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Oh dear, oh dear.... looks like it's all over for Franky Zorn... just seen on his website that he's got a cervical fracture . "Hallo Fans ! Endlich wieder zu Hause. Russ war eigendlich ein toller erfolg, bis ich am Mittwoch vor UFA eine acute Harnröhren infection bekam u. beim training am Freitag in UFA sehr grosse schmerzen hatte. Mit meinem Haus Artzt abgesprochen schickte er mir ein Rezept nach Russland u. musste sofort Antibiotikum einnehmen. Am nächsten Tag ging ich schmerzfrei ins Rennen u. Stürtzte aber im ersten Heat mit Krasnikov u. zog mir wie sich zuhause feststellen lies einen Halswirbelbruch zu. Mein Team hat Spitze gearbeitet u. möchte mich dafür sehr Herzlich bedanken bei allen involvierten. COOOOL ....FRANKY "

What a shame.. only 2 not-Russians in the European Championship this weekend in Saransk (Russia); Sven Holstein and Henri Malinen.

CZ News: Saturdays Ice race in Ruzena (CZ) has been cancelled, they got problems with the ice. The race on Sunday, in Osecna (CZ), is still on. 1. Jan Klatovský CZE 2. Andrej Diviš CZE 3. ? GER 4. Dmitri Tschatschin GER 5. Josef Kreuzberger AUT 6. Martin Běhal CZE 7. Jan Pecina CZE 8. Antonín Klatovský CZE 9. Mario Schwaiger AUT 10. Stefan Pletschacher GER 11. Graham Halsall GBR 12. Lukáš Volejník CZE 13. Roger Newton GBR 14. Karl Ebner AUT 15. Martin Leitner AUT 16. Christoph Kirchner GER 17. ? 18. ? FINLAND News Riders for an International meeting in Seinajoki (FIN) on Saturday: GB: Mark Uzzell, Kevin Rowand. POL: Mirosław Daniszewski, Grzegorz Knapp. SWE: Peter Jansson, Robert Henderson. FIN: Kai Lehtinen, Teppo Toivola, Janne Vilponen, Markku Weckman, Christer Biskop, Mats Järf, Jarmo Malinen, Janne Ruismäki, Jouni Seppänen, Harri Saari, Tommi Suolammi (res) and Esko Rantanen (res).

Well done to Nikolaj Krasnikov on his win today, he won this meeting for the 3rd time in a row. The prize for the winner was just like all the years before; a brand new Lada car! 1. Nikolaj Krasnikov RUS (3 3 3 3 3) 15 2. Junir Baseev RUS (3 2 3 3 3) 14 3. Gunter Bauer GER (3 3 2 3 1) 12 4. Maxim Zakharov RUS (2 3 1 2 3) 11 5. Antti Aakko FIN (1 1 3 3 2) 10 6. Antonin Klatovsky CZ (1 3 3 2 0) 9 7. Maxim Lushnikov RUS (2 2 1 1 2) 8 8. Michail Bodganov RUS (0 2 1 1 3) 7 9. Eduard Krysov RUS (2 2 0 2 1) 7 10. Stefan Svensson SWE (X 0 2 2 2) 6 11. Andrej Gavrilkin RUS (2 1 0 1 2) 6 12. Igor Kononov RUS (3 X 2 X 0) 5 13. Tommy Flytkman FIN (1 0 2 0 1) 4 14. Sven Holstein NL (1 1 0 0 0) 2 15. Per Olov Serenius SWE (0 0 1 1 0) 2 16. Sergej Makarov RUS (0 1 0 0 1) 2

Lineup for todays International Meeting in Saransk (Russia) Maxim Zakharov (RUS) Andrej Gavrilkin (RUS) Nikolai Krasnikow (RUS) Mikhail Bogdanov (RUS) Sergej Makarov (RUS) Eduard Krysov (RUS) Junir Bazeev (RUS) Igor Kononov (RUS) Maxim Luschnikov (RUS) Günther Bauer (GER) Antti Aakko (FIN) Per-Olof Serenius (SWE) Stefan Svensson (SWE) Antonin Klatovsky (CZE) Sven Holstein (NDL) Tommy Flyktman (FIN) Sven Holstein is also going to race in the Junior European Championship this weekend .

Lineup for the 2nd and 3rd round of the CZ Championship this weekend in Ruzena (CZ) and Osecna (CZ) 1. Jan Klatovský, CZ 2. Andrej Diviš, CZ 3. tbc, PL 4. Dmitri Tschatschin, D 5. Josef Kreuzberger, A 6. Martin Běhal, CZ 7. Jan Pecina, CZ 8. Antonín Klatovský, CZ 9. Mario Schwaiger, A 10. Lukáš Hromádka, CZ 11. Graham Hallsal, GB 12. Lukáš Volejník, CZ 13. tbc, GB 14. Karl Ebner, A 15. Martin Leitner, A 16. tbc, PL

Holstein wont be riding because he's going to ride in the U21 European Championship in Saransk.

