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Yes, but why on earth are they doing 'updates' when they are just 'copying' it from SpeedwayUpdates? Sounds a bit odd to me to be honest.

Looks like Nikolaj is on his way for another WC title . Russian riders for the Qualifiers; the Khomitsevich brothers are going to Saalfelden, Nikolaj Krasnikov and the Ivanov brothers are going to Sanok and Dimitri Bulankin, Igor Kononov and Pavel Tsjajka are going to St. Johann.

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Looks like Zorn went home with engine problems .

The Santa Cup has started ! Today round 1 in Strömsund, after 12 heats is looks like Jan Klatovsky is on fire, he won all this heats sofar. Zorn only scored 7 points yet, he got beaten by PA Lindstrom and Antonin Klatovsky . Stefan Svensson got excluded in his first heat (2 minutes ex), but won his other 2 heats. Live Results. ___________ EDIT: Antonin Klatovsky is leading after 16 heats with 11 points, he only dropped 1 point sofar against Peter Koij. Second sofar is his broher Jan with 10 points and Franky Zorn also with 10 points. Dutch rider René Stellingwerf is 4th with 9 points. It looks like a very tight meeting. ___________ EDIT: After 20 heats: 8. Antonin Klatovsky CZ (2 3 3 3 3) 14 13. Jan Klatovsky CZ (3 3 3 1 2) 12 2. Stefan Svensson SWE (X 3 3 2 3) 11 3. Frank Zorn AUT (2 3 2 3 1) 11 4. Per Anders Lindström SWE (3 2 1 2 3) 11 10. René Stellingwerf NL (3 2 2 2 2) 11 6. Antti Akko FIN (1 X 3 3 3) 10 7. Peter Koij SWE (3 2 0 3 X) 8 16. Charly Ebner AUT (1 1 2 1 2) 7 5. Fredrik Johansson SWE (0 2 2 0 2) 6 1. Hans-Olov Olsén SWE (1 1 1 2 0) 5 15. Ulf Ledström SWE (2 1 0 1 1) 5 9. Joakim Söderström SWE (2 0 0 0 1) 3 12. Sven Holstein NL (1 0 1 1 0) 3 14. Mats Svensson SWE (X 1 1 0 1) 3 11. Robert Gjersvold SWE (0 0 0 0 0) 0 Top 3 to A Final, 4-7 to B Final. Winner of the B Final will race in the A Final . ___________ EDIT: B Final Result: 1. Antti Akko 2. Per Anders Lindström 3. Franky Zorn 4. René Stellingwerf ___________ EDIT: A Final Result: 1. Antonin Klatovsky 2. Stefan Svensson 3. Jan Klatovsky 4. Antti Akko

Happy Christmas to you all ---------- Today the first day of Semi Final 2 of the Russian Ice Racing championship in Ufa. Daniil Ivanov won all this heats! Igor Kononov also won all his heats except 1 race where he met Daniil Ivanov and came second. 1. Nikita Alexeev (0 0 0 1 0) 1 2. Dimitri Bulankin (2 3 3 1 2) 11 3. Ivan Ivanov (3 2 2 X X) 7 4. Maxim Lushnikov (1 1 2 1 1) 6 5. Sergej Baltatchev (2 2 0 3 3) 10 6. Danil Golosheykin (1 1 1 2 1) 6 7. Vladimir Lumpov (- - - - -) ns 8. Daniil Ivanov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 9. Mikhail Bogdanov (1 1 1 0 1) 4 10. Maxim Karpukhin (0 0 1 1 1) 3 11. Maxim Zakharov (3 1 3 X X) 7 12. Stanislav Arkhipov (2 2 2 3 2) 11 13. Igor Kononov (3 3 3 2 3) 14 14. Nikolaj Rjabokon (1 2 X 2 2) 7 15. Sergej Karachintsev (2 3 1 3 2) 11 16. Andrej Shishegov (X 0 2 2 3) 7 17. Anton Sozykin (- - - - -) ns 18. Eugene Kosov (0 0 0 0 0) 0

Yes .

Martin Smolinski (2010 SGP Reserve) was trying some longtrack racing this season... and now he's going to try Ice Racing too lol. He will race his first meeting in the B Group at the International meeting in Steingaden on the 6th of January. The A group lineup for Steingaden looks very promosing too... Zorn, Serenius, Stellingwerf, Aakko, Simon, etc.

