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Making airfences compulsory at tracks will most certainly help with crashes. At some if not most it will put an end to all crashes for good as the tracks cant afford to install them and will close them down. Until we get to a situation where most if not all tracks are able to install them, the wise thing to do is to concentrate on all other aspects. Such as the skills and responsibility/respect towards other riders. If Målilla and Eskilstuna get the money from the community, good for them, go and buy them. Will Örebro get the money for their track, will Sittingbourne or Plymouth? I know Tampere wont get it. A quote from Sam Ermolenko from a few years back (I've used this before) is that the Swedish tracks dont need airfences. The fences are different than the UK ones I've seen and most of the polish one's. They are designed to flex 30-50cm on impact around the track. Thats a bit different to the one in Heuzden-Zolder Belgium, where a WC qualifier was staged back in -04. The fence was built of plywood that was supported by concrete blocks. Just a thought...

I heard that there's a photo sequence somewhere of the Jansson crash and it apparently shows that he landed on the fence (just where the the post is) back first. How would an airfence help there? Robin Johansson flew over the fence and hit a light post outside the track back first. How would an airfence help there? Havent seen the Davidsson crash yet. Like a friend of mine said, sometimes these things just happen. Even with no fences speedway would still be dangerous with riders tangling to others in high speed. Fence or not Joonas Kylmäkorpi still dislocated his shoulder in the tumble with Woodward. An airfence helps/would have helped in certain situations for sure. Not in all of them though. I've been scared sh1tless a few times this and last season in Finnish meetings with riders of limited skill overtaking from the outside and diving under others while entering the corner. A lot of work has gone into working with them and the one's that have been willing to accept the advice have progressed immensely and lately I havent even felt compelled to close my eyes in the meetings. They dont do the most stupid stunts anymore and even if it happens, they know what to do next.

Finnish Team final 1976 September 19th at Kärpänen, Lahti 1. Ässät 37 (Seppo Palomäki 11, Rauli Mäkinen 9+3, Veli-Pekka Teromaa 7, Pentti Mattila 7, Esa Mattila 3) 2. Haukat I 37 (Juhani Kunelius 11, Ari Koponen 10+2, Veli-Pekka Kunelius 9, Markku Helminen 7, Martti Väyrynen 0) 3. Haukat II 17 (Jarmo Puttonen 5, Jouko Naskali 4, Timo Kiansten 4, Veijo Tuoriniemi 3, Esa Mäkelä 1) 4. Hait 5 (Jorma Karjalainen 3, Esa Taipalus 2, Pekka Siltanen 0, Ari Hakkarainen 0, Kari Valtonen 0) Two questions answered with one!! Here's the team final results for dlprezes from 1976. I do think that there has been a series of meetings to decide the teams for the final, but I dont know yet what has happened. The other was the fact that Ilkka Teromaa never managed the treble.

Hopefully this is still on! Finnish team for saturdays meeting at Hallstavik and sunday at Eskilstuna will be: Teemu Lahti, Kalle Katajisto, Timo Lahti, Joni Kitala, Aarni Heikkilä, Jari Mäkinen, Niko Siltaniemi and me . Appe Mustonen has decided he's not coming.

What does riding in Russia mean? Oneoff meeting or twice a week between April and October?

Kalle had won heat 21 from the gate before Laukkanen and Hautamäki, but how good he really was I dont know. "Win some, lose a lot" as the saying goes...

