DutchGrasstrack

Un-official final Standings Tabel: http://i25.tinypic.com/4sy3k3.jpg

Very, very poor turnout in the 4th, and last, round of the Dutch Championship Speedway today in Lelystad. Only 8 riders took part in the A Group, also only 8 riders in the B Group and just 7 kids in the 125cc Class. Speedway A: 1. Henk Bos, NL 2. Henry van der Steen, NL 3. Benjamin Borgers, NL 4. Pascal Swart, NL 5. Henk Koonstra, NL 6. Nick Lourens, NL 7. Bernd Dinklage, GER 8. Roy Klaassens, NL Speedway B: 1. Wim Kennis, BEL 2. Dennis van der Tang, NL 3. Maurin Vochteloo, NL 4. Randy Oldenziel, NL 5. Jesper Veldhuizen, NL 6. Richard Koppies, NL 7. Nico Eijbergen, NL 8. Priscilla Wolgen, NL Speedway 125cc: 1. Romano Hummel 2. Mark Beishuizen 3. Nicolien van der Kant 4. Roberto Slot 5. Roelof Postma 6. Rik Hartman 7. Kevin Glorie

Standings after 20 Heats: Arne Ledwig GER (3 3 3 3) 12 Jeroen van der Veen NL (3 3 3 2) 11 Hylke Dykema NL (3 3 2 3) 11 Attila Lörincz HUN (3 2 3 3) 11 Lars Daniel Gunnestad NOR (2 3 2 3) 10 Benjamin Borgers NL (Ex 2 3 3) 8 Alessandro Novello ITA (3 1 1 2) 7 Henkie Koonstra NL (Ex 3 3 1) 7 ------------ Bernd Dinklage GER (1 1 2 2) 6 Randy Oldenziel NL (2 2 2 Fx) 6 Maurin Vochteloo NL (2 1 0 2) 5 Mattia Cavicchioli ITA (1 2 N 2) 5 Wim Kennis BEL (2 1 1 1) 5 Josh Pickering GB (1 0 2 1) 4 Achim Busker GER (2 0 1 1) 4 Lee Geary GB (1 2 1 0) 4 (res) Sjors de Jonge NL (- - 1 0) 1 Jesper Veldhuizen NL (1 0 Fx N) 1 Eddie Turksema NL (0 1 0 Fx) 1 Marcel Sebastian GER (Ef Ef Ef 1) 1 Sam Woods GB (0 0 Fx N) 0 (res) Bert Berckmans BEL (- - - 0) 0 Semi Final 1: 1. Arne Ledwig, GER 2. Alessandro Novello, ITA 3. Hylke Dykema, NL 4. Lars Daniel Gunnestad, NOR Semi Final 2: 1. Benjamin Borgers, NL 2. Jeroen van der Veen, NL 3. Attila Lörincz, HUN 4. Henkie Koonstra, NL Final: 1. Benjamin Borgers, NL 2. Arne Ledwig, GER 3. Alessandro Novello, ITA 4. Jeroen van der Veen, NL Fx (broken wrist) Fx = fell excluded Ef = engine failure N = non starter

Yes, Maurin is Wiebe his son . See you in March mate!

Well I crashed out today, lost consciousness, loads of bruises and a very thick wrist, but thank god no bone-breaks .. *pfew*. Anyway, I hope to post the results soon .

Lineup for the UEM Youth 125cc Trophy in Haunstetten sunday. Very big lineup this year . 1. Lloyd Barret, GB 2. Kennet Bowdery, GB 3. John Bernard, FRA 4. Kevin Elliau, FRA 5. Kevin Salanova, FRA 6. Michael Wenninger, GER 7. Max Cornes, GB 8. Zdenek Urba, CZ 9. Mark Beishuizen, NL 10. Michael Härtel, GER 11. Timo Baumert, GER 12. Michel Wendels, NL 13. Sam Radley-Smith, GB 14. Maximilian Gradl, GER 15. Matthi Schmidt, GER 16. Anthony Caldo, FRA 17. Dennis Hasenfratz, GER 18. Nicolien van der Kant, NL 19. David Pfeffer, GER 20. Xavier Muratet, FRA 21. Jack Cornes, GB 22. Andre Majewsky, GER 23. Laurence Barber, GB 24. Dimitri Bergé, FRA 25. Jordan Dubernard, FRA 26. Zach Wajknecht, GB 27. Joshua Goodwin, GB 28. Connor Locke, GB 29. Baptiste Bolzan, FRA 30. Daniel Spiller, GER 31. Rik Hartman, NL 32. Adam Ellis, FRA 33. Richard di Biasi, FRA 34. Steven Mauer, GER 35. Jaroslav Hladky, CZ 36. Philip Schmuttermayr, GER 37. Romano Hummel, NL 38. Roberto Slot, NL 39. Billy Milton, GB 40. Tobias Goldmann, GER

No, he's still German .

