Ghostwalker

Max Fricke leaves Rospiggarna, most likely signed with Indianerna.

Peter Ljung and Alexander Woentin returns to Vetlanda.

Meh. I don't know, probably wouldn't be a big difference regarding crowd size and racing quality.Previous GP:s att Eskilstuna wasn't that attractive from a spectator point of view, didn't really attract any larger crowds.

Johannes Stark have signed for another year at Smederna. Nothing confirmed yet, but Anders Thomsen might be heading to Västervik.

It's not possible. The Olympic stadium had it's athletics tracks refurbished in 2011-2012 and it is no longer allowed to cover the tracks with gravel/dirt. I don't remember the exact reason/phrasing but it was something like that.

I wrote a longer reply 1-2 years ago as to why I don't think Eskilstuna would be a good arena for a GP, can't find it now though. Basically not the greatest race track, very limited parking facilities, only one (narrow) access road, probably wouldn't attract substantial enough spectators (despite have a very good locations geographically) in the same as the previous GP:s there. They also don't have track covers.

I don''t know, but @Dave Goddard might know. Smederna signed Eköf for another season which makes me really frustrated. He is 30 years old but still hardly scores a point even from reserve. I also don't buy the talk of him being important because he is as local rider. For Smederna it has been mentioned by the local newspaper that Smederna might be interested in Daniel Davidsson. Västervik have signed Linus Sundström and Vikor Kulakov. Piraterna still only have one rider signed (Pawel Przedpelski), lots of articles in the local newspaper but all of them are paywalled. Things not looking good. Piraterna apparently are disappointed that the city aren't interested in aiding Piraterna financially. Vetlanda will announce their team on Friday.

Martin Smolinski stays with Masarna.

See this post:

They've been bailed out by Motala kommun once before and are now asking for another loan, not sure if they repaid the first one (which was very generous with partial write offs annually).

Elitserien section updated with social media links (not all teams have twitter and instagram though).

Mikkel Michelsen have signed with Indianerna.

Doyle to Västervik. Apparently it was only one rider presentation today from Västervik and not the entire team.

Nicki Pedersen to Rospiggarna. Not a good move IMO. Nicki hasn't been riding much the last couple of seansons due to injury. Västervik will announce their team tomorrow at 14.00 CEST.

Surely a stickied thread on top of the page is easier to find?

Will not occupy one of the 8 slots in the squad.

Pawel Miesiac to Indianerna.

More or less the same as always.

I don't know, probably not. I agree that Målilla is much better then Hallstavik but GP at both Målilla and Västervik will not happen since they are too closely situated geographically.

Already posted here (and I still think it is unnecessary to have two threads on the same topic).

.... and Doyle leaves Rospiggarna.

Wouldn't mind letting Västervik having a go for a GP (instead of Målilla).

Pontus Aspgren signed for a 4th season at Smederna.

Rule changes for 2020 Elitserien and Allsvenskan have been posted, link. I've updated the first post to reflect rule changes. Elitserien: Tactical substitute can now also be used in heat 14. Transfer windows are scrapped. Instead each team gets three transfer cards which can be used after a team has completed two meetings but less then 75 % (12) of their meetings. Allsvenskan: The two Swedish riders with the lowest rolling average will ride at positions 6 and 7. Same as Elitserien for transfer windows/transfer cards. Some things are not yet decided and won't be decided until they know how many teams there will be in Allsvenskan 2020.

Lindbäck stays with Masarna.