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Thanks for the info on Jani!

[f-s-p]

80cc Suomen Cup at Kauhajoki yesterday

Vili Hautala was disqualified in the final after having ridden a competetive 9 point score. So it's a good headache for Marko Partanen, who is supposed to pick up his riders for the international scene after this weekend.

 

Henri Ahlbom FMS 2333 9+3

Vili Mattila KauhjMK 3F33 9+2

Niilo Vuolas HjMK 2322 9+1

Vili Hautala KauhjMK 3321 9+d

Niklas Säyriö SsMK 2212 7

Miikka Hyyryläinen SsMK 3d3d 6

Santtu Tapiola SsMK 1d23 6

Miro Purmonen SsMK d212 5

Perttu Tommola SsMK dddd 0

 

Erä erältä:

1. Mattila, N.Vuolas, Tapiola 53,02

2. Hautala, Säyriö, Purmonen d 53,10

3. Hyyryläinen, Ahlbom, Tommola 54,48

4. Hautala, Tapiola d, Hyyryläinen d 53,52

5. N.Vuolas, Purmonen, Tommola d 55,41

6. Ahlbom, Säyriö, Mattila F 56,40

7. Ahlbom, Tapiola, Purmonen 56,51

8. Hyyryläinen, N.Vuolas, Säyriö 53,50

9. Mattila, Hautala, Säyriö 53,35

10. Tapiola, Säyriö, Tommola d 56,76

11. Mattila, Purmonen, Hyyryläinen d 53,31

12. Ahlbom, N.Vuolas, Hautala 55,33

Finaali: Ahlbom, Mattila, Vuolas, Hautala d 53,73

[f-s-p]

Second round of the 80cc Suomen Cup today at Kauhajoki.

 

Henri Ahlbom FMS 3333 12+3

Miikka Hyyryläinen SsMK 3332 11+2

Vili Hautala KauhjMK 3123 9+1

Vili Mattila KauhjMK 2233 10+R

Niklas Säyriö KMMK 2222 8

Santtu Tapiola SsMK 13F2 6

Miro Purmonen SsMK 2111 5

Niilo Vuolas HjMK RR2R 2

Perttu Tommola SsMK dNNN 0

 

Erä erältä:

1. Ahlbom, Mattila, Tapiola 53,20

2. Hautala, Säyriö, N.Vuolas R 55,53

3. Hyyryläinen, Purmonen, Tommola d 56,82

4. Ahlbom, Säyriö, Purmonen 52,51

5. Hyyryläinen, Mattila, Hautala 51,64

6. Tapiola, N.Vuolas 75,76

7. Ahlbom, Hautala 52,29

8. Mattila, N.Vuolas, Purmonen 53,20

9. Hyyryläinen, Säyriö, Tapiola F 53,20

10. Ahlbom, Hyyryläinen, N.Vuolas R 51,41

11. Hautala, Tapiola, Purmonen 54,40

12. Mattila, Säyriö 55,46

Finaali: Ahlbom, Hyyryläinen, Hautala, Mattila R 51,13

Tuomari: Matti Koivuoja

 

Partanen, Hyyryläinen, Mattila and Ahlbom for the international competitions after Hautala lost to Mattila in a run-off for the last place.

 

Kaupunki Cup 4/7

Kauhajoki (KauhjMK) 13.6.2010

 

Pori 24

Jouni Viljanen 11112R 6

Aarni Heikkilä 333333 18

 

Forssa 23

Jani Eerikäinen 232332 15

Reima Heikkilä 113111 8

 

Kauhajoki 19

Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 332222 14

Olli Heikkilä 211010 5

 

Seinäjoki II 17

Mika Loppi 333233 17

 

Seinäjoki I 13

Miikka Mäkelä 22333F 13

 

Lahti I 13

Jiri Nieminen 222223 13

 

Erä erältä:

