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Keittiöpiste were crowned as the finnish league champions today at Seinäjoki. They only needed to win Seinäjoki, they were ahead in heta points so much that it would have been enough. And they did it.

 

A couple of very brave and gutsy rides by Juha Mäkelä and Juha Hautamäki made the difference. First Mäkelä beat Kaj Laukkanen from the tapes in heat seven, and was later able to defend his points against Tomi Reima in heat 11. The move that practicly decided the championship was made by Hautamäki in heat 16, when he was outgated by Eriksson. Hautamäki wasn't that far off in the middle of the first bend, and exiting the corner he was on the outside of Eriksson. Instead of shutting the throttle he dived through a gap that wasn't there between Eriksson and the fence, and gave Keittiöpiste a 2 point lead to go with in the deciding heats. Then Kenny Olsson beat Eriksson in heat 17, and Hautamäki needed just one point from heat 18.

 

Kim Jansson was the best rider of the weekend, scored 14 from 5 today.

 

KOTKAT 36

Kaj Laukkanen 32233 13

Robert Eriksson 23322 12

Patrik Järnstam 1121 5

Rene Lehtinen 3111 6

 

KEITTIÖPISTE 37

Juha Hautamäki 22331 11

Kenny Olsson 13323 12

Juha Mäkelä 2322 9

Teemu Lahti 21T2 5

 

LEIJONAHAUKAT 33

Tomi Reima 1213 7

Kim Jansson 33332 14

Rikard Sedelius 32211 9

Kalle Kivistö 1101 3

 

SNAILS 1

Jani Eerikäinen 00100 1

Toni Stenberg 00000 0

 

Erä erältä:

1. Laukkanen, Hautamäki, Reima, Eerikäinen 62,76

2. Jansson, Eriksson, Olsson, Stenberg 63,97

3. Sedelius, Mäkelä, Järnstam 64,46

4. Lehtinen, Lahti, Kivistö 64,95

5. Olsson, Reima, Lehtinen 65,07

6. Eriksson, Sedelius, Lahti, Eerikäinen 64,67

7. Mäkelä, Laukkanen, Kivistö, Stenberg 65,71

8. Jansson, Hautamäki, Lehtinen 63,76

9. Jansson, Laukkanen, Lahti d 63,38

10. Hautamäki, Sedelius, Lehtinen, Stenberg 64,18

11. Eriksson, Mäkelä, Reima 65,16

12. Olsson, Järnstam, Eerikäinen, Kivistö 65,65

13. Reima, Lahti, Järnstam, Stenberg 65,45

14. Jansson, Mäkelä, Lehtinen, Eerikäinen 63,50

15. Laukkanen, Olsson, Sedelius 63,09

16. Hautamäki, Eriksson, Kivistö 64,68

17. Olsson, Eriksson, Sedelius, Stenberg 64,91

18. Laukkanen, Jansson, Hautamäki, Eerikäinen 63,34

[f-s-p]

Last round of the Finnish 1st division was raced last weekend at Lahti. Forssa was the best, but Seinäjoki won the series. I have no further info, it's been kept under wraps pretty well...

 

Forssa 33

Aarni Heikkilä 14

Ari Tuomisto 5

Janne Nyman 14

 

Seinäjoki 29

Toni Stenberg 7

Harri Nieminen 12

Petteri Koivunen 10

 

Vaasa 27

Mikko Rahko 14

Timo Villanen 5

Tero Villanen 8

 

Lahti 18

Jarno Lindström 5

Vesa Hyyryläinen 0

Kalle Kivistö 13

 

Pori 11

Petri Koskela 2

Jouni Viljanen 9

 

Final standings

SEINÄJOKI 29

FORSSA 22

VAASA 20

KAUHAJOKI 18

LAHTI 16

PORI 15

[Workington/Torun Zuzel]

Thanks for that news F-S-P

 

Do you know if it is possible to obtain any Finnish Speedway meetings on DVD or video???

