Conkers Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 On 10th March, 2005, Per-Olof Serenius will celebrate his 57th Birthday. Whilst one can only marvel at the man - consistently at the top of Swedish Ice Racing since the mid 1970's and the most successful non-Soviet/Russian rider (World Champion twice, three times World Team Cup Winner), the question has to be asked - Will Posa be riding come the start of the Ice Racing World Championship in 2005? I believe that if you were 55 at the start of a season, that was the maximum age that the FIM would allow any rider to compete. Posa was 56 in March, but the rules allowed him to ride, as he was still 55 when the qualifying rounds started. Unfortunately, there is Posa and Stefan Svensson, then a huge gap to the next level of Swedish Ice racers, and looking at the Russian riders last year at Assen, who were all young lads (with the exception of Loumpov and Polikarpov), it will be a long time before anyone outside the Eastern Bloc can challenge them. I don't want to see Posa finish, but know that the FIM can only bend the rules for him so much. Perhaps our Swedish friends could enlighten us as to his plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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