1. Korkeamäki, O.Heikkilä 66,86

2. Loppi, Eerikäinen, R.Heikkilä 62,50

3. Heikkilä, Mäkelä, Viljanen 63,31

4.Korkeamäki, J.Nieminen, O.Heikkilä 65,90

5. Loppi 64,18

6. Eerikäinen, Mäkelä, R.Heikkilä 63,69

7. Heikkilä, J.Nieminen, Viljanen 63,69

8. Loppi, Korkeamäki, O.Heikkilä 63,68

9. R.Heikkilä, Eerikäinen 76,35

10. Mäkelä, J.Nieminen 67,03

11. Heikkilä, Korkeamäki, Viljanen 63,53

12. Mäkelä 83,66

13. Heikkilä, Loppi, Viljanen 63,07

14. Eerikäinen, J.Nieminen, R.Heikkilä 64,63

15. Mäkelä, Korkeamäki, O.Heikkilä 66,13

16. Heikkilä, Viljanen 63,98

17. Loppi, J.Nieminen 63,60

18. Eerikäinen, Korkeamäki, R.Heikkilä, O.Heikkilä 67,06

19. J.Nieminen 67,66

20. Loppi, Mäkelä F

21. Heikkilä, Eerikäinen, R.Heikkilä, Viljanen 64,14

Tuomari: Matti Koivuoja, katsojia 30

 

Yesterday's Extraliiga will be ridden June 29th.

Edited June 14, 2010 by f-s-p

[Vicar]

Not so many riders in Lahti and Seinajoki... I think Viljanen has one "3" less Something wrong with Olli Heikkilla (shouldn't he be last in 11th heat?) Why there is only one rider in some heats? Because of heat format for seven pairs? Why they didn't switch to 6 pairs format?

Edited June 13, 2010 by Vicar

[Bream]

Injuries and mechanical problems. I think that Palmi blew his engine in training just before the match. So Seinäjoki-1 lost a rider. I injured ligaments from my ankle in a football game last week. So Seinäjoki-2 lost a rider. Dont know about problems of Lahti.

[f-s-p]

Not so many riders in Lahti and Seinajoki... I think Viljanen has one "3" less Something wrong with Olli Heikkilla (shouldn't he be last in 11th heat?) Why there is only one rider in some heats? Because of heat format for seven pairs? Why they didn't switch to 6 pairs format?

There was a mistake on Viljanen's score on the excel sheet I got. You were right. O.Heikkilä indeed was last in heat 11. Would you believe that the heat had both Viljanen and O.Heikkilä finishing on 1 point? I do... But put Heikkilä for 4th and finishing last, that way the combined score adds up on both occasions.

 

It's seven pairs because thats how it's been ridden from the first round and should be done so all the way through the season.

[Vicar]

It's seven pairs because thats how it's been ridden from the first round and should be done so all the way through the season.

Yeah, I realize that. But nothing wrong would happened if they would change in this match heat format to six pairs. Just less heats with no full squad.

[f-s-p]

- Finnish speedway was taking a break last weekend as an integral part of it was attending Provinssirock at Seinäjoki. Action resumes tomorrow, when the third round of the Extraliiga is staged at Lahti.

 

- Round 4 that was rained off at Kauhajoki a week ago is now set on July 6th.

 

- Vili Hautala is now also nominated for the 80cc YTG after Finland received a fifth place in the qualifiers.

 

- Kalle Katajisto rides in Slovenia next weekend in the U21 semi while Kauko Nieminen is not all that pleased to get drawn to Togliatti's race off in the SGP quali's.

 

- Timo Lahti was the first Finnish rider ever to qualify directly in to the U19 European final yesterday in the 10 or so year long history of the competition. Katajisto was the first Finn in the final last year, when he was upgraded in to the meeting after qualifying as a reserve from his semifinal. It'll be interesting to see how Lahti Racing manages to ride in Gorican on July 24th and then attend practise at Kings Lynn on July 26th. Best of luck to both!

 

- Lahti II has now been thrown out of the Kaupunki Cup after failing to attend their second meeting of the season. Rest of the season will now be ridden with a 6 team format, as requested by Vicar earlier.

