racers and royals

I wouldn`t call 9 meetings for Region Varde in 2022 odd meetings.

If he started a race and got excluded and injured means he raced. If the 17 or 18 failed to score he would finish 16th and score a point. Injured in Practice means he didn`t start in the meeting and the reserves would take his rides. If neither scored reserve no 17 would take precedent and score a point.

That`s FSP he does like a drink or three

Jason Doyle along with Fricke and Jack Holder are riding in the 5 round 2023 championships in January.

Reports suggest Extraleague fixtures will be announced on Thursday December 15th.

Prem Pawlicki joins Piraterna.

Fricke stays with Indianerna

Kevin Juhl Pedersen stays at Grindsted.

The F 1 comparison is more like the reserve list GP riders replacing injured riders pre the meeting starting. the GP meeting reserves are normally youngsters who would just get the 1 GP experience and i just think GP points should be restricted to the 15 plus WC and riders off the reserve list.

Well if the 4 riders in heat 17 finished in positions 1,4,6 and 7 in the intermediate classification that would take some doing What i only found out last season is that the GP points from 20 down to 1 cover riders 1 to 18 on the night. I don`t think it`s right that a rider in the permanent 15 if injured in his 1st ride would score 0 points if the reserve scored as his replacement in the remaining heats. Imagine if the leader of the championship going into the final round just needed a point to be WC and was injured in his 1st ride and wouldn`t get a GP point unless the reserves also failed to score in the 4 rides they covered- could a few bob change hands

Why heat 20 ? there could be a big pile up in heat 19 Are you saying that anyone in the top 8 after 20 heats who cannot ride in the semi`s should be replaced by the next in line and their finishing place( points scored) is adjusted accordingly ? Not sure i agree with that.

Interesting question - and i believe the answer to be no the ninth rider is not allowed to ride and it would be three riders only. i have come to that conclusion because the 2022 rules do not mention about promotion for the 9th rider(that i can see). https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2022/FIM_Speedway_Grand_Prix_World_Championship_rulebook_2022_-_14.08.pdf?t=1669716095

Polish Media reporting that Scott Nicholls and Hans Andersen have joined Rawicz- not confirmed.

No incorrect- all Polish signed riders in all 3 leagues is now 2 other countries only( out of Sweden Denmark and GB) From the rules 33) subject to the provisions of § 8 sec. 7, compliance with the limits on starts in league meetings: a) only 3 national leagues for DMP rider, including Polish league b) only 3 national leagues for DM I and II Leagues, including Polish league

I wasn`t so shabby myself- RR for Tara O` Callaghan all season and objecting to Oxford successfully when they broke the rules

Presumably they only have sole authority within the SCB rulebook- the BSPL were no doubt interpreting a rule one way and when the SCB got involved interpreted it another way- typical badly worded rules !!!

I think the UK is considered as 1 of the 2 other leagues( so Premiership/Championship is counted as 1)a Polish league rider can sign for.

Tickets are on sale for the GP and the GP3 final on the Friday night. https://www.malillagp.se/biljetter/?fbclid=IwAR36U97o9OZ1aHeciQgdM0mxc8VwYxYrcHX04Gtj5MxLgD_Qokec737rMHo

Kim Nilsson stays with Rospiggarna

Is a bit- but they were probably struggling to get tracks interested in holding a qualifier so said to Vojens you can have a final if you also do a qualifier

Oskar Polis rides for Slangerup.

From Pardubice(translated) " The golden helmet of the city of Pardubice knows the date for next year. It will be held again at the end of September, this time on September 24, 2023. There will be no Speedway Grand Prix round or other world-class race on the date that could disrupt driver contracts. There will also be a Golden Ribbon, this time the 49th edition. Flat track category motorcycles will also race on the Svítkov track during the final race of the World Championship. The venue of the European Individual Championships, which took place this year on the Friday before the helmet, will be decided in the coming days. Presale of tickets should start on 1/12/2022, tickets will be at reduced prices for the first fifty days".

FIM SGP2 World Championship – Qualifying Meetings 20 May ACCR Qualifying round Pardubice Czech Republic 20 May AMZS Qualifying round Krsko Slovenia 20 May DMU Qualifying round Vojens Denmark FIM SGP3 World Championship – Semi finals 12 July SVEMO Semi final 1 Västervik Sweden 12 July SVEMO Semi final 2 Västervik Sweden

Now confirmed- along with qualification meetings 27 May SMF Qualifying round Zarnovica Slovakia 27 May FMI Qualifying round Lonigo Italy 29 May DMSB Qualifying round Abensberg Germany 29 May MAMS Qualifying round Debrecen Hungary 19 August SVEMO Challenge Gislaved Sweden

In full 2023 meetings will be held on Tuesdays only, except for Rounds 10 and 12, where there will be meetings on both Tuesday AND Wednesday. May 2, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 1) Masarna – Dackarna Indianerna – Piraterna Vastervik – Lejonen Rospiggarna – Smererna May 09 2023 (Tuesday – Round 2) Smederna – Vastervik Lejonen – Rospiggarna Dackarna – Indianerna Piraterna – Masarna May 16, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 3) Rospiggarna – Dackarna Piraterna – Lejonen Vastervik – Masarna Indianerna – Smederna May 23, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 4) Dackerna – Vastervik Lejonen – Indianerna Masarna – Rospiggarna Smederna – Piraterna May 30, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 5) Vastervik – Rospiggarna Piraterna – Dackarna Indianerna – Masarna Lejonen – Smederna June 6, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 6) Vastervik – Piraterna Masarana – Lejonen Dackarna – Smederna Rospiggarna – Indianerna June 13, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 7) Piraterna – Vastervik Lejonen – Masarna Smederna – Dackarna Indianerna – Rospiggarna June 20, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 8) Masarna – Indianerna Dackarna – Piraterna Rospiggarna – Vastervik Smederna – Lejonen July 4, 2022 (Tuesday – Round 9) Vastervik – Indianerna Smederna – Masarna Lejonen – Dackarna Piraterna - Rospiggarna July 5, 2023 (Wednesday – Round 10) Rospiggarna – Piraterna Dackarna – Lejonen Masarna – Smederna Indianerna – Vastervik July 18, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 11) Rospiggarna – Masarna Piraterna – Smederna Vastervik – Dackarna Indianerna – Lejonen July 19, 2023 (Wednesday – Round 12) Masarna – Vastervik Lejonen – Piraterna Smederna – Indianerna Dackarna – Rospiggarna August 1, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 13) Vastervik – Smederna Rospiggarna – Lejonen Indianerna – Dackarna Masarna – Piraterna August 8, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 14) Lejonen – Vastervik Piraterna – Indianerna Dackarna – Masarna Smederna – Rospiggarna After the regular season, teams 3-6 go to the quarter-finals, where the 3rd chooses whether they want to face teams 5 or 6 in the regular season. The winners of the quarter-finals go to the semi-finals, where teams 1-2 from the regular season await. The league winner chooses which of the quarter-final winners they want to face. The winners of the semi-finals go to the final. All playoff matches are played as double-headers where the best-placed teams choose whether to start at home or away. August 15, 2023 (Tuesday – Quarter finals 1st legs) August 22, 2023 (Tuesday – Quarter finals 2nd legs) August 29, 2023 (Tuesday – Semi finals 1st legs) September 5, 2023 (Tuesday – Semi finals 2nd legs) September 12, 2023 (Tuesday – Final 1st leg) September 19, 2023 (Tuesday – Final 2nd leg)