Swedish Elitserien Round 17

[Anders]

PREVIEW OF SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 17

Tuesday August 25th 2009

 

LEJONEN - VÄSTERVIK

at Axelent Arena, Gislaved

 

At Gislaved, last year´s champions Lejonen can clinch their place in the Play Off by beating the strong Västervik team.

 

Both teams must be considered to be at full strength.

 

Lejonen (home) 0 (42)

1. Chris Holder

2. David Ruud

3. Piotr Swiderski

4. Nicki Pedersen

5. Mikael Max

6. Dave Watt

7. Dennis Andersson

( 8. Anton Göthberg )

 

Västervik (away) 0 (54)

1. Bjarne Pedersen

2. Grigorijs Laguta

3. Chris Harris

4. Niels-Kristian Iversen

5. Tomasz Gollob

6. Anton Rosén

7. Tomasz Gapinski

( 8. Pontus Aspgren )

 

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PIRATERNA - ROSPIGGARNA

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Russian Grand Prix star Emil Sajfutdinov makes a rare appearence in Sweden, in only his third meeting of the season as Piraterna makes another attempt to keep up for a place among the top six Play Off teams. The Pirates will however miss Wieslaw Jagus, with R/R being operated in his absence according to Piraterna's website.

 

The visitors from Hallstavik comes with one of their standard line-ups, especially now since Sebastian Ulamek is back from the injury list. The McGowan/Messing partnership continues at reserve, leaving Maciej Janowski and/or Chris Slabon out of the team.

 

Piraterna (home) 0 (45)

1. Rafal Dobrucki

2. Wieslaw Jagus R/R

3. Jonas Davidsson

4. Emil Sajfutdinov

5. Antonio Lindbäck

6. Linus Sundström

7. Daniel Nermark

( 8. Oliver Berntzon )

 

Rospiggarna (away) 0 (51)

1. Greg Hancock

2. Henrik Gustafsson

3. Janusz Kolodziej

4. Sebastian Ulamek

5. Ryan Sullivan

6. Travis McGowan

7. Jonas Messing

( 8. Robin Burestad )

 

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VARGARNA - ELIT VETLANDA

at Norrköping's Motorstadion

 

In this week's TV meeting, Vargarna hosts Elit Vetlanda. The Wolves have nominated Adam Shields in the line-up, but I haven't found any information if he's riding, or if Riders Replacement will be in use.

 

For Elit Vetlanda, Lee Richardson will be missing after crashing in Britain this weekend. His place will be taken by Peter Ljung (as Elit Vetlanda can't use R/R for the Brit without scratching either Crump or Hampel), but Richardson is expected to be back in action on Friday night for Lakeside, and for next week's Elitserien fixture of course. Also, Patrick Hougaard takes a place in the main body of the team for the first time this season, with Sebastian Aldén dropping to reserve.

 

Vargarna (home) 0 (37)

1. Adrian Miedzinski

2. Adam Shields

3. Scott Nicholls

4. Adam Skornicki

5. Krzysztof Kasprzak

6. Kim Nilsson

7. Tai Woffinden

( 8. Jonas Andersson )

 

Elit Vetlanda (away) 0 (59)

1. Peter Ljung

2. Jurica Pavlic

3. Jaroslaw Hampel

4. Patrick Hougaard

5. Jason Crump

6. Sebastian Aldén

7. Thomas H Jonasson

( 8. Robin Aspegren )

 

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Dackarna and Indianerna don't ride in this round.

 

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All meetings can be followed via live updates on www.speedway.nu from 19:00 local time.

 

 

(Meeting report from Norrköping will be available sometime on Wednesday night)

 

[smartace]

@ Norrkoping Screen replaces Woffinden

[Ghostwalker]

Vetlanda shouldn't be THIS week even without Lee. Good though to see that KimN is riding well.

Edited August 25, 2009 by Ghostwalker

[MattyHart]

Wasn't expecting that outcome between Vargarna and Vetlanda!

[Cliv Clav]

Great to see Adam Shields back in action and scoring well!

[davidba]

Just got back from the Vargarna meeting, can confirm that Shields was mighty impressive for one just returning from injury.Crump of course was flying but had little support, they really missed Richardson, Pavlic carried on his poor uk form, Ljung looked past his best, Jonasson had engine troubles and Hampel was inconsistent.

As for Vargarna only Screen didn't do much(And the fans i was with were angry that he was riding at all!). Kim Nilsson very impressive, could be a good buy for a Uk club. Scott rode hard on a track hard to pass on, Miedzinski, Kasprzak, Skornicki all chipped in too.