[f-s-p]

Extraliiga yesterday at LAhti. Nothing spectacular but a few good battles and chases. Jari Mäkinen was in the army so Jani Eerikäinen was covering for him. Haukat continues in the lead of the series to the final round of the spring half. Teams will have new averages after Kauhajoki's meeting for the final four meetings of the season and that is expected to create some debate how it will all turn out. Maybe we'll even see some avg. fixing!

 

Haukat 34

Timo Lahti 23113 10

Tomi Reima 02’312’ 8+2

Teemu Lahti 33232 13

Joni Kitala 12’d 3

 

Kotkat 32

Juha Hautamäki 32333 14

Jarkko Palmi 000 0

Pasi Pulliainen 316^2’3 15+1

Mika Loppi 02’R01 3+1

 

Jokerit 31

Tero Aarnio 336^22 16

Niko Siltaniemi 12’2’31’ 9+3

Joni Keskinen 1T2’02 5

Jiri Nieminen 010 1

 

Paholaiset 19

Jani Eerikäinen 1’1001 3+1

Marko Suojanen 2R10T 3

Aarni Heikkilä 24^111 9

Petri Koskela 0130 4

 

Erä erältä:

1. Hautamäki, Suojanen, Eerikäinen, Loppi 63,78

2. Aarnio, T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, Reima 65,13

3. Pulliainen, Loppi, Keskinen, J.Nieminen 66,09

4. Lahti, Heikkilä, Kitala, Koskela 66,69

5. T.Lahti, Reima, Eerikäinen, Suojanen R 65,16

6. Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Pulliainen, Palmi 65,32

7. Reima, Hautamäki, T.Lahti, Loppi R 64,47

8. Lahti, Kitala, J.Nieminen, Keskinen T 66,12

9. Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Suojanen, Eerikäinen 65,85

10. Pulliainen^, Heikkilä^, Koskela, Loppi 65,68

11. Hautamäki, Lahti, T.Lahti, Palmi 65,13

12. Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Heikkilä, Eerikäinen 67,31

13. Lahti, Aarnio, Reima, Keskinen 65,59

14. Hautamäki, Pulliainen, Eerikäinen, Suojanen 67,17

15. Koskela, Keskinen, Heikkilä, J.Nieminen 67,78

16. Pulliainen, Lahti, Loppi, Kitala d 66,78

17. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Palmi 65,44

18. T.Lahti, Reima, Heikkilä, Koskela 65,78

Tuomari: Matti Pöysä, katsojia 165.

[Gray]

f-s-p, do you know riders which must go to semifinal of European junior team championship in Chervonograd (Ukraine) 31/07/2010?

[f-s-p]

f-s-p, do you know riders which must go to semifinal of European junior team championship in Chervonograd (Ukraine) 31/07/2010?

Must? Alltough when talking about the financial side of the proceedings, thats exactly the word to use. I expect Palomäki to be there with Niko Siltaniemi, Timo Lahti and Kalle Katajisto. One more is a must but cant think of anyone else right now. Mika Loppi might fit the bill... I dont have the list right now of the eligible riders.

 

EDIT: Jarkko Palmi and Mika Loppi are also eligible

Edited June 25, 2010 by f-s-p

[TwoMinuteWarning]

Finnish calendar as published April 2nd.

<b>National meetings</b>

1.7. ~ Speedway ~ U21 Suomi vs. Teurnberg Swedish select ~ Lahti, SsMK

2.7. ~ Speedway ~ U21 Suomi vs. Teurnberg Swedish select ~ Pori, PMK

 

f-s-p, could you tell me if these meetings are taking place? Thanks

Edited July 1, 2010 by TwoMinuteWarning

[tremia]

f-s-p, could you tell me if these meetings are taking place? Thanks

no meetings swede´s are chicken:)

[f-s-p]

f-s-p, could you tell me if these meetings are taking place? Thanks

no meetings swede´s are chicken:)

I was away and offline, forgot to update this thread before signing out. Didn't lose sleep over it thouhg, which I think can be interpreted that I'm not lost yet...

