DutchGrasstrack

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.

Photo's from the Terenzano GP: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/157/eerste-gp-overwinning-van-lindback-.html

Photo's from todays practice: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/156/loting-en-training-speedway-gp-8.html

If someone has a spare room (very doubtfull but okay..) for 2 nights (friday and saturday) then please contact me, thanks.

Haha yeah true. Photo: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/277826_384711781593920_1395562584_o.jpg

Any pics of the engine Doug?

The second round of the 250cc Youth Gold Trophy was held yesterday on the Czech track Plzen. After the first round in Gorican on april 8 it was clear that the championship would end with a exciting end with both Michael Hartel (Germany) and Eduard Krcmar (CZ) ending on 15 points (quite dodgy format). Hartel scored another 15 point maximum in Plzen and became the 2012 champion with 30 points in total. Eduard Krcmar crashed out in his third race, but won his other fout heats. This was more then enough to secure the second place with 27 points. The third (and fourth) place in the championship went suprisingly to France with Dmitri Berge ending on 20 points and Jordan Dubernard on 18 points. Great Britain was only represented with one rider. Nathan Greaves came 8th in Gorican but he didn't race in Plzen. It's a shame that he was the only GB rider, by the looks of it there are quite a few British 250cc riders. Think it gotta do something with the money part as the riders won't be paid in these meetings. Overall standings: 1. Michael Hartel GER 30 2. Eduard Krcmar CZ 27 3. Dimitri Berge FRA 20 4. Michal Prucha CZ 18 5. Jordan Dubernard FRA 18 6. Philipp Schmuttermayer GER 17 7. Michaela Krupickova CZ 14 8. Onno Rykena GER 13 9. Giorgio Trentin ITA 12 10. Daniel Spiller GER 11 11. Steven Mauer GER 11 12. Jeremy Cipinski GER 11 13. Pavel Savelev RUS 10 14. Daniel Hadek CZ 8 15. Nathan Greaves GB 8 16. Karlo Majnic HRV 5 17. Marc Herter GER 2 18. Michael Wenninger GER 0 19. Jesse Mustonen FIN 0

Maciej Janowski won the second round tonight in Lendava (Slovenia). Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Maciej Janowski PL (11,13) 24 2. Mikkel B. Jensen DK (11,12) 23 3. Michael Jepsen Jensen DK (12,10) 22 4. Przemyslaw Pawlicki PL (12,9) 21 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik PL (11,9) 20 6. Piotr Pawlicki PL (9,8) 17 7. Mikkel Michelsen DK (9,7) 16 8. Oleksandr Loktaev UKR (6,8) 14 9. Tobiasz Musielak PL (5,8) 13 10. Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen DK (9,2) 11 11. Patryk Dudek PL (-,11) 11 12. Damian Adamczak PL (2,8) 10 13. Václav Milík CZ (4,6) 10 14. Pontus Aspgren SWE (8,-) 8 15. Nicklas Porsing DK (8,-) 8 16. Sam Masters AUS (-,6) 6 17. Michele Paco Castagna ITA (2,-) 2 18. Nicolas Vincentin ITA (1,-) 1 19. Matic Ivacic SLO (-,1) 1 19. Dino Kovacic HRV (-,0) 0

yeah he is orginally an Argentinian, but now with an Italian passport and license

I just got back aswell after a long drive back to NL. Awesome weekend in Croatia, already looking forward to the challenge in September. Just a tip for the people that will attend the challenge; on the day after (sunday) there will be a big meeting in Mureck (Austria), only 90 minutes from Gorican. They will stage the 4th (and last) final of the 2012 European Championship.

GP Gorican photo's: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/152/pedersen-wint-in-gorican.html

Ah I see the problem (extra dot at the end of the link), this one will work: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/151/loting-en-training-speedway-gp-7.html

Photo's from todays practice: http://baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/151/loting-en-training-speedway-gp-7.html.

Haha not wearing clogs though

I'll be there aswell . BTW: does anyone know if there will be a meeting on sunday somewhere in the countries around Croatia? I've been looking around a bit, but I can only find, as expected, meetings in Poland (bit far from Croatia by car..).

Any info on the logistic part of these meetings in Vladivostok? The riders will just fly I suppose, but what about the gear? As this track is at the east side of China and the rest are all in western Russia.