Ghostwalker

It is very windy and sunny today so the tracks might be a bit dry despite lots of watering.

From what I've read it is the same as with Protasiewicz. It is claimed that both have requested to not have to do this round due to dislikes of the respectively tracks.

To be fair though, Michael Jepsen Jensen has been really good so far this season, averaging almost 2.000 in Poland and 2.440 in Sweden. Andreas Jonsson is Swedish and his selection as a wild card for Hallstavik has nothing to do with Madsen.

Preliminary line-ups for Elitserien round 6. Masarna - Dackarna is the main tv-meeting These meetings are back-to-back which means there will also be aggregated bonus points for this round's meetings. Weather forecasts look good for this round too. Masarna - Dackarna (36-54) Masarna Kim Nilsson Antonio Lindbäck Tai Woffinden Linus Sundström Przemyslaw Pawlicki Adrian Cyfer Emil Millberg Dackarna Greg Hancock Hans Andersen Oliver Berntzon Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Pawel Przedpelski Joel Kling Västervik - Eskilstuna Smederna (30-60) Västervik Nicki Pedersen Grzegorz Zengota Peter Ljung Mikkel Bech Peter Kildemand Bartosz Smektala Anton Karlsson Eskilstuna Smederna Fredrik Lindgren Krzysztof Buczkowski Michael Jepsen Jensen Andzejs Lebedevs Niels Kristian Iversen Alexander Woentin Pontus Aspgren Vetlanda - Lejonen (45-45) Vetlanda Artem Laguta Szymon Wozniak Tomas H Jonasson Brady Kurtz Bartosz Zmarzlik Robert Miskowiak Filip Hjelmland Lejonen Jaroslaw Hampel Rohan Tungate Piotr Pawlicki Maksym Drabik Kacper Woryna Kenny Wennerstam Timo Lahti Rospiggarna - Indianerna (43-47) Rospiggarna Jason Doyle Samuel Masters Robert Lambert Max Fricke Andreas Jonsson Tero Aarnio Jacob Thorssell Kumla Indianerna Vaclav Milik Bjarne Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre Anders Thomsen Adrian Miedzinski Victor Palovaara Ludvid Lindgren Live results as always at http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/ http://www.elitspeedway.com/liveresultat/ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/live/zuzel/elitserien Elitserien can also be followed at https://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=7514 (web radio) Heat schedule: http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_14025/cf_44/K-rschema_2-15.PDF

Nominations for the individual Swedish championship: Andreas Jonsson (Rospiggarna), Jacob Thorssell (Rospiggarna), Peter Ljung (Västervik), Fredrik Lindgren (Smederna), Linus Sundström (Masarna), Antonio Lindbäck (Masarna), Kim Nilsson (Masarna) och Oliver Berntzon (Dackarna) have all been given a direct nomination to the championship. The others who have to qualify can be found on this link: http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/22545/gladjebesked-for-dackeforaren-en-av-atta-som-fatt-en-plats-i-sm-finalen/

Andreas Jonsson has been given the wild card with Oliver Berntzon and Kim Nilsson as track reserves, http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/6664/aj’s-sgp-homecoming

I have not forget but I still think that he doesn't bring anything to the SGP series. He is a good gater but not much more.

I think Smederna were that good even if Västervik also was a bit poor. Västervik had done a few good away meetings earlier this season so I expected them to do better then they did. Smederna on the other hand have been very strong so far this season with the last heat decider over Dackarna at home and two large wins over Indianerna (away) and Masarna (home). Hightlights from Smederna - Västervik. I agree with the referee's lack of action in ht 13.

Averages ranking list after 5 rounds: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2018/Rankinglista/ Rank - rider - team - number of meetings - number of heats - points - average (= points dived by heats). 1. Maciej Janowski Dackarna - 5 - 25 - 62 - 2,480 2. Bartosz Zmarzlik Vetlanda - 5 - 28 - 69 - 2,464 3. Fredrik Lindgren Smederna - 5 - 25 - 61 - 2,440 4. Michael J Jensen Smederna 5 - 25 - 61 - 2,440 5. Artem Laguta Vetlanda 4 - 19 - 46 - 2,421 6. Jason Doyle Rospiggarna 5 - 25 - 57 - 2,280 7. Anders Thomsen Indianerna 3 - 15 - 34 - 2,267 8. Greg Hancock Dackarna 5 - 23 - 48 - 2,087 9. Vaclav Milik Indianerna 5 - 26 - 53 - 2,038 10. Tai Woffinden Masarna 5 - 25 - 49 - 1,960 Michael Jepsen Jensen have almost doubled his average so far. From 1.310 to 2.440 Anders Thomsen have increased his from 1.522 to 2.267

Well, I have mentioned this several times as something that is likely to happen sooner or later. We already have sponsor teams in Speedway best pairs and most other motorsport championships have teams that employs the driver/rider.

Mikkel Michelsen injury update. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj7PA4YFswuCXjFt6TdZS1B7zgWTyWO0vZDU8s0/

Swedish speedway news website speedwaynyheter.se have announced that they will do some sort of webb-tv and the première will be tomorrow.

