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Yes if there is anything to tomorrow. Clubs still threatens to block tv-broadcaster c-more so we will see tomorrow if there will be any live tv.

RR, MJJ didn't feel 100% fit after yesterday's meeting so Dackarna decided to use Buczek instead.

Västervik is a pretty good team this season so I don't expect them to be at the bottom end of the standings. Anyway, Dackarna announced that Michael Jepsen Jensen won't be able to ride and he is replaced by Krzysztof Buckowski

The first episode ever of Smed-Tv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHcfQQFl-s

The winter is almost gone and a new season is upon us. After about a week and half, from Easter and forward, with warm and sunny weather. The past week have been mostly cold rainy and unfortunately this weather will continue. A warm front with rain will reach the west coast tomorrow and will move up over Sweden on Monday and Tuesday, The televised meeting will be Dackarna-Indianerna at Dackarna's track G&B arena. Here are the lineups for round 1 of Elitserien 2014: Dackarna – Indianerna #televised meeting Dackarna Nicki Pedersen Dennis Andersson Patryk Dudek Joonas Kylmäkorpi Michael Jepsen Jensen (K) Krzysztof Buckowski Robin Aspegren Aleksandr Loktaev Indianerna Fredrik Lindgren (K) Piotr Swiderski Niels-Kristian Iversen Antonio Lindbäck Piotr Protasiewicz Joel Andersson Mikael Max This will be a very very interesting meeting. Dackarna and have made some big changes for this season. They lost Lindgren to Indianerna and Darcy Ward to Piraterna. Both team have a history of bottling it in the play offs the past couple of seasons. Imo Dackarna are a bit weaker then last season while Indianerna is a bit stronger. Indianerna are missing Kenneth Bjerre who is out with a broken collarbone for a few weeks. This will probably go all the way to a last heat decider and I think Indianerna have a good chance of winning this meeting. Dackarna have a slightly stronger nr 6 & 7.while Indianerna have a stronger top 5. Race card for this meeting: http://www.mediafire.com/view/qjn2xv12c6ewjqa/ES.2014.R1.Dackarna-Indianerna.pdf Ikaros Smederna – Västervik: Ikaros Smederna Grigorij Laguta Mikkel Michelsen Peter Karlsson Grzegorz Zengota Kenni Larsen Magnus Zetterström (K) Oliver Berntzon Västervik Troy Batchelor Daniel Nermark Krzysztof Kasprzak Rune Holta Peter Ljung (K) Mathias Thörnblom Davey Watt Last seasons positive surprise were Smederna who managed to go all the way the semi-final where they lost to Piraterna who eventually won the gold. Smederna were heavily affected by injuries during the second half of the season with first Kenni and AJ out then AJ returned but PK injured himself before the semi-finals. Västervik have replaced Chris Harris with Krzysztof Kasprzak. Sebastien Aldén were replaced with Thörnblom in the team a couple of weeks ago since Aldén decided to retire, Västervik is stronger this year compared to last year while Smederna is a little weaker since AJ moved back home to Rospiggarna. It's hard to know where both teams stand. Smederna probably needs to win this meeting to avoid relegation. Piraterna – Vargarna Piraterna Greg Hancock (K) Linus Sundström Chris Holder Anton Rosén Bjarne Pedersen Simon Gustafsson Fredrik Engman Vargarna Martin Vaculik Daniel Davidsson (K) Peter Kildemand Artem Laguta Adrian Miedzinski Ricky Kling Pontus Aspgren Piraterna won the gold last year but decided to do a complete re-build. They had been able to continue with the same teams as last season but Pawlicki brothers, Davidsson brothers and Janowski did not get new contracts because Piraterna needed to make room for Darcy Ward. Piraterna are missing Darcy Ward who have problem with a knee injury. There will be allot of pressure on the home riders and I think Vargarna will provide fierce opposition. I wouldn't be surprised if Vargarna wins this one. Rospiggarna – Elit Vetlanda: Rospiggarna Andreas Jonsson (K) Jonas Davidsson Chris Harris Mads Korneliussen Grzegorz Walasek Timo Lahti Kim Nilsson Elit Vetlanda Emil Sayfutdinov Leon Madsen Jarek Hampel (K) Thomas H Jonasson Tai Woffinden Magnus Karlsson Jacob Thorssell Vetlanda most likely have one of the strongest squads ever in the history of Swedish speedway. With the team that they have they are clear favourites to win the gold and Rospiggarna should normally not be able to defeat such a team. Slightly stronger reserves for Rospiggarna though, So ladies and gentlemen start your engines. Live scores will be available at http://www.svemo.se/speedway

Line ups aren't available yet. For Elitserien team declarations are due at 21.00 two days ahead of the scheduled and they will be published at http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2014/ at 21.00.Swedish summertime (BST+1, UTC+2, EDT+6). There will also be a new thread for each round, I usually make it on Sunday evening or sometime during Monday. --- I've also updated the the first post with some new info as well as the Allsvenskan post with play off fixtures.

