Ghostwalker

Imo the whole meaning of being a pro is that it's a work and not a hobby. A professional sportsman/woman is someone who have their sport as their work and that they earn enough to live from it.

Judging by the headline Locomotive Daugavpils might not be an Ekstraliga team next season. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A//sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/wideo/18221/lokomotiv-ze-zwyciestwem-nplz-ale-z-marnymi-szansami-na-awans

From what I've read earlier, it ís too soon to say if DP will/can be allowed to take the step up to EL. It was something about a license and that DP would have to make lots of changes such as accept that there have to be two Polish U21 riders+minimum one other Polish rider in each lineup.

More info about ZG and Hampel. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsportowefakty.wp.pl%2Fzuzel%2F549274%2Fjaroslaw-hampel-walczy-o-kase-z-falubazu-moze-stracic-prawie-pol-miliona-zlotych&edit-text=

Link: http://www.dackarna.nu/sv/nyheter/nyheter/e/5446/swedish-fim-speedway-grand-prix-stannar-i-malilla-i-3-ar-till/

Vargarna and Norrköping municipality have extended the leasehold agreement with one year to get some more time to try and resolve the disagreements between the three clubs that are based at Kråkvilan. So expect to see the final for next year's individual Swe Champ at Kråkvilan during SM-veckan. http://www.vargarnaspeedway.se/klubben-informerar/arrendeavtalet-forlangt-med-ett-ar/ Jacob Thorssell haver decided to remain with Västervik in Allsvenskan, however no news regarding a new team for him in Elitserien. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/09/25/thorssell-stannar-vastervik/

Linus Sundström will stay with Masarna in Elitserien. Jonas Davidsson and Robin Aspegren will not remain at Västervik but Peter Ljung will. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/09/24/vastervik-skeppar-ivag-aspegren-och-davidsson/

Even if Ostrow would manage to win the total they are not sure if they could afford to accept promotion since they would need to at a minimum double their budget from 2.5 million Zloty (~4'300'000) to 5 million Zloty (~870'000). https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsportowefakty.wp.pl%2Fzuzel%2F549372%2Fmiroslaw-wodniczak-potrzebujemy-piec-milionow-na-ekstralige&edit-text=

Yes that is correct.

I'm not watching either but according to reports track was ruined by some rain but meeting was still able to go ahead. After 5 heats Masarna have a 21-9 lead in the meeting which makes 20 overall so I'd say that Masarna have the promotion in the bag now. Another 5-1 in heat 6 so it's 26-10 in the meeting and 24p overall. Masarna needs only 6 more points with 6 heats to go. After 10 heats the standings are 41-19, only one more point needed for Masarna. Attendance 4024 people !!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations Masarna to the promotion to Elitserien!!!!!

Rospiggarna have signed Krzysztof Buczkowski.

Yeah personummer (personal identification number) requires a very specific format (dob+4 last digits : yymmdd+XXXX). I guess you could use your dob+any random 4 digits but the risk is that you uses someone else's number which would be very illegal. However you can also contact the newspaper at: http://kundservice.mittmedia.se/dt/fragor_svar#selected and click on övrigt.

Actually not, I think it is only 2 -3 teams that owns their track, however regardless all money earned goes to the club but (some of ) those who doesn't own their track will have to pay rent (or lease agreement in one case). My team Smederna pays an annual rent of about 190'000SEK which is about £15'000. Although it's likely for all teams that races under the Smederna banner which is the main team, the Elit-B team and the youth (80cc) team. The latter have it's own smaller 80cc track located behind the back straight stands. I think it's pretty much the same here, except that some teams, like Smederna, that are very good at having a presence on social media (twitter, instagram & Facebook) but proper advertising? Not so much except maybe a small advert in the local newspaper on race days. I think it's pretty much the same for the other teams but I don't know.

Not more ridiculous then Greg just managing getting into the semis just to win the entire GP.

The second leg of the Allsvenskan final will be broadcasted live at: http://www.dt.se/sport/motor/live-tv-masarna-kan-ga-upp-se-finalmotet-med-vargarna However this is only available if you register for a premium account BUT everyone can register and try it for free according to the info.

Technically, it is a commercial business which means that they do whatever is good for their business. The "sport" part will therefore be secondary to the business part, which is why we have allot of temporary tracks.

Based on what?

so? almost every Swedish rider in Elitserien (except Lindgren and Jonsson) also rides in Allsvenskan.

There is also the Allsvenskan final in Avesta on Thursday evening in case someone is here by then.

Absolutely, but is is worth the sacrifice by not being home with your family more then maybe 1 day in the week?

Peter Ljung have signed with Dackarna. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/09/21/ljung-klar-for-dackarna/

I think speedway teams can have good team feel as well. Particular Smederna's riders have said that there is a good team spirit in the team. Even if the riders ride in different leagues on different days, the team manager (if skilled enough) can create a "we feel" in the team. I also see it as a good thing that the riders "doesn't know what the score is" (so they claim) since then they might be more focused on just riding. Personally I do think the riders have a pretty good idea about the score, maybe not the exact numbers but large/small lead/trail or more or less even.

What? I'm not watching since my internet connection have been filled with syrup.

Well compared to last season there is a small difference (~180 average) which can be explained by the unusual bad weather with lot's of postponed meetings. In general the attendance have been pretty stable for quite many years with some fluctuations in both directions from one season to another. Also have in mind that most teams are located outside the bigger cities. Of the 15 biggest cities/municipalities in Sweden, only Eskilstuna (14th biggest,Smederna) is the only one to have a team in Elitserien. Stockholm (biggest city and capital) have a team in div1, Malmö (3rd biggest) have team that finished last in Allsvenskan. Second city Göteborg haven't had a team in almost 10 years. 4th city Uppsala's nearest team is 60km away on a fairly narrow/unstraight country side road. Linköping (5) used to have a team in Div1 but they dropped their 500cc team due to being unable to afford an airfence. 6th city Örebro have team about 50km south in Kumla, then 9th city Norrköping have an Allsvenskan team (Vargarna). Also have in mind that the (relevant*) population of Sweden is about 35% smaller then the population of Metropolitan London... *the population in Norrland (12% of the population) except Gävle (about 100k population) is not relevant due to the large distances to the nearest league track.

Firefox and WOT gives me massive waning lights for this website. Based on that I would recommend you to avoid it. However Alan's link in post 2020 seems to work fine and no warnings.