Ghostwalker

They were really good last season and Lebedevs won the SEC if you remember. Lebedevs have been struggling sofar this season but I think it might be equipment issues because he is still a very good rider IMO. Milik is doing very good this year too. 1.6 in Poland and 1.9 in Sweden so far this season. One shouldn't judge the riders skill/form from this round though since even Emil was poor. The track was rubbish and most often the rider who gated the best won the heat (which is why Hampel won).

Well Shovy, I agree that the meeting was bad and that there were very (too) low attendance but it's not that surprising when you take into account that it rained and that it's football world cup. I also think cancelling the SEC because of a bad round. The SGP wasn't buried when there were the bad rounds in Tampere.

So the gating tart won? I Hope for a better track for next round. ...and would you look at that. Tv-signal comes back just in time for prize ceremony.

Lost TV-signal after heat 15 (still out), I assume I haven't missed much?

There have also been a track reserve change. Robert Chmiel is in instead of whoever it was.

Stadium looks very empty but it looks like it has rained which usually will scare off a good bunch.

New Yorker, there is a thread in General discussions. http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/86534-leon-madsen/&page=1

Michelsen announced on his Instagram, about 30 minutes ago, that he intends to ride tomorrow.

It seems like it is. I just assumed that it was round 6 when I made the thread. Anyway heat 13 from Västervik - Smederna. Red = Nicki P, Blue = Kildemand , White = Michael Jepsen Jensen, Yellow = Niels K Iversen. No meetings next week and the week after that, Lejonen - Smederna will be the tv-meeting.

Will Michelsen be fit in time though? He is still doing rehabilitation for his shoulder injury.

Highlights round 6. Clips might not work properly in Firefox http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/hojdpunkter-elitserien-6/

Smederna wins again. Indianerna were unlucky with lots of X:s on Miedzinski and an injury on Thomsen who have been really good so far this season. Masarna poorer then I expected (and hardly no supporters showing up to the meeting). Vetlanda did their job against Lejonen. Smederna still on top with 5 victories and 1 draw.

It is very windy and sunny today so the tracks might be a bit dry despite lots of watering.

From what I've read it is the same as with Protasiewicz. It is claimed that both have requested to not have to do this round due to dislikes of the respectively tracks.

To be fair though, Michael Jepsen Jensen has been really good so far this season, averaging almost 2.000 in Poland and 2.440 in Sweden. Andreas Jonsson is Swedish and his selection as a wild card for Hallstavik has nothing to do with Madsen.

Preliminary line-ups for Elitserien round 6. Masarna - Dackarna is the main tv-meeting These meetings are back-to-back which means there will also be aggregated bonus points for this round's meetings. Weather forecasts look good for this round too. Masarna - Dackarna (36-54) Masarna Kim Nilsson Antonio Lindbäck Tai Woffinden Linus Sundström Przemyslaw Pawlicki Adrian Cyfer Emil Millberg Dackarna Greg Hancock Hans Andersen Oliver Berntzon Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Pawel Przedpelski Joel Kling Västervik - Eskilstuna Smederna (30-60) Västervik Nicki Pedersen Grzegorz Zengota Peter Ljung Mikkel Bech Peter Kildemand Bartosz Smektala Anton Karlsson Eskilstuna Smederna Fredrik Lindgren Krzysztof Buczkowski Michael Jepsen Jensen Andzejs Lebedevs Niels Kristian Iversen Alexander Woentin Pontus Aspgren Vetlanda - Lejonen (45-45) Vetlanda Artem Laguta Szymon Wozniak Tomas H Jonasson Brady Kurtz Bartosz Zmarzlik Robert Miskowiak Filip Hjelmland Lejonen Jaroslaw Hampel Rohan Tungate Piotr Pawlicki Maksym Drabik Kacper Woryna Kenny Wennerstam Timo Lahti Rospiggarna - Indianerna (43-47) Rospiggarna Jason Doyle Samuel Masters Robert Lambert Max Fricke Andreas Jonsson Tero Aarnio Jacob Thorssell Kumla Indianerna Vaclav Milik Bjarne Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre Anders Thomsen Adrian Miedzinski Victor Palovaara Ludvid Lindgren Live results as always at http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/ http://www.elitspeedway.com/liveresultat/ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/live/zuzel/elitserien Elitserien can also be followed at https://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=7514 (web radio) Heat schedule: http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_14025/cf_44/K-rschema_2-15.PDF

