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I'm a bit surprised I'm beating Conkers in posting these.... But I'm going through them for another reason so I thought why not post them on here. December 9. Sa Sanok-Cup Sanok, Poland 10. Sa Sanok-Cup Sanok, Poland 17. Su National qualifier, Sweden 26. Tu Santa Cup Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 27. We Santa Cup Östersund, Sweden 28. Th Santa Cup Bollnäs, Sweden 29. Fr Santa Cup Gävle, Sweden 30. Sa Hedemora Open Hedemora, Sweden January 6.1. Sa Golden Spike St. Johan, Austria 7.1. Su Golden Spike Steingaden, Germany 14. Su WC-qualifier 1 Saalfelden, Austria 20.1. Sa Golden Spike Flims, Switzerland 21.1. Su Golden Spike Divisov, Tšekki 27-28. Sa-Su Team World Cup, Saransk, Russia February 1-4.2 We-Su Euro Champ's Lukhovitsy, Russia 10-11. Sa-Su WC-qualifier 2 Penza, Russia 10-11. Sa-Su WC-qualifier 3 Inzell, Germany 24-25. Sa-Su WC-finaali 1 Ufa, Russia March 9.3. Fr Golden Spike Assen, Holland 10-11. Sa-Su WC-final 2 Assen, Holland 17-18. Sa-Su WC-final 3 Berlin, Germany 24.3. Sa Individual German Championhips Erfurt, Germany 25.3. Su Golden Spike Erfurt, Germany most of these are from http://www.espeedway.pl/, a pretty good polish site! Also info from http://www.isracing.net/ and the FIM dates are from FIM. Only meetings missing now are the European rounds, I bet they'll be decided in a week or two. The finnish dates are out on november 19th the latest. Most of the russian dates can be found in polish from http://www.espeedway.pl/ EDIT1 After some searching I'm now convinced that the Sanok Cup will be ridden in Sanok, Poland . It's south of Rzeszow and southeast from Tarnow, just over the Carpathean mountains. riders for the Sanok Cup in Poland: JAN KLATOVSKY –CZ ANTONIN KLATOVSKY JR -CZ CLAUDE GADAYNE –F ANTTI AAKKO –FIN TOMMY FLYKTMAN –FIN PETER JANSSON –S TOBIAS AKSTROM –S ZDZISŁAW ŻERDZIŃSKI –PL HANS WEBER –D MARIO SCHWAIGER –A MARKUS SKABRAUT –A SIMON GARTMANN –CH LUKAS ROSTI –CH THOMAS CAVIGELLI –CH Graham Halsall Wielkiej Brytanii Reprezentant Łotwy Wyścigi szkoleniowe: GRZEGORZ KNAPP –PL PIOTR HEJNOWSKI -PL Riders for the Golden Spike series: 1. Antonin Klatovsky, Czhech 2. Markus Skabraut, Austria 3. Sebastian Gegenbauer,Niemcy 4. Jan Klatovsky, Czechy 5. Johnny Tuinstra, Holandia 6. (Günther Bauer lub Stefan Pletschacher),Niemcy 7. Rene Stellingwerf, Holandia 8. Franz Zorn, Austria 9. Simon Gartman, Szwajcaria 10. (Per-Olof Serenius, Stefan Svenson), Szwecja 11. Jouni Seppänen, Finlandia 12. dzika karta dla gospodarza imprezy 13. zwyciêzca kwalifikacji 14. drugi z kwalifikacji 15. trzeci z kwalifikacji 16. czwarty z kwalifikacji Rez. 17. pi±ty z kwalifikacji Rez. 18. szósty z kwalifikacji from. http://www.espeedway.pl/index.php?co=newsy&id=12493

