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Kaj Laukkanen and Robert Erikkson won the Pairs Championship of Finland for the Seinäjoki club. 1. Seinäjoen Moottorikerho 25 pistettä Kaj Laukkanen 3333 12 Robert Eriksson 2223 11 Joni Keskinen 2 2 2. Kuusankosken Moottorimieskerho 20 pistettä Juha Hautamäki R3 3 3 3 12 Tero Aarnio 1 2 2 2 1 8 Teemu Lahti - - - - - - 3. Helsingin Moottorikerho 16 pistettä Tomi Reima 3 0 3 1 0 7 Emil Lindqvist 2 1 2 2 2 9 4. Porin Moottorikerho 11 pistettä Petri Koskela T 0 0 3 2 5 Marko Suojanen 1 1 1 0 3 6 5. Varkaus Racing Team 11 pistettä Jani Eerikäinen 3 0 0 1 1 5 Aarni Heikkilä 2 1 1 2 0 6 Juho Ruuska 6. Salpausselän Moottorikerho 7 pistettä Janne Nyman 1 1 0 0 1 3 Kalle Kivistö 0 0 1 3 R 4 Erä erältä: 1. Laukkanen, Eriksson, Aarnio, Hautamäki® 61,7 2. Reima, Lindqvist, Nyman, Kivistö 64,7 3. Eerikäinen, Heikkilä, Suojanen, Koskela(T) 66,5 4. Laukkanen, Eriksson, Lindqvist, Reima 62,5 5. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Nyman, Kivistö 65,5 6. Laukkanen, Eriksson, Suojanen, Koskela 63,3 7. Reima, Lindqvist, Heikkilä, Eerikäinen 64,6 8. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Suojanen, Koskela 64,1 9. Laukkanen, Eriksson, Kivistö, Nyman 63,6 10. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Heikkilä, Eerikäinen 64,0 11. Koskela, Lindqvist, Reima, Suojanen 65,1 12. Kivistö, Heikkilä, Eerikäinen, Nyman 65,8 13. Hautamäki, Lindqvist, Aarnio, Reima 63,3 14. Suojanen, Koskela, Nyman, Kivistö® 66,8 15. Eriksson, Keskinen, Eerikäinen, Heikkilä 65,2 Heard that Laukkanen might ride for Coventry in the very near future, negotiations are underway...

There are riders qualified for the series as reserves. See my earlier post...

from the bees site: BUILDBASE Bees captain Scott Nicholls has not given up hope of racing in the Czech Grand Prix at Prague this weekend - despite suffering a broken collarbone at Brandon on Monday. Scott has visited specialist Brian Simpson and will have further treatment and physio in the next two days prior to making his decision on Thursday. Either way, he will not practice at Prague but says that if his shoulder improves in the next two days, and the injury can be appropriately strapped up, he may take the chance of racing. If he makes his mind on the thursday, I'd say Ryan Sullivan gets the call, if he doesnt want to go then Chhrzanowski,if not then Bjerre, if not then Holta, if not then Stefan Andersson.

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Petri Meritähti has been injured yesterday at Seinäjoki. He apparently hit the fence like Reima did in the SWC and has broken both of his wrist's and suffred a small fracture to the bottom of his skull. Think this is by far the worst injury of the season so far over here.

Dont have the issue here now, but it had something to do with the fact that he had not signed a "statement" saying he'd consider british racing as top priority. This paper has been there for a few years, he'd never sign it, and BSPA decided that this year it would be the year that it would be forced. Therefore Mark was ruled out to participate in the British final. BUT he was picked for the World cup. Subscribe your's from speedwaystar.net !

Not pointing you out in anyway, but this is one more point that proves that you lot should stop undermining the Speedway Star and read it for a change. The SS covered this weeks ago. He was forced out through a technicality, he wanted to be there...

I havent yet heard the interview I taped, we talked about the GP and he felt bad about missing the qualifier. Dont know what happened with his own bikes, they might have been bent/broken/similar to start with. Thank you very much for those kind words. I get a lot of info from here, so I try to give something back when I can.

