Ghostwalker

Ove, Michelsen only scored 4+2 in Sweden this week, not sure I would call that well.

The rules says that the rider that causes the stopping of the heat should be excluded. Then there is situations where it can be hard to determine which rider that is at fault. Sometimes several riders can be equally at fault.

Well I told you so.

results final emil Laguta nicki Antonio ;ex) Antonio was excluded since he inside the white line.

Superb stuff from Laguta.

No reason have been announced. Don't know why thetrack isn't as good as it usually is.

Gollob have withdrawn from the meeting. Engman will take his heats.

Lovely pass by Emil.

No Gollob in h3.

It seems that many decided to stay at home, does not look like more then 3000 or thereabouts. A shame really, great track, great riders and great weather. Does not get much better than this.

30000 zlotys fine for Nicki and I think 6 months suspension for Gajweski. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv?sl=auto&tl=sv&u=http%3A//www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/540364/nicki-pedersen-i-jacek-gajewski-ukarani

Weather is not as good as the forecasts said it would be but still ok. Protasiewicz will not ride tonight, Joel Andersson will take his place.

There is an article in the latest issue of Speedway racing (#7-2105) about GTR-engines. I haven't read it particularly thoroughly yet but will do that later.

An article about tomorrow's meeting. 1400 tickets had been sold this morning. They expect 6000 though which is pretty much as many as they can fit into the arena. The weather forecast looks very good, maybe a little chilly towards the end of the meeting. One Sport also hopes to be back next year. http://www.sydnarkenytt.se/sydnarke/artikel/reklam#.Vc4_b4luspF http://www.smhi.se/#ort=2680001,Sannahed,Kumla,Sverige,59.1/15.15

Permanent Swedish tracks like Målilla would also be unavailable due to climate/weather. Hosting a speedway event in Sweden between mid/end -October to late April/early May is unsuitable and very risky.

Antonio Lindbäck's 5 heats from yesterday's meeting between Masarna and Örnarna. Some really good stuff. https://www.facebook.com/masarna/posts/10153498271532770

So was Gollob and Adams but Gollob only have one and Adams zero titles despite being in the top for so many years. Talent and skill is not always enough, professionalism and dedication are needed two. Ward have former two but does he have the latter two?

There is also a few Polish rider who might find their way into the GP-series, which can be a tough challenge for anyone.

To some extent maybe but not as much or perhaps not as unconditional as you think. I most teams will have to work very hard to get their sponsors and Vetlanda is probably the only that don't have to worry about the economy. A few amount of teams (Dackarna / Målilla MK and possibly one or two more) owns their own track, the rest of the teams rent their track. Some teams pays more then others and I think that for Allsvenskan and Elitserien, Smederna and Vargarna pays the most rent (or lease in Vargarna's case). There are advantages and disadvantages with both forms. Smederna have always rented their track and it has been both god and bad. The bad part was when Smederna dropped out of Elitserien in 2009 due to financial problems and started over from Division 1, then one of the other clubs there expanded their small go-cart track to a larger drifting track which have been expanded further at the cost of the size of the parking lot. Which really hurt Smederna for several seasons since as soon as there was more then 2000 spectators, the parking wasn't big enough to handle all the cars. I am very unhappy with how Joacim Heggblad and his companions were allowed to expand over the parking lot. A new parking area and a smaller refurbishment of the track was made to the last seasons thanks to the city (owner) and a sponsor. It's ok for now but improvements/expansions are needed for them to handle more then 3500 spectators. The parking lot used to be over the entire area that is now covered by the darker tarmac track. https://www.google.se/maps/place/Gr%C3%B6ndals+Motorsportomr%C3%A5de,+Eskilstuna+N/@59.4161069,16.3735138,582m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x465e8c2b12e849dd:0x1f95a70b850aec2b The drifting track/arena have since been expanded further forcing the city to build a new road around the southern end of the track. This aerial photo is a couple of years old since the construction of the mini racing track hadn't even started yet and it was finished this spring.

Apparently Belusov is likely to replace him.

Topsoil, most tracks are dedicated speedway tracks and only Gubbängen have another primary use then speedway. Training tracks? I assume you mean the smaller tracks located next to or inside the regular track ? They're not training tracks but 80cc tracks for speedway schools for kids and for youth speedway (85c, micro speedway and mini speedway ).

I don't think this is about dangerous riding, surely they would have criticised more riders then just Nicki then.

I think you are wrong, it isn't "the riders", it's just Greg, Holder, Tai and Darcy. Two aussies, a brit and a Yankee. Riders who happens to have the same sponsor, the same sponsor that also is the main sponsors for the SGP ans SWC series.

Sure the attendance have declined this season but the weather have been bad this season.. Rain have been affecting a vast majority of the rounds which usually scares a good few away. In Elitserien Lejonen are by far worst team but when you look at what team they field it's hardly surprising. 7 teams are too few and 10 would ideal but the disadvantage is that the riders can demand a higher pay level due to more competition between the teams for the riders. Then 18 rounds is also tight to fit in during the available months. Especially if you have in mind that you need to be able to find available new days to hold a meeting if it rains off. Smederna's price info http://ikarossmederna.se/matchpress/entrepriser/

As already mentioned it is Gnistorna in Malmö: http://www.gnistorna.se/ However they will have their final home meeting next week. For the rest of the Swedish team Vetlanda and Målilla are next in line but they are both over 250km away. Also see this google earth file: http://www.mediafire.com/?zoxknxrk3eaq1nk it hasn't been updated in a few years but no 500cc team have folded or moved or restarted since then.