hahenkka Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 From what i saw and spoke to the crowd, 1 st bend 3rd lap Autio Tried to went under Lahti and maybe little touch with those two. Lahti forced to go down avoid bigger damage,but Autio got the dirt inside and took a wheelie straight to fence in high speed. Bike through the fence and think Autio hit his thigh to the handlebars. Broken thigh is bad of course, but he was lucky miss the fencepole by an 30 cm. Like f-s-p said he was fast today,and thought before final that he could took medal for this. Timo was great today, only point loss to his older brother, plus he had to keep icebag to his knee after heats duo to his last weeks heavy crash at Germany. All in all one of best best meetings In Kuusankoski ever, fast, close racing and nice weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 ....and are Finland sending anyone over for the Euro 80cc championships? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahenkka Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 heard that Mika Loppi maybe had fracture wrist(or something) after crash todays 80 cc´s finnish cup final, definetely hope not. I think his the best that we´ve had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 ....and are Finland sending anyone over for the Euro 80cc championships? 4. After a closer conference with mr. Foster's today I'll do the necessary formalities for you tomorrow. Got a VERY nice set of pic's with Miikka Hyyryläinen heading towards China through Mika Loppi. Thankfully both for ready for a re-start ten minutes later. Didn't stay for the whole meeting, had some very interesting people onboard my car... What a laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 4. After a closer conference with mr. Foster's today I'll do the necessary formalities for you tomorrow. Got a VERY nice set of pic's with Miikka Hyyryläinen heading towards China through Mika Loppi. Thankfully both for ready for a re-start ten minutes later. Didn't stay for the whole meeting, had some very interesting people onboard my car... What a laugh! Great.I kept my side of the bargain and sent you a Pulitzer prize winning report from the YGT which i never went to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) 80cc team Suomen Cup at Kuusankoski yesterday. Suomen Cup means "Cup of Finland" and is an un-official championship title for classes that for some reason dont get the "real" Championship title. Häjyt 22 (SeMK) Mika Loppi 3333N 12 Miika Hyyryläinen 21223 10 JJ Racing 18 (a combination of PMK and SsMK) Jere Lehtonen 20d12 5 Jiri Nieminen 31333 13 Ampiaiset 15+3 (KMMK) Jooa Partanen 32223 12+3 Tomi Lahti 00300 3 Jokerit 15+2 (KauhjMK) Vili Mattila 03232 10+2 Vili Hautala 10121 5 Kojootit 13 (HjMK) Niilo Vuolas 22130 8 Antti Vuolas 11021 5 Haukat 7 (SsMK) Santtu Tapiola 111d2 5 Vikke Kuhanen 00011 2 Erä erältä: 1. Loppi, Hyyryläinen, Hautala, Mattila 52,77 2. Partanen, N. Vuolas, Vuolas, Lahti 53,64 3. Nieminen, Lehtonen, Tapiola, Kuhanen 58,21 4. Loppi, Partanen, Hyyryläinen, Lahti 53,41 5. Mattila, N.Vuolas, Vuolas, Hautala 57,16 6. Loppi, Hyyryläinen, Nieminen, Lehtonen 54,73 7. Lahti, Partanen, Tapiola, Kuhanen 55,80 8. Nieminen, Mattila, Hautala, Lehtonen d 56,40 9. Loppi, Hyyryläinen, N.Vuolas, Vuolas 52,99 10. Mattila, Hautala, Tapiola, Kuhanen 59,04 11. Nieminen, Partanen, Lehtonen, Lahti 56,53 12. N.Vuolas, Vuolas, Kuhanen, Tapiola d 57,47 13. Partanen, Mattila, Hautala, Lahti 53,98 14. Nieminen, Lehtonen, Vuolas, N.Vuolas 56,06 15. Hyyryläinen, Tapiola, Kuhanen 57,33 Uusinta: Partanen, Mattila Edited July 26, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) There's no news on Autio's condition, but having spoken to his mechanic after the meeting on saturday I feel he wont be riding in the Finnish final this weekend. So the extra qualifier heat can be scrapped and Aarni Heikkilä become's 1st reserve and Janne Nyman steps up to 2nd reserve position. EDIT: Mika Loppi had a cast put on his hand yesterday with a broken bone in it. "os scaphoideum" is the translation for the broken bone according to wikipedia. Not nice... EDIT2: Pic's from the U21 final here! Pic's from the 80cc team final here! Mika Loppi crash starts here! EDIT3:Loppi's hand injury is a SUSPECTED broken bone. The cast still went on on sunday. Edited July 28, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Markku Autio has no broken bones but suffered some burns to his body, leg's probably. Not riding at Pori for sure, hopefully will be back this season though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Some TOP SECRET info again from Finland! Draw for the final on saturday. The quali heat is now scrapped. 