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nothing to see yet. Track grading due to earlier rain.

Official prognosis is tapes up about hour from now. I think my estimation above is pretty much on target with that.

Track grading process commencing now.

yeah, almost stopped now. A decision will be taken at 7pm about when it start. My estimation is a start around 20.15 - 20.30 Swedish time.

Glimpses of blue sky start to appear.

https://www.smhi.se/vadret/nederbord-molnighet/radar-blixt#colorblind=false,layerselected=5min Enter Gröndal Eskilstuna next to the magnifying glass to get the track location.

This won't start at 19.00

Raining very very veey heavy now.

At the track now. Lots of people here already. Dark clouds are moving in over the track.

Weather is ok. It has cleared up a little but still lots of clouds and after a quick look at the radar I think there will be a little more rain.

Kenny Wennerstam has announced that he retires from speedway. http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2018/09/26/wennerstam-slutar-med-speedwayen/

Line-ups for tomorrow added to first post. A little over two hours to go to final 1. Dackarna are clear favourites to win. They have been solid all season long and Andersen at reserves is a key factor. Smederna's riders have been a little more up and down but they do have Jerker and Jarl.

Masarna have announced that they will remain in Elitserien next season.

While I agree on the principle, a 252 track is still quite different then a 162m track which is about the same size as an 85cc tracks.

According to Joel himself on Dackarna's facebook page, sore and pain from the ribs. Luckily there doesn't seem to be any fractures or serious injury. ------- First post updated with line-ups for tomorrow. Wednesday's line-ups will be available tonight at 21.00 Swedish time.

" Come on, come on, listen to the moneytalk...." which means that this will be called off but not until they have enough heats for the result to count. I think it was the last year at Ullevi in Gothenburg where it rained as well and they (FIM/BSI) didn't call it off until after 12 heats coz' the result was then valid and thus they didn't have to repay ticket money. As for heat 4, IIRC heats cannot be awarded in the SGP.

Alexander Edberg have decided to retire and yesterday's Allsvenskan final was his last meeting. http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2018/09/21/edberg-lagger-slapskon-pa-hyllan/

Region Varde won the Danish superfinal yesterday. http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2018/09/19/danmark-region-varde-mastare-pa-hemmaplan/

NKI in for Dudek. http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/6961/dudek-out-of-german-sgp

http://www.gnistorna.se/klubben/banan/

Yeah, still not a fan. I mean he is not bad but he has a bit too few wins heats. Too many 2nds and 3rds IMO.

Dackarna - Smederna on Tuesday and Smederna - Dackarna on Wednesday.

GotEvent gor the FIM/BSI a good offer. Ullevi, like friends is too big though and you sit quite far away from the track. Just like Cruyff arena and Stade de France are too big. They also tried the Stockholm Olympic stadium in Stockholm for a while but it wasn't that successful and it's very old (>100 years). The athletics track was refurbished and it was no longer allowed to cover them with dirt.

It will be sudden death knock out heats. 2 riders from each team in each heat and a maximum of 3 heats. In case all 3 heats ends with tied results it will be 4th heat with 1 rider from each team. Rule 10.2.8.