Semi Final 2 - Ufa (Russia) 26-27 December 2009 Lineup: Dmitri Bulankin Sergej Baltatchev Mikhail Bogdanov Andrej Shishegov Danil Golosheykin Stanislav Arkhipov Maxim Lushnikov Maxim Karpukhin Sergej Karachintsev Ivan Ivanov Daniil Ivanov Igor Kononov Maxim Zakharov Nikolaj Rjabokon Vladimir Lumpov Nikita Alexeev Reserves: Eugene Kosov Anton Sozykin Final - Shadrinsk (Russia) 2-3 January 2009 Nikolaj Krasnikov Dmitri Khomitsevich Pavel Tsjajka Vitaly Khomitsevich Andrej Gavrilkin Juunir Baseev Roman Akimenko Eduard Krysov +8 from Semi 2 Reserves: Ilja Drozdov +1 from Semi 2

Day 2 - Quali 4 - Togliatti (Russia) 1. Sergej Karachintsev (14) + (3 2 2 3 3) 27 12. Ivan Ivanov (11) + (3 3 3 3 3) 26 8. Daniil Ivanov (11) + (3 1 3 3 3) 24 15. Igor Kononov (14) + (X 3 2 2 3) 24 11. Maxim Zakharov (12) + (X 2 3 2 2) 21 16. Nikolaj Rjabokon (8) + (2 2 1 3 2) 18 2. Vladimir Lumpov (10) + (2 3 2 X -) 17 10. Nikita Alexeev (10) + (2 1 0 2 2) 17 5. Eugene Kosov (7) + (3 0 2 1 2) 15 4. Alex Abroskin (6) + (X 3 3 X 1) 13 6. Dmitri Vintaev (5) + (1 1 1 1 1) 10 9. Nikolaj Buzmakov (5) + (2 0 1 X 1) 9 3. Ilya Ulyanov (3) + (0 1 0 1 1) 6 14. Sergej Larionov (2) + (0 2 0 0 0) 4 13. Nikita Parfenov (2v 1 0 X 0 0) 3 17. Vasily Kosov (ns) + (2 0) 2 7. Ilja Ruzanov (0) + (1 X 1 - X) 2

Day 2 - Quali 3 - Ufa (Russia) 5. Dmitri Bulankin (15) + (3 3 3 3 X) 27 3. Sergej Baltatchev (13) + (3 X 3 3 3) 25 14. Mikhail Bogdanov (10) + (2 3 3 2 3) 23 15. Andrej Shishegov (12) + (3 3 X 3 2) 23 8. Danil Golosheykin (11) + (2 2 2 2 3) 22 2. Stanislav Arkhipov (12) + (3 - 3 3 X) 21 13. Maxim Lushnikov (11) + (1 2 2 2 2) 20 4. Maxim Karpukhin (6) + (2 2 1 1 3) 15 9. Anton Sozykin (8) + (1 1 1 - 1) 12 16. Nail Galiakberov (6) + (1 2 2 1 0) 12 1. Sergej Kazakov (5) + (0 1 1 X 3) 10 7. Vladimir Chapolo (2) + (2 3 X 1 2) 10 12. Eugene Dydykin (4) + (0 0 2 0 2) 8 10. Vyacheslav Aznaurov (4) + (0 1 0 0 1) 6 6. Yevgeny Sharov (1) + (1 1 0 2 X) 5 18. Mikhail Filatov (0) + (0 0 0 0 1) 1 11. Nikolai Kornev (0) + (ns) 0 17. Maksim Jagovkin (0) + (ns) 0

Day 2 - Semi Final 1 - Kamensk Ural (Russia) 15. Nikolaj Krasnikov (14) + (3 3 3 3 3) 29 2. Dmitri Khomitsevich (13) + (3 3 2 3 2) 26 9. Pavel Tsjajka (13) + (2 3 3 0 2) 23 5. Vitaly Khomitsevich (10) + (1 3 3 3 1) 21 3. Andrej Gavrilkin (10) + (3 X 2 3 0) 18 8. Juunir Baseev (9) + (1 X 2 1 3) 16 6. Roman Akimenko (7) + (2 2 1 1 2) 15 1. Eduard Krysov (6) + (2 2 0 2 2) 14+3 11. Ilja Drozdov (8) + (0 2 1 2 1) 14+2 12. Dmitri Koltakov (7) + (1 1 1 1 3) 14+1 7. Sergej Makarov (3) + (3 1 1 2 3) 13 16. Maxim Korchemakha (6) + (2 X 3 2 X) 13 13. Maxim Baraboshkin (6) + (1 1 2 0 1) 11 4. Anton Zmaga (3) + (0 2 0 0 1) 6 17. Anton Kovrizhin (2) + (1 1) 4 10. Maxim Koltakov (1) + (0 0 0 0 0) 1 18. Dmitri Bryukhovskikh (1) + (0 0 0) 1 14. Alexander Rodin (0) + (ns) 0

I agree with you there, but tbh in my eyes it came as a quite shock, never espected it though. Anyway, Stellingwerf and Holstein are good prospects indeed, looks like both are taking ice-racing very serious. Don't think anyone will replace Tuinstra in the team event, just because we don't have any more riders beside Stellingwerf and Holstein. Henry van der Steen was racing last year in a couple meetings but on a borrowed bike, don't think he'll race this year.. same for Dennis van der Tang a couple years back.

