Swedish Elitserien Round 7

[Anders]

PREVIEW OF SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 7

Tuesday June 9th 2009

 

PIRATERNA - IKAROS SMEDERNA

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Piraterna have hit 60+ points in both their home meetings so far, against Lejonen and Vargarna respectively. They are once again missing the services of Emil Sajfutdinov, but stand-in Rafal Okoniewski has been scoring well, with a paid ten last week as an example. The personal average has forced one change, with Antonio Lindbäck dropping to reserve, while Daniel Nermark takes his place in the main body of the team.

 

For Ikaros Smederna, Wieslaw Jagus are missing for unknown reasons, and his place will be taken by Robert Miskowiak who makes his season debut for the Eskilstuna team. This change will no doubt make it near to impossible for the away team to take anything away from this one. The most interesting thing isn't if Piraterna will win, but if Lindbäck will take his third straight home maximum? Will Miskowiak take his chance? Can Kasprzak break his bad slump?

 

Piraterna (home)

1. Rafal Dobrucki

2. Rafal Okoniewski

3. Jonas Davidsson

4. Damian Balinski

5. Daniel Nermark

6. Linus Sundström

7. Antonio Lindbäck

( 8. Thimm P Norberg )

 

Ikaros Smederna (away)

1. Magnus Zetterström

2. Robert Miskowiak

3. Mikael Max

4. Krzysztof Kasprzak

5. Daniel King

6. Krzysztof Buczkowski

7. Linus Eklöf

( 8. Robin Bergqvist )

 

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VÄSTERVIK - ROSPIGGARNA

at Sparbanken Arena Västervik

 

Västervik can finally bolster one of their standard line-ups, as their injury lists have gotten smaller. Tomasz Gapinski have - once again - been scheduled to make his Västervik debut, and thereby pushing Chris Harris down to reserve where he'll join Anton Rosén, one of the biggest surprise packages of the 2009 Elitserien season.

 

Rospiggarna will have to wait another week for the Sebastian Ulamek transfer to be finalized at the federation (all roster movements will be done on Friday), so Henrik Gustafsson and Chris Slabon will likely have to show some promise if not to be a line-up casualty when Ulamek enters the squad.

 

Västervik (home)

1. Bjarne Pedersen

2. Tomasz Gapinski

3. Niels-Kristian Iversen

4. Grigorijs Laguta

5. Tomasz Gollob

6. Chris Harris

7. Anton Rosén

( 8. Pontus Aspgren )

 

Rospiggarna (away)

1. Greg Hancock

2. Henrik Gustafsson

3. Janusz Kolodziej

4. Chris Slabon

5. Ryan Sullivan

6. Maciej Janowski

7. Jonas Messing

( 8. Robin Burestad )

 

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VARGARNA - INDIANERNA

at Norrköping's Motorstadion

 

After an abandoned meeting (due to rain) last week, Vargarna are hoping to finish all 16 heats on Tuesday night. From the line-up that was supposed to meet Västervik, Joe Screen has been left out and replaced by countrymen Tai Woffinden. Fellow Brit Edward Kennett have also been left out of Tuesday's line-up, with Niklas Klingberg getting a chance at reserve.

 

The injury to Simon Gustafsson has been a problem for Indianerna, but now they can welcome him back to the line-up, alongside Leon Madsen. These riders are replacing the duo of Matej Ferjan and Niklas Eriksson, while Jesper B Monberg steps up in the main body of the team after a successful meeting last week. He could be in for another good score as he rides on one of his former tracks, but how the three heat leaders will handle the tight Norrköping track is written in the stars.

 

Vargarna (home)

1. Scott Nicholls

2. Adam Skornicki

3. Adrian Miedzinski

4. Tai Woffinden

5. Adam Shields

6. Niklas Klingberg

7. Kim Nilsson

( 8. Jonas Andersson )

 

Indianerna (away)

1. Grzegorz Walasek

2. Joonas Kylmäkorpi

3. Piotr Protasiewicz

4. Jesper B Monberg

5. Rune Holta

6. Leon Madsen

7. Simon Gustafsson

( 8. David Rohlén )

 

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ELIT VETLANDA - DACKARNA

at Vetlanda Motorstadion

 

After an impressive draw at Lejonen two weeks ago, Elit Vetlanda have still opted to make some changes ahead of this derby clash, as Karol Zabik and Sebastian Aldén have been replaced by home track specialist Peter Ljung and Polish reserve Adrian Gomolski. All in all an expected line-up by the home side.

 

A bit more surprising is the move in the Dackarna camp, scratching Peter Karlsson in favour of Kenneth Bjerre. "PK" usually rides very well in Vetlanda and can always be expected to produce stiff opposition for the home riders. Bjerre is however no slouch around Vetlanda either, and this could very well be an exciting and close meeting, with the memory of last year's semifinal in mind.

