Ghostwalker

Well dont know if you've missed it but Bjarne has said that he will not ride in the GP series next season no matter if he finishes top 8 or gets WC pick.

yeah I definitely agree on that one. He should have been banned from the GP as well as heavy fines and a long withdraw of his license.

i think both Crump situations looked very like. Crump had Nickis leg and got away with it. then it looked like crump was trying to lean towards Gollob aswell but Gollob wasnt there until a few seconds later. When Gollob touched Crumps leg Crump was already going down. So Jason should have bee excluded atleast the second time.

Final results: Ricky Kling - Gnistorna Simon Gustafsson - Indianerna Ludvig Lindgren - Örnarna Kim Nilsson - Hammarby Linus Eklöf - Team Bikab Linus Sundström - Piraterna

Poor Messing it's been an expensive eveing with two EF's. Andreas has now withdrawn because he longer has any more functional engines

Christian Isomettsä has withdrawn from the meeting after a fall. His heat will be taken by 1st reserve Christian Agö.

The 4th attempt to hold the Individual Swedish U21 final has just begun. It havent rain for a week and its looking pretty good for tonight as well. Follow it live here: http://www.masarna.nu/aktuellt_pic/jsm.htm http://www.masarnaavesta.nu/resultat.cgi?id=17743

yeah definitely. As many have already said in this thread, FIM should ban riders from GP, World Cup etc. if they switches from one license to another. Personally i thinks its more behind this then the fines he got after the Swedish final.

AJ now seems determined to actually switch to polish license. AJ says that he his tired of Sweden. The polish National Team captain Cieślak says that he will help AJ with aquiring a polish license. more info can be found in these articles: Swedish - english version Swedish - english version

Well i think the riders who qualifies would like more then a few weeks to find new sponsors sincr riding in the GP isn't especially cheap and to adjust their team for GP riding.

it is now

As a result of that Andreas was fined after he dropped out of this years Individual Swedish Final (without a valid reason according to the referee and according to SVEMO), Andreas has decided not to participate in next years World Cup. Neither will he ride in next years individual Swedish final. He says in an interview with TT (a news agency) that he blames SVEMO for his decision because they talk about making the sport safer after the last years severe crashes but still they wanted to get on with the SM final at alls costs despite a very wet track. He also claims that the dialogue between SVEMO and the riders arent especially good. Andreas also says that he has considered to apply for a Polish licence since he already have a Polish ID Card and soon also a Polish Passport. the article can be read in Swedish or in English.

the total of Vetlandas 1-5 are stronger then Lejonens 1-5 but Lejonen has a stronger reserve pair

Correct. they change the race off rules a few years ago. it used to be one heat with one rider from each team.

no the weather have been pretty good the past days in southern sweden.

nice move by crumpy

yeah its gonna be a race off now. probably Crump vs. AJ.

i think Holta and lee for Vetlanda in heat 15 vs. PK and Freddie for dackarna. Heat 16 Hampel and Crump for Vetlanda and Hans and AJ for Dackarna.

it doesnt work especially well for me either

nope its free

nope, just a regular speedwayfan.

i've changed the title for this topic to Preview for the Swedish 2009 season (from Silly season for the Swedish 2009 season). Meaning we can use this thread for general discussion about next years speedway season in Sweden.

links to live updates and lineups are in the first post. Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

http://www.speedway.nu/2008/reportNY.asp?ElitF.GE

either from http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport or from canal+'s webb tv (not sure if it works for non swedish people but you could always email them and ask).