Statistics from the Finnish 80cc league from last summer. I havent received (still) all the results (as in resultsheets/complete results), but this much I have gathered. 28.5. Seinäjoki/SeMK Häjyt 43 (Jarkko Palmi 15, Mika Loppi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 14), Snails 34 (Timo Lahti 12, Tomi Lahti 10, Ville Wasenius 12), Team RAM-AIR 18 (Jukka Nieminen 7, Jiri Nieminen 6, Toni Hemmilä 5), JunioriHaukat 15 (Eero Sankala 4, Vikke Kuhanen 7, Miikka Hyyryläinen 4), Hukat 9 (Reima Heikkilä 2, Mika Tuomisto 2, Jari Tapani 5) 5.8. Varkaus/VRT Häjyt 43 (Mika Loppi 14, Jarkko Palmi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 15), Snails 35 (Timo Lahti 13, Ville Wasenius 10, Kalle Katajisto 12), Team RAM-AIR 19 (Jukka Nieminen 11, Toni Hemmilä 2, Miro Laine 6), JunioriHaukat 16 (Miikka Hyyryläinen 6, Eetu Neuvonen 6, Vikke Kuhanen 4), Hukat 7 (Reima Heikkilä 1, Mika Tuomisto 1, Jari Tapani 5) 6.8. Pori/FMS Snails 39+3 (Tomi Lahti 7, Timo Lahti 15, Kalle Katajisto 17+3), Häjyt 39+2 (Mika Loppi 13, Jarkko Palmi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 12+2), Hukat 16 (Reima Heikkilä 3, Mika Tuomisto 2, Jari Tapani 11), Team RAM-AIR 13 (Jukka Nieminen 6, Jiri Nieminen 5, Miro Laine 2), JunioriHaukat 12 (Miikka Hyyryläinen 3, Eero Sankala 3, Eetu Neuvonen 6) 9.9. Lahti/SsMK Snails 43 (Timo Lahti 13, Appe Mustonen 15, Kalle Katajisto 15), Häjyt 40 (Mika Loppi 14, Jarkko Palmi 8, Niko Siltaniemi 18), Team RAM-AIR 20 (Jukka Nieminen 10, Jiri Nieminen 4, Toni Hemmilä 6), JunioriHaukat 11 (Eetu Neuvonen 1, Miikka Hyyryläinen 6, Vikke Kuhanen 4), Hukat 5 (Reima Heikkilä 0, Mika Tuomisto 0, Jari Tapani 5) 10.9. Lahti/SsMK Snails 43 (Timo Lahti 14, Appe Mustonen 12, Kalle Katajisto 17), Häjyt 41 (Mika Loppi 12, Jarkko Palmi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 15), Team RAM-AIR 21 (Jukka Nieminen 8, Jiri Nieminen 6, Toni Hemmilä 7), JunioriHaukat 8 (Eetu Neuvonen 5, Miikka Hyyryläinen 2, Vikke Kuhanen 1), Hukat 6 (Reima Heikkilä 0, Mika Tuomisto 1, Jari Tapani 5) Scorers: Team...Rider name...meetings/points Häjyt: Jarkko Palmi 5/65, Mika Loppi 5/67, Niko Siltaniemi 5/74 Snails: Timo Lahti 5/67, Tomi Lahti 2/17, Ville Wasenius 2/22, Kalle Katajisto 4/61, Appe Mustonen 2/27 RAM-AIR: Jukka Nieminen 5/42, Jiri Nieminen 4/21, Toni Hemmilä 4/20, Miro Laine 2/8 JunioriHaukat: Eero Sankala 2/7, Vikke Kuhanen 4/16, Miikka Hyyryläinen 5/21, Eetu Neuvonen 4/18 Hukat: Reima Heikkilä 5/6, Mika Tuomisto 5/6, Jari Tapani 5/31 Sarjan tulokset: Team, Club...M...+/-...P Snails, VRT...5...194...28 Häjyt, SeMK...5...206...27 Team RAM-AIR, SsMK...5...91...19 Juniorihaukat, SsMK... 5...62...14 Hukat, FMS...5...43...12

Statistics from the Finnish 1st division from last summer. I havent received (still) all the results, but this much I have gathered. 21.5 Pori/PMK Vaasa 35(Mikko Rahko 18, Tero Villanen 8, Jonne Perälä 9), Lahti 24 (Sami Lahti 11, Kalle Kivistö 13), Kauhajoki 21 (Juho Ruuska 9, J-E Korkeamäki 10, Pasi Räsänen 2), Pori 20 (Petri Meritähti 4, Jouni Viljanen 2, Marko Suojanen, 14), Forssa 8 (Janne Nyman 7, Jani Eerikäinen 1) 28.5. Seinäjoki/SeMK Seinäjoki 35 (Petteri Koivunen 12, Mikko Koskinen 11, Pekka Valo 12), Forssa 24 (Janne Nyman 10, Ari Tuomisto 3, Aarni Heikkilä 11), Lahti 23 (Kalle Kivistö 11, Vesa Hyyryläinen 1, Marko Suojanen 11), Pori 21 (Jari Mäkinen 15, Petri Meritähti 6, Jouni Viljanen 0), Kauhajoki 16 (Markku Autio 4, Juho Ruuska 5, Jan-Erik Korkeamäki 7) 15.7. Hyvinkää/FMS Seinäjoki 30 (Toni Stenberg 5, Petteri Koivunen 13, Panu Karvonen 12), Kauhajoki 28 (J-E Korkeamäki 11, Markku Autio 17, Reino Koivuluoma 0), Forssa 24 (Markus Helin 6, Ari Tuomisto 5, Janne Nyman 13), Vaasa 21 (Timo Villanen 9, Tero Villanen 8, Jonne Perälä 4), Lahti 17 (Kalle Kivistö 14, Markku Weckman 2, Vesa Hyyryläinen 1) 30.7. Kauhajoki/ KauhjMK Seinäjoki 39 (Harri Nieminen 16, Petteri Koivunen 12, Panu Karvonen 11), Vaasa 31 (Tero Villanen 10, Jonne Perälä 3, Mikko Rahko 18), Kauhajoki 26 (Olli Heikkilä 3, J-E Korkeamäki 14, Markku Autio 9), Pori 17 (Tomi Kauppi 7, Petri Meritähti 4, Jouni Viljanen 6), Lahti 7 (Markku Weckman 6, Vesa Hyyryläinen 1, Jarmo Lindström 0) 20.8. Seinäjoki/ VaMK Seinäjoki 38 (Mikko Koskinen 9, Harri Nieminen 15, Petteri Koivunen 14), Forssa 28 (Janne Nyman 8, Ari Tuomisto 7, Aarni Heikkilä 13), Pori 20 (Marko Suojanen 18, Petri Meritähti 0, Jouni Viljanen 2), Kauhajoki 17 (Olli Heikkilä 0, Juho Ruuska 7, Markku Autio 10), Vaasa 16 (Timo Villanen 9, Jonne Perälä 4, Reino Koivuluoma 3) 10.9. Lahti/SsMK Forssa 33 (Aarni Heikkilä 14, Ari Tuomisto 5, Janne Nyman 14), Seinäjoki 29 (Toni Stenberg 7, Harri Nieminen 12, Petteri Koivunen 10), Vaasa 27 (Mikko Rahko 14, Timo Villanen 5, Tero Villanen 8), Lahti 18 (Jarno Lindström 5, Vesa Hyyryläinen 0, Kalle Kivistö 13), Pori 11 (Petri Koskela 2, Jouni Viljanen 9) Top scorers! Team... Rider name meetings/points Vaasa: Mikko Rahko 3/50, Tero Villanen 4/34 Lahti: Kalle Kivistö 4/51 Kauhajoki: Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 4/42 Pori: Marko Suojanen 3/43 Forssa: Janne Nyman 5/52 Aarni Heikkilä 3/38 Seinäjoki: Petteri Koivunen 5/61 Panu Karvonen 2/23 Team...M...+/-...P Seinäjoki...5...171...29 Forssa...5...117...21 Vaasa...5...130...20 Kauhajoki...5...108...18 Lahti...5...89...15 Pori...5...89...14