Finnish pairs final Seinäjoki MK I 28 Kaj Laukkanen 232222 13 Juha Hautamäki 33331 13 Petteri Koivunen 2 2 Varkaus Racing Team 27 Kalle Katajisto 333233 17 Appe Mustonen 221320 10 Kuusankoski MMK 19 Teemu Lahti 022d31 8 Timo Lahti 333110 11 Seinäjoki MK II 18 Niko Siltaniemi 120d13 7 Joni Keskinen 232202 11 Pori MK 17 Marko Suojanen 112323 12 Cesary Owyzic 003101 5 Kauhajoen MK I 11 Markku Autio 111132 9 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 000020 2 Kauhajoen MK II 6 Olli Heikkilä 100000 1 Jere Mattila 011111 5 Erä erältä: 1. T.Lahti, Keskinen, Siltaniemi, Lahti 60,91 2. Katajisto, Mustonen, Autio, Korkeamäki 61,19 3. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Suojanen, Owizyc 61,36 4. T.Lahti, Lahti, Heikkilä, Mattila 62,98 5. Keskinen, Siltaniemi, Autio, Korkeamäki 63,10 6. Katajisto, Mustonen, Suojanen, Owizyc 61,96 7. Laukkanen, Koivunen, Mattila, Heikkilä 61,87 8. T.Lahti, Lahti, Autio, Korkeamäki 62,67 9. Katajisto, Keskinen, Mustonen, Siltaniemi 61,93 10. Owizyc, Suojanen, Mattila, Heikkilä 64,64 11. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, T.Lahti, Lahti d 61,91 12. Suojanen, Keskinen, Owizyc, Siltaniemi d 62,69 13. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Autio, Korkeamäki 62,45 14. Mustonen, Katajisto, Mattila, Heikkilä 64,95 15. Lahti, Suojanen, T.Lahti, Owizyc 63,95 16. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Siltaniemi, Keskinen 63,40 17. Autio, Korkeamäki, Mattila, Heikkilä 64,33 18. Mustonen, Katajisto, Lahti, T.Lahti 62,60 19. Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Mattila, Heikkilä 65,97 20. Suojanen, Autio, Owizyc, Korkeamäki 63,20 21. Katajisto, Laukkanen, Hautamäki, Mustonen 60,80 Katsojia 150

Sam Ermolenko took up on his advice in Wroclaw (early 90's, Havelock won) and it cost him the title. This is from Ermo's book.

I have reported this thread to the moderators. It's still summer.

Hasn't he been applying for Latvian citizenship for a few years now and it being denied because of language problem. Does he now really have a Latvian licence? Citizenship?

Pairs this saturday at Kauhajoki, first heat at 1400 local time. I've been told that the lineup is as follows, almost anyway . Kotkat 1: Kaj Laukkanen and Juha Hautamäki Kotkat 2: Joni Keskinen and Niko Siltaniemi Jokerit 1: Jokerit 2: Paholaiset: ?? Keittiöpiste: ?? VRT: ?? We can now congratulate Juha Hautamäki for his second consecutive treble! Last year he won it for the first time for Keittiöpiste and now this year he'll do it again as a part of his home town club Kotkat. Riders that have managed to do the treble include Juha Moksunen (1989), Roy Malminheimo (1994) and Kaj Laukkanen (1999). Ilkka Teromaa won the pairs and the individual title back in 1976, but I have no idea if he rode in the league for his team Ässät that year. Anyway Hautamäki will become the first to do the treble twice! History of the Finnish Pairs final: Year - Club - Riders 1972 - SsMK - Matti Olin / Hannu Känkänen 1973 - TaMK - Ilkka Teromaa / Veli - Pekka Teromaa 1974 - SsMK - Matti Olin / Markku Helminen 1975 - TaMK - Veli - Pekka Teromaa / Ilkka Teromaa 1976 - TaMK - Rauli Mäkinen / Ilkka Teromaa 1977 - PMK - Kai Niemi / Pekka Hautamäki 1978 - PMK - Ilkka Teromaa / Kai Niemi 1979 - TaMK - Ilkka Teromaa / Seppo Palomäki 1980 - PMK - Kai Niemi / Pekka Hautamäki 1981 - SsMK - Ari Koponen / Veijo Tuoriniemi 1982 - PMK - Kai Niemi / Ismo Kivelä 1983 - SeMK - Veijo Tuoriniemi / Pekka Hautamäki 1984 - TaMK - Janne Moksunen / Juha Moksunen 1985 - SeMK - Aki Ala - Riihimäki / Pekka Hautamäki 1986 - TaMK - Juha Moksunen / Markku Haapala 1987 - PirMM - Ari Koponen / Mikael Back 1988 - SsMK - Roy Malminheimo / Janne Moksunen 1989 - KarMK - Kai Niemi / Juha Moksunen 1990 - PMK - Vesa Ylinen / Tomi Havu 1991 - PMK - Vesa Ylinen / Tomi Havu / Janne Koivula 1992 - PMK - Vesa Ylinen / Petri Vaatsio / Tomi Havu 1993 - PMK - Vesa Ylinen / Petri Nurmesniemi / Petri Vaatsio 1994 - VarkMPU - Roy Malminheimo / Pasi Pulliainen 1995 - HyMK - Juha Moksunen / Roy Malminheimo / Marko Laine 1996 - SsMK - Marko Hyyryläinen / Roy Malminheimo / Esa Reijo 1997 - PMK - Marko Hyyryläinen / Roy Malminheimo 1998 - SeMK - Kaj Laukkanen / Vesa Ylinen / Juha Mäkelä 1999 - SeMK - Kaj Laukkanen / Vesa Ylinen / Mikko Rahko 2000 - SeMK - Kaj Laukkanen / Juha Mäkelä / Aarre Soivuori 2001 - SeMK - Kaj Laukkanen / Kake Nieminen / Mico Brotkin 2002 - Meeting abandoned due to rain, it was never re-staged 2003 - The meeting didn't hold a Championship status 2004 - SeMK - Kaj Laukkanen / Jani Mäkelä / Rene Lehtinen 2005 - KMMK - Jyri Palomäki / Tero Aarnio / Teemu Lahti 2006 - SeMK - Kaj Laukkanen / Robert Eriksson / Joni Keskinen 2007 - KMMK - Juha Hautamäki / Teemu Lahti / Juha Mäkelä 2008 - SeMK - Juha Hautamäki / Kaj Laukkanen / Petteri Koivunen

