Ghostwalker

Where in GB do you live? What are your budget for flights and hotels? There are several airlines flying from various cities in GB, IIRC; SAS, BA from LHR to Arlanda. Norwergian from LGW to Arlanda. Ryanair from STN to Västerås or Nyköping (both about 100km from Stockholm) SAS also flies direct from: Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol (summers only) & Birmingham to Arlanda,

Grogorij Laguta re-signs with Smederna for 2015! http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/stjarnforaren-forlanger-med-ikaros-smederna/

Vetlanda chooses Rospiggarna and they'll start with the away meeting on Tuesday. Which means that Piraterna gets Indianerna. Piraterna chooses to start at home on Tuesday. Tuesday's main focus meeting will be Piraterna-Indianerna.

Piotr Protasiewicz have signed for another two seasons with Indianerna. https://twitter.com/Indianernakumla/status/506879639609180161

Both semis are over already. Rospiggarna will win over Smederna and Indianerna have made short work of Dackarna so far.

live scores: Indianerna-Dackarna: http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=4121&ShowAll=true Rospiggarna-Ikaros 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=4120&ShowAll=true There is also live radio : http://sverigesradio.se/sida/extrasandningar.aspx

So how long have this "Offset engine" been around then?

I think Freddie only have done the qualifiers once which saw him qualify from it. He have also been top 8 once.

Piotr Pawlicki replaces Greg Hancock for Piraterna. I find this a bit confusing since it is not allowed to replaces riders who are expected to be out for less then 28 days. http://www.mvt.se/sport/speedway/?articleid=10116721

Why? Surely the engine model was used before the arrival of the new silencers? Also a silencer is obvioulsy a much simpler thing to construct then a speedway engine.

FSP as for the packing, if I remember it correctly FIA claimed that the packing lost effect over time and that each silencer had to be able to be fully working for 5 years so all silencers have to 100% mechanical to be approved. To bad since the previous (they have made a new mechanical one now) Beco silencer received allot of praise from the riders (including Jarek Hampel and Janusz Kolodziej) who tested it. Bikes were much easier to ride since the engine didn't loose as much torque/power as the current silencers do. http://www.espeedway.pl/news,kolodziej_i_hampel_po_testach_szwedzkiego_tlumika,64463,2.html http://www.gloswielkopolski.pl/artykul/975854,zuzel-problemy-z-tlumikami-dobiegaja-konca,id,t.html?cookie=1 Also Mikael Max says that he like the BECO silencer: http://mikaelmax.blogspot.se/2013/03/fick-brev-idag-fran-bertil-andersson.html http://mikaelmax.blogspot.se/2013/03/anders-kling-besokte-mig-idag-och-hade.html I also don't think anyone is blaming the silencer for all accidents/crashes but that many of the crashes where a rider looses control/gets front wheel lifts because the engine power is not sufficient to get the back wheel spinning. Surely today's engine type was used before the silencers where introduced? So the question is still why they impose silencers that does not work with the current engines? I also would like to correct myself the name of the BE part of BECO is Bertil Andersson.

Why? Another option would be that FIM could actually allow silencers that works and that are not dangerous. Two Swedish Engineers Bengt Eriksson and Conny Samuelsson ("BECO") had constructed a silencers that was both fulfilling the dB limit but which also did not "strangle" the engine like the current silencers do. However FIM decided that it wasn't good because it contained packing.

Definitely no wild card to Ward. If he want to be in the SGP he have to go through the qualifiers and earn his place. It's about time that he have to work for something rather then having it served to him on a silver plate. I also would prefer Przemyslaw Pawlicki over his brother.

Indianerna-Dackarna are the main focus meeting tomorrow and shown on Cmore sport but the other meeting is also shown on Cmore extreme.

Also Individual Swedish finals on Friday and Saturday live on Cmore. Rune Holta. Where have did he find that form?

live results from tonight's meeting: http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=4119 Apparently Swiderski will be at nr5 and Woodward at nr4. Also Cameron woodward had a delayed flight and he have not arrived yet.

THJ should be awarded a wild card if Lindgren missed out on top 8 and if THJ won't be top 3 in the GP challenge. My 4 picks at the moment (if Lindgren is outside top 8): 1. Thomas H Jonasson 2. Zmarzlik 3. Iversen 4. Jepsen Jensen or Kildemand

Greg says that he is expected to be away for two weeks. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/sgp/hancock-borta-i-tva-veckor/

Startlist for Karlstad Open: 1. Ludvig Eriksson 2. Jonas Engdahl 3. Oskar Thulin 4. Alexander Liljekvist 5. Robin Norman 6. Martin Liljekvist 7. Daniel Halling 8. Rasmus Broberg 9. Ricky Törnkvist 10. Johannes Stark 11. Anders Mellgren 12. Adrian Bergqvist 13. Nathalie Thelenius 14. Victor Flood 15. Victor Palovaara 16. Johan Jensen http://speedway054.se/?p=636

First post updated with updated lineups and some more info.

http://www.fim-live.com/en/media/news/news-detail/article/1409501763-cancellation-of-the-fim-world-speedway-league/#.VANNzaGJHT8.twitter

So it seems it will be re-staged October 18th according to Zengota. https://twitter.com/ZengiRacing/status/506088714595209216

His team said on twitter that the middle finger was dislocated and that the pointing finger was broken. I still think this is very minor injuries, compared to broken wrists/arms/legs/collarbones...

I do expect Greg to ride. The crash looked horrifying but he escaped with very minor injuries.

Well no Iversen for certain, Greg is uncertain but I think he will ride since it was only a dislocated finger.