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I saw Jarkko Palmi yesterday at Seinäjoki. He is listed as a starter today at Lahti.

Tero Aarnio scored his first ever! max on a 500cc machine yesterday at Seinäjoki. He was also the person everyone wanted to talk to after the meeting was finished. He gated in front everytime and some thought his manouvers down the backstraight weren't always "politically correct". I saw them too and can understand some of the feelings expressed. Once again a good meeting with some great battles alltough Haukat and Jokerit were there too. Hautamäki vs Lekander *2 and Sundström was excellent also. Extraliiga 9/12 Seinäjoki 3.8. Kopparberg 43 Tomi Reima 222 6 Linus Sundström 33232 13 Jyri Palomäki 3322 10 Andreas Lekander 223232 14 Jokerit 4 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 00000 0 Olli Heikkilä 0000 0 Markku Autio 11110 4 Jonne Perälä 00000 0 Keittiöpiste 47 Tero Aarnio 33333 15 Juha Mäkelä 222 6 Teemu Lahti 223 7 Juha Hautamäki 3323323 19 Haukat 12 Kalle Kivistö 1110 3 Joni Kitala 1011 3 Aarni Heikkilä 01111 4 Niko Siltaniemi 11011 4 Erä erältä: 1. Aarnio, Reima, Kivistö. Korkeamäki 63,54 2. Sundström, Mäkelä, Kitala, O.Heikkilä 63,31 3. Palomäki, Lahti, Autio, Heikkilä 63,47 4. Hautamäki, Lekander, Siltaniemi, Perälä 62,99 5. Aarnio, Lekander, Heikkilä, O.Heikkilä 63,87 6. Sundström, Lahti, Kivistö, Perälä 63,59 7. Hautamäki, Reima, Autio, Kitala 63,21 8. Palomäki, Mäkelä, Siltaniemi, Korkeamäki 64,27 9. Lekander, Hautamäki, Heikkilä, Perälä 63,14 10. Lahti, Lekander, Kitala, Korkeamäki 64,35 11. Aarnio, Sundström, Autio, Siltaniemi 63,89 12. Hautamäki, Palomäki, Kivistö, O.Heikkilä 63,37 13. Aarnio, Palomäki, Kitala, Perälä 63,70 14. Lekander, Mäkelä, Autio, Kivistö 64,97 15. Hautamäki, Reima, Siltaniemi, O.Heikkilä 63,23 16. Sundström, Hautamäki, Heikkilä, Korkeamäki 63,71 17. Aarnio, Sundström, Siltaniemi, Korkeamäki 63,97 18. Hautamäki, Lekander, Heikkilä, Perälä 64,00 Katsojia 40 League table 9/12 KEITTIÖPISTE...6 - 260 - 29 KOPPARBERG....6 - 226 - 25 KOTKAT............5 - 200 - 22 PAHOLAISET......6 - 172 - 19 JOKERIT............7 - 82 - 15 HAUKAT............6 - 69 - 15 Averages after 9/12 Kaj Laukkanen - - - KOTKAT - - - 2 - - - 27 - - - 9 - - - 12,00 Juha Hautamäki - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 6 - - - 104 - - - 37 - - - 11,24 Kalle Lindgren - - - KOTKAT - - - 1 - - - 11 - - - 4 - - - 11,00 Emil Lindqvist - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 2 - - - 38 - - - 14 - - - 10,86 Andreas Lekander KOPPARBERG - - - 2 - - - 34 - - - 13 - - - 10,46 Linus Sundström - KOPPARBERG - - - 1 - - - 13 - - - 5 - - - 10,40 Kenny Olsson - - - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 1 - - - 13 - - - 5 - - - 10,40 Andreas Messing - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 2 - - - 25 - - - 10 - - - 10,00 Rene Lehtinen - - - KOTKAT - - - 5 - - - 55 - - - 23 - - - 9,57 Tero Aarnio - - - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 5 - - - 52 - - - 22 - - - 9,45 Jyri Palomäki - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 5 - - - 49 - - - 22 - - - 8,91 Daniel Davidsson - KOTKAT - - - 2 - - - 24 - - - 11 - - - 8,73 Benny Johansson - KOTKAT - - - 4 - - - 39 - - - 18 - - - 8,67 Teemu Lahti - - - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 5 - - - 39 - - - 18 - - - 8,67 Tomi Reima - - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 5 - - - 53 - - - 26 - - - 8,15 Robert Eriksson - - - KOTKAT - - - 1 - - - 14 - - - 7 - - - 8,00 Jari Mäkinen - - - - PAHOLAISET - - - 6 - - - 65 - - - 35 - - - 7,43 Juha Mäkelä - - - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 4 - - - 21 - - - 12 - - - 7,00 Petteri Koivunen - - KOTKAT - - - 1 - - - 3 - - - 2 - - - 6,00 Timo Villanen - - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 2 - - - 9 - - - 6 - - - 6,00 Petri Koskela - - - - PAHOLAISET - - - 6 - - - 42 - - - 29 - - - 5,79 Joni Keskinen - - - KOTKAT - - - 4 - - - 24 - - - 17 - - - 5,65 Thomas Ljung - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 1 - - - 8 - - - 6 - - - 5,33 Marko Suojanen - - - PAHOLAISET - - - 5 - - - 25 - - - 19 - - - 5,26 Kalle Katajisto - - - JOKERIT - - - 3 - - - 21 - - - 16 - - - 5,25 Aki-Pekka Mustonen - PAHOLAISET - - - 6 - - - 30 - - - 23 - - - 5,22 Jani Eerikäinen - - - JOKERIT - - - 3 - - - 14 - - - 11 - - - 5,09 Markku Autio - - - JOKERIT - - - 6 - - - 31 - - - 30 - - - 4,13 Mikko Rahko - - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 5 - - - 14 - - - 14 - - - 4,00 Joni Kitala - - - - - HAUKAT - - - 1 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - - 3,00 Aarni Heikkilä - - - HAUKAT - - - 6 - - - 21 - - - 28 - - - 3,00 Niko Siltaniemi - - - HAUKAT - - - 6 - - - 23 - - - 31 - - - 2,97 Kalle Kivistö - - - - HAUKAT - - - 6 - - - 9 - - - 22 - - - 1,64 Janne Nyman - - - HAUKAT - - - 5 - - - 9 - - - 23 - - - 1,57 Jonny Korpela - - - JOKERIT - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 4 - - - 1,00 Juho Ruuska - - - - JOKERIT - - - 6 - - - 6 - - - 28 - - - 0,86 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki - JOKERIT - - - 4 - - - 3 - - - 17 - - - 0,71 Olli Heikkilä - - - - - JOKERIT - - - 3 - - - 1 - - - 12 - - - 0,33 Jonne Perälä - - - - JOKERIT - - - - - - 0 - - - 4 - - - 0,00 Jouni Viljanen - - - PAHOLAISET - - - 1 - - - 0 - - - 2 - - - 0,00 Tero Villanen - - - KOPPARBERG - - - 1 - - - 0 - - - 2 - - - 0,00 Toni Stenberg - - - KEITTIÖPISTE - - - 1 - - - 0 - - - 1 - - - 0,00 Best Pairs today at Lahti, results late sunday night. How was Pori and Kauhajoki for travelling spanner? I couldn't sleep...

