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SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 17 Tuesday August 30th 2011 ELIT VETLANDA - LEJONEN at Vetlanda Motorstadion Elit Vetlanda (home) (49) 1. Thomas H Jonasson 2. Peter Karlsson 3. Jaroslaw Hampel 4. Martin Vaculik 5. Jason Crump 6. Patrick Hougaard 7. Jacob Thorssell Lejonen (away) (41) 1. Kenneth Bjerre 2. David Ruud 3. Darcy Ward 4. Mikael Max 5. Chris Holder 6. Dennis Andersson 7. Mathias Thörnblom *-*-* PIRATERNA - DACKARNA at Biltema Arena, Motala Piraterna (home) (51) 1. Greg Hancock 2. Linus Sundström 3. Jonas Davidsson 4. Maciej Janowski 5. Przemyslaw Pawlicki 6. Daniel Davidsson 7. Piotr Pawlicki Dackarna (away) (39) 1. Andreas Jonsson 2. Jurica Pavlic R/R 3. Fredrik Lindgren 4. Hans Andersen 5. Rune Holta 6. Daniel King 7. Anders Mellgren *-*-* VALSARNA - HAMMARBY at Tallhult's Motorstadion, Hagfors Valsarna (home) (40) 1. Grigory Laguta 2. Artem Laguta 3. Tomasz Gapinski 4. Krzysztof Buczkowski 5. Daniel Nermark 6. Dave Watt 7. Ludvig Lindgren Hammarby (away) (50) 1. Magnus Zetterström 2. Rory Schlein Norbert Kosciuch 3. Robert Kosciecha 4. Grzegorz Walasek 5. Tomasz Gollob R/R 6. Freddy Godlund 7. Andrej Karpov Rory Schlein *-*-* VARGARNA - INDIANERNA at Ica-Maxi Arena, Norrköping Vargarna (home) (43) 1. Lee Richardson 2. Tai Woffinden 3. Adrian Miedzinski 4. Michael Jepsen Jensen 5. Nicki Pedersen 6. Kim Nilsson 7. Eric Andersson Indianerna (away) (47) 1. Bjarne Pedersen 2. Niels-Kristian Iversen 3. Ryan Sullivan 4. Antonio Lindbäck 5. Joonas Kylmäkorpi 6. Grzegorz Zengota 7. Simon Gustafsson *-*-* Valsarna - Hammarby is tonight's TV meeting. All meetings should be covered by live updates on www.svemo.se/speedway from 19:00, weather permitting... Enjoy!