 

This meeting will be broadcasted by Canal+.

 

Elit Vetlanda (home)

1. Lee Richardson

2. Peter Ljung

3. Jaroslaw Hampel

4. Thomas H Jonasson

5. Jason Crump

6. Patrick Hougaard

7. Adrian Gomolski

( 8. Robin Aspegren )

 

Dackarna (away)

1. Andreas Jonsson

2. Rory Schlein

3. Kenneth Bjerre

4. Fredrik Lindgren

5. Hans Andersen

6. Nicolai Klindt

7. Ludvig Lindgren

( 8. Niklas Larsson )

 

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Lejonen doesn't ride this week.

 

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All meetings can be followed on www.speedway.nu (official) or www.elitspeedway.nu (unofficial) from 19:00 local time.

 

 

[Ghostwalker]

Miskowiak wont ride for Smederna. He couldn't make it to Sweden for tomorrow and he is replaced by Jagus.

[Anders]

Miskowiak wont ride for Smederna. He couldn't make it to Sweden for tomorrow and he is replaced by Jagus.

 

Well, well, that makes it an much more interesting meeting, for sure.

[Anders]

SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 7

Tuesday June 9th 2009

 

PIRATERNA - IKAROS SMEDERNA 53-43

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Attendence: 2563

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Piraterna (home) 53

1. Rafal Dobrucki 1-0-3-0 = 4 (4)

2. Rafal Okoniewski 0-1-3-0 = 4 (4)

3. Jonas Davidsson 2-1-3-3-1* = 10+1 (5)

4. Damian Balinski 1*-3-2*-0-2 = 8+2 (5)

5. Daniel Nermark 2*-X-1-3-2 = 8+1 (5)

6. Linus Sundström 1-N-T-2*-0 = 3+1 (5)

7. Antonio Lindbäck 3-3-3-2-2*-3 = 16+1 (6)

8. Thimm P Norberg

 

Ikaros Smederna (away) 43

1. Magnus Zetterström 2*-T-3-2-1*-1 = 9+2 (6)

2. Wieslaw Jagus 3-2-1-1-3-3 = 13 (6)

3. Mikael Max 0-1*-2*-2-3 = 8+2 (5)

4. Krzysztof Kasprzak 3-2-2-1-1*-0 = 9+1 (6)

5. Daniel King R-0-N-N = 0 (2)

6. Krzysztof Buczkowski 2-1-0-0-1 = 4 (5)

7. Linus Eklöf 0-N-0-N-0 = 0 (3)

8. Robin Bergqvist

 

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VÄSTERVIK - ROSPIGGARNA 55-41

at Sparbanken Arena Västervik

 

Attendence: 2081

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Västervik (home) 55

1. Bjarne Pedersen 2-3-2-3-3 = 13 (5)

2. Tomasz Gapinski 1*-3-1-2-1* = 8+2 (5)

3. Niels-Kristian Iversen 2*-2-2*-0-2 = 8+2 (5)

4. Grigorijs Laguta 3-0-3-1-1 = 8 (5)

5. Tomasz Gollob 2-3-0-R = 5 (4)

6. Chris Harris 3-1*-2*-1-0-3 = 10+2 (6)

7. Anton Rosén 1-N-N-2* = 3+1 (2)

8. Pontus Aspgren

 

Rospiggarna (away) 41

1. Greg Hancock 3-3-2-3-1-2 = 14 (6)

2. Henrik Gustafsson T-1-0-2*-0 = 3+1 (5)

3. Janusz Kolodziej R-2-3-2-3 = 10 (5)

4. Chris Slabon 1-1-0-N = 2 (3)

5. Ryan Sullivan 3-0-1-3-1*-0 = 8+1 (6)

6. Maciej Janowski 2-0-1-N-R = 3 (4)

7. Jonas Messing 0-0-N-1 = 1 (3)

8. Robin Burestad 0 = 0 (1)

 

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VARGARNA - INDIANERNA 41-55

at Norrköping's Motorstadion

 

Attendence: 1793

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Vargarna (home) 41

1. Scott Nicholls 1*-1-3-1*-0-2* = 8+3 (6)

2. Adam Skornicki 2-1-0-N-0 = 3 (4)

3. Adrian Miedzinski 1*-1-0-N-3 = 5+1 (4)

4. Tai Woffinden 2-0-N-0 = 2 (3)

5. Adam Shields 2-3-2-2-1-3 = 13 (6)

6. Niklas Klingberg 0-1*-0-2 = 3+1 (4)

7. Kim Nilsson N-3-3-0-0 = 6 (4)

8. Jonas Andersson 1 = 1 (1)

 