Alltough they dont count the aggregate bonuspoints in Kaupunki Cup, I just had to do it This is how the table looks like with bonus points shown but not included. I dont have no idea how they score points for the table, since Pori has 13 from three wins? In the averages Rene Lehtinen and Jari Mäkinen are the top riders from Finland that have ridden in more than 1 or 2 meetings. Team........O...+/-......BP...P Pori............5...253-203...2....13 Kauhajoki...5...206-245.........12 Seinäjoki....4...204-159...1....11 LahtiForssa.4...155-211..........9 LahtiForssa - Seinäjoki...31-59, ... = LahtiForssa - Kauhajoki...39-53, ... = LahtiForssa - Pori...48-45, 37-54 = 85-99 Pori - Seinäjoki...42-51, ... = Pori - Kauhajoki...53-33, 59-34 = 112-67 Seinäjoki - Kauhajoki...58-31, 36-55 = 94-86 EDIT: So there are couple of more rounds left and then there will be a final on the 2nd of October as a one off in Haapajärvi. Backup date for this is 9th. I spoke with the team manager of Pori last saturday. Pori look like winning the series and getting the "home team"-status for the final. Except that they couldnt care less! They had/have everything ready for their home leg of the final, but then they were just told that you're not keeping it, you're travelling 450 km north for a one off final. Brilliant!

So the original article was a bit of selective reporting from the writer. Thank you for the translation. Regarding the statement of someone being under the influence on the job. The only way to react is to call the police and take a breath analyzer test. The rules (over here anyway) say that a rider has to give it. If he doesnt he's declining to give a doping test and appropriate actions will follow -> licence revoked for starters. This is not just out of a hat... Same must? go for officials.

Indeed. There's a statement at dmusport.dk posted on monday or tuesday. With my swedish it was an apology by dmu and stekkers regarding this incident. garf?

Isn't stekkers already on probation regarding last years SWC? Havent seen the final yet so dont know where this is coming from. After reading the Tragedy KC I thought speedway has lost a lot of controversy in recent years. Then I thought some more. Apart from the Wroclaw final a couple of years ago there certainly has been plenty to talk about regarding SWC.