 

tremia is spot on. Micke Teurnberg had organised everything ready on the Swedish front and spoken to a bunch of riders that were ready and willing to come. Ferrytickets were waiting to be used but when the deadline was up, only a couple of riders were coming. The whole thing was cancelled then. It's a bit like can be gathered up from said things in the past year or two. Riders that would have made an impact are not bothered (no points money) and the rest not interested in putting in the time and effort, because they get to ride in Sweden during the weekend.

 

Hopefully the trip to Sweden by the Finnish guys will happen, it's supposed to be on in the beginning of September again.

[f-s-p]

Extraliiga 4/8 at Kauhajoki last tuesday

Haukat losing valuable points in this one. Kauko Nieminen making a rare appearance scoring a paid max. Timo Lahti again failing at Kauhajoki, like last year. I've seen him ride there maybe two years ago and he was absolutely flying over the ruts then, so I suspect that he's had some bike problems as tracks dont affect him usually. The track was a problem again, thats the info I've received.

 

Kotkat 35

Juha Hautamäki 302'33 11+1

Kauko Nieminen 2'332'3 13+2

Mika Loppi 11'00 2+1

Pasi Pulliainen 322'2 9+1

 

Jokerit 28

Tero Aarnio 32332 13

Niko Siltaniemi 11'R21' 5+2

Joni Keskinen 232'1'2 10+2

Jan-Eric Korkeamäki 000 0

 

Paholaiset 25

Jari Mäkinen 23133 12

Marko Suojanen 0102^0 3

Petri Koskela 22003 7

Aarni Heikkilä 1'1'1 3+2

 

Haukat 24

Timo Lahti 12002 5

Tomi Reima 0R1'11 3+1

Teemu Lahti 326^13 15

Joni Kitala 001 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Hautamäki, Nieminen, T.Lahti, Reima 60,54

2. Aarnio, Mäkinen, Siltaniemi, Suojanen 62,45

3. Lahti, Koskela, Heikkilä, Kitala 61,10

4. Pulliainen, Keskinen, Loppi, Korkeamäki 62,74

5. Nieminen, Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Hautamäki 60,53

6. Mäkinen, Lahti, Suojanen, Reima R 60,77

7. Aarnio, T.Lahti, Reima, Siltaniemi R 60,72

8. Keskinen, Koskela, Heikkilä, Korkeamäki 62,15

9. Nieminen, Hautamäki, Mäkinen, Suojanen 60,62

10. Lahti^, Pulliainen, Loppi, Kitala 60,60

11. Aarnio, Keskinen, Reima, T.Lahti 60,04

12. Hautamäki, Pulliainen, Suojanen^, Koskela 60,45

13. Mäkinen, Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Koskela 60,29

14. Hautamäki, Nieminen, Lahti, T.Lahti 59,64

15. Koskela, Pulliainen, Heikkilä, Loppi 63,02

16. Lahti, Keskinen Kitala, Korkeamäki 61,59

17. Mäkinen, T.Lahti, Reima, Suojanen 61,16

18. Nieminen, Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Loppi 60,68

Tuomari Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 90.

 

Table midway trough

Kotkat......4-127-17

Haukat......4-121-16

Jokerit.....4-109-13

Paholaiset..4-96-10

[f-s-p]

Finnish longtrack final at Forssa July 3rd.