It's on the spreadsheet of the meeting at Holta's homepage. Cant find any info of it elsewhere. It cant be right.

Extraliiga 8/10 10.08.2008 Lahti/ SsMK Kotkat 37 Juha Hautamäki 23333 14 Rene Lehtinen 32232 12 Joni Keskinen 1103 5 Niko Siltaniemi 1311 6 Haukat-Royals 30 Tomi Reima 33323 14 Juha Mäkelä 0011 2 Jonas Andersson 22131 9 Joni Kitala 3110 5 Keittiöpiste 25 Teemu Lahti 11321 8 Aleksey Poptsov 12d0 3 Timo Lahti 3306^20 14 Toni Stenberg 00N0 0 Jokerit 21 Fedor Poptsov R0N2 2 Kalle Katajisto 2124^12 12 Markku Autio 02210 5 Jani Eerikäinen 2000 2 Erä erältä: 1. Reima, Hautamäki, Lahti, F.Poptsov 64,97 2. Lehtinen, Katajisto, Poptsov, Mäkelä 66,22 3. T.Lahti, Andersson, Keskinen, Autio 64,84 4. Kitala, Eerikäinen, Siltaniemi, Stenberg 66,72 5. T.Lahti, Lehtinen, Kitala, F.Poptsov 64,62 6. Siltaniemi, Autio, Lahti, Mäkelä 66,84 7. Reima, Poptsov, Keskinen, Eerikäinen 65,13 8. Hautamäki, Andersson, Katajisto, Stenberg 65,97 9. Reima, Katajisto, Siltaniemi, T.Lahti 65,43 10. Hautamäki, Autio, Kitala, Poptsov d 65,85 11. T.Lahti^, Katajisto^, Mäkelä, Keskinen 66,44 12. Lahti, Lehtinen, Andersson, Eerikäinen 66,94 13. Andersson, F.Poptsov, Siltaniemi, Poptsov 66,28 14. Keskinen, Lahti, Katajisto, Kitala 67,43 15. Lehtinen, Reima, Autio, Stenberg 65,45 16. Hautamäki, T.Lahti, Mäkelä, Eerikäinen 66,59 17. Reima, Lehtinen, Lahti, Autio 66,28 18. Hautamäki, Katajisto, Andersson, T.Lahti 66,10 Katsojia: 160 Juha Hautamäki has now dropped his first point of the season. The man responsible for this was no other than Tomi "Silver Bullet" Reima himself. Silver Bullet led from the gate in heat one. Hautamäki was unable to challenge. Standings 8/10 Team - M - P - + Kotkat - 6 - 29 - 235 Keittiöpiste - 7 - 25 - 184 Jokerit - 7 - 21 - 167 Haukat - 6 - 20 - 170 Paholaiset - 6 - 17 - 144 Remaining Extraliiga fixtures: Kuusankoski September 9th Pori September 20th TOP20 Averages Rider - Team - Matches - Heats - Points - Joker - Average Juha Hautamäki - Kotkat - 5 - 22 - 65 - 0 - 11,82 Rene Lehtinen - Kotkat - 3 - 14 - 38 - 0 - 10,86 Kaj Laukkanen - Kotkat - 4 - 20 - 54 - 0 - 10,80 Viktor Bergström - Haukat - 1 - 5 - 12 - 0 - 9,60 Benny Johansson - Kotkat - 1 - 5 - 11 - 0 - 8,80 Tomi Reima - Haukat - 