Extraliiga last friday at Pori was rained off. Present were Kevin Doolan, Benny Johansson and Emil Lindqvist. Andreas Lekander missed his ferry and A.Nother was not there alltough he was confirmed to me as a starter more than a week ago. Extraliiga 9/12 Kauhajoki 28.7.2006 Kopparberg 45 Timo Villanen 222 6 Jyri Palomäki 23333 14 Mikko Rahko 112 4 Emil Lindqvist 3333333 21 Paholaiset 39 Petri Koskela 321 6 Marko Suojanen 123RR 6 Appe Mustonen 3222 9 Jari Mäkinen 23326^2 18 Haukat 19 Kalle Kivistö R011 2 Janne Nyman 011 2 Niko Siltaniemi 214^021 10 Aarni Heikkilä 01112 5 Jokerit 11 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 10d 1 Jonny Korpela 0T01 1 Juho Ruuska 00002^0 2 Markku Autio 3112d 7 Erä erältä: 1. Koskela, Villanen, Korkeamäki, Kivistö R 62,59 2. Autio, Palomäki, Suojanen, Nyman 62,81 3. Mustonen, Siltaniemi, Rahko, Ruuska 63,55 4. Lindqvist, Mäkinen, Autio, Heikkilä 61,95 5. Lindqvist, Suojanen, Autio, Kivistö 61,50 6. Mäkinen, Villanen, Siltaniemi, Korpela 63,43 7. Palomäki, Mustonen, Heikkilä, Korkeamäki 62,97 8. Lindqvist, Koskela, Nyman, Ruuska 63,75 9. Mäkinen, Siltaniemi^, Rahko, Korkeamäki d 63,17 10. Palomäki, Autio, Koskela, Siltaniemi 62,12 11. Lindqvist, Mustonen, Kivistö, Korpela T 62,85 12. Suojanen, Villanen, Heikkilä, Ruuska 63,81 13. Palomäki, Mäkinen, Kivistö, Ruuska 62,21 14. Lindqvist, Mustonen, Nyman, Autio 62,03 15. Lindqvist, Siltaniemi, Ruuska^, Suojanen 63,51 16. Mäkinen^, Rahko, Heikkilä, Korpela 63,39 17. Lindqvist, Mäkinen, Siltaniemi, Ruuska 61,87 18. Palomäki, Heikkilä, Korpela, Suojanen R 63,50 Katsojia 100 Kauhajoki - Pori, Kaupunki Cup 29.7.2007 Kauhajoki 33 Tero Villanen 2T031 6 Olli Heikkilä 02000 2 Timo Villanen 1214^ 8 Juho Ruuska 01232 8 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki DNS Jonne Perälä 3111d 6 Jonny Korpela 1011 3 Pori 53 Marko Suojanen 3332 11 Jouni Viljanen 1020 3 Appe Mustonen 3322 10 Tomi Kauppi 221 5 Jari Mäkinen 3333 12 Mika Vuoristo 0100 1 Aleksander Edberg 22313 11 Erä erältä: 1. Suojanen, Te.Villanen, Viljanen, Heikkilä 62,25 2. Perälä, Edberg, Korpela, Vuoristo 63,89 3. Mustonen, Kauppi, Villanen, Ruuska 64,02 4. Mäkinen, Edberg, Perälä, Korpela 63,53 5. Suojanen, Villanen, Ruuska, Viljanen 62,40 6. Mäkinen, Heikkilä, Vuoristo, Te.Villanen T 63,46 7. Mustonen, Kauppi, Perälä, Te.Villanen 64,13 8. Edberg, Viljanen, Korpela, Heikkilä 65,06 9. Mäkinen, Ruuska, Villanen, Vuoristo 63,31 10. Te.Villanen, Mustonen, Edberg, Heikkilä 65,50 11. Suojanen, Villanen^, Perälä, Viljanen 62,78 12. Ruuska, Mustonen, Korpela, Vuoristo 65,73 13. Mäkinen, Suojanen, Te.Villanen, Heikkilä 64,08 14. Edberg, Ruuska, Kauppi, Perälä d 68,34 Katsojia 100 Abandoned after 14 heats, result will stand. LahtiForssa – Seinäjoki, Kaupunki Cup 29.7.2007 LahtiForssa 31 Teemu Lahti 321221 11 Aarni Heikkilä 10030 5 Joni Kitala 2022 6 Janne Nyman 0110 2 Kalle Kivistö 2210 5 Esa Yrjölä 110 2 Ari Tuomisto 000 0 Seinäjoki 59 Benny Johansson 23333 14 Joni Keskinen 0232 7 Rene Lehtinen 33332 14 Petteri Koivunen 1012 4 Tero Aarnio 3331 10 Toni Stenberg 2001 3 Niko Siltaniemi 3121 7 Erä erältä 1. Lahti, Johansson, Heikkilä, Keskinen 65,02 2. Siltaniemi, Stenberg, Yrjölä, Tuomisto 67,30 3. Lehtinen, Kitala, Koivunen, Nyman 62,18 4. Aarnio, Kivistö, Siltaniemi, Tuomisto 67,06 5. Johansson, Keskinen, Nyman, Kitala 69,64 6. Aarnio, Lahti, Heikkilä, Stenberg 66,89 7. Lehtinen, Kivistö, Yrjölä, Koivunen 65,12 8. Keskinen, Siltaniemi, Lahti, Heikkilä 63,20 9. Aarnio, Kitala, Nyman, Stenberg 67,04 10. Lehtinen, Lahti, Koivunen, Heikkilä 67,35 11. Johansson, Keskinen, Kivistö, Yrjölä 66,70 12. Lehtinen, Kitala, Stenberg, Tuomisto 68,53 13. Johansson, Lahti, Aarnio, Kivistö 67,06 14. Heikkilä, Koivunen, Siltaniemi, Nyman 69,68 15. Johansson, Lehtinen, Lahti, Heikkilä 68,28 Katsojia 90