Our very own Track Racing Parliament will be held on the 19th of November. That's when next year's dates for the qualifiers and finals here in Finland will be announced. On the same day there will be a meeting discussing next year's league speedway. Both of these are annual events with the league meetings taking place 2-4 times a year. But that's when I (or anyone except the "big man") will know more about the dates and nominations for 2007. That info will be given to everyone over here on a thread called... tada-da-dadda-daa!!! Finnish News for 2007!!! This is still this year though, and I heard on tuesday that Kaj Laukkanen has said in his home town newspaper that he's moving to England next year with his newly wed wife. And that is to ride speedway. So there is still some hope yet in Laukkanen. (I'm with you AndyM on matters concerning SpeedyK)

Almost 1900 with 100 crowns a head. 1 £ is about 15 crowns.

I phoned Palomäki on friday and they werent even sure if they would get to ride because of the weather. Looks like they did, hope nothing too serious happened to him when he got excluded in his last ride.

I might sound a bit harsh, but I do hope someone has to pullout at the last minute to give Hautamäki a chance to prove himself as a contender against Laukkanen for the #2 in Finnish speedway.

Around the time of the Eskilstuna GP this year he was in a real mess in Sweden. I think there were 3 or possibly even 4 matches where he managed only 3-5 points.

I shall politely disregard that last sentence, but thank you for the answer.

102 riders in the 1st Division Rider - Team - Points - Heats - Matches - CMA Andreas Messing (SE)...Gävle...74...26...5...11,38... Robert Pettersson...Eldarna...43...16...3...10,75... Arnt Förland (NO)...Solkatterna...37...14...3...10,57... Jan Graversen (DK)...Solkatterna...67...26...5...10,31... Kenny Olsson (SE)...Eldarna...51...20...4...10,20... Tomas Olsson (SE)...Nässjö...25...10...2...10,00... Fredrik Johansson (SE)...Filbyterna...177...75...14...9,44... Patrick Nörgaard (DK)...Nässjö...7...3...1...9,33... Per-Ola Klasson (SE)...Nässjö...72...31...6...9,29... Jyri Palomäki (FI)...Nässjö...88...38...10...9,26... Niklas Fridell (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...23...10...2...9,20... Claus Vissing (DK)...Solkatterna...87...38...8...9,16... Simon Gustafsson (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...146...64...13...9,13... Tero Aarnio (FI)...Eldarna...73...32...7...9,13... Patrik Olsson (SE)...Bysarna...43...19...4...9,05... Mats Lööf (SE)...Solkatterna...47...21...5...8,95... Ludvig Lindgren (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...160...72...14...8,89... Claes Ivarsson (SE)...Bysarna...84...38...10...8,84... Lennart Persson (SE)...Nässjö...145...66...14...8,79... Teemu Lahti (FI)...Gävle...13...6...1...8,67... Jörgen Zetterberg (SE)...Bysarna...64...30...7...8,53... Juha Mäkelä (FI)...Filbyterna...112...54...10...8,30... Christer Rohlén (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...20...10...2...8,00... Krister Jacobsen (DK)...Nässjö...124...62...13...8,00... Jonas Messing (SE)...Gävle...24...12...3...8,00... David Eilersén (SE)...Filbyterna...2...1...1...8,00... Linus Sundström (SE)...Vikingarna...63...32...6...7,88... Göran Flood (SE)...Vikingarna...132...68...13...7,76... Tommy Georgsen (DK)...Bysarna...120...65...13...7,38... Rickard Karlsson (SE)...Solkatterna...116...63...14...7,37... René Lehtinen...Solkatterna...11...6...1...7,33... Linus Jansson (SE)...Gävle...102...56...12...7,29... Johan Engman (SE)...Filbyterna...60...33...7...7,27... Kim Nilsson (SE)...Eldarna...107...60...14...7,13... Peter Juul (DK)...Bysarna...103...62...13...6,65... Fredrik Antfolk (SE)...Eldarna...98...59...13...6,64... Morten Frahm (DK)...Filbyterna...23...14...3...6,57... Daniel