2nd reserve is unknown, since the candidates so far have made previous engagements and are not available. Full draw for the final: 1. Jari Mäkinen (PirMM) 2. Niko Siltaniemi (HjMK) 3. Petri Koskela (PMK) 4. Rene Lehtinen (SeMK) 5. Juha Hautamäki (SeMK) 6. Kalle Katajisto (KauhjMK) 7. Timo Lahti (KMMK) 8. Tomi Reima (HMK) 9. Jani Eerikäinen (KMMK) 10. Joni Kitala (SsMK) 11. Kaj Laukkanen (SeMK) 12. Tero Aarnio (KMMK) 13. Appe Mustonen (SeMK) 14. Joni Keskinen (KauhjMK) 15. Kake Nieminen (SeMK) 16. Teemu Lahti (KMMK) 17. Aarni Heikkilä FMS 18. tba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherread Posted August 1, 2009 Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 any updates anywhere for this championship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 (edited) 55th Individual Finnish Speedway Championship Final Pori, August 1st 2009 Kauko Nieminen SeMK 33333 15 Kaj Laukkanen SeMK 32233 13 Kalle Katajisto KauhjMK 13323 12 Tomi Reima HMK 323T2 10 Timo Lahti KMMK 01323 9 Juha Hautamäki SeMK 23130 9 Appe Mustonen SeMK 22221 9 Niko Siltaniemi HjMK 32012 8 Jari Mäkinen PirMM 21131 8 Tero Aarnio KMMK 212R2 7 Joni Kitala SsMK 11120 5 Joni Keskinen KauhjMK 00211 4 Teemu Lahti KMMK 130d0 4 Rene Lehtinen SeMK 10T12 4 Jani Eerikäinen KMMK 00101 2 Petri Koskela PMK 00010 1 Aarni Heikkilä FMS 00 0 Erä erältä: 1. Siltaniemi, Mäkinen, Lehtinen, Koskela 63,68 2. Reima, Hautamäki, Katajisto, T.Lahti 62,84 3. Laukkanen, Aarnio, Kitala, Eerikäinen 62,24 4. Nieminen, Mustonen, Lahti, Keskinen 62,40 5. Hautamäki, Mustonen, Mäkinen, Eerikäinen 63,25 6. Katajisto, Siltaniemi, Kitala, Keskinen 63,24 7. Nieminen, Laukkanen, T.Lahti, Koskela 63,05 8. Lahti, Reima, Aarnio, Lehtinen 64,34 9. Katajisto, Laukkanen, Mäkinen, Lahti 63,30 10. Nieminen, Aarnio, Hautamäki, Siltaniemi 62,02 11. Reima, Keskinen, Eerikäinen, Koskela 64,29 12. T.Lahti, Mustonen, Kitala, Heikkilä 63,98 13. Mäkinen, T.Lahti, Keskinen, Aarnio R 65,28 14. Laukkanen, Mustonen, Siltaniemi, Heikkilä 63,64 15. Hautamäki, Kitala, Koskela, Lahti d 63,96 16. Nieminen, Katajisto, Lehtinen, Eerikäinen 62,52 17. Nieminen, Reima, Mäkinen, Kitala 62,79 18. T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Eerikäinen, Lahti 64,17 19. Katajisto, Aarnio, Mustonen, Koskela 63,59 20. Laukkanen, Lehtinen, Keskinen, Hautamäki 64,13 Semifinaali: T.Lahti, Katajisto, Hautamäki, Reima 64,39 Finaali: Nieminen, Laukkanen, Katajisto, T.Lahti d 62,41 Katsojia 563 Kauko Nieminen was the star of the day even though he missed his practise due to a late flight to Finland. He collected a perfect maximum on a track he had not seen for six years ahead of the track record holder Kaj Laukkanen. Kalle Katajisto was third after a last lap from the outside blast to pass Juha Hautamäki in the semifinal. In the final Timo Lahti (who had won the semi) was dominoed to the fence and excluded, alltough all the reasons were there for an all4back. The referee got some pretty x-rated comments from the crowd for his decision. This comment from the depths of the crowd was also widely applauded by his/her piers. It was an excellent advert for Finnish speedway. I had some people in our VIP-tent that were first timers. At some point I'll have to tell them that it's not always that good. Thats a shame of course. Live updates from a Finnish speedway meeting... Not holding my breath. Edited August 2, 2009 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Sounds like a good meeting, very glad to see Katajisto acquiring an excellent score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Sounds like a good meeting, very glad to see Katajisto acquiring an excellent score. Who cares about his score, you should have seen how he rode! Had a brief chat with Markku Autio who was involved in a serious (and one of the worst in recent years over here according to eyewitnessess 25 metres from the incident) crash a week ago. A week later when he had visited first the local Kuusankoski hospital and then his home hospital there's been NO x-rays taken. He has some burns in his leg and his hand doesn't stretch fully and is sore. Autio plans to be back on the bike next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 is it the first time Kauko Nieminen have been finnish champion or how many times he has been finnish champion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 is it the first time Kauko Nieminen have been finnish champion or how many times he has been finnish champion? First. Last time he tried was in 2006. This time winning the Finnish final became one of his main goals as the season had started so well. This can be compared to previous seasons when this meeting has been just a burden in a hectic racing calendar. Also one contributing factor in his absence in the past is the fact that he's been riding in the PL during weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Who cares about his score, you should have seen how he rode! Good was he? Did he gate or do most of his scoring by passing? Is Pori a big track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaalDaveRacing Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 well done nemo , long time coming if you ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Why did Kylmäkorpi not ride in this Finnish final? Money??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bream Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Kylmäkorpi was in Germany. Riding in a longtrack meeting. What I read from another forum. Track was terrible and his earlier damaged hand could not take it. So he was just 14th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 But why would he rather ride in a long-track meeting (I think it was actually a grass track) instead of in his country's national speedway championship final? Does anyone know how often Kylmäkorpi has contested the Finnish National Championship in the past? Did he ever win the Finnish title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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