From Elit Vetlanda's website, www.elitvetlanda.se: Official result 1) (14) Antonio Lindbäck, Sverige, 12p ( 3 3 3 TT 3 ) +3 2) (9) Bjarne Pedersen, Danmark, 12p ( 3 2 2 2 3 ) +2 3) (3) Piotr Protasiewicz, Polen, 11p ( 2 3 1 2 3 ) 4) (15) Martin Vaculik, Slovakien, 10p ( 2 TT 2 3 3 ) 5) (13) Krzysztof Kasprzak, Polen, 10p ( 1 3 2 2 2 ) 6) (4) Peter Ljung, Sverige, 8p ( 0 3 3 0 2 ) 7) (16) Leon Madsen, Danmark, 8p ( 0 2 1 3 2 ) 8) (5) Sebastian Ulamek, Polen, 6p ( 3 0 3 0 0 ) 9) (7) Krzysztof Buczkowski, Polen, 6p ( 1 2 0 3 0 ) 10) (1) Jesper B Monberg, Danmark, 6p ( 3 1 0 0 2 ) 11) (11) Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Finland, 6p ( TT 1 3 1 1 ) 12) (10) Grzegorz Walasek, Polen, 6p ( 2 2 1 1 0 ) 13) (6) Matej Zagar, Slovenien, 6p ( 2 1 2 1 R ) 14) (12) Hans Andersen, Danmark, 5p ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) 15) (2) Simon Gustafsson, Sverige, 4p ( TT 0 0 3 1 ) 16) (17) Dave Watt, Australien, 3p ( 1 0 0 2 ) 17) (8) Victor Golubovski, Ryssland, 1p ( 0 0 0 F 1 ) 18) (18) David Ruud, Sverige, 0p ( FN ) Heat 1 [66.9]: Jesper B Monberg, Piotr Protasiewicz, Dave Watt , Peter Ljung (Simon Gustafsson T/T) Gustafsson exluded for touch/tape. Watt will be the replacement. Re-run from the gate, but it was only 15 metres from first to last. Heat 2 [66.4]: Sebastian Ulamek, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Matej Zagar, Victor Golubovski Zagar does a great job chasing Ulamek, but almost lost his second place to Buczkowski. Golubovski never in the race. Heat 3 [69.6]: Bjarne Pedersen, Grzegorz Walasek, Hans Andersen, Dave Watt (Joonas Kylmäkorpi T/T, David Ruud FN) Kylmäkorpi exluded for touch/tape. Ruud will be the replacement. First bend bunching as Ruud and Pedersen hits the deck. All 4 back. However, Ruud is injured and must be checked over by the medical staff. Ruud will be replaced by Watt. Close enough, but no passes. Heat 4 [64.9]: Antonio Lindbäck, Martin Vaculik, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Leon Madsen Vaculik gates, but Lindbäck passes him on bend three of the opening lap, to win by a mile. The other stays on a line, without much drama. Heat 5 [65.9]: Krzysztof Kasprzak, Bjarne Pedersen, Jesper B Monberg, Sebastian Ulamek Pedersen passes Monberg for second, but can´t pass Kasprzak. Monberg got some attention from Ulamek, but was able to hold on. Heat 6 [66.1]: Antonio Lindbäck, Grzegorz Walasek, Matej Zagar, Simon Gustafsson Lindbäck and Walasek had a good fight for a lap, but the Swedish GP rider looks quick today and won easily. Zagar comfortable in third, but Gustafsson never close to a point. Heat 7 [66.0]: Piotr Protasiewicz, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Dave Watt (Martin Vaculik T/T) Kylmäkorpi enters the first bend first, but tries the outside and got passed by both Poles. Kylmäkorpi then gets overexcited and tries too hard and too soon, and lost ground instead of waiting for the right opportunity. Heat 8 [66.6]: Peter Ljung, Leon Madsen, Hans Andersen, Victor Golubovski Madsen passed Andersen and then was all over Ljung who had to ride quite defensive to keep the lead. Golubovski was without a chance. Heat 9 [65.8]: Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Matej Zagar, Leon Madsen, Jesper B Monberg Kylmäkorpi makes a good first/second turn and