Slovenian 2011 News

[Anders]

The start time on Sunday will be 16:00, as it is on Saturday. But worry not, the weather will be ok. I don't remember a meeting being postponed in Ljubljana in the last 10 or 15 years. What can happen is some short downpour or a storm, but it usually goes away in about an hour or so. So I think at worst we can get a short delay.

 

When are you arriving in Ljubljana? On Friday I guess? If you want, you can join us at the track on Friday afternoon and we can have a chat/beer.

Promising information.

 

I guessed that the practise was on Friday, so just to be sure not to miss that, I booked a flight to arrive on mid day on Thursday. I'll come around to the stadium on Friday for sure.

[tomazpozrl]

Promising information.

 

I guessed that the practise was on Friday, so just to be sure not to miss that, I booked a flight to arrive on mid day on Thursday. I'll come around to the stadium on Friday for sure.

 

Practise is on Saturday at 11am. Looking forward to see you in Ljubljana.

[tomazpozrl]

For anyone who plans to come to Ljubljana next saturday, AMTK Ljubljana has prepared a special website with the most important information about the meeting. Here is the link: http://www.amtk.si/speedway/ep-mladinci-finale-2011

 

The website is in Slovene only, but you can use some translation website to translate it to your language. I've checked Google Translate and Slovene-English translation is surprisingly good.

 

UEM has made the ballot for this meeting. Last three places will be known this Saturday after Scandinavian semifinal round in Seinajoki.

 

1 Artur CZAJA PZM

2 Kacper Gomolski PZM

3 Tobiasz MUSIELAK PZM

4 Vaclav Milik ACCR

5 Bartosz ZMARZLIK PZM

6 1. from Seinäjoki

7 Dino Kovačić HMS

8 Kai Huckenbeck DMSB

9 Matic Ivačič AMZS

10 Vitaly Belousov MFR

11 Danny Maassen DMSB

12 2. from Seinäjoki

13 Piotr Pawlicki PZM

14 Mikolaj Curylo PZM

15 3. from Seinäjoki

16 Andzejs LEBEDEVS LaMSF

17 Szymon Wozniak PZM

18 Vladimir BORODULIN MFR

Edited June 29, 2011 by tomazpozrl

[Panthers99]

Id be shocked if Gomolski rides.

[Gray]

Wozniak replace Kacpera. And who replace Wozniaka? Roman Cejka? Or Russian rider Borodulin become first substitute rider?

[tomazpozrl]

Wozniak replace Kacpera. And who replace Wozniaka? Roman Cejka? Or Russian rider Borodulin become first substitute rider?

 

My guess would be Cejka. I'll let you know when we get the official confirmation.

[f-s-p]

Went through yesterdays results this morning and dug up the UEM papers from las year that showed allocations. Seinäjoki was supposed to get 4+1 through, but with no hosting fed rider it was gonna be 3+1 according to Annexxe II, dated November 30th. Any idea when this changed, anyone...

[tomazpozrl]

Went through yesterdays results this morning and dug up the UEM papers from las year that showed allocations. Seinäjoki was supposed to get 4+1 through, but with no hosting fed rider it was gonna be 3+1 according to Annexxe II, dated November 30th. Any idea when this changed, anyone...

 

Yes, I have that PDF document and I thought the same as you. But in UEM Track Racing rules (available here: http://uem-moto.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Q8QLxXBJQ90%3d&tabid=186) on page 6 it says that 4+1 qualify from semifinals 1 and 2.

[f-s-p]

Yes, I have that PDF document and I thought the same as you. But in UEM Track Racing rules (available here: http://uem-moto.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Q8QLxXBJQ90%3d&tabid=186) on page 6 it says that 4+1 qualify from semifinals 1 and 2.

Ok, thanks!

[tomazpozrl]

If everything goes as planned, we will have LIVE UPDATES available from Saturday's U19 European championship final in Ljubljana!

 

To follow the updates visit AMTK Ljubljana Faceboook page, or click on the following link:

[tomazpozrl]

Promising information.

 

I guessed that the practise was on Friday, so just to be sure not to miss that, I booked a flight to arrive on mid day on Thursday. I'll come around to the stadium on Friday for sure.

 

Anders, you were worried about a possible postpoenment of the meeting in Ljubljana. I can now totally calm you down. We will have a nice and sunny day on Saturday, with a pleasant 32 degrees.

[Anders]

Anders, you were worried about a possible postpoenment of the meeting in Ljubljana. I can now totally calm you down. We will have a nice and sunny day on Saturday, with a pleasant 32 degrees.