Results from the International CZ Team Championship today at Ruzena (CZ) TEAM 1 27 1. Jan Klatovsky (3 3 3 3 3 2) 17 2. Stefan Pletschacher (2 2 1 2 0 3) 10 TEAM 5 20 9. Rene Stellingwerf (3 3 3 3 2 3) 17 10. Josef Kreuzberger (1 0 1 0 1 0) 3 TEAM 3 18 5. Jan Pecina (1 0 N 0 1 1) 3 6. Max Niedermaier (3 3 2 3 2 2) 15 17. Lukas Volejnik (0) 0 TEAM 2 17 3. Andrej Divis (0 1 1 1 0 1) 4 4. Sven Holstein (1 2 3 2 3 2) 13 TEAM 7 15 13. Grzegorz Knapp (1 3 2 2 3 3) 14 14. Michal Widera (X 0 0 1 0 0) 1 TEAM 6 15 11. Florian Fürst (2 2 1 2 1 2) 10 12. Christoph Kirchner (0 1 0 1 2 1) 5 TEAM 4 14 7. Martin Behal (N N 0 0 N N) 0 8. Mario Schweiger (2 1 2 3 0 3) 11 19. Karl Ebner (0 2 1 0) 3

UPDATE Two more dates for the Dutch Championship have been released... so that's 4 rounds now.. hmm . Round 1 - 03/05/09 - Lelystad (The Netherlands) Round 2 - 30/05/09 - Vledderveen (The Netherlands) Round 3 - 18/07/09 - Veenoord (The Netherlands) Round 4 - 13/09/09 - Lelystad (The Netherlands) Also the dates for the Lelystad Club Championship have been released: 26/04/09 24/05/09 07/06/09 28/06/09 26/07/09 04/10/09 ____________ Something different now........ speedway is back at Blijham! They are running a big Vintage Speedway meeting on the 17th of May. I've heard some rumours that the KNMV will also stage one of the rounds there..

Not cold enough I'm afraid, hope this cold weather will continue. The organisation of Stadskanaal told me they will run a meeting whenever the ice is thick enough to race .

Awesome pics Doug!

Inzell Day 1 RUSSIA 26 7. Nikolaj Krasnikov (3 2 X - 3 2) 10 8. Juunir Bazeev (2 - 3 3 2 -) 10 19. Daniil Ivanov (1 2 3) 6 AUSTRIA 24 9. Harald Simon (X 0 1 - - -) 1 10. Markus Skabraut (- - - 1 2 2) 5 19. Franz Zorn (3 3 3 3 3 3) 18 GERMANY 17 3. Günther Bauer (3 3 2 2 3 3) 16 4. Stefan Pletschacher (0 0 1 0 0 0) 1 16. Florian Fürst ns FINLAND 16 1. Antti Aakko (2 2 3 3 1 X) 11 2. Kai Lehtinen (1 - - - - X) 1 15. Tommy Flyktman (3 1 0 0) 4 SWEDEN 16 5. Per Olov Serenius (0 1 0 2 2 X) 5 6. Stefan Svensson (1 2 2 3 3 X) 11 17. Per Anders Lindström ns CZECH REPUBLIC 15 11. Antonin Klatovsky (2 3 2 X 2 1) 10 12. Jan Klatovsky (1 2 1 X 1 0) 5 20. Andrej Divis ns THE NETHERLANDS 9 13. Johnny Tuinstra (1 - - 0 0 1) 2 14. René Stellingwerf (- X 2 1 1 2) 6 21. Sven Holstein (0 1 X) 1

Well scrap that, Johnny is racing . He's got a other van, thanks to René Verhoef!

Very, very bad news for The Netherlands in the Team Championship in Inzell this weekend.... Johnny Tuinstra has pulled out . He hit a wild pig during his trip to Sanok (Poland) and his van was quite damaged. At the moment he is still somewhere in Poland and he hope to be back home tonight. This means he has way to less time to get to get his bikes and van ready for Inzell. Any info yet on the European Championship..?

Norwegian Ice Racing Challenge 21/03/2009 Swedish Riders are annouched: * Per-Anders Lindstrøm (SWE) * Peter Koij (SWE) * Peter Jansson (SWE) * Per Olov Serenius (SWE) * Johan Lundkvist (SWE) Lineup also includes: 2x Poland, 2x Germany, 1x The Netherlands, 1x UK, 1x CZ, 1x Finland, 1x Switzerland and 3 from Norway (I guess: Seatre, Skarpnord and Berglund). http://www.speedwayshop.no/iceracing/

