Ice Speedway 2012/13

[rusky 113]

Like Rusky,i thought the stream was superb.The rider pics on the graphics looked a bit amateur,cut out with no background and what happened to the Bauer photo?And as ever the problem of the same riders not looking into the camera,whether photo or video grrrrrr.Can't really complain with the result.Best team won,even if it would have been nice to have an Austrian win.Seemed to me that mistakes made the final placings rather than racing.Bauer mucked up one turn and i wonder if Klabo is top fit.He did miss a meeting a couple of weeks back with illness.He didn't seem himself.Was good to see some of the best heats from day 1.Thought Aakko was unlucky against Poland.He had that race in the bag imo until Strugala fell and in the re-run Knapp took his chance.Dissapointed in Pletschacher who normally is quick out of the gate,but Bauer didn't have much back up,same with Aakko(pity Järf wasn't there)and Knapp.Will Finland make way for the Netherlands next year?

What was the problem with the track.Not very good a Belgian/Dutch,but it seemed the commentator was talking about mayybe a 1 or 2 hour delay or even postponing the meeting until today?The riders seemed to have a track walk and obviously found the track ok.But did drag things out a bit,especially for the fans out in the cold.Did seem to be lots of track prep breaks or was that just my impression?

 

At one point they cut back to the TVP presenter who passed comment in English about the delays.

[Conkers 67]

Team Ice Speedway Gladiators Final, Sanok, Poland 25th/26th January 2013

[Ghostwalker 1,859]

The weather forecast for the Individual Swedish ice racing championship final looks promising.

A few days of warmer weather will be followed by a change to back to colder weather.

 

http://www.smhi.se/vadret/vadret-i-sverige/land?pp=http://www.smhi.se/produktportal-1.0//hourByHourTable.do?geonameid=2715953

 

The final will be held at Smederna's track about 12km north west of Eskilstuna.

[Conkers 67]

MOTUL ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1

KRASNAGORSK, RUSSIA

Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd February, 2013

 

Result: (Russia Unless stated)

Day 1:

Danil Ivanov 21 (15 +3 +3),

Dmitri Koltakov 18 (13 +3 +2),

Dmitri Khomitsevich 17 (14 +2 +1),

Pawel Tschajka 13 (11 +2 +0),

Vitalli Khomitsevich 11 (10 +1),

Franz Zorn (Austria) 11 (10 +1),

Harald Simon (Austria) 9 (9 +0),

Sergei Makharov 8 (8 +0),

Eduard Krysov 8,

Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 7,

Robert Henderson (Sweden) 4,

Antti Aakko (Finland) 3,

Gunther Bauer (Germany) 3,

Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 2,

Rene Stellingwerf (Holland) 2,

Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 1

 

SF 1: Ivanov, Tschajka, Zorn, Simon

SF 2: Koltakov,D. Khomitsevich, V. Khomitsevich, Makharov

F: Ivanov, Koltakov, D. Khomitsevich, Tschajka

 

Day 2:

Ivanov 19 (14 +2 +3),

D. Khomitsevich 18 (13 +3 +2),

Koltakov 17 (14 + 2 +1),

Tschajka 12 (9 +3 +0),

Krysov 12 (11+1),

Makharov 9 (8+1),

V. Khomitsevich 13 (13 +f),

Simon 8 (8+0),

Aakko 7,

Svensson 6,

Bauer 4,

Zorn 3,

Pletschacher 3,

Knapp 2,

Vasilli Kosov (res) 2,

Evgeny Kosov (res) 2,

Stellingwerf 1,

Henderson 0.

 

SF 1: Tschajka, Ivanov, Makharov, V. Khomitsevich (fell)

SF 2: D. Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Krysov, Simon

F: Ivanov, D. Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Tschajka

 

Overall (after 2 rounds):

Ivanov 40,

D. Khomitsevich 35,

Koltakov 35,

Tschajka 25,

V. Khomitsevich 24,

Krysov 20,

Makharov* 17,

Simon 17,

Zorn 14,

Svensson 13,

Aakko 10,

Bauer 7,

Henderson 4,

Knapp 4,

Pletschacher 4,

Stellingwerf 3.

 

* = Wildcard

Edited February 3, 2013 by Conkers

[f-s-p 832]

A quali for the Finnish final (Feb 16th at Joensuu) this sunday at Kuortane.

 

1. Sami Räsänen P-KMK, 2. Henri Pekkala OMK , 3. Markku Weckman MP-tuki , 4. Mika Kastren P-KMK , 5. Olli-Pekka Mäki PirMM , 6. Teppo Toivola ASMP, 7. Esko Rantanen PirMM, 8. Mats Järf VaMK , 9. Jens Budden, Saksa , 10. Mika Helin FMS , 11. Tommi Suolammi HäMK , 12. Ari Tuomisto FMS, 13. Sami Hassinen P-KMK, 14. Matias Rantala PirMM , 15. Pertti Flink P-KMK 16. Mikko Jetsonen P-KMK.

