f-s-p Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) We're back once again! Finnish Extraliiga will be once again a five team series with the same teams as last year. The date for the league entries was January 15th and the lineups had to be entered January 31st. There hasn't been an official press release on the subject, so I wont bother with the unofficial. In ice racing, both the test match between Finland and Sweden and the Nordic individual Championship has been cancelled. The test match was first when there wasn't a track available at Tampere and now the Nordic final has been cancelled, because the Swedish clubs wont change their league meeting dates. Instead the Seinäjoki club are hosting an international meeting on the same date. Also a meeting scheduled for Seinäjoki for February 7th was always a no-go and apparently a misunderstanding that never got corrected. Qualifier for the Finnish ice racing final will be held at Kuortane on February 14th and the final is at Forssa on the 28th of February. Riders seeded to the final include: Antti Aakko, Kai Lehtinen, Tommy Flyktman, Jussi Hytönen, Janne Vilponen, Joni Kontoniemi and Jouni Seppänen. Since Kontoniemi is now out for the season, Henri Malinen has taken his place in the final. 9+2 places are available for the final at Kuortane Interesting to see how things shape up along during the spring, but hopefully there are results to be posted and rumours to be exaggarated!! Edited February 5, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) and rumours to be exaggarated!! Surely not by you? A respected journalist at that. Fleet Street beckons, maybe? Edited February 5, 2009 by pugwash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Surely not by you? A respected journalist at that. Fleet Street beckons, maybe? Surely there is no such thing as a respected journalist,pugwash? And is it true that the finnish swear word translates as "in the restaurant",f-s-p? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) And is it true that the finnish swear word translates as "in the restaurant",f-s-p? Hope you didn't actually pay for the book! I'll teach them all to you some day... pugwash, I only tell the rumours forward as I thought I heard them, so it wasn't me... Edited February 5, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Lineups for next years Extraliiga were announced today. Only for teams now look to compete, as Pori is missing from the lineup. They are having difficulties getting enough riders together. Appe Mustonen has been snatched up to Seinäjoki from Pori. Jokerit also looks a lot better than in previous seasons with Kalle Katajisto staying and now getting fast improving Niko Siltaniemi there too. Joni Keskinen switching away from Kotkat is a surprise to me, but a good move for him. JOKERIT (KauhjMK) Markku Autio, Kalle Katajisto, Joni Keskinen, Niko Siltaniemi and team manager Timo Kujanpää HAUKAT-ROYALS (SsMK-FMS) Aarni Heikkilä, Tomi Reima, Joni Kitala, Janne Nyman, Jani Eerikäinen, tm Harri Heikkilä KEITTIÖPISTE (KMMK) Teemu Lahti, Timo Lahti, Tero Aarnio, Toni Stenberg, Aleksey Poptsov, Fedor Poptsov, tm Asko Sorvo KOTKAT (SeMK) Kaj Laukkanen, Juha Hautamäki, Rene Lehtinen, Appe Mustonen, tm Mikko Koskinen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Paholaiset is now indeed out of the -09 Extraliiga after they were unable to put a side together. Two major problems in the equation were lack of riders and lack of funds to get riders from elsewhere. This was really bad news in my opinion, but the league is still there with four teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) Finnish Individual ice racing championhip qualifier at Kuortane, February 14th. Draw as follows: 1. Mats Järf 2. Markku Weckman 3. Johan Ahponen 4. Christer Biskop 5. Esko Rantanen 6. Janne Ruismäki 7. Teppo Toivola 8. Harri Saari 9. Ari Tuomisto 10. Tommi Suolammi 11. Jarmo Malinen 12. Sven Holstein 13. Timo Kankkunen 14. Kai Ilkka 15. Sami Hassinen 16. Mark Uzzell Holstein and Uzzell are not gonna qualify no matter what. Edited February 12, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicar Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 When and where will be final? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 When and where will be final? Forssa, February 28th. First heat at 2 PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicar Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Bad, I'm going to visit Poland then :F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Finnish Individual ice racing championhip qualifier at Kuortane, February 14th. Draw as follows: 1. Mats Järf 2. Markku Weckman 3. Johan Ahponen 4. Christer Biskop 5. Esko Rantanen 6. Janne Ruismäki 7. Teppo Toivola 8. Harri Saari 9. Ari Tuomisto 10. Tommi Suolammi 11. Jarmo Malinen 12. Sven Holstein 13. Timo Kankkunen 14. Kai Ilkka 15. Sami Hassinen 16. Mark Uzzell Holstein and Uzzell are not gonna qualify no matter what. Holstein wont be riding because he's going to ride in the U21 European Championship in Saransk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Holstein wont be riding because he's going to ride in the U21 European Championship in Saransk. I heard yesterday that Jussi Nyrönen was a reserve for this meeting. Maybe he'll take his place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) Finnish qualifier for the individual final today at Kuortane. Pics here. Teppo Toivola ASMP 33323 14+3 Kai Ilkka OMK 33233 14+2 Mats Järf VaMK 33313 13 Ari Tuomisto FMS 20332 10 Christer Biskop KMS 13222 10 Janne Ruismäki VMK 22213 10 Timo Kankkunen P-KMK 22132 10 Jarmo Malinen FMS 32121 9 Markku Weckman SsMK 21311 8 Harri Saari P-KMK d1102 4 Sakari Piirainen OMK 1d201 4 Esko Rantanen PirMM 111R0 3 Sami Hassinen P-KMK 01RNN 1 Tommi Suolammi HäMK 0NNNN 0 Mark Uzzell GB 12F30 6 Erä erältä: 1. Järf, Weckman, Biskop 64,9 2. Toivola, Ruismäki, Rantanen, Saari d 63,7 3. Malinen, Tuomisto, Piirainen, Suolammi 67,9 4. Ilkka, Kankkunen, Uzzell, Hassinen 65,6 5. Järf, Kankkunen, Rantanen, Tuomisto 67,8 6. Ilkka, Ruismäki, Weckman 66,1 7. Toivola, Malinen, Hassinen 65,3 8. Biskop, Uzzell, Saari, Piirainen d 68,7 9. Järf, Ruismäki, Malinen, Uzzell d 69,4 10. Weckman, Piirainen, Rantanen, Hassinen R 71,6 11. Tuomisto, Ilkka, Saari 66,5 12. Toivola, Biskop, Kankkunen 66,1 13. Ilkka, Toivola, Järf, Piirainen 65,6 14. Kankkunen, Malinen, Weckmann, Saari 70,2 15. Uzzell, Rantanen R 72,3 16. Tuomisto, Biskop, Ruismäki 68,4 17. Järf, Saari 69,5 18. Toivola, Tuomisto, Weckman, Uzzell 66,5 19. Ruismäki, Kankkunen, Piirainen 70,7 20. Ilkka, Biskop, Malinen, Rantanen 68,5 Uusinta: Toivola, Rantanen 67,4 Katsojia 305 I'd say it was an ok if not better for entertainment with a few good battles and some close racing during the day. Uzzell was never gonna qualify so I placed him as last. He would have gone through as the second reserve. He had a nasty looking fall in heat 9 when his back tyre just slid off from under him and it looked like he was dragged by the bike for a 10 meters or so. We had a talk after the meeting and he was OK. No new holes in his leathers that he noticed... Going back to Sweden now and heading back next weekend for the meeting at Seinäjoki. There'll be a few Swedes, some polish riders and most of the field from today riding in the international open meeting. Kai Lehtinen will be the top Finn if my memory is correct from the hasty look to the list of riders. Meeting starts at 1 PM just south from the city centre at Lake Kyrkösjärvi. EDIT: Funny thing happened. Last year at the same track I took pic's from the outside of turn 1. Today I was specificly asked to leave the outside for the inside. So I did. In heat eight Sakari Piirainen would have made a hole in my boots if I had stayed still when he fell and came over the inside kerb... I lost several seconds of my total 15 minutes of fame when I had to take a few steps to keep myself clear from the bike as everyone was watching. I would have preferred to save them for later... Edited February 15, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetters Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 