Nominations for the individual Swedish championship: Andreas Jonsson (Rospiggarna), Jacob Thorssell (Rospiggarna), Peter Ljung (Västervik), Fredrik Lindgren (Smederna), Linus Sundström (Masarna), Antonio Lindbäck (Masarna), Kim Nilsson (Masarna) och Oliver Berntzon (Dackarna) have all been given a direct nomination to the championship. The others who have to qualify can be found on this link: http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/22545/gladjebesked-for-dackeforaren-en-av-atta-som-fatt-en-plats-i-sm-finalen/

Andreas Jonsson has been given the wild card with Oliver Berntzon and Kim Nilsson as track reserves, http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/6664/aj’s-sgp-homecoming

I have not forget but I still think that he doesn't bring anything to the SGP series. He is a good gater but not much more.

I think Smederna were that good even if Västervik also was a bit poor. Västervik had done a few good away meetings earlier this season so I expected them to do better then they did. Smederna on the other hand have been very strong so far this season with the last heat decider over Dackarna at home and two large wins over Indianerna (away) and Masarna (home). Hightlights from Smederna - Västervik. I agree with the referee's lack of action in ht 13.

Averages ranking list after 5 rounds: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2018/Rankinglista/ Rank - rider - team - number of meetings - number of heats - points - average (= points dived by heats). 1. Maciej Janowski Dackarna - 5 - 25 - 62 - 2,480 2. Bartosz Zmarzlik Vetlanda - 5 - 28 - 69 - 2,464 3. Fredrik Lindgren Smederna - 5 - 25 - 61 - 2,440 4. Michael J Jensen Smederna 5 - 25 - 61 - 2,440 5. Artem Laguta Vetlanda 4 - 19 - 46 - 2,421 6. Jason Doyle Rospiggarna 5 - 25 - 57 - 2,280 7. Anders Thomsen Indianerna 3 - 15 - 34 - 2,267 8. Greg Hancock Dackarna 5 - 23 - 48 - 2,087 9. Vaclav Milik Indianerna 5 - 26 - 53 - 2,038 10. Tai Woffinden Masarna 5 - 25 - 49 - 1,960 Michael Jepsen Jensen have almost doubled his average so far. From 1.310 to 2.440 Anders Thomsen have increased his from 1.522 to 2.267

Well, I have mentioned this several times as something that is likely to happen sooner or later. We already have sponsor teams in Speedway best pairs and most other motorsport championships have teams that employs the driver/rider.

Mikkel Michelsen injury update. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj7PA4YFswuCXjFt6TdZS1B7zgWTyWO0vZDU8s0/

Swedish speedway news website speedwaynyheter.se have announced that they will do some sort of webb-tv and the première will be tomorrow.

Attendance tonight Smederna - Västervik 4758 Lejonen-Vetlanda 2580 Dackarna-Masarna 2940 Indianerna - Rospiggarna ? Standings after 5 rounds: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2018/Serietabell/ Smederna, 4 wins, 1 draw 9p Dackarna, 3 wins, 2 losses, 6p Rospiggarna, 3 wins, 2 losses 6p Indianerna, 3 wins, 2 losses 6p Vetlanda, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, 4p Västervik, 2 wins, 3 losses, 4p Lejonen, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, 3p Masarna, 1 win, 4 losses, 2p Next round (19 June) Västervik-Eskilstuna Smederna (30-60) Vetlanda-Lejonen (45-45) Masarna-Dackarna (34 - 56) Rospiggarna-Indianerna (43-47)