Ghostwalker

Why? Why should Artem and Emil be given exceptions? Whee do draw the limit on who he should be given / not given exceptions.

I hope not (if the war is still ongoing when wild cards are decided).

If current SGP top 6 will hold Lambert and Kvech will go through from GP challenge. I also think a Pz Pawlicki and Ledbedevs might be considered for wild cards together with Madsen and Woffinden (if he wants it). However I think Jack Holder might end outside top 6 due to injury and if so he has earned a wild card IMO.

hmm, probably not.

Decent track, big/long (380 m), sometimes good racing,, sometimes not so good racing. The small track is for youth speedway (85 cc) so not a training track.

Qf 22 August, 19.00: Rospiggarna - Piraterna 22 August, 19.00: Indianerna - Lejonen 29 August, 19.00: Piraterna - Rospiggarna 29 August 19.00: Lejonen - Indianerna

Well they decided to wait for the rain to stop and will start prep the track (started a few minutes ago). We'll see if and when they get going again. I left the track one hour ago, didn't fancy sitting there another hour for the rain to stop and then another 60-90 minutes for the track to be graded for just 5 heats (best case scenario)..

Meeting will be called off now. Smederna will finish in last place.

Well, Smederna will finish in last season. And if you can’t beat Rospiggarna who uses you dont deserve to be in the playoffs.

Rospiggarna will use RR for Kai Huckenbeck.

Well, what is the point of only having top 6 if nr 7 and 8 always will get a wild card anyway?

So what are the odds that Smederna - Rospiggarna will be able to start at 19.00 tonight and complete the meeting on time? https://www.smhi.se/vader/radar-och-satellit/radar-blixt/q/Gröndal/Eskilstuna/2710559#layerselected=5min

I think it is based on weather forecasts. Judging by current forecasts Lejonen - Västervik is the only meeting that seems safe that it will go ahead somewhat on time.

Maybe, but there are some differences though. Edinburgh wasn't really known by most of the riders in last year's GPC, but I have a weak memory of that Kim Nilsson had been to Edinburgh before? The track was also really bad which I think suited Kim (which is why he also was successful at German GP). Gislaved track though is very well know among most of the riders and track is usually in good condition (although perhaps not always great racing). Therefore I think the likeliness of surprises are much smaller, especially since it's a very big track 380m. I think Doyle+Vaculik + Pawlickis are favourites, possible also Lebedevs .

Indianerna are safe (13 p). Lejonen, Piraterna and Rospiggarna have 11p. In theory Smederna could pass Lejonen and Piraterna even without claiming bonus. However Piraterna wont loose against Indianerna. Lejonen vs Västervik could end with a Västervik win if they care, but they are already league winners. Then there is also the points quota to take into account. Advantage Lejonen for that. Therefore Smederna needs to win + aggregated bonus, think Smederna will win but not with enough, lets say 48-42.

For Indianerna: R/R for Fricke, Wozniak not riding, Kowalski moves up to nr 3 and Hugo Lundahl comes in as nr 6.

Apparently ESS have suddenly decided that Timo Lahti is not allowed to use his Swedish licence in Elitserien despite that Rospiggarna have done so for many years. My opinion is still the same. A rider should be able to seek citizenship and licence in any country with a FIM-associated national federation, but it should only be one licence /season and no switching back and forth.

Swenglish for compress. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprimo#Latin

All three meetings in the final round have been moved 1 week to 15 August. The reason is that the weather forecasts looks bad and that It has rained so much the past week and past month. First quarter finals will be held 22 August and Svemo+ESS are looking into possibility of comprimate play off so that the final can be held at the original planned date (weather permitting if course).

Smederna - Rospiggarna hss been moved to Tuesday 15th August.

High lights https://www.ess-play.com/video/s-20230802-highlights-smederna-indianerna-a7zwg8

Smederna needs to win with atleast 9 points to claim 6th place. Will be hard. Was really unnecessary with 1-5 in heat 15.

WOW super racing for real!

Pretty good racing actually

looks like we are ready, ref went up into the referee box.