 

Kiitos

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There's been a camera crew at the league round in Pori in early May, Kauhajoki Speedway in June, Nordic Longtrack a few weeks ago, the finnish final in July... Maybe a couple of more?

 

The Pori one was done by students, and they didn't have the time to make it ready before the holiday's. They're back on it now I believe. The others have been by this fellow Aleksi Mäkinen, who's trying to keep a finnish website with all kind of info www.speedway.fi

 

That very website has the here: http://www.speedway.fi/kauppa.php where you can buy a steelshoe to wear around your neck. They are made by Jyri Palomäki, a TOP6 rider in Finland who's gonna become a goldsmith in a year.

 

When the DVD's are out, I'll post about it.

[Workington/Torun Zuzel]

Cheers F-S-P for all the info.

 

Also many thanks for all your postings from Finland throughout the season which have been excellent and invaluable to anyone interested in Suomi Speedway

 

Kiitos

[f-s-p]

Cheers F-S-P for all the info.

 

Also many thanks for all your postings from Finland throughout the season which have been excellent and invaluable to anyone interested in Suomi Speedway

 

Kiitos 

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No worries!

 

There's a couple of individual meetings to go, Seinäjoki speedway today and Kemppi speedway tomorrow. Then I'll take a couple of weeks break from speedway and concentrate on finding a job.

 

Next year I hope to keep it up, possibly get a bit faster with theposting if I get my hands on some portable gadgets!

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Kaj Laukkanen won the Seinäjoki speedway last saturday and Tomi Reima took home the welding machine from the Kemppi speedway last sunday. Only 14 riders at Seinäjoki and 9 at Lahti.

 

Both of these meetings have traditions going back to the late seventies, and it's imnportant that the tradition doesn't break. Kemppi is a local factory at Lahti, and has always sponsored the winner with a brand new welding machine.

 

Seinäjoki:

1. Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 15 +3

2. Rene Lehtinen SeMK 14 +2

3. Tero Aarnio KMMK 12+2+1

4. Marko Suojanen PMK 13+3+0

5. Markku Autio KauhjMK 9+1

6. Petri Koskela PMK 11+T

7. Janne Nyman FMS 9

8. Aki-Pekka Mustonen VRT 8

9. Kalle Kivistö SsMK 8

10. Jan-Erk Korkeamäki KauhjMK 6

11. Toni Stenberg KMMK 5

12. Juho Ruuska HjMK 4

13. Pasi Mattila KMS 3

14. Reino Koivuluoma KauhjMK 2

 

Lahti:

1. Tomi Reima SsMK

2. Tero Aarnio KMMK

3. Jyri Palomäki NASSJÖ

4. Teemu Lahti KMMK

5. Aarni Heikkilä FMS

6. Ilmo Suutari HeMK

7. Kalle Kivistö SsMK

8. Toni Stenberg KMMK

9. Janne Nyman FMS

 

http://www.kemppi.fi

[f-s-p]

Our very own Track Racing Parliament will be held on the 19th of November. That's when next year's dates for the qualifiers and finals here in Finland will be announced. On the same day there will be a meeting discussing next year's league speedway. Both of these are annual events with the league meetings taking place 2-4 times a year. But that's when I (or anyone except the "big man") will know more about the dates and nominations for 2007. That info will be given to everyone over here on a thread called... tada-da-dadda-daa!!!

 

Finnish News for 2007!!!

 

This is still this year though, and I heard on tuesday that Kaj Laukkanen has said in his home town newspaper that he's moving to England next year with his newly wed wife. And that is to ride speedway. So there is still some hope yet in Laukkanen.

 

(I'm with you AndyM on matters concerning SpeedyK)

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Statistics from the Finnish 1st division from last summer. I havent received (still) all the results, but this much I have gathered.