Marius Rökeberg became the Nordic Champion for longtrack at Forssa late saturday evening. He beat Markes Helin and Kenneth Borgenhaug for the middle place at the podium. Janne Koivula eventually woke up for the meeting after winning the B-final after intense lap and a half battle with Rene Lehtinen before his fuel line broke. In the a-final Koivula entered the first bend side by side with Rökeberg, but had a puncture before the backstraight. He kept it together until the end and finished 4th. Two bad crashes were witnessed this time. The other one escaped me, but in it were involved Anssi Lehtinen and Markku Weckman. Weckman suffered some broken ribs and a broken collarbone. The other incident saw Jan-Eric Korkeamäki hit the back wheel of his fellow rider entering turn 3. Just seconds earlier I heard myself saying where's he got that speed... Anyway he hit the back wheel and was tossed over the handlebars like a wet rag. To give you an impression of the impact, there were police taking speeds with the radar. Top guy's were going 160+ km/ into the 1st bend which is significantly tighter than the second. Korkeamäki told me he felt a bit sore and his knee was giving him pain. No rubbish..!Everyone was certain he'd be out for months! Joonas Kylmäkorpi had a nightmare. His own bikes were useless to start with and he ended up bending the frame and the front end of it. Then on barrowed machinery a brand new GM engine blew up after two laps in practise. In his heats he was fast like the wind for two laps twice before the drivebelt collapsed both times. For his third heat he had Helin's bike which gave him 2 points. He then called it a day and left for the airport. Had a good chat with him, he's on his way back! Heat by heat: 9. R.Lehtinen, Koivula, Tjessem, Juntunen, Kylmäkorpi R, A.Lehtinen F 89,69 10. Helin, Borgenhaug, Rahko, Nieminen, Epantchintsev, Weckman R 89,65 11. Gerdemann, Rökeberg, Leppämäki, Suutari, Korkeamäki, Mortensen 89,65 13. Rökeberg, Borgenhaug, Koivula, Suutari, Juntunen, Weckman R 89,73 14. Gerdemann, Leppämäki, Rahko, Tjessem, Epantchintsev, R.Lehtinen 91,07 15. Helin, Mortensen, Nieminen, Korkeamäki, A.Lehtinen, Kylmäkorpi R 91,15 17. Rahko, Juntunen, Korkeamäki, Suutari, R. Lehtinen R, M.Helin R 90,94 18. Borgenhaug, Rökeberg, Tjessem, Kylmäkorpi, Gerdemann, Nieminen 89,62 19. Leppämäki, Koivula, Mortensen, Epantchintsev, A.Lehtinen F, Weckmann K 92,50 21. R.Lehtinen, Borgenhaug, Korkeamäki, Leppämäki, Nieminen 91,10 22. Rökeberg, Gerdemann, Suutari, Koivula, Juntunen, A.Lehtinen 90,01 23. Tjessem, Helin, Rahko, Epantchintsev, Mortensen 92,11 C-Finaali: Mortensen, Epantchintsev, Nieminen, Juntunen, Korkeamäki d 93,99 B-Finaali: Koivula, Suutari, Tjessem, Rahko, Mortensen, R.Lehtinen R 92,01 A-Finaali: Rökeberg, Helin, Borgenhaug, Koivula, Leppämäki, Gerdemann 91,22 I can say with some certainty that these times are accurate. Saw the photo finish pics myself. Pilvenmäki at Forssa is mainly a horse racing track and hosted the biggest finnish event of it's kind only three weeks ago. Thats why times were slower 2-3 seconds than normal, because there was some new softer material (one that feels better for the horses feet) on top of the old harder layer. Borgenhaug went 89,62 in heat 18 which makes it 120,52 km/h avg. speed. And like I said they were going 160+ km/h into turn 1 on laps 2 and 3. EDIT 3: Better take one more JD to wind myself down and prepare for some sleep...