4 - 23 - 49 - 6 - 8,52 Timo Lahti - Keittiöpiste - 7 - 44 - 79 - 5 - 7,18 Joni Keskinen - Kotkat - 4 - 17 - 30 - 0 - 7,06 Kalle Katajisto - Jokerit - 7 - 41 - 71 - 9 - 6,93 Appe Mustonen - Paholaiset - 4 - 24 - 41 - 6 - 6,83 Marko Suojanen - Paholaiset - 6 - 31 - 48 - 6 - 6,19 Alexander Edberg - Paholaiset - 1 - 4 - 6 - 0 - 6,00 Markku Autio - Jokerit - 7 - 34 - 50 - 0 - 5,88 Juha Mäkelä - Haukat - 5 - 24 - 35 - 0 - 5,83 Niko Siltaniemi - Kotkat - 6 - 28 - 37 - 0 - 5,29 Teemu Lahti - Keittiöpiste - 7 - 44 - 56 - 4 - 5,09 Aleksey Poptsov - Keittiöpiste - 6 - 24 - 29 - 0 - 4,83 Fedor Poptsov - Jokerit - 3 - 11 - 11 - 0 - 4,00 Joni Kitala - Haukat - 5 - 21 - 20 - 0 - 3,81 Cesary Owizyc - Paholaiset - 5 - 19 - 17 - 0 - 3,58

Longtrack final yesterday, results. Gerd Riss DE 5555 20 Jörg Tebbe DE 5544 18 Appe Mustonen VRT 4455 18 Rene Lehtinen SeMK 4435 16 Nynke de Jong NL 5514 15 Pasi Pulliainen VRT 2352 12 Joel Nyström SE R344 11 Tapio Leppämäki HjMK 3413 11 Tommi Ahlgren FMS 334F 10 Markus Helin FMS 4F23 9 Heikki Tapani FMS 2211 6 Klaus-Peter Gerdeman DE FR23 5 Björn Backlund J-PMK 1F22 5 Niko Siltaniemi HjMK R23d 5 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki KauhjMK RN31 4 Jukka Mäiseli SyMK 3RNN 3 Tomi Kauppi PMK 2RNN 2 Petri Kärki FMS RNNN 0 Erä erältä: 6. Tebbe, Helin, Leppämäki, Kauppi, Nyström R, Gerdeman d 85,7 7. de Jong, Mustonen, Ahlgren, Pulliainen, Backlund, Korkeamäki 87,2 8. Riss, Lehtinen, Mäiseli, Tapani, Kärki R, Siltaniemi R 86,5 11. de Jong, Leppämäki, Nyström, Mäiseli R, Backlund F 88,4 12. Tebbe, Lehtinen, Ahlgren, Siltaniemi, Gerdeman R 86,3 13. Riss, Mustonen, Pulliainen, Tapani, Helin d, Kauppi R 88,0 17. Pulliainen, Nyström, Korkeamäki, Gerdeman, Tapani 89,8 18. Mustonen, Tebbe, Lehtinen, Helin, de Jong 86,7 19. Riss, Ahlgren, Siltaniemi, Backlund, Leppämäki 88,6 22. Mustonen, de Jong, Gerdeman, Backlund, Tapani, Siltaniemi d 87,9 23. Lehtinen, Nyström, Leppämäki 89,8 24. Riss, Tebbe, Helin, Pulliainen, Korkeamäki, Ahlgren F 86,7 C-Finaali: Gerdeman, Korkeamäki, Siltaniemi, Backlund, Tapani R 93,5 B-Finaali: Helin, Nyström, Backlund, Leppämäki, Gerdemann, Pulliainen R 89,7 A-Finaali: Riss, Helin, Mustonen, de Jong, Lehtinen, Tebbe R 89,2 Katsojia 1350