I think the Poles gave the seeded place back as they've just runned a run-off for the 6th place . RESULTS: 1. Junir Bazeev RUS 14 + (3 3 3 3 3) 29 2. Pavel Tsjajka RUS 12 + (2 3 3 3 3) 26 3. Per Olov Serenius SWE 14 + (3 2 3 1 2) 25 4. Antonin Klatovsky CZ 12 (2 3 2 2 2) 23 5. Johnny Tuinstra NL 10 + (3 3 1 3 2) 22 6. Kai Lehtinen FIN 8 + (1 2 2 3 3) 19 +3 7. Per Anders Lindström SWE 11 + (3 2 X 2 1) 19 +2 8. Stefan Pletschacher GER 5 + (2 1 0 2 3) 13 9. Martin Leitner AUT 6 + (1 1 2 2 1) 13 10. Henri Malinen FIN 6 + (0 0 3 1 1) 11 11. Mario Schwaiger AUT 5 + (0 2 2 0 2) 11 12. Jouni Seppänen FIN 6 + (2 1 1 1 X) 11 13. Jan Pecina CZ 4 + (1 1 1 0 1) 8 14. Michal Widera POL 3 + (1 0 0 0 0) 4 15. Oleg Dosaev UKR 3 + (- - - - -) 3 16. Miroslaw Daniszewski POL 0 + (0 0 1 1 0) 2 17. Zdzislaw Zerdzinski POL 0 + (- - - - -) 0

Looks like Johnny Tuinstra will reach the GP's on his own "powers" Go Johnny!! .

Good score from Johnny Tuinstra . Any info about the Polish nomination? Is it possible that the Polish Federation select Grzegorz Knapp (if he's fit) for the GP's? As he's quite the best Pole, might be able to score a few points, the others will realy struggle I guess .

Looks like Franky Zorn pulled out the Sanok Cup http://live.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel1.htm

Latest news from Sanok is that the Polish #1 crashed out (Grzegorz Knapp) and he lost his consciousness for a while and his bike rode over his hand. He's currently in hospital, dropped out the Sanok Cup tonight but he's willing to ride in the WC Quali! Johnny Tuinstra had a quite rough ride to Sanok, he hit a hog with his van .

What I know is that Anton Smaga is 19 years old, he came with Sergej Kasakov from Ussurijsk to Germany in January for European meetings. He's also due to ride in the German Championship in Inzell. http://www.motorsport-aktuell.com/offroad/...-auf--7926.html

Togliatti, Day 1 1. Ivan Ivanov RUS (3 3 3 3 3) 15 2. Nikolaj Krasnikov RUS (3 3 3 2 3) 14 3. Daniil Ivanov RUS (3 3 3 1 3) 13 4. Stefan Svensson SWE (3 1 2 3 2) 11 5. Harald Simon AUT (2 2 2 3 0) 9 6. Hans-Olov Olsen SWE (2 2 1 3 1) 9 7. Sven Holstein NL (2 3 0 1 2) 8 8. Tommy Flyktman FIN (1 1 2 2 2) 8 9. Sergej Karachintsev (res) RUS (- - 3 - 2) 5 10. Mikhail Zelepukin (res) RUS (- 2 - 0 3) 5 11. Heinz Goldi CH (1 0 1 2 1) 5 12. Jo Saetre NOR (2 1 1 0 0) 4 13. Marian Kreklau GER (0 0 1 2 0) 3 14. Ulf Ledstrom SWE (X 0 2 1 X) 3 15. Joni Kontoniemi FIN (1 2 0 - -) 3 16. Martin Posch AUT (0 1 X 1 X) 2 17. Claude Gaydeyne FRA (0 0 0 0 1) 1 18. Janne Vilponen FIN (1 X 0 X -) 1

Sanok Cup ~ 24 January 1 Franky Zorn 2 Antti Aakko 3 Per Olov Serenius 4 Grzegorz Knapp 5 Antonin Klatovsky 6 Harald Simon 7 Marian Kreklau 8 René Stellingwerf 9 Jan Klatovsky 10 Stefan Pletschacher 11 Sven Holstein 12 Jouni Seppanen 13 Marcin Sekula 14 Michal Widera 15 Johann Bruckner 16 Igor Kononov 17 ... 18 Mario Schwaiger 19 Piotr Hejnowski 20 Tomasz Kopik 21 Zdzislaw Zerdziński 22 Miroslaw Daniszewski 23 Peter Jansson 24 Kai Lehtinen 25 Tommy Flyktman 26 Anton Zmaga 27 Jo Saetre 28 Thomas Cavigelli R Mark Uzzel R René Verhoef R Oleg Dosaev

Few pics of today.. Henry van der Steen ..... http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7929/tnp1110270li7.jpg Johnny Tuinstra ..... http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8176/tnp1110301je5.jpg Wiebe Vochteloo ..... http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/3781/tnp1110268oj6.jpg More soon . Including some video footage. ... EDIT ~ Results, Pics and Video Footage now online ... http://www.baansportfansite.nl/ .

No, Henry van der Steen was racing in Wartena , but he was supposed to race in Saalfelden (as a reserve though).