Actually a pretty good lineup next saturday at Forssa for the Longtrack Nordic Championships. If the weather permits, some good racing expected. 2 Janne Koivula PirMM 3 Markus Helin FMS 4 Tapio Leppämäki HjMK 5 Rene Lehtinen SeMK 9 Klaus- Peter Gerdemann SAKSA 11 Ilmo Suutari FMS 12 Petri Kärki FMS 14 Raimo Juntunen HeMK 15 Harri Nieminen SeMK 17 Markku Weckman SsMK 19 Jan-Eric Korkeamäki Kauhj.MK 20 Mikko Rahko VaMK 22 Kim Rudi NORJA 23 Willy Tjessem NORJA 24 Marius Rökeberg NORJA 25 Anssi Lehtinen SeMK 26 Joonas Kylmäkorpi VarMK 27 Kenneth Borgenhaug NORJA

Teemu Lahti was crowned as the new Finnish U21 Champion yesterday at Haapajärvi. Full results as they come later... U21 SM-finaali 12.8.2006 Haapajärvi HjMK Rene Lehtinen 33333 15 Teemu Lahti 33223 13 Joni Keskinen 22333 13 Markku Autio 32232 12 Petteri Koivunen 23132 11 Aarni Heikkilä 22023 9 Juho Ruuska 23210 8 Jani Eerikäinen 12311 8 Janne Nyman 11311 7 Kalle Kivistö 312 6 Timo Villanen 0122 5 Ari Tuomisto 10210 4 Jouni Viljanen 0102 3 Jonne Perälä 1101 3 Olli Heikkilä 00101 2 Erä erältä: 1. Lahti, Keskinen, Tuomisto, Viljanen 64,53 2. Lehtinen, Ruuska, Perälä 65,21 3. Autio, A. Heikkilä, Eerikäinen, Villanen 66,04 4. Kivistö, Koivunen, Nyman, O. Heikkilä 65,85 5. Lahti, Eerikäinen, Nyman 64,35 6. Lehtinen, Keskinen, Villanen, O. Heikkilä 64,15 7. Ruuska, A. Heikkilä, Kivistö, Tuomisto 67,82 8. Koivunen, Autio, Perälä 66,26 9. Lehtinen, Lahti, Koivunen, A. Heikkilä 65,31 10. Keskinen, Autio 66,47 11. Eerikäinen, Tuomisto, O. Heikkilä 70,42 12. Nyman, Ruuska, Viljanen 68,41 13. Autio, Lahti, Ruuska, O. Heikkilä 65,45 14. Keskinen, A. Heikkilä, Nyman, Viljanen 65,47 15. Koivunen, Villanen, Tuomisto 66,52 16. Lehtinen, Kivistö, Eerikäinen, Viljanen 65,00 17. Lahti, Villanen, Perälä 65,41 18. Keskinen, Koivunen, Eerikäinen, Ruuska 66,49 19. Lehtinen, Autio, Nyman, Tuomisto 65,78 20. A. Heikkilä, Viljanen, O. Heikkilä 66,94 Semifinaali: Keskinen, Autio, Heikkilä, Koivunen 65,63 Finaali: Lahti, Keskinen, Autio, Lehtinen d 66,04 d=Hylätty, T=Hylätty (lähtövirhe), M=Hylätty (2min) R=Keskeyttänyt, F=Kaatunut, N=Ei startannut

