Swedish GP Qualifier (April 26th)

[Anders]

Swedish Qualifier for GP 2004

at Motala (home of Piraterna)

Saturday April 26th 2003

 

Attendence: 733

 

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1 [59.1]: Stefan Andersson, Peter I Karlsson, Magnus Zetterström, Patrik Dybeck.

Zetterström gated but was quickly passed by both Andersson and Karlsson.

 

2 [59.6]: Claes Ivarsson, Freddie Eriksson, Niklas Karlsson, Kim Jansson.

From the gate.

 

3 [60.6]: Peter Ljung, Magnus Karlsson, Daniel Nermark, Marcus Andersson.

Ljung like a rocket from the outside. Nermark all over Karlsson but no passes was made.

 

4 [60.5]: Stefan Ekberg, David Ruud, Tobias Johansson, Stefan Dannö.

Ruud passed Johansson on bend four of lap one but couldn´t catch home rider Ekberg. Dannö tried everything to get a point but didn´t find much grip on the outside.

 

5 [61.1]: David Ruud, Daniel Nermark, Stefan Andersson, Claes Ivarsson.

Nermark gated but was passed on the outside on bend three of lap two. Ivarsson never in the race.

 

6 [61.3]: Tobias Johansson, Magnus Zetterström, Kim Jansson, Marcus Andersson.

Tape to flag for Johansson. Andersson passed by Zetterström on the first and Jansson on the final lap. Jansson chased hard for several laps before he was able to make an outside pass on Andersson.

 

7 [61.2]: Peter I Karlsson, Stefan Ekberg, Magnus Karlsson, Niklas Karlsson.

PIK passed Ekberg after one lap and won comfortabely. Close fight between the others, especially Magnus and Niklas who exchanged third place a couple of times. Proved to be the best heat of the afternoon.

 

8 [61.0]: Freddie Eriksson, Stefan Dannö, Peter Ljung, Patrik Dybeck.

Eriksson all the way. Ljung tried hard on the outside but didn´t find much grip to do anything about Dannö.

 

9 [60.3]: Stefan Andersson, Kim Jansson, Magnus Karlsson, Stefan Dannö.

"First bend bunching" between Jansson and Dannö on the first attempt and both fell. Re-run from the gate.

 

10 [60.9]: Magnus Zetterström, Peter Ljung, Claes Ivarsson, Stefan Ekberg.

From the gate.

 

11 [61.0]: Peter I Karlsson, Daniel Nermark, Freddie Eriksson, Tobias Johansson.

Johansson drifted wide with a lap left to let Eriksson through.

 

12 [61.2]: Patrik Dybeck, Marcus Andersson, David Ruud, Niklas Karlsson.

Surprising result with Ruud missing the gate from the inside and being passed by Andersson on bend three of lap one. Both Dybeck and Andersson scored their first points in the meeting.

 

13 [61.2]: Niklas Karlsson, Peter Ljung, Stefan Andersson, Tobias Johansson.

Karlsson hadn´t done anything so far but won from the gate.

 

14 [60.7]: David Ruud, Magnus Zetterström, Freddie Eriksson, Magnus Karlsson.

Zetterström gated and went wide to stop Karlsson on the outside of bend two which let Ruud take the inside for the lead. Eriksson passed Karlsson on the final lap.

 

15 [61.7]: Peter I Karlsson, Stefan Dannö, Marcus Andersson, Fredrik Lindgren.

Claes Ivarsson excluded for T/T, replaced by Lindgren.

Dannö drifted wide on bend two and Karlsson sneaked through on the inside.

 

16 [61.9]: Daniel Nermark, Kim Jansson, Patrik Dybeck, Stefan Ekberg.

Ekberg second to fourth on the backstraight of lap two with Jansson passing Dybeck on the following lap.

 

17 [61.3]: Stefan Andersson, Freddie Eriksson, Stefan Ekberg, Marcus Andersson.

Andersson gated and a desperate Eriksson rode all over the track to get closer, which he didn´t.

