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FIM TEAM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WC FINAL Friday 26th & Saturday 27th January 2013 Day 1: AUSTRIA 28 Harald Simon (2,3,3,3,2,2) 15 Franz Zorn (1,2,2,2,3,3) 13 Martin Leitner DNR RUSSIA 26 Danil Ivanov (3,2,2,3,2) 12 Dmitri Koltakov (3,3,3,3) 12 Nikolai Krasnikov (0,2,R) 2 CZECH REP 16 Jan Klatovsky (3,1,1,3,3,2) 13 Antonin Klatovsky (2,0,0,0,1) 3 Jan Pecina (0) 0 POLAND 15 Grzegorz Knapp (3,3,3,R,3) 12 Miroslaw Daniszewski (0,1,1,0) 2 Pawel Strugala (1,fx,fx) 1 GERMANY 15 Gunther Bauer (3,2,2,3,1) 11 Max Neidermaier (0,1,1,0) 2 Stefan Pletschacher (0,1,1) 2 SWEDEN 14 Stefan Svensson (2,2,1,2,1) 8 Robert Henderson (X,3,1,fx) 4 Per-Anders Lindstrom (1,0,1) 2 FINLAND 11 Antti Aakko (2,0,1,2,2) 9 Tomi Tani (fx,1,0,0) 1 Janne Vilponen (0,1) 1 The second day starts at 3pm, and will be on Polish TV. I'm not able to find a link, but I'm sure someone will. I'm looking forward to Heat 40 when Russia meet Austria and if all goes to plan we may see Austria as the Champions. Franky and Harry have got team riding down to a fine art and decimated everyone last night, dropping their only points to the Russians with a 3-3 in Heat 3. Krasnikov may be Russian Champion, but he was riding like a novice in his opening ride, letting the Austrians through. His second in Heat 10 was over the Austrians and he and Koltakov team rode so well to keep Jan Klatovsky out. But in Heat 15 against the Finns, he pulled up with engine problems, gifting the disappointing Finns a 3-3. That could be crucial when they get to Heat 40, as the Austrians are riding like they mean to win. I'm just about thawed out from last night, as it dropped to around -10'C last night and it was snowing too. Must admit, I'm impressed with the organisation of this meeting, having been here since Wednesday working with the promoters, and watching the organisation. The promoter is a hard task master but he gets the job done, as he was rewarded with a great meeting last night. Plus, the Polish team are not, as predicted by many insiders, in last place. Knapp is maturing into a fine rider with the potential to be one of the sports greats!

CUP OF RUSSIA, ROUND 1, Samara Saturday 19th January and Sunday 20th January Results: Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 28 (14+14), Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 25 (14+11), Eugene Kosov (Samara) 24 +3 (10+14), Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 24 +D (13+11), Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 18 (9+9), Danil Golosheykin (Blagoveshensk) 18 (8+10), Vyacheslav Svitek 15 (8+7), Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 14 (3+11), Mikhail Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) 13 (6+7), Nikita Toloknov (Samara) 11 (7+4), Airat Khabibullin (Sterlitamak) 11 (7+4), Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 9 (9+DNR), Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 9 (4+5), Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 9 (4+5), Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 9 (4+5), Roman Kholodov (Samara) 3 (DNR+3), Sergei Baltachev (Izhevsk) 0 (0+0), Igor Pershin (Samara) 0 (DNR+0) MFR CUP ROUND 1, Kumertau Saturday 19th January & Sunday 20th January Result: Vasilli Nesytyh (Togliatti) 25 (13 + 12), Igor Myshkovets (Ufa) 24 (12+12), Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 22 (7+15), Vladimir Bobin (Ufa) 19 (9+10), Danil Belonogov (Shadrinsk) 18 (12 + 6), Alex Utusikov (Tyumen) 18 (7+11), Rustam Akumbaev (Kamensk Ural) 16 (10+6), Alexei Ivanov (Izhevsk) 15 (5+10), Artem Akulov (Kamensk Ural) 15 (9 +6), Alexander Rodin (Shadrinsk) 14 (6+8), Ivan Lviv (Novosibirsk), 14 (7+7), Alex Vitrik (Ufa) 12 (6+6), Maxim Karpukhin (Saransk) 11 (6+5), Alex Abroskin (Saransk) 7 (5+2), Vyacheslav Bibik (Kumertau) 4 (4+0), Dinar Valeev (Izhevsk) 3 (DNR+3), Andrei Zhdanov (Novosibirsk) 2 (2+DNR), Andrei Nikiforov (Izhevsk) 1 (DNR+1)

ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE MEETING Saturday 19th January, Norrkopping, Sweden Franz Zorn (Austria) (3,3,3,3,3,) 15 + 3 + 3 Eduard Krysov (Russia) (3,2,2,3,3) 13 + 2 + 2 Vitalli Khomitsevich (Russia) (3,1,3,2,3) 12 + 2 + 1 Pawel Tschajka (Russia) ((2,3,3,2,3) 13 + 3 + 0 Gunther Bauer (Germany) (3,3,2,0,2) 10 + 0 + 3 Stefan Svensson (Sweden) (2,0,2,3,fx) 7 + 1 + 2 Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) (1,2,2,2,2) 9 + 1 + 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rene Stellingwerf (Netherlands) (1,2,3,1,1) 8 + R + 0 Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) (2,3,0,1,1) 7 Per-Anders Lindstrom (Sweden) (0,2,1,2,1) 6 Tomi Tani (Finland) (R,1,1,1,2) 5 Max Neidermaier (Germany) (1,0,1,0,2) 4 Antonin Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) (2,1,1,f,0) 4 Fredrick Olsson (Sweden) (res) (3) 3 Miroslaw Daniszewski (Poland) (0,1,0,1,0) 2 Sven Holstein (Netherlands) (0,0,0,TT,1) 1 Martin Leitner (Austria) (1,0,fx,0,0) 1 Semi Final 1: Zorn, Khomitsevich, Pletschacher, Stellingwerf ® Semi Final 2: Tschajka, Krysov, Svensson, Bauer Last Chance Race: Bauer, Svensson, Pletschacher, Stellingwerf Final: Zorn, Krysov, Khomitsevich, Tschajka Qualifying riders for the Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship: Zorn, Kryson, Khomitsevich, Tschajka, Bauer, Svensson, Pletschacher

RUSSIAN JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 5th/6th January 2013 Togliatti 53 (25+28) (Igor Saydullin 36 (18+18), Vasilli Nesytyh 17 (7+10)); Ufa 48 (23+25) (Igor Myshkovets 22 (12+10), Airat Khabibullin 20 (10+10),Vladimir Bobin 5 (DNR+5), Alex Vitrik 1 (1+DNR)); Kamensk Ural 43 (21+22) (Rustam Akinbaev 29 (15+14), Artem Akulov 14 (6+8)); Shadrinsk 36 (19+17) (Artem Novikov 20 (9+11), Danil Belogonov 16 (10+6)); Novosibirsk 26 (12+14) (Gennady Sinica 15 (6+9), Ivav Lvov 11 (6+5)); Samara 24 (11+13) (Roman Kolodov 13 (8+5), Nikita Toloknov 11 (3+8)); Izhevsk 18 (11+7) (Dinar Valeev 12 (7+5), Roman Karymov 4 (4+0), Andrei Nikiforov 2 (0+2)

Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Challenge Meeting, Saturday 19th January, Norrkopping. Draw: 1. Miroslaw Daniszewski (PL) 2. Antonín Klatovsky (CZ) 3. Max Niedermaier (GER) 4. Vitaly Khomitsevich (RUS) 5. René Stellingwerf (NL) 6. Franz Zorn (AUT) 7. Per Anders Lindström (Wild card) (SWE) 8. Pawel Tschajka (RUS) 9. Günther Bauer (GER) 10. Stefan Pletschacher (Wild Card) (GER) 11. Tomi Tani (FIN) 12. Stefan Svensson (SWE) 13. Sven Holstein (NL) 14. Martin Leitner (AUT) 15. Jan Klatovsky (CZ) 16. Eduard Krysov (RUS) --- 17. Fredrik Olsson (SWE) 18. Andreas Bergström (SWE)