Full results from rounds 8 and 9 now online. Here are the averages before the last weekend. Keittiöpiste, KMMK Kenny Olsson...3...42...15...11,20 Juha Hautamäki...7...81...32...10,13 Jyri Palomäki...2...15...6...10,00 Aleksandr Kazionnyi...1...11...5...8,80 Juha Mäkelä...3...29...14...8,29 Tero Aarnio...5...39...20...7,80 Teemu Lahti...7...56...32...7,00 Kotkat, SeMK Robert Eriksson...2...30...10...12,00 Kaj Laukkanen...4...57...21...10,86 Kauko Nieminen...1...10...4...10,00 Rene Lehtinen...5...56...27...8,30 Benny Johansson...3...28...15...7,47 Jevgeni Dretjavnikov...1...7...5...5,60 Michael Gustavsson...1...5...4...5,00 Patrik Järnstam...2...10...8...5,00 Mikko Koskinen...1...2...2...4,00 Joni Keskinen...3...6...9...2,67 Harri Nieminen...1...0...1...0,00 LeijonaHaukat, HMK-SsMK Andreas Messing...1...16...6...10,67 Emil Lindqvist...3...39...15...10,40 Kalle Lindgren...1...13...5...10,40 Rickard Sedelius...2...25...10...10,00 Tomi Reima...5...52...24...8,67 John Larsson...1...8...4...8,00 Marko Hyyryläinen...1...7...4...7,00 Nikolaj Kaminskij...1...8...5...6,40 Sergei Lazarenko...1...5...4...5,00 Kalle Kivistö...5...20...18...4,44 Christer Rohlen...1...6...6...4,00 Joni Kitala...1...1...4...1,00 David Rohlen...1...1...4...1,00 Paholaiset, PMK Viktor Bergström...1...10...5...8,00 Marko Suojanen...7...57...39...5,85 Jari Mäkinen...6...43...32...5,38 Petri Koskela...7...30...23...5,22 Panu Karvonen...3...10...9...4,44 Tomi Kauppi...1...1...1...4,00 Jouni Viljanen...1...3...7...1,71 Petri Meritähti...1...1...4...1,00 Snails, VRT Aki-Pekka Mustonen...3...18...14...5,14 Jani Eerikäinen...6...31...34...3,65 Aarni Heikkilä...4...16...21...3,05 Petteri Koivunen...5...11...19...2,32 Juho Ruuska...4...7...14...2,00 Juha Kuosmanen...1...1...3...1,33 Speedway Center, Daugavpils Denis Saifutdinov...1...13...5...10,40 Wiaczeslaw Girutskij...1...8...5...6,40 Jevgeni Karavatskij...1...4...3...5,33 Pasi Räsänen...2...6...7...3,43 Jevgeni Petuhov...1...4...5...3,20 Jan-Erik Korkeamäki...2...5...10...2,00 Toni Stenberg...2...4...9...1,78 Mikko Koskinen...1...0...1...0,00 TOP25 Robert Eriksson...Kotkat...2...30...10...12,00 Kenny Olsson...Keittiöpiste...3...42...15...11,20 Kaj Laukkanen...Kotkat...4...57...21...10,86 Emil Lindqvist...LeijonaHaukat...3...39...15...10,40 Juha Hautamäki...Keittiöpiste...7...81...32...10,13 Jyri Palomäki...Keittiöpiste...2...15...6...10,00 Rickard Sedelius...LeijonaHaukat...2...25...10...10,00 Tomi Reima...LeijonaHaukat...5...52...24...8,67 Rene Lehtinen...Kotkat...5...56...27...8,30 Juha Mäkelä...Keittiöpiste...3...29...14...8,29 Tero Aarnio...Keittiöpiste...5...39...20...7,80 Benny Johansson...Kotkat...3...28...15...7,47 Teemu Lahti...Keittiöpiste...7...56...32...7,00 Marko Suojanen...Paholaiset...7...57...39...5,85 Jari Mäkinen...Paholaiset...6...43...32...5,38 Petri Koskela...Paholaiset...7...30...23...5,22 Aki-Pekka Mustonen...Snails...3...18...14...5,14 Patrik Järnstam...Kotkat...2...10...8...5,00 Kalle Kivistö...LeijonaHaukat...5...20...18...4,44 Panu Karvonen...Paholaiset...3...10...9...4,44 Jani Eerikäinen...Snails...6...31...34...3,65 Pasi Räsänen...SCD...2...6...7...3,43 Aarni Heikkilä...Snails...4...16...21...3,05 Joni Keskinen...Kotkat...3...6...9...2,67 Petteri Koivunen...Snails...5...11...19...2,32

