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FIM press release from today: Team: Finland 1.Teemu Lahti Captain, out with a fractured finger for up to 7 weeks. Not riding. 2.Timo Lahti 3.Niko Siltaniemi, out until further visits to a doc in Finland. Fracture in his back, might ride though. 4.Kalle Katajisto 5.Jari Mäkinen Team: ADRIA 1.Pavlic JuricaCaptain 2.Voldrih Matic 3.Cvetko Renato 4.Pigac Nikola 5.Vida Ladislav Team: Czech Republic 1.Matěj KůsCptain 2.Jan Holub 3.Michael Hádek 4.Filip Šitera 5.Michal Dudek Team:Denmark 1.Leon Madsen 2.Kenni A Larsen 3.Nicolai Klindt 4.Patrick HougaardCaptain 5.Rene Bach Are you there 2MW? Russians have withdrawn and are replaced by Croatia/Slovenia = Team Adria. Finland has been it it from the start. This for Pardubice.

Longtrack from Heinola last sunday. Klaus-Peter Gerdemann DE 4555 19 Appe Mustonen VRT 5553 18 Kalle Kivistö SsMK 5433 18 Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 4444 16 Joel Nyström SE 5R55 15 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki KauhjMK 4542 15 Petri Kärki FMS 3425 14 Tommi Ahlgren FMS 2334 12 Björn Backlund J-PMK 1143 9 Raimo Juntunen HeMK 0314 8 Markku Weckman SsMK 3311 8 Simo Pulli KarMK 3220 7 Jukka Mäiseli SyMK 2202 6 Erä erältä: 1. Mustonen, Laukkanen, Kärki, Ahlgren 88,99 2. Nyström, Gerdemann, Weckman, Juntunen 90,17 3. Kivistö, Korkeamäki, Pulli, Mäiseli, Backlund 90,84 4. Gerdemann, Kärki, Juntunen, Pulli, Backlund 92,54 5. Mustonen, Kivistö, Weckmann, Mäiseli 90,87 6. Korkeamäki, Laukkanen, Ahlgren, Nyström R 90,50 7. Nyström, Backlund 96,36 8. Mustonen, Laukkanen, Kivistö, Pulli, Juntunen 85,20 9. Gerdemann, Korkeamäki, Ahlgren, Kärki, Weckmann, Mäiseli 91,42 10. Gerdemann, Juntunen, Kivistö, Mäiseli 92,60 11. Kärki, Ahlgren, Backlund, Pulli 89,85 12. Nyström, Laukkanen, Mustonen, Korkeamäki, Weckman 87,27 B-finaali: Kärki, Ahlgren, Juntunen, Pulli, Backlund, Weckman R 88,44 A-finaali: Laukkanen, Gerdemann, Korkeamäki, Nyström, Mustonen R, Kivistö R 84,26 Katsojia 665 Classic Johan Kujala VaMK 555 15 Kimmo Alho PirMM 544 13 Marko Mäkinen OrMK 354 12 Risto Flink SsMK 425 11 Heikki Nurminen HeMK 433 10 Mikael Lillkåll J-PMK 143 8 Mark Uzzel GB 332 8 Risto Jokinen PirMM 222 6 Mika Helin ValkMK 211 4 Reino Koivuluoma KauhjMK 011 2 Markku Lepistö ValkMK 100 1 Erä erältä: 1. Kujala, Flink, Mäkinen, Jokinen, Lillkåll, Koivuluoma 93,43 2. Alho, Nurminen, Uzzell, Helin, Lepistö 97,80 3. Mäkinen, Alho, Uzzell, Flink, Koivuluoma, Lepistö 97,95 4. Kujala, Lillkåll, Nurminen, Jokinen, Helin 98,48 5. Kujala, Alho, Lillkåll, Jokinen, Koivuluoma 95,56 6. Flink, Mäkinen, Nurminen, Uzzell, Helin, Lepistö 98,02 B-finaali: Uzzell, Koivuluoma, Lepistö, Helin 101,82 A-finaali: Kujala, Mäkinen, Flink, Alho, Lillkåll. Nurminen 93,62

Lahti has a fracture in his hand and depending on the need for surgery he could be out for up to three months. Siltaniemi has a fracture in his back and some problems with his hand and is out 3-8 weeks. The track was a disgrace and caused a lot of action. They had some rain the night before to make it very soft...

Heat 13, Teemu Lahti and Niko Siltaniemi both out injured and on their way to the hospital.

It doesn't work on my pc. It looks like the data is burned on it but my pc shows it's empty... I'll try with another one.

Do you need to ask what you can do with that list...

Could be 6+1. Didnt check and went with the info I had from the Finnish team manager. Even with 6+1 I believe a Finn will qualify to the semi. It's all plain sailing to the final after you're through the Nordic final.

For the price you paid for it, think again next time!

I did almost fell of the sofa laughing when I saw Rosen interviewed on Canal+ a week or two ago... But Rosen was good in U19 Hallstavik and managed to gather himself up again after his fall and qualified. Something that Ludvig wasn't able to do.