Not as good as the meeting i saw there against Vastervik but i was maybe too tired to enjoy properly(Those pesky early flights!)

[Ghostwalker]

Tai were supposed to have been riding instead of Screen but apparently felt quite ill after his ride on Monday and Screen was the only one who was able to make it from England to Sweden after Tai had phoned the team manager at about 00.30.

 

But i agree on that Tai should have been picked because of his crash 3 days ago. It would have been better to put King in from the beginning so that Tai could have

got a day or two's rest even if he said on Sunday that he felt fine.

 

 

[Anders]

SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 17

Tuesday August 25th 2009

 

LEJONEN - VÄSTERVIK 53-43 (Aggregate: 95-97)

at Axelent Arena, Gislaved

 

Attendence: 3390

 

Heat details: http://www.speedway.nu/2009/reportNY.asp?Elit.EI

 

Lejonen (home) 53 (95)

1. Chris Holder 0-1-2-2-3 = 8 (5)

2. David Ruud 3-3-3-3-1 = 13 (5)

3. Piotr Swiderski 1-R-2*-2*-1 = 6+2 (5)

4. Nicki Pedersen 3-3-3-2-3 = 14 (5)

5. Mikael Max 0-2-1*-0 = 3+1 (4)

6. Dave Watt 2-2-2*-Fx-0-3 = 9+1 (6)

7. Dennis Andersson 0-N-N-0 = 0 (2)

8. Anton Göthberg

 

Västervik (away) 43 (97)

1. Bjarne Pedersen 2-2-3-3-0-0 = 10 (6)

2. Grigorijs Laguta 1*-1*-1-0-0 = 3+2 (5)

3. Chris Harris 2-0-3-1-2 = 8 (5)

4. Niels-Kristian Iversen 0-1-2-1 = 4 (4)

5. Tomasz Gollob 1-1-1-3-2 = 8 (5)

6. Anton Rosén 1-N-N-2 = 3 (2)

7. Tomasz Gapinski 3-3-0-R-1* = 7+1 (5)

8. Pontus Aspgren

 

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PIRATERNA - ROSPIGGARNA 63-33 (Aggregate: 108-84)

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Attendence: 2605

 

Heat details: http://www.speedway.nu/2009/reportNY.asp?Elit.FG

 

Piraterna (home) 63 (108)

1. Rafal Dobrucki 1-3-1-2-3-2 = 12 (6)

2. Wieslaw Jagus R/R (3,3,3,1)

3. Jonas Davidsson 3-3-3-2*-3-1 = 15+1 (6)

4. Emil Sajfutdinov 2*-2*-3-3-1 = 11+2 (5)

5. Antonio Lindbäck 2-3-2-2*-2*-0 = 11+2 (6)

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

7. Daniel Nermark 3-2*-1*-3 = 9+2 (4)

8. Oliver Berntzon

 

Rospiggarna (away) 33 (84)

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

2. Henrik Gustafsson 0-0-0-N-1 = 1 (4)

3. Janusz Kolodziej 1-0-0-0-0 = 1 (5)

4. Sebastian Ulamek M-1-2-0-3 = 6 (5)

5. Ryan Sullivan 3-1-0-1-1-2* = 8+1 (6)

6. Travis McGowan 1-1-0-N-R = 2 (4)

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

8. Robin Burestad Fx = 0 (1)

 

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VARGARNA - ELIT VETLANDA 59-37 (Aggregate: 96+2 - 96+3)

at Norrköping's Motorstadion

 

Attendence: 3816

 

Heat details: http://www.speedway.nu/2009/reportNY.asp?Elit.HB

 

Vargarna (home) 59 (96+2)

1. Adrian Miedzinski 2*-3-3-1*-2 = 11+2 (5)

2. Adam Shields 3-3-1-2* = 9+1 (4)

3. Scott Nicholls 2-2*-2-3-1* = 10+2 (5)

4. Adam Skornicki 1*-3-1*-1*-1 = 7+3 (5)

5. Krzysztof Kasprzak 1*-2-2-2-3 = 10+1 (5)

6. Kim Nilsson 2-2-1*-2*-3 = 10+2 (5)

7. Joe Screen R-1-N-1 = 2 (3)

8. Marcus Andersson

 

Elit Vetlanda (away) 37 (96+3)

1. Peter Ljung 1-1-0-0 = 2 (4)

2. Jurica Pavlic 0-0-N-N = 0 (2)

3. Jaroslaw Hampel 3-2-3-0-F-0 = 8 (6)

4. Patrick Hougaard 0-2-0-1-2 = 5 (5)

5. Jason Crump 3-3-1-3-3-3 = 16 (6)

6. Sebastian Aldén 1-0-0-N = 1 (3)

7. Thomas H Jonasson 3-R-0-R = 3 (4)

8. Robin Aspegren 2-0 = 2 (2)

 

Jason Crump beat Scott Nicholls in a run-off for the aggregated point.