 

6+2 through with Weckman, Hassinen and Jetsonen already qualified but riding to get full heats.

[iris123 21,079]

Jens Budden?Isn't he a german sidecar rider or something,just turned to then sport?Is "Saksa" germany?What is he doing in the Finnish qualis

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

Yeah he's a German dude, started this year with icespeedway, but only for fun.

[f-s-p 832]

Jens Budden?Isn't he a german sidecar rider or something,just turned to then sport?Is "Saksa" germany?What is he doing in the Finnish qualis

All the Finnish finals are open to all nationalities. Budden is a friend of Jouni Seppänen (and other Finnish ice racing people) and was somehow talked in to it last year. Was 17th in last years final after being reserve and failing to score in his only heat (if I remember right).

[Conkers 67]

SAMARA REGION GOVERNORS CUP

Togliatti, Wednesday 6th February 2013

Result: (Russia unless stated)

1. Nikolai Krasnikov (3,0,3,3,3) 12+3 & Gunther Bauer (Germany) (ef, 2,1,2,2) 7 = 19+3

2. Eduard Krysov (2,3,2,1,3) 11 & Harald Simon (Austria) (1,0,3,2,2) 8+2 = 19+

3. Sergei Karachintsev (2,3,1,3,2) 11 & Franz Zorn (Austria) (1,1,0,1,3) 6 = 1

4. Danil Ivanov (3,3,3,3,0) 12 & Antti Aakko (Finland) (0,0,2,NR,ef) 2 (Mikhail Litvinov 1)= 15

5. Igor Kononov (2,2,2,0,0) 6 & Stefan Svensson (Sweden) (1,1,2,0,1) 5

6. Dmitri Khomitsevich (3, f) 3 & Robert Henderson (Sweden) (0,2,0,1,1) 4 (Litvinov 2) = 9

[f-s-p 832]

Kauhajoki club announces a test match date between Sweden and Finland on February 23rd at Kauhajoki. Finnish final has received a lot of entries and a qualifier will most likely get arranged.

Svemo was unwilling to put their feet down and say if they were coming or not, so the test match was abandoned. In the end there's no meeting whatsoever at Kauhajoki on the 23rd. An individual was also in the cards.

[iris123 21,079]

http://www.speedweek.de/art_32833.html

[Ghostwalker 1,859]

Daniel Henderson tries out the Swedish Championship venue:

[moxey63 1,785]

I was really disappointed with Motors TV showing of the opening Ice Speedway rounds. Why don't they show all the race instead of showing them in six different parts over 10 seconds.

[Conkers 67]

MOTUL ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2,

Togliatti, Saturday 9th February & Sunday 10th February 2013

 

Day 1 Result (Russia unless stated):

Danil Ivanov 21 (15 +3 +3)

Dmitri Koltakov 19 (14 +3 +2)

Dmitri Khomitsevich 16 (13 +2 +1)

Franz Zorn (Austria) 12 (10 +2 +0)

Pawel Tschajka 11 (10 +1)

Harald Simon 10 (10 +d)

Eduard Krysov 10 (10 +d)

Sergei Karachintsev 9 (9 +0)

Vitalli Khomitsevich 7

Gunther Bauer (Germany) 5

Stefan Svensson (Sweden)5

Andrei Gavrilkin (Res) 3

Rene Stellingwerf (Holland) 3

Robert Henderson (Sweden) 3

Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 2

Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 1

Antti Aakko (Finland) 0

 

SF 1: Ivanov, Zorn Krysov (d), Simon (d)

SF 2: Koltakov, D. Khomitsevich, Tschajka, Karachintsev

F: Ivanov, Koltakov, D. Khomitsevich, Zorn

 

Overall (after 3 rounds)

Ivanov 61

Koltakov 54

D. Khomitsevich 51

Tschajka 36

V. Khomitsevich 31

Krysov 30

Simon 27

Zorn 26

Svensson 18

Makharov* 17

Bauer 12

Aakko 10

Karachintsev * 9

Henderson 7

Knapp 6

Stellingwerf 6

Pletschacher 5

Edited February 9, 2013 by Conkers

[f-s-p 832]

I was really disappointed with Motors TV showing of the opening Ice Speedway rounds. Why don't they show all the race instead of showing them in six different parts over 10 seconds.

They possibly want to keep it exciting? Something that a full 59 second heat would not be viewed from tv...