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*edit no it was just results links. It is being showed on Csports.se but I don't know if there are any un-blocked streams available. Live results for Vetlanda-Smederna. http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=4606 5-1 Vetlanda in heat 1. 4-2 Smederna in heat 2. We had 5-1 for two laps but Henderson for some reason didn't ride the ideal line along the white line so he lost 2nd place. Surprise surprise Hampel is suddenly not sick, could be because the sun is shining. Vetlanda are such cheaters. 5-1 Vetlanda heat 3. Heat 4, King Kenni reigns supreme. 3-3. Heat 5, 3-3 Przedpelski lead to the final bend when Ljung passed on the inside, Heat 6 5-1 Vetlanda and I have turned off the stream.

My Danish isn't very good but I think the Munkebo-Holsted meeting is in the risk zone of being called off. It has rain quite allot and more dark clouds are positioning themselves into an attack formation for another attack on the track. Munkebo-Holsted meeting is off.

Why don't you ask him?

Because they are doing it wrong. They use the same material for the entire track instead of using layers of 2-3 different type of material. Perhaps they are taking a short cut by not using at least a second layer below the only material that they use now.

Richard Child (Greg's Team manager): "the most stupid part is that it is easy to build a track".

The rules says that a rider that gets convicted for a doping offence should have his or hers scores removed in those competitions he/she have participated in between the time of testing and the time at which the rider gets suspended. In this case that mean that Darcy's average will be recalculated which means that his average this season will be slightly higher. This causes Piraterna to be unable to use the team that their team manager had intended but that is his own fault. Darcy was not forbidden to ride BUT any team that used him or (re-)signed him before the final verdict should be aware of the consequences of doing so. Now Darcy was later convicted and FIM correctly decided that his scores for this period shall be removed.This cannot be disputed because FIM follwed their own rules. The team(s) and rider(s) affected cannot complain afterwards about something they should have been aware of. Piraterna chose to use Darcy in that one meeting and they chose to re-sign Darcy despite not knowing what the outcome of the FIM investigations/hearing would be. They screwed up and now they are trying to fix it by blaming FIM and by appeal their decision.In Sweden we a have proverb saying "som man bäddar får man ligga". Basically it means that when you make your own bed you can only blame yourself for the status of the bed. Stefan "Ando" Andersson (the former speedway rider) took a gamble which backfired, he and Darcy cannot blame someone else for their mistakes. One can argue whether or not the rule shall exist or if a rider failing an alcohol breath test should be immediately suspended until FIM have decided on a verdict. But until the rules are changed it is down to every rider and team manager to be aware of the rules. If the they decide to take a gamble, fine, but don't complain if the gambling doesn't pay off and it backfires. Like it did in this case. So as I said, this is just another pity Darcy/pity us article. You (=they) created your own mess so live with it and stop blaming the FIM.

We don't have that kind of guest system in Sweden. A team can only use it's own riders.

Another of those "buhu i did wrong but don't want to take the consequences".-articles. They won't accept that Darcy's average will be changed because his results from the meeting in Sweden that he rode between Latvia GP and his provisional suspension will be removed which is accordingly to the rules for someone who are convicted of a doping offence. Just a case of a team manager not reading the rule book properly, http://www.mvt.se/sport/speedway/piraterna-kommer-att-slass-for-att-halla-darcy-wards-snitt-nere-11001782.aspx

Hampel claimed that he became ill while he was on his way to the meeting, but more likely it was more a case of aquaphobia and I wouldn't be surprised if he suddenly have recovered by tomorrow. I don't know what Smederna was thinking except saving money (travel costs) perhaps since all the riders already were there and I assume lack of other available days. the Elite League is occupying pretty much any other suitable day and then there are other meetings as well in DK, Sweden, Poland and etc... While I understand that Mikkel have to ride in Denmark, PK should be obligated to prioritize Sweden since it is in the rules and his Swedish teams have to come first.

Linups at these links: http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/05/05/laguppstallningar-allsvenskan-omgang-1-2/ http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Allsvenskan2015/

Vetlanda-Smederna will be re-staged tomorrow. Smederna will miss PK and Michelsen, Zorro will take Michelsen's position and Daniel Henderson will be the new reserve. RR will be used for PK.

Hopefully there will be live speedway on Thursday as well. Gnistorna - Masarna. will be streamed live at www.gnistorna.se The plan is that all of Gnistorna's home meetings will be streamed live. It should be available worldwide at no cost.