then wins by 40 metres! Madsen chased Zagar, without luck. Heat 10 [66.2]: Sebastian Ulamek, Martin Vaculik, Hans Andersen, Simon Gustafsson From the gate. Heat 11 [66.0]: Antonio Lindbäck, Bjarne Pedersen, Piotr Protasiewicz, Victor Golubovski Lindbäck is the quickest one here tonight. Pedersen tries to follow him, but isn´t really close. Protasiewicz comfortable in third, and Golubovski dead last again. Heat 12 [67.0]: Peter Ljung, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grzegorz Walasek, Krzysztof Buczkowski WOW! Walasek pass Kasprzak for first, Ljung turns to the inside and goes to the lead and Walasek is suddenly in fourth! Walasek then re-gain third ahead of Buczkowski in an entertaining heat. Amazing heat with plenty of passes. Not that many good heats so far, but his was exceptional! Heat 13 [67.1]: Krzysztof Buczkowski, Dave Watt, Hans Andersen, Jesper B Monberg (Antonio Lindbäck T/T) Lindbäck exluded for touch/tape. Watt replaces. Buczkowski wins fairly comfortable, but Watt gets second place by passing Andersen. Heat 14 [67.1]: Simon Gustafsson, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Victor Golubovski ( F ) Gustafsson springs a surprise by an easy win. Kasprzak and Kylmäkorpi is third and fourth at first, but Kasprzak pass Golubovski who then falls while third on the final lap. Kylmäkorpi is forced to lay down to avoid a big collision with the Russian, and is awarded a point after finish. Heat 15 [66.7]: Leon Madsen, Piotr Protasiewicz, Grzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ulamek Madsen won against the three Poles, without problem. Ulamek had second place initially, but was passed by both Protasiewicz and Walasek. In the end, it was big distances between all riders. Heat 16 [66.8]: Martin Vaculik, Bjarne Pedersen, Matej Zagar, Peter Ljung Vaculik makes a good effort as he goes from third to first. Ljung has a tough first opening bends but remains in last position despite a good chase. Heat 17 [67.0]: Martin Vaculik, Jesper B Monberg, Victor Golubovski, Grzegorz Walasek Vaculik from the gate. Tougher for the remaining places where Walasek temporarily takes third from Monberg, only to lose it straight away. Instead, Monberg grabs two points by passing Golubovski. Heat 18 [67.1]: Bjarne Pedersen, Leon Madsen, Simon Gustafsson, Krzysztof Buczkowski Pedersen had an awful gate, but the remaining rider messed up for each other on the opening bends so Pedersen could sneak through for the lead. Madsen chased Pedersen, but had to settle for two points. Heat 19 [67.4]: Piotr Protasiewicz, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Hans Andersen, Matej Zagar ( R ) Kasprzak had a great gate from white, but Protasiewicz passed him after a lap. The heat had two great fights, and Andersen took the final point as Zagar gave up while fourth on the last lap. Heat 20 [67.3]: Antonio Lindbäck, Peter Ljung, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Sebastian Ulamek Lindbäck gated, and won easily. Ljung was chased hard by Kylmäkorpi but managed to hold on, while a inside line riding Ulamek got last. Heat 21 [66.5]: Antonio Lindbäck, Bjarne Pedersen From the gate. Congratulations to Lindbäck, Pedersen and Protasiewicz for taking the three places to next season´s Grand Prix! Thank you and good evening from Vetlanda!

