Ice Speedway, Ufa

[iris123]

Line up for the meeting at the weekend.Cup of Russia(?)Not too sure of the name as there appears to have been a battle for control of Russian Ice speedway,between 2 motorbike federations.The FIM and UEM seem to have backed the MFR.The word "crisis" has been used,which isn't something you would expect in Russian Ice speedway!Seems also the Saransk meeting the following weekend(Russian semi)has been cancelled due to bad weather.not enough snow!

1.N.Krasnikov

2.J.Kryskin

3.M.Bogdanov

4.D.Karpuhin

5.S.Baltachev

6.S.Kasakov

7.E.Dydykin

8.J.Polikarpov

9.D.Bulankin

10.V.Chapalov

11.A.Arkhipov

12.A.Gavrilkin

13.I.Drozdov

14.I.Kononov

15.A.Selifonov

16.A.Shishegov

17.R.Mustafin

18.E.Kamalov

Edited December 15, 2005 by iris123

[Conkers]

17.R.Mustafin

 

Surely this can't be Rais Mustafin? Is it a relative?

 

To the best of my knowledge, Rais last rode in the late 1980s and was dropped from the 1988 qualifiers after he "upset" the MFR under the Soviet banner.

 

He was in Assen in 2004 with Juri Ivanov, and Vladimir Suchov. Rais was chatting to 2003 Champion Dmitri Bulankin in the pits, whilst the Ivanov and Suchov were chatting with Vitali Khometsevich, the champion elect.

All three must have been pushing 50, but were looking exactly the same as when I last saw them racing.

Edited December 14, 2005 by Conkers

[iris123]

Ruslan Mustafin,conkers.Not too sure on that one.

Seems this one is the MFR Cup.At the same time at Kamensk-Uralsk,the Cup of Russia will be held.Pressumably by the other authority vieing for control of Russian speedway

Edited December 15, 2005 by iris123

[Conkers]

Unless of course he has a son riding?

 

On a different note I see the that the "Blue Beru Power Team" of Beru Spark Plug sponsored riders will be:

 

Günther Bauer (Manager)

 

1.Posa Serenius

2.Stefan PLetschacher

3.Robert Eibl

4.Nikolaj Krasnikov

 

Wonder if Nikolai is still going to be sponsored by Jurgen Baumgarten's JB German Oil too, given the "cool" relationship between their respective companies?

[iris123]

Day 1 results from www.russpeedway.ru

D.Bulankin(3,3,3,3,3)15

I.Drozdov(3,2,3,3,3)14

M.Bogdanov(3,3,2,3,2)13

J.Polikarpov(3,3,1,2,3)12

S.Kozakov(2,3,3,1,1)10

A.Selifonov(2,2,2,2,2)10

S.Arhipov(2,1,2,1,3)9

S.Baltachev(1,1,3,2,1)8

I.Kononov(0,2,0,3,2)7

A.Shishegov(1,2,1,f,2)6

J.Kryskin(2,1,1,0,0)4

D.Karpuhin(1,1,2,0,0)4

A.Galimov(0,0,0,2,1)3

V.Chapalo(0,0,1,1,0)2

E.Dydykin(0,0,0,1,1)2

A.Gavrilkin(1,0,0,0,0)1

 

From the russian report,it seems like pressure was put on Krasnikov before the meeting to withdraw,which he did.The battle between NRMF and MFR goes on it seems.Maybe something lost in the translation though

Edited December 18, 2005 by iris123

[iris123]

M.Bogdanov 13(3,3,3,3,3)28

I.Drozdov 14(3,2,3,2,3)27

D.Bulankin 15(3,2,3,3,ex)26

J.Polikarpov 12(1,3,2,3,2)23

S.Kozakov 10(2,3,2,0,3)20

A.Selifonov 10(0,3,3,2,2,)20

A.Shishegov 6(3,2,2,3,1)17

S.Arhipov 9(2,1,1,2,1)16

S.Baltachev 8(1,2,1,1,1)14

I.Kononov 7(0,0,1,2,2,)12

A.Galimov 3(2,1,0,1,3)10

D.Karpuhin 4(2,1,0,0,2)9

J.Kryskin 4(1,1,2,1,0)9

V.Chapalo 2(0,0,1,0,1)4

E.Dydykin 2)0,0,0,1,0)3

A.Gavrilkin 1(1,0,0,0,0)2

 

Bulankin was excluded in his last and deciding heat for crossing the inside line of the track

Edited December 18, 2005 by iris123