Ghostwalker

Daniel Davidsson will undergo surgery today due to a double fractured leg so will probably be out for a few months at least.

It has been raining on and off for two weeks with more rain about one hour before the scheduled starting time. of the meeting so not much one can do about it.

A suspected broken leg for Daniel Davidsson. https://twitter.com/VargarnaSW/status/466269798620758016 Andreas Jonsson is also injured. https://twitter.com/NT_Sporten/status/466272898383347712

Most of the track was fine, but there was a problem with the bends which was said to be "Bottomless" for about 15-20m stretch on each. Daniel Davidsson had a fall in his first heat and has been brought away with ambulance.

Yeah info straight from the Swedish broadcast.

Meeting is officially off.

Lets go Kenni (and MikMIk)!

Krzysztof Kasprzak's injury could be so serious that he risks missing the entire season. Apparently he has a broken leg and a also a serious Cruciate ligament injury. These injuries requires surgery and the recovery can last up to 6 months which obviously would mean no more racing this season. The source is the local newspaper from the town where Kryz' Swedish team is from and they cite espeedway.pl as their source. http://www.vt.se/sport/?articleid=7621246

I prefer the true averages in Elitserien/Allsvenskan before the artificial averages used by other leagues since It is the most accurate average system you can use,

KK, Batchelor and Ljung are the best three riders, Batchelor have 1,662 and Ljung have 1,657. KK have a lower average but as you are aware he has started the season very well. As for Holta and Hans neither have been particular good the past season. Not particular surprising regarding Holta since he have declined the past couple of season. He had 1.557 at the end of 2011 but is now is down to 1.250 after last weeks meeting. I don't expect him to score more then 5-6 p/meeting at the most. You can see the averages here: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2014/Aktuellasnitt/ As for the line-ups, the away team registers at the latest at 20.00 two days before the meeting and the home team have to register at the latest one hour later. I don't know if the home team's manager can see the other team's line-up but I am pretty sure they can, so that he/she can adjust the line-up accordingly to the opponent.

As I said: Some errors when it comes to notice rider changes, like when Bogdanovs replaced Poudzuks but other then that he is ok. Especially since he does not have a speedway background (he is a road racing commentator) and have done less then 10 meetings in total.

Time for the second round of this years Elitserien. Västervik – Piraterna, meeting postoned, new date 28/5. Västervik Peter Ljung Daniel Nermark Rune Holta Hans Andersen Troy Batchelor Davey Watt Ludvig Lindgren Piraterna Linus Sundström Bjarne Pedersen Greg Hancock Anton Rosén Chris Holder Simon Gustafsson Fredrik Engman Both Västervik and Piraterna lost the their season openers. Västervik suffered a big hit away against Smederna, For Västervik only Batchelor and Davey Watt reached normal standard. This week, both Kasprzak and Thörnblom have been replaced by Hans Andersen and Ludvig Lindgren. Piraterna uses the same seven riders since Darcy Wards is still injured. I think Greg and Chris will continue to perform well but if Piraterna is to have a chance at winning this meeting, Sundström, Rosén and Engman need to ride much better. Race card: http://www.mediafire.com/view/d55ym57oz58bhq8/ES.2014.R2.Västervik-Piraterna.pdf The the weather forecast looks ok, no rain is expected during tomorrow but still overcast weather. Elit Vetlanda – Ikaros Smederna Elit Vetlanda Leon Madsen Emil Sayfutdinov Jarek Hampel Thomas H Jonasson Tai Woffinden Magnus Karlsson Jacob Thorssell Ikaros Smederna Peter Karlsson Grzegorz Zengota Grigorij Laguta Mikkel Michelsen Kenni Larsen Oliver Berntzon Magnus Zetterström Elit Vetlanda suffered a surprise defeat last week and Emil have been moved to nr2 with Madsen at nr1. Vetlanda's track is almost entirely about gating and Vetlanda is usually very good at it at their hometrack. So I would be very surprised if Smederna would be even close at winning this one. Indianerna – Rospiggarna. Indianerna Fredrik Lindgren Cameron Woodward* Piotr Protasiewicz Antonio Lindbäck R/R Niels-Kristian Iversen Mikael Max* Joel Andersson* R/R heats can only be taken by riders with *, one of the reserves will be allowed to take two R/R heats. Rospiggarna Andreas Jonsson Jonas Davidsson Chris Harris Mads Korneliussen Grzegorz Walasekk Timo Lahti Kim Nilsson Rospiggarna performed well last week when they defeated Vetlanda at home, However Indianerna's track, Sannahed, is pretty much the opposite to Rospiggarnas track. While Orionparken is short and right, Sannahed is long and wide. I think Rospiggarna have a descent chance of winning due to the injuries for Indianerna but normally Indianerna should be able to win this one but I think it will be tight. Vargarna – Dackarna. Vargarna Martin Vaculik Daniel Davidsson Peter Kildemand Artem Laguta Adrian Miedzinski Pontus Aspgren Ricky Kling Dackarna Mikkel B Jensen Patryk Dudek R/R Nicki Pedersen Krzysztof Buczkowski Joonas Kylmäkorpi Robin Aspegren Dennis Andersson This will be interesting and I think Vargarna are the favourites to win this one. Laguta, Vaculik and Miedzinski all rode very good the past weekend and KIldemand is usually pretty good at Vargarna's track. Dackarna still have MJJ out due to injury and Dackarna did not impress me last week against Indianerna so I think that they might struggle against Vargarna especially since Vargarna's track is very shirt and twisty. --- Also a brief explanation about the positioning if riders in the line-up., The riders with the two lowest floating/alternating averages will ride at reserve and the individual position of the reserves are free so the team manager can choose him/herself which of the two riders that goes to nr6/7. The team manager can then choose him/herself which of the five remaining riders goes to which position. Normally the team managers changes the positions depending on if it is a home or away meeting. This is due to how the heat schedule is designed in general and in particular heat 14 where the home team have nr 1 and 5 and the away team nr 3 and 5. So the team manager for the home team usually puts his two best riders as nr1 and 5, while the away team's team manager for the home team usually puts his two best riders as nr 3 and 5 so that the team's two best riders rides in heat 14.

Really good race there between Miedzinski and Kolodziej. Awful team riding by Gollob.

Yeah he is a "Kul" rider.

Chris Holder also seems to have found a good form.

What is the point of having the 2 min exclusion rule if the other riders leaves the start grid as well?

You could try this stream as well: http://www.viasatsport.se/live/motor/torun-tarnow/ not sure if it works outside Sweden,

I am pretty sure that many of today's legends weren't legends when they did their first GP-season because a legend isn't something that they become over night but rather after riding for 15-20 years in the Grand Prix series. So imo it is just a poor excuse for overlooking the likes of MJJ, Pawlicki, Dudek...

He, Peter Dahlbom, is ok, not as good as the team at Cmore who does the Elitserien broadcasts, but definitely still ok.

I don't know, I'm watching it on Eurosport player with Swedish commentary.

Australia to win.

Yeah, I agree. Me thinks Russia should bring in Grigorij and Sweden PK for the final round in Eskilstuna.

I think the semi teams already have been decided. Australia, Germany, Poland and Denmark.

Looks like it's raining in Landshut.

Not a very good move by Kjastas, Bogdanovs.