Ahlin (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...84...52...11...6,46... Johan Nord (SE)...Vikingarna...62...39...8...6,36... Jonas Andersson (SE)...Gävle...57...37...8...6,16... Dan Kjellberg (SE)...Solkatterna...80...53...13...6,04... Michael Reinholdsson (SE)...Filbyterna...6...4...1...6,00... Anders Sohlberg (SE)...Solkatterna...68...47...10...5,79... Patrik Jarnstam (SE)...Solkatterna...67...47...11...5,70... David Rohlén (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...85...62...13...5,48... Tommie Lundgren (SE)...Eldarna...71...52...12...5,46... Robin Johansson (SE)...Bysarna...71...52...11...5,46... Daniel Sjögren (SE)...Solkatterna...15...11...3...5,45... Magnus Persson (SE)...Solkatterna...83...61...14...5,44... Christian Ingesson (SE)...Vikingarna...77...57...13...5,40... Ola Westlund (SE)...Gävle...8...6...2...5,33... Leif Karlsson (SE)...Eldarna...16...12...3...5,33... Henrik Bauer Hansen (NO)...Vikingarna...81...61...13...5,31... Patrik Haraldsen (NO)...Vikingarna...70...54...11...5,19... Joni Keskinen (FI)...Team Kumla Promotion...35...27...6...5,19... Tobias Ingesson (SE)...Vikingarna...75...58...13...5,17... David Hillborg (SE)...Gävle...82...65...14...5,05... Niklas Larsson (SE)...Gävle...87...69...14...5,04... Joakim Söderström (SE)...Filbyterna...34...27...6...5,04... Robin Burestad (SE)...Gävle...58...47...12...4,94... Andreas Westlund (SE)...Gävle...85...69...14...4,93... Anders Agmell (SE)...Solkatterna...39...32...8...4,88... Marko Rintanen (SE)...Filbyterna...68...56...13...4,86... Sören Östergren (SE)...Filbyterna...70...58...12...4,83... Jari Mäkinen (FI)...Team Kumla Promotion...38...32...7...4,75... Robin Johansson (SE)...Eldarna...58...50...11...4,64... Lars Åström (SE)...Bysarna...67...61...13...4,39... Jerry Magnusson (SE)...Eldarna...29...27...7...4,30... Oscar Fyhrman (SE)...Filbyterna...43...41...9...4,20... Niklas Eriksson (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...66...63...14...4,19... Marcus Andersson (SE)...Nässjö...43...44...10...3,91... Dennis Dahlberg (SE)...Eldarna...32...34...8...3,76... Mikael Axelsson (SE)...Nässjö...46...50...11...3,68... Benny Woentin (SE)...Nässjö...43...48...12...3,58... Jens Oskarsson (SE)...Gävle...17...19...5...3,58... Kjell Nilsen (SE)...Vikingarna...7...8...3...3,50... Rickard Andersson...Bysarna...11...13...3...3,38... Marian Gheorge (SE)...Eldarna...5...6...2...3,33... Joel Nyström (SE)...Eldarna...32...39...9...3,28... Per Jansson (SE)...Eldarna...20...25...6...3,20... Joakim Mårtensson (SE)...Eldarna...4...5...2...3,20... Patrik Sohlberg (SE)...Nässjö...21...28...8...3,00... Joachim Lindquist (SE)...Filbyterna...19...26...8...2,92... Jeremia Thelaus (SE)...Solkatterna...12...17...8...2,82... Fredrik Sirland (SE)...Bysarna...26...39...9...2,67... Michael Sjöqvist (SE)...Vikingarna...8...15...5...2,13... Pelle Lundgren (SE)...Eldarna...1...2...1...2,00... Harald Andersson (SE)...Bysarna...3...6...3...2,00... Sven Näreby (SE)...Nässjö...17...35...11...1,94... Peter Wall (SE)...Gävle...14...31...7...1,81... Dennis Ekstrand (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...8...21...6...1,52... Mikael Åstrand (SE)...Filbyterna...9...26...6...1,38... David Janehult...Vikingarna...1...3...1...1,33... Nicklas Woxler (SE)...Filbyterna...5...16...4...1,25... Joni Kitala...Filbyterna...4...14...3...1,14... Jonny Andersson (SE)...Vikingarna...1...5...2...0,80... Rickard Jansson (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...6...34...9...0,71... Anders Gustavsson (SE)...Vikingarna...2...12...4...0,67... Johan Lorentzon (SE)...Nässjö...1...7...2...0,57... Kenneth Adolfsson (SE)...Team Kumla Promotion...0...2...1...0,00... Emil Näreby (SE)...Nässjö...0...4...2...0,00... Michael Gustavsson (SE)...Filbyterna...0...2...1...0,00...