So Kylmäkorpi will be riding on a swedish licence 2009 after all. No surprise. He will ride for Indians in the elitleague and Bajen in allsvenskan. And if He rides in Finland He will be foreigner:) He can still riding for Finland in SWC because His passport BUT He cant ride for Finland in the GP-qualifier´s!! Cheers f-s-p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 So Kylmäkorpi will be riding on a swedish licence 2009 after all. No surprise. He will ride for Indians in the elitleague and Bajen in allsvenskan. And if He rides in Finland He will be foreigner:) He can still riding for Finland in SWC because His passport BUT He cant ride for Finland in the GP-qualifier´s!! Cheers f-s-p. I'll bet you 1l bottle of Jack Daniels that Kylmäkorpi will represent Finland next season in the GP qualifiers and longtrack world championship... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Ice racing, International meeting at Seinäjoki February 21st 2009 Kai Lehtinen A-SMP 33333 15+3 Jouni Seppänen PirMM 33323 14+2 Teppo Toivola A-SMP 33232 13+1 Christer Biskop KMS 22232 11+0 Mats Järf VaMK 3F133 10 Janne Ruismäki VMK 23023 10 Jarmo Malinen FMS 12322 10 Markku Weckman SsMK 21312 9 Miroslaw Daniszewski Puola 02221 7 Mark Uzzell Englanti 11111 5 Sami Hassinen P-KMK 1220N 5 Tommi Suolammi HäMK 2110d 4 Harri Saari P-KMK 01011 3 Janne Vilponen A-SMP RNNNNN 0 Esko Rantanen PirMM dNNNN 0 Erä erältä: 1. Järf, Suolammi, Hassinen, Saari 63,40 2. Toivola, Weckman, Vilponen R, Rantanen d 64,74 3. Seppänen, Biskop, Malinen, Daniszewski 66,41 4. Lehtinen, Ruismäki, Uzzell 63,28 5. Toivola, Biskop, Saari 66,35 6. Lehtinen, Malinen, Weckman, Järf F 64,37 7. Ruismäki, Daniszewski, Suolammi 70,01 8. Seppänen, Hassinen, Uzzell 70,74 9. Weckman, Daniszewski, Uzzell, Saari 70,34 10. Seppänen, Toivola, Suolammi, Ruismäki 67,03 11. Lehtinen, Biskop, Suolammi 68,36 12. Malinen, Hassinen 73,08 13. Lehtinen, Seppänen, Saari 67,33 14. Järf, Daniszewski 71,02 15. Toivola, Malinen, Uzzell, Suolammi 72,32 16. Biskop, Ruismäki, Weckman, Hassinen 70,42 17. Ruismäki, Malinen, Saari 73,23 18. Järf, Biskop, Uzzell 68,87 19. Seppänen, Weckman, Suolammi d 75,47 20. Lehtinen, Toivola, Daniszewski 68,84 Finaali: Lehtinen, Seppänen, Toivola, Biskop 67,49 Katsojia 270 Pictures from the meeting here Edited March 2, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Finnish ice racing final at Forssa February 28th. First heat at 2 PM. Riders that have qualified, in this order... Antti Aakko seeded Kai Lehtinen seeded Henri Malinen seeded Jouni Seppänen seeded Jussi Nyrönen seeded Jussi Hytönen seeded Janne Vilponen seeded Tommy Flyktman seeded Teppo Toivola qualified Kai Ilkka qualified injured himself in Sweden yesterday, out for the season. Mats Järf qualified Ari Tuomisto qualified Christer Biskop qualified Janne Ruismäki qualified Timo Kankkunen qualified Jarmo Malinen qualified Markku Weckman qualified as 1st reserve, now in the lineup. Harri Saari qualified as 2nd reserve Sakari Piirainen now 2nd reserve According to the results at Kuortane, the next in line are: Esko Rantanen Sami Hassinen Tommi Suolammi EDIT: Ilkka about his crash in isracing.net: "Hejsan för alla. Everything is OK. Crash with Rene in Strömsun brokes my left knee, and I have now about 40 stitch in leg. I would like to thank you all who help me on track, in ambulance, and in Östersunds hospital. I hope that we see next year with better luck. Best regards, Kai Ilkka" Edited February 24, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) The Routakallio track at Seinäjoki that was relaid during last summer after the abandonment of the Extraliiga opening round hosted only two meetings last season. Seinäjoki speedway was one of them at the very end of the season. Aleksi Mäkinen from www.speedway.fi has now put online all the heats. Videos can be found here. Edited February 22, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) Much to my surprise the calendar for the coming season has been released. I wasn't expecting it for another month, so this was a very pleasant surprise. Dates for the league meetings are still subject to change in the spring conference, but the dates for the Finnish finals are clear and should be final too. 80cc 21.5...