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So????? Nothing wrong with the place for a such a meeting... "Deepthroat" said yesterday that the plan is to go for a 6 round series in this. Stupid if you ask me and the reason for my opinion is money. These meetings are/should be the most expensive of the season for these riders and 1hitwonders can be ruled out in as little as three rounds if you ask me.

You'll survive with beer and you'll survive just as well with not knowing everything that is written in german... Aakko only said about Insbruck that there's not much hope if you plan to ride on friday to sunday and start building the ice up on thursday...

Nordic final from Lahti Antti Aakko FI 33333 15 Stefan Svensson SE 32333 14 Peter Koij SE 33232 13 Per Olov Serenius SE 22323 12 Henri Malinen FI 23132 11 Fredrik Olsson SE 20223 9 Mats Svensson SE 21321 9 Teppo Toivola FI 13012 7 Fredrik Johansson SE 312d1 7 Matti Hanninen FI 12121 7 Magnus Lundgren SE 00212 5 Jussi Nyrönen FI 12110 5 Jouni Seppänen FI 11100 3 Timo Kankkunen FI 01010 2 Jo Saetre NO 0dNNN 0 Ari Tuomisto FI 000d 0 Janne Vilponen FI RNNNN 0 Erä erältä: 1. Aakko, Serenius, Nyrönen, Saetre 54,85 2. Svensson, Malinen, Toivola, Lundgren 56,67 3. Koij, Olsson, Seppänen, Kankkunen 57,02 4. Johansson, M.Svensson, Hanninen, Vilponen 59,40 5. Aakko, Svensson, M.Svensson, Olsson 56,95 6. Malinen, Hanninen, Kankkunen, Saetre d 62,62 7. Koij, Serenius, Johansson, Lundgren 58,46 8. Toivola, Nyrönen, Seppänen, Tuomisto 61,81 9. Aakko, Koij, Malinen, Tuomisto 57,90 10. Svensson, Johansson, Seppänen 58,17 11. Serenius, Olsson, Hanninen, Toivola 60, 27 12. M.Svensson, Lundgren, Nyrönen, Kankkunen 63,08 13. Aakko, Hanninen, Lundgren, Seppänen 59,22 14. Koij, M.Svensson, Toivola 62,68 15. Svensson, Serenius, Kankkunen, Tuomisto 59,31 16. Malinen, Olsson, Nyrönen, Johansson d 61,69 17. Aakko, Toivola, Johansson, Kankkunen 59,88 18. Olsson, Lundgren, Tuomisto d 62,79 19. Serenius, Malinen, M.Svensson, Seppänen 59,86 20. Svensson, Koij, Hanninen, Nyrönen 60,85 Finaali: Aakko, Svensson, Koij, Serenius 58,23 Katsojia 855 On saturday Lehtinen was trying to pass Malinen from the inside and collided with Malinen. Both fell and Lehtinen excluded. Lehtinen appeared too be a bit disappointed with the decision, thinking it could have gone the other way. In the re-run Malinen was leading Aakko and as Aakko passed Malinen tried a bit too hard and crashed on his own. Second re-rerun saw Seppänen taking his first individual Finnish championship medal on his 25th try. Good for him!

from www.speedwaysanomat.fi Individual Finnish ice racing final at Kuusankoski February 27th Antti Aakko (3) OMK 33333 15 Kai Lehtinen (13) IRR 33332 14 Henri Malinen (5) P-KMK 32322 12 Teppo Toivola (7) A-SMP 22233 12 Jouni Seppänen (4) PirMM 23M33 11 Jussi Hytönen (2) P-KMK 13222 10 Janne Vilponen (8) A-SMP 12213 9 Jussi Nyrönen (12) P-KMK 31121 8 Timo Kankkunen (16) P-KMK 203R1 6 Matti Hanninen (9) OMK 21R20 5 Ari Tuomisto (11) FMS 11201 5 Sami Hassinen (10) P-KMK 00112 4 Christer Biskop (14) KMS 12NNN 3 Harri Saari (1) IRR 00F11 2 Mika Helin (15) ValkMK 00010 1 Markku Weckman (6) SsMK 01FNN 1 Erä erältä: 1. Aakko, Seppänen, Hytönen, Saari 62,89 2. Malinen, Toivola, Vilponen, Weckman 59,11 3. Nyrönen, Hanninen, Tuomisto, Hassinen 62,88 4. Lehtinen, Kankkunen, Biskop, Helin 62,10 5. Lehtinen, Malinen, Hanninen, Saari 59,79 6. Hytönen, Biskop. Weckman, Hassinen 62,70 7. Aakko, Toivola, Tuomisto, Helin 60,13 8. Seppänen, Vilponen, Nyrönen, Kankkunen 61,96 9. Kankkunen, Tuomisto, Saari F, Weckman F 65,80 10. Malinen, Hytönen, Nyrönen, Helin 63,00 11. Aakko, Vilponen, Hanninen R 61,20 12. Lehtinen, Toivola, Hassinen, Seppänen M 62,20 13. Toivola, Nyrönen, Saari 62,40 14. Lehtinen, Hytönen, Vilponen, Tuomisto 62,30 15. Aakko, Malinen, Hassinen, Kankkunen 61,20 16. Seppänen, Hanninen, Helin 65,10 17. Vilponen, Hassinen, Saari, Helin 64,90 18. Toivola, Hytönen, Kankkunen, Hanninen 63,50 19. Aakko, Lehtinen, Nyrönen 62,10 20. Seppänen, Malinen, Tuomisto 64,90 Semifinaali: Malinen, Seppänen, Toivola, Hytönen 62,40 Finaali: Aakko, Seppänen, Malinen d, Lehtinen d 64,50 Katsojia 550