116 riders in the Allsvenskan, calculated as in the Elitserien. Source: speedway.nu Rider - Team - Points - Heats - Matches - CMA Kim Jansson (SE)...Team Bikap...17...6...1...11,33... Sebastian Aldén (SE)...Team Dalakraft...39...15...4...10,40... Rafal Dobrucki (PL)...Kaparna...129...51...10...10,12... Oliver Allen...Team Dalakraft...12...5...1...9,60... Piotr Dym...Örnarna...12...5...1...9,60... Stefan Andersson. (SE)...Kaparna...93...39...8...9,54... Tomasz Gapinski (PL)...Kaparna...82...35...7...9,37... Krzysztof Buczkowski...Getingarna...28...12...2...9,33... Jacek Rempala (PL)...Team Bikap...14...6...1...9,33... Norbert Kosciuch (PL)...Örnarna...151...67...13...9,01... Robert Eriksson (SE)...Valsarna...164...73...14...8,99... Zbigniew Suchecki (PL)...Lejonen...49...22...5...8,91... Kim Jansson...Kaparna...11...5...1...8,80... Marcin Jedrzejewski (PL)...Team Bikap...11...5...1...8,80... Sebastian Aldén...Team Dalakraft...11...5...1...8,80... Magnus Karlsson (SE)...Valsarna...77...35...7...8,80... Erik Andersson (SE)...Team Bikap...92...42...8...8,76... Jacek Krzyzaniak (PL)...Kaparna...32...15...3...8,53... Lukasz Jankowski (PL)...Team Dalakraft...59...28...6...8,43... Kauko Nieminen (FI)...Griparna...99...47...9...8,43... Daniel Nermark (SE)...Getingarna...40...19...4...8,42... Shane Parker (AU)...Kaparna...101...49...10...8,24... Mariusz Staszewski (PL)...Lejonen...59...29...6...8,14... Niklas Aspgren (SE)...Team Dalakraft...132...65...14...8,12... Niklas Karlsson (SE)...Örnarna...139...69...14...8,06... Ronnie Jamrozy (PL)...Getingarna...49...25...5...7,84... Andreas Bergström (SE)...Getingarna...102...53...10...7,70... Thomas H Jonasson (SE)...Lejonen...132...69...14...7,65... Nicolai Klindt (DK)...Team Bikap...112...59...12...7,59... Manuel Hauzinger (AT)...Kaparna...17...9...2...7,56... Pawel Staszek (PL)...Team Bikap...46...25...5...7,36... Henning Bager (DK)...Valsarna...29...16...3...7,25... Rikard Sedelius (SE)...Team Dalakraft...106...60...14...7,07... Tomas Olsson (SE)...Örnarna...122...70...14...6,97... Mattias Nilsson (SE)...Lejonen...106...61...14...6,95... Robin Törnqvist (SE)...Valsarna...119...69...14...6,90... Robert Johansson (SE)...Griparna...122...71...14...6,87... Stefan Ekberg (SE)...Lejonen...104...63...14...6,60... Bohumil Brhel...Kaparna...23...14...3...6,57... Sebastian Bengtsson...Team Dalakraft...60...38...8...6,32... Jaroslaw Lukaszewski (PL)...Lejonen...67...43...9...6,23... Ricky Kling (SE)...Valsarna...101...65...13...6,22... Kenny Olsson...Getingarna...23...15...3...6,13... Henrik Möller (DK)...Lejonen...26...17...4...6,12... Hampus Gustavsson (SE)...Griparna...6...4...1...6,00... Roman Chromik (PL)...Kaparna...52...35...7...5,94... Miroslaw Jablonski (PL)...Getingarna...31...21...5...5,90... Juha Hautamäki (FI)...Getingarna...82...56...11...5,86... Kevin Doolan (AU)...Getingarna...57...39...8...5,85... Andreas Lekander (SE)...Team Bikap...99...68...14...5,82... Casper Wortmann (DK)...Lejonen...45...31...7...5,81... Johan Liljegren (SE)...Team Dalakraft...81...56...14...5,79... Patrick Hougaard (DK)...Griparna...92...65...14...5,66... Adrian Gomólski (PL)...Team Dalakraft...24...17...4...5,65... Robert Pettersson (SE)...Team Dalakraft...52...37...8...5,62... Magnus Karlsson...Team Dalakraft...7...5...1...5,60... Emil Lindqvist (SE)...Getingarna...81...58...13...5,59... Jörgen Hultgren (SE)...Griparna...78...57...14...5,47... David Kujawa (PL)...Kaparna...38...28...7...5,43... Emil Kramer (SE)...Valsarna...70...54...12...5,19... Jesper Kristiansen (DK)...Griparna...31...24...6...5,17... Wojciech Druchniak (PL)...Örnarna...20...16...3...5,00... Billy Forsberg (SE)...Griparna...57...46...13...4,96... Viktor Bergström (SE)...Getingarna...62...51...13...4,86... Robert Flis (PL)...Lejonen...17...14...4...4,86... Rune Sola (NO)...Valsarna...27...23...6...4,70... Tobias Johansson (SE)...Valsarna...67...58...13...4,62... Lars Hansen (DK)...Örnarna...32...28...7...4,57... Linus Eklöf (SE)...Team Bikap...68...60...14...4,53... Klaus Jakobsen (DK)...Örnarna...28...25...6...4,48... Leon Madsen (DK)...Lejonen...19...17...4...4,47... Cameron Woodward (AU)...Getingarna...10...9...2...4,44... Krystian Klecha (PL)...Getingarna...10...9...3...4,44... Jimmy Jansson (SE)...Team Bikap...66...60...14...4,40... Lewis Bridger (GB)...Getingarna...15...14...3...4,29... Russell Harrison (AU)...Griparna...20...19...4...4,21... Kim Almquist (SE)...Lejonen...29...28...10...4,14... Anders Ljung (SE)...Griparna...70...68...14...4,12... Per-Ola Klasson (SE)...Örnarna...61...60...14...4,07... Anders Nielsen...Kaparna...5...5...1...4,00... Thomas Ljung (SE)...Lejonen...21...21...6...4,00... Joakim Brolin (SE)...Team Bikap...38...38...11...4,00... Robin Bergkvist (SE)...Team Dalakraft...52...52...13...4,00... Marcus Åström (SE)...Valsarna...3...3...1...4,00... Tomi Reima (FI)...Örnarna...42...42...11...4,00... Kalle Lindgren (SE)...Getingarna...39...43...12...3,63... Benny Johansson (SE)...Griparna...39...43...11...3,63... Sten Jensen...Kaparna...16...18...5...3,56... Tomas Karlsson (SE)...Kaparna...42...48...12...3,50... Jyri Palomäki (FI)...Örnarna...7...8...2...3,50... Christian Isomettä (SE)...Valsarna...25...29...11...3,45... Marius Rökeberg (NO)...Valsarna...12...14...5...3,43... Jesper Brolin (SE)...Team Bikap...17...20...7...3,40... Steven Andersen (DK)...Kaparna...16...19...4...3,37... Tomas Aronsson (SE)...Örnarna...31...40...10...3,10... Viktor Göthberg (SE)...Lejonen...14...19...9...2,95... Shaun Tacey (GB)...Team Bikap...14...19...5...2,95... Norvy Brandin (SE)...Kaparna...12...18...4...2,67... Niklas Gallon (SE)...Team Dalakraft...12...19...5...2,53... John Larsson (SE)...Getingarna...16...26...10...2,46... Robert Henderson (SE)...Team Bikap...17...28...9...2,43... Jordan Jurczynski...Team Dalakraft...4...7...2...2,29... Fredrik Andersson (SE)...Team Dalakraft...6...11...6...2,18... Tommy Berglund (SE)...Kaparna...1...2...1...2,00... John Jensen (SE)...Valsarna...1...2...1...2,00... David Adiels (SE)...Kaparna...8...17...5...1,88... Michael Berntsson (SE)...Kaparna...9...22...6...1,64... Kim Johansson (SE)...Griparna...1...3...1...1,33... Linus Sundström...Team Dalakraft...2...6...3...1,33... Jan Graversen...Kaparna...1...4...1...1,00... Lennart Persson (SE)...Örnarna...1...4...2...1,00... Joakim Engstrand (SE)...Valsarna...1...7...3...0,57... Michael Berntsson...Kaparna...0...7...2...0,00... Tony Hultman (SE)...Kaparna...0...2...1...0,00... Patrik Malmfeldt (SE)...Lejonen...0...1...1...0,00... Marcus Cedertjärn (SE)...Örnarna...0...2...1...0,00...

