Conkers Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) If you can get Xleague TV (the Sky channel is 279) then they have some Ice Racing footage tomorrow. I've had a look on the website but their TV schedule is for November 2007, however the Sky EPG shows it as being on at 2pm Saturday. Don't know if you can get this channel outside the UK, but Ice Racing apart it appears to be male teenagers playing games in competitions with commentators that make Nigel Pearson sound positively reserved. EDIT: This is the American ICE series promoted by Gary Densmore (?) , with Flat Trackers, Quads and Bar Stool racing. No signs of any European Ice Racing or the Telford Style Speedway on Ice which the Brits dominated for several years. Edited January 19, 2008 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs mark246 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) I don't have the full results from Flims but Mark Uzzell (GB) got 9 points. Edited January 18, 2008 by Mrs mark246 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 A Dutch programme on Ice Racing from Assen and the Roleof Thijs Cup from last year by the looks of it. Assen <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep it's from the Roelof Thijs Cup from last year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) Mrs mark246 Posted Yesterday, 11:16 PM I don't have the full results from Flims but Mark Uzzell (GB) got 9 points. You'll be pleased to know Mrs U, that young Mark not only scored 9, but finished a creditable 7th place, with Roger Newton finishing 11th with 5. Sadly Rob failed to score. I don't have the heat details so I can't comment, but it bodes well for next weekend in the European Championship. Pass on my congrats. to him. Swiss Championship 2008 / Alpenarena Cup, 18.01. 1. Lukas Rösti (CH) 11 +3 2. Mario Schwaiger (A) 13 +2 3. Josef Kreuzberger (A) 12 +1 4. Simon Gartmann (CH) 14 +0 5. Thomas Cavigelli (CH) 11 6. Philippe Weiss (CH) 10 7. Mark Uzzell GB) 9 8. Peter Jansson (S) 9 9. Christof Kirchner (D) 7 10. Dirk Fricke (CH) 7 11. Roger Newton (GB) 5 12. Piotr Hejnowski (Pol) 4 13. Zdzislaw Zerdzinski (Pol) 4 14. Dennis van de Tang (NL) 2 15. Roland Winkler (CH) 2 16. Robert Irving (GB) 0 17. Heinz Göldi (CH) 0 Swiss Championship 1. Simon Gartmann 2. Lukas Rösti 3. Thomas Cavigelli Interesting that Simon G top scored 14 then failed to win the Race to win the Alpenarena Cup, yet won the Swiss Championship. EDIT: So tonights Line Up now looks like this: Golden Spike Qualification 1. Grzegorz Knapp Pol 2. Jan Klatovsky CzR 3. Martin Posch CH 4. Thomas Cavigelli CH 5. Mario Schwaiger (A) 6. Phillipe Weiss CH 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. Simon Gartmann CH 8. Lukas Rösti 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 Those riders in bold indicate the changes Edited January 19, 2008 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yes well done Mark I said it looked a very even and competetive field.Glad to see him going well.Something must have happened to Heinz Göldi though.Didn't he win this a few years back? Günther to win tonight.But main thing,get through without any injuries!Hoping to see a good performance from Dmitri Tschatschin as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 I had a brief chat with A.Aakko yesterday. He currently has only one bike, updated from last year. He's bought one new frame for this season, but it's not race ready yet. Too expensive... Realities of ice racing/track racing in Finland/worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs mark246 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yes well done Mark I said it looked a very even and competetive field.Glad to see him going well.Something must have happened to Heinz Göldi though.Didn't he win this a few years back? Heinz Goldi has a problem with the muscle in his right knee so it wasn't certain he was going to ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndylou Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 just heard that mark uzzell has another ride in the meeting tonight,at flims hope that he has another good night like last night, good luck mark, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs mark246 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) just heard that mark uzzell has another ride in the meeting tonight,at flims hope that he has another good night like last night, good luck mark, <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mark rode in the qualifiation tonight but sadly didn't qualify. Edited January 19, 2008 by Mrs mark246 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 1. Roth 14+1 2. Simom 13+ST 3. A. Klatovsky 13 4. Jan. Klatovsky 12 5. J. Tuinstra 10 6. Stellingwerf 9 7. D. Tschadschin 8 8. S. Holstein 8 9. Knapp 8 10. Bruckner 5 11. Posch 4 12. Max Niedermeier 4 13. St. Pletschacher 3 14. Gartmann 3 15. Rösti 2 16. Kreuzberger 2 17. van de Tang 1 A big well done to the Dutch guys !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Looks like they had a number of changes in the line up, with No Bauer, and one or two changes in the line up that saw Dennis Van de Tang and Mark (albeit in the qualifiers) getting another ride. iris123 Posted Today, 10:13 AM Günther to win tonight . Oh well, another failure in the predictions eh, Mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 (edited) . Oh well, another failure in the predictions eh, Mate? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well i did say "no injuries" and apparently what with the mild weather,Bauer felt the track wasn't at it's best.One or two others pulled out as well Someone put a couple of heats from friday on Edited January 20, 2008 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 (edited) From what Roger Newton has told me in the past, the Alpenarena isn't to everyones taste. Two years ago, the top riders pulled out as they felt that the track wasn't safe, but some of the lesser lights look on it as another meeting. I know Roger and Graham both like the track, and judging by Mark's performance he must like it too. Roger did say that last time he rode there was a "bumpy" bit (I think that's how he described it) going into one of the turns which a few other riders complained about. To the best of my knowledge Bauer hasn't ridden there for three years, so maybe he decided against it. EDIT: Golden Spike Qualifying Round results: 1 Jan Klatovsky CZ 6 2 Martin Posch A 5 3 St. Pletschacher D 4 4 Josef Kreuzberger A 4 5 Thomas Cavigelli CH 3 6 Mark Uzzel GB 2 7 Peter Jansson S 0 8 Dennis van de Tang NL 0 Edited January 20, 2008 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Got a text from Roger Newton about Flims, he scored a second in his first two rides, and a third place in his third ride. He was a faller in his fourth ride and had to withdraw as he was taken to Hospital. He is just badly bruised but his bike snapped the front forks which has annoyed him somewhat! He should be home in a ay or so, so I'll have a good chat with him then. Good to see he was scoring as well as Mark until the fall Joni Jan 17 2008, 12:56 PM I'm really interested in the system they're going to use... Speedway.org has the actual race programme which looks like variation on the original GP format (similar to the RTB format). Here is a link: Sanok Cup race format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Speedway.org has the actual race programme which looks like variation on the original GP format (similar to the RTB format). Here is a link: Sanok Cup race format <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I spoke with Seppänen about a week ago regarding the Sanok Cup. I believe it's ridden on thursday? Anyway, Seppänen has a ferry ticket for today (monday) from Helsinki to Tallinn. That gives him 2,5 half days to get to Sanok, about 150 km south of Tarnow next to the southern border of Poland. The chances are he will only get 2 or 3 rides to compensate his week worth of travels. As a very reasonble person he just said that there's absolutely no sense in making the trip, but sense has had nothing to do with anything for quite a while in his ice racing hobby. How ever it goes for him, hopefully the EC will be a treat to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) The British Bike magazine "R!DE" has a two page spread on Graham Halsall in the March edition which came out last week. They used one of my Action photos and a great pic by their staffer which must have been taken in Graham's garden! The real credit however must go to Tony Hoare, their deputy Editor, who interviewed Graham and is a big Ice Racing fan. Tony compiled some of Speedway Star's coverage of the Ice when he worked there, also, when he and Gary Pinchin (another ex-Pinegen man) worked in the sports department at MCN, they regularly did Ice coverage there. Edited January 26, 2008 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Anyone know how many qualify from Stockholm?I am guessing it is 5 plus 5 from Saalfelden and then 6 from Inzell.? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seems as Tuinstra didn't make it through on his own steam they have seeded him through to Saransk.So now only 5 go through from Inzell.No reserve as the reserves are from Stockholm and Saalfelden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 (edited) Result from the Sanok Cup: 1. Franz Zorn (A) 2. Antti Aakko (FIN) 3. Roman Akimenko (RUS) 4. Per-Olov Serenius (S) 5. Grzegorz Knapp (PL), Antonin Klatovsky (CZ) 7. Harald Simon (A), Marian Kreklau (D) 9. Jan Klatovsky (CZ), Dmitri Tschatschin (D) 11. Johnny Tuinstra (NL), René Stelingwerf (NL) 13. Peter Koij (S), Graham Halsall (GB) 15. Stefan Pletschacher (D), Nikolaj Ryabokon (RUS) 17. Nikita Alekseev (RUS), Sven Holstein (NL) 19. Simon Gartmann (CH), Jouni Seppänen (FIN) 21. Mario Schwaiger (A), Peter Jansson (S) 23. Johan Lundkvist (S), René Verhoef (NL) 25. Josef Kreuzberger (A), Zdzislaw Zerdzinski (PL) 27. Jo Saetre (N), Piotr Hejnowski (PL) Edited January 25, 2008 by DutchGrasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Heat details from Sanok taken from the Russian forum Pre-event 1. Knapp, Verhoef, Kreuzberger, Dosaev, Uzzell T, Hejnowski N 2. Alexeev, Schwaiger, Holstein, Saetre 3. Lundkvist, Seppänen, Jansson, Zerdzinski 4. Akimenko, Tschatschin, Gartmann, Koij 5. Koij, Jansson, (eliminated) Kreuzberger (25.), Saetre (27.) 6. Holstein, Gartmann, (eliminated) Zerdzinski (25.), Hejnowski (27.) 7. Knapp, Tscahtschin, Schwaiger, (eliminated) Lundkvist N (23.) 8. Akimenko, Alexeev, Seppänen, (eliminated) Verhoef (23.) 9. Koij, (eliminated) Alexeev (17.), Gartmann (19.), Schwaiger (21.) 10. Tschatschin, (eliminated) Holstein (17.), Seppänen (19.), Jansson (21.) Main Event 11. Zorn, Knapp, Tuinstra, Halsall 12. Akimenko, Simon, Ryabokon, Pletschacher 13. Serenius, J. Klatovsky, Tschatschin, Kreklau 14. Aakko, A. Klatovsky, Stellingwerf, Koij 15. Tuinstra, Tschatschin, (eliminated) Koij (13.), Pletschacher (15.) 16. Stellingwerf, Kreklau, (eliminated) Halsall (13.), Ryabokon F/X (15.) 17. Zorn, Serenius, Simon, A. Klatovsky 18. Aakko, Akimenko, Knapp, J. Klatovsky 19. Simon, Kreklau, (eliminated) J. Klatovsky (9.), Tuinstra X (11.) 20. A. Klatovsky, Knapp, (eliminated) Tschatschin (9.), Stellingwerf X (11.) Semifinals 21. Zorn, Akimenko, (eliminated) Knapp (5.), Simon (7.) 22. Aakko, Serenius, (eliminated) A. Klatovsky (5.), Kreklau (7.) Final 23. Zorn (1.), Aakko (2.), Akimenko (3.), Serenius (4.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Inzell Semi Day one after 12 heats: Krasnikov9, Bauer 8, Sakharov 8, Arkipov 8, Tommy 6 ------------------, Skabraut 5, PA Lindstrom 5, Svensson 4 osv These results are on the Russian Forum but they appear to have got them from somewhere else. What does osv mean please? No idea what the othger scores are but Krasnikov wants to keep his title by the look of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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