Finnish nominations for the remainder of the season Nordic Longtrack Championship 4.8. @ Stavanger: Rene Lehtinen, Markus Helin, Raimo Juntunen ja Tommi Ahlgren 80 cc European Championship semifinal 4.8. @ Rybnik:Jarkko Palmi European Championship semifinal 5.8. @ Esbjerg: Kalle Katajisto, Tero Aarnio and Jari Mäkinen. (I can see this lineup changing) Grasstrack European semifinal 18.8. @ Hertingen: Rene Lehtinen and Ilmo Suutari European Pairs Championship final 1.9. @ Terenzano: Kaj Laukkanen, Juha Hautamäki and Tero Aarnio Longtrack World Team Championship 1.9. @ Morizes: Rene Lehtinen, Mikko Rahko and Markus Helin

Not really. I expect this was a one-off because of the fixture lists dont allow it to necessarily happen again. And alltough I had heard about it about two weeks earlier that he'd be here, Keittiöpiste (his team here) didn't comment about it and in fact had told their riders to keep quiet up about it until they were in a car riding to Pori to get rained off. Results from the weekend tonight, I have them on my home computer, but they dont add up due to a calculation error made by the officials.

Extraliiga today at Seinäjoki. Once again a good meeting. Track was a bit dry in the beginning but it was sorted. Alltough Jokerit was clearly at the wrong track today, one of their riders was even lapped, there were a few good battles. Heat 3 where Lehtinen gated and Messing followed. Messing started gathering speed on lap three and dived under Lehtinen on the last lap in turn 3. Lehtinen gave way, I think he thought he already had it in the bag. Heat 4 saw Laukkanen making the gate. Mäkinen and Hautamäki rode side by side until turn 3, where Mäkinen kept it on on the outside and made the pass. Heat 12 saw Messing as a joker. From the start he was half a wheel length in front of Lehtinen as they entered turn 1. Messing simply leaned against Lehtinen to make the room and was gone. Elbows and all... Heat 16 Johansson and Hautamäki (outside) gated and Johansson moved Hautamäki wide in the first corner. It did look a bit harsh but OKish in my book. Hautamäki obviously felt different since he showered Johansson after the finishing line and gave him the finger too. Hautamäki was all red in the pits... Kotkat 47 Daniel Davidsson 32331 12 Benny Johansson 3223 10 Rene Lehtinen 2323 10 Kaj Laukkanen 33333 15 Keittiöpiste 41 Juha Mäkelä 2212 7 Teemu Lahti 12 3 Andreas Messing 3336^22 19 Juha Hautamäki 13222 12 Paholaiset 22 Petri Koskela 11111 5 Marko Suojanen 2121 6 Appe Mustonen 11R1 3 Jari Mäkinen 21113 8 Jokerit 1 Olli Heikkilä 0d00 0 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 00100 1 Juho Ruuska 00000 0 Markku Autio DNS Erä erältä: 1. Davidsson, Mäkelä, Koskela, Heikkilä 64,21 2. Johansson, Suojanen, Lahti, Korkeamäki 64,24 3. Messing, Lehtinen, Mustonen, Ruuska 63,49 4. Laukkanen, Mäkinen, Hautamäki 61,81 5. Laukkanen, Lahti, Mustonen, Heikkilä d 62,46 6. Hautamäki, Johansson, Koskela, Ruuska 63,70 7. Messing, Davidsson, Suojanen 64,12 8. Lehtinen, Mäkelä, Mäkinen, KOrkeamäki 64,38 9. Davidsson, Hautamäki, Korkeamäki, Mustonen R 64,22 10. Laukkanen, Suojanen, Mäkelä, Ruuska 61,76 11. Messing, Johansson, Mäkinen, Heikkilä 64,48 12. Messing^, Lehtinen, Koskela 64,61 13. Laukkanen, Hautamäki, Suojanen, Heikkilä 62,42 14. Laukkanen, Messing, Koskela, Korkeamäki 61,99 15. Davidsson, Hautamäki, Mäkinen, Ruuska 63,50 16. Johansson, Hautamäki, Mustonen 64,31 17. Mäkinen, Messing, Davidsson, Ruuska 65,09 18. Lehtinen, Mäkelä, Koskela, Korkeamäki 65,20 Standings 7/12 Keittiöpiste...5 - 213 - 24 Kotkat..........5 - 200 - 22 Kopparberg...4 - 138 - 16 Paholaiset.....5 - 138 - 15 Jokerit........5 - 67 - 11 (They had only 3 riders today, 11 includes one point deduction) Haukat.........4 - 36 - 9 Extraliiga averages after 7/12, you cant find these anywhere else. Rider..Team..Points..Rides..Matches..AVG Kaj Laukkanen...KOTKAT...27...9...2...12,00 Andreas Lekander...KOPPARBERG...20...7...1...11,43 Juha Hautamäki...KEITTIÖPISTE...85...30...4...11,33 Kalle Lindgren...KOTKAT...11...4...1...11,00 Kenny Olsson...KEITTIÖPISTE...13...5...1...10,40 Andreas Messing...KEITTIÖPISTE...25...10...2...10,00 Emil Lindqvist...KOPPARBERG...17...7...1...9,71 Rene Lehtinen...KOTKAT...55...23...5...9,57 Daniel Davidsson...KOTKAT...24...11...2...8,73 Tero Aarnio...KEITTIÖPISTE...37...17...4...8,71 Benny Johansson...KOTKAT...39...18...4...8,67 Teemu Lahti...KEITTIÖPISTE...32...15...4...8,53 Tomi Reima...KOPPARBERG...47...23...4...8,17 Robert Eriksson...KOTKAT...14...7...1...8,00 Jyri Palomäki...KOPPARBERG...25...13...3...7,69 Jari Mäkinen...PAHOLAISET...50...29...5...6,90 Juha Mäkelä...KEITTIÖPISTE...15...9...3...6,67 Petteri Koivunen...KOTKAT...3...2...1...6,00 Joni Keskinen...KOTKAT...24...17...4...5,65 Petri Koskela...PAHOLAISET...36...26...5...5,54 Marko Suojanen...PAHOLAISET...19...14...4...5,43 Thomas Ljung...KOPPARBERG...8...6...1...5,33 Kalle Katajisto...JOKERIT...21...16...3...5,25 Jani Eerikäinen...JOKERIT...14...11...3...5,09 Aki-Pekka Mustonen...PAHOLAISET...21...19...4...4,42 Markku Autio...JOKERIT...20...20...4...4,00 Timo Villanen...KOPPARBERG...3...3...4...4,00 Mikko Rahko...KOPPARBERG...10...11...4...3,64 Aarni Heikkilä...HAUKAT...12...18...4...2,67 Niko Siltaniemi...HAUKAT...11...20...4...2,20 Janne Nyman...HAUKAT...7...20...4...1,40 Kalle Kivistö...HAUKAT...4...14...4...1,14 Juho Ruuska...JOKERIT...5...22...5...0,91 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki...JOKERIT...2...9...2...0,89 Olli Heikkilä...JOKERIT...1...8...2...0,50 Toni Stenberg...KEITTIÖPISTE...0...1...1...0,00 Tero Villanen...KOPPARBERG...0...2...1...0,00 Jouni Viljanen...PAHOLAISET...0...2...1...0,00 Next weekend at Pori and Kauhajoki... Good meetings to look forward to if the weather permits. I think the Pori meeting will decide the championship. If Keittiöpiste wins it before Kopparberg it a done deal. If Kotkat wins it before Kopparberg the lead will be tied. If Kopparberg wins it before Keittiöpiste they will have a chance to challenge Kotkat for silver. Kopparberg will definately have two foreigners (not allowed to mention), so will Kotkat and Keittiöpiste. Even Paholaiset have invested in to getting a foreigner, alltough not of the same standard. So enjoy! EDIT: The word is out that Jari Mäkinen, Tero Aarnio and Rene Lehtinen will ride in the Scandinavian final of the European Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark next mont. Someone will either confirm or deny this late this week. Kaj Laukkanen and Juha Hautamäki will ride in the next round of the pairs EC with probably Tero Aarnio as the reserve.Someone will either confirm or deny this late this week. Thats week 30.