Henri Malinen was good, -25 kind of cold... Ruotsi 64 1. Magnus Lundgren 0232 7 2. Fredrik Johansson 2322 9 3. Per Olov Serenius 33333 15 4. Peter Koij 20232 9 5. Stefan Svensson 3R2 5 6. Ulf Ledström 3211 7 7. Hans-Olov Olsen 2331 9 8. Robert Henderson 210 3 Suomi 32 Harri Saari 0 0 Kai Lehtinen 312R0 6 Seppo Siira 11111 5 Janne Vilponen 0101 2 Jouni Seppänen 002 2 Matti Hanninen 00d 0 Jussi Nyrönen 111M0 3 Henri Malinen 123233 14 Erä erältä: 1. Lehtinen, Johansson, Malinen, Lundgren 60,2 2. Ledström, Olsen, Nyrönen, Hanninen 61,2 3. Serenius, Svensson, Siira, Vilponen 61,4 4. Svensson, Ledström, Nyrönen, Seppänen 62,7 5. Olsen, Henderson, Vilponen, Hanninen 64,3 6. Serenius, Malinen, Lehtinen, Koij 61,9 7. Johansson, Lundgren, Siira, Vilponen 63,4 8. Serenius, Koij, Nyrönen, Seppänen 63,2 9. Malinen, Lehtinen, Ledström, Svensson 63,5 10. Lundgren, Seppänen, Henderson, Hanninen d 64,9 11. Olsen, Malinen, Ledström, Nyrönen M 64,3 12. Koij, Svensson, Siira, Lehtinen R 63,9 13. Serenius, Johansson, Vilponen, Saari 63,2 14. Malinen, Lundgren, Siira, Henderson 64,0 15. Malinen, Johansson, Olsen, Nyrönen 62,9 16. Serenius, Koij, Siira, Lehtinen 61,8 Katsojia 150 EDIT: Very surprised to see how different these results are when copypasted from isracing.net and their service. I wrote mine from the ref's results sheet at the track and believe firmly that these are correct.

Mats Järf will miss the rest of the season after his fall at Kauhajoki on saturday and Harri Saari will take his place in the team. Not looking too good at the moment for the Finnish team tomorrow... Another ässwopping is in the cards. Draw for the Finnish final this saturday: 1) Harri Saari (IRR) 2) Jussi Hytönen (P-KMK) 3) Antti Aakko (OMK) 4) Jouni Seppänen (PirMM) 5) Henri Malinen (P-KMK) 6) Markku Weckman (SsMK) 7) Teppo Toivola (A-SMP) 8) Janne Vilponen (A-SMP) 9) Matti Hanninen (OMK) 10) Sami Hassinen (P-KMK) 11) Ari Tuomisto (FMS) 12) Jussi Nyrönen (P-KMK) 13) Kai Lehtinen (IRR) 14) Christer Biskop (KMS) 15) Mika Helin (ValkMK) 16) Timo Kankkunen (P-KMK)

