ... Kaupunki Cup 4/6 ... Kauhajoki 6.9. ... SU ... Kaupunki Cup 5/6 ... Lahti 19.9. ... LA ... Kaupunki Cup 6/6 ... Pori 21.5. ... TO ... Yyteri speedway ... Pori, 30.5. ... LA ... Seinäjoki speedway ... Seinäjoki 6.6. ... LA ... Kauhajoki speedway ... Kauhajoki 27.6. ... LA ... Pariajo SM-finaali ... Seinäjoki 4.7. ... LA ... Kemppi speedway ... Lahti 7.7. ... TI ... U21 FINLAND vs. Swedish select ... Kuusankoski 19.7. ... SU ... SM-qualifier ... Seinäjoki 25.7. ... LA ... U21 SM-finaali ... Kuusankoski 1.8. ... LA ... SM-finaali ... Pori 12.9. ... LA ... Individual ... Kuusankoski 8.8. ... LA ... LT ... Nordic final ... Forssa 24.5. ... SU ... LT ... Individual ... Heinola 29.8. ... LA ... LT ... SM-Finaali ... Vaasa EDIT: Couple of notes from the calendar that are no good for Finnish riders. - Qualifier for the Finnish final was put on the same weekend as the U19 team semi in Germany. Thats five riders out from the qualifier, not too good. - Finnish longtrack final at Vaasa is on the same weekend as the European final at Berghaupten. Thats a shame, but I do think that the Vaasa weekend is a set date by the city and the horse racing people and can't be changed. Finnish riders in the EC grasstrack are (nominations to be confirmed) K.Laukkanen, R.Lehtinen and A.Mustonen. Edited April 6, 2009 by f-s-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) The injury to Joonas Kylmäkorpi rules him out for six weeks, and that will include the SWC qualifier in Daugavpils, Latvia on May 2nd. Hopefully he'll be in one piece again for the SGP qualifier in Divisov on June 7th. It's a BIG dent on the Finnish dream to get back in to the "real" SWC. EDIT: Luckily we have Kalle Katajisto and he will replace Kylmäkorpi as our #1 in Daugavpils. Full Finnish team for the SWC qualifier on May 2nd is: 1. Kalle Katajisto, 2. Tomi Reima, 3. Juha Hautamäki, 4. Kaj Laukkanen and 5. Kauko Nieminen. Finland will be riding with white helmet colour against the Yanks in red, CZ in blue and Latvia in yellow. It's no secret that with Kylmäkorpi we lost 10 points from our total, but hopefully Hautamäki can up his came after winning the triple in Finland for two seasons in a row now. Kake looks to be in a good form but Laukkanen is a mystery that wont be solved until the last heat is done in Latvia. Edited April 8, 2009 by f-s-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bream 29 Posted April 10, 2009 Hyvä Kalle!!!! But yeap, it is a shame for Team Finland that we lost Kylmäkorpi. I thought he was out for 3 weeks. Six is bad.. What teams "Pätkä" is riding for? Has he rode any meetings yeat? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Hyvä Kalle!!!! But yeap, it is a shame for Team Finland that we lost Kylmäkorpi. I thought he was out for 3 weeks. Six is bad.. What teams "Pätkä" is riding for? Has he rode any meetings yeat? The 6 weeks I'm on about is from the time BEFORE he went in to the surgery and BEFORE he gave his own statement to the BSPA website. I'm told (sorry m8 ) that he doesn't even need a cast for the problem he has. Wonders of the current medical world! To my knowledge, and thats underlined because I havent found any info on the internet (anywhere, any country, any club, any rider site) to state otherwise. Is... that Laukkanen is only set to ride for his hometown club Kotkat, eight meetings of speedway in total. He has a few longtrack contracts on the continent though, which that seems to be his main ambition currently... And thats why I mentioned his name in the mystery concerning Latvia. To all my Finnish readers, and you've multiplied like rabbits recently... (LBC included ), Hyvää pääsiäistä, JYPPI RULAA!!! Edited April 10, 2009 by f-s-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bream 29 Posted April 10, 2009 At JK's website there is that he is out for 4 weeks. But who knows how healing will go.. "Ameriikan vitamiinejä" and he