Indianerna (away) 55

1. Grzegorz Walasek 3-3-2-3-1 = 12 (5)

2. Joonas Kylmäkorpi 0-2*-1*-1 = 4+2 (4)

3. Piotr Protasiewicz 3-2*-3-3-0 = 11+1 (5)

4. Jesper B Monberg 0-2-3-0-1* = 6+1 (5)

5. Rune Holta 3-2-2-2*-2 = 11+1 (5)

6. Leon Madsen 2*-0-1*-3 = 6+2 (4)

7. Simon Gustafsson 3-0-1*-1 = 5+1 (4)

8. David Rohlén

 

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ELIT VETLANDA - DACKARNA 55-41

at Vetlanda Motorstadion

 

Attendence: 4387

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

After the fantastic semifinals between the two teams last September, this can hardly be described as a classic derby clash. A few good heats were served, though far apart. Highlights being Hampel's last bend blast around against Bjerre in heat 3, the Hampel/Jonasson maximum against GP riders Jonsson (tactical substitution) and Andersen, Jonsson/Lindgren's maximum against a chasing Hampel in heat 13, but most of all a fantastic heat 14 which was worth the admission money alone!

 

Elit Vetlanda (home) 55

1. Lee Richardson 0-3-2-3-3 = 11 (5)

2. Peter Ljung 2-1*-0-0 = 3+1 (4)

3. Jaroslaw Hampel 3-3-3-1-2* = 12+1 (5)

4. Thomas H Jonasson 0-0-2*-0 = 2+1 (4)

5. Jason Crump 2*-2-3-2*-3 = 12+2 (5)

6. Patrick Hougaard 3-3-0-3-0 = 9 (5)

7. Adrian Gomolski 2*-2-1*-1 = 6+2 (4)

8. Robin Aspegren

 

Dackarna (away) 41

1. Andreas Jonsson 3-2-1-3-3-1 = 13 (6)

2. Rory Schlein 1-1*-1-2-1* = 6+2 (5)

3. Kenneth Bjerre 2-2-R-1*-0-2 = 7+1 (6)

4. Fredrik Lindgren 1*-3-1*-3-2*-0 = 10+3 (6)

5. Hans Andersen 1-0-N-1 = 2 (3)

6. Nicolai Klindt 0-0-N-2 = 2 (3)

7. Ludvig Lindgren 1-0-N-0 = 1 (3)

8. Niklas Larsson

 

For Elit Vetlanda,

Richardson had an uncharacteristic bad first outing, but overall is rock solid as third heat leader. Ljung was a bit more into the races than the score suggest, but a paid four is not good enough at home. Hampel has a dud ride in 90% of his meetings, this one was no exception, but can always be counted upon to deliver heat victories. Jonasson was slow all night, but somehow managed to fend off Jonsson in heat 8. Crump had to work some for his points today, he might have actually enjoyed that. Hougaard blew hot and cold, go figure. Gomolski did a great job as a No 7, mainly thanks to good gating, however a paid eight seems well paid for the job done.

 

For Dackarna,

Jonsson produced some exciting races, as well as racking up points. Wasn't close in his last, but nevertheless deserved his score. Schlein was way better than before in Vetlanda, beat an opponent in each of his heats and you really can't ask for more than that. A pleasent surprise. Bjerre looked slow and passive for most of the night. Lindgren had one of his better Vetlanda meeting for ages, but earned it all for sure. Andersen had a fighting third outing for the Dackarna outfit, but one can wonder if he should have had that (a third outing) in the first place. Klindt was a disappointment after his splendid effort in the semifinals last year, thought it has to be said that the opposition was much tougher at reserve this time. Lindgren did what could be expected around this track.

 

Man of the match: Jason Crump

 

Most exciting rider: Andreas Jonsson

 

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CURRENT STANDING:

 

1. Elit Vetlanda, 6, 5-1-0, 11p (+78)

2. Dackarna, 6, 3-2-1, 8p (+10)

3. Västervik, 5, 3-1-1, 7p (+16)

4. Piraterna, 6, 3-0-3, 6p (+39)

5. Indianerna, 7, 3-0-4, 6p (+0)

6. Lejonen, 6, 2-1-3, 5p (-2)

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7. Ikaros Smederna, 7, 2-1-4, 5p (-30)

8. Vargarna, 5, 1-1-3, 3p (-37)

9. Rospiggarna, 6, 1-1-4, 3p (-74)

 

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NEXT ROUND - TUESDAY JUNE 16TH 2009:

 

Rospiggarna - Piraterna

Ikaros Smederna - Dackarna

Västervik - Lejonen

Elit Vetlanda - Vargarna

 

 

All information courtesy of www.speedway.nu.