International meeting at Vaasa on February 21st . Peter Koij SE 33333 15 Per Olov Serenius SE 33323 14 Kai Lehtinen IRR 32233 13 Henri Malinen P-KMK 21333 12 Janne Vilponen A-SMP 23312 11 Jussi Nyrönen P-KMK 12232 10 Jouni Seppänen PirMM 22121 8 Timo Kankkunen P-KMK 11221 7 Ari Tuomisto FMS 23020 7 Heinz Göldi CH 30211 7 Sami Hassinen P-KMK 11012 5 Mark Uzzell GB 02110 4 Harri Saari IRR 01102 4 Markku Weckman SsMK 10100 2 Miroslaw Daniszewski PL 00001 1 Mika Helin ValkMK 00000 0 Erä erältä: 1. Göldi, Seppänen, Kankkunen, Saari 2. Koij, Tuomisto, Hassinen, Daniszewski 3. Serenius, Malinen, Weckman, Helin 4. Lehtinen, Vilponen, Nyrönen, Uzzell 5. Koij, Lehtinen, Malinen, Göldi 6. Serenius, Nyrönen, Kankkunen, Daniszewski 7. Tuomisto, Uzzell, Saari, Weckman 8. Vilponen, Seppänen, Hassinen, Helin 9. Vilponen, Göldi, Weckman, Daniszewski 10. Koij, Kankkunen, Uzzell, Helin 11. Malinen, Nyrönen, Saari, Hassinen 12. Serenius, Lehtinen, Seppänen, Tuomisto 13. Nyrönen, Tuomisto, Göldi, Helin 14. Lehtinen, Kankkunen, Hassinen, Weckman 15. Koij, Serenius, Vilponen, Saari 16. Malinen, Seppänen, Uzzell, Daniszewski 17. Serenius, Hassinen, Göldi, Uzzell 18. Malinen, Vilponen, Kankkunen, Tuomisto 19. Lehtinen, Saari, Daniszewski, Helin 20. Koij, Nyrönen, Seppänen, Weckman Katsojia 170

Kauhajoki yesterday. Per Olov Serenius SE 23333 14 Kai Lehtinen IRR 33332 14 Peter Koij Ruotsi 23323 13 Mats Järf VaMK 3233d 11 Jussi Nyrönen P-KMK 13123 10 Jouni Seppänen PirMM 31231 10 Janne Vilponen A-SMP 22222 10 Teppo Toivola A-SMP 32211 9 Heinz Göldi Sveitsi 02203 7 Ari Tuomisto FMF 11022 6 Markku Weckman SsMK 21110 5 Mark Uzzell GB 10N12 4 Harri Saari IRR 10111 4 Sami Hassinen P-KMK R10d1 2 Pjotr Hejnowski Puola NN1N0 1 Mika Helin ValkMK 00N0N 0 Erä erältä: 1. Lehtinen, KOij, Nyrönen, Göldi 50,94 2. Seppänen, Serenius, Saari, Hassinen R 57,85 3. Järf, Vilponen, Tuomisto 54,31 4. Toivola, Weckman, Uzzell, Helin 58,83 5. Lehtinen, Vilponen, Weckman, Saari 55,75 6. Koij, Järf, Seppänen, Uzzell 53,32 7. Nyrönen, Toivola, Hassinen 60,47 8. Serenius, Göldi, Tuomisto, Helin 55,50 9. Lehtinen, Seppänen, Hejnowski 57,12 10. Koij,Toivola, Saari, Tuomisto 56,75 11. Serenius, Vilponen, Nyrönen 56,04 12. Järf, Göldi, Weckman, Hassinen 57,18 13. Lehtinen, Tuomisto, Uzzell, Hassinen d 58,94 14. Serenius, Koij, Weckman 55,56 15. Järf, Nyrönen, Saari, Helin 57,46 16. Seppänen, Vilponen, Toivola, Göldi 60,91 17. Serenius, Lehtinen, Toivola, Järf d 56,53 18. Koij, Vilponen, Hassinen, Hejnowski 59,50 19. Nyrönen, Tuomisto, Seppänen, Weckman 62,59 20. Göldi, Uzzell, Saari 64,14 Finaali: Serenius, Koij, Lehtinen, Järf N

Antti Aakko is going to give the test match a miss due to a hectic schedule. Here's the lineup/draw for the Nordic final at Lahti: 1 Antti Aakko 2 Jo Saetre 3 Per Olof Serenius 4 Mats Järf 5 Stefan Svensson 6 Henri Malinen 7 Magnus Lundgren 8 Teppo Toivola 9 Fredrik Olsson 10 Kaj Lehtinen 11 Peter Koij 12 Jouni Seppänen 13 Mats Svensson 14 Matti Hanninen 15 Fredrik Johansson 16 Janne Vilponen 17 Jussi Nyrönen P-KMMK 18 Timo Kankkunen P-KMK

I believe he's retired alltogether from track racing. It look's likely that a Finnish speedway team will enter Jensen Cup this season, the Swedish 2nd division. Something that has been enquired about frequently here. After Jouni Seppänen managed to lure a Finnish team in to Swedish ice racing others will now follow. Swedish riders are also coming to Finland to ride 80cc this season. This co-operation I believe is welcomed by both parties, Svemo and SML.

