f-s-p Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Arendal? was Kaparna’s hometrack in Göteborg. Has it been built over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 1 hour ago, f-s-p said: Arendal? was Kaparna’s hometrack in Göteborg. Has it been built over? Not sure what has happened to it, but i visited the arena once when i was in Sweden but didn`t see a match.- Google translation. Arendalsbanan is a speedway arena located in Arendal on Hisingen in Gothenburg. The Arendalsbanan used to be the Kaparnas home course. The arena has a length of 336 meters, a width of 12.5 meters, a radius of radius of 30 meters and a curve width of 17.5 meters. The audience record is 5,940 spectators and was set on September 24, 2002 in a match between Kaparna and Rospiggarna. The track record 60.1 was set by Tony Rickardsson for Masarna on September 24, 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 4 hours ago, racers and royals said: Not sure what has happened to it, but i visited the arena once when i was in Sweden but didn`t see a match.- Google translation. Arendalsbanan is a speedway arena located in Arendal on Hisingen in Gothenburg. The Arendalsbanan used to be the Kaparnas home course. The arena has a length of 336 meters, a width of 12.5 meters, a radius of radius of 30 meters and a curve width of 17.5 meters. The audience record is 5,940 spectators and was set on September 24, 2002 in a match between Kaparna and Rospiggarna. The track record 60.1 was set by Tony Rickardsson for Masarna on September 24, 2004. There was some plans and controversy around it. Säve (the new track) did not happen and would be pretty typical that after a decade Arendal is still there un-used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, f-s-p said: There was some plans and controversy around it. Säve (the new track) did not happen and would be pretty typical that after a decade Arendal is still there un-used. A lot of the controversy( if my memory serves me right) was Tommy Rander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, racers and royals said: A lot of the controversy( if my memory serves me right) was Tommy Rander. Thats the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted May 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 9 hours ago, f-s-p said: Arendal? was Kaparna’s hometrack in Göteborg. Has it been built over? Track has been demolished afaik, note sure if anything has been built on the site yet or if it still is used by NCC as storage for construction materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Ghostwalker said: Track has been demolished afaik, note sure if anything has been built on the site yet or if it still is used by NCC as storage for construction materials. So if that's the case, nothing changed since closure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, f-s-p said: So if that's the case, nothing changed since closure. The street adress of the track was Gema-Kjells väg which doesn't seem to exist anymore (doesn't show up on Google maps, eniro maps, hitta, here wego.....) but I think I found the former location of the road and the track on Open Street Maps. https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Gema-Kjells väg#map=19/57.70181/11.86429 Transferred too google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/57°42'05.2"N+11°51'47.0"E/@57.7014418,11.8608573,815m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d57.7014389!4d11.863046 A large logistics warehouse so close to the port IMO seems like a reasonable choice compared to an old speedway track. There is however a folkrace track and a go cart track about 4-5 km north west of the old Arendal track which is an area that might be suitable for a speedway track. Sort of to put all motorsport in the same place (pretty much like it is in Eskilstuna) rather then having it dotted here and there. Edited May 27, 2020 by Ghostwalker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Ghostwalker said: The street adress of the track was Gema-Kjells väg which doesn't seem to exist anymore (doesn't show up on Google maps, eniro maps, hitta, here wego.....) but I think I found the former location of the road and the track on Open Street Maps. https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Gema-Kjells väg#map=19/57.70181/11.86429 Transferred too google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/57°42'05.2"N+11°51'47.0"E/@57.7014418,11.8608573,815m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d57.7014389!4d11.863046 A large logistics warehouse so close to the port IMO seems like a reasonable choice compared to an old speedway track. There is however a folkrace track and a go cart track about 4-5 km north west of the old Arendal track which is an area that might be suitable for a speedway track. Sort of to put all motorsport in the same place (pretty much like it is in Eskilstuna) rather then having it dotted here and there. We are speedway fans. We want the track and not a warehouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted May 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 The government announced that practices, knock out tournaments (cups) and regular games/meetings will be allowed from 14th June But the restriction of more than 50 people will remain in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 RUMOURS that there will be no league speedway in Sweden this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted June 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Indianerana - Smedernna 2013 QF second leg, some really good speedway. Especially heat 13. https://youtu.be/BJqKINHD964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted June 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Elit Vetlanda - Smederna 2017 final 2nd leg. Smederna 8p down after first leg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVouJ2XxSG0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted June 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 9:50 AM, PHILIPRISING said: RUMOURS that there will be no league speedway in Sweden this year... Elitserien (Bauhausligan) might be doubtful but I think Allsvenskan and Div 1 might be able to put some meetings in. Youth series will re-start next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Latest runout is re-start in August for Elitserien but with 6-rider line ups and no spectators. I don't really understand how they are going to be able to make it financially viable without spectators. Teams outta bleed money like crazy in such case. Https://live.aftonbladet.se/supernytt-sport/news/5edbbe291f2ecd0018e0e2b9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Ghostwalker said: Latest runout is re-start in August for Elitserien but with 6-rider line ups and no spectators. I don't really understand how they are going to be able to make it financially viable without spectators. Teams outta bleed money like crazy in such case. Https://live.aftonbladet.se/supernytt-sport/news/5edbbe291f2ecd0018e0e2b9 Maybe C More`s new contract makes it worthwhile ? Edited June 6, 2020 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Maybe C More`s new contract makes it worthwhile ? For what, Finnish SM-liiga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, f-s-p said: For what, Finnish SM-liiga? No Swedish Elitserien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, racers and royals said: No Swedish Elitserien Elitserien without a crowd seems a suicide. Also you need free travel for the riders, as its actually international Elitserien with a problem. Not only with the number of foreigners, but they are the hotbed of covid—19 in the northern speedway world. Been saying it for a while, be seeing you with us at the bottom of the speedway world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 minute ago, f-s-p said: Elitserien without a crowd seems a suicide. Also you need free travel for the riders, as its actually international Elitserien with a problem. Not only with the number of foreigners, but they are the hotbed of covid—19 in the northern speedway world. Been saying it for a while, be seeing you with us at the bottom of the speedway world... What`s it got to do with me ? I was just offering a suggestion as to why the Swede`s think it might work without paying spectators. Don`t forget that C More are showing every match live under the terms of the new contract( plus possible foreign TV rights(Poland and UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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