Vetlanda will possibly use R/R for Hampel but it is still unconfirmed though. Lejonen - Rospiggarna is off: http://www.lejonen.se/Nyheter/Nyheter1/Installt/ In Vetlanda they are waiting to see if the rain stops. IIRC they have good track covers in Vetlanda so as long as the rain stops within a reasonable amount of time I think that meeting will be able to go ahead but no guarantees though. Read more: http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/14375/lejonen-rospiggarna-elitserien-2015-6pm?page=1#ixzz3ZHhMoZFR Track was not covered in Vetlanda. Meeting off.

Svemo have altered the license rule slightly. Previously any non-Swedish rider who applied for a license just had to be a permanent resident registered with the Swedish civil registry. Now said rider have to have been a permanent resident and registered with the Swedish civil registry or minimum 18 months. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/05/05/svemo-andrar-regel/ http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_9770/cf_44/Beslutsprotokoll_4_Track_Racing_2015.PDF

Not surprising since Lejonen-Rospiggarna will likely rain off if the weather will be like it says in the forecasts. Yes Elit Vetlanda - Ikaros Smederna is the new tv-meeting. https://twitter.com/cmoresport/status/595504075241820160

Swedish Elitserien, round 1 live on Eurosport 2, today @ 6pm UK time. Swedish Allsvenskan, round 1, Gnistorma vs- Masarna this Thursday live on www.gnistorna.se @ 6pm UK time.

Swedish Elitserien 2015, round 1 It's May 5th 2015 and tonight it's (hopefully) première for the 2015 Elitserien season. The shortest one in many many years since it is inly 7 teams this season. As the previous couple of seasons, Elit Vetlanda are considered to be favourites to win the title again. However behind Vetlanda and (imo) Indianerna the rest of the teams are fairly equal, except Lejonen maybe which have a little weaker team but for which their home track will compensate. For all rounds Cmore will televise 1 meeting but they will also show all three meetings online (In Sweden only but with browser addons such as Hola you might be able to circumvent the geoblock). The online meetings costs 79sek (about £6). Payment by credit/debit card). Online stream site: http://www.csports.se/spelschema?sport=motorsport The televised meeting will also be shown live on Eurosport 2, 6pm UK time. We'll see if any of the meetings can go ahead since the weather forecasts looks very "un-good". Anyway here are the provisional lineups for tonight; Lejonen - Rospiggarna Lejonen Rafal Okoniewski Linus Sundström Peter Kildemand Tobiasz Musielak Krzysztof Kasprzak Pontus Aspgren Mathias Thörnblom Rospiggarna Kim Nilsson Andreas Jonsson R/R Mads Korneliussen Timo Lahti Martin Vaculik Szymon Wozniak Andzejs Lebedevs Elit Vetlanda - Ikaros Smederna (tv-meeting) Elit Vetlanda Tai Woffinden Peter Ljung Jaroslaw Hampel (K) Tomas H Jonasson Bartosz Zmarzlik Nikolai Klindt Kenny Wennerstam Ikaros Smederna Grigorij Laguta Mikkel Michelsen Peter Karlsson Pawel Przedpelski Kenni Larsen Magnus Zetterström Linus Eklöf Indianerna - Dackarna Indianerna Fredrik Lindgren Antonio Lindbäck Piotr Protasiewicz Artem Laguta Niels-Kristian Iversen Rory Schlein Anders Mellgren Dackarna Jason Doyle Michael Jepsen Jensen Nicki Pedersen (K) Joonas Kylmäkorpi Krzysztof Buczkowski Mikael Max Robin Aspegren Live results available at: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/ Blank race card: http://www.mediafire.com/view/hq5xgd1bg2gz5z4/Blank_Heat_schedule_ES.AS.pdf

Interview with Grigorij Laguta: http://ekuriren.se/sport/speedway/1.3145958--har-ar-ingen-som-brakar-med-en- Lineups för the first round will be made public in little over half an hour from now.

at Abensberg on May 25th

It seems that Darcy have appealed the decisions to alter his league average(s) which was part of the FIM ruling. Here is an exempt from an article about Fredrik Engman who might find himself left outside of Piratena's lineups when Darcy returns. This is because if Darcy's appeal is overruled Engman who's (heat) average is 0,643 won't fit under the average cap with Darcy's new average. http://www.mvt.se/sport/speedway/blir-straffad-pa-grund-av-darcy-10992233.aspx

Maybe. He is supposed to try to ride at this weekend so he might ride in Abensberg.

Prem Pawlicki & Sundström *thumbs up*.

UK_Martib, IIRC Denmark also uses a 14 heat formula.

Short interview with Przemyslaw Pawlicki http://ekuriren.se/sport/speedway/1.3142498--vill-alltid-vara-en-bra-forare-

Piotr Zyto have been appointed as the new team manager for Griparna. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/05/01/zyto-blir-griplagledare/