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[f-s-p]

All the heats now online from Seinäjoki.

[f-s-p]

The U19 EC semifinal 2 at Seinäjoki this saturday, first heat 15.00 local time.

 

5+1 go through to the final in Chestochowa, Poland August 19th.

 

Riders confirmed so far:

1. Tomas H. Jonasson, Ruotsi

2. Linus Eklöf, Ruotsi

3. , Tanska

4. , Tanska

5. , Tanska

6. Robin Aspegren, Ruotsi

7. , Tanska

8. Simon Gustafsson, Ruotsi

9. Teemu Lahti, Suomi

10. Robert Petterson, Ruotsi

11. Jari Mäkinen, Suomi

12. , Tanska

13. Billy Forsberg, Ruotsi

14. , Tanska

15. Kalle Katajisto, Suomi

16. , Tanska

17. Appe Mustonen, Suomi

18. Markku Autio, Suomi

 

I'm hoping to someday do live updates, but this is not the meeting to start with. I'm there taking pictures and hopefully assisting with filming and even interviews. I've offered my services to a m8 who does it, havent received a reply yet. I'd say the first place to look for the results is the JMS website about 6 hours after the start. Pictures online sunday evening earliest (not taking any pressure )

[iris123]

Well done Nicolai

[f-s-p]

EDIT: Juul Larsen just fell a couple of placings, I had miscalculated his points total.

 

Nicolai Klindt 33333 15

Linus Sundström 23233 13+3

Tomas H Jonasson 32332 13+2

Patrick Hougaard 32322 12

Anders Andersen 13313 11

Klaus Jacobsen 22222 10

Simon Gustavsson 03F33 9

Jonas Raun 32d01 6

Jari Mäkinen 11121 6

Kalle Katajisto 20120 5

Linus Eklöf d12R2 5

Peter Juul Larsen 1121N 5

Robert Pettersson 20011 4

Teemu Lahti 01101 3

Markki Autio 00110 2

Appe Mustonen 100F0 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. JOnasson, Jakobsen, Larsen, Eklöf d 64,41

2. Klindt, Sundström, Andersen, Gustavsson 63,20

3. Raun, Petterson, Mäkinen, Lahti 63,20

4. Hougaard, Katajisto, Mustonen, Autio 63,97

5. Klindt, Jonasson, Lahti, Autio 62,77

6. Sundström, Hougaard, Eklöf, Petterson 63,50

7. Andersen, Jakobsen, Mäkinen, Katajisto 64,67

8. Gustavsson, Raun, Larsen, Mustonen 63,41

9. Jonasson, Sundström, Mäkinen, Mustonen 64,33

10. Klindt, Eklöf, Katajisto, Raun d 62,59

11. Hougaard, Jakobsen, Lahti, Gustafsson F 64,22

12. Andersen, Larsen, Autio, Petterson 64,60

13. Jonasson, Hougaard, Andersen, Raun 63,95

14. Gustafsson, Mäkinen, Autio, Eklöf R 64,57

15. Klindt, Jakobsen, Petterson, Mustonen F 61,64

16. Sundström, Katajisto, Larsen, Lahti 65,68

17. Gustafsson, Jonasson, Pettersson, Katajisto 64,59

18. Andersen, Eklöf, Lahti, Mustonen 64,53

19. Sundström, Jakobsen, Raun, Autio 63,85

20. Klindt, Hougaard, Mäkinen, Larsen N 63,74

Uusinta: Sundström, Jonasson 64,13

Crowd: 320

 

Klindt rode 61,64 in heat 15 which is faster than anyone since 2004 when Laukkanen did the track record on his GP bikes on a very soft track. Track was now good alltough a hole between turns 1 and 2 caused a lot of action.

 

Jari rode well, he did what he could. The meeting was filmed by speedway.fi and a "real" TV camera and a 10 minute insert should air next wednesday I think here in Finland. I'll try and get it youtubed or something. The opening night of the meeting in the internet wont happen until July, because of some internet service provider limitations. I am hoping to get some of Jaris heats to the JMS website but we'll see about that.

 

Good meeting, very hot day, clear winner, Gustavsson ruined his chances all by himself. Had the wrong setup for the first, then fell while second on the last lap and finally Jonasson let him win his last one but it wasn't enough.

Edited June 10, 2007 by f-s-p

[iris123]

Pretty good performance from Kalle considering he is only a few months into his 500cc career.Would have expected more from Jonas though

[f-s-p]

Pretty good performance from Kalle considering he is only a few months into his 500cc career.Would have expected more from Jonas though

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Kalle's gating is terrible... There's no other word for it. Reactions are great but he doesnt really know what to do next. Need's a lot of practise. Raun was a disappointment yes.

Edited June 9, 2007 by f-s-p

[iris123]

Kalle's gating is terrible... There's no other word for it. Reactions are great but he doesnt really know what to do next. Need's a lot of practise. Raun was a disappointment yes.