Not quite sure that 32 degrees is pleasant for a Nordic person. Anyway, way better that than the risk of postponement, so with sunglasses, a cap and some water, it should be just fine. Looking forward to it!

[tomazpozrl]

As expected, there are some changes to the lineup. Check it on our live updates site: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=223233461043121&id=114802425206605

[dolgin]

My ratings for this race

 

1 13. Piotr Pawlicki (Polska) - () 3103

2 12. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Dania) - () 3006

3 6. Mikkel Bech Jensen (Dania) - () 2797

4 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik (Polska) - () 2559

5 3. Tobiasz Musielak (Polska) - () 2465

6 10. Witalij Biełousow (Rosja) - () 2391

7 15. Jonas B. Andersen (Dania) - () 2370

8 16. Andrzej Lebiediew (Łotwa) - () 2321

9 14. Mikołaj Curyło (Polska) - () 2249

10 7. Dino Kovacic (Chorwacja) - () 2233

11 2. Szymon Woźniak (Polska) - () 2216

12 4. Vaclav Milik (Czechy) - () 2151

13 1. Artur Czaja (Polska) - () 2125

14 8. Kai Huckenbeck (Niemcy) - () 1985

15 11. Danny Maassen (Niemcy) - () 1808

16 9. Matic Ivacic (Słowenia) - () 1581

 

R1. Roman Cejka (Czechy) - () 1797

R2. Władimir Borodulin (Rosja) - () 2528

[Anders]

Was a while since I posted a full meeting report, but I am in a writing mood, so here it goes.

 

PIOTR PAWLICK LIFTS EUROPEAN U19 TITLE

 

Stadion Ilirija, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Saturday July 9th 2011

 

The Slovenian capital invited to today's Junior European Championship Final, on a blazing hot day. Unfortunately, there weren't that many people in the crowd, but those who came got to see a quite entertaining meeting with quite a lot of passing, and an eventual run-off for the silver and bronze medals.

 

Poland had six riders in the line-up, so it wasn't surprising to see several of them in the top of the ranking, actually four in the top six in the end. Personally, I would have expected Tobiasz Musielak to fight for the win, but he messed up his second heat to lose all possibilities of a win. The surprise package of the meeting, Russian Vitaly Belousov, was the rider who - one might say - made his way on to the podium instead of Musielak, getting a second place in the three rider run-off.

 

A special mention to Kai Huckenbeck who had no chance of a podium finish when he had a lap to run for a single point in heat 14, but he still ran all the 398 meters of the Ljubljana track to gain the point in heat 14. Good attitude by the young German, me thinks.

 

1) (13) Piotr Pawlicki, Poland, 14p ( 3 3 3 3 2 )

2) (12) Michael Jepsen Jensen, Denmark, 12p ( 2 3 3 3 1 ) +3

3) (10) Vitaly Belousov, Russia, 12p ( 3 1 2 3 3 ) +2

4) (2) Szymon Wozniak, Poland, 12p ( 3 3 1 2 3 ) +1

5) (3) Tobiasz Musielak, Poland, 9p ( 2 F 2 2 3 )

6) (5) Bartosz Zmarzlik, Poland, 9p ( 2 2 2 Fx 3 )

7) (6) Mikkel B Jensen, Denmark, 8p ( 0 2 3 3 0 )

8) (15) Jonas B Andersen, Denmark, 8p ( 2 2 0 2 2 )

9) (8) Kai Huckenbeck, Germany, 7p ( 3 2 1 1 R )

10) (7) Dino Kovacic, Croatia, 6p ( 1 3 0 2 0 )

11) (4) Vaclav Milik, Czech Republic, 6p ( 1 1 1 1 2 )

12) (14) Mikolaj Curylo, Poland, 5p ( 1 0 3 1 0 )

13) (16) Andrzejs Lebedevs, Latvia, 4p ( 0 0 1 1 2 )

14) (1) Artur Czaja, Poland, 3p ( 0 1 2 F Fx )

15) (11) Danny Maassen, Germany, 3p ( 1 1 0 R 1 )

16) (9) Matic Ivacic, Slovenia, 1p ( 0 0 0 0 1 )

17) (17) Roman Cejka, Czech Republic

 

1: Wozniak, Musielak, Milik, Czaja

Wozniak hit the deck on the first attempt, but all four back for the re-start, which was from the gate.