Went through the averages for the swedish season. This info was copypasted from speedway.nu before the finals/after play-offs. 139 riders in the Elitserien, calculated by dividing points by heats and multiplying by four. Rider - Team - Points - Heats - Matches - CMA Nicki Pedersen (DK)...Bajen...203...81...15...10,02 Leigh Adams (AU)...MasarnaAvesta...187...75...13...9,97 Tony Rickardsson (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...82...34...7...9,65 Greg Hancock (US)...Rospiggarna...224...98...18...9,14 Hans Andersen (DK)...Luxo Stars...201...90...17...8,93 Wieslaw Jagus (PL)...Smederna...192...88...16...8,73 Jaroslaw Hampel (PL)...VMS Elit...184...87...17...8,46 Jesper B Jensen (DK)...Bajen...90...43...8...8,37 Peter Karlsson (SE)...Luxo Stars...191...92...18...8,30 Jason Crump (AU)...VMS Elit...31...15...3...8,27 Rune Holta (NO)...VMS Elit...182...89...17...8,18 Andreas Jonsson (SE)...Luxo Stars...156...77...15...8,10 Sebastian Ulamek (PL)...Västervik...170...86...17...7,91 Ryan Sullivan (AU)...Piraterna...176...91...18...7,74 Lee Richardson (GB)...VMS Elit...150...79...16...7,59 Janusz Kolodziej (PL)...Rospiggarna...79...42...9...7,52 Tomasz Gollob (PL)...Västervik...118...63...13...7,49 Piotr Protasiewicz (PL)...Indianerna...145...78...16...7,44 Krzysztof Jablonski (PL)...Bajen...29...16...3...7,25 Bjarne Pedersen (DK)...Västervik...145...80...16...7,25 Jonas Davidsson (SE)...Rospiggarna...114...63...12...7,24 Grzegorz Walasek (PL)...Piraterna...148...84...17...7,05 David Ruud...VMS Elit...95...54...12...7,04 Todd Wiltshire (AU)...Västervik...85...49...10...6,94 Krzysztof Buczkowski (PL)...Vargarna...17...10...2...6,80 Scott Nicholls (GB)...Smederna...117...71...14...6,59 Chris Harris (GB)...Västervik...130...79...16...6,58 Mark Loram (GB)...Piraterna...143...88...18...6,50 Matej Zagar (SI)...Vargarna...120...74...15...6,49 Peter Ljung (SE)...VMS Elit...134...84...18...6,38 Kenneth Bjerre (DK)...Piraterna...87...55...12...6,33 Joe Screen (GB)...Vargarna...120...76...16...6,32 Tomasz Gapinski...Bajen...52...33...6...6,30 Antonio Lindbäck (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...137...87...17...6,30 Joonas Kylmäkorpi (FI)...Bajen...117...75...15...6,24 Niels Kristian Iversen (DK)...Västervik...114...74...15...6,16 Robert Kosciecha (PL)...Piraterna...124...81...18...6,12 Dave Watt (AU)...MasarnaAvesta...35...23...5...6,09 Matej Ferjan (SI)...Indianerna...136...90...18...6,04 Magnus Zetterström (SE)...Indianerna...132...88...18...6,00 Robert Miskowiak (PL)...Västervik...6...4...1...6,00 Niklas Klingberg (SE)...Vargarna...127...85...17...5,98 Billy Hamill (US)...Smederna...100...67...14...5,97 Fredrik Lindgren (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...141...95...18...5,94 Krzysztof Kasprzak (PL)...Smederna...74...50...10...5,92 Charlie Gjedde (DK)...Luxo Stars...114...78...16...5,85 Robert Sawina (PL)...Smederna...121...84...17...5,76 Ales Dryml...MasarnaAvesta...20...14...4...5,71 Adam Shields (AU)...Vargarna...47...33...7...5,70 Rafal Okoniewski (PL)...Indianerna...121...86...18...5,63 Tomasz Jedrzejak (PL)...VMS Elit...80...57...13...5,61 Karol Zabik (PL)...Rospiggarna...91...65...14...5,60 Mikael Max (SE)...Luxo Stars...118...85...18...5,55 Michal Szczepaniak (PL)...Piraterna...45...33...8...5,45 Stefan Andersson...Piraterna...54...40...9...5,40 Gary Havelock (GB)...Bajen...24...18...4...5,33 Kenny Olsson (SE)...Bajen...32...24...6...5,33 Andre Compton (GB)...Vargarna...36...27...6...5,33 Piotr Paluch (PL)...VMS Elit...41...31...7...5,29 Chris Slabon (PL)...Rospiggarna...98...75...16...5,23 Roman Povazhny (PL)...Indianerna...74...57...13...5,19 Dave Watt...Vargarna...61...47...10...5,19 Henrik Gustafsson (SE)...Indianerna...98...76...18...5,16 Tomasz Chrzanowski (PL)...Västervik...81...63...13...5,14 Simon Stead (GB)...MasarnaAvesta...48...38...10...5,05 Kaj Laukkanen (FI)...Indianerna...70...56...14...5,00 Sebastian