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Are you meaning just today(big meeting nerves,maybe)or the season so far?I mean he has been scoring impressively so is he always giving everyone a start and coming from behind?

And that is a very impressive heat time from Nicolai when you compare it to the other heats

[f-s-p]

Today for starters... He seemed a bit quiet when I spoke with him after the meeting, there might have been some nerves involved... Maybe it was just the "big meeting"...

[f-s-p]

30th Kemppi Speedway, Lahti 10.6.2007

Tomi Reima 3333 12

Teemu Lahti 3233 11

Petri Koskela 1331 8

Kalle Katajisto 2312 8

Janne Nyman 2222 8

Aarni Heikkilä 1213 7

 

Joni Kitala 2102 5

Jouni Viljanen 3R10 4

Kalle Kivistö F121 4

Toni Stenberg dF21 3

Markku Weckman 1000 1

Heikki Tapani dN00 0

1. Lahti, Katajisto, Heikkilä, Stenberg d 66,75

2. Reima, Nyman, Koskela, Kivistö F 68,07

3. Viljanen, Kitala, Weckman, Tapani d 72,69

4. Katajisto, Nyman, Kitala, Viljanen R 66,97

5. Reima, Lahti, Kivistö, Weckman 67,68

6. Koskela, Heikkilä, Stenberg F, Tapani N 68,34

7. Lahti, Kivistö, Katajisto, Kitala 66,63

8. Reima, Nyman, Heikkilä, Weckman (time missing)

9. Koskela, Stenberg, Viljanen, Tapani 69,47

10. Reima, Katajisto, Koskela, Tapani 65,94

11. Heikkilä, Kitala, Kivistö, Viljanen 69,44

12. Lahti, Nyman, Stenberg, Weckman 67,19

Semifinaali: Katajisto, Heikkilä, Koskela, Nyman N 67,56

Finaali: Reima, Lahti, Katajisto, Heikkilä 65,97

 

The late Kenny Olsson rode for Keittiöpiste in the Finnish Extraliiga and his good friend Emil Lindqvist for Kopparberg Speedway. Rumours are out saying Lindqvist is set to retire, but there's no confirmation to this yet...

[f-s-p]

The 53rd Finnish final next sunday at Kuusankoski

 

Quali 1: Kalle Kivistö, Toni Stenberg, Mika Vuoristo

Quali 2: Juho Ruuska, Janne Nyman, Aarni Heikkilä

 

Quali heat winners will take numbers 15 and 16, second placed riders become reserves.

 

1. Teemu Lahti

2. Kalle Katajisto

3. Juha Hautamäki

4. Markku Autio

5. Kaj Laukkanen

6. Jyri Palomäki

7. Marko Suojanen

8. Tero Aarnio

9. Petteri Koivunen

10. Joni Keskinen

11. Aki- Pekka Mustonen

12 Tomi Reima

13. Rene Lehtinen

14. Juha Mäkelä

15. Karsinta 1 voittaja

16. Karsinta 2 voittaja

17. Karsinta 1 toinen

18. Karsinta 2 toinen

[f-s-p]

The weather prognosis has been getting better and better as the week has progressed and now shows cloudy but no chance of rain for sunday.

 

Excellent! It's been raining a bit or quite a lot depending where you live over here but that's only a good ting since saturday should be a clear day too so the track will be well watered.

[f-s-p]

Juha Hautamäki is the new Finnish Individual Speedway Champion!

 

Juha Hautamäki 33333 15

Kaj Laukkanen 33323 14

Jyri Palomäki 23232 12

Rene Lehtinen 12332 11

Teemu Lahti 22123 10

Tomi Reima 23T31 9

Kalle Katajisto 11223 9

Joni Keskinen 32201 8

Niklas Karlsson 31112 8

Markku Autio 02320 7

Juha Mäkelä 2R2R1 5

Janne Nyman 11012 5

Marko Suojanen R011T 2

Petteri Koivunen 011-- 2

Tero Aarnio 1M--- 1

Appe Mustonen 00010 1

Toni Stenberg 000 0

Aarni Heikkilä DNS

 

Erä erältä:

1. Hautamäki, Lahti, Katajisto, Autio 62,69

2. Laukkanen, Palomäki, Aarnio, Suojanen R 61,13 new track record

3. Keskinen, Reima, Lehtinen, Koivunen 64,09

4. Karlsson, Mäkelä, Nyman, Mustonen 65,08

5. Laukkanen, Lahti, Koivunen, Mustonen 61,08 new track record

6. Palomäki, Keskinen, Katajisto, Mäkelä R 64,28

7. Hautamäki, Lehtinen, Karlsson, Suojanen 62,34

8. Reima, Autio, Nyman, Stenberg 64,65

9. Lehtinen, Palomäki, Lahti, Nyman 62,73

10. Laukkanen, Katajisto, Karlsson, Reima T 60,58 new track record

11. Hautamäki, Mäkelä, Koivunen, Stenberg 62,04

12. Autio, Keskinen, Suojanen, Mustonen 64,82

13. Reima, Lahti, Suojanen, Mäkelä R 62,17

14. Lehtinen, Katajisto, Mustonen, Stenberg 64,32

15. Hautamäki, Laukkanen, Nyman, Keskinen 62,18

16. Palomäki, Autio, Karlsson 65,68

17. Lahti, Karlsson, Keskinen, Stenberg 63,51

18. Katajisto, Karlsson, Suojanen T 66,53

19. Hautamäki, Palomäki, Reima, Mustonen 62,98

20. Laukkanen, Lehtinen, Mäkelä, Autio 60,71

Crowd 312

Edited June 17, 2007 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

Some comments from yesterday:

 

Juha Hautamäki won it, fair and square. He met Laukkanen in heat 15 when both riders were on 12 points. Hautamäki had blue and Laukkanen yellow. I have a pretty good series of pictures from the 10 m line to the middle of the backstraight. They turn in with Laukkanen slightly in front, but he drifts wide. In the middle of the turn Hautamäki first locks a bit and then lifts abit and Laukkanen lifts on the outside just fractions of a second later. Entering backstraight Hautamäki takes the lead and manage's to prododuce a lead of some 20 metres at one stage. On lap three Laukkanen manages to get his act back together and comes via the inside line to challenge Hautamäki again, but cant pass.

 

Laukkanen was the fastest all day when it come's to times. His four heat wins were all under the last track record of 61,7 +/- 0,3 s . But that just wasn't enough. Laukkanen pretty much blamed the track prep for his loss and said his motor touched the track because of the grooves and it cost him the championship. He said he's booked to ride in Berwick late this month and when the new averages come out he thinks he can get a new team place in the UK. I asked him whether he's dropping down to premiere he said he wouldn't necessarily call it dropping down. He has everything (except a team spot) sorted until the end of the season and plans to keep his base in Manchester. All the qualifiers are now insight and he said that the way he's riding at the moment someone will surely give him a chance. He looked in good physical condition and seemed very confident about the remainder of the season.

 

Just for some reason his avg in all the big leagues (Elitserien, Elite, Polish 1st) were around 5 (+/-0,4) last week when I did the math.

Edited June 18, 2007 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

Oh come on you people, isn't it enough that iris123 gets 20% more views for his news from Germany (like they have any good riders! ) but a hundred have seen the Championship results and havent bothered to comment!

 

 

Jari Mäkinen and Tero Aarnio are riding in Wittstock next saturday.

[Bavarian]

Where was Kylmäkorpi ?

[f-s-p]

Where was Kylmäkorpi ?

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Not bothered probably. Was riding in Sweden in a grasstrack meeting the day before. Kauko Nieminen would have missed two meetings in the UK (originally at least) if he would have fllew over. The fact is that no promoter gives a flying duck if you're the Finnish Champ. But if you miss a meeting in the league over in UK youre crusified.

 

The Finnish Indivual Championship is an expense when you think about it in a bigger scheme of things, not much more for a pro rider.

[iris123]

Oh come on you people, isn't it enough that iris123 gets 20% more views for his news from Germany (like they have any good riders! ) but a hundred have seen the Championship results and havent bothered  to comment! 

Jari Mäkinen and Tero Aarnio are riding in Wittstock next saturday.

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I generally look in,but let's be honest Finnish speedway is boring compared to German

Plus people know i only post when there is some news,not just because a rider has got a cold or brought some new boots

Can't believe you have worked that out though.And didn't Kalle do well?Did you explain what happened to Aarnio?

Edited June 20, 2007 by iris123

[Dekker]

Any worth a shot in PL?

[f-s-p]

86 posts in German News and 3900 views. Thats 45 per post. I've had 36 per post... I've been looking at this for a few months now. Not that it REALLY bothers me but I have taken notice.

 

Both of Aarnio's engine's died on him. According to his mechanic the pistons took contact with the bore (dont know the term in english) and they were finished. Now a story is telling (I'd say reliable) he went out and bought a brand new JRM and scored 12 from 5 today. He has some real issues with his equipment. I guess he just hasn't always known whats really best for him.

 

Katajisto is now 15 and just learning the trade. Dont know about his english but I'd keep him here growing up for a year or two more.

[Anders]

Any worth a shot in PL?

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BTW, what would a Finnish rider get as a starting average in Premier League? 5.00 if he has no experience of top league action in Poland or Sweden, am I correct?

 

Well, I'm going to write something that will surely make f-s-p's day...

I have seen Jari Mäkinen a couple of times, this afternoon I saw him in a league match for the first time, riding for Team Canvac against Nässjö (in Nässjö) in the Swedish Division 1 league. He definitely looked to to be the most talented rider on show, a stylish rider with good control on the bike. However, IMO he would probably need a couple of seasons in the Allsvenskan league before considering a Premier League season.

 

I'm also a bit of a fan of Juha Hautamäki, possibly because he has ridden my home track Vetlanda very well on several occasions. I think he would be able to hold his average as a 5.00 second string.

 

Over to you f-s-p!