 

2: Huckenbeck, Zmarzlik, Kovacic, Jensen

Great ride by Huckenbeck who went from third to first. Kovacic went the other way, and almost lost the final point as well, but just held on.

 

3: Belousov, Jepsen Jensen, Maassen, Ivacic

Jepsen Jensen passed Maassen on the third lap, and almost caught the fast gating Belousov. Jepsen Jensen put a lot of pressure on the Russian on the final lap, but Belousov rode smart to keep the lead.

 

4: Pawlicki, Andersen, Curylo, Lebedevs

Pawlicki and Curylo got together on the first bend and fell, all four back once again. Andersen gated in the re-run but was passed by Pawlicki on the opening lap. Curylo also made a pass, on Lebedevs with a lap to go.

 

5: Pawlicki, Zmarzlik, Czaja, Ivacic

A whole straight seperated the four riders.

 

6: Wozniak, Jensen, Belousov, Curylo

Wozniak, gate and go. Belousov held second initially, but Jensen turned from the outside to the inside for the pass on Belousov on lap two.

 

7: Kovacic, Andersen, Maassen, Musielak ( F )

Kovacic and Musielak fell on bend on. All four back. Musielak then ended his hopes of a gold medal when he fell on his own, on the first lap in the re-run. Kovacic blasted around Andersen for the heat win on the final lap.

 

8: Jepsen Jensen, Huckenbeck, Milik, Lebedevs

Not much action in this one.

 

9: Jensen, Czaja, Lebedevs, Maassen

From the gate.

 

10: Jepsen Jensen, Zmarzlik, Wozniak, Andersen

Easy for Jepsen Jensen. Andersen challenge Zmarzlik for second, but was passed by Wozniak instead!

 

11: Curylo, Musielak, Huckenbeck, Ivacic

Huckenbeck, in podium position after two rounds, had a tough third outing as he challenged for the lead against Musielak, but then ended up in third. Curylo was amazing as he passed both Huckenbeck and Musielak for a surprising win.

 

12: Pawlicki, Belousov, Milik, Kovacic

Pawlicki won by a mile in a heat with no drama.

 

13: Jepsen Jensen, Kovacic, Curylo, Czaja ( F )

Czaja slid off on bend three of the opening lap, on a newly watered track, in a battle for second. Big distances between the three remaining riders in this one.

 

14: Pawlicki, Wozniak, Huckenbeck, Maassen ( R )

Maassen had an engine failure while fourth on lap two. Then Huckenbeck had mechanical gremlins while second on the third lap, so had to run an entire lap for the last point.

 

15: Belousov, Musielak, Lebedevs, Zmarzlik ( Fx )

A troublesome heat. Zmarzlik fell on bend on, all four back. Then an unsatisfactory start before Zmarzlik fell again, chasing Belousov for second. In the fourth time, Belousov made the gate and won.

 

16: Jensen, Andersen, Milik, Ivacic

Jensen way ahead, Ivacic way back, and some battle between Andersen and Milik in the middle.

 

17: Belousov, Andersen, Huckenbeck ( R ), Czaja ( Fx )

Czaja fell again on bends three/four, and was excluded. Huckenbeck had an engine failure at the tapes in the re-run, with Belousov winning and putting the pressure on Wozniak...

 

18: Wozniak, Lebedevs, Ivacic, Kovacic

...but Wozniak kept cool under that pressure to secure a place in a run-off for a medal. Ivacic finally took a point, fair and square, against Kovacic.

 

19: Musielak, Pawlicki, Jepsen Jensen, Jensen

Amazing draw that stuck four pre-meeting favourites in this one, I must say. Musielak showed that he really had the capacity to win the entire meeting as he won this race. The most interesting was the fight between Pawlicki and Jepsen Jensen, with the Pole passing the latter on bend three of the opening lap, and then hang on for the win. Pawlicki - European U19 champion!

 

20: Zmarzlik, Milik, Maassen, Curylo

Zmarzlik won it from the gate. Good battle for second as Maassen almost fenced Milik going down the backstraight of lap one, but the Czech never gave up and blasted around Maassen on lap three for the second place. A fine move my Milik!

 

21: Jepsen Jensen, Belousov, Wozniak

The run-off for 2nd-4th was surprisingly undramatic. Jepsen Jensen won easily, and even though Wozniak tried the outside line, he couldn't catch Belousov who caught the bronze medal.

