DutchGrasstrack Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Ohh noooooooooooooooo Damn Ivanov 14 tjaicka 13 zorn 12+3 simon 12+2 tsatshin 12+1 laguta 10 lehtinen 9 roth 9 tuinstra 7 holstein 7 kontoniemi 4 Olsen 4 Åström 4 lundqvist 2 posh 1 Halsall 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 So it looks like Johnny will be the Wild Card for Assen then. Interesting that both the riders who do Speedway and Ice Racing (Danil Ivanov/Grigory Laguta) have both gone through. I told you last week that we are rubbish at this predictions lark, but would you listen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) I told you last week that we are rubbish at this predictions lark, but would you listen? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well i did get the 6 right.Just not in the right order That is a big improvement for me. Well done Dmitri Tschatschin! And i see Germany have announced their team for Krasnogorsk G.Bauer D.Tschatschin M.Niedermaier Surprised no Stefan Pletschacher after this weekends performance,but there you go.Bring the youngsters on Edited January 13, 2008 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Joni Kontoniemi scored 4 points in his second ice racing meeting, ever, in Saalfelden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 f-s-p Posted Today, 07:18 PM Joni Kontoniemi scored 4 points in his second ice racing meeting, ever, in Saalfelden I think that counts as quite an achievement considering that there were so many more experienced riders there. Have you spoken to Aakko yet? Hoping that his reserve spot will be as productive as last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 I think that counts as quite an achievement considering that there were so many more experienced riders there. Have you spoken to Aakko yet? Hoping that his reserve spot will be as productive as last year? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The cheap bugger that I am I'm waiting for next weekend for the Finnish final where I'll see people worth 6 pages.... I heard that the fall he took... He gated in to the lead, hit something in the track, bike jumped and that was it. It was his easiest heat on saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Joni Kontoniemi scored 4 points in his second ice racing meeting, ever, in Saalfelden. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Tschatschin qualified for Inzell in just his second meeting back in 2005.Although then there were quali's before the semi's.Plus i don't think Max Niedermaier had much more than that(if any more)when he qualified for the GPs last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schumi Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Interview with Mark Uzzell. Thanks entirely to iris123. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarabanko Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Interview with Mark Uzzell. Thanks entirely to iris123. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very good interwiev!! Thanks Mikael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Indeed, very good interview . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Thanks guys and thanks to Mark for agreeing to it and for the great answers Even i am a bit stunned at how long it takes to do a back tyre See the heat details from Saalfelden.Franky had a big crash in his first heat.Then won his other 4 heats plus the run-off on his reserve bike! Edited January 14, 2008 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Starting Line ups for Flims: Swiss Open Championship - 18/1/2008: 1. Roger Newton GB 2. Robert Irving GB 3. Roland Winkler CH 4. Simon Gartmann CH 5. Dirk Fricke CH 6. Philip Weiss CH 7. Mario Schwaiger A 8. Josef Kreuzberger A 9. Peter Jansson S 10. Thomas Cavigelli CH 11. Heinz Göldi CH 12. Christof Kirchner D 13. Zdzislaw Zerdzinski Pol 14. Lukas Rösti CH 15. Mark Uzzell GB 16. Piotr Hejnowski Pol 17. Dennis van der Tang NL Golden Spike Qualification 1. Grzegorz Knapp Pol 2. Jan Klatovsky CzR 3. Martin Posch CH 4. 3rd in Swiss Championship CH 5. Best Non-Swiss Rider 6. 4th in Swiss Championship 7. Martin Leitner A 8. Stefan Pletschacher D Golden Spike - 19.1.2008 1. Johnny Tuinstra NL 2. Max Niedermaier D 3. 1st in Qualification ? 4. Andreas Roth D 5. Harald Simon A 6. Johann Bruckner A 7. 1st In Swiss Championship CH 8. 2nd In Swiss Championsjip CH 9. Sven Holstein NL 10. René Stellingwerf NL 11. Günther Bauer D 12. Dmitri Tschatschin D 13. 2nd in Qualification 14. Antonin Klatovsky CzR 15. 3rd in Qualification 16. 4th in Qualification Bearing in mind there are only 5 Swiss riders in the Swiss Championship, at least four of them will get a ride on Friday and Saturday. Good Luck to Roger, Rob and Mark. Roger spoke to me yesterday and he sets off for Flims on Tuesday to meet Rob and on to Switzerland. This is the only round of the Golden Spike in 2008, after Erfurt is off, and the St. Johann and Steingaden clubs decided against running it, prefering to run their own meetings. Also if you are going to Assen, this is the current ticket situation: FRIDAY 7th MARCH 2008 - INTERNATIONAL RACE • Stands (all places) € 10,-- • Standing place à € 5,-- • Standing place children under 12 à € 2,-- SATURDAY 8th MARCH 2008 - WC FINAL • Grandstand A à € 27,-- Sold out • Stand B (2nd bend)à € 27,-- Sold out • Standing place à € 19,-- • Standing place children under 12 à € 5,-- SUNDAY 9th MARCH 2008 - WC FINAL • Grandstand A à € 27,-- Sold out • Stand B (2nd bend) à € 27,-- • Standing place à € 19,-- • Standing place