Ghostwalker

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I think you missunderstood me. The stadium seating capacity as such regarding seating and grandstands is totally fine. It was 8300 yesterday and 10'000 shouldn't be a problem. The problem is the infrastructure outside the arena, with insufficient parking for cars and buses as well as an insufficient access road. I arrived by bus yesterday around 17.30 and the queues were already starting to build up onto the freeway several kilometres away. Many were stuck in queues when the meeting started and it was the same afterwards. Here is an aerial photo from a few years ago https://i.imgur.com/Cy0vNoQ.png The read marked areas are the parking areas and it's not really that big. It is usually full at attendances of 4000-5000. The only way to get there is by a small gravel road (black lines south and east of the stadium) that runs just outside the stadium There used to be a large gravel parking with bus parking west of the track but when Smederna folded in 2009 the go-kart/drifting club used the opportunity to seize the entire parking for their own purposes. As you can see there is now a large asphalt track where the parking used to be. IMO it is still disgraceful that the city (owners of the arenas) allowed it because it have really caused problem for the speedway track. Simply put when there is 5000+ in the attendance the traffic situation will become a big mess. Here is a new aerial photo of the track area: https://wego.here.com/?map=59.41651,16.37819,17,satellite

Then how do you decide who are the 15 best?

One also have to have in that Michelsen is that type of riders that can score 10p in meeting and 2p in the next. Aspgren blew his best engine in the first heat at home against Masarna. I also think Madsen would be able to handle a little grippier track.

I think Friends is too big (50k capacity) and that Tele 2 arena (roughly 50-60% capacity) could have been a better place to start and build it from there. Tele 2 / Globen area have even better public transport and also have better parking facilities.

I guess you are right.

Agree again Shockster, staff track really failed tonight. Track wasnt like it usually have been. Smederna have also been at their best when the tracks have been wet/rough.

Nail in the coffin.

I agree completely. Slow and usually backs off when it gets tough.

Attendance 8357!! that is still roughly 500 less then 14 years ago. I think that Smederna's unstoppable train have reached the end of the line.

There is a delay due problems with the start gate.

Madsen is riding tonight and tomorrow.

For Alan / Brandonbee48 https://i.imgur.com/I0fxg6N.jpg

I agree with you Krompa. A little piece of trivia. In 2003 which was the previous time Smederna were in the final there was a rider who rode for Kaparna then and who is riding today for Vetlanda. That rider is Jarek Hampel.

Masarna have sign Adrian Cyfer for next season. https://www.facebook.com/masarna/posts/10155692172982770

Vaculik won't ride due to otitis media and fever. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZgW4WSDIBQ/?taken-by=martinvaculik I don't know yet if Vetlanda will use R/R for Vaculik but if the do Hampel, Musielak, Jonasson and Berntzon is eligible for R/R -heats. and Smederna have now sold almost 3000 pre-purchase tickets. https://www.facebook.com/eskilstunasmederna/posts/1498085030284980 4 generations of Jansson looks forward to the SM-final. http://www.expressen.se/sport/motor/familjen-speedway-laddar-for-ny-guldfest/ Joel Jansson -> Bo Jansson -> Jimmy Jansson -> Jimmy's two kids Anton and Agnes.

Well the arena have more then enough standard but Vetlanda is only like 40-50km from Målilla.I am not sure if it would be wise to have two GP:s in such close geographical proximity of each other?

It was confirmed today that he will be the new team manager for the Swedish team Dackarna,

Peter Karlsson confirmed as new Team manager for Dackarna. http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/15177/dvs-uppgifter-bekraftade-pk-ny-lagledare-i-dackarna/

Nothing official yet though, I don't think that we will know until teams appears on the live results page. An article about Smederna's two team managers Jerker Eriksson and Stefan Jarl who have known each others since pre-school. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/npzKn/skolkamrater-bakom-osannolik-klassresa

I don't but I was at Avesta two weeks ago and I think that the arena doesn't have sufficient standard for a GP-track.

Smederna have announced that they have sold 2600 tickets already for tonight's leg 1of the final. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZf3he0DIuK/ Apparently Leon Madsen practiced at Smedstadion yesterday so he might be in for Karpov.

Yes, that they maybe will announce a decision on Thursday. Peter PK Karlsson is rumored to be the new team manager for Dackarna. http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/15174/uppgifter-han-blir-ny-lagledare-i-dackarna/

Weather forecasts look ok for tonight. It's very foggy at the moment but like yesterday it should clear up towards lunch time with partially cloudy weather during the afternoon and evening.-

Iversen showed very little pre-injury this season that he is certain for a wild card and Holder should only get one if he finish ahead of Vaculik. Vaculik have been much more consistent then Holder this season and should be higher in the pecking order for a wild card hand out. Vaculik have also been better then Holder in the leagues. Vaculik is 11th (2.038) in the Polish average list and 18th (1.729) in Sweden. Holder have 1.773 (25th) in Poland and 1.685 (23rd). Something that happened 5 years ago is not a good metric for next season. If Holder wants to be a SGP-rider for 2019 then he should do the qualifiers in 2018 for the 2019 series. If they really need a second Australian give the wild card to Fricke. If Kildemand continues to do well give the Danish wild card to him. Kildemand have two more points then NKI and both have missed three GP:s. Then one to the winner of SEC and the final one to 9th placed rider.