OPEN MEETING, WEISSENBACH, AUSTRIA, Sunday 13th January 2013 RESULT: Harald Simon (Austria) 15 Franz Zorn (Austria) 14 Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) 13 Gunther Bauer (Germany) 11 Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 9 Rene Stellingwerf (Holland) 9 Martin Leitner (Austria) 8 Sven Holstein (Holland) 8 Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 8 Martin Posch (Austria) 7 Max Neidermaier (Germany) 6 Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 4 Marcus Jell (Germany) 3 Charly Ebner Jnr (Austria) 2 Thomas Weist (Germany) 2 Reni Dunki (Switzerland) 0 B Meeting: Christoph Kirchner (Germany) 9 Hans Weber (Germany) 8 Franz Mayerbrucher (Austria) 5 Ronny Haring (Switzerland) 3 Charly Ebner Snr (Austria) 2 Thomas Rathgeb (Austria) 2 Markus Bim (Switzerland) 0 All the heats were held over three laps rather than four due to the warm weather

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL FINAL 2, UFA, Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th January 2013 RESULT: Day 2 Nikolai Krasnikov (Ufa) 14 + (3,2,3,3,2) 13 = 27 + 3 Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 13 + (3,3,3,2,3) 14 = 27 + ef Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 11 + (3,2,2,3,3,) 13 = 24 Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 13 + (3,2,1,2,2) 10 = 23 Dmitri Khomitsevich (Togliatti) 11 + (r,3,3,1,2) 9 = 20 Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 9 + (2,1,3,r,3) 9 = 18 Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshensk) 9 + (0,1,2,2,1) 6 = 15 Eduard Krysov 7 + (1,3,0,2,1) 7 = 14 Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 8 + (2,1,1,1,1) 6 = 14 Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 6 + (r,1,2,1,3) 7 = 13 Eugene Kosov (Samara) 5 + (1,2,1,0,2) 6 = 11 Sergei Baltachev (Izhevsk) DNR + (2,3,ef,3,0) 8 = 8 Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) DNR + (2,r,2,3,ef) 7 = 7 Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk-Ural) 6 + (ef,0,0,1,f) 1 = 7 Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 3 + (ns,ns,ns,ns,r) 0 = 3 Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) DNR + (1,0,0,0,1) 2 = 2 Mikhail Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) DNR + (1,0,1,f,0) 2 = 2 Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 1 + DNR = 1 Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 1 + DNR = 1 Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 1 + DNR = 1 Overall: (Best Three Scores Count) 1 Nikolai Krasnikov 42 2 Danil Ivanov 39 3 Dmitri Koltakov, 37 4 Dmitri Khomitsevich, 35 5 Vitalli Khomitsevich 35 6 Pawel Tschajka 27 7 Eduard Krysov 24 8 Igor Kononov 22 9 Dmitri Bulankin, 21 10 Igor Saydullin 20 11 Vasilli Kosov 20 12 Eugene Kosov 18 13 Sergei Karachintsev 13 14 Vyacheslav Svitek 11 15 Andrei Gavrilkin 11 16 Mikhail Zelepukin 10 17 Sergei Baltachev 9 18 Sergei Makharov 4 19 Evgeny Sharov 4 20 Maxim Korchemaha 2 Vitalli Khomitsevich, Pawel Tschajka and Eduard Krysov will go to Norrkoping for the Challenge Meeting as the Russian Nominations. Krasnikov has stated he will not race outside Russia this season, but I suspect he may ride in Sanok in two weeks time as part of the Russian Team