 

-----

 

Finally, it was great to meet up with Mr. Slovenian Speedway, Tomaz Pozrl. I know how hectic it might get after a meeting in the role of Clerk of the Course, but taking just a few minutes out of that busy schedule to have a chat, that's great work. Nice meeting you, and putting a face to the name so to speak.

 

Sorry I couldn't stay for a beer, but I managed to see almost half the meeting of the Swedish team's WTC qualifier on a stream. Those darn Danes just got the win...

 

[tomazpozrl]

Thanks, Anders, for this great report, you saved me from doing it.

 

I think we saw quite a good meeting and these little riders (we joked that they can't have more than 30 kilos each ) really showed some great and competitive racing. There were fast, they were aggresive and they never gave up. There was a lot of elbowing in the first corner, also some riders leaning on others, which showed that it really meant a lot to them and that they all wanted to win it. Pawlicki was a deserved winner in the end, I think, as he was very very fast.

 

The weather forecast proved to be correct with 34+ degrees and those of us who could not stay in the shade got a nice little sun tan. Despite the boiling heat we managed to prepare a good, safe track and the starting positions were pretty equal (which is not usually the case in Ljubljana). Gate 1 had 35% of the heat wins, gate 2 25%, and gate 3 and 4 both 20%.

 

 

I knew Anders was in Ljubljana and I really hoped to meet him. I was so busy I didn't have time to try and find him before the meeting, but then after the meeting, when we were waiting for the last jury meeting, my brother comes to me and tells me that someone is looking for me. And there was Anders. It was really great to have a little chat with you, mate. Would be great to talk to you some more and have a beer or two, but the last jury meeting didn't finish until after 9 pm so it wouldn't make any sense if I told you to wait for me. But I'm sure we'll meet again in the future. I hope you had a great time in Ljubljana and Slovenia.

 

Some photos from the meeting are available here (including photos of me, in case someone else wants to put a face to my name, too :

 

http://www.fotokljucaric.net/gallery.php?f=LJ_final_9.7.2011

http://dragec.net/Fotogalerija/2011/SpeedwayU19LjubljanaG1/index.html

http://dragec.net/Fotogalerija/2011/SpeedwayU19LjubljanaG2/index.html

[racers and royals]

Thanks, Anders, for this great report, you saved me from doing it.

 

I think we saw quite a good meeting and these little riders (we joked that they can't have more than 30 kilos each ) really showed some great and competitive racing. There were fast, they were aggresive and they never gave up. There was a lot of elbowing in the first corner, also some riders leaning on others, which showed that it really meant a lot to them and that they all wanted to win it. Pawlicki was a deserved winner in the end, I think, as he was very very fast.

 

The weather forecast proved to be correct with 34+ degrees and those of us who could not stay in the shade got a nice little sun tan. Despite the boiling heat we managed to prepare a good, safe track and the starting positions were pretty equal (which is not usually the case in Ljubljana). Gate 1 had 35% of the heat wins, gate 2 25%, and gate 3 and 4 both 20%.

 

 

I knew Anders was in Ljubljana and I really hoped to meet him. I was so busy I didn't have time to try and find him before the meeting, but then after the meeting, when we were waiting for the last jury meeting, my brother comes to me and tells me that someone is looking for me. And there was Anders. It was really great to have a little chat with you, mate. Would be great to talk to you some more and have a beer or two, but the last jury meeting didn't finish until after 9 pm so it wouldn't make any sense if I told you to wait for me. But I'm sure we'll meet again in the future. I hope you had a great time in Ljubljana and Slovenia.

 

Some photos from the meeting are available here (including photos of me, in case someone else wants to put a face to my name, too :

 

http://www.fotokljucaric.net/gallery.php?f=LJ_final_9.7.2011

http://dragec.net/Fotogalerija/2011/SpeedwayU19LjubljanaG1/index.html

http://dragec.net/Fotogalerija/2011/SpeedwayU19LjubljanaG2/index.html

Liked the photo`s of the start line girls

[tomazpozrl]

Slovenian-Croatian senior championship continues in Lendava on Saturday with round 3. Here is the lineup:

 

1 LADISLAV VIDA SLO

2 DINO KOVAČIČ HR

3 JERNEJ PEČNIK SLO

4 RENATO CVETKO HR

5 ALEŠ KRALJIČ SLO

6 JURICA PAVLIC HR

7 ALEKSANDER ČONDA SLO

8 DENIS ŠTOJS SLO

9 BENO LIPNIK SLO

10 JASMIN ILIJAŠ HR

11 MATIJA DUH SLO

12 ŽIGA RADKOVIČ SLO

13 NEJC MALEŠIČ SLO

14 MATIC IVAČIČ SLO

15 MATEJ ŽAGAR SLO

16 SAMO KUKOVICA SLO

17 NEJC KLADUŠAN SLO

18 NIK ZUPANČIČ SLO

 

Matic Voldrih and Kristian Revinšek are missing due to injuries, Ladislav Vida and Jernej Pecnik make a comeback, and we'll see two new faces in the lineup, Nejc Kladušan from AMD Krsko and Nik Zupančič from AMTK Ljubljana.