Shoking news just arrived here... Johnny Tuinstra retires from the 2009/2010 season . On his website he says that he can't do another season as a '100% iceracer', caused by various problems and his busy life as self employee . This also means that René Stellingwerf or either Sven Holstein will race his first season as full GP rider! .

Quali 3 - Ufa - Day 1 1. Sergej Kazakov (0 0 2 2 1) 5 2. Stanislav Arkhipov (3 2 1 3 3) 12 3. Sergej Baltatchev (2 3 3 2 3) 13 4. Maxim Karpukhin (1 1 2 1 1) 6 5. Dmitri Bulankin (3 3 3 3 3) 15 6. Yevgeny Sharov (0 X 1 0 X) 1 7. Vladimir Chapolo (1 1 X X 0) 2 8. Daniel Belonogov (2 3 2 1 3) 11 9. Anton Sozykin (3 1 0 2 2) 8 10. Vyacheslav Aznaurov (1 1 1 1 0) 4 11. Nikolai Kornev (0 - - - -) 0 12. Eugene Dydykin (2 X 0 1 1) 4 13. Maxim Lushnikov (2 2 3 2 2) 11 14. Mikhail Bogdanov (1 3 1 3 2) 10 15. Andrej Shishegov (3 2 2 3 2) 12 16. Nail Galiakberov (0 2 3 X 1) 6 17. Maksim Jagovkin (0) 0 18. Mikhail Filatov (0 0 0) 0 Quali 4 - Togliatti - Day 1 1. Sergej Karachintsev (3 3 3 2 3) 14 2. Vladimir Lumpov (2 3 1 1 3) 10 3. Ilya Ulyanov (1 1 0 0 1) 3 4. Alex Abroskin (0 1 2 2 1) 6 5. Eugene Kosov (2 2 0 1 2) 7 6. Dmitri Vintaev (1 1 0 1 2) 5 7. Ilja Ruzanov (0 0 0 0 0) 0 8. Daniil Ivanov (3 2 3 3 X) 11 9. Nikolaj Buzmakov (1 1 2 0 1) 5 10. Nikita Alexeev (2 2 3 2 1) 10 11. Maxim Zakharov (3 2 2 2 3) 12 12. Ivan Ivanov (X 3 2 3 3) 11 13. Nikita Parfenov (1 0 1 0 0) 2 14. Sergej Larionov (0 0 1 1 0) 2 15. Igor Kononov (3 3 3 3 2) 14 16. Nikolaj Rjabokon (2 X 1 3 2) 8 17. Vasily Kosov ns

The first 2 rounds of the CZ Solo championship have been called off due lack of ice. The first round should start on the 2nd of January in Chocenice. Lineup looks good.. Antonín Klatovský Jan Klatovský Andrej Diviš Jan Pecina Martin Běhal Lukáš Volejník Radek Hutla Stefan Pletschacher René Stelingwerf Franky Zorn Martin Leitner Charlie Ebner Josef Kreuzberger +3 from Poland

I've posted the race-cards on my website (Russian championship) Or try this direct link: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/2010/rusland/solo/index.php.

Woohoo . Excellent! .

Well, the Russian Championship has been started woohoo ------------------------ (Day 1) - Quali 1 - Novosibirsk, RUS 1. Andrej Zhdanov (0 1 0 1 1) 3 2. Pavel Tsjajka (2 3 2 3 3) 13 3. Dimitri Khomitsevich (3 3 3 3 2) 14 4. Maksim Koltakov (1 1 2 1 2) 7 5. Artem Novick (X 2 0 2 1) 5 6. Roman Akimenko (3 0 3 2 1) 9 7. Vyacheslav Svitek (2 1 - - 2) 5 8. Dmitry Koltakov (X 3 2 1 2) 8 9. Ivanov Alex (1 0 0 0 0) 1 10. Andrej Utusikov (X 2 1 0 0) 3 11. Alexej Utusikov (2 0 2 0 0) 4 12. Anton Zmaga (3 2 1 3 0) 9 13. Vitaly Khomitsevich (3 3 3 2 3) 14 14. Anton Kovrizhina (1 0 1 2 3) 7 15. Maxim Korchemaha (2 2 3 3 3) 13 16. Alexander Kochetov (0 0 1 1 1) 3 Looked like pretty tough meeting between the Khomitsevich brohers, Tsjajka and Korchemaha. ------------------------ (Day 1) - Quali 2 - Shadrinsk, RUS 1. Eduard Krysov (2 X 3 1 2) 8 2. Maxim Melehin (0 1 0 1 1) 3 3. Junir Bazeev (1 3 X 3 3) 10 4. Alexander Rodin (3 2 2 3 2) 12 5. Michael Zelepukin (X - - - -) 0 6. Alfred Safin (X 0 - - -) 0 7. Dimitri Tikhonov (2 1 0 0 2) 5 8. Eugene Taushkanov (3 1 1 X 0) 5 9. Maxim Baraboshkin (X 3 2 X 3) 8 10. Sergej Makarov (X 2 3 2 3) 10 11. Dmitri Bryuhovskih (2 X 2 3 X) 7 12. Andrej Gavrilkin (3 3 3 2 2) 13 13. Daniel Belonogov (0 1 1 2 1) 5 14. Nikolaj Krasnikov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 15. Ilja Drosdov (2 2 2 2 1) 9 16. Vitali Belousov (1 X 1 0 X) 2 17. Akumbaev (1 2 1 1 1) 6 18. Kazantsev (0 1 0) 1 Nikolaj continiues his Full Max results with another 15 point max, also very good performance of Andrej Gavrilkin! .

