Ghostwalker

One Sport have agreed on not to hand out season permanent wild cards and possible there is (or at least IMO it should be) a similar agreement for BSI not to give wild cards/injury call ups to SEC season permanent riders.

That is a very good reason to leave him out. He had a very good run but it should be over now. It's time to go separate ways and let the young guns show the way to the future. He might do another year or two seasons then in the leagues before he retires. We also don't know how his shoulder injury will affect him in the future but there is no way that BSI/FIM would dare to leave him out though. For me it's not about who is most worthy but who would bring most entertainment and that is most definitely not Greg. He relies too much on his gating nowadays.

Pawlicki have broken a leg and will not ride tomorrow. http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/sverige/elitserien/_piotr-pawlicki-pa-kryckor-missar-morgondagens-match-i-gislaved/

Bjarne Pedersen's participation is uncertain due a knee injury after a fall during a run. Miedzinski won't ride due a shoulder injury sustained in the meeting against Piraterna two weeks ago. http://www.elitspeedway.com/nyheter/e/402/

Official attendance was 8400 but not all of the were playing spectators. http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/14278/sa-manga-sag-gp-tavlingen-i-malilla-har-gjort-ett-fantastiskt-jobb/

Cmore might have changed meeting from Rospiggarna - Indianerna to Piraterna - Smederna.

Imo, it is too early to talk/discuss wild cards. I think we should atleast wait until after the Grand Prix challenge to see what riders who qualifies and which riders who misses out on qualification via GPCh. Then there is too many round remaining of the SGP and allot can still happen. If Lindbäck have find his usual "half season form" then he might not need a wild card. Ther points difference aren't huge either, only 16 p between 4th and 12tg.

I agree with this. Crump, T-rick and Gollob might haven been better then today's top riders but like you say, the SGP have a more even standard this season. All rider have a good chance of winning a GP round and they aren't really "fillers" like many riders have been previous seasons.

Neither if both Kildemand and Madsen finish top 3 in the Grand Prix challenge.

I think now that my top three is Laguta, Milik and Dudek.

Uhm yeah sure, As far as I am concerned he have been rubbish all season long. He is 48th in the Swedish rider ranking for 2017. Neither Iversen or KIldemand are good choices but they are less bad choices then MJJ or Michelsen.

This in the penultimate round of 2017's Elitserien. These are the current standings: (standings, teams, number of completed meetings, won, draw, lost, aggreated bonus points, won rider points, lost rider points, team points). Elit Vetlanda 12 9 1 2 5 605 - 474 24 Masarna 12 7 2 3 5 593 - 486 21 Lejonen 12 7 1 4 3 529 - 551 18 Dackarna 12 6 1 5 2 540 - 540 15 Eskilstuna Smederna 12 5 0 7 1 517 - 562 11 Piraterna 12 3 1 8 2 517 - 560 9 Indianerna 12 4 0 8 1 514 - 566 9 Rospiggarna 12 3 2 7 1 501 - 577 9 If two teams ends up on the same points after round 14, points quota will be used to separate teams. Point quota is decided by dividing win rider points with lost rider points. For i,e Smederna this will be 517/562 = 0.9199288256227758. Preliminary lineups PIraterna - Eskilstuna Smederna #tv meeting Piraterna 1. Emil Sayfutdinov 2. Peter Karlsson 3. Krzysztof Buczkowski 4. Peter Kildemand 5. Niels-Kristian Iversen 6. Daniel Davidsson 7. Damian Balinski Eskilstuna Smederna 1. Grzegorz Walasek 2. Mikkel Michelsen 3. Matej Zagar 4. Michael Jepsen Jensen 5. Andzejs Lebedevs 6. Linus Eklöf 7. Pontus Aspgren Rospiggarna - Indianerna #tv meeting Rospiggarna 1. Jason Doyle 2. Nick Morris 3. Andreas Jonsson 4. Timo Lahti 5. Jacob Thorssell 6. Nicklas Porsing 7. Nike Lunna Indianerna 1. Piotr Protasiewicz 2. Bjarne Pedersen 3. Vaclav Milik 4. Adrian Miedzinski 5. Kenneth Bjerre 6. Victor Palovaara 7. Ludvig Lindgren Elit Vetlanda - Masarna Elit Vetlanda 1. Martin Vaculik 2. Szymon Wozniak 3. Jaroslaw Hampel 4. Jonas Davidsson 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik 6. Tomas H Jonasson 7. Filip Hjelmland Masarna 1. Tai Woffinden 2. Linus Sundström 3. Robert Lambert 4. Przemyslaw Pawlicki 5. Antonio Lindbäck 6. Emil Millberg 7. Artur Czaja Lejonen - Dackarna Lejonen 1. Piotr Pawlicki R/R 2. Maksym Drabik 3. Chris Holder 4. Krystian Pieszczek 5. Hans Andersen 6. Mathias Thörnblom 7. Kenny Wennerstam Dackarna 1. Fredrik Lindgren 2. Mads Korneliussen 3. Patryk Dudek 4. Rune Holta 5. Maciej Janowski 6. Joel Kling 7. Peter Ljung live scores: http://www.svemo.se/speedway http://www.elitspeedway.com/liveresultat/ https://www.svt.se/sport/malservice/ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/elitserien Blank race card; http://www.mediafire.com/file/03s0s7pjyh1yviz/Blank_Heat_schedule_ES.AS.pdf Next weeks tv-meetings: not announced yet but either Smederna- Rospiggarna or Dackarna - Piraterna. The final round's meetings: Indianerna - Elit Vetlanda Eskilstuna Smederna - Rospiggarna Dackarna - Piraterna Masarna - Lejonen I won't be home for all day tomorrow and Tuesday (back home at 16.30 or 17.30 for both days) so I won't be able to update you on the latest that much during the day.

OK I see what you mean.

BZ rides for Vetlanda not Dackarna.

The last few heats have been good but the first 14-15 heats or so weren't that great. It shouldn't have to take until the last round of 5 before the tracks offers good racing.

yes, warnings will remain for the rest of the meeting.

Disagree, Zagar just goes straight ahead and takes out PP's front wheel.

Yes I know that it sometimes takes a few heat but it is basically one line after half the meeting. I also agree that there have been passings but it have mostly been on the inside when the rider infront drifts out a bit, As I said not great but not bad either.

I can't say that I am that impressed with the racing or the track. Not bad but certainly not superb either.

For SGP perhaps but Elitserien have good attendance though, even if they're not as good as last year's.

Does it have to be either? Can it not be both? The bikes' engines and silencers are what they are but that doesn't that the tracks sometimes also cannot be blamed.

Yes, cloudy weather is expected but not any rain.

The draw lottery will be live on https://www.facebook.com/speedwaygp/photos/a.117968621561503.14694.109562189068813/1804320202926328/?type=3 in one hour from now (16.00 CEST).

I don't think so either unless he violated any of FIM's own rules or the FIM code of ethics

@R&R you've got it wrong with the rider points. It's quotas, not subtracted difference. It looks like this: Eskilstuna Smederna 12 5 0 7 1 517 - 562 (0.9199288256227758) 11 Piraterna 12 3 1 8 2 517 - 560 (0.9232142857142857) 9 Indianerna 12 4 0 8 1 514 - 566 (0.9081272084805654) 9 Rospiggarna 12 3 2 7 1 501 - 577 (0.8682842287694974) 9