 

21.5 Pori/PMK

Vaasa 35(Mikko Rahko 18, Tero Villanen 8, Jonne Perälä 9), Lahti 24 (Sami Lahti 11, Kalle Kivistö 13), Kauhajoki 21 (Juho Ruuska 9, J-E Korkeamäki 10, Pasi Räsänen 2), Pori 20 (Petri Meritähti 4, Jouni Viljanen 2, Marko Suojanen, 14), Forssa 8 (Janne Nyman 7, Jani Eerikäinen 1)

 

28.5. Seinäjoki/SeMK

Seinäjoki 35 (Petteri Koivunen 12, Mikko Koskinen 11, Pekka Valo 12), Forssa 24 (Janne Nyman 10, Ari Tuomisto 3, Aarni Heikkilä 11), Lahti 23 (Kalle Kivistö 11, Vesa Hyyryläinen 1, Marko Suojanen 11), Pori 21 (Jari Mäkinen 15, Petri Meritähti 6, Jouni Viljanen 0), Kauhajoki 16 (Markku Autio 4, Juho Ruuska 5, Jan-Erik Korkeamäki 7)

 

15.7. Hyvinkää/FMS

Seinäjoki 30 (Toni Stenberg 5, Petteri Koivunen 13, Panu Karvonen 12), Kauhajoki 28 (J-E Korkeamäki 11, Markku Autio 17, Reino Koivuluoma 0), Forssa 24 (Markus Helin 6, Ari Tuomisto 5, Janne Nyman 13), Vaasa 21 (Timo Villanen 9, Tero Villanen 8, Jonne Perälä 4), Lahti 17 (Kalle Kivistö 14, Markku Weckman 2, Vesa Hyyryläinen 1)

 

30.7. Kauhajoki/ KauhjMK

Seinäjoki 39 (Harri Nieminen 16, Petteri Koivunen 12, Panu Karvonen 11), Vaasa 31 (Tero Villanen 10, Jonne Perälä 3, Mikko Rahko 18), Kauhajoki 26 (Olli Heikkilä 3, J-E Korkeamäki 14, Markku Autio 9), Pori 17 (Tomi Kauppi 7, Petri Meritähti 4, Jouni Viljanen 6), Lahti 7 (Markku Weckman 6, Vesa Hyyryläinen 1, Jarmo Lindström 0)

 

20.8. Seinäjoki/ VaMK

Seinäjoki 38 (Mikko Koskinen 9, Harri Nieminen 15, Petteri Koivunen 14), Forssa 28 (Janne Nyman 8, Ari Tuomisto 7, Aarni Heikkilä 13), Pori 20 (Marko Suojanen 18, Petri Meritähti 0, Jouni Viljanen 2), Kauhajoki 17 (Olli Heikkilä 0, Juho Ruuska 7, Markku Autio 10), Vaasa 16 (Timo Villanen 9, Jonne Perälä 4, Reino Koivuluoma 3)

 

10.9. Lahti/SsMK

Forssa 33 (Aarni Heikkilä 14, Ari Tuomisto 5, Janne Nyman 14), Seinäjoki 29 (Toni Stenberg 7, Harri Nieminen 12, Petteri Koivunen 10), Vaasa 27 (Mikko Rahko 14, Timo Villanen 5, Tero Villanen 8), Lahti 18 (Jarno Lindström 5, Vesa Hyyryläinen 0, Kalle Kivistö 13), Pori 11 (Petri Koskela 2, Jouni Viljanen 9)

 

Top scorers!

Team... Rider name meetings/points

Vaasa: Mikko Rahko 3/50, Tero Villanen 4/34

Lahti: Kalle Kivistö 4/51

Kauhajoki: Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 4/42

Pori: Marko Suojanen 3/43

Forssa: Janne Nyman 5/52 Aarni Heikkilä 3/38

Seinäjoki: Petteri Koivunen 5/61 Panu Karvonen 2/23

 

Team...M...+/-...P

Seinäjoki...5...171...29

Forssa...5...117...21

Vaasa...5...130...20

Kauhajoki...5...108...18

Lahti...5...89...15

Pori...5...89...14

Edited October 5, 2006 by f-s-p

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Statistics from the Finnish 80cc league from last summer. I havent received (still) all the results (as in resultsheets/complete results), but this much I have gathered.

