DutchGrasstrack

The last round of the Dutch championship was held last sunday at Lelystad speedway. Polish rider Marcin Sekula won again and is therefore the new Dutch speedway champion. For the second and third place in the championship they had to run a race-off between Jannick de Jong and Henry van der Steen. De Jong won so he is second in the championship. See below for the results from Round 3. I was quite suprised to see a Bulgarian rider in the results, but also quite sad that there were not a lot of riders once again (many are injured). Speedway A: 1. Marcin Sekula POL (2,3,3,2) 10 2. Henry van der Steen NL (3,2,3,2) 10 3. Jannick de Jong NL (1,3,2,3) 9 4. Henk Koonstra NL (1,1,2,3) 7 --- 5. Randy OldenzielNL (3,1,0,x) 4 6. Raymon Woortman NL (2,0,1,1) 4 --- 7. Chavdar Chernev BUL (0,2,1,x) 3 8. Maurin Vochteloo NL (0,0,0,1) 1 Speedway B: 1. Mark Beishuizen (3,3,3,3) 12 2. Andy ter Schuur (3,2,2,3) 10 3. Nico Eijbergen (2,1,0,2) 5 4. Kelly Velda (1,2,1,2) 6 5. Roelof Postma (1,0,0,0) 1 6. Niels Remmelts (0,0,1,1) 2

Result from Veenoord: 1. Mariusz Fierlej (3,3,2,3,3) 14 + (3,2) 5 2. Mariusz Staszewski (2,X,3,3,3) 11 + (1,3) 4 3. Robert Lambert (3,2,1,3,3) 12 + (2,X) 2 4. Dirk Fabriek (3,3,1,2,2) 11 + (0,1) 1 --- 5. Jari Makinen (2,1,3,1,3) 10 6. Jannick de Jong (1,3,3,1,2) 10 7. Stanislav Melnickuk (2,3,2,2,1) 10 8. Randy Oldenziel (3,X,2,2,2) 9 9. Henry van der Steen (1,2,1,3,1) 8 10. Peter Juul Larsen (0,2,3,2,0) 7 11. Sjoerd Rozenberg (0,2,2,0,2) 6 12. Raymon Woortman (1,1,0,1,1) 4 13. Marco Gaschka (2,1,0,X,-) 3 14. Nick Lourens (1,1,X,0,X) 2 15. Aleksandr Boroday (0,0,1,-,-) 1 16. Pascal Swart (X,0,0,0,-) 0 17. Jeffrey Woortman (X,-,-,-,-) 0 Robert Lambert was very impressive once again. After he came second at the German U21 final in Gustrow on friday night he stormed in a third place overall in Veenoord. In his first final he came second just behind Polish rider Fierlej. Sadly he crashed out in the second final which cost him valuable points.

There is another round at Lelystad on October 7. Yes; it's an open championship; if Sekula will ride in the next round and he wins then he's the 2012 Dutch champion.

Round 21: 07.10.2012 Stal Gorzów - Azoty Tauron Tarnów g. 17:30 TVP Sport live 14.10.2012 Unibax Toruń - Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra g. 17:15 TVP Sport live Round 22: 14.10.2012 Azoty Tauron Tarnów - Stal Gorzów g. 19:30 TVP Sport live 21.10.2012 Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra - Unibax Toruń g. 15.00 TVP Sport live

The traditional Golden Helmet meeting in Veenoord will take place this saturday. 16 riders will take parts in a 20 heat schedule with 2 big finals to decide the winner of the Golden Helmet. Marius Fierlej (PL) Mariusz Staszewski (PL) Kiril Cukanov (RUS) Jari Makinen (FIN) Robert Lambert (GB) Marco Gaschka (GER) Stanislav Melnichuk (UKR) Peter Juul Larsen (DK) Jannick de Jong (NL) Randy Oldenziel (NL) Henry van der Steen (NL) Jeffrey Woortman (NL) Pascal Swart (NL) Nick Lourens (NL) Sjoerd Rozenberg (NL) Dirk Fabriek (NL) Reserve: Raymon Woortman (NL)

Photo's from Vojens: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/172/speedway-gp-11-in-vojens.html

Draw: 1. Chris Holder 2. Greg Hancock 3. Antonio Lindback 4. Emil Sayfutdinov 5. Nicki Pedersen 6. Hans Andersen 7. Tomasz Gollob 8. Jason Crump 9. Jaroslaw Hampel 10. Krysztof Kasprzak 11. Fredrik Lindgren 12. Chris Harris 13. Andreas Jonsson 14. Michael Jepsen Jensen 15. Bjarne Pedersen 16. Peter Ljung Reserves: 17. Mikkel Bech 18. Niklas Porsing

Practce is off according to Holder on twitter.

