Ghostwalker

It seems that even if a team would earn themselves the right to promotion to Ekstraliga, it seems that it is possible that they could decline the promotion due to the much higher costs in Ekstraliga. Then for Daugavpils the issue seems to be that if they gain promotion right, they may not be granted a license as well as that the mean might not accept that they have to have 3 Polish riders in the team. If neither Ostrow or Daugavpils advances, then Grudziadz might be offered a place in EL. Dunno what happens if no teams want to go up and Zielona Gora goes bust. 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%2F547420%2Fbedzie-kolejny-konkurs-ofert-w-pge-ekstralidze&edit-text=

Remind me, how many times did Scott Nicholls and Chris Harris get a wild card? Link to heat 14 and Emil's incredible ride https://www.facebook.com/tv4sport/videos/vb.125840924102392/1022279264458549/?type=2&theater

Hampel will/should get one if he wants it. Lindbäck because of his form this season. Kildemand maybe but spends too much time lying down on the track so I'll give it to MJJ instead. 4th wild card, I don't know, maybe Vaculik, maybe Przemyslaw Pawlicki maybe Dudek. Imo no other Swede desrve a wild card. Grigorij Laguta haven't been that good this season and I don't think he is interested anyway. I also don't think the tracks in SGP suits his riding style, he is a too slow gater .

Sorry I looked at the wrong rule. The correct rule (* 10.1.8 Skiljeheat vid samma antal förarpoäng i Race Off:) says: So 2 riders from each team in maximum 3 heats. Whatever team first gets a heat point advantage (3-0,3-2,4-2,5-1,5-0) wins the total.

Most people believe that the reason for his absence is due something else then lack of funds or etc.

Yes, correct, there will be a race off heat. Each team nominates one rider+reserve, Winner of heat wins the total.(rule 10.1.7.1). I don't know about much THJ's private life except that he and his then gf, got married this summer and they also have 1 or 2 kids together. Besides from that I don't know of anything regarding his private life.

R/R, all except Emil and Bartoz are eligible http://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/ljung-missar-finalen/ http://www.svemo.se/Speedway Heat 14: https://www.facebook.com/tv4sport/videos/vb.125840924102392/1022279264458549/?type=2&theater

No Ljung tomorrow

Trick did a similar move at Cardiff whatever year it was.

Emil wow

It was and he was xd but imo Joel vas also inside That was a superb pass by Artem.

Attendance 3563

www.svemo.se/speedway http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=4648&ShowAll=true

Yes that is correct. Weather looking good now though. A really nice sunset. http://imgur.com/a1GXepx

Track grading in progress http://imgur.com/a/Qv8w9

Wolverhampton seems to be interested in Swedish talent Joel Andersson who is a team mate with Freddie in Indianerna in Sweden. http://na.se/sporten/speedway/1.3156582-indiantalangen-proffsaktuell

No, only that they will use R/R for him if he isn't fit to ride. Holta also seems to be injured and if he can't ride, they'll replace him with Klindt.

The rule changes for 2016 have been presented: http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_10043/cf_44/Beslutsprotokoll_9_Track_Racing_g-llande_regler_20.PDF

Thanks for the explanation Krompa, I actually thought that they had run-offs like we do in Sweden.

First post updated with line-ups for the first final. Both final will be shown live on Eurosport 2 (both UK and continental) at 6pm UK time / 19.00 CEST. I think the first final will be close and quite entertaining (if Indianerna have manage to sort out last weeks' ate bias and slickness of the track) while the second final should be pretty dull. Peter Ljung's participation is still uncertain and no definite decision have been taken. http://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/efter-skadan-vetlanda-tittar-pa-alternativ/ If PL cannot ride, they'll likely bring in Jacob Thorssell and/or Magnus Karlsson.

At Friends Arena, yes that have been the case. However, adjacent to the arena, a new large shopping mall will open in November so there will be cafés. restaurants, pubs, bars and etc for future events but obviously not for this year. I also think the date is not very suitable. It's late September and we're well into the autumn. Sure it can be quite nice but it's not the same as the summer (especially if the weather is nice).

Przedpelski is wild card: http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/09/13/sgp-przedpelski-far-fortroendet-pa-hemmabanan/ Piort Pawlicki and Bartosz Zmarzlik are track reserves.

They scrapped the average cap so I assume that it is a large contributing factor.

It seems that Falubaz has some serious financial problems and it is not know if they will be allowed to participate in the Polish leagues next year, 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%2F546517%2Fkryzys-finansowy-w-falubazie-ponad-milion-zlotych-dlugu&edit-text=

The driving distance is about 10km, but there are hardly any place near the Arena to park you car, by public transport it will take almost 40 minutes with commuter train and it's basically the only option to get to the arena (except for organized bus trips). I'd like to see some proof of this, since I am pretty sure that that the location does affect the attendance. Definitely not the entire reason but just as definitely a part of it, just as the lack of a competitive Swedish rider is. That said there is no suitable arena in central Stockholm. The arena previously used in Stockholm, the Olympic stadium, is now a dedicated arena for athletics and since they built new running tracks a few years ago, it is not allowed to cover the tracks with gravel. So the only other option in Stockholm would be Tele 2 arena which is located just south of central Stockholm. It is smaller then Friends but more accessible by both car (shorter drive and plenty of paring garages in the area) and public transport (subway). It probably would be cheaper to rent as well.