children under 12 à € 5,-- Edited January 14, 2008 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) Also if you are going to Assen, this is the current ticket situation: And if you are planning your trip to Assen, maybe this list of hotels in Groningen (30 km from Assen) can be useful. Name of the hotel / Distance from city centre / Estimated price of a double room / Telephone number: Bastion Hotel Groningen / 5 km / € 66 / +31 50 541 49 77 Hampshire Hotel Groningen / 0,2 km / € 90 / +31 50 316 29 00 Hampshire Hotel Plaza / 5 km / € 85 / +31 50 524 80 00 Martini Hotel / 0,1 km / ? / € 82,50 / +31 50 312 99 19 Eden City Hotel Groningen / 0,1 km / € 99 / - NH hotel Groningen / 0,6 km / € 95 / +31 50 584 81 81 Mercure Hotel Groningen / 3,5 km / € 138 / +31 50 527 18 28 Hotel De Doelen / 0,0 km / € 95 / +31 50 312 70 41 Hotel Schimmelpenninck Huys / 0,1 km / € 140 / +31 50 318 95 02 Edited January 15, 2008 by Joni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Just found this http://speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2008011503 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I talked with Matti Pöysä yesterday, he was the referee in the Russian ice racing final. He said said it was the toughest meeting he'd ever seen. With a couple of weaker riders still there was racing like never before. Referring to a statistics book from last year he said there was 77 riders listed for 2007 and on top of that there was 52 junior riders in Russia. All in all they had around 35 meetings combined last season. Thats number of total meetings, not something one rider could ride in. This means that for this seasons qualifiers, not everyone got to ride. After the meeting riders that had qualified for next weekends qualifiers packed their cars and started heading towards Europe... The one's qualified for Sweden had to be there by thursday... Poland achieves a similar qualifying system to this in speedway. The rest of us are so far off... I could be lying if I said Finland has 70+ track racing license holders all together. Thats 80cc, ice, longtrack and speedway combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Just found this http://speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2008011503 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any idea what happened.I guess arson as there is a telephone number I talked with Matti Pöysä yesterday, he was the referee in the Russian ice racing final. He said said it was the toughest meeting he'd ever seen. With a couple of weaker riders still there was racing like never before. Referring to a statistics book from last year he said there was 77 riders listed for 2007 and on top of that there was 52 junior riders in Russia. All in all they had around 35 meetings combined last season. Thats number of total meetings, not something one rider could ride in. This means that for this seasons qualifiers, not everyone got to ride. After the meeting riders that had qualified for next weekends qualifiers packed their cars and started heading towards Europe... The one's qualified for Sweden had to be there by thursday... Poland achieves a similar qualifying system to this in speedway. The rest of us are so far off... I could be lying if I said Finland has 70+ track racing license holders all together. Thats 80cc, ice, longtrack and speedway combined. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't you see the second day online f-s-p.That was a cracking meeting with at least 4 fantastic heats plus an amazing bit of skill from Bulankin.If day one was as good then it really must have been a super weekend.There was a preview on bashinform.ru that said it was just about the hardest meeting of the season.No easy heats or opponents.And the way the weather is going this side of the continent and the professionalism that Togliatti seem to be bringing to both speedway and iceracing it could be tougher in future for western riders to compete with the Russians.I guess the only hope is that more money and clubs follow Togliatti and maybe,just maybe a few western riders could get a team place somewhere in Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Yes, I saw just about half of the sunday meeting. It was OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Sanok Cup lineup: 1. Frank Zorn (Austria) 2. Harald Simon (Austria) 3. Jan Klatovsky (Czechy) 4. Antonin Klatovsky Jr (Czechy) 5. Rene Stellingwerf (Holandia) 6. Marian Kreklau (Niemcy) 7. Stefan Pletschacher (Niemcy) 8. Graham Halsall (Wielka Brytania) 9. Johnny Tuinstra (Holandia) 10. ... (Rosja) 11. Per Olov Serenius (Szwecja) 12. Aantti Aakko (Finlandia) 13. Grzegorz Knapp (Polska) 14. Jo Saetre (Norwegia) 15. Zdzisław Żerdziński (Polska) 16. Peter Koji (Szwecja) 17. Grigori Laguta (Łotwa) 18. Peter Jansson (Szwecja) 19. Mario Schwaiger (Austria) 20. Piotr Hejnowski (Polska) 21. Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 22. Sven Holstein (Holandia) 23. Johan Lundqvist (Szwecja) 24. Simon Gartmann (Szwajcaria) 25. Dmitri Tschatschin (Niemcy) 26. Jouni Seppanen (Finlandia) 27. ... (Rosja) 28. Thomas Cavigelli (Szwajcaria) R1. Rene Verhoef (Holandia) R2. Oleg Dosaev (Ukraina) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I'm really interested in the system they're going to use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 A Dutch programme on Ice Racing from Assen and the Roleof Thijs Cup from last year by the looks of it. Assen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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