The track was actually quite heavy compared to last years U21 qualifier. They should all be made as hard as possible here to keep things even and allow everyone a chance to get the bike to slide. Make's better entertainment. It was quite a spectacular somersault over the handlebars. Good thing the bike missed you as it landed from the 2 metres in the air where it went for a moment.

That still leaves a qualifying place for all the Finns! 8+1 go through.

After 8 or 9 years break a Finn WILL go trough. Or two!!!

Yet is was a huge? disappointment. They had given out about 9k free tickets out in the schools and such and were expecting to break 1000 spectators. But the crappy part of it was that it was raining all day in the city, but at the track (10km from the city) not a drop all day...

Looked horrible though... I believe he started riding only last summer. They bought a bike for him this spring but had only practised about fifteen laps on wednesday before the meeting. The facilities are good in Pori and the track is hard enough, so it should be easy to learn the tricks and improve as the summer goes on.

Yyterispeedway today 80cc Jooa Partanen KMMK 1213 7 Vili Mattila KauhjMK 1112 5 Niilo Vuolas HjMK 221d 5 Jere Lehtonen PMK 2231 8 Mika Loppi SeMK 3333 12 Vili Hautala KauhjMK 3332 11 Jiri Nieminen SsMK 3d23 8 Antti Vuolas HjMK 2121 6 Miikka Hyyryläinen SsMK d322 7 Erä erältä: 1. Nieminen, Lehtonen, Partanen 55,41 2. Loppi, Vuolas, Mattila 54,70 3. Hautala, N.Vuolas, Hyyryläinen 56,52 4. Hyyryläinen, Lehtonen, Mattila 56,93 5. Hautala, PArtanen, Vuolas 56,45 6. Loppi, N.Vuolas, Nieminen d 54,56 7. Lehtonen, Vuolas, N.Vuolas 56,81 8. Loppi, Hyyryläinen, Partanen 54,03 9. Hautala, Nieminen, Mattila 56,06 10. Loppi, Hautala, Lehtonen 53.28 11. Nieminen, Hyyryläinen, Vuolas 55,49 12. Partanen, Mattila, N.Vuolas d 58,38 Finaali: Loppi, Hautala, Nieminen, Lehtonen 53,85 Yyterispeedway Petteri Koivunen SeMK 12211 7 Markku Larronmaa VRT 0d03d 3 Cesary Owizyc PMK 21303 9 Timo Lahti KMMK 33322 13 Markku Autio KuMaMo 33123 11 Jouni Viljanen PMK 12211 7 Appe Mustonen SeMK 22133 11 KOnrad Owizyc PMK 11102 5 Tomi Reima HMK 33232 13 Reima Heikkilä FMS 00121 4 Joel Nyström SE 21222 9 Jari Tapani FMS NS Jukka Nieminen SsMK 11200 4 Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 33333 15 Aarni Heikkilä FMS 2231d 8 Erä erältä: 1. Lahti, Owizyc, Koivunen, Larronmaa 63,51 2. Autio, Mustonen, Viljanen 64,23 3. Reima, Nyström, K.Owizyc, R.Heikkilä 63,34 4. Laukkanen, Heikkilä, Nieminen 63,36 5. Autio, KOivunen, K.Owizyc 65,68 6. Reima, Viljanen, Nieminen, Larronmaa 64,42 7. Laukkanen, Mustonen, Owizyc, R.Heikkilä 64,52 8. Lahti, Heikkilä, Nyström 64,27 9. Heikkilä, Viljanen, Koivunen 67,12 10. Laukkanen, Nyström, Autio, Larronmaa 63,61 11. Owizyc, Nieminen, K.Owizyc 69,56 12. Lahti, Reima, Mustonen 63,90 13. Mustonen, Nyström, Koivunen, Nieminen 66,03 14. Larronmaa, R.Heikkilä 71,56 15. Reima, Autio, Heikkilä, Owizyc 64,27 16. Laukkanen, Lahti, Viljanen, K.Owizyc 63,22 17. Laukkanen, Reima, Koivunen 64,17 18. Mustonen, K.Owizyc, Heikkilä d, Larronmaa d 66,94 19. Owizyc, Nyström, Viljanen 67,82 20. Autio, Lahti, R.Heikkilä, Nieminen 65,22 Finaali: Laukkanen, Lahti, Autio, Mustonen, Reima F 63,54 Katsojia 635 Markku Autio was the surprise of the day with a very good performance. Mustonen wasn't at his best, suffering from flu all week. Laukkanen was clearly the best on the day and Timo Lahti 2nd. Tomi Reima was squeezed at the back in the start of the 5 man A-final and didn't find a way to pass Autio. Then on the last lap he hit a hole while challenging Autio that put him on the slippery stuff and fell off. Laukkanen stated afterwards that speedway as a profession is now over and his ambition is on the longtrack and goal there is to get in to the GP in two years. He's always been happy to talk about money, but now he said that speedway hasn't been fun for a couple of years now, so why push it. As a hobby it's still fun and he had a good day out yesterday.

He's not.