From Elit Vetlanda's website, www.elitvetlanda.se: Official result 1) (14) Antonio Lindbäck, Sverige, 12p ( 3 3 3 TT 3 ) +3 2) (9) Bjarne Pedersen, Danmark, 12p ( 3 2 2 2 3 ) +2 3) (3) Piotr Protasiewicz, Polen, 11p ( 2 3 1 2 3 ) 4) (15) Martin Vaculik, Slovakien, 10p ( 2 TT 2 3 3 ) 5) (13) Krzysztof Kasprzak, Polen, 10p ( 1 3 2 2 2 ) 6) (4) Peter Ljung, Sverige, 8p ( 0 3 3 0 2 ) 7) (16) Leon Madsen, Danmark, 8p ( 0 2 1 3 2 ) 8) (5) Sebastian Ulamek, Polen, 6p ( 3 0 3 0 0 ) 9) (7) Krzysztof Buczkowski, Polen, 6p ( 1 2 0 3 0 ) 10) (1) Jesper B Monberg, Danmark, 6p ( 3 1 0 0 2 ) 11) (11) Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Finland, 6p ( TT 1 3 1 1 ) 12) (10) Grzegorz Walasek, Polen, 6p ( 2 2 1 1 0 ) 13) (6) Matej Zagar, Slovenien, 6p ( 2 1 2 1 R ) 14) (12) Hans Andersen, Danmark, 5p ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) 15) (2) Simon Gustafsson, Sverige, 4p ( TT 0 0 3 1 ) 16) (17) Dave Watt, Australien, 3p ( 1 0 0 2 ) 17) (8) Victor Golubovski, Ryssland, 1p ( 0 0 0 F 1 ) 18) (18) David Ruud, Sverige, 0p ( FN ) Heat 1 [66.9]: Jesper B Monberg, Piotr Protasiewicz, Dave Watt , Peter Ljung (Simon Gustafsson T/T) Gustafsson exluded for touch/tape. Watt will be the replacement. Re-run from the gate, but it was only 15 metres from first to last. Heat 2 [66.4]: Sebastian Ulamek, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Matej Zagar, Victor Golubovski Zagar does a great job chasing Ulamek, but almost lost his second place to Buczkowski. Golubovski never in the race. Heat 3 [69.6]: Bjarne Pedersen, Grzegorz Walasek, Hans Andersen, Dave Watt (Joonas Kylmäkorpi T/T, David Ruud FN) Kylmäkorpi exluded for touch/tape. Ruud will be the replacement. First bend bunching as Ruud and Pedersen hits the deck. All 4 back. However, Ruud is injured and must be checked over by the medical staff. Ruud will be replaced by Watt. Close enough, but no passes. Heat 4 [64.9]: Antonio Lindbäck, Martin Vaculik, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Leon Madsen Vaculik gates, but Lindbäck passes him on bend three of the opening lap, to win by a mile. The other stays on a line, without much drama. Heat 5 [65.9]: Krzysztof Kasprzak, Bjarne Pedersen, Jesper B Monberg, Sebastian Ulamek Pedersen passes Monberg for second, but can´t pass Kasprzak. Monberg got some attention from Ulamek, but was able to hold on. Heat 6 [66.1]: Antonio Lindbäck, Grzegorz Walasek, Matej Zagar, Simon Gustafsson Lindbäck and Walasek had a good fight for a lap, but the Swedish GP rider looks quick today and won easily. Zagar comfortable in third, but Gustafsson never close to a point. Heat 7 [66.0]: Piotr Protasiewicz, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Dave Watt (Martin Vaculik T/T) Kylmäkorpi enters the first bend first, but tries the outside and got passed by both Poles. Kylmäkorpi then gets overexcited and tries too hard and too soon, and lost ground instead of waiting for the right opportunity. Heat 8 [66.6]: Peter Ljung, Leon Madsen, Hans Andersen, Victor Golubovski Madsen passed Andersen and then was all over Ljung who had to ride quite defensive to keep the lead. Golubovski was without a chance. Heat 9 [65.8]: Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Matej Zagar, Leon Madsen, Jesper B Monberg Kylmäkorpi makes a good first/second turn and