Round 9/11 of the Finnish league speedway was ridden yesterday. KOTKAT 36 Kaj Laukkanen 33332 14 Benny Johansson 23221 10 Joni Keskinen R211 4 Rene Lehtinen 3212 8 KEITTIÖPISTE 35 Juha Hautamäki 22233 12 Kenny Olsson 32333 14 Tero Aarnio 33R0 6 Teemu Lahti 111R 3 PAHOLAISET 22 Marko Suojanen 032R^31 9 Petri Koskela 11320 7 Panu Karvonen R 0 Jari Mäkinen 201210 6 LEIJONAHAUKAT 15 Tomi Reima 1R322^0 8 David Rohlén 0010 1 Christer Rohlén 21R12 6 Kalle Kivistö 00R 0 1. Laukkanen, Hautamäki, Reima, Suojanen 65,55 2. Olsson, Johansson, Koskela, D. Rohlén 64,20 3. Aarnio, K. Rohlén, Karvonen R, Keskinen R65,65 4. Lehtinen, Mäkinen, Lahti, Kivistö 66,15 5. Johansson, Hautamäki, K. Rohlén, Mäkinen 65,87 6. Aarnio, Lehtinen, Koskela, Reima R 65,04 7. Suojanen, Keskinen, Lahti, D. Rohlén 66,23 8. Laukkanen, Olsson, Mäkinen, Kivistö 64,06 9. Olsson, Suojanen, Lehtinen, K. Rohlén R64,27 10. Laukkanen, Mäkinen, D. Rohlén, Aarnio R 63,63 11. Koskela, Hautamäki, Keskinen, Kivistö R 65,68 12. Reima, Johansson, Lahti, Suojanen^ R65,20 13. Hautamäki, Lehtinen, Mäkinen, D. Rohlén 63,79 14. Olsson, Reima, Keskinen, Mäkinen 64,31 15. Suojanen, Johansson, Reima^, Aarnio 65,38 16. Laukkanen, Koskela, K. Rohlén, Lahti R 63,64 17. Hautamäki, K. Rohlén, Johansson, Koskela 64,56 18. Olsson, Laukkanen, Suojanen, Reima 63,87 SM-liiga Tilanne 06.08.2006 9/11 KeittiöPiste, KMMK 7 - 273 - 31 Kotkat, SeMK 6 - 221 - 27 Leijona-Haukat, HMK-SsMK 6 - 208 - 23 Paholaiset, PMK 7 - 161 - 22 Snails, VRT 6 - 82 - 14 I was gonna say this now puts Keittiöpiste as the favourite for the title but I wont, it's all out in the open. I've cleared my calendar for the weekend of the last two round's. More details of the meetings when full results come. 2.9.La Leijonat - Snails - Paholaiset - Kotkat Hyvinkää/HMK 3.9.Su Kotkat - KeittiöPiste - Leijonat - Snails Seinäjoki/SeMK

