Ghostwalker

just a reminder that Zorros radio show will start on Wednesday April 28th at 15.00. you can listen to it live at http://www.radioeskilstuna.se/index.php or if you are in the Eskilstuna area at FM 92.7MHz

a couple of local newspapers in Sweden have launched a new speedway newspaper called femettan (the 5-1). http://avestatidning.com/nyheter/speedway/...ing-pa-speedway

How fast things change. Pawel Zmarlik had agreed to ride for Solkatterna however after a while his manager called and wanted a higher pay for his client which Solkatterna didn't want to agree with. Solkatterna now have found two other polish riders, Szymon Wozniak and Mariusz Puszaowski.

Solkatterna have replaced Artur Mroczka with Pawel Zmarlik, who will get a starting average of 9,33

tonights practice meeting between Lejonen and Dackarna have been cancelled because of snow :blink:

Västervik have signed Dennis Gizatulin.

kenny Olssons memorial race is held tonight at Vargarnas track Kråkvilan in Norrköping. The meeting just started and live updates are available at this adress: http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/liveupdate/i...p;liveid=live36

the five first tv meetings: 27/4 Lejonen - Indianerna 4/5 Vargarna - Piraterna 11/5 Valsarna - Lejonen 18/5 Elit Vetlanda - Dackarna 25/5 Vargarna - Indianerna http://www.canalplus.se/speedway first post updated with tv meetings marked in italic and bold style.

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.