Attendance tonight Smederna - Västervik 4758 Lejonen-Vetlanda 2580 Dackarna-Masarna 2940 Indianerna - Rospiggarna ? Standings after 5 rounds: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2018/Serietabell/ Smederna, 4 wins, 1 draw 9p Dackarna, 3 wins, 2 losses, 6p Rospiggarna, 3 wins, 2 losses 6p Indianerna, 3 wins, 2 losses 6p Vetlanda, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, 4p Västervik, 2 wins, 3 losses, 4p Lejonen, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, 3p Masarna, 1 win, 4 losses, 2p Next round (19 June) Västervik-Eskilstuna Smederna (30-60) Vetlanda-Lejonen (45-45) Masarna-Dackarna (34 - 56) Rospiggarna-Indianerna (43-47)

50 heats on the same track in one day sounds a bit much imo and then there is the risk off rain off. If I could choose I'd do OneSport's Best Pairs as a Pairs world championship with national teams in 3 events on different tracks. I wouldn't mind having semi-finals and finals in all three events but they should. like in the SGP, only count for the points. Then have a proper SWC sometime in June/July/August.

4758 at Smedstadion tonight. Col, as I said earlier the Gislaved track is usually very poor.

Smederna have had large crowds so far this season. Some of the teams have had slightly less i think, not sure though.

I am at the track,, looks like a decent crowd again, it is probably somewhere between 4000-5000.

IMO there is no need to waste a wild card on Hampel but I am all for a wild card each to Lambert and Milik.

Elitserien starts on the first or second Tuesday in May. I also don't think there is room for Best Pairs, SON, SGP, SEC and SWC. I would personally promote best pairs to a world championship and let BSI stick with the regular SWC formula with 4 rider teams. There is neither need or room for 3 team events each season.

Such a shame. Gislaved is an awful track. RR is right though it did say Dackarna - Masarna at first but I do think this will be closer in terms of score.

Smederna have announced that Mikkel Michelsen will be replaced by Pontus Aspgren.

Good, I knew you would know.

Preliminary line-ups for Tuesday's round 4. Meetings starts at 19.00 CEST (6pm BST ). I don't know which meeting will be shown on Premiersports but hopefully RR or Dave knows. *edit RR says it's Dackarna v Masarna . *edit 2, it has been changed to Lejonen - Vetlanda Dackarna - Masarna Dackarna Greg Hancock Hans Andersen Oliver Berntzon Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Joel Kling Pawel Przedpelski Masarna Antonio Lindbäck Kim Nilsson Tai Woffinden Linus Sundström Przemyslaw Pawlicki Emil Millberg Adrian Cyfer Lejonen - Vetlanda Lejonen Piotr Pawlicki Maksym Drabik Jarek Hampel Chris Holder Timo Lahti Rohan Tungate Viktor Bergström Vetlanda Artem Laguta Szymon Wozniak Tomas H Jonasson Brady Kurtz Bartosz Zmarzlik Filip Hjelmland Robert Miskowiak Eskilstuna Smederna - Västervik Eskilstuna Smederna Fredrik Lindgren Krzysztof Buczkowski Michael Jepsen Jensen Mikkel Michelsen* Pontus Aspgren Niels Kristian Iversen Andzejs Lebedevs Alexander Woentin Västervik Peter Ljung Grzegorz Zengota Matej Zagar Mikkel Bech Peter Kildemand Bartosz Smektala Daniel Henderson *Michelsen dislocated his shoulder in Poland today and will not ride. Smederna have not decided yet what they will do. Pontus Aspgren have been given all clear by the doctors to resume riding and he will do a test tomorrow. Smederna will wait until after Pontus' test to decide on what they will do. If Pontus' test goes fine I think he will ride on Tuesday oherwise I think they will use R/R (Buczek, Lebedevs & Woentin one of the last two can be used twice). Edit* update 11 June. Smederna have confirmed that Pontus Aspgren will replace Michelsen. Indianerna - Rospiggarna Indianerna Vaclav Milik Kenneth Bjerre Piotr Protasiewicz Ludvig Lindgren Anders Thomsen Victor Palovaara Bjarne Pedersen Rospiggarna Jason Doyle Samuel Masters Robert Lambert Jacob Thorssell Andreas Jonsson Max Fricke Tero Aarnio Live results as always at http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/ http://www.elitspeedway.com/liveresultat/ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/live/zuzel/elitserien Elitserien can also be followed at https://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=7514 (web radio) Heat schedule : http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_14025/cf_44/K-rschema_2-15.PDF

Does anyone know which team Lebedevs moved to?

Smederna will do a FB live broadcased q & a with team manager Stefan Jarl at 20.40 CEST (10 minutes from now). https://www.facebook.com/eskilstunasmederna/videos/1741256792634468/?hc_ref=ART-0-wf9_fXNA4e3ptALIYiGDNEMuZgZvHHruTg0J1GEieWE_zBE73E2ex_378xW0M