racers and royals

1st Huusko 2nd Hutla 3rd Koivula

Now at the business end of today’s meeting. live updates https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/1197/fim-europe-individual-ice-speedway-championship-varkaus.html

Max Fricke next.

Challenge or semi’s as i will call them are with these teams Group A Slovenia, Denmark, Ukraine and Norway Group B Czech Rep, France, Latvia and Sweden. No GB entry for the 2nd year running. just one meeting with the groups rides alternating between Group A and B. Meeting starts at 3pm local 2pm UK time.

Final announced as being at Rzeszow therefore means Poland won’t be involved in the Pardubice Semi’s

Change at 12 Ala-Riihimaki is injured and Andrej Divis replaces him.

Reminder meeting is tomorrow 2 pm UK time.

2nd and 3rd riders Kurtz Michelsen

Damian Ratajczak signs for Piraterna.

New format in 2026. Challenge is in Pardubice on Saturday 18th April - which is actually a fancy name for the 2 semi’s at the track in 1 day. Meetings are over 22 heats and teams have 4 riders plus an U 21 rider who ride in heats 9 and 18. Last four heats are nominated( heat 19 lowest scorers, heat 20 3rd highest etc etc if a team is 6 points behind the leading team in heats 5 to 22 ( not heats 9 and 18) they can use a tac sub just once. The final is on Saturday 9th May at a venue TBC. 2 winning teams in the Semi’s and highest 2nd qualify for the final.

Change for 2026 6 qualify from Challenge final 3 Wild card picks for the final rounds In 2025 it was 5 and 4

Early to mid March at the latest.

1pm UK time start- Bydgoszcz is 3.45pm UK time

Next 2 MJJ Gleb Chugunov

Shaping up to be a really decent line-up Zmarzlik Kurtz Lambert Bewley Janowski Prem Pawlicki

Sweden have named their 3 riders taking part in the Ice European Championships in Varkaus on Saturday 21st February. Niklas Svensson Melwin Bjorklin Isak Dekkerhus

1st Becker 2nd Rasmus Jensen 3rd Flint 4th Doyle( ef)

Doyle Becker Thorssell Flint Rasmus Jensen Dan Thompson Ruml Janniro etc etc

Meeting starts 8.30pm UK time. PPV here https://www.usaspeedwayracing.com/

Smektala signs for Piraterna.

Prem Pawlicki stays at Grindsted.

Fim-moto.TV have a great PPV offer for all 3 finals plus the Ice Speedway of Nations all for 15.90 Euro’s. https://fim-moto.tv/subscribe/products/69e872b7-f841-4114-b034-c09268b2b14d

And the field is complete by Pawelczak Cierniak

Which is the 3 round World Championships. The 16th rider in each round will be the local wildcard rider.

Rospiggarna with another top signing Piotr Pawlicki.