Yyteri Speedway this thursday. Ballot for the meeting: 500cc at 5 PM 1. Petteri Koivunen SeMK 2. Markku Larronmaa VRT 3. 4. Timo Lahti KMMK 5. Markku Autio KuMaMo 6. Jouni Viljanen PMK 7. Appe Mustonen SeMK 8. 9. 10.Tomi Reima HMK 11. Reima Heikkilä FMS 12. Joel Nyström Ruotsi 13. Jari Tapani FMS 14. Jukka Nieminen SsMK 15. Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 16. Aarni Heikkilä FMS 80cc at 3 PM 1. Jooa Partanen KMMK 2. Vili Mattila KauhjMK 3. Niilo Vuolas HjMK 4. Jere Lehtonen PMK 5. Mika Loppi SeMK 6. Vili Hautala KauhjMK 7. Jiri Nieminen SsMK 8. Antti Vuolas HjMK 9. Miikka Hyyryläinen SsMK Microspeedway starts this weekend from Pori and Forssa. There are 50cc bikes for sale and riding gear starting from 469 € combined for a race ready starting package. The tour will include eight cities. Timetable for the tour: MICROSPEEDWAY CALENDAR 22.5. - Pori - Yyterin moottorirata, klo 15-20 23.5. - Forssa - Kuhalan koulun kenttä, klo 12-16 26.5. - Lahti - Pipon speedwayrata, klo 17-20 27.5. - Kuusankoski - Kuusankosken speedwayrata, klo 12-19 28.5. - Varkaus - Varkauden speedwayrata, klo 15-20 29.5. - Varkaus - Varkauden speedwayrata, klo 15-20 30.5. - Kauhajoki - Suupohjan speedwaypuisto, klo 15-20 31.5. - Seinäjoki - Seinäjoen speedwayrata, klo 17-21 1.6. - Vaasa - Vaasan ravirata, klo 13-20

What opposition? Nice to see Kalle Kivistö making a comeback after a year away. Teemu Mattila came back late last season after an absence of about 10 years. Joni Kitala and Aarni Heikkilä have decent scores too, but I wasn't there so dont know better.

Finnish season opener... Kaupunki Cup 1/6 at Seinäjoki. Seinäjoki 16 Jarkko Palmi 00001 1 Jari Mäkinen 33333 15 Haapajärvi 17 Juho Ruuska 11310 6 Petteri Koivunen 23231 11 Lahti I 15 Jukka Nieminen 00120 3 Kalle Kivistö 32232 12 Kauhajoki 12 Teemu Mattila 2123 8 J-E Korkeamäki 102 3 Jere Mattila 100 1 Lahti II 20 Joni Kitala 3213 9 Aarni Heikkilä 3322 10 Reima Heikkilä 10 1 Pori 10 Jouni Viljanen 22111 7 Markku Larronmaa 01002 3 Erä erältä: 1. Mäkinen, Koivunen, Ruuska, Palmi 2. Kivistö, Mattila, Korkeamäki, Nieminen 66,24 3. Kitala, Viljanen, R.Heikkilä, Larronmaa 66,06 4. Mäkinen, Viljanen, Larronmaa, Palmi 66,66 5. Koivunen, Kivistö, Ruuska, Nieminen 67,45 6. Heikkilä, Kitala, Mattila, Korkeamäki 66,77 7. Heikkilä, Kivistö, Nieminen, R.Heikkilä 67,34 8. Ruuska, Koivunen, Viljanen, Larronmaa 70,07 9. Mäkinen, Korkeamäki, J.Mattila, Palmi 65,99 10. Koivunen, Mattila, Ruuska, J.Mattila 68,27 11. Mäkinen, Heikkilä, Kitala, Palmi 64,81 12. Kivistö, Nieminen, Viljanen, Larronmaa 69,70 13. Mattila, Larronmaa, Viljanen, J.Mattila 72,13 14. Mäkinen, Kivistö, Palmi, Nieminen 65,88 15. Kitala, Heikkilä, Koivunen, Ruuska 66,15 Katsojia 115 Yyterispeedway next thursday starts 5 pm.

My notes say that the heat winner passed the second placed rider on the last lap and my pics tell me that blue helmet colour was leading after three laps. I'm right, they're wrong.

Well it'll be a while before he's back. According to Jan Stachmann yesterday he's broken his collarbone, same as Simon Nielsen. Heat 6: Sundström, Mellgren, Katajisto, Vissing and the time was 59,4

Joonas Kylmäkorpi will ride in the GP qualifier at Divisov and Kauko Nieminen will replace Kaj Laukkanen at Lonigo. Kalle Katajisto is a reserve at the U19 EC final at Tarnow on July 11th.

Go Kauko go!!!

Lindbäck will make the final at Ullevi and get a wild card to both Parken and Vojens.

Kalle Katajisto scored 10 from six rides in yesterdays Allsvenskan opener in Sweden. Timo Lahti got 9 from five. With Simon Gustavsson unfortunately injured the Nordic U21 final (which is the toughest of them all!) looks to have a Finnish favourite for qualifying after eight years waiting...