Provisional lineups of the Golden Ribbon and the Golden Helmet meetings this year in Pardubice (CZ). Golden Ribbon (October 3rd): AUSTRIA: Hans Peter Kulterer, Lukas Simon DENMARK: Lasse Bjerre, Simon Nielsen, Philips Tirsdal FINLAND: Teemu Lahti, Timo Lahti GERMANY: Frank Facher, Kevin Wölbert POLAND: Kamil Cieslar, Slawomir Pyszny SLOVENIA: Matič Voldrih SLOVAKIA: Martin Vaculík CZECH REPUBLIC: Michal Dudek, Michael Hádek, Jan Holub, Matěj Kůs, Václav Milík, Filip Šitera, René Vidner Golden Helmet (October 3rd/4th): DENMARK: Hans N. Andersen, Kenneth Bjerre, Jesper B. Monberg, Kenneth Hansen, Nicki Pedersen AUSTRALIA: Leigh Adams, Jason Crump, Shane Parker, Rory Schlein AUSTRIA: Manuel Hauzinger, Fritz Wallner GREAT BRITAIN: Chris Harris, Tai Woffinden GERMANY: Christian Hefenbrock, Mathias Schultz, Martin Smolinski HUNGARY: Matej Ferjan, Jozsef Tabaka, Norbert Magosi ITALY: Alessandro Milanese, Guglielmo Franchetti POLAND: Sebastian Ulamek, Grzegorz Walasek RUSSIA: Renat Gafurov, Denis Gizatulin SLOVENIA: Maks Gregořica, Isaac Šantej, Matej Žagar SLOVAKIA: Martin Vaculík SWEDEN: Jonas Davidsson, Fredrik Lindgren CZECH REPUBLIC: Ales Dryml, Lukas Dryml, Josef Franc, Jan Jaros, Matej Kus, Tomas Suchanek, Filip Sitera, Hynek Štichauer, Tomas Topinka

Couple modifications in the lineup; Randy Oldenziel (NL) is replacing Lars Zandvliet (NL) and Jan Meijering (NL) takes the #21 spot.

The last Golden Helmet Metting was in 2005, won by Sebastian Alden from Sweden. A new club restarted Belgian Speedway in 2007 with a couple club meetings. This is the first Golden Helmet edition after 2005 .

Well, all I know is that they are all speedway amateur riders .

For the first time in years the Belgian Speedway Fan Club will run a "Golden Helmet" meeting. The lineup shows alot of young unknown guns and it looks like it will be a great meeting. Three riders from Great Britain will race in this meeting; Lee Greary, Josh Pickering and Sam Woods! . 1. Lee Geary, GB 2. Marcel Sebastian, GER 3. Maurin Vochteloo, NL 4. Attila Lörincz, HUN 5. Wim Kennis, BEL 6. Eddie Turksema, NL 7. Josh Pickering, GB 8. Alessandro Novello, ITA 9. Jesper Veldhuizen, NL 10. Benjamin Borgers, NL 11. Jeroen van der Veen, NL 12. Achim Busker, GER 13. Henkie Koonstra, NL 14. Arne Ledwig, GER 15. Mattia Cavicchioli, ITA 16. Lars Zandvliet, NL 17. Sam Woods, GB 18. Bernd Dinklage, GER 19. Lars Daniel Gunnestad, NOR 20. Hylke Dykema, NL Reserves 21. ? 22. Bart Uil, NL 23. Sjors de Jonge, NL 24. Bert Berckmans, BEL

Włókniarz Częstochowa: 45 9. Nicki Pedersen (2,2,3,2,3) 12 10. Sławomir Drabik (1*,0,1,0) 2+1 11. Tomasz Gapinski (3,2,2*,3,0) 10+1 12. Michal Szczepaniak (1,0,3,0,0) 4 13. Greg Hancock (3,3,2,1,1) 10 14. Borys Miturski (0,-,-,-,-) 0 15. Tai Woffinden (3,1,1,1,1) 7 Unia Leszno: 45 1. Jarosław Hampel (3,3,3,3,2,2*) 16+1 2. Damian Balinski (0,1,X,-) 1 3. Krzysztof Kasprzak (0,0,-,-,2) 2 4. Adam Shields (2,2,2,1,1*) 8+1 5. Leigh Adams (2,3,1,2*,3,3) 14+1 6. Przemyslaw Pawlicki (2,0,-,0,-) 2 7. Jurica Pavlic (1*,1,0,0) 2