Aldén...MasarnaAvesta...65...52...11...5,00 Damian Balinski (PL)...Piraterna...42...34...9...4,94 Kim Jansson (SE)...Smederna...63...51...11...4,94 Daniel Nermark (SE)...Vargarna...55...45...11...4,89 Christian Hefenbrock (DE)...Luxo Stars...54...46...12...4,70 Simon Gustafsson (SE)...Indianerna...7...6...3...4,67 Steve Johnston (AU)...MasarnaAvesta...22...19...4...4,63 Leigh Lanham (GB)...Vargarna...63...55...14...4,58 Rory Schlein (AU)...Indianerna...40...35...9...4,57 Emil Lindqvist (SE)...Vargarna...8...7...2...4,57 Travis McGowan (AU)...Rospiggarna...93...82...18...4,54 Erik Andersson (SE)...Smederna...77...70...17...4,40 Mattias Nilsson (SE)...VMS Elit...11...10...2...4,40 Sebastian Aldén (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...36...33...7...4,36 Freddie Eriksson (SE)...Bajen...82...76...17...4,32 Adam Skornicki (PL)...Bajen...65...61...14...4,26 Kenny Olsson...Vargarna...17...16...4...4,25 Oliver Allen (GB)...MasarnaAvesta...18...17...4...4,24 Pawel Hlib (PL)...Västervik...19...18...4...4,22 Daniel Davidsson (SE)...Piraterna...59...57...14...4,14 Stefan Dannö (SE)...Bajen...72...70...16...4,11 Andreas Bergström (SE)...Vargarna...49...48...13...4,08 Ludvig Lindgren (SE)...Indianerna...4...4...2...4,00 Magnus Karlsson...MasarnaAvesta...3...3...1...4,00 Adrian Miedzinski (PL)...Rospiggarna...3...3...1...4,00 Sam Ermolenko...Rospiggarna...17...17...5...4,00 Morten Risager...Smederna...11...11...3...4,00 Dean Barker (GB)...Vargarna...14...14...3...4,00 Lukas Dryml...MasarnaAvesta...26...27...6...3,85 Niklas Aspgren (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...22...23...7...3,83 Andreas Messing (SE)...Rospiggarna...66...69...16...3,83 Ricky Kling (SE)...Luxo Stars...62...65...18...3,82 Thomas H Jonasson (SE)...VMS Elit...56...60...18...3,73 David Howe (GB)...Smederna...25...27...8...3,70 Marcin Rempala (PL)...Rospiggarna...24...26...7...3,69 Tomas Topinka (CZ)...Luxo Stars...7...8...2...3,50 David Norris...Vargarna...12...14...4...3,43 Marius Wegrzyk (PL)...Bajen...23...28...7...3,29 Billy Janniro...Smederna...10...13...3...3,08 Jörgen Hultgren (SE)...Västervik...9...12...4...3,00 Robert Johansson (SE)...Västervik...14...19...6...2,95 Billy Forsberg (SE)...Västervik...7...10...7...2,80 Piotr Swiderski...Bajen...11...16...4...2,75 Ulrik Östergaard...Luxo Stars...12...18...5...2,67 Linus Eklöf (SE)...Smederna...6...9...7...2,67 Benny Johansson (SE)...Västervik...2...3...1...2,67 Jonas Davidsson...Bajen...6...10...2...2,40 Robin Törnqvist (SE)...Luxo Stars...7...12...5...2,33 Mariusz Staszewski...Rospiggarna...7...12...3...2,33 Andreas Lekander (SE)...Smederna...14...24...7...2,33 Robert Pettersson (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...2...4...4...2,00 Robin Bergkvist (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...1...2...2...2,00 Stefan Ekberg (SE)...VMS Elit...1...2...1...2,00 Viktor Bergström (SE)...Vargarna...4...9...6...1,78 Robin Törnqvist...Luxo Stars...3...7...5...1,71 Robert Pettersson...Bajen...3...8...3...1,50 Anders Ljung (SE)...Västervik...6...16...7...1,50 Johan Liljegren (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...4...12...5...1,33 Rikard Sedelius (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...1...3...1...1,33 Linus Jansson (SE)...Rospiggarna...6...18...7...1,33 Rafal Trojanowski (PL)...VMS Elit...2...7...2...1,14 Tomas Karlsson (SE)...Piraterna...2...8...5...1,00 David Hillborg (SE)...Rospiggarna...1...7...4...0,57 Kim Nilsson (SE)...Bajen...0...8...4...0,00 Rafal Szombierski...Bajen...0...3...1...0,00 Fredrik Andersson (SE)...MasarnaAvesta...0...1...1...0,00 Sebastian Bengtsson...MasarnaAvesta...0...1...1...0,00 Kim Jansson...Piraterna...0...2...1...0,00 Andreas Westlund (SE)...Rospiggarna...0...1...1...0,00 Jonas Messing (SE)...Rospiggarna...0...2...1...0,00 Robert Henderson (SE)...Smederna...0...1...1...0,00 Paul Hurry...Vargarna...0...2...1...0,00 Niklas Larsson (SE)...VMS Elit...0...1...1...0,00