 

18 [61.8]: Stefan Dannö, Magnus Zetterström, Daniel Nermark, Niklas Karlsson.

After a forgetable meeting, Dannö sprung to life to win from the gate. No passes.

 

19 [61.7]: David Ruud, Peter Ljung, Peter I Karlsson, Kim Jansson.

Both Ruud and Ljung passed Karlsson who had already secured his place in the WC-quarterfinal in Norway.

 

20 [62.4]: Tobias Johansson, Patrik Dybeck, Claes Ivarsson, Magnus Karlsson.

Ivarsson passed Karlsson on lap two and chased Dybeck hard but wasn´t able to make another pass.

 

Run-off 4th-5th [Awarded]: Magnus Zetterström, Peter Ljung (Fx)

Zetterström hit Ljung´s front wheel on the first bend in a true racing accident. However, the referee didn´t see it like that and excluded Ljung! A very harsh decision and the crowd certainly didn´t liked it, neither did I...

 

The final heat sure was a bad ending to an otherwise fine meeting. All riders seemed capable of beating everyone else so no heat could be easily predicted. In fact, last placed Marcus Andersson actually passed eventual winner David Ruud in heat twelve and thirteen of the sixteen riders took a heat victory.

There were quite a lot of passes and close encounters so the crowd should be satisfied, at least with the racing. The weather however wasn´t that nice, heavy winds throughout the meeting made it freezing cold and at the end it was hard to write in the programme. Hopefully there will be a lot better on Tuesday when the first round of Elitserien is being held.

 

1) (13) David Ruud, Västervik, 12p. ( 2 3 1 3 3 )

2) (3) Peter I Karlsson, Valsarna, 12p. ( 2 3 3 3 1 )

3) (1) Stefan Andersson, Luxo Stars, 11p. ( 3 1 3 1 3 )

4) (2) Magnus Zetterström, Masarna, 10p. ( 1 2 3 2 2 ) +3

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5) (12) Peter Ljung, Luxo Stars, 10p. ( 3 1 2 2 2 ) +Fx

6) (9) Daniel Nermark, Vargarna, 9p. ( 1 2 2 3 1 )

7) (8) Freddie Eriksson, Rospiggarna, 9p. ( 2 3 1 1 2 )

8) (14) Tobias Johansson, Luxo Stars, 7p. ( 1 3 0 0 3 )

9) (16) Stefan Dannö, Valsarna, 7p. ( 0 2 0 2 3 )

10) (4) Patrik Dybeck, Gasarna, 6p. ( 0 0 3 1 2 )

11) (15) Stefan Ekberg, Piraterna, 6p. ( 3 2 0 0 1 )

12) (5) Claes Ivarsson, VMS Elit, 5p. ( 3 0 1 T 1 )

13) (6) Kim Jansson, Kaparna, 5p. ( 0 1 2 2 0 )

14) (7) Niklas Karlsson, Piraterna, 4p. ( 1 0 0 3 0 )

15) (11) Magnus Karlsson, Kaparna, 4p. ( 2 1 1 0 0 )

16) (10) Marcus Andersson, Bysarna, 3p. ( 0 0 2 1 0 )

Track reserves:

17) (17) Fredrik Lindgren, Piraterna, 0p. ( - - - 0 - )

18) (18) Benny Johansson, Griparna

 

Peter Karlsson seeded to the Debrecen WC-quarterfinal.

Niklas Klingberg (injured) seeded to Heusden-Zolder.

David Ruud, Peter I Karlsson and Stefan Andersson to Elgane.

Magnus Zetterström to Heusden-Zolder.

Peter Ljung on stand-by if Klingberg is unable to take his place in Belgium.

[rabbit]

Congrats to David Ruud - not surprised at the result the way he's started the season.

 

Well done to Mango in 4th place too...still can't believe this guy doesn't have a British team place. :?

[Crazy Munchie]

well done ruudolf and zorro. Hope that ruudolf continues his good form on monday night and belle vue.

 

im sure we'll see zorro at some point this year rabbit, even if it is in the world championship qualifier final at poole.