Ghostwalker

Krzysztof Kasprzak have signed with Lejonen for 2015: http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/vm-tvaan-klar-for-lejonen/

Simon Gustafsson have decided to take a break from speedway for 2015. http://na.se/sporten/speedway/1.2713915-klart-han-tar-paus-fran-speedwayen

Darcy Ward? Do you know something the rest of us don't know?

David Ruud have decided to retire. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/ruud-lagger-slapskon-pa-hyllan/

Apparently there will be a presconference in Warzaw on Thursday to announce that they are hosting the opening SGP round in 2015.

I've updated the team signings for Allsvenskan and Elitserien.

Smederna announced today that PK have signed for 2015. http://www1.idrottonline.se/SmedernaSpeedwayforening-MotorcykelochSnoskoter

According this article, Darcy have signed a new contract with his Swedish team and the team manager for that teams says that Darcy's lawyers expects Darcy to get a 6-8 month ban. http://mvt.se/sport/speedway/piraterna-nara-ett-dromlag-10338238.aspx

No, the dates for the round have been decided about but neither the dates or the locations have been revealed yet.

You beat me to it DG. Smederna have one more spot to fill which likely will be taken by Peter Karlsson. http://www1.idrottonline.se/SmedernaSpeedwayforening-MotorcykelochSnoskoter/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/IKAROSSMEDERNA2015/ http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/pawlicki-nytt-namn-i-eskilstuna/

Chris Holder has signed for another season with Piraterna. http://piraterna.se/default.aspx?NodeId=2814

Smederna have signed Sebastian Aldén as a guest rider. It is also rumoured that Peter "PK" Karlsson, Kenni Larsen , Przemyslaw Pawlicki have signed with Smederna and that Vaclav Milik have been offered a contract. It is not known yet if Mikkel Michelsen will stay with Smederna or not. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/alden-klar-for-ikaros-smederna/

10M € sounds a bit exaggerated? In my city about 1-2 years ago, they changed the two coolant units which are used to freeze the ice at the two rinks at Eskilstuna ice stadium, which has one outdoor ice rink which is about 11340m2 big and one in door icehockey rink which is about 1800m2. I don't remember the exact cost but I doubt it cost 10M €. Maybe 1M € but not 10M € so is it really that much more expensive to do the same in NL?

Smederna will announce their squad tomorrow, however it is already known that Grzegorz Zengota will not ride for Smederna next season. https://twitter.com/ZengiRacing/status/525676064191029248

No and it's not even close of being enough.

Dackarna have signed former Danish and now "Swedish" rider Rasmus Jensen. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/dackarna-varvar-jensen-som-blir-svensk/ There is/was an agreement between the clubs to have three Swedish riders/lineup, however both Rospiggarna and Dackarna have signed contracts with non Swedish riders (Timo Lahti -Rospiggarna, Rasmus Jensen Dackarna) that are going to rider on Swedish licenses. Rasmus Jensen will also ride for Vargarna in allsvenskan. Two other signings for Vargarna are René Bach och Jari Mäkinen. http://www.vargarnaspeedway.se/forare/tre-intressanta-forare-klara-for-vargarna/

Rospiggarna have signed Szymon Wozniak,. http://norrteljetidning.se/sport/1.2705670-polske-juniormastaren-till-rospiggarna

You are wrong. Have in mind that the the rules (which is the same for all FIM/FIA...federations) says that alcohol is forbidden during competition not that it is only forbidden to ride/drive while under influence of alcohol. Why? Because "during a competition" is a wider definition that allows doping/alcohol tests to be done before a competitor is allowed to ride/drive/fly in a competition but anyone that is caught still can be charged with being under the influence during a competition (as if they would have ridden/driven/flown while being under the influence) despite not having ridden/driven/flown a single millimetre. When does the competition start for GPs? It starts when the riders arrive at the track and sign in for practice and it ends when they leave the track after the GP is finished. Was the breath test done during a competition? Yes it was, so it does not matter if the test was done before or during or after his heats, As soon as he had signed in for the GP and were at the track, it was during a competition and thus he was under the influence of alcohol during a competition. Whether he was standing in his pitbox or being on a motorcycle on the track does not make any difference according to the rules. It is the same things as that Formula 1 and MotoGP competitions does not start when the actual race begins but rather when the first practice begins.

Emil Sajfutdinov stays with Vetlanda. http://www.vetlandaposten.se/artikel/117138/de-stannar-i-elit-vetlanda

I read an article today belonging to a news paper in the town where Darcy's Swedish team is from and according to it, the team manager in Darcy's Swedish team have decided to start and negotiate a new contract with Darcy. You just gotta wonder if MF and Stefan Andersson have any moral at all and if they can see the whole picture rather then just an egoistic view on what's good for their team? What "signals" does this send to younger riders? Damn you if you drill a hole in your silencer but drink and ride? Sure no problem.

These mainland Europe tracks, are they naturally frozen tracks or are they artificially frozen?

https://twitter.com/JKonikiewicz/status/527135684285714432

So what is the difference between a two year ban with one year suspended and just a one year ban?

Yeah I think it probably is and with it I also think it will be the end of the Gubbängen track.

Piotr Pawlicki have signed with Piraterna. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/piraterna/varldsmastare-klar-for-piraterna/