Extraliiga 7/10 3.8.2008 Kauhajoki Jokerit 33 Fedor Poptsov 22T0 4 Kalle Katajisto 33303 12 Markku Autio 32131 10 Jani Eerikäinen 31021 7 Keittiöpiste 31 Teemu Lahti R3323 11 Aleksey Poptsov 22221 9 Timo Lahti 234^2F 11 Toni Stenberg 0d00 0 Haukat-Royals 29 Tomi Reima 32336^2 19 Juha Mäkelä 01R22 5 Joni Kitala 1011 3 Aarni Heikkilä 200 2 Paholaiset 23 Cesary Owizyc 311 5 Marko Suojanen 11320 7 Appe Mustonen 01116^R 9 Petri Koskela 1100 2 Erä erältä: 1. Reima, F.Poptsov, Koskela, Lahti R 61,51 2. Katajisto, Poptsov, Suojanen, Mäkelä 62,26 3. Autio, T.Lahti, Kitala, Mustonen 63,46 4. Eerikäinen, Heikkilä, Koskela, Stenberg 64,90 5. Owizyc, Poptsov, Eerikäinen, Kitala 64,30 6. Katajisto, Reima, Mustonen, Stenberg d 61,59 7. T.Lahti, F.Poptsov, Mäkelä, Koskela 62,85 8. Lahti, Autio, Suojanen, Heikkilä 64,22 9. Suojanen, T.Lahti^, Kitala, Eerikäinen 62,59 10. Lahti, Eerikäinen, Mustonen, Mäkelä R 64,28 11. Katajisto, T.Lahti, Owizyc, Heikkilä 62,62 12. Reima, Poptsov, Autio, Koskela 63,25 13. Autio, Mäkelä, Owizyc, Owizyc, Stenberg 64,43 14. Reima, Suojanen, Eerikäinen, Stenberg 62,57 15. Reima^, Poptsov, Mustonen, F.Poptsov 63,25 16. Mustonen^, Lahti, Kitala, Katajisto 64,59 17. Lahti, Mäkelä, Autio, Suojanen 66,00 18. Katajisto, Reima, Poptsov, Mustonen R 62,42 Katsojia 105 League table 7/10 Team......M...P...+ Kotkat........5 - 24 - 198 Keittiöpiste ..6 - 22 - 159 Jokerit........6 - 19 - 146 Paholaiset...6 - 17 - 144 Haukat........5 - 16 - 140 Juha Hautamäki has now ridden in four meetings, 17 heats and won all of them. I've seen him in more than half of them and he's only not-lead for 120 metres... Joni Kitala outgated him at Kauhajoki and lead through first corner. Remaining Extraliiga fixtures: Lahti August 10th Kuusankoski September 13th Pori September 20th Open Finnish longtrack final is this saturday at Forssa with first heat at 3 pm local time. If you have his number you can send your congratulations to Gerd Riss for his first ever Finnish title he's gonna win this saturday. For the runner-up position there are a few more candidates: Jörg Tebbe, Klaus-Peter Gerdemann, Nynke de Jong, Joel Nyström, Appe Mustonen and last but definately not the least Rene Lehtinen.

Actually it was the three days away with my brothers and their kids that got to me... Wont return to work until thursday...