 

So, in all honesty, I didn't expect a win, but just couldn't believe that the aggregated point would be in jeopardy either. Poor showing, poor meeting, but it does take two to tango, and we didn't do that today. Simple as that.

 

For Vargarna,

Miedzinski has taken a giant step up the career ladder this season, and - for a Pole - rides the Norrköping track very well. One of the surprise packages of the Elitserien this year for sure. Shields made a great comeback, and I would've thought he would come out in heat 15 as well, but perhaps was lacking match fitness for five heats on a night. Nicholls was fast, pushed Crump hard a couple of times, but not surprising as he rides well on this track. Skornicki scored a paid ten without being flashy, except for that donut celebration after his heat victory. Kasprzak was OK, but didn't stand out in particular. Nilsson made good gates and put himself in scoring positions, a huge step towards scoring on the night. Screen had some problems with his machinery, and when Woffinden is back to 100% fitness, he'll look a long way for a place in the line-up for the rest of the season.

 

For Elit Vetlanda,

Ljung wasn't as bad as the score suggest, and he had a couple of good starts but got taken wide by his own team mate once, and getting called back due to an unsatisfactory start once. -"I haven't been to Kråkvilan in three years, and I don't mind of I don't come back for another three years" was his comment to the local paper after the meeting. Pavlic did nothing, but hopefully his Swedish form will improve when not riding in Britain. Hampel started like a train, but got lost in his second half of the meeting. Hougaard did a good job in his first meeting as second string, at least tried hard all the time. Crump is Crump, thank God for that! Aldén looked slow all night. Jonasson started with a fine win before blowing up his engine in his second outing, never looked comfortable after that. Aspegren fought for his point, and some aggression is all you can ask for.

 

Man of the match: Scott Nicholls

 

Most exiting rider: None that stood out

 

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Dackarna and Indianerna didn't ride in this round.

 

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CURRENT STANDING:

 

1. Elit Vetlanda, 13, 8-3-2, 6/6, 25p (+78)

2. Västervik, 13, 7-2-4, 5/6, 21p (+57)

3. Vargarna, 13, 7-1-5, 2/6, 17p (-4)

4. Indianerna, 13, 7-0-6, 2/6, 16p (+15)

5. Lejonen, 13, 6-1-6, 3/6, 16p (+2)

6. Dackarna, 13, 5-2-6, 2/6, 14p (-26)

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7. Piraterna, 13, 4-0-9, 4/6, 12p (+24)

8. Rospiggarna, 13, 3-1-9, 0/6, 7p (-146)

 

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FINAL REGULAR SEASON ROUND:

 

Tuesday September 1st 2009

 

Elit Vetlanda - Indianerna (44-52)

Rospiggarna - Dackarna (47-49)

Västervik - Piraterna (55-41)

Lejonen - Vargarna (40-56)

 

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All information courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

[Zetters]

 

 

Man of the match: Scott Nicholls

 

Most exiting rider: None that stood out

 

 

 

MAN OF THE MATCH: Jason Crump

 

MOST EXCITING RIDER: Kim Nilsson for sure when He beat Crump! All the stadium scream when He does and even Vetlanda-supporters:)

Edited August 26, 2009 by Zetters

[Anders]

MOST EXCITING RIDER: Kim Nilsson for sure when He beat Crump! All the stadium scream when He does and even Vetlanda-supporters

 

Oh no, we didn't! Don't lie on an international forum!

[smartace]

Tai were supposed to have been riding instead of Screen but apparently felt quite ill after his ride on Monday and Screen was the only one who was able to make it from England to Sweden after Tai had phoned the team manager at about 00.30.

 

But i agree on that Tai should have been picked because of his crash 3 days ago. It would have been better to put King in from the beginning so that Tai could have

got a day or two's rest even if he said on Sunday that he felt fine.

King wasnt answering his phone at midnight.Joe flew out to help Vargarna avoid a big fine for tracking an understrength side.Perhaps he too will throw everyone a deaf one IF there is a next time