Welcome to the thread again! Deadline for the team line-ups for this years Extraliiga is the end of February. Four teams will take part after KMMK/Keittiöpiste decided not to enter stating rider shortage as the main reason. Teams in Extraliiga 2010 are: Haukat from Lahti are my favourites for the title after managing to track Tomi Reima, Joni Kitala, Teemu and Timo Lahti and Kalle Katajisto. Jokerit from Kauhajoki will track Niko Siltaniemi, Markku Autio, Tero Aarnio, Jiri Nieminen and Joni Keskinen. Paholaiset from Pori will return to Extraliiga after a years absence with local lads leading the team. Petri Koskela, Marko Suojanen, Aarni Heikkilä, Jouni Viljanen, Jere Lehtonen and Jari Mäkinen returning too. Kotkat from Seinäjoki will build their team around Juha Hautamäki and Rene Lehtinen. Appe Mustonen is also considered. New meeting format has been introduced with 4 teams for a match and teams racing against each other 2 vs. 2 over 18 heats. Teams will face each other three times over the meeting. Riders 1 and 2 are free regarding their average with #3 under 6,00 and #4 under 4,00. It look's promising. Seven teams entered the Kaupunki Cup with Lahti I and II, Seinäjoki i and II, Pori, Forssa and Kauhajoki. Their line-ups later. Finnish ice racing news can be found from the ice racing 2010 thread. Next weekend there are two meetings at Kauhajoki and Vaasa. The week following will see Sweden vs. Finland test match Örnsköldsvik Sweden and the weekend witnesses Finnish final at Kuusankoski and the Nordic final at Lahti. Thats it then for the seasons meetings in Finland. Team Finland has done well in the Swedish Allsvenskan and are set to win the final.

So he'll quit after he won his 12th Lada and will start to promote Lada speedway back home where ever.

Miskolc, I think it was 1.division.

OK, cheers!

Where is this coming from?

Test match between Sweden and Finland will go ahead at Örnsköldsvik on February 24th. Teams as follows: Finland Antti Aakko, Kai Lehtinen, Mats Järf, Henri Malinen, Seppo Siira, Janne Vilponen, Matti Hanninen, Jouni Seppänen and Jussi Nyrönen with team manager Jyri Palomäki. Sweden Per Anders Lindström, Fredrik Johansson, Per Olov Serenius, Peter Koij, Stefan Svensson, Ulf Ledström, Hans-Olov Olsén ja Robert Henderson. The "signing" of Seppo Siira has created a lot of hassle on the Finnish forum, but he is eligible and good enough and also wants to take part in this meeting so why not? EDIT: I spoke with Jouni Seppänen in early December and he was saying how well Aakko is prepared for the season. After team finals and speaking with Aakko Seppänen is even more confident that Aakko will do really well this season. EDIT II: Last test was at Tampere in 2006. Finland was slaughtered 43-65.

Jason and Nicki would both get loads more if they "TRicked" they GP service for their sponsors.

Finns are supposed to have Aakko, Lehtinen and Järf?!!! What's this you about Malinen? Or did Lehtinen withdraw from this one after he was denied access to Russia for the EC final. They demanded registration papers for his bike on the border while Jussi Nyrönen went through (like many before) with out a problem some 300km towards south at another station. Like you said a year ago, this whole meeting is a joke. I mean that in a sense that UEM tries to create something that doesn't really have a demand. I heard that the Swedes tried to make this U35 because they didn't really have anyone to enter! How come Kaminsky have an UA license after riding in the wc under RU?

Just read that Russian customs have forced Kai Lehtinen to withdraw himself from the EC final. They demanded some paperwork from him on the border regarding the bikes that the press release says dont even exist.

Assen is finals 8 and 9. Trust me, if he's in one piece, he'll be there.

Better change my marketing then... Been saying Speedwaysanomat is the only nordic track racing magazine... Then again, it is until they get the second issue out.

The qualis were 5+1 from Saalfelden and Sanok and 6 from St Johan. As "wildcards" were needed it was decided prior (look at Conkers post as a reply to me a page or two earlier regarding who qualifies) to the season that the wc's would be taken from qualis 3, 1 and 2 in this order. This is why Posa is left out. Regarding Knapp, I'd say he has qualified to the GP, reserve is enough as the system gives the opportunity to ride during the 2nd day. Maybe this is what them FIM thinks too?

Did anything come out of the new Swedish speedway magazine, or did it die like the last try did?

Mats Järf will ride instead of Seppänen and Seppänen will become team manager. Seppänen fell in Sanok and hurt himself enough to withdraw himself from this one.

I watched about eight heats before the feed started to play up so gave up. The ice looked really bad/soft but what do I know. A bit disappointed they did not do better...