You cant. I'll write them in a couple of days and post them here.

I'll see what I can do. Extraliiga 6/10 Seinäjoki August 2nd Very surprised to see how things have went as I wrote the heat details. Paholaiset have been really let down by Suojanen and to a lesser extent Owizyc. Keittiöpiste has been poor too with Timo Lahti moving into team team and only scoring seven points. Jokeri's rider points are as expected more or less, but with the riders mentioned before struggling, they total points look very high. I wasn't at the meeting so I dont know what has happened. The track was the same Routakallio as before, but now with a new surface and new fence. Juha Hautamäki had practised/tested the track there the week before, and ridden below 62 seconds heat times. Thats fast for that track. Kotkat 44 Juha Hautamäki 3333 12 Kaj Laukkanen 33333 15 Joni Keskinen 3313 10 Niko Siltaniemi 30301 7 Jokerit 32 Fedor Poptsov 1211 5 Kalle Katajisto 2334^11 14 Markku Autio 22122 9 Jani Eerikäinen 211 4 Keittiöpiste 20 Teemu Lahti 2224^10 11 Aleksey Poptsov 1FF1 2 Timo Lahti 02203 7 Toni Stenberg RM0 0 Paholaiset 19 Cesary Owizyc 000 0 Marko Suojanen F10F 1 Appe Mustonen 1126^22 14 Petri Koskela 11020 4 Erä erältä: 1. Hautamäki, Lahti, F.Poptsov, Owizyc 62,18 2. Laukkanen, Katajisto, Poptsov, Suojanen F 63,54 3. Keskinen, Autio, Mustonen, T.Lahti 64,64 4. Siltaniemi, Eerikäinen, Koskela, Stenberg R 65,06 5. Katajisto, Lahti, Mustonen, Siltaniemi 65,40 6. Laukkanen, T.Lahti, Eerikäinen, Owizyc 63,25 7. Hautamäki, Autio, Suojanen, Stenberg M 64,07 8. Keskinen, F.Poptsov, Koskela, Poptsov F 65,20 9. Hautamäki, Mustonen, Eerikäinen, Poptsov F 63,57 10. Siltaniemi, T.Lahti, F.Poptsov, Suojanen 65,23 11. Laukkanen, Lahti, Autio, Koskela 62,82 12. Katajisto, Lahti^, Keskinen, Owizyc 64,35 13. Keskinen, Katajisto^, Lahti, Suojanen F 66,70 14. Mustonen^, Autio, Poptsov, Siltaniemi 66,18 15. Hautamäki, Koskela, Katajisto, T.Lahti 64,37 16. Laukkanen, Mustonen, F.Poptsov, Stenberg 63,34 17. T.Lahti, Autio, Siltaniemi, Koskela 64,11 18. Laukkanen, Mustonen, Katajisto, Lahti 63,42 Katsojia 175

Here's a couple of Youtube.com links. These are all copypasted from speedwaysuomi.com

There was a mix up with the date for it way back during the winter. It's on August 16th at Kauhajoki. I've been to Kauhajoki twice this season and the track was pretty good during the second visit. It should be a good meeting too... There will be two rounds of Extraliiga speedway next weekend with the now renovated Routakallio at Seinäjoki hosting it's first meeting of the season (first one in May was abandoned after seven heats and the track demolished the next week). I wont be posting the results until late sunday/early monday. I'm off to see the Thousand lake's rally. Well actually I've decided to take the vcr with me to my fiancee's summer house and have a few beers and watch a couple of GP's from this season. Rallying wont come to the picture until early sunday morning.

Kaj Laukkanen, Appe Mustonen and Rene Lehtinen are riding for their country in the longtrack World Team Cup. This might be a good move for Laukkanen. Everyone knows he has the money to make it and the tracks are bigger than in speedway so there's more room to ride and race.