will be back in 3 weeks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lake Bodom Comet 2 Posted April 10, 2009 Hauskaa Pitkaperjantai, Hauskaa paasiaista F-S-P And Happy Easter to everyone in the ever expanding Finnish News fan club, we are taking over the world!!!!!!! Here's hope that Team Finland can pull off a shock in the SWC qualifier and take their rightful place in the finals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,990 Posted April 10, 2009 Yeah...and kokkolokoloko suunnitaleinen from me too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicar 2 Posted April 13, 2009 Hyvää pääsiäistä So late, becuase I just came from Oulanka, where I spend almost three days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lake Bodom Comet 2 Posted April 15, 2009 Suprised Tero Aarnio not part of the Team Finland line-up for the SWC qualifier I know he's been struggling at the start of this new season due to a variety of reasons but on Saturday night he showed a glimpse of his true potential when riding for Berwick at Workington. Having trailed round at the back in his 2 opening rides he sensationally beat Comets and probably the Premier League no 1 Kevin Doolan in heat 10 with a terrifically mature and impressive ride. And this was just after Doolan had smashed the Workington track record! Hopefully that win will give Tero the confidence boost he needs to get his season on track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted April 16, 2009 Suprised Tero Aarnio not part of the Team Finland line-up for the SWC qualifier For what I know and read from Aarnio's blog he's had a nightmare start to the season. Daugavpils is traditionally a very slick track with no banking on the curves. So not really a track for Aarnio. He was doing fine when Berwick was still a mx-track last season, but it's been hard for him to get things going this year. Katajisto on the other is considered to be the next big one in Finnish speedway. His problem on the other hand is gating, but if he gates, he's very fast. He has a very unique yet fast style to ride a bike. If I'm honest, I dont really understand how he's so fast. In my opion he should fall off more often, since he look's like a boiled string of spaghetti on his bike... Even with the heat win in Workington he only got 4 or something from his four rides (didn't even check). There are plenty of places in the Finnish camp to be filled during the season in international meetings still... Qualifier for the Finnish U19 and U21 places in Elgane and Hallstavik will be ridden on saturday. The riders will start with practise on friday. On sunday there's once again a test match between the Finns and Stjärnorna. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,990 Posted April 18, 2009 Results from todays quali meeting from f-s-p,.... Results from the finnish qualifier: 1. Appe Mustonen 13 2. Kalle Katajisto 12 3. Niko Siltaniemi 11 4. Teemu Lahti 10+3 5. Timo Lahti 10+2 6. Jari Mäkinen 6 7. Joni Kitala 4 8. Jarkko Palmi 0 Full details during sunday. Top3 all U19. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) Thanks iris123 for your help again. I can only write and send emails on my phone, havent had the time to read the book about it (they are for kids and women anyway ). A great day in Hallstavik yesterday. At times it was snowing and then again the sun was shining. The track was great. Everyone had practised the day before and I think Mäkinen was the only one that had previous riding experience from this season under his belt. He was the surprise package of friday, practically unbeaten all day, but could't carry his form to the actual meeting. Katajisto was the best in the actual meeting only loosing points after falling on the last bend against Reima while 2nd. Siltaniemi was very solid throughout the meeting and I was led to understand that he was given the "wild card" for the U21 