then wins by 40 metres! Madsen chased Zagar, without luck. Heat 10 [66.2]: Sebastian Ulamek, Martin Vaculik, Hans Andersen, Simon Gustafsson From the gate. Heat 11 [66.0]: Antonio Lindbäck, Bjarne Pedersen, Piotr Protasiewicz, Victor Golubovski Lindbäck is the quickest one here tonight. Pedersen tries to follow him, but isn´t really close. Protasiewicz comfortable in third, and Golubovski dead last again. Heat 12 [67.0]: Peter Ljung, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grzegorz Walasek, Krzysztof Buczkowski WOW! Walasek pass Kasprzak for first, Ljung turns to the inside and goes to the lead and Walasek is suddenly in fourth! Walasek then re-gain third ahead of Buczkowski in an entertaining heat. Amazing heat with plenty of passes. Not that many good heats so far, but his was exceptional! Heat 13 [67.1]: Krzysztof Buczkowski, Dave Watt, Hans Andersen, Jesper B Monberg (Antonio Lindbäck T/T) Lindbäck exluded for touch/tape. Watt replaces. Buczkowski wins fairly comfortable, but Watt gets second place by passing Andersen. Heat 14 [67.1]: Simon Gustafsson, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Victor Golubovski ( F ) Gustafsson springs a surprise by an easy win. Kasprzak and Kylmäkorpi is third and fourth at first, but Kasprzak pass Golubovski who then falls while third on the final lap. Kylmäkorpi is forced to lay down to avoid a big collision with the Russian, and is awarded a point after finish. Heat 15 [66.7]: Leon Madsen, Piotr Protasiewicz, Grzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ulamek Madsen won against the three Poles, without problem. Ulamek had second place initially, but was passed by both Protasiewicz and Walasek. In the end, it was big distances between all riders. Heat 16 [66.8]: Martin Vaculik, Bjarne Pedersen, Matej Zagar, Peter Ljung Vaculik makes a good effort as he goes from third to first. Ljung has a tough first opening bends but remains in last position despite a good chase. Heat 17 [67.0]: Martin Vaculik, Jesper B Monberg, Victor Golubovski, Grzegorz Walasek Vaculik from the gate. Tougher for the remaining places where Walasek temporarily takes third from Monberg, only to lose it straight away. Instead, Monberg grabs two points by passing Golubovski. Heat 18 [67.1]: Bjarne Pedersen, Leon Madsen, Simon Gustafsson, Krzysztof Buczkowski Pedersen had an awful gate, but the remaining rider messed up for each other on the opening bends so Pedersen could sneak through for the lead. Madsen chased Pedersen, but had to settle for two points. Heat 19 [67.4]: Piotr Protasiewicz, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Hans Andersen, Matej Zagar ( R ) Kasprzak had a great gate from white, but Protasiewicz passed him after a lap. The heat had two great fights, and Andersen took the final point as Zagar gave up while fourth on the last lap. Heat 20 [67.3]: Antonio Lindbäck, Peter Ljung, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, Sebastian Ulamek Lindbäck gated, and won easily. Ljung was chased hard by Kylmäkorpi but managed to hold on, while a inside line riding Ulamek got last. Heat 21 [66.5]: Antonio Lindbäck, Bjarne Pedersen From the gate. Congratulations to Lindbäck, Pedersen and Protasiewicz for taking the three places to next season´s Grand Prix! Thank you and good evening from Vetlanda!