Where is this coming from buy the way that Gollob is retiring? I've been reading such post's for some time now.

I read that from masarna.nu as well. Made no sense to me, the article it self started by declaring that number of rounds next year will be increased to 10. Stupid idea if you ask me to give better money in one round and less in others. For the rounds next year? Probably the same stadias will remain for next year..?

Kaj Laukkanen won the Seinäjoki speedway last saturday and Tomi Reima took home the welding machine from the Kemppi speedway last sunday. Only 14 riders at Seinäjoki and 9 at Lahti. Both of these meetings have traditions going back to the late seventies, and it's imnportant that the tradition doesn't break. Kemppi is a local factory at Lahti, and has always sponsored the winner with a brand new welding machine. Seinäjoki: 1. Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 15 +3 2. Rene Lehtinen SeMK 14 +2 3. Tero Aarnio KMMK 12+2+1 4. Marko Suojanen PMK 13+3+0 5. Markku Autio KauhjMK 9+1 6. Petri Koskela PMK 11+T 7. Janne Nyman FMS 9 8. Aki-Pekka Mustonen VRT 8 9. Kalle Kivistö SsMK 8 10. Jan-Erk Korkeamäki KauhjMK 6 11. Toni Stenberg KMMK 5 12. Juho Ruuska HjMK 4 13. Pasi Mattila KMS 3 14. Reino Koivuluoma KauhjMK 2 Lahti: 1. Tomi Reima SsMK 2. Tero Aarnio KMMK 3. Jyri Palomäki NASSJÖ 4. Teemu Lahti KMMK 5. Aarni Heikkilä FMS 6. Ilmo Suutari HeMK 7. Kalle Kivistö SsMK 8. Toni Stenberg KMMK 9. Janne Nyman FMS http://www.kemppi.fi

No worries! There's a couple of individual meetings to go, Seinäjoki speedway today and Kemppi speedway tomorrow. Then I'll take a couple of weeks break from speedway and concentrate on finding a job. Next year I hope to keep it up, possibly get a bit faster with theposting if I get my hands on some portable gadgets!

The guestbook has been cleaned once or twice recently. That Oprey fellow who's the webmaster is supposed to be very capable, so I wonder why this keeps happening. I'm not angry really...

There's been a camera crew at the league round in Pori in early May, Kauhajoki Speedway in June, Nordic Longtrack a few weeks ago, the finnish final in July... Maybe a couple of more? The Pori one was done by students, and they didn't have the time to make it ready before the holiday's. They're back on it now I believe. The others have been by this fellow Aleksi Mäkinen, who's trying to keep a finnish website with all kind of info www.speedway.fi That very website has the here: http://www.speedway.fi/kauppa.php where you can buy a steelshoe to wear around your neck. They are made by Jyri Palomäki, a TOP6 rider in Finland who's gonna become a goldsmith in a year. When the DVD's are out, I'll post about it.

I didn't bother to ever check, felt like a millionaire, but my brother said that the prices varied for the pint as the evening went on... Dont care... 13.07-16.50, on the dot I'll give them that. Had some butterflies in my stomach because if there would have been any delays over 30min we would have most likely missed our flight. And on a 4 hour train trip here in Finland our cars and engine's are 30 years younger and over 30 minutes late usually.

Last round of the Finnish 1st division was raced last weekend at Lahti. Forssa was the best, but Seinäjoki won the series. I have no further info, it's been kept under wraps pretty well... Forssa 33 Aarni Heikkilä 14 Ari Tuomisto 5 Janne Nyman 14 Seinäjoki 29 Toni Stenberg 7 Harri Nieminen 12 Petteri Koivunen 10 Vaasa 27 Mikko Rahko 14 Timo Villanen 5 Tero Villanen 8 Lahti 18 Jarno Lindström 5 Vesa Hyyryläinen 0 Kalle Kivistö 13 Pori 11 Petri Koskela 2 Jouni Viljanen 9 Final standings SEINÄJOKI 29 FORSSA 22 VAASA 20 KAUHAJOKI 18 LAHTI 16 PORI 15

So when do you think Simon Stead will be good enough to make it in the GP's? I'll take it that this is thread where to ask why Lee R. withdrew from the Latvian gp?

Got back yesterday after 4 hrs on the train and 50 minutes on the plane. How I wish it could have been the other way. All the hard work learning the latvian language went down the drain when we realised that we were actually in Russia, and 4/5 of the people were Russian. Tsetri Alus = 4 beers was much more appreciated in Riga than in Daugavpils. Thought the racing was not so great, especially in the beginning of the meeting. The track was so hard that things seemed to go in slo-mo. Like said earlier that track knowledge would be important, Puksus proved it by being in the races the whole meeting in a field much stronger than his standard. Local fans knew their speedway, once or twice they were cheering their own guys entering the corner when they knew he'd make a pass before the next straight. Tickets were very expensive for the local's, therefor plenty of space in all the stands. Heard that for the regular league speedway it cost's 2-4 latis, when our ticket for the backstraight was for 18 latis. Plenty of hotels in Daugavpils, we stayed at Biplan, they have their own website which is how I found it. Equivalent or better when compared to any British Travel Lodge or Ibis. Met a lot of people, sorry to miss ballinger. Had a great party at the Latgola on friday night with a swedish group and a couple supporting Peterborough. Lindbäck wasn't all that disappointed about his 2nd place, was a bit surprised how well he took it. I knew he would not make it the 2nd time though, won a fiver from my brother who had more faith in him. He did look fast all night, if not the fastest I'll give him that.

Dont think anything have been decided yet, you can expect more news some thime late november. The place in Helsinki would probably be at the Oulunkylä speed skating arena here Loitonna means zoom out, Ole hyvä!

So where's the party then??? at the Banzai there's a british DJ on saturday, then again the riders and crew are staying at the Latgola, is their bar / night club any good?

Riders that have been there have told that tracknowledge is essential at Daugavpils.