qualifier. Lahti brothers both did OK, but not enough. Only rider to have any (possibly) bad feelings can be Timo Lahti. He was leading heat 18 by some margin before it was stopped when the three others all fell. That win would have given him the chance for a re-run against Siltaniemi and his chances would have been good in that one. Appe Mustonen 33223 13 Tomi Reima 13333 13 Kalle Katajisto 333F3 12 Niko Siltaniemi 33131 11 Teemu Lahti 21322 10+3 1st reserve for the U21 Timo Lahti 32032 10+2 1st reserve for the U19, 2nd for the U21 Peter Wall 11233 10 Robin Burestad 22N2d 6 Niklas Larsson 01221 6 Jari Mäkinen 2211R 6 2nd reserve for the U19, 3rd for the U21 David Hillborg 11112 6 Joni Keskinen 023R0 5 Jens Oscarsson 0R202 4 Aarni Heikkilä 20011 4 Joni Kitala 10111 4 Jarkko Palmi R00RR 0 Erä erältä: 1. T.Lahti, Heikkilä, Kitala, Keskinen 2. Katajisto, Lahti, Wall, Oscarsson 3. Mustonen, Mäkinen, Reima, Larsson 4. Siltaniemi, Burestad, Hillborg, Palmi R 5. Katajisto, Keskinen, Larsson, Palmi 6. Reima, T.Lahti, Hillborg, Oscarsson 7. Siltaniemi, Mäkinen, Wall, Heikkilä 8. Mustonen, Burestad, Lahti, Kitala 9. Keskinen, Oscarsson, Mäkinen, Burestad N 10. Katajisto, Mustonen, Siltaniemi, T.Lahti 11. Lahti, Larsson, Hillborg, Heikkilä 12. Reima, Wall, Kitala, Palmi 13. Wall, Mustonen, Hillborg, Keskinen R 14. T.Lahti, Lahti, Mäkinen, Palmi 15. Reima, Burestad, Heikkilä, Katajisto F 16. Siltaniemi, Larsson, Kitala, Oscarsson 17. Reima, Lahti, Siltaniemi, Keskinen 18. Wall, T.Lahti, Larsson, Burestad d 19. Mustonen, Oscarsson, Heikkilä, Palmi R 20. Katajisto, Hillborg, Kitala, Mäkinen R Uusinta: Lahti, T.Lahti No time keeping PICTURES HERE! Had a chat with Greg Hancock too and got the chance to see his modified Stuha frame that he's been using for 2,5 years now. Very interesting... Edited April 19, 2009 by f-s-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dekker 239 Posted April 19, 2009 Nice to see Kalle doing so well, unlucky with the fall. Makinen as usual nowhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) Test match yesterday at Hallstavik. Mäkinen top scorer on the day and keeping his chances alive of a team place during the year, maybe. U21 Suomi 68 Appe Mustonen 2332 10 Niko Siltaniemi 12232 10 Kalle Katajisto 3323 11 Timo Lahti 2R133 9 Teemu Lahti 33321 12 Jari Mäkinen 33232 13 Joni Kitala 11 2 Aarni Heikkilä 1F 1 Stjärnorna 28 David Hillborg 32113 10 Niklas Larsson 01010 2 Joakim Mårtensson 0001 1 Jens Oskarsson 11201 5 Peter Wall 2110 4 Robin Messing 200 2 Linus Lydin F2020 4 Erä erältä: 1. Hillborg, Mustonen, Siltaniemi, Larsson 2. Mäkinen, Messing, Kitala, Lydin F 3. Katajisto, T.Lahti, Oskarsson, Mårtensson 4. Lahti, Wall, Heikkilä, Messing 5. Mäkinen, Lydin, Larsson, T.Lahti R 6. Mustonen, Siltaniemi, Oskarsson, Mårtensson 7. Katajisto, Hillborg, T.Lahti, Larsson 8. Lahti, Oskarsson, Kitala, Mårtensson 9. Mustonen, Siltaniemi, Wall, Messing 10. Lahti, Mäkinen, Hillborg, Lydin 11. Mäkinen, Lydin, Larsson, Heikkilä F 12. Siltaniemi, Katajisto, Wall, Oskarsson 13. T.Lahti, Mustonen, Mårtensson, Larsson 14. Katajisto, Lahti, Hillborg, Wall 15. T.Lahti, Mäkinen, Oskarsson, Lydin 16. Hillborg, Siltaniemi, Lahti, Wall No time keeping Pictures HERE Edited April 20, 2009 by f-s-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) Makinen as usual nowhere. After failing at the qualifier on saturday he was again the top scorer on sunday. It wasn't a Premier league team that they were up against, but that was not the point of the weekend either. Actions of individual riders and practise was the name of the game. After the weekend I've heard a lot of positive feedback on Mäkinen (edit: his riding). If he could just keep his act together and focus on working hard to improve himself... Then he has the chance to pick up on his form as it was 13 months ago. Edited April 20, 2009 by f-s-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