17:00 local time. 16:00 British time.

He's working for us, for only one (?) day anyway. ********** Live updates will be available from 17:00, on: http://www.elitvetlanda.se/index.php?page=highlight&stage=1&id=279

Live updates are available from 17:00 on: http://www.elitvetlanda.se/index.php?page=highlight&stage=1&id=279

The practise session went well, with 11 of 18 riders practising. Some pictures are available at the link below: http://www.elitvetlanda.se/index.php?page=news&stage=1&id=1946 Weather forecast for this afternoon looks good, with sunny weather (and possibly some clouds) and 18-20 degrees.

The practise session went well, with 11 of 18 riders practising. Some pictures are available at the link below: http://www.elitvetlanda.se/index.php?page=news&stage=1&id=1946 Weather forecast for this afternoon looks good, with sunny weather (and possibly some clouds) and 18-20 degrees.

Today's practise has been postponed due to a poor weather forecast for this afternoon. A new attempt will be made tomorrow morning, at 09:00 a.m.

Today's practise has been postponed due to a poor weather forecast for this afternoon. A new attempt will be made tomorrow morning, at 09:00 a.m.

A few Thursday photos from the track, on this day ahead of practise. http://www.elitvetlanda.se/index.php?page=news&stage=1&id=1944

Sometimes I wonder if it would be better if the track closed down so people wouldn't be able to have a crack at it e-v-e-r-y G-o-d d-a-m-n t-i-m-e. Don't know why I care, because as a Vetlanda fan, I like it in Vetlanda, and that should be what matters. We won't put a gun to anyone's head for people to come here, or even watch meetings on TV/streams from here. To those of you who may think of watching it, please note that you've already been hold it's a awful track, and if you still watch it and it's bad, the rights to whine about the poor quality of racing is voided. You've already been told it's going to be bad, so why watch it? I'll do live updates from the meeting (I'll provide a link later), so I may provide a more colourful description to the races than a TV broadcasting might be able to do. A few Thursday photos from the track, this day ahead of practise. http://www.elitvetlanda.se/index.php?page=news&stage=1&id=1944 (Better leave the computer now before I type anything I regret)

Where's the "like" button on this forum? Hey Alan, as I'm not watching tonight (just sticking with text live updates), can you tell us all if you seen the Swedish sunset yet?

Even though it's laughable in general, I can't say I'm surprised in this case, with the on-going Polish Play Offs. For the strength of the Elit Vetlanda team, I'm not sure we will suffer that much. His away form has been poor most of the season, especially in comparison to his average, and as we're now able to strengthen the reserve position (on paper, at least), we won't lose too many points. I'm not as furious as one might think.

Two changes to Elit Vetlanda's line-up, according to today's edition of Vetlanda-Posten, as above.

It is a potential semifinal pairing, I give you that, even though we (Elit Vetlanda) are far from a certain team among the top four. It might look secure now, but with this away fixture coming up, and not riding at all next week, we may slip down the standing ahead of the two final rounds of the regular season. If, a that's a big if, we make the Play Offs, the outcome of tomorrow's meeting may well decide if Indianerna chose Elit Vetlanda in the semifinal. A comfortable home win may cause the Indians to chose Elit Vetlanda, but if we get a good result tomorrow (and with last season's two smashing away victories at Kumla in mind), I'm not sure Indianerna makes that choice. Anyway, they are the side to beat this year, and they know it. Or at least, they should. I haven't heard anything for certain, but I also have a hard time to believe that he will stand for it. He looked in peace and harmony when he was at the track earlier tonight, so I guess the final word hasn't been said, or printed, yet. I'm not particulary worried, but that may just be the fact that a win at Kumla would be a bonus in any circumstances. With or without Kolodziej. We'll see.

