Ghostwalker

TBH, there have been some dull meetings, like the broadcast from Vetlanda and Smederna vs. Piraterna but there have also been some really top class meetings like those from Sannahed/Kumla and Motala.

Vargarna - Västervik is estimated to start at 20.20 Swedish time.

Heavy rain in Målilla apparently. It's also still raining in Norrköping. Rain in Hallstavik too. Hey Chris Harris made another pass. That makes it 2.5 passes tonight for him. Chris Holder won't ride more tonight. Left shoulder injury. He is in lots of pains according to Piraternas team manager Stefan Andersson

Rookie mistake from Holder.

a pic from Norrköping: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu2svXSIcAAk5s9.jpg:large

Daniel Davidsson had a short practice section last week but didn't feel fit enough to ride so they uses R/R for him. Yes as long as Daniel Davidsson have a rolling/floating (or whatever you want to call it) that is one of the five highest they can use R/R for him instead of using Billy Forsberg. Obviously this week they want to use R/R for Kildemand which means that they can't use R/R for Davidsson as well. I think the plan last week was that Davidsson would ride but when he felt that he wasn't fit they decided to use R/R. Perhaps Billy wasn't available. As for Watt, it's not that strange. The team manager can put the five best riders in any order he desires at positions 1-5 and for Smederna several of the riders' rolling averages are very close which means that there might be changes regarding which riders that rides at reserve from one week to another. Dackarna just announced that they will use R/R for Loktaev. Unofficial reports says that it has to do with back problems.

do you have a link. Never mind I found it.

All of Vargarna's riders can take Kildemand's heats.

Actually you have to remember that Torun started the season with -9 points so they have scored the same amount of points as Gorzow and it is not like the top 4 teams are particular weak either. They too have very strong teams.

Pawel Przedpelski will not be allowed to ride for Smederna tomorrow since Torun have decided that he should ride in a Polish U21 meeting. He will be replaced by Davey Watt. http://www1.idrottonline.se/SmedernaSpeedwayforening-MotorcykelochSnoskoter/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/IngenPrzedpelskitillKumlaWattersatter/

Palovaara will replace Robin Aspegren.

Victor Palovaara will replace Robin Aspegren during Robin's absence. Polovaara will stay in the squad for a minimum of 28 days. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/elitserien/palovaara-in-i-dackarna/ For Rospiggarna Maciej Janowski will replace Grzegorz Walasek for a minimum of 28 days. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/rospiggarna/janowski-ersatter-walasek/

Yes that is right. Przedpelski is the only one with a higher floating average so all riders should be able to take a R/R heat. I also haven't seen any info on replacement for Robin Aspegren in Dackarna but I guess that it will be Alexander Edberg.

Kenni Larsen will not be able to ride for Smederna tomorrow and Smederna will use R/R for him. http://www1.idrottonline.se/SmedernaSpeedwayforening-MotorcykelochSnoskoter/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/RidersforKenniLarsen/