RESULTS 1. Michel Hofman (3 3 3 3 3) 15 2. Christian Rinkenburger (2 3 3 3 3) 14 3. Ashley Morris (3 2 3 2 3) 13 4. Josef Neubauer (3 1 3 2 2) 11 5. Valentin Grobauer (2 2 2 3 2) 11 6. Xavier Muratet (1 3 2 2 2) 10 7. Niklas Fichtner (2 E 2 3 1) 8 8. Andre Mochner (2 2 2 1 1) 8 9. Tim Scheunemann (3 0 T 1 3) 7 10. Michele Castagna (1 1 1 1 2) 6 11. Christoph Witt (1 1 1 2 E) 5 12. Adam Portwood (1 3 E 0 E) 4 13. Philine Ittermann (0 2 0 0 1) 3 14. Dario del Torre (F 1 1 0 1) 3 15. Steven Archer (0 0 0 1 0) 1 16. Maik Hofmann (- - - - -) 0

The first steps towards the FIM 250cc World Championship next year this saturday in Berghaupten (Germany). Three Brits are going to race in this Test Meeting. 1. Michel Hofman, GER 2. Xavier Muratet, FRA 3. Christian Rinkenburger, GER 4. Philine Ittermann, GER 5. Michele Castagna, ITA 6. Valentin Grobauer, GER 7. Ashley Morris, GB 8. Dario del Torre, ITA 9. Andre Mochner, GER 10. Christoph Witt, GER 11. Tim Scheunemann, GER 12. Steven Archer, GB 13. Niklas Fichtner, GER 14. Maik Hofmann, GER 15. Josef Neubauer, GER 16. Adam Postwood, GB -- Cmon Steven!! :D

Well, I just got back from a riders meeting together with the Dutch Trackracing Commitee. All I can say is that Dutch Speedway will die slowly. Riders aren't motivated enough to ride because the meetings are silly and way to expensive. It isn't fun any more to race in the Dutch Championship and most of the riders prefer to race in a Grasstrack meeting elsewhere, like Germany, were they get payed to ride. Another factor is that silly silencer... oh well.

Works fine here ? Just seen heat 2.

Well, he did not even entered the Qualifiers .

What a plonker, leaving his bike on track... . Over here you would get a fine for that lol.

No results Vicar, the A Group meeting got cancelled after 8 heats and no championpoints have been awarded to the riders. Also the riders who rode in the B Group wont get any points added to there championship.

Open this url in Windows Media player and it should work fine: http://media.xstream.dk/dk4_live_01.

Some better news from Belgium.... the Heusden-Zolder club is running a Golden Helmet meeting on the 6th of September!! , including some British boys. 1. Lee Geary, GB 2. Marcel Sebastian, GER 3. Maurin Vochteloo, NL 4. Attila Lörincz, HUN 5. Wim Kennis, BEL 6. Eddie Turksema, NL 7. Josh Pickering, GB 8. Alessandro Novello, ITA 9. Willy Kennis, BEL 10. Benjamin Borgers, NL 11. Jeroen van der Veen, NL 12. Achim Busker, GER 13. Henkie Koonstra, NL 14. Arne Ledwig, GER 15. Mattia Cavicchioli, ITA 16. Lars Zandvliet, NL 17. Sam Woods, GB 18. Bernd Dinklage, GER 19. Lars Daniel Gunnestad, NOR 20. Hylke Dijkema, NL Reserves 21. Jesper Veldhuizen, NL 22. Bart Uil, NL 23. Sjors de Jonge, NL 24. Bert Berckmans, BEL

Dutch Speedway has shown his first signs of death. Last sunday at Norden (Germany) only 19 speedway riders were racing . That means 16 riders in the A Group and only 3 riders in the B Group. The track was soaked like a sea before practice, nevertheless the KNMV wanted us to race the track. A couple of 500 boys (including me) tried the track and came back soaked. Practice got delayed till 1pm, sadly the rain kept going on. At 1PM the rain finally stopped and we started over with practice, track was a disaster though, which was a huge shame. The 125cc kids and the B Group completed their heats without any big problems. Sadly the KNMV had to cancell the A Group after 8 heats because the track was unrideable.... Which means we only got 1 round left!.. and that should be at the 13th of September in Lelystad. With the new Akrapovic silencer coming up I'm afraid that there won't be many speedway riders left in The Netherlands next year. I'm also thinking of selling one of my bikes and buy a grasstrack bike to ride in some more meetings, and also important; earn some cash! .

Wow what a great meeting! GOLLOB .

Great great race!! Well done Tomek!