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL FINAL 2, UFA, Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th January 2013 Day 1 RESULT: Nikolai Krasnikov (Ufa)(2,3,3,3,3) 14 Danil Ivanov (Togliatti)(3,2,3,3,2) 13 Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) (3,3,2,2,3) 13 Dmitri Khomitsevich (Togliatti) (3,3,2,3,0) 11 Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) (1,2,3,2,3) 11 Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshensk) (1,3,3,f,2) 9 Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) (2,1,2,2,2) 9 Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) (2,2,2,1,1) 8 Eduard Krysov (0,1,1,3,2) 7 Vasilli Kosov (Samara) (3,1,ef,1,1) 6 Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk-Ural) (1,2,0,2,1) 6 Eugene Kosov (Samara) (0,1,1,r,3) 5 Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) (2,r,1,r,0) 3 Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) (1,0,0,0,ef) 1 Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) (0,0,1,0,r) 1 Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) (r,0,r,1,r) 1 Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) DNR Mikhail Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) DNR Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) DNR Sergei Baltachev (Izhevsk) DNR You can watch the 2nd day of the final on a good quality stream live from 6am GMT on http://ice12.speedway.ru/video.html The feed is done by the club and the camera work isn't up to TV Standard, but they do have a good coverage although there is no English commentary this year.

Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Challenge at St. Johann im Pongau, Austria, is cancelled. Official statement from the club is to follow

Looks like the Weißenbach meeting may be on after all if this article from Austria is anything to go by: http://www.tt.com/Überblick/5909203-6/grünes-licht-für-einzige-speedway-bahn-in-tirol.csp

RUSSIAN FINAL 1, TOGLIATTI, 27TH & 28TH DECEMBER 2012 Result: Nicolai Krasnikov ( Ufa) 27 (15+12) Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 24 +3 (12+12) Dmitri Khomitsevich (Togliatti) 24+2 (12+12) Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 23 (11+12) Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 21 (11+10) Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 20 (9+11) Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshchensk) 18 (9+9) Eduard Krysov (Novosibirsk) 16 (10+6) Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 13 (6+7) Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 12 (5+7) Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 11 (5+6) Michael Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) 8 (6+2) Eugene Kosov (Samara) 7 (DNR+7) Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk Ural) 4 (4+DNR) Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 4 (DNR+4) Dmitry Bulankin (Ufa) 3 (3+DNR) Yevgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 2 (DNR+2) Max Korchemaha (Novosibirsk) 1 (1+DNR) Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 1 (1+DNR) Sergei Baltachev (Izhevsk) 1 (DNR+1) Final 2 is at UFA on 12th/13th January 2013

Its been confirmed on the website: http://www.msc-steingaden.de

The link has changed for the Russian Final http://bambuser.com/v/3254378

Live Ice Racing from Togliatti Thursday 27th/Friday 28th December 2012 from Togliatti on the net. Starts 3pm GMT (4pm CET) both days. Russian Final Stage 1 http://www.megalada....ne-transljacija Can't guarantee the quality of the stream, and the commentary will be in Russian, but it will be an exciting meeting, as the Russian Riders say it's the hardest meeting of the season for them.

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SEMI FINAL 4, UFA Saturday 22nd December & Sunday 23rd December 2012 Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshensk) 29 (14+15) Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 28 (14+14) Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 27 (14+13) Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 22 (11+11) Sergei Baltachev (Izhevsk) 21 (10+11) ------------------------------------------------------------- Airat Khabibullin (Togliatti) 17+3(8+9) Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 17+2 (10+7) Alexei Ivanov (Izhevsk) 16 (7+9) Vasilli Nesytyh (Togliatti) 15 (9+6) Maxim Karpukhin (Saransk) 13 (6+7) Igor Kazhenni (Lukhovitsy) 10 (4+6) Yevgeny Sotnikov (Penza) 7 (3+4) Anton Blinkov (Penza) 6 (2+4) Timor Bakchaev (Kumertau) 3 (3+0) Vyacheslav Bibek (Kumertau) 2 (2+0) Maxim Lushnikov (Saransk) DNR Alexei Kazakov (Samara) (res) DNR Starting order for Final: 1. Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 2. Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 3. Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 4. Maksim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 5. Nikolai Krasnikov (Ufa) 6. Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 7. Igor Saidullin (Togliatti) 8. Mikhail Zelepukin (Sterlitamak) 9. Dmitri Khomitsevich (Togliatti) 10. Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 11. Eduard Krysov (Novosibirsk) 12. Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk Ural) 13. Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshensk) 14. Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 15. Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 16. Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) Res (For R1 Day 1) 17. Eugene Kosov (Samara) 18. Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 19. Yevgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 20. Sergei Baltachev (Izhvesk) Final 1: Togliatti 27th/28th December 2012 Final 2: Ufa 12th/13th January 2013 The reserves for R, Day 1 will replace the finalists finishing 13th - 16th from the first day for Day 2. the reserves from R 1 Day 2 will replace the riders finishing 13th - 16th on R2 Day 1, and so on. The riders are allowed to drop their worst score, so their top three scores will count towards the final standings.