Preview Swedish Elitserien 2014, Round 13 Televised meeting: Rospiggarna - Piraterna live at Eurosport 2, 18.00 BST / 19.00 CEST Race card: https://www.mediafire.com/?z3ztgc4748cjiur Live scores; http://www.svemo.se/Speedway Current standings: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2014/Serietabell/ Rospiggarna - Piraterna Rospiggarna (45) Andreas Jonsson Grzegorz Walasek Maciej Janowski Kim Nilsson Timo Lahti Mads Korneliussen Chris Harris Jonas Davidsson Piraterna (45) Bjarne Pedersen Chris Holder Darcy Ward Linus Sundström Greg Hancock (K) Simon Gustafsson Fredrik Engman This is the fight for second place which Rospiggarna currently holds with a 2p margin. For Ropiggarna it is uncertain if they will use R/R for Walasek or if they will be able get a replacement into the squad in time for the meeting. Last week Rospiggarna lost their third meeting for the season. They are usually strong at home and have only lost one meeting at home (against Dackarna) but the track was a bit different then it usually is due to some rain earlier in the evening. For Piraterna, Matej Zagar is listed in the offcial line up but this is because a replacement for an injured rider stays in the team for a minimum of 28 days. Those 28 days have passed tomorrow so that means that Chris Holder will re-take hos position in the team from tomorrow. Vargarna - Västervik Vargarna (42) Jason Doyle Peter Kildemand R/R Adrian Miedzinski Pontus Aspgren Martin Vaculik Billy Forsberg Ricky Kling Västervik (48) Przemyslaw Pawlicki Krzysztof Kasprzak Peter Ljung Hans Andersen Tobiasz Musielak Mathias Thörnblom Ludvig Lindgren Vargarna are in a fierce battle with Smederna and also Dackarna for the last place in the play offs. Vargarna are currently outside the play offs after they lost last week while Smederna won. Reports says that they have to manage without Peter Kildemand in this meeting since had a crash in Poland earlier tonight which resulted in a concussion. They will use R/R for him. Vargarna needs to win to stay in the fight for the play offs and If they also manages to win the aggregated bonus point, they are more or less certain to be in the play offs if Smederna fails to take any team points against Indianerna. Västervik will finish last and will be demoted to Allsvenskan for 2015, it remains to see how motivated they are. Dackarna - Elit Vetlanda Dackarna (26) Nicki Pedersen Joonas Kylmäkorpi Michael Jepsen Jensen Alexandr Loktaev R/R Krzysztof Buczkowski Dennis Andersson Robin Aspegren Victor Palovaara Elit Vetlanda (64) Tai Woffinden Emil Sajfutdinov Jarek Hampel Tomas H Jonasson Janusz Kolodziej Magnus Karlsson Jacob Thorssell Dackarna misses the suspended Patryk Dudek and they also suffered in injury in today's Division 1 meeting at G&B arena between Målilla Team Finland Texoil Racers Masarna, Robin Aspegren broke his collarbone. He will get a decision tomorrow whether or not his injury requires surgery. Dackarna are also involved in the the play off fight and they this round faces "Real Vetlanda" Which brings their strongest possible lineup. I think Vetlanda will be able to defeat Dackarna and then also win the aggregated bonus. If Dackarna loses, if Smederna manages at least to win the aggregated bonus and if Vargarna manages at least a win, Dackarna will find themselves being outside play offs. Then they have Rospiggarna in the final round, a very tough opponent as well. Indianerna - Ikaros Smederna Indianerna (40) Fredrik Lindgren Cameron Woodward Piotr Protasiewicz Mikael Max Niels-Kristian Iversen Antonio Lindbäck Joel Andersson Ikaros Smederna (50) Grzegorz Zengota Kenni Larsen R/R Peter Karlsson Oliver Berntzon Pawel Przedpelski Mikkel Michelsen Magnus Zetterström Mikkel Michelsen Davey Watt Indinanerna are fielding their strongest possible line up and they have showed that they are a very very hard team to beat at their home track. Smederna have problems with injuries this season, just like last year. For tomorrows meeting Kenni seems to be back but his form seems to have gone down the drain since he qualified for the European Championships. Perhaps a bit too many meetings without the proper organization that is needed to ride in Sweden, DK, Poland+ SEC. I still haven't heard any official news about Laguta so I think that he won't be available until the play offs if Smederna manages to reach it. It will be very interesting to see how Pawel Przedpelski will handles the Sannahed track. A track where there usually is several racing lines and where it usually is possible to do Gollobish blasts on the outside along the fence and that is something Przedpelski seems to like to do. Anyhow we can look forward to an exciting finish to this seasons Elitserien.

It's speedway, injuries and sudden loss of form happens. They are clear favourites at the moment but it's still a long way to go.

It didn't work for me. Luckily I can watch in on Visasatsport.se (Sweden only).

Jonsson was not ahead since he takes Holders leg out.

Heat 13 what a farce really. Pepe is falling very very easily. A bit too easily.

Swedish Elitserien, this Tuesday live on Esp 2 18.00 BST / 19.00 CEST. The meeting shown is Rospiggarna - Piraterna. Team line-ups and general preview in this thread.

Sounds like the same situation as the one in the Olympics with Swedish ice hockey player Nicklas Bäckström.

It seems it will only be shown at 20.00 BST on ESP 2 on Saturday. http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/tvschedule.shtml

I agree. The current system is very good and I don't think any larger changes is needed. Perhaps the qualification/wild card system needs some tweaking. No it wasn't. It was pretty much the opposite. An over-complicated system of qualification heats and last chance heats. Dramatic? Perhaps. Fair? Not really.

Today Bysarna's new 80cc track was opened for the first time after a thorough inspection by Tony Olsson. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/ungdom/antligen-en-ny-bana-pa-gotland/ The new track is located at Hejdeby just east of Visby. https://www.google.com/maps/place/621+76+Hejdeby,+Sverige/@57.5875871,18.4724559,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x46f70742ac3b01e1:0xeabfea9acaae20ed To my knowledge there are currently no plans for a 500cc track.

Top 8+reserves from the qualification to the main event of the Swedish Individual championship; 1. Mikael Max 13p 2. Magnus Zetterström 123p 3. Pontus Aspgren 10+p 4. Mathis Thörnblom 10+p 5. David Ruud 9p 6. Dennis Andersson 9p 7. Antonio Lindbäck 8p 8. Viktor Palovaara 8p -------------------------------------- 9. Fredrik Engman 7+3p 10. Peter Ljung 7+2p The complete results can be found here: http://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/IndividualDrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,Organizer,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=10&CompetitionId=3992&ShowAll=true&SortByResults=true