[tomazpozrl]

Results from Lendava yesterday:

 

1. Matej Žagar SLO (3,3,3,3,3) 15

2. Samo Kukovica SLO (2,3,3,2,3) 13

3. Dino Kovačić HR (3,3,2,2,2) 12

4. Aleksander Čonda SLO (3,2,3,3,0) 11

5. Aleš Kraljič SLO (2,2,1,3,3) 11

6. Denis Štojs SLO (1,2,3,3,2) 11

7. Nejc Malešič SLO (F,3,2,1,3) 9

8. Matija Duh SLO (3,1,2,0,2) 8

9. Beno Lipnik SLO (2,1,2,2,1) 8

10. Žiga Radkovič SLO (0,1,0,2,2) 5

11. Jasmin Ilijaš HR (1,1,1,1,1) 5

12. Jernej Pečnik SLO (2,0,1,0,1) 4

13. Matic Ivačič SLO (1,2,0,0,1) 4

14. Ladislav Vida SLO (1,0,1,1,0) 3

15. Nejc Kladušan SLO (0,0,R,1,0) 1

16. Nik Zupančič SLO (0,0,0,0) 0

17. Renato Cvetko HR (Fx,-,-,-,-) 0

 

1. Kovačić, Pečnik, Vida, Cvetko Fx

2. Čonda, Kraljič, Štojs, Kladušan

3. Duh, Lipnik, Ilijaš, Radkovič

4. Žagar, Kukovica, Ivačič, Malešič F

5. Malešič, Kraljič, Lipnik, Vida

6. Kovačić, Ivačič, Ilijaš, Kladušan

7. Žagar, Čonda, Duh, Pečnik

8. Kukovica, Štojs, Radkovič, Zupančič

9. Kukovica, Duh, Vida, Kladušan R

10. Žagar, Kovačić, Kraljič, Radkovič

11. Štojs, Lipnik, Pečnik, Ivačič

12. Čonda, Malešič, Ilijaš, Zupančič

13. Čonda, Radkovič, Vida, Ivačič

14. Štojs, Kovačić, Malešič, Duh

15. Kraljič, Kukovica, Ilijaš, Pečnik

16. Žagar, Lipnik, Kladušan, Zupančič

17. Žagar, Štojs, Ilijaš, Vida

18. Kukovica, Kovačić, Lipnik, Čonda

19. Malešič, Radkovič, Pečnik, Kladušan

20. Kraljič, Duh, Radkovič, Zupančič

Edited July 17, 2011 by tomazpozrl

[tomazpozrl]

Here are also the standings after round 3. One more round is left, on 10.9. in Krsko.

 

1 Matej Žagar SLO 37 37 40 = 114

2 Samo Kukovica SLO 33 33 37 = 103

3 Aleksander Čonda SLO 35 30 33 = 98

4 Dino Kovačić HRV 30 29 35 = 94

5 Aleš Kraljič SLO 31 31 31 = 93

6 Denis Štojs SLO 29 22 30 = 81

7 Jurica Pavlic HRV 40 40 - = 80

8 Matija Duh SLO 25 26 28 = 79

9 Beno Lipnik SLO 27 25 27 = 79

10 Renato Cvetko HRV 26 28 19 = 73

11 Nejc Malešič SLO 20 23 29 = 72

12 Jasmin Ilijaš HRV 19 27 25 = 71

13 Matic Ivačič SLO 22 24 23 = 69

14 Žiga Radkovič SLO 21 20 26 = 67

15 Matic Voldrih SLO 28 35 - = 63

16 Jernej Pečnik SLO 23 - 24 = 47

17 Ladislav Vida SLO 24 - 22 = 46

18 Kristian Revinšek SLO - 21 - = 21

19 Nejc Kladušan SLO - - 21 = 21

20 Nik Zupančič SLO - - 20 = 20

21 Maks Lipnik SLO 18 - - = 18