Ghostwalker

A referee threatened to cancel the meeting between Munkebo and Esbjerg unless Munkebo immediately put some flood lights up. Eventually Munkebo managed to borrow some lights normally used a construction sites and put them on the inner field protected by hay bals (balls?) However the referee was not impressed since temporary solutions both poses a safety risk as well as well as obstructing the view. Munkebo claimed that they had received approval from a DMU official but DMU claims that they hadn't approved it. The article doesn't say if the meeting was held or postponed. http://www.fyens.dk/sport/Munkebo-tvunget-til-at-fjerne-lyssaetning/artikel/2772901#sportfyn

Yes and no. A team cannot sign new riders for the play offs but they can, anytime during the season, replace a rider that is projected to be out for at least 4 weeks. Then there is some limits regarding averages and etc. However Janowski's average from last season is lower then Darcy's average so that should be possible.

As it have been said already, reducing power is itself not a good idea since that is one of the current issues. If you reduce power then the bikes will struggle even more to ride on anything else then super slick tracks and that would be very boring to watch. The solution would rather be to make sure the bikes have more torque on lower rpms. As it is now the bikes requires more or less full throttle to function properly. If you don't give enough gas the bikes will lift or stop sliding with crashes as a result.

I don't know about the UK tracks but 8 years ago Kenny Olsson crashed at Kråkvilan in Norrköping and later died at the hospital.

The way as some of the Swedish riders do, and that is by working.

All 6 play off meetings will be televised. Indianerna chooses to start in Motala next week. So that makes : September 1st Dackarna - Elit Vetlanda and Piraterna - Indianerna. September 8th Elit Vetlanda - Dackarna and Indianerna - Piraterna Primary tv-meeting next week have not been decided yet.

"Play off" selections : next week : Dackarna - Elit Vetlanda, not known yet if Indianerna chooses to start at home or away.

The referee is having a bad hair day. Two bad calls. Superb pass by Michelsen. H15 Engman and Greg for Piraterna, Przemyslaw Pawlicki and Michelsen for Smederna. Possibly Zorro's last Elitserien meeting?

No, muddy, muddier and muddiest. It's 300km mud wrestling by motorcycle. Quite often with temperatures around zero and occasional snow. Although not that dangerous but very very exhausting.

2+2 for Broberg so far.

Ambulance have stayed at the track so likely nothing serious that requires emergency treatment.

It's the same story every season. Kenni finds good form and then becomes injured. It is the second time this season he is injured. At least Kenni could seat himself on stretcher. Nothing broken for Kenni but most likely a hard concussion.

First point ever in Elitserien for Rasmus Broberg. Nasty crash Not looking good.

Indianerna - Lejonen expected to start at 20.15

Also Smederna's Rasmus Broberg is doing his first Elitserien meeting ever.

Then you have not seen Novemberkåsan. The riders there are beyond mad.

start time changed to 19.45 Blue sky is visible on the TV images and the sun is starting to come out.

Alan, also don't forget Kim Jansson and Robin Johansson. Two former Smederna riders who now are paraplegic.

Meeting delayed to 19.30 at the earliest. Track prep in progress. No more rain expected so I am certain that the meeting will go ahead.

"Artem Laguta: I want to continue to ride in extraligue (there) are already three offers". https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv?sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/542256/artiom-laguta-chce-dalej-jezdzic-w-ekstralidze-sa-juz-trzy-oferty

Nasty accidents happens at all kinds of track. Kenny Olsson was killed on Kråkvilan which is the shortest track in Sweden and it's very criticized by fans for being "dangerous" (too short/tight). Kim Jansson became paralysed when he was involved in a crash. The Henderson brothers were in front of Kim, they got tangled up and crashed. Kim couldn't avoid them, crashed himself and landed so bad that his spine broke leaving him paralysed. There was no airfence then but it would not have made a difference as the accident happened mid-track. I don't bike speed is that relevant. 70km/h or 90km/h will both be potentially lethal if a rides crashes and falls of in the wrong way.

Artem Laguta have pulled out of tomorrow's meeting between Indianerna and Lejonen. According to Daniel Andersson, team manager for Indianerna, artem is too shaken to be able to ride. Dalle says that this have affected Artem very hard and that Artem isn't feeling well. Scott Nicholls will replace Artem. http://na.se/sporten/speedway/1.3123089-efter-chocken-laguta-lamnar-aterbud Chris Holder won't ride tomorrow either (understandably), so Adrian Miedzinski and Jonas Davidsson will replace Ward and Holder. http://www.corren.se/nyheter/han-kommer-inte-kora-speedway-mer-8512013.aspx

Agreed. I also don't think that nothing is done to improve safety. I think while there is allot that can be done, it likely isn't as easy as some seems to think. Neither is there a fix that solves/covers all problems. I.e. Iainb's solution for plastic cladding for the airfences. It might prevent some accidents but it might also cause other severe accidents after which means that they are not a viable solution. If you want plastic cladding on the airfences, then you need to firmly attach them to the airfences in some way and that attaching method might also prove to be a safety risk. The point is that thee is no universal solution that can prevent all kinds of injuries.

All meetings starts at 19.00 CEST / 18.00 BST: Live results at: http://www.svemo.se/Speedway (result pages will be blank until maybe 10-20 min before start of the meetings) Blank race card: http://www.mediafire.com/view/hq5xgd1bg2gz5z4/Blank_Heat_schedule_ES.AS.pdf Piraterna-Smederna is supposed to be the televised meeting. Live on ESP2 / Cmore sport / Cmore.se from 19.00 Swedish time. Piraterna-Ikaros Smederna Piraterna Darcy Ward - Fredrik Engman Greg Hancock Chris Holder - Adrian Miedzinski. Victor Palovaara Piotr Pawlicki Daniel Davidsson Fredrik Engman Jonas Davidsson Ikaros Smederna Kenni Larsen Pawel Przedpelski Linus Eklöf (Pawel collapsed after his Polish league meeting yesterday, due to appendicitis, so he will not ride). Przemyslaw Pawlicki Mikkel Michelsen Magnus Zetterström Linus Eklöf Rasmus Broberg Daniel Henderson Indianerna - Lejonen Indianerna Antonio Lindbäck Fredrik Lindgren Piotr Protasiewicz Artem Laguta Niels-Kristian Iversen Robin Törnqvist Joel Andersson Lejonen Krzysztof Kasprzak Linus Sundström Peter Kildemand Tobiasz Musielak Rafal Okoniewski Oliver Berntzon Mathias Thörnblom Elit Vetlanda-Dackarna Elit Vetlanda Tai Woffinden Peter Ljung Emil Sayfutdinov Tomas H Jonasson Bartosz Zmarzlik Rune Holta Kenny Wennerstam Dackarna Jason Doyle Joonas Kylmäkorpi Michael Jepsen Jensen Krzyszof Buczkowski Nicki Pedersen Hans Andersen (Nicki have withdrawn due to flu like symptoms). Mikael Max Robin Aspegren

6 indoor events and 3 outdoor events is too unbalanced. The number of outdoor events should be in majority compared to indoor events.