You already have the fixtures listed in this thread with info about which meeting in each round that is televised. http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=67537&p=2028596 Then there will be separate topics for each round just like previous years so do not use this topic for discussion.

Michelsen, Pawlicki, Loktaew, Berntzon, Porsing are,my favourites for top 5.

Results from Målilla open: https://www.facebook.com/Dackarna/photos/a.211067145634485.52019.196964253711441/641124832628712/?type=1&stream_ref=10

live results from Indianerna-Smederna: http://www1.idrottonline.se/SmedernaSpeedwayforening-MotorcykelochSnoskoter/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/DirektuppdateringIndianerna-IkarosSmederna/

For Info about televised fixtures, see this post (scroll down a bit): http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=67537&p=2028596

Armadno said that Speedwayracing that they were squeezed from two directions, from BSI who thought that the FIM did not full fill their part of the contract if the FIM allows a second transcontinental championship series The other side was European labour laws. So there is no doubt IMO that BSI wanted FIM to act, otherwise Armando would not have said what he did. And to squeeze something you need to apply pressure. In the end I don't think it matters which phrasing they use, It would still be against EU-labour laws especially since the riders are not employed by FIM/BSI/One Sport I think the SGP needs a major overhaul, there haven't been much changes to it since it started. The only change is heat schedule and that all points count.

So you say that Armando Castagna is lying? Well Liam G have a valid point there, Philip R never ever seems to write anything negative about BSI and always seems to take BSI's side even when the BSI is to blame (like Cardiff last year). His posts sometimes looks more like a BSI press release then posts from an independent speedway writer.

You and your friends at BSI can keep telling yourself that, while most of us others can see that BSI are the ones that have been pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Results from Eskilstuna 80cc team cup day 2: Lineups for tomorrow's pre-season meeting between Indianerna and Smederna: Indianerna: Piotr Swiderski, Antonio Lindbäck, Piotr Protasiewicz, Cameron Woodward, Fredrik Lindgren, Mikael Max, Joel Andersson, Freddy Godlund. Smederna: Peter Karlsson Linus Eklöf Mikkel Michelsen Magnus Zetterström Grzegorz Zengota Oliver Berntzon Daniel Henderson

Nope, they intended to do that but it would violate European labour laws which grants free movement for EU citizens within the European union, which means it is illegal and therefore they cannot make such decisions.

Results from day 1 of Eskilstuna lag cup (80cc): http://www1.idrottonline.se/SmedernaSpeedwayforening-MotorcykelochSnoskoter/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/ResultatEskilstunaLagcupdag1/

Smolinski? I think you mean Miedzinski?

Smolinski has some sort of controlled ignition available (and not disallowed) in NZ but did not use it and his bike were checked and nothing compromising was found. It was a loop hole that the FIM have fixed now by banning controlled ignition. No I meant for the entire season, a bit to early to jump the conclusions for the entire season already.

Perhaps a bit too early to judge him? Besides looking back the past 10 years or so, it haven't been many cases of the defending champion winning the title again.

Yeah you are probably right, I didn't pay much attention in the beginning.

No there weren't really much of a winter this time. and the weather was much warmer the normal and the past week has been warm and sunny. Southern Sweden already have summer, several weeks early.

Well they did mention how good the build up to this gp had been among the fans.

It is blocked in countries where SGP is being shown on tv.

There will be a pre-season "friendly" meeting between Indianerna and Smederna on Tuesday next week. The meeting is held at Indianerna's track Sannahed in Sannahed, Kumla. Lineup: Smederna: 1. Peter Karlsson 2. Linus Eklöf 3. Mikkel Michelsen 4. Magnus Zetterström 5. Grzegorz Zengota 6. Oliver Berntzon 7. Daniel Henderson For Smederna, Laguta is doing rehab, while Kenni, Gzregorz and Kjastas have meetings elsewhere.