steve69 49 Posted March 17, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 7:33 PM, Mr Ore said: Finnish final Pyynikin Stadium, Tampere, 1 p.m. Saturday 11th March 1. Mats Järf, VaMK 14+3 2. Matti Isoaho, OMK 10+2+2 3. Christer Biskop, KPMK 14+1 4. Heikki Huusko, KaMK 11+3+0 5. Aki Ala-Riihimäki, SeMK 10+1 6. Tomi Norola, SsMK 10+0 7. Topi Mustonen, HMK 8 8. Timo Kankkunen, VRT 8 9. Atte Suolammi, HäMK 7 10. Max Koivula, KaMoKe 6 11. Markku Weckman, HyMK 5 12. Artturi Ervasti, OMK 5 13. Jukka-Pekka Seppä, VaMP 4 14. Jussi Hulkkonen, VRT 3 15. Mika Helin, FMS 3 16. Jani-Pekka Koivula, KaMoKe (reserve) 1 17. Rami Systa, JaMoKe/UA 0 18 Tommi Suolammi (reserve) dnr Spent an enjoyable weekend in Finland, to take in this event. A packed crowd in the grandstand and open back straight seating had a great time, in what may well be the final such event in the stadium. Mats Järf showed his quality in being the ultimate winner following an opening heat collision with Atte Suolammi, which left him writhing on the ice in a great deal of pain, for several minutes. Following an ambulance ride he returned for the rerun. Possible premeeting favourite Max Koivula, never recovered from an opening heat ef, and another in his third ride before showing his quality with a showboating win in his final race. This left Järf, the deserved winner coming from the back in each race to claim the title. My predicted winner, Heikki Huusko, following a great start gradually slipped back to finish 4th, as Järf, went in the opposite direction to take the spoils, There are the semi-final+final races on youtube. Jääspeedway SM 2023, Tampere, Pyynikki - Semifinaali ja finaali Likk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdWZD9khA2A Also, just registered on the fim moto tv. for the Gladiators meetings this weekend. Pretty straight forward should anyone be interested. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,736 Posted March 17, 2023 https://fim-moto.tv/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,736 Posted March 18, 2023 Day 1 result https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/621/fim-ice-speedway-world-championship-final-1-inzell.html Day 2 live updates https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/622/fim-ice-speedway-world-championship-final-2-inzell.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,736 Posted March 19, 2023 Martin Haarahiltunen from Sweden is the 2023 Ice Speedway world champion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve69 49 Posted March 19, 2023 What a joke!!!! 2 riders finish on equal points & we should have had a run off for 2nd & the FIM award on countback. The commentators at their live official feed didn`t even know it. Could have been a great ending to the World Championship. Already messed up the scoring system now having reduced the World Championship from 23 heats to 21 heats they bring this in. It really need someone in the organisation with a bit of back bone to stand up for the sport rather a bunch of yes people!!! Glad I didn`t bother going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,736 Posted March 19, 2023 The FIM in conjunction with DMV Landesgruppe Südbayern, the organiser of this weekend’s 2023 FIM Ice Speedway World Championship finals at Inzell, is pleased to announce that next year’s finals will return to the Max Aicher Arena in the German city on 23-24 March 2024. The organisers have been an integral part of the FIM Ice Speedway World Championship since 1968 and with eleven-thousand fans in attendance this weekend this new agreement will extend their involvement, further raising the sport’s profile. Armando Castagna, FIM Track Racing Commission Director, said: “The FIM Ice Speedway World Championship has been suffering a lot in the last three years and we are delighted to see the light at the end of the tunnel by announcing a fifty-sixth collaboration with Inzell and DMSB for 2024. The Max Aicher Arena is a fantastic stadium for Ice Speedway and the DMV Landesgruppe Südbayer team members are very skilled people. We can see again this year the level of organisation and the FIM Track Racing Commission is very excited to work again with such experienced people. I'm personally delighted and I really hope that Inzell will be on our Ice Speedway calendar for many years to come." Kai Schmiedeknecht, DMV Landesgruppe Südbayern CEO, stated: “Ice speedway fans can look forward to top events in Inzell. On 23-24 March 2024 the world elite will meet again in the Max Aicher Arena to hold exciting races there. Even before the current FIM Ice Speedway World Championship final, the DMV Landesgruppe Südbayern agreed with the FIM on another very successful cooperation that had existed since 1968. The professional and constructive cooperation between the FIM and the DMV Landesgruppe Südbayern has achieved spectacular results over the decades. We are proud to be able to host a world championship in Germany and to welcome the international racing circuit here in Bavaria.” FIM and DMV Landesgruppe Südbayern Communications Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted March 20, 2023 11 hours ago, steve69 said: What a joke!!!! 2 riders finish on equal points & we should have had a run off for 2nd & the FIM award on countback. The commentators at their live official feed didn`t even know it. No only a run-off for 1st place... "The final overall ISG classification In case of riders involved in a tie on the final overall ISG classification, at the end of the ISG series, the following will apply: 1. Run-off for 1 st place. For all other placings: Precedence will be given to the rider having the greatest amount of ISG 1st place results, followed by 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on in the current season. If the tie still persists precedence will be given to the rider with the highest final classification at the last round of the current season." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesHarris 390 Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, steve69 said: What a joke!!!! 2 riders finish on equal points & we should have had a run off for 2nd & the FIM award on countback. The commentators at their live official feed didn`t even know it. Could have been a great ending to the World Championship. Already messed up the scoring system now having reduced the World Championship from 23 heats to 21 heats they bring this in. It really need someone in the organisation with a bit of back bone to stand up for the sport rather a bunch of yes people!!! Glad I didn`t bother going. To be honest I found the event to be a bit of an anti-climax. Without the Russians I was expecting it to be a lot closer but in the end Haarahiltunen completely dominated (well done to him by the way). As controversial as it may be the World Championship is missing the quality of racing the Russians bring. Edited March 20, 2023 by JamesHarris 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,995 Posted March 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, JamesHarris said: To be honest I found the event to be a bit of an anti-climax. Without the Russians I was expecting it to be a lot closer but in the end Haarahiltunen completely dominated (well done to him by the way). As controversial as it may be the World Championship is missing the quality of racing the Russians bring. Obviously a lack of quality in depth without the Russians. Zorn and Simon are past their best, plus Zorn was still suffering the after effects of Covid, so he said. Plus Weber also suffering. Still, 11,000 over the weekend is a healthy crowd, who probably don't really care much 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted March 20, 2023 Completely sold out on the saturday evening, and near to be sold out on the sunday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,736 Posted July 19, 2023 Sad news from Sweden that 34 year old Ice racer Dennis Andersson has been found dead and is believed to have taken his own life. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwantz34 17 Posted November 2, 2023 I see Heerenveen is having finals 3 and 4 on the 6th and 7th April 2024 according to FIM website. No tickets released on their website yet though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