Extraliiga from Kuusankoski 21.7.2007. It was nice to receive the heat details written in full. Alltough couple of exclusions might be wrong here. Keittiöpiste 49 Tero Aarnio 32233 13 Andreas Messing 3T33 9 Teemu Lahti 33223 13 Juha Hautamäki 23333 14 Kotkat 32 Benny Johansson 20d20 4 Rene Lehtinen 2222 8 Joni Keskinen 2300 5 Daniel Davidsson 3R3T6^3 15 Haukat 17 Kalle Kivistö 001 1 Aarni Heikkilä 11112 6 Niko Siltaniemi 11211 6 Janne Nyman d112^0 4 Jokerit 16 Jani Eerikäinen 12F 3 Jan-Erik Korkeamäki 0010 1 Juho Ruuska 01010 2 Markku Autio 1224^01 10 Erä erältä: 1. Aarnio, Johansson, Eerikäinen, Kivistö 63,05 2. Messing, Lehtinen, Heikkilä, Korkeamäki 62,00 3. Lahti, Keskinen, Siltaniemi, Ruuska 63,00 4. Davidsson, Hautamäki, Autio, Nyman d 63,50 5. Hautamäki, Lehtinen, Ruuska, Kivistö 64,00 6. Hautamäki, Eerikäinen, Siltaniemi, Davidsson R 63,14 7. Keskinen, Aarnio, Nyman, Korkeamäki 64,18 8. Lahti, Autio, Heikkilä, Johansson 65,16 9. Davidsson, Aarnio, Heikkilä, Ruuska 62,14 10. Hautamäki, Siltaniemi, Korkeamäki, Johansson d 63,33 11. Messing, Autio, Kivistö, Keskinen 62,41 12. Davidsson^, Lahti, Nyman, Eerikäinen F 63,53 13. Davidsson, Lahti, Nyman^, Korkeamäki 63,08 14. Hautamäki, Autio^, Heikkilä, Keskinen 62,64 15. Aarnio, Lehtinen, Siltaniemi, Autio 64,00 16. Messing, Johansson, Ruuska, Nyman 63,27 17. Lahti, Lehtinen, Siltaniemi, Ruuska 63,63 18. Aarnio, Heikkilä, Autio, Johansson 63,14 Standings 6/12 Keittiöpiste KMMK...4 - 172 - 20 Kotkat SeMK..........4 - 153 - 17 Kopparberg VaMK...4 - 138 - 16 Paholaiset PMK.......4 - 111 - 12 Jokerit KauhjMK.....4 - 66 - 10 Haukat SsMK..........4 - 36 - 9 Keittiöpiste and Kotkat meet again today at Seinäjoki.