Yes, looks like it.

So here are the lineups for the quali rounds sofar: Quali 1 - Saalfelden (Austria) CZ 2 - Lukas Volejnik, Jan Pecina GER 2 - Günther Bauer, Christoph Kirchner UKR 1 NL 2 - Johnny Tuinstra, Sven Holstein RUS 2 NOR 2 AUT 2 FIN 1 - Antti Aakko SWE 2 - Per Anders Lindström, Peter Koij Quali 2 - Sanok (Poland) CZ 2 - Antonin Klatovsky, Andrej Divis GER 1 - Max Niedermaier CH 1 - Heinz Göldi NL 1 - René Stellingwerf RUS 3 AUT 2 POL 2 FIN 2 - Henri Malinen, Jouni Seppänen SWE 2 - Per Olov Serenius, Stefan Svensson Quali 3 - St. Johann (Austria) CZ 1 - Jan Klatovsky GB 1 - Mark Uzzell GER 2 - Florian Fürst, Stefan Pletschacher CH 1 - Thomas Cavigelli or Dirk Fricke FRA 1 - Claude Gadeyne UKR 1 RUS 3 AUT 2 - Franky Zorn, Johnny Bruckner FIN 2 - Mats Järf, Kai Lehtinen SWE 2 - Hans-Olov Olsén, Fredrik Johansson

Yes looks like that Ian. Not 100% confirmed yet though. ---- Rider allocations World Championship Quali 1 - Saalfelden (Austria) CZ 2, GER 2, UKR 1, NL 2, RUS 2, NOR 2, AUT 2, FIN 1, SWE 2 Quali 2 - Sanok (Poland) CZ 2, GER 1, CH 1, NL 1, RUS 3, AUT 2, POL 2, FIN 2, SWE 2 Quali 3 - St. Johann (Austria) CZ 1, GB 1, GER 2, CH 1, FFM 1, UKR 1, RUS 3, AUT 2, FIN 2, SWE 2 Rider allocations European Championship Semi Final - Ufa (Russia) UKR 1, AUT 1, NL 1, FIN 1, GER 1, FRA 1, CH 1, GB 1, SWE 2, POL 1, CZ 2, RUS 2, NOR 1 Final - Ufa (Russia) AUT 1, NL 1, FIN 1, GER 1, SWE 1, CZ 1, RUS 2 +8 from Semi Final Rider allocations European Championship Juniors Final - Kamensk Ural (Russia) UKR 1, NL 1, FIN 2, GER 1, RUS 9, SWE 2

First class meeting in Novosibirsk on the 5th and 6th of December.... 1. Vitaly Khomitevich 2. Maxim Korchemaha 3. Maxim Zakharov 4. Ilja Drosdov 5. Igor Kononov 6. Dimitri Khomitsevich 7. Eduard Krysov 8. Dimitri Bulankin 9. Sergej Makarov 10. Daniil Ivanov 11. Alexander Kochetov 12. Sergej Baltachev 13. Mikhail Bodganov 14. Ivan Ivanov 15. Nikolaj Krasnikov 16. Stanislav Arkhipov 17. Pavel Tsjajka 18. Nikita Alexeev

Team World Championship.... Krasnogorsk, Russia: GER (1, 2, 15) CZ (3, 4, 16) SWE (5, 6, 17) AUT (7, 8, 18) RUS (9, 10, 19) NL (11, 12, 20) - Johnny Tuinstra, René Stellingwerf and Sven Holstein FIN (13, 14, 21)

Another update to the Sanok Cup lineup; Gunter Bauer (GER), Jouni Seppanen (FIN) and Heinz Goldi (CH) will also race there.