 

Joonas Kylmäkorpi FMS 5555 20

Jörg Tebbe DE 5555 20

Klaus-Peter Gerdemann DE 4344 15

Aki-Pekka Mustonen SeMK 4434 15

Pasi Pulliainen VRT 3443 14

Simo Pulli KarMK 3313 10

Markus Helin HyMK 222N 6

Jan-Eric Korkeamäki KauhjMK 1122 6

Tommi Ahlgren FMS 2R30 5

Marko Mäkinen OrMK 0201 3

Raimo Juntunen HeMK 1NNN 1

Petri Kärki FMS TNNN 0

 

Erä erältä:

1. Tebbe, Mustonen, Pulli, Ahlgren, Korkeamäki, Kärki T 89,0

2. Kylmäkorpi, Gerdemann, Pulliainen, Helin, Juntunen, Mäkinen 90,2

5. Kylmäkorpi, Pulliainen, Pulli, Mäkinen 89,0

6. Tebbe, Mustonen, Gerdemann, Helin, Korkeamäki, Ahlgren R 88,8

9. Tebbe, Pulliainen, Mustonen, Helin, Pulli, Mäkinen 89,1

10. Kylmäkorpi, Gerdemann, Ahlgren, Korkeamäki 90,7

13. Kylmäkorpi, Gerdemann, Pulli 89,3

14. Tebbe, Mustonen, Pulliainen, Korkeamäki, Mäkinen, Ahlgren 89,0

B-finaali: Pulliainen, Gerdemann, Pulli, Ahlgren, Helin, Korkeamäki 90,9

A-finaali: Tebbe, Kylmäkorpi, Pulliainen, Gerdemann, Mustonen, Pulli 89,6

Tuomari ,katsojia 830.

 

Next weekend sees the U21 final at Seinäjoki. No knowledge of the riders yet, even with the deadline having gone five days ago. Kaj Laukkanen will be in charge of the track in this one, looking forward to see how it'll go.

 

Finnish Extraliiga wont continue until August 14th but there's a lot going on in the cabinets before that. Kotkat is under protest from other teams because missing/arriving late to the riders briefing twice this season (clearly against the rulebook) and this case will be handled hopefully before the start of the second part of the season.

[f-s-p]

Riders willing to become the 56th Finnish individual champion are

 

Kake Nieminen SeMK

Joni Keskinen KauhjMK

Aarni Heikkilä FMS

Niko Siltaniemi HjMK

Juha Hautamäki SeMK

Tero Aarnio KMMK

Timo Lahti KMMK

Jari Mäkinen PirMM

Jani Eerikäinen KarMK

Teemu Lahti KMMK

Pasi Pulliainen VRT

Mika Loppi SeMK

Jiri Nieminen KauhjMK

Markku Autio KuMaMo

Jarkko Palmi SeMK

Tomi Reima

Reima Heikkilä FMS

Janne Nyman SsMK

 

Notable absentees are Aki-Pekka Mustonen and Kalle Katajisto. Joonas Kylmäkorpi is also out, but actually no one probably expected him to enter anyway.

 

Finnish U21 Final is this saturday but no info availble on the riders. It'll be a 12 rider meeting format, that much I know.

[Vicar]

Joonas Kylmäkorpi is also out, but actually no one probably expected him to enter anyway.

Funny, in longtrack champs he is participating, but in classic speedway champs not

[f-s-p]

Funny, in longtrack champs he is participating, but in classic speedway champs not

Funny as it is, I dont see it that way...

 

There's somesort of co-operation with JK and Pasi Pulliainen and I have not really even bothered to find out what it is... But what is a fact that JK rode Pulliainen's bike's at Forssa. So to put it as it is, to fly in from UK to Helsinki by Easyjet (just an example) and get to the track to ride on "co-operation" machinery compared to get the bikes (speedway, as I think he has none of his own in Finland) by ferry to Finland and maybe miss a sunday meeting in Poland... Take a guess...

 

Well actually Pulliainen has similar speedway bikes as JK, so to borrow one from him would probably not be a problem...

 

EDIT: Also if you (and others) dont know, JK is leading the longtrack WC after 3/6 rounds and has won the last two rounds. Maybe getting some practise seemed a good idea, timing fitted and also the Forssa club that organised the final is his "parent" Finnish club at the moment.

Edited July 14, 2010 by f-s-p

[DutchGrasstrack]

By the wayyyy, JK is leading the Longtrack World Championship by 17 points! .