 

28.5. Seinäjoki/SeMK

Häjyt 43 (Jarkko Palmi 15, Mika Loppi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 14), Snails 34 (Timo Lahti 12, Tomi Lahti 10, Ville Wasenius 12), Team RAM-AIR 18 (Jukka Nieminen 7, Jiri Nieminen 6, Toni Hemmilä 5), JunioriHaukat 15 (Eero Sankala 4, Vikke Kuhanen 7, Miikka Hyyryläinen 4), Hukat 9 (Reima Heikkilä 2, Mika Tuomisto 2, Jari Tapani 5)

 

5.8. Varkaus/VRT

Häjyt 43 (Mika Loppi 14, Jarkko Palmi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 15), Snails 35 (Timo Lahti 13, Ville Wasenius 10, Kalle Katajisto 12), Team RAM-AIR 19 (Jukka Nieminen 11, Toni Hemmilä 2, Miro Laine 6), JunioriHaukat 16 (Miikka Hyyryläinen 6, Eetu Neuvonen 6, Vikke Kuhanen 4), Hukat 7 (Reima Heikkilä 1, Mika Tuomisto 1, Jari Tapani 5)

 

6.8. Pori/FMS

Snails 39+3 (Tomi Lahti 7, Timo Lahti 15, Kalle Katajisto 17+3), Häjyt 39+2 (Mika Loppi 13, Jarkko Palmi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 12+2), Hukat 16 (Reima Heikkilä 3, Mika Tuomisto 2, Jari Tapani 11), Team RAM-AIR 13 (Jukka Nieminen 6, Jiri Nieminen 5, Miro Laine 2), JunioriHaukat 12 (Miikka Hyyryläinen 3, Eero Sankala 3, Eetu Neuvonen 6)

 

9.9. Lahti/SsMK

Snails 43 (Timo Lahti 13, Appe Mustonen 15, Kalle Katajisto 15), Häjyt 40 (Mika Loppi 14, Jarkko Palmi 8, Niko Siltaniemi 18), Team RAM-AIR 20 (Jukka Nieminen 10, Jiri Nieminen 4, Toni Hemmilä 6), JunioriHaukat 11 (Eetu Neuvonen 1, Miikka Hyyryläinen 6, Vikke Kuhanen 4), Hukat 5 (Reima Heikkilä 0, Mika Tuomisto 0, Jari Tapani 5)

 

10.9. Lahti/SsMK

Snails 43 (Timo Lahti 14, Appe Mustonen 12, Kalle Katajisto 17), Häjyt 41 (Mika Loppi 12, Jarkko Palmi 14, Niko Siltaniemi 15), Team RAM-AIR 21 (Jukka Nieminen 8, Jiri Nieminen 6, Toni Hemmilä 7), JunioriHaukat 8 (Eetu Neuvonen 5, Miikka Hyyryläinen 2, Vikke Kuhanen 1), Hukat 6 (Reima Heikkilä 0, Mika Tuomisto 1, Jari Tapani 5)

 

Scorers:

Team...Rider name...meetings/points

Häjyt: Jarkko Palmi 5/65, Mika Loppi 5/67, Niko Siltaniemi 5/74

Snails: Timo Lahti 5/67, Tomi Lahti 2/17, Ville Wasenius 2/22, Kalle Katajisto 4/61, Appe Mustonen 2/27

RAM-AIR: Jukka Nieminen 5/42, Jiri Nieminen 4/21, Toni Hemmilä 4/20, Miro Laine 2/8

JunioriHaukat: Eero Sankala 2/7, Vikke Kuhanen 4/16, Miikka Hyyryläinen 5/21, Eetu Neuvonen 4/18

Hukat: Reima Heikkilä 5/6, Mika Tuomisto 5/6, Jari Tapani 5/31

 

Sarjan tulokset:

Team, Club...M...+/-...P

Snails, VRT...5...194...28

Häjyt, SeMK...5...206...27

Team RAM-AIR, SsMK...5...91...19

Juniorihaukat, SsMK... 5...62...14

Hukat, FMS...5...43...12

Edited October 5, 2006 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

This is the last post to this thread. Here are the detailed results from the 19th Seinäjoki Speedway 16.9.2006.