Round 8 of the Finnish league @ Varkaus SNAILS 11 Petteri Koivunen 010M 1 Jani Eerikäinen 210F^10 4 Juho Ruuska 1010 2 Aarni Heikkilä 21001 4 PAHOLAISET 19 Marko Suojanen 1114^21 10 Petri Koskela N 0 Panu Karvonen 02111 5 Jari Mäkinen 1d012 4 KOTKAT 40 Kauko Nieminen 2233 10 Kaj Laukkanen 3336^32 20 Benny Johansson 2223 9 Joni Keskinen 1M0 1 KEITTIÖPISTE 42 Juha Hautamäki 33323 14 Jyri Palomäki d 0 Kenny Olsson 33232 13 Teemu Lahti 332322 15 Erä erältä: 1. Hautamäki, Nieminen, Suojanen, Koivunen 2. Laukkanen, Eerikäinen, Koskela N, Palomäki d 3. Olsson, Johansson, Ruuska, Karvonen 4. Lahti, Heikkilä, Keskinen, Mäkinen d 5. Olsson, Nieminen, Heikkilä, Koskela N 6. Hautamäki, Johansson, Eerikäinen, Mäkinen 7. Lahti, Karvonen, Koivunen, Keskinen 8. Laukkanen, Lahti, Suojanen, Ruuska 9. Laukkanen, Olsson, Mäkinen, Koivunen 10. Lahti, Johansson, Suojanen, Heikkilä 11. Nieminen, Lahti, Karvonen, Eerikäinen 12. Hautamäki, Suojanen^, Eerikäinen^ F, Keskinen M 13. Laukkanen^, Mäkinen, Ruuska 14. Laukkanen, Hautamäki, Karvonen, Heikkilä 15. Johansson, Lahti, Heikkilä 16. Olsson, Suojanen, Eerikäinen, Keskinen 17. Nieminen, Olsson, Karvonen, Ruuska 18. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Suojanen, Eerikäinen Hopefully I'll get heat times later on... SM-liiga 5.08.2006 8/11 1)KeittiöPiste, KMMK 6 - 238 - 27 2)Kotkat, SeMK 5 - 185 - 22 3)Leijona-Haukat, HMK-SsMK 5 - 193 - 21 4)Paholaiset, PMK 6 - 139 - 19 5)Snails, VRT 6 - 82 - 14 EDIT Palomäki had a crash in his 1st heat wrecking his bike and ending up with concussion. He's out for tomorrow and Tero Aarnio will take his place I've been told.

www.masarna.nu 1. Antonio Lindbäck, MasarnaAvesta (33333) 15+3 2. Sebastian Aldén, MasarnaAvesta (23323) 13+2 3. Tomas Jonasson, VMS Elit (23230) 10+3+1 4. Fredrik Lindgren, MasarnaAvesta (32333) 14 +T/T 5. Robin Törnqvist, Luxo Stars (32222) 11+2 6. Andreas Messing, Rospiggarna (33111) 9+1 7. Robert Pettersson, Team Dalakraft (21232) 10+0 8. Linus Eklöf, Smederna (10223) 8 9. Ricky Kling, Luxo Stars (2X311) 7 10. Ludvig Lindgren, Team Kumla Promotion (11112) 6 11. Billy Forsberg, Västervik (02102) 5 12. Viktor Bergström, Getingarna (01120) 4 13. Joakim Brolin, Team Bikab (12S0S) 3 14. Viktor Göthberg, Lejonen (01001) 2 15. Linus Jansson, Gävle (0X001) 1 16. Jesper Brolin, Team Bikab (0010) 1 17. Simon Gustafsson, Team Kumla Promotion (1----) 1 Utgått Heat 1 Messing, Petterson, L Lindgren, Jansson 61,2 Heat 2 Lindbäck, Alden, Jo Brolin, Forsberg 59,4 Heat 3 Törnqvist, Kling, Gustafsson, Göthberg 60,0 Heat 4 F Lindgren, Jonasson, Eklöf, Bergström 60,3 Heat 5 Jonasson, Jo Brolin,Göthberg, Larsson, (Jansson T) 60,8 Heat 6 Lindbäck, F Lindgren, L Lindgren, Je Brolin 58,3 Heat 7 Alden, Törnqvist, Pettersson, Eklöf 59,5 Heat 8 Messing, Forsberg, Bergström, Kling F/U 60,6 Heat 9 Lindbäck, Törnqvist, Bergström, Jansson 58,8 Heat 10 Kling, Eklöf, L Lindgren, Jo Brolin R 59,5 Heat 11 F Lindgren, Pettersson, Forsberg, Göthberg 59,1 Heat 12 Alden, Jonasson, Messing, Jo Brolin 59,8 Heat 13 F Lindgren, Alden, Kling Jansson 58,3 Heat 14 Jonasson, Törnqvist, L Lindgren, Forsberg 59,1 Heat 15 Pettersson, Bergström, Je Brolin, Jo Brolin 59,8 Heat 16 Lindbäck, Eklöf, Messing, Göthberg 58,9 Heat 17 Eklöf, Forsberg, Jansson, Je Brolin 60,1 Heat 18 Alden, L Lindgren, Göthberg, Bergström 59,9 Heat 19 Lindbäck, Pettersson, Kling, Jonasson 59,0 Heat 20 F Lindgren, Törnqvist, Messing, Jo Brolin R 59,4 Semi: Jonasson, Törnqvist, Messin Pettersson 59,9 Final: Lindbäck, Alden, Jonasson, F Lindgren T 59,5 Think gustavsson withdrew himself after his first ride. Still felt the crash that has kept him out for a few weeks. Lindabäck from tapes in the final, Alden had to come from behind to take 2nd.