I heard that the re-match will on thursday, the ref was wrong! Subject to confirmation of course..

40-0 for Torun... Greg was 6 minutes late

Over the last few years it has always been announced somewhere in October.

Results from Blijham A group: 1. Marcin Sekula (3 3 3 3) 12 2. Randy Oldenziel (2 2 3 3) 10 3. Pascal Swart (3 2 2 2) 9 4. Henry van der Steen (3 3 3 1) 10 --- 5. Henk Koonstra (2 2 2 3) 9 6. Nick Lourens (0 3 2 2) 7 7. Raymon Woortman (1 1 1 2) 5 8. Maurin Vochteloo (2 0 1 1) 4 9. Andy ter Schuur (1 0 1 1) 3 10. Rober-Jan Bangma (0 1 0 0) 1 11. Mark Beishuizen (0 1 0 0) 1 12. Lars Zandvliet (1 x x x) 1 B group: 1. Kelly Velda (2 2 2 2) 8 2. Nico Eijbergen (1 1 1 0) 3 3. Erwin Werkman (0 X X 1) 1 Report (in Dutch) and photo's: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/169/speedway-blijham.html

Czech rider Patrik Mikel won the 125cc Youth Cup yesterday at Blijham. A final: 1. Patrik Mikel (5 5 5) 15 2. Darrel de Vries (5 4 5) 14 3. Jordan Dubernard (4 5 3) 12 4. Buddy Prijs (2 4 4) 10 crash in final 5. Sandro Wassermann (5 5 5) 15 crash in final 6. Romano Hummel (4 5 3) 12 engine failure in final B final: 7. Lukas Fienhage (2 4 4) 10 8. Michaela Krupickova (3 3 4) 10 9. Jarno de Vries (1 3 4) 8 10. Ethan Spiller (3 0 5) 8 11. Michal Skurla (4 3 3) 10 12. Dave Meijerink (4 3 1) 8 C final: 13. Zach Wajtknecht (3 4 1) 8 14. Jack Cornes (0 2 2) 4 15. Gaëtan Stella (1 2 2) 5 16. Patrizia Grosser (X 2 3) 5 17. Richard Geyer (3 2 2) 7 crash in final 18. Igor Kopec-Sobczynski (5 X X) 5 dns D final: 19. Mika Meijer (2 X 2) 4 20. Kyle Bickley (2 X X) 2 21. Joris Georges (S 1 1) 2 22. Jackie Rooks (1 0 1) 2 23. Roman Mady (1 1 X) 2 24. Enzo Dubernard (X 1 0) 1 engine failure in final

The draw: 1. Emil Sayfutdinov 2. Jason Crump 3. Bjarne Pedersen 4. Chris Holder 5. Kenneth Bjerre Martin Vaculik 6. Fredrik Lindgren 7. Hans Andersen 8. Thomas H. Jonasson (wildcard) 9. Nicki Pedersen 10. Chris Harris 11. Peter Ljung 12. Antonio Lindback 13. Andreas Jonsson 14. Jaroslaw Hampel 15. Greg Hancock 16. Tomasz Gollob --- 17. Kim Nilsson 18. Linus Sundstrom