 

Kaj Laukkanen 33333 15

Rene Lehtinen 33233 14

Marko Suojanen 32332 13

Tero Aarnio 23322 12

Petri Koskela 32231 11

Markku Autio 13113 9

Janne Nyman 21222 9

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 12320 8

Kalle Kivistö 22211 8

Jan-Erk Korkeamäki 21120 6

Toni Stenberg 01013 5

Juho Ruuska 10111 4

Pasi Mattila 10002 3

Reino Koivuluoma 0R101 2

 

Erä erältä:

1. Suojanen, Nyman, Mustonen, Stenberg 66,42

2. Laukkanen, Korkeamäki, Ruuska, Koivuluoma 64,47

3. Koskela, Kivistö, Autio 66,16

4. Lehtinen, Aarnio, Mattila 65,70

5. Autio, Mustonen, Korkeamäki, Mattila 67,99

6. Lehtinen, Koskela, Nyman, Koivuluoma R 65,76

7. Aarnio, Kivistö, Stenberg, Ruuska 66,39

8. Laukkanen, Suojanen 65,06

9. Mustonen, Kivistö, Koivuluoma 70,34

10. Aarnio, Nyman, Korkeamäki, 66,54

11. Laukkanen, Lehtinen, Autio, Stenberg 65,11

12. Suojanen, Koskela, Ruuska, Mattila 67,26

13. Lehtinen, Mustonen, Ruuska 65,31

14. Laukkanen, Nyman, Kivistö 65,31

15. Koskela, Korkeamäki, Stenberg 67,71

16. Suojanen, Aarnio, Autio, Koivuluoma 66,71

17. Laukkanen, Aarnio, Koskela, Mustonen 64,73

18. Autio, Nyman, Ruuska 69,06

19. Stenberg, Mattila, Koivuluoma 72,06

20. Lehtinen, Suojanen, Kivistö, Korkeamäki 65,09

Semifinaali: Suojanen, Aarnio, Autio, Koskela T 65,90

Finaali: Laukkanen, Lehtinen, Aarnio, Suojanen 63,63

 

Here is the detailed results from the 2006 Kemppi Speedway.

 

Tomi Reima 3333 12

Tero Aarnio 2233 10

Jyri Palomäki 3322 10

Teemu Lahti 3321 9

Aarni Heikkilä 2113 7

Ilmo Suutari 1222 7

Kalle Kivistö 1132 7

Toni Stenberg 0210 3

Janne Nyman 0011 2

 

Erä erältä:

1. Lahti, Heikkilä, Suutari, Stenberg

2. Palomäki

3. Reima, Aarnio, Kivistö, Nyman

4. Palomäki, Suutari, Kivistö, Nyman

5. Reima, Stenberg

6. Lahti, Aarnio, Heikkilä

7. Kivistö, Suutari, Stenberg

8. Reima, Palomäki, Heikkilä

9. Aarnio, Lahti, Nyman

10. Aarnio, Suutari

11. Heikkilä, Kivistö, Nyman

12. Reima, Palomäki, Lahti, Stenberg

Semifinaali: Aarnio, Lahti, Heikkilä, Suutari

Finaali: Reima, Aarnio, Palomäki, Lahti

 

Kauniskangas Open from Haapajärvi is the only 500cc competition that hasn't been posted on here. I'm trying all the time to get the results, and if I get them, they will be posted here and here..

 

See You in Finnish News for 2007!

Edited December 4, 2006 by f-s-p