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Copypasted from the ACU rulebook: ------------ 17.3.2 Assessed CMA's (and Grades) will be as follows: a) Work Permit Riders EL CMA PL CMA FIM Grand Prix Rider 8.00 not permitted Commonwealth Rider 3.50 7.00 Others (see note 1) 4.00 8.00 Other Riders FIM Grand Prix Rider 8.00 not permitted Professional League (note 2) 4.00 or 5.00 * 8.00 Others (note 3) 3.00 5.00 Conference League 3.00 3.00 Note 1 Including Riders that have not qualified or been selected, excluding nomination as a Wild Card for the FIM GP Series during this and the previous 2 seasons. Note 2 Riders that participate (or have participated) in Czech (Extra), Danish, Polish or Swedish Leagues. Where a Rider has achieved a 6.00+ CMA in either the Swedish or Polish Elite Leagues, then the EL entry CMA shall be 5.00. Note 3 Including Riders that have not qualified or been selected for the FIM GP Series during this and the previous 2 seasons, but not those Riders who have ridden in the CL as an Amateur. 17.3.2.1 Riders failing to achieve an actual CMA of 3.00, will be re-assessed to a CMA of 3.00. ------------ Katajisto was saved by the fact that he indeed has not ridden in any of the leagues considered to be a league by the BSPA/ACU. One heat in any of the Swedish leagues (Elitserien, Allsvenskan, 1st div) would have given him a starting average of 8.00 in the Premiere. Like pointed to me via an example of Daniele Tessari, this might turn out to be a good move. Providing Kalle gets his 6+6 meetings and stays in one piece.

Averages from the Finnish Kaupunki Cup (updated 180707) Rider name...Rides...Points...Avg Rene Lehtinen...10...28...11,20 Juha Mäkelä...4...11...11,00 Jari Mäkinen...15...40...10,67 Petri Koskela...18...45...10,00 Kalle Katajisto...18...40...8,89 Markku Autio...20...44...8,80 Joni Keskinen...14...30...8,57 Tero Aarnio...10...21...8,40 Marko Suojanen...14...28...8,00 Janne Nyman...14...28...8,00 Jani Eerikäinen...9...18...8,00 Aarni Heikkilä...15...30...8,00 Appe Mustonen...20...39...7,80 Niko Siltaniemi...13...23...7,08 Tomi Kauppi...7...12...6,86 Timo Villanen...17...29...6,82 Kalle Kivistö...9...14...6,22 Petteri Koivunen...16...23...5,75 Roope Mattsson...12...15...5,00 Joni Kitala...4...5...5,00 Alexander Edberg...13...15...4,62 Markku Weckman...7...7...4,00 Jouni Viljanen...18...17...3,78 Jonne Perälä...7...6...3,43 Esa Yrjölä...14...12...3,43 Ari Tuomisto...13...11...3,38 Heikki Tapani...5...4...3,20 J-E Korkeamäki...12...9...3,00 Mika Vuoristo...7...5...2,86 Tero Villanen...10...7...2,80 Toni Stenberg...4...2...2,00 Olli Heikkilä...8...4...2,00 Juho Ruuska...8...4...2,00 Jere Mattila...4...2...2,00 Johan Ahponen...10...3...1,20 Pasi Mattila...11...0...0,00 Mika Suojanen...2...0...0,00 Jukka Nieminen...3...0...0,00 Jonny Korpela...3...0...0,00

My opinions are well documented. Hopefully this will turn out for the better, and when Kalle gets his avg after the needed amount of matches he has a better chance of getting a team place in a few years.

