Ghostwalker

the two pre-season meetings between Indianerna and Piraterna have been cancelled due to the no-fly restrictions that currently is issued over Europe.

anders, does the teams have any reserves available if some riders cant make it due to the cancelled air traffic? I guess THJ is stuck in England since he rode in a meeting y'day (Thursday) evening and there ins't likely to be any flights until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

Billy Forsberg has decided to take a break from speedway this year. according the website of Västervik speedway, Billy. The reason to that decisions is lack of motivation and lack of funds, the latter part is partially due to that he problems getting his pay from his rides in Poland. http://www.wmsk.se/speedway/Lokala_Nyheter.aspx?id=1694 Västervik have signed two new riders though this week, Robin Messing which is a loan from Rospiggarna and Joonas Kylmäkorpi. http://www.wmsk.se/speedway/Lokala_nyheter.aspx?id=1693

the team managers answers a couple of questions regarding the 2010 season: http://www.svenskafans.com/motor/speedway/...l.asp?id=351091

i find it very amusing that Svemo once again have taken a decision that doesnt connect to reality. according to Bo Wirebrand, sporting director of Elit Vetlanda, many of their riders probably wont be interested in riding in Sweden if the new silencers are enforced. http://www.hogland.nu/index.php?option=com...27&Itemid=2 Swedish rider Eric Andersson have already decided not to ride in Sweden this season becasue the new silencers will cost him too much money. http://ericsracing.nu/diary_41.html Several other young riders are planning to follow his decision if the new decision stands. Andreas Jonsson if very upset too with Svemos decision. He writes on his blog :

Allsvenskans fixtures have been updated. Allsvenskan now consists of 20 rounds then a playoff with the 4 best teams. There are still no news from Svemo regarding which silencer that will be allowed.

i know but i didnt notice that he meant the speedway event until later and then i was to lazy to change my post

An interview with Freddie Lindgren: In Swedish, In Google English.

MP yes according to the official website the attendance record IS 120'000.

i dont know yet if its away meetings too or if its only home meetings but you have the fixture list in this post.

good news speedwaylovers. Ikaros Smederna have decided to broadcast all of their meetings live via web-tv. http://folket.se/sportfolket/speedway/1.671723

Niklas Klingberg have decided to end his career and he will not ride this seasons. That means that Örnarna will have to find a replacement for him within the nearest week and a half. This is because the only transfer windows this season will open on Monday and close on the following Sunday. http://www.racemcsport.com/nyhet_spec.aspx...;Sport=speedway

It is clear now that Getingarna won't participate in this years allsvenskan. They have filed an application for bankruptcy at Södertörns Tingsrätt.. Getingarna which is/was one of the old classic teams in Sweden was revived as a competitive team to last season after a few years away from league racing but have failed to regain any interest spectator wise. Only 292 people in average attended their meetings last season. From what i have heard they have mostly relied on incomes from iceracing events to fund their speedwayteam, i don't know if its true though. In general its very hard for speedway in Stockholm to attract spectators. This means that allsvenskan only will have five teams since new teams, like Eskilstuna Tigers, not are allowed to start in allsvenskan. Several riders will now stand without a team in Sweden this season some of Getingarnas riders belongs to Dackarna so i guess that they will be transferred to Dackarna's squad in the pre-season transfer window.

Gnistorna will have a female rider in their squad this season. Her name is Chatrine Friman and she is 19 years old. http://www.raceinfo.se/index.php?article=133

the distance from the track to the railway station is about 4km. regarding transport, the summer time tables won't be released for another 1-2 months so its a bit hard to say at the moment if there will be any transports later then 21.30 However when they are released use this search robot to find your trip: http://www.resrobot.se/pages/

from what i understand, it depends on if they can use Gubbängen (which is the same track as Bajen uses). There is/was some concern regarding Gubbängen and if they would have an airfence there or not. Getingarna is forced (by Svemo) to use Gubbängen if they can and are only allowed to race elsewhere if they for some reason can't use Gubbängen.

on seedwaygp.com it says "POL" for both Torun and Bydgoszcz and the wikipedia article says Poland II for Torun.

Getingarna had been away from league speedway a few seasons when they returned last season. Then a month/month and a half ago there were suddenly news about that Getingarna had pulled out and that they had offer their place in Allsvenskan to Eskilstuna Tigers. However Svemo rejected this because their rules didn't allow that new teams started in Allsvenskan (despite that both Hammarby and Getingarna have been allowed to do just that). Anyway as a result of this Getingarna changed their mind and have decided to participate in allsvenskan.

its the same in Sweden, the majority of the tracks are still covered with half a meter of snow.

Svemo have rejected Eskilstuna Speedway's plans on taking over Getingarna's place in Allsvenskan. Svemo says that they have to follow their paragraphs. This means that Allsvenskan will only have 5 teams next season and that Svemo might have to re-do the fixtures. Another problems is that Dackarna had a partner deal with Getingarna and several of Dackarna's riders were put in Getingarnas squad riders that now probably have to be transferred to Dackarna's squad and miss out on riding in allsvenskan. In 2003 or 2004 Hammarby (Bajen) speedway was allowed to take over team Bikab's place in Allsvenskan and Bajen were a new team that hadn't participated in the Swedish series system before.

Rospiggarna are now a total independent club. Rospiggarna have like Vargarna previously been a part of a larger "general" motorsport club with several types of motorsports in the same organisation. But now MK Orion have "sold" all their stocks in Rospiggarna Speedway AB (AB =~INC/LtD) to a new club named Rospiggarna Speedway. Both parts thought it was the best because of the difference between the speedway branch and the other forms of motorsport in MK Orion, especially the economic part. http://www.norrteljetidning.se/sport/artiklar/id/14748

http://www.jv.dk/artikel/828441

Göteborg City Airline also flies from Britain (Manchester & Birmingham) prices from £90

The national team manager gives his opinion on the teams in Elitserien. http://www.smp.se/sport/forbundskaptenen-o...281796809%29.gm

the same goes for Pelle Lundgren i think. He looks to be in his 50's as well. http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/grafik/forar...llelundgren.png http://www.eldarna.nu/forare/500cc/Senior_01.jpg