Might just as well admit that it was me who was a bit too quick, and wrong, when typing it on Elit Vetlanda's website. I definitely know Matej is Slovenian, so it was just a typing error.

ELITSERIEN ROUND 14 Tuesday August 9th 2011 ELIT VETLANDA - VARGARNA 54-36 (Aggregated: 84-72) at Vetlanda Motorstadion Attendence: 2613 Elit Vetlanda (home) 54 (84) 1. Janusz Kolodziej R-3-3-3 = 9 (4) 2. Peter Karlsson 3-3-1-2-N = 9 (4) 3. Jaroslaw Hampel 3-3-3-1*-1 = 11+1 (5) 4. Thomas H Jonasson 0-1-2*-2* = 5+2 (4) 5. Jason Crump 3-1-3-1-3 = 11 (5) 6. Christian Agö 1*-0-N-3 = 4+1 (3) 7. Jacob Thorssell 2-1-0-1-1 = 5 (5) Vargarna (away) 36 (72) 1. Lee Richardson 2-2-3-R-3-2 = 12 (6) 2. Adrian Miedzinski 1*-0-N-0 = 1+1 (3) 3. Nicki Pedersen 2-2-2*-1-R-N = 7+1 (5) 4. Tai Woffinden 1*-2-0-0 = 3+1 (4) 5. Krzysztof Kasprzak 2-1-2-2-0 = 7 (5) 6. Viktor Bergström 0-N-N-0 = 0 (2) 7. Kim Nilsson 3-1*-0-0-2 = 6+1 (5) Since the first meeting (at Norrköping, 40-38 to Vargarna) was abandoned after 13 heats, the aggregated score was determined after the first 13 heats in this meeting, hence the 84-72 scoreline. *-*-* HAMMARBY - INDIANERNA 47-42 (Aggregated: 82-97) at Gubbängen's IP, Stockholm Attendence: 3218 Hammarby (home) 47 (82) 1. Grzegorz Walasek 3-3-0-2-3-3 = 14 (6) 2. Rory Schlein 2*-3-2-2*-3-0 = 12+2 (6) 3. Tomasz Gollob R/R (3,0,0,1) 4. Norbert Kosciuch 2*-3-1-1-1 = 8+1 (5) 5. Magnus Zetterström 3-0-3-0-1 = 7 (5) 6. Andrej Karpov 3-1-R-0-2 = 6 (5) 7. Freddy Godlund 0-N-0-0 = 0 (3) Indianerna (away) 42 (97) 1. Ryan Sullivan 0-1*-1*-2 = 4+2 (4) 2. Joonas Kylmäkorpi 1-2-2-2-1* = 8+1 (5) 3. Niels-Kristian Iversen 1-0-N-0 = 1 (3) 4. Bjarne Pedersen 0-M-1-0 = 1 (4) 5. Piotr Protasiewicz 2-3-1-2-2 = 10 (5) 6. Antonio Lindbäck 2-3-2*-3-3-3 = 16+1 (6) 7. Simon Gustafsson 1*-0-N-1 = 2+1 (3) *-*-* LEJONEN - VÄSTERVIK 51-39 (Aggregated: 87-93) at NTEX Arena, Gislaved Attendence: 2112 Lejonen (home) 51 (87) 1. Troy Batchelor 3-2-3-2* = 10+1 (4) 2. Mikael Max 1-2-0-2 = 5 (4) 3. David Ruud 2*-2*-1-0 = 5+2 (4) 4. Kenneth Bjerre 3-3-3-3-2* = 14+1 (5) 5. Darcy Ward 3-3-1-3-3 = 13 (5) 6. Mathias Thörnblom 3-0-0-0-1 = 4 (5) 7. Oliver Berntzon 0-0-N-0 = 0 (3) Västervik (away) 39 (93) 1. Rafal Okoniewski 2-1-2-3-1 = 9 (5) 2. Tomasz Jedrzejak 0-0-N-0 = 0 (3) 3. Chris Harris 1-1-2-0 = 4 (4) 4. Nicolai Klindt 0-3-3-1*-1-0 = 8+1 (6) 5. Peter Ljung 1*-2-1*-1 = 5+2 (4) 6. Pontus Aspgren 1*-1-2-3 = 7+1 (4) 7. Travis McGowan 2-2-0-2* = 6+1 (4) *-*-* VALSARNA - DACKARNA 45-45 (Aggregate: 92-88) at Tallhult's Motorstadion Attendence: 1868 Valsarna (home) 45 (92) 1. Grigory Laguta 1*-2-3-3-3-3 = 15+1 (6) 2. Krzysztof Buczkowski 2-2-1*-1-1 = 7+1 (5) 3. Tomasz Gapinski 1-2-1-1-3 = 8 (5) 4. Dave Watt 0-0-N-N = 0 (2) 5. Daniel Nermark 3-X-2*-2-1-2* = 10+2 (6) 6. Ludvig Lindgren 0-F-N-1* = 1+1 (3) 7. Scott Nicholls 2-0-N-2 = 4 (3) Dackarna (away) 45 (88) 1. Rune Holta 0-1-3-0-2 = 6 (5) 2. Jurica Pavlic R/R (3,3,2*,0) 3. Andreas Jonsson 2*-3-2*-3-2-R = 12+2 (6) 4. Artur Mroczka 3-3-1-0-0 = 7 (5) 5. Hans Andersen 2-3-2-1-0-1 = 9 (6) 6. Daniel King 1-3-0-3 = 7 (4) 7. Anders Mellgren 3-1*-0-Fx = 4+1 (4) *-*-* CURRENT STANDING: 1. Indianerna, 13, 11-0-2, 5/5, 27p (+119) 2. Piraterna, 12, 8-1-3, 2/4, 19p (+58) 3. Elit Vetlanda, 13, 7-0-6, 3/5, 17p (+59) 4. Hammarby, 12, 7-0-5, 3/4, 17p (+1) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Valsarna, 12, 5-2-5, 2/4, 14p (-20) 6. Lejonen, 12, 5-0-7, 2/4, 12p (-71) 7. Västervik, 13, 4-0-9, 2/5, 10p (-68) 8. Dackarna, 13, 3-1-9, 1/5, 8p (-29) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Vargarna, 12, 4-0-8, 0/4, 8p (-49) *-*-* NEXT ROUND - TUESDAY AUGUST 16TH: Indianerna (46) - Elit Vetlanda (44) Valsarna (55) - Lejonen (35) Vargarna (44) - Piraterna (46) Västervik (38) - Hammarby (52)