+..TO..+..80cc Suomen Cup 1/6..+..Pori, PMK 13.6...+..LA..+..80cc Suomen Cup 2/6..+..Kuusankoski, KMMK 14.6...+..SU..+..80cc Suomen Cup 3/6..+..Kauhajoki, KauhjMK 5.7...+..SU..+..80cc Suomen Cup 4/6..+..Haapajärvi, HjMK 22.8...+..LA..+..80cc Suomen Cup 5/6..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 6.9...+..SU..+..80cc Suomen Cup 6/6..+..Lahti, SsMK 27.6...+..LA..+..80cc Suomen Cup, team meenting, one-off final..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK EXTRALIIGA After Paholaiset withdrew from the league, there was a possibility of doing three rounds, but it now seems there's only two. 30.5...+..LA..+..Extraliiga 1/8..+..Kotkat - Haukat-Royals - Keittiöpiste - Jokerit..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 31.5...+..SU..+..Extraliiga 2/8..+..Haukat-Royals - Keittiöpiste - Jokerit - Kotkat..+..Lahti, SsMK 13.6...+..LA..+..Extraliiga 3/8..+..Keittiöpiste - Jokerit - Kotkat - Haukat-Royals..+..Kuusankoski, KMMK 14.6...+..SU..+..Extraliiga 4/8..+..Jokerit - Kotkat, Haukat-Royals - Keittiöpiste..+..Kauhajoki, KauhjMK 23.6...+..TI..+..Extraliiga..+..Varapäivä 30.6...+..TI..+..Extraliiga..+..Varapäivä 11.7...+..LA..+..Extraliiga 5/8..+..Kotkat - Haukat-Royals - Keittiöpiste - Jokerit..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 12.7...+..SU..+..Extraliiga 6/8..+..Haukat-Royals, Keittiöpiste - Jokerit - Kotkat..+..Lahti, SsMK 15.8...+..LA..+..Extraliiga 7/8..+..Keittiöpiste, Jokerit, Kotkat, Haukat-Royals..+..Kuusankoski, KMMK 16.8...+..SU..+..Extraliiga 8/8..+..Jokerit - Kotkat - Haukat-Royals - Keittiöpiste..+..Kauhajoki, KauhjMK 23.8...+..SU..+..Extraliiga..+..Varapäivä KAUPUNKI CUP 10.5...+..SU..+..Kaupunki Cup 1/6..+..Pori - Seinäjoki - Haapajärvi - Lahti I - Kauhajoki - Lahti II..+..Pori, PMK 17.5...+..SU..+..Kaupunki Cup 2/6..+..Seinäjoki - Haapajärvi - Lahti I - Kauhajoki - Lahti II - Pori..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 5.7...+..SU..+..Kaupunki Cup 3/6..+..Haapajärvi - Lahti I - Kauhajoki - Lahti II - Pori - Seinäjoki..+..Haapajärvi, HjMK 18.7...+..LA..+..Kaupunki Cup 4/6..+..Lahti I - Kauhajoki - Lahti II, Pori - Seinäjoki - Haapajärvi..+..Lahti, SsMK 5.9...+..LA..+..Kaupunki Cup 5/6..+..Kauhajoki - Lahti II - Pori - Seinäjoki - Haapajärvi - Lahti I..+..Kauhajoki, KauhjMK 6.9...+..SU..+..Kaupunki Cup 6/6..+..Lahti II - Pori - Seinäjoki - Haapajärvi - Lahti I - Kauhajoki..+..Lahti, SsMK OTHER MEETINGS 21.5...+..TO..+..Yyteri speedway..+..Pori, PMK 6.6...+..LA..+..Kauhajoki speedway..+..Kauhajoki, KauhjMK 4.7...+..LA..+..Kemppi speedway..+..Lahti, SsMK 27.6...+..LA..+..Pairs SM-final..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 22.8...+..LA..+..Seinäjoki speedway..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 19.7...+..SU..+..SM-qualifier..+..Seinäjoki, SeMK 1.8...+..LA..+..Individual SM-final..+..Pori, PMK 25.7...+..LA..+..U21 SM-final..+..Haapajärvi, HjMK LONGTRACK 2.5...+..LA..+..Practise..+..Vaasa, VaMK 24.5...+..SU..+..Natinonal meeting..+..Heinola 8.8...+..LA..+..Nordic final..+..Forssa, FMS 29.8...+..LA..+..SM-final..+..Vaasa, VaMK Edited February 24, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Draw for the ice racing final this saturday: 1. Teppo Toivola, A-SMP 2. Antti Aakko, OMK 3. Jussi Hytönen, KMMK 4. Ari Tuomisto, FMS 5. Jarmo Malinen, FMS 6. Janne Ruismäki, VMK 7. Kai Lehtinen, A-SMP 8. Henri Malinen, P-KMK 9. Tommy Flyktman, KMMK 10. Jussi Nyrönen, PirMM 11. Timo Kankkunen, P-KMK 12. Janne Vilponen, A-SMP 13. Markku Weckman, SsMK 14. Christer Biskop, KMS 15. Jouni Seppänen, PirMM 16. Mats Järf, VaMK 17. Harri Saari, P-KMK 18. Sakari Piirainen, OMK EDIT: Jouni Seppänen has had a fall yesterday and withdrawn himself from the meeting so the lineup might change for saturday. Edited February 26, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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