Thank you iris123 for your help. The meeting dragged a bit because they did a lot of track work during each interval, so thats why it took the extra hour. Hautamäki was simply the best rider on the day. I know I didn't and dont believe anyone else believed either how spread out the points got. It was a very good meeting. Appe Mustonen VRT 23332 13 Juha Hautamäki SeMK 33R33 12 Tomi Reima HMK 32322 12 Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 32213 11 Timo Lahti KMMK 03331 10 Tero Aarnio KMMK 03033 9 Rene Lehtinen SeMK 31122 9 Niko Siltaniemi HjMK 22113 9 Teemu Lahti KMMK 12222 9 Kalle Katajisto VRT 21311 8 Aleksey Poptsov Venäjä 10121 5 Markku Autio KuMaMo 11200 4 Joni Keskinen SeMK 102d1 4 Juha Mäkelä E-PMMK 21R00 3 Aarni Heikkilä FMS 00110 2 Petteri Koivunen SeMK 00000 0 Erä erältä 1. Laukkanen, Mäkelä, Autio, Koivunen 65,01 2. Lehtinen, Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Heikkilä 65,02 3. Hautamäki, Katajisto, Lahti, Aarnio 63,80 4. Reima, Mustonen, Poptsov, T.Lahti 64,63 5. Aarnio, Reima, Autio, Keskinen 65,25 6. Mustonen, Lahti, Mäkelä, Heikkilä 66,17 7. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Lehtinen, Poptsov 63,48 8. T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Katajisto, Koivunen 64,97 9. T.Lahti, Autio, Heikkilä, Hautamäki R 64,51 10. Katajisto, Keskinen, Poptsov, Mäkelä R 65,11 11. Mustonen, Laukkanen, Siltaniemi, Aarnio 65,43 12. Reima, Lahti, Lehtinen, Koivunen 66,41 13. Mustonen, Lehtinen, Katajisto, Autio 65,92 14. Hautamäki, Reima, Siltaniemi, Mäkelä 63,66 15. T.Lahti, Lahti, Laukkanen, Keskinen d 64,77 16. Aarnio, Poptsov, Heikkilä, Koivunen 66,19 17. Siltaniemi, Lahti, Poptsov, Autio 65,21 18. Aarnio, Lehtinen, T.Lahti, Mäkelä 65,28 19. Laukkanen, Reima, Katajisto, Heikkilä 65,01 20. Hautamäki, Mustonen, Keskinen, Koivunen 64,69 Semifinaali: Laukkanen, Reima, Aarnio, Lahti 64,45 Finaali: Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Mustonen, Reima 63,74 Katsojia 345

I've made arrangements and the results from tomorrows Finnish final should be posted here at around 6.30 PM Finnish time. Thats 4.30 UK and 5.30 German/Swedish I believe. Weather looks good, hopefully it'll be a good meeting.

Look up the threads from last year. They'll tell you all you need to know.

A rough re-make of the results from the Nordic Longtrack Final. 1. Joel Nystrøm - 15 point 2. Marius Røkeberg - 14 3. Villy Tjessem - 13 4. Appe Mustonen - 13 5. Torben Præstgaard - 11 6. Jan Michael Berg - 9 7. Rene Lehtinen - 7 8. Jan-Olof Wahlskog - 7 9. Steen Larsen - 6 10. Hasse Prytz - 4 11. Tommi Ahlgren - 0 12. Kenneth Borgenhaug - 0 13. Henrik Grynnerup - 0 Erä erältä: 1. Nystrøm, Mustonen, Præstgaard, Larsen, Grynnerup 2. Tjessem, Wahlskog, Berg, Prytz, Borgenhaug d, Ahlgren F 3. Røkeberg, Præstgaard, Lehtinen R 4. Nystrøm, Mustonen, Lehtinen 5. Røkeberg, Tjessem, Wahlskog, Larsen, Prytz 6. Mustonen, Præstgaard, Berg 7. Lehtinen, Tjessem, Wahlskog 8. Nystrøm, Røkeberg, Berg, Larsen, Prytz Semi 1: Lehtinen, Nystrøm, Tjessem, Præstgaard, Larsen R Semi 2: Røkeberg, Mustonen, Berg Finaali: Mustonen, Tjessem, Nystrøm, Røkeberg, Berg, Lehtinen (d)