If you are after tickets for the 2013 Assen meeting, then used this link to get your tickets http://www.ijsspeedway-assen.nl/en/tickets-2013.html

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS, SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2012 SEMI FINAL 1: NOVOSIBIRSK Due to adverse weather day 2 was cancelled as it was -42 and visibility was down to 20 meters: Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 15, Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 14, Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 13, Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 11, Eugene Kosov (Samara) 10 ---------------------------------------------------- Nikita Toloknov (Samara) 10, Ivan Lviv (Novosibirsk) 8, Roman Kholodov (Samara) 7, Alexei Vitrek (Ufa) 7, Andrei Zhdanov (Novosibirsk) 7, Sergei Logachev (Blagoveshensk) 5, Dmitri Vintaev (Samara) 5, Roman Pavlenko (Blagoveshensk) 4, Igor Pershin (Samara) 2, Eugene Yagodin (Novosibirsk) 2, Bogdan Farvazov (Ufa) 0 SEMI FINAL 2: SHADRINSK Nikolai Krasnikov (Ufa) 30 (15+15), Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 27 (13+14), Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 23 (14+9), Mikhail Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) 22 (10+12), Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 20 (12+8) ----------------------------------------------------- Artem Novikov (Shadrinsk) 19 (11+8), Vladimir Bobin (Ufa) 17 (9+8), Alex Utusikov (Tyumen) 15 (6+9), Daniel Belonogov (Shadrinsk) 14 (8+6), Igor Myshkovets (Ufa) 14 (7+7), Eugene Urakov (Izhevsk) 12 (5+7), Dmitri Lidzhiev (Uchaly) 8 (4+4), Ville Askarov (Uchaly) 7 (3+4), Sergei Yakolev (Izhevsk) 5 (1+4), Yuri Grigoriev (Tyumen) 3 (2+1), Andrei Utusikov (Tyumen) 1 (0+1), Alexander Kopotilov (Tyumen)(res) 1 (0+1) SEMI FINAL 3: KAMENSK URAL Dmitri Khomitsevich (Togliatti) 19 (15+14), Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 28 (13+15), Eduard Krysov (Novosibirsk) 27 (14+13), Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk Ural) 23 (12+11), Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 21 (10+11) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Golosheykin (Blagoveshensk) 19 (10+9), Artem Akulov (Kamensk Ural) 19 (9+10), Rustam Akumbaev (Kamensk Ural) 16 (7+9), Alexander Rodin (Shadrinsk) 14 (7+7), Alex Abroskin (Saransk) 12 (6+6), Stanislav Stukov (Shadrinsk) 8 (3+5), Gennadi Sinca (Novosibirsk) 8 (5+3), Pawel Tyushnyakov (Shadrinsk) 6 (3+3), Maxim Masiklov (Saransk) 5 (3+2), Dmitri Deev (Tyumen) 3 (3+0), Andrei Shaikin (Saransk) 1 (0+1) Semi Final 4 will take place at Ufa over the weekend of 22nd/23rd December 2012

I was considering the same trip and spoke to a friend who is FIM rep for the Austrian Federation. She suggested the train direct from Munich or Saltzburg to St Johann as at least you can rely on that to be running, plus its less stressful than driving in the snow/ice. From what I can gather, the Stadium is on the edge of town, whilst the station is well placed in the town. Had a quick look on bahn.de myself, and depending on dates there was a special price around €66 return going out Friday 18/1 returning Monday 21/1. This might be teaching Granny to Suck eggs stuff, but I've found that deleting the cookies for sites like bahn.de before I go back on to it usually means the offers are still on. I've had to cancel plans for St Johann, as I am going to Sanok the following weekend, as Mrs C can't get time off for both weekends. But this meeting looks good as there are some top riders pencilled in. I just hope that the Kosov twins get through to it from the Russian Final, as they are two of the most exciting Russians I've seen recently. Bit like Peter Collins when he would miss the gate and then win races, these two appear to have that same talent. Hope this helps.

RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE, R1 Saturday 8th December & R2 Sunday 9th December 2012, Novosibirsk RESULTS: R1 Saturday: Samara 23 (Vasilli Kosov 11, Eugene Kosov 9, Vitalli Khomitsevich 3) Novosibirsk 19 (Eduard Krysov 9, Maxim Korchemakha 8, Ivan Lviv 2) Lukhovitsy 17 (Sergei Makharov 12, Igor Kazhenni 5, Igor Pershin 0) Izhevsk 13 (Sergei Baltachev 10, Alexi Ivanov 3, Eugene Urakov DNR) Kumertau 8+3 (Igor Myshkovets 6, Alex Svitek 2, Vyacheslav Bibik 0) Uchaly 8+ns (Dmitri Lidzhiev 7, Ville Askerov 1, Marcel Ayupov 0) R2 Sunday: Samara 23+3 (Khomitsevich 14+3, Andrei Gavrilkin 7, E.Kosov 2) Novosibirsk 23+2 (Krysov 10, Korchemakha 9+2, Lviv 4) Izhevsk 15 (Baltachev 10, Ivanov 5, Urakov DNR) Lukhovitsy 13 (Makharov 9, Kazhenni 3, Pershin 1) Uchaly 8+3 (Lidzhiev 6, Askerov 2+3, Ayupov 0) Kumertau 8+2 (Myshkovets 7+2, Bibik 1, Timur Bakchev 0) Standings: Samara 14 (7+7), Novosibirsk 10 (5+5), Lukhovitsy 7 (4+3), Izhevsk 7 (3+4), Kumertau 3 (2+1), Uchaly 3 (1+2) Vladimir Paznikova Memorial Trophy Semi Final 1: Khomitsevich, Gavrilkin, Korchemakha, Askerov Semi Final 2: Krysov, Nikita Toloknov, Myshkovets, Makharov Final: Khomitsevich, Gavrilkin, Krysov, Toloknov

If you fancy an early start - 0600GMT - on Saturday 8th/ Sunday 9thDecember then there is Live Ice Racing from Novosibirsk here: http://miitv.ru/archives/527 Can't guarantee the quality of the broadcast, as it is generally done by the club using a video camera attached to the net, and a commentary all in Russian, but it's the first two rounds of the Premier League

I suspect the 2014 Challenge Meeting will take place at the start of the 2014 season, as there can't be many tracks still running at the end of March

http://www.speedway.org/wm/2013/dokumente/Letter%20to%20the%202013%20Ice%20Speedway%20Gladiators%20and%20FMNs%20pdf.pdf

As expected, the MFR have nominated Dmitri Koltakov in place of Nikolai Krasnikov, and the FIM have now confirmed this. The riders will have the following numbers: 1. Danil Ivanov (Russia) 2. Dmitri Khomitsevich (Russia) 3. Dmitri Koltakov (Russia) 4. Harald Simon (Austria) 5. Antti Aakko (Finland) 6. Robert Henderson (Sweden) 7. Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 8 - 14. Qualifiers from the Ice Speedway Gladiators Challenge Meeting, St Johann 15. FIM Nominated Permanent Rider 16. Local Federation Nominated Wild Card After the series the riders finishing 1 - 7 in the final standings will be seeded to the 2014 series, riders 8 - 18 will compete in the 2014 Challenge Meeting

Yes I did mean 3rd/4th turns, and it is so far from the track, you have to ask why they have tickets for it.

25/1/2013 Swiss Championship/Alpenarena Cup 26/1/2013 Int. Master of Spikes http://www.eisspeedway.ch