Ghostwalker

Lineups for tomorrws pre-season testing between Smederna and Indianerna: Smederna Grigorij Laguta, Mikkel Michelsen, Peter Karlsson, Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Kenni Larsen, Linus Eklöf, Magnus Zetterström Indianerna Fredrik Lindgren, Scott Nicholls, Artem Laguta, Rory Schlein, Antonio Lindbäck, Anders Mellgren, Joel Andersson. http://ekuriren.se/sport/speedway/1.3135979-stjarnglans-pa-motorstadion

I guess it depends on the definition of popular. Swedish Elitserien is the 3rd most popular sports league in Sweden by attendance but when it comes to number of "athletes" it is a much smaller sport and no way near top 3 in popularity.

Results from Eskilstuna Team cup finals: http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/04/26/eskilstuna-lagcup-finland-segrade-i-a-finalen/ http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/04/26/eskilstuna-lagcup-smedvinst-i-b-finalen/

Yes I can, most staff at a GP are non-paid volunteers.

Have the rules changed then? Because from what I remember it have "always" been so that the rider that is coming from behind should be declared the winner if there isn't possible to determine which riders who was first across the line. In this case THJ and KK was totally equal but THJ was declared winner because he was the one who was coming from behind.

Why is that allowed? Riders stopping outside the pits? Any rider not going directly back to the tapes should be Xed. Peter Ljung got greedy and lost it all.

very close but THJ should be awarded 3p since he was coming from behind, *edit yes I was correct.

Results from Eskilstuna lagcup qualifying: http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/04/25/eskilstuna-lagcup-indianer-och-vetlanda-till-a-final/ http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/04/25/eskilstuna-lagcup-finland-och-ornar-vidare/

Yeah MJJ and PK were handed wild cards.

Yep I was correct. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/2015/04/23/wsl-lagen-officiella/ Elit Vetlanda (red) 1. Tai Woffinden 2. Tomas H Jonasson 3. Jaroslaw Hampel (K) 4. Janusz Kolodziej 5. Peter Ljung Holsted (blue) 1. Nicki Pedersen 2. Martin Vaculik 3. Rasmus Jensen 4. Nicolai Klindt 5. Damian Balinski Kings Lynn (white) 1. Piotr Protasiewicz 2. Kenneth Bjerre 3. Rory Schlein (K) 4. Nicklas Porsing 5. Robert Lambert Stal Gorzow (yellow) 1. Krzysztof Kasprzak 2. Niels-Kristian Iversen 3. Matej Zagar 4. Bartosz Zmarzlik 5. Linus Sundström Imo Gorzow will win this. Vetlanda looks good to but is much weaker with Ljung instead of Emil S.

Peter Ljung probably since Zmarzlik will ride Gorzow.

I don't think it's cost of the kits they are afraid of but rather the other costs for the testing procedure. The testers need to be educated/licensed/appeoved/employed by the federation which also would appoint the testers to the meetings in the same way as with the referees. However that said, it should be manageable and I think it would be good to know that everyone is sober.

I doubt that Rasmus have become a Swedish citizen already, since he would have had to live here since he was 16 years old (2009, 5 years of residency required). So I think he still is just a Danish rider with a Swedish license.

Yeah unless you find a way to access to the streams at csports. Who knows maybe someones will stream the other streams as well... Another " fight" in Swedish speedway. Young talent Oliver Berntzon said in a statement to the Swedish "newspaper" Aftonbladet that he thought it was wrong by Svemo to give Antonio another chance after his third drunk driving offence, that Svemo did wrong to give Antonio a place in the GP qualifiers instead of giving it Oliver. Oliver said that he thought that Antonio shouldnät ride another meter and that the entire speedway world sees Antonio as an alcoholic. As a result of that Masarna have said that they didn't want Oliver to ride for Smederna in this Thursdaay's pre-season test meeting in Avesta between Smederna and Masarna. Masarna thought it was inappropiate for him to ride so Smederna had too find another solution, http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/motor/speedway/article20644011.ab http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/vispen-stoppas-fran-match-i-avesta-men-valkommen-i-serien/

Antonio Lindbäck will be forced to be breathalysed before every meeting he rides in Sweden, this season. http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=67537&page=60&&do=findComment&comment=2602611 Do you think the same should apply to Darcy Ward and do you think that it should apply to all riders?

But what about Rsasmus Jensen then? Who rode in the Danish SGP/SEC qualification event presumably on a DK license, but he also intends to use a Swedish license for Elitserien. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=86&artikel=6009040 http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/dackarna-varvar-jensen-som-blir-svensk/ http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/motorsport/speedway/veteran-og-talent-paa-vm-jagt/5527691 https://twitter.com/dmusport/status/589144683437240320

Swedish motorcycle sports federation, SVEMO, have decided to force Antonio to be breathalysed before every meeting but that will only apply to Antonio and not the rest of the riders. http://na.se/sporten/speedway/1.2939677-efter-rattfyllan-tvingar-antonio-blasa-alkotest-varje-match

Sorry typo from me, option = season. He will use a Swedish license in Elitserien this season.

Timo Lahti gets the wild card http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/sgp-lahti-far-wild-card/ ¨http://www.fim-live.com/en/article/lahti-lands-tampere-wild-card/ Notable is that Lahti for this season have decided to use a Swedish license so that his Swedish team can use him as a Swedish rider. Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen will be reserves. Krister Gardell is the referee.

C more will broadcast all meetings this season. One meeting each round will be shown live on tv and all three meetings will be streamed live on the csports website (Sweden only). From the first 5 rounds the following meetings will be shown live on tv: 5 maj 19.00 Lejonen – Rospiggarna 12 maj 19.00 Piraterna – Vetlanda 19 maj 19.00 Indianerna – Piraterna 26 maj 19.00 Vetlanda – Indianerna 2 juni 19.00 Dackarna – Ikaros Smederna http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/c-more-sander-alla-elitseriematcher/

Smederna defeated Masarna with 45-44. For Smederan 6 out of 7 riders were local riders, John Lindman being the only out-of-towner in Smederma's team. Full scores here: http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/ikaros-smederna-besegrade-masarna/ and on the link in the previous reply. The teams will meet again on Thursday at Masarna's track.

Friendly meeting between Smederna and Masarna: http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=5428

Nicki Pedersen and Andreas Jonsson have both said to media that the track was too soft/loose. Andreas Jonsson compared it to a beach. So it seems that there was far from enough binder in the shale that was put on the track.

Ole says that the track wasn't his responsibility since the FIM-jury had approved it. http://m.jyllands-posten.dk/sport/motor/ECE7641429/Ole-Olsen-Skandale-er-ikke-min-skyld/ http://m.jyllands-posten.dk/sport/motor/ECE7638117/Polakkerne+er+sure+p%C3%A5+Ole+Olsen+/ http://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/motor/ECE7637411/%C2%BBDet-er-en-skandale-og-folk-faldt-som-fluer%C2%AB/ I don't think the ruts themselves were the problem but, as Nicki and Jonsson both have said, that the surface was too loose which was quite obvious since as soon as a rider was a little too wide it looked like they put the handbrake on.

A good choice for the wild card.