Kaupunki Cup last saturday from Kauhajoki. I was told that the local people have more or less got the track sorted now. That's good news. Kauhajoki 53 Jari Mäkinen 33323d 14 Petteri Koivunen 12122 8 Markku Autio 33332 14 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 0111 3 Timo Villanen 3311 8 Tero Villanen 3R 3 Jonne Perälä 1101 3 Seinäjoki 39 Joni Keskinen 224^323 16 Esa Yrjölä 0020 2 Joni Kitala 2102 5 Janne Nyman 123131 11 Jukka Nieminen d00 0 Ari Tuomisto 22100 5 Johan Ahponen 000 0 Erä erältä: 1. Mäkinen, Keskinen, KOivunen, Yrjölä 63,38 2. Te.Villanen, Tuomisto, Perälä, Ahponen 64,98 3. Autio, Kitala, Nyman, Korkeamäki 62,86 4. Villanen, Tuomisto, Perälä, Ahponen 63,32 5. Autio, Keskinen, Korkeamäki, Yrjölä 61,96 6. Mäkinen, Koivunen, Tuomisto, Nieminen 62,70 7. Villanen, Nyman, Kitala, Te.Villanen R 63,94 8. Nyman, Yrjölä, Koivunen, Perälä 65,59 9. Autio, Keskinen^, Korkeamäki, Tuomisto 62,00 10. Mäkinen, Koivunen, Nyman, Kitala 63,72 11. Keskinen, Mäkinen, Villanen, Yrjölä 62,79 12. Autio, Kitala, Perälä, Tuomisto 63,74 13. Mäkinen, Keskinen, Villanen, Nieminen 63,68 14. Nyman, Koivunen, Korkeamäki, Ahponen 63,78 15. Keskinen, Autio, Nyman, Mäkinen d 63,50 Katsojia 70 Kaupunki Cup from yesterday at Pori. Pori 59 Marko Suojanen 33232 13 Tomi Kauppi 013 4 Appe Mustonen 2123 8 Jari Mäkinen 3333 12 Petri Koskela 331 7 Jouni Viljanen 21220 7 Alexander Edberg 321011 8 Kauhajoki 34 Markku Autio 226^323 18 Tero Villanen 1020 3 Timo Villanen 12121 7 Jonny Korpela 00R 0 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 1200 3 Olli Heikkilä 0010 1 Jere Mattila 1001 2 Erä erältä: 1. Suojanen, Autio, Te.Villanen, Kauppi 65,44 2. Edberg, Viljanen, Mattila, Heikkilä 68,59 3. Mäkinen, Mustonen, Villanen, Korpela 65,47 4. Koskela, Edberg, Korkeamäki, Mattila 69,33 5. Mäkinen, Autio, Mustonen, Te.Villanen 65,23 6. Suojanen, Korkeamäki, Kauppi, Heikkilä 70,25 7. Koskela, Villanen, Viljanen, Korpela 69,09 8. Kauppi, Te.Villanen, Edberg, Mattila 69,95 9. Mäkinen, Mustonen, Heikkilä, Korkeamäki 67,28 10. Autio^, Suojanen, Villanen, Edberg 66,43 11. Autio, Viljanen, Koskela, Te.Villanen 67,96 12. Mustonen, Villanen, Edberg, Heikkilä 69,13 13. Suojanen, Autio, Edberg, Korkeamäki 66,64 14. Mäkinen, Viljanen, Mattila, Korpela R 66,84 15. Autio, Suojanen, Villanen, Viljanen 66,69 Katsojia 203 One round of this league was postponed because of rain, no new date yet.

Averages from the Finnish Extraliiga after 5/12 Rider...................Team.....Points..Rides..Avg Kaj Laukkanen.....KOTKAT.....12.....4.....12,00 Juha Hautamäki.....KEITTIÖPISTE.....59.....20.....11,80 Andreas Lekander.....KOPPARBERG.....20.....7.....11,43 Benny Johansson.....KOTKAT.....25.....9.....11,11 Kalle Lindgren.....KOTKAT.....11.....4.....11,00 Kenny Olsson.....KEITTIÖPISTE.....13.....5.....10,40 Rene Lehtinen.....KOTKAT.....37.....15.....9,87 Emil Lindqvist.....KOPPARBERG.....17.....7.....9,71 Tomi Reima.....KOPPARBERG.....47.....23.....8,17 Tero Aarnio.....KEITTIÖPISTE.....24.....12.....8,00 Teemu Lahti.....KEITTIÖPISTE.....16.....8.....8,00 Robert Eriksson.....KOTKAT.....14.....7.....8,00 Jyri Palomäki.....KOPPARBERG.....25.....13.....7,69 Jari Mäkinen.....PAHOLAISET.....42.....24.....7,00 Juha Mäkelä.....KEITTIÖPISTE.....8.....5.....6,40 Petteri Koivunen.....KOTKAT.....3.....2.....6,00 Petri Koskela.....PAHOLAISET.....31.....21.....5,90 Joni Keskinen.....KOTKAT.....19.....13.....5,85 Jani Eerikäinen.....JOKERIT.....11.....8.....5,50 Thomas Ljung.....KOPPARBERG.....8.....6.....5,33 Kalle Katajisto.....JOKERIT.....21.....16.....5,25 Marko Suojanen.....PAHOLAISET.....13.....10.....5,20 Aki-Pekka Mustonen.....PAHOLAISET.....18.....15.....4,80 Timo Villanen.....KOPPARBERG.....3.....3.....4,00 Mikko Rahko.....KOPPARBERG.....10.....11.....3,64 Markku Autio.....JOKERIT.....12.....14.....3,43 Aarni Heikkilä.....HAUKAT.....6.....13.....1,85 Niko Siltaniemi.....HAUKAT.....5.....15.....1,33 Kalle Kivistö.....HAUKAT.....3.....11.....1,09 Janne Nyman.....HAUKAT.....4.....15.....1,07 Juho Ruuska.....JOKERIT.....3.....12.....1,00 Olli Heikkilä.....JOKERIT.....1.....4.....1,00 Toni Stenberg.....KEITTIÖPISTE.....0.....1.....0,00 Tero Villanen.....KOPPARBERG.....0.....2.....0,00 Jouni Viljanen.....PAHOLAISET.....0.....2.....0,00