Not quite as comprehensive as usual, but I have problems to find the time at the moment. August is one heck of a month this season... ELITSERIEN ROUND 14 Tuesday August 9th 2011 ELIT VETLANDA - VARGARNA at Vetlanda Motorstadion Despite winning three straight meeting, Elit Vetlanda change the line-up to include Janusz Kolodziej and Pawel Hlib instead of Martin Vaculik and Patrick Hougaard. Vargarna comes to Vetlanda with their top heavy version of line-up, similar to what Elit Vetlanda opted for this week. Elit Vetlanda (home) (38) 1. Janusz Kolodziej 2. Peter Karlsson 3. Jaroslaw Hampel 4. Thomas H Jonasson 5. Jason Crump 6. Pawel Hlib 7. Jacob Thorssell Vargarna (away) (40) 1. Lee Richardson 2. Adrian Miedzinski 3. Nicki Pedersen 4. Tai Woffinden 5. Krzysztof Kasprzak 6. Viktor Bergström 7. Kim Nilsson *-*-* HAMMARBY - INDIANERNA at Gubbängen's IP, Stockholm Despite snatching the aggregated point from Elit Vetlanda, Hammarby have chosen to re-shuffle their line-up, and replacing Henrik Karlsson with Freddy Godlund at the junior position. Indianerna comes with the expected seven riders, keeping Grzegorz Zengota out of the line-up. Hammarby (home) (35) 1. Grzegorz Walasek 2. Rory Schlein 3. Tomasz Gollob 4. Norbert Kosciuch 5. Magnus Zetterström 6. Andrej Karpov 7. Freddy Godlund Indianerna (away) (55) 1. Ryan Sullivan 2. Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3. Niels-Kristian Iversen 4. Bjarne Pedersen 5. Piotr Protasiewicz 6. Antonio Lindbäck 7. Simon Gustafsson *-*-* LEJONEN - VÄSTERVIK at NTEX Arena, Gislaved The Lions comes with one of their strongest line-ups for the season, but with the top six rider all in the line-up, Dennis Andersson won't fit under the maximum average limit. Oliver Berntzon takes the junior position. For Västervik, Sebastian Ulamek has been scratched after a couple of below par performances, with Travis McGowan making his season debut at reserve. Lejonen (home) (36) 1. Troy Batchelor 2. Mikael Max 3. Chris Holder 4. Kenneth Bjerre 5. Darcy Ward 6. David Ruud 7. Oliver Berntzon Västervik (away) (54) 1. Rafal Okoniewski 2. Tomasz Jedrzejak 3. Chris Harris 4. Nicolai Klindt 5. Peter Ljung 6. Pontus Aspgren 7. Travis McGowan *-*-* VALSARNA - DACKARNA at Tallhult's Motorstadion Four places seperates them in the standing, but it's still a crucial meeting which could pull them closer together, or making Valsarna a prime candidate for Play Off. However, they'll have to do it without Artem Laguta, still injured. Dackarna also have a Grand Prix rider on the injury list, namely Fredrik Lindgren. They also miss Jurica Pavlic but will use the R/R facility to cover the injured Croatian. Valsarna (home) (47) 1. Grigory Laguta 2. Krzysztof Buczkowski 3. Tomasz Gapinski 4. Dave Watt 5. Daniel Nermark 6. Ludvig Lindgren 7. Scott Nicholls Dackarna (away) (43) 1. Rune Holta 2. Jurica Pavlic R/R 3. Andreas Jonsson 4. Artur Mroczka 5. Hans Andersen 6. Daniel King 7. Anders Mellgren *-*-* CURRENT STANDING: 1. Indianerna, 12, 11-0-1, 4/4, 26p (+124) 2. Piraterna, 12, 8-1-3, 2/4, 19p (+58) 3. Hammarby, 11, 6-0-5, 3/3, 15p (-4) 4. Elit Vetlanda, 12, 6-0-6, 2/4, 14p (+41) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Valsarna, 11, 5-1-5, 1/3, 12p (-20) 6. Lejonen, 11, 4-0-7, 2/3, 10p (-83) 7. Västervik, 12, 4-0-8, 1/4, 9p (-56) 8. Vargarna, 11, 4-0-7, 0/3, 8p (-31) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Dackarna, 12, 3-0-9, 1/4, 7p (-29) *-*-* All meetings should be covered by live updates on www.svemo.se/speedway from 19:00. The TV fixture is Hammarby vs Indianerna. Enjoy!

I actually changed meeting when the Griparna vs Ikaros Smederna meeting went to interval. I've seen heats 11-14 from Malmö (FNC-Gnistorna vs Gnistorna), and it has been great speedway, better than Nyköping (before interval). It will be a cracking finish to it as well, with FNC-Gnistorna leading 43-41 with the nominated heat to go. However, Rospiggarna have the unbeaten Andreas Jonsson in it, so FNC-Gnistorna should just try to block whoever Jonsson rides with, for a tied heat and a two point win. Heat 15, coming up!

Great news from Malmö, I see. FNC-Gnistorna have free entrance today (instead, companies pays 1 SEK for each person in attendence), and 2137 persons have made their way to the stadium, which is a new attendence record for league speedway in Malmö. At least that's the news on the live updates site. BTW, records both on and off the track in Malmö as David Ruud smashed the track record by 1,4 (!) seconds, to 62,1.

Always.

Good evening all! Has been a bit hectic at work this week as I haven't been on the BSF for quite some days, and I guess the remainder of this month will be the same, but I'll join you tonight. Griparna vs Ikaros Smederna obviously the most interesting tonight, and since I haven't seen a meeting from Nyköping in a while, it suits me just fine.

Thanks!