Ghostwalker

Andreas Jonsson+horses=true? Aj writes on his blogg that he have received an inviation for the celebrity jump during the Stockholm Globe Horse Show. Andreas says that he is very tempted but that problem is that he is allergic to horses. He also says that he will try to get some medication so that he can participate in the show.

in what way is the gp affecting the league speedway by having a gp every 2nd week? I haven't noticed anything. i do not think that a couple of more GPs would change anything especially not with my suggestion to move some of the GPs to parts of the season/year when the racing is a bit less intense to be able to have more gps with a 3 week interval instead of 2 weeks when the racings is more intense.

i disagree with that. How can it be far too many? if we would have any fewer there would hardly be a series. I would like 10-15 GPs per season, with one GP every 2nd-3rd week. I also would like to replace 1 of the Swedish & Danish Gps and 2 of Polish gps with GPs in warmer countries to take advantage of the warmer temperatures in March-April-October-November.

then we have a situation like F1 or WRC where money comes before skill regarding the available rider positions in the teams. In WRC and F1 a driver (lets call the him/her "X") can, to some extent, "buy" him/her-self a place in a team even if there are better drivers (y, Z) available simply because X can bring more sponsor money into the team then Y or Z.

yes that's is correct. Although the definite rules are not know yet. Meaning its unclear if T1 and T2 will be allowed to choose which team they will race against at home and which teams to meet away, Other news is that Magnus "Zorro" Zetterström married his longtime partner Annelie Dyplin a short while ago.

The playoff for Elitserien will be like this: top 6 teams will goto playoff, where they will be divided into two groups A and B. Group A will contain the teams that finishes 1,3 & 6 in Elitserien while Group B will contain team 2, 4 & 5. The teams in both groups will then ride a straight series with two meetings against each opponent (1 home & 1 away). Teams will meet like this: Elitserien: Playoff dates are: September 7th T1-T3, T2-T4 September 14th T3-T6, T4-T5, september 21st. T6-T3, T5-T2 Semifinals: September 28th Winner Group A vs. 2nd Group B / 2nd Group A vs. winner group B September 29th 2nd Group B vs. Winner Group A / winner group B vs. 2nd Group A September 30th Reserve day. Final October 5th Final 1 October 6th Final 2 October 7th reserve day

I think it depends on the holiday. "regular" holidays would surely work fine but Midsummer is a very special holiday in Sweden so I have to agree with the teams that don't think its a good idea.

Apparently several Division 1 teams, among them Gasarna and Stjärnorna, are very unpleased with the current fixture list for division 1. They say that they have too many home meetings on Saturdays and Sundays and that some of these meetings will conflict with other events and holidays like Midsummer and the U21 World Champs. The fixtures are also said to have been decided by Svemo without consulting the teams because the referees wanted to have the dates in time for their planning meeting. http://www.masarna.nu/webbpytt.cgi?id=20178 Again there is a conflict between the two speedway clubs in Eskilstuna. This time the conflict is about a rider named Mikael Åstrand who have decided that he wanted to ride for the new club since he realized that he probably wouldn't get to ride so much with Ikaros Smederna. Ikaros Smederna on the other hand claims that they have a verbal agreement with Mikael Åstrand which he denies. IMO even if there was a verbal agreement Ikaros Smederna should realize that those kind of agreements aren't worth anything and that only think that counts is the riders signature on a contract. Personally i am so tired of the conflicts that have been around Smederna. This is far from the first conflict and i doubt that it will be the last.

It was planned from the beginning to release one issue in the the Autumn of last year (as a test i presume) and then the plans are to release the next issue , i think it is, in march/april sometime. *edit* more info here: http://www.speedwayracing.se/

nope not yet. There will be a transfer window just before the season starts so there is still a possibility that a team will sign him. I am a bit confused by his official average, it should be 3,37 (16 points /19 heats*4= 3,368= 3.37) but in the official list it says 5,51 which is the same as he started the 2009 season with. However since he rode in 19 heats in 2009 (according to speedway.nu statistics) his average should be re-calculated with the new formula.

isn't Billy Hamill from Costa Mesa?

dont know if this link will work for viewers outside Sweden: Posa is testing the iceracing version of Masarna's speedway track: http://svtplay.se/v/1843984/isracing_i_avesta

bah -25 C thats "warm" compared to Hemavan in Northern Sweden, they had -40 during the night to today

Nicki Jason Emil Bjerre AJ Gollob Hampel Hans Freddie Greg Holder Holta Harris Zorro Tai

I know of her (pic 1, Pic 2, she rode for Smederna youth 80cc the past season but i dont know if she will continue there or where she's from.

Lejonen do what they usually do, sign more riders then they are allowed to have in the squad. This means that Lejonen have to kick someone out from their current squad. They already removed Lewis Bridger who's place has been taken by Sam Masters. Now Lejonen wants to have Darcy Ward in the squad as well which means someone of the other rider will be kicked out.

oki, thanks, i will leave him in EVS squad until i know Nässjö's entire squad. Lejonen have signed Aussie prospect Sam Masters. His average will be 5.00 http://www.lejonen.se/?file=newsView.aspx&...632&lang=SE

Robin Bergqvist will ride for Västervik next season.

no not anymore this year but he will in 2010 he have decided to stay with Västervik but i am not sure if he have signed yet.

Tommy Flyktman have decided to go back to riding with a Swedish license. He have been riding with a Finnish license the past 4 season. http://www.racemcsport.com/nyhet_spec.aspx...;Sport=isracing

nope, Michael Jepsen Jensen and Kevin Doolan takes the two final slots in Vargarnas Squad. Västervik have signed Rafal Okoniewski.

17 year old Finnish talent Timo Lahti have signed for three years with Rospiggarna. http://www.norrteljetidning.se/sport/artiklar/id/12884 more about Timo and his brother Teemu

Daniel Davidsson have signed with Griparna http://www.sn.se/sport/1.578811

Nicolai Klindt och Tomas Chzarnowski to Västervik

Grigory Laguta have broken his contract with Västervik since Västervik have not paid him on time. Laguta will ride for Valsarna next season. However Västervik still sees him as under contract with them.