The 125cc Youth Grasstrack cup will be held at Blijham speedway this sunday. The meeting features 24 riders (plus 2 reserves) from 6 different countries. All kids are between the 8 and 14 years old and they will ride 12 qualifing heats and the best 6 riders will compete in the A-final for the title. Three british kids will ride, including the winner of the 125cc Gold Trophy (Zach Wajtknecht) which was held at Vechta (Germany) earlier this year. Lineup: 1. Gaëtan Stella 2. Sandro Wassermann 3. Enzo Dubernard 4. Romano Hummel 5. Lukas Fienhage 6. Michaela Krupičková 7. Patrik Mikel 8. Ethan Spiller 9. Jack Cornes 10. Jarno de Vries 11. Buddy Prijs 12. Michal Škurla 13. Kyle Bickley 14. Joris Georges 15. Roman Mády 16. Richard Geyer 17. Dave Meijerink 18. Igor Kopeć-Sobczynski 19. Darrel de Vries 20. Kryštof Rybář 21. Jordan Dubernard 22. Mika Meijer 23. Patrizia Grosser 24. Zach Wajtknecht --- 25. Jackie Rooks 26. Mike Pultrum

The draw should be at the usual time; 17.15 local time.

Sounds good, I'm flying out tomorrow morning

Michael Jepsen Jensen has been handed the Vojens wildcard. Mikkel Bech will ride with #17 and Niklas Porsing with #18. More on: http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/1794/mjj-back-in-the-big

The Dutch speedway season continiues this sunday with the second round of the Dutch championship at Blijham. The 15 July meeting at Lelystad had sadly been cancellend because the track was not OK for racing. As usual the riders are spread over 2 groups which features 12 riders in the A group and 6 in the B group. The meeting on sunday should start around 3pm after the European 125cc championship has finished. A group: 1. Lars Zandvliet 2. Jannick de Jong 3. Randy Oldenziel 4. Mark Beishuizen 5. Henry van der Steen 6. Chavdar Chernev (Bulgaria) 7. Henk Koonstra 8. Marcin Sekula (Poland) 9. Raymon Woortman 10. Andy ter Schuur 11. Nick Lourens 12. Pascal Swart B group: 8. Nico Eijbergen 10. Robert-Jan Bangma 12. Kelly Velda 23. Roelof Postma 26. Erwin Werkman 27. Maurin Vochteloo More info: http://www.baansportf...ate-05-09-.html

Steve Jones pulled out and Pascal Swart replaced him.

The 4th edition of the Belgian Golden Helmet was held yesterday at Heusden-Zolder speedway. 1. Peter Juul Larsen DK (2,2,3,3,1) 11 2. Andriy Kobrin UA (3,3,2,1,3) 12 3. Kyle Newman GB (3,3,1,1,0) 8 4. Randy Oldenziel NL (2,2,3,2,2) 11 --- 5. Dirk Fabriek NL (3,2,2,3,3) 13 6. Bartosz Bietracki PL (X,3,3,3,1) 10 7. Stanislav Melnichuk UA (3,1,1,1,2) 8 8. Tomasz Piszcz PL (1,3,2,2,3) 11 --- 9. Pascal Swart NL (X,0,3,2,2) 7 10. Xavier Muratet FRA (1,2,1,0,3) 7 11. Henry van der Steen NL (2,1,0,3,1) 7 12. Nick Lourens NL (2,0,1,1,2) 6 13. Valentin Grobauer GER (1,1,0,2,1) 5 14. Thomas Sorensen DK (0,0,2,0,0) 2 15. Wim Kennis BEL (1,1,0,-,0) 2 16. Lee Geary GB (0,0,0,0,0) 0 Semi 1: Larsen, Oldenziel, Fabriek, Melnicuk Semi 2: Newman, Kobrin, Bietracki, Piszcz (crash) Final: Larsen, Kobrin, Newman, Oldenziel (ex) More info on: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/166/gouden-helm-speedway-in-heusden-zolder.html

The meeting was affected quite badly by the rain, after the first heats they moved the track 18 meters to the inside. But they did cancel the meeting after the riders completed 3 rides each... Result (solo's only) and pics here: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/164/poacher-grasbaanraces.html

Hope they do a GP in Togliatti. It's an awesome stadium, will attract a huge crowd aswell.

A GP in the Netherlands, I would give up everything for that, that's for sure haha. About the venues; The Amsterdam Arena is too big imo but the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam sounds good. The Gelredome in Arnhem can be a possibility plus it has a roof that can be closed.

I'll be there aswell.