NOT! That's the other week of my vacation, and I'm away from wednesday to sunday... Crap. But hope you enjoy, If you want any advice (perhaps you fly to Tampere) just ask...

Naah... I had it coming... Just thought it would be different... Salmiakki was all gone, someone had beat me to it! But it was a good meeting, alltough the track wasn't that great. Some very interesting development behind the scenes at the moment regarding Finnish Extraliiga speedway. Like said about the Pori meeting in three weeks, that look's to be a real cracker! Teams booking riders from Sweden faster than I can put a name to a face. If the weather permits it will be the meeting of the season. Extraliiga at Pori 27th July, parade starts at 1800 hrs Extraliiga at Kauhajoki 28th July, parade starts 1350 hrs EDIT: Full results from the 2nd Kauhajoki Speedway now online on the bottom of page 9 on this thread.

After a month I just needed a week's break already. Thank god for the possibility of doing the hours "in to the bank". Now that my holiday of nine days is in it's final hours, I have the chance to lift my feet up and put the Cardiff tape on.

Only about 400+... Was too busy defending my opinions about tracks and riders to people who disagreed with my views. Strongly I might add. We took a minibuss load of people there too and raised some money for Jari on the side. We had one potential big sponsor with us also and he really liked what he saw in how Jari rode and acted off track. I have now completed my change of service provider when it comes to my domain and webspace. In practise it means I now have .php support and ready-to-use code to open up a photo gallery of my own. All I now need is a month to sort all my pics and put them online. So stay tuned for the gallery of "The Finnish Mike Patrick"

I've been so busy that I have forgot to post about the fact that the U19 European qualifier is now online in clips here.

Jari Mäkinen is the new Finnish U21 Champion!! He did (I've heard that... ) Jari Mäkinen 33333 15 pic here Teemu Lahti 23333 14 Markku Autio 33322 13 Joni Keskinen 32231 11 Appe Mustonen 13R33 10 Janne Nyman 31203 9 Kalle Katajisto 22122 9 Aarni Heikkilä 12212 8 Timo Villanen 20311 7 Niko Siltaniemi 02T22 6 Jukka Nieminen 20210 5 Jere Mattila 01121 5 Juho Ruuska 111-- 3 Olli Heikkilä 01001 2 Erä erältä: 1. Keskinen, Katajisto, Heikkilä, Siltaniemi 64,81 2. Autio, Villanen, Ruuska, O.Heikkilä 64,84 3. Mäkinen, Lahti, Mustonen, Mattila 64,70 4. Nyman, Nieminen 67,77 5. Mustonen, Keskinen, Nyman, Villanen 65,35 6. Mäkinen, Heikkilä, Ruuska, Nieminen 64,65 7. Lahti, Siltaniemi, O.Heikkilä 65,02 8. Autio, Katajisto, Mattila 65,41 9. Lahti, Keskinen, Ruuska 63,27 10. Villanen, Heikkilä, Mattila 65,91 11. Autio, Nieminen, Mustonen R, Siltaniemi T 69,37 12. Mäkinen, Nyman, Katajisto, O.Heikkilä 65,12 13. Keskinen, Mattila, Nieminen, O.Heikkilä 63,70 14. Lahti, Autio, Heikkilä, Nyman 64,02 15. Mäkinen, Siltaniemi, Villanen 65,84 16. Mustonen, Katajisto 65,93 17. Mäkinen, Autio, Keskinen 64,55 18. Mustonen, Heikkilä, O.Heikkilä 65,78 19. Nyman, Siltaniemi, Mattila 69,44 20. Lahti, Katajisto, Villanen, Nieminen 64,72 Semifinaali: Keskinen, Mustonen, Autio, Nyman 65,13 Finaali: Mäkinen, Lahti, Keskinen, Mustonen 64,53 Mäkinen was just brilliant. Lahti fought well against him but had no chance. Keskinen dropped points in places he shouldnt and then messed up his start in the final. When behind he was ordinary, fast while in front. Katajisto surprisingly lost to Mustonen in their heat. Autio looked very ordinary but got plenty of points in the preli's. Riders to pick and point out today were Mäkinen (of course), Lahti did well, Mustonen rode better (and with courage) than ever. Katajisto looked good but gated badly and could't fight back. Another good meeting for me in a row, alltough racing varied from heat to heat. I was also told that the Extraliiga meeting on friday was the best meeting in Finland this season racing wise. Results from that tomorrow afternoon.