Lets just say that I'm interested enough of this meeting to post on spook's thread... I think Rune Holta is gonna win this one, he's been riding in Vetlanda for a few years now. Kaj Laukkanen just might make it, he's an interesting fellow he is. He was totally out of it in the SWC, but just take a look at this weekend's pairs EC and he'll most likely outscore Kylmäkorpi. This is the one meeting he has to do well in this year, and he just might make it. I saw Ryan Sullivan last tuesday at Kumla, and he was just freaking excellent. SO fast! Had a chat and he's ready and willing to get back in it. Like with Laukkanen, this is the ONE meeting this year that Hans Andersen has to win/make it. Will he cope or will he collapse? I'd like to see PK in it, and have currently no grudge against Max making it... Harris has been pretty impressive internationally this year as well. Riders going through: Holta, Sully and Andersen

OK. Didn't see this bit first... This is in "my" rules also.

From the FIM rule book, go and check it yourself from fim.ch 077.9.1 Riders' scores At the conclusion of each meeting, a Final Meeting Classification will be produced, showing the Grand Prix points achieved by each participating rider. Grand Prix points will be awarded to the each rider according to his race points scored during the Main Event (Heats 1-20), or according to his placing in the Big Final (Heat 23). ---- The World Champion will be the rider having collected the most Grand Prix points at the end of the Series (Final Overall Grand Prix Classification).

EDIT: Here's heat 8 from this meeting. Poor quality, I know... Tero Aarnio/red, Emil Lindqvist/blue, Jani Eerikäinen/white and Jari Mäkinen/yellow. That's me getting a bit excited in the end... Mäkinen had a clutch problem all meeting, something they have never experienced and were unable to discover. click here EDIT2: Oops.. Huge file 18,4 Mb, better right click and save... with time... SM-liiga 7/11 Kuusankoski 23.7.2006 KEITTIÖPISTE 45 Juha Hautamäki 3223 10 Kenny Olsson 33333 15 Tero Aarnio 2323T 10 Teemu Lahti 33d22 10 LEIJONAHAUKAT 41 Emil Linqvist 22323 12 Marko Hyyryläinen 2212 7 Andreas Messing 336^232 19 Kalle Kivistö 012 3 PAHOLAISET 22 Marko Suojanen 122^311 10 Petri Koskela d021 3 Tomi Kauppi 1T 1 Jari Mäkinen 2111111 8 SNAILS 4 Petteri Koivunen 0000 0 Jani Eerikäinen 10^0000 1 Juha Kuosmanen 010 1 Aarni Heikkilä 11000 2 Erä erältä: 1. Hautamäki, Lindqvist, Suojanen, Koivunen 64,0 2. Olsson, Hyyryläinen, Eerikäinen, Koskela d 64,4 3. Messing, Aarnio, Kauppi, Kuosmanen 64,3 4. Lahti, Mäkinen, Heikkilä, Kivistö 65,9 5. Lahti, Hyyryläinen, Mäkinen, Koivunen 65,8 6. Olsson, Suojanen, Kivistö, Eerikäinen^ 63,3 7. Messing, Hautamäki, Heikkilä, Koskela 64,3 8. Aarnio, Lindqvist, Mäkinen, Eerikäinen 64,4 9. Messing^, Hautamäki, Suojanen^, Eerikäinen 64,0 10. Lindqvist, Koskela, Kuosmanen, Lahti d 65,2 11. Olsson, Messing, Mäkinen, Koivunen 63,6 12. Suojanen, Aarnio, Hyyryläinen, Heikkilä 65,7 13. Aarnio, Kivistö, Koskela, Koivunen 66,1 14. Messing, Lahti, Suojanen, Eerikäinen 64,7 15. Hautamäki, Hyyryläinen, Mäkinen, Kuosmanen 64,5 16. Olsson, Lindqvist, Mäkinen, Heikkilä 63,0 17. Lindqvist, Lahti, Mäkinen, Eerikäinen 66,0 18. Olsson, Messing, Suojanen, Heikkilä 63,2 d=Hylätty, T=Hylätty (lähtövirhe), M=Hylätty (2min) R=Keskeyttänyt, F=Kaatunut, N=Ei startannut, ^ = jokeri SM-liiga, Standings 23.7.2006 7/11 1)KeittiöPiste, KMMK 5 - 196 - 22 2)Leijona-Haukat, HMK-SsMK 5 - 193 - 21 3)Kotkat, SeMK 4 - 145 - 18 4)Paholaiset, PMK 5 - 120 - 16 5)Snails, VRT 5 - 71 - 12 TOP20 averages after round 7: Robert Eriksson...Kotkat.........2...30...10...12,00 Kaj Laukkanen......Kotkat.........2...26...10...10,40 Emil Lindqvist......LeijonaHaukat...3...39...15...10,40 Juha Hautamäki...Keittiöpiste......5...55...22...10,00 Rickard Sedelius...LeijonaHaukat...2...25...10...10,00 Tomi Reima......LeijonaHaukat...4...45...18...10,00 Rene Lehtinen......Kotkat.........4...48...23...8,35 Juha Mäkelä......Keittiöpiste......3...29...14...8,29 Tero Aarnio......Keittiöpiste......4...33...16...8,25 Teemu Lahti......Keittiöpiste......5...38...22...6,91 Jari Mäkinen......Paholaiset......4...33...21...6,29 Marko Suojanen...Paholaiset......5...40...27...5,93 Kalle Kivistö......LeijonaHaukat...4...20...15...5,33 Appe Mustonen...Snails.........3...18...14...5,14 Petri Koskela......Paholaiset......5...23...18...5,11 Patrik Järnstam...Kotkat.........2...10...8...5,00 Jani Eerikäinen...Snails.........5...27...28...3,86 Pasi Räsänen......SCD.........2...6...7...3,43 Aarni Heikkilä......Snails.........3...12...16...3,00 Petteri Koivunen...Snails.........4...10...16...2,50 2 matches to qualify! ridden only in one match: Jyri Palomäki......Keittiöpiste......1...15...5...12,00 Kenny Olsson......Keittiöpiste......1...15...5...12,00 Andreas Messing...LeijonaHaukat...1...16...6...10,67 Viktor Bergström...Paholaiset......1...10...5...8,00 Palomäki has finally been given the OK, and he's practising tomorrow evening @ Pori.

and the one giving the medals...

Idiot!

This track look's good to me! http://www.sportowefakty.pl/?dysc_id=4&k1_...&news_id=135225

I'd call that a reasonably well documented racing incident.

Just had a chat with a mutual friend, Reima wrecked the biked used in that incident (total write-off including the engine), then tried with another and the engine went from that one. Not a day to remember, but made good tv...

Just saw the Crump - Reima incident... Think it would have been all4back if only happened 10-20 meters earlier, but since Reima was lying halway through the backstraight someone had to go. And boy it must have hurt, he had his bike sideways for a second, and alltouhg tried to let go there was too much speed. ouch. Crump must have thought that since he'd never heard of the guy (probably) he'd be further back by then... Wonder what Laukkanen was thinking in heat 4 after making the start and then going wide and giving everybody a clear run on the inside.