f-s-p Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Speedway SM-liiga teams and lineups for next season. SM-liiga 2012: Sand Blowers: 1) Jari Mäkinen, 2) Niko Siltaniemi, 3) Aarni Heikkilä, 4) Pasi Pulliainen, 5) Andreas Messing. Keittiöpiste:1) Tero Aarnio, 2) Timo Lahti, 3) Teemu Lahti,4) Marko Hyyryläinen, 5) Marko Suojanen. Kotkat: 1) Juha Hautamäki, 2) Mika Loppi, 3) Markku Autio,4) Joni Keskinen. Haukat: 1) Kalle Katajisto, 2) Jiri Nieminen, 3) Vili Mattila, 4) Mika Pellinen, 5) Alexander Edberg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Looks like Paholaiset (Pori) don`t wanna ride the SM-Liiga this year and will be "replaced" by Haukat (Lahti)? And Kotkat only with 4 rider? When does the fixtures are confirmed/published by the SML? Edited January 14, 2012 by Jacqueline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Looks like Paholaiset (Pori) don`t wanna ride the SM-Liiga this year and will be "replaced" by Haukat (Lahti)? And Kotkat only with 4 rider? When does the fixtures are confirmed/published by the SML? Yes, Pori announced at the AGM that they are not in the league 2012. It's a shame, big time and mostly to do with money meaning lack of it. I've been doing some stats lately and went through a lot of results since 2004. Pori has had the highest crowds year after year since 2004. Also the stadium is top class in Finland and I rate the track as # 1 in Finland. The 5th rider in the squads announced is just cosmetics basically. The meeting format stays the same 4 teams with 4 riders each. The 5th is basically named so that the others cant take him in their teams. The spring conference will finalize the dates for the two leagues and it will be held in late February. Unless some dramatic change of fortunes, they will be published by the end of February. Haukat from Lahti, yes. The Kaupunki Cup is about to see a return of the tracks at Varkaus and also Karhula. Neither of the two teams has officially listed themselves in to the coming KC, but thats the talk behind the scenes. Hyvinkää's 2nd team in KC last season was in fact three riders from Karhula, because the Karhula track would not pass for a track license (some details with the fence). Varkaus announced they would enter the league this season as well, but that fell through. The situation at Varkaus I'm told is quite promising. The stadium had a facelift last summer and new riders have appeared at the track. Deadline for the participation in the KC is the end of January. It looks like a six team lineup. Edited January 14, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Teams and lineuos for next season's Kaupunki cup are confirmed. Note that Varkaus and Karhula are returning tracks. Also 8!! teams with a possible 9th when home team is allowed to track another team in a meeting. Looks good, and busy. Joukkueet ja niiden kokoonpanot speedwayn Kaupunki Cupissa 2012: Pori: 1) Jouni Viljanen, 2) Jere Lehtonen. Kauhajoki: 1) Vili Mattila, 2) Miikka Hyyryläinen, 3) Jarkko Kulmala Seinäjoki: 1) Aarni Heikkilä, 2) Mika Loppi, 3) Herman Kenkkilä. Varkaus: 1) Mico Brotkin, 2) Jesse Mustonen, 3) Eki Kaulamo. Lahti 1: 1) Jiri Nieminen, 2) Jukka Nieminen, 3) Niko Siltaniemi. Lahti 2: 1) Marko hyyryläinen, 2) Juha Tuominiemi, 3) Kalle Kivistö. Forssa: 1) Marko Suojanen, 2) Jarkko Kunnaskari, 3) Ari Tuomisto. Karhula: 1) Marko Toikka, 2) Tino Turkia, 3) Jani Eerikäinen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Calendar for Finnish SM-liiga has been announced today. SM-liiga 2012 Lahti June 5th: Haukat-Sand Blowers-Keittiöpiste-Kotkat. Hyvinkää June 12th: Sand Blowers-Keittiöpiste-Kotkat-Haukat. Seinäjoki June 19th: Kotkat-Haukat-Sand Blowers-Keittiöpiste. Kuusankoski July 3rd: Keittiöpiste-Kotkat-Haukat-Sand Blowers. Lahti July 14th: Sand Blowers-Keittiöpiste-Kotkat-Haukat. Seinäjoki July 31st: Haukat-Sand Blowers-Keittiöpiste-Kotkat. Kuusankoski August 7th: Kotkat-Haukat-Sand Blowers-Keittiöpiste. Hyvinkää August 18th: Keittiöpiste-Kotkat-Haukat-Sand Blowers. Kaupunki Cup will start on May 12th from Varkaus, KC calendar will be published within a week. Edited March 5, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) KAUPUNKI CUP Calendar 2012 Varkaus May 12th: Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori-Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1. Kauhajoki June 30th: Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori-Varkaus-Forssa. Seinäjoki July 1st: Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori-Varkaus. Lahti 1 July 7th: Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori. Lahti 2 July 15th: Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula. Forssa August 19th: Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki. Pori September 1st: Pori-Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki. Karhula September 8th: Karhula-Pori-Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2. Edited March 12, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Now announced in Finland that the U21 quali has been given away because the FIM wants an airfence for this meeting. So far there isn't even one in Finland and none were apparently available for hire abroad. Denmark will host this now and the last I heard our top guns will give it a miss. In my opinion the U21 wc has turned in to a joke with the current system of 7 or what finals. Finland as an example we have two riders of that level that they could make the series. They are not interested to invest that amount of money to ride in it, 10-15 k in euros has been mentioned. And having qualified from their quali, they have ride in the semi or face FIM ban for the rest of the season and a fine between 10-100k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Now announced in Finland that the U21 quali has been given away because the FIM wants an airfence for this meeting. So far there isn't even one in Finland and none were apparently available for hire abroad. Denmark will host this now and the last I heard our top guns will give it a miss. In my opinion the U21 wc has turned in to a joke with the current system of 7 or what finals. Finland as an example we have two riders of that level that they could make the series. They are not interested to invest that amount of money to ride in it, 10-15 k in euros has been mentioned. And having qualified from their quali, they have ride in the semi or face FIM ban for the rest of the season and a fine between 10-100k. Saw that the meeting has gone to Denmark(Randers?),but didn't know why.But i thought it was a rule for a few years now that FIM meetings must have an airfence?I can understand where you,or the riders are coming from.We had the issue last season where riders didn't want to go to Russia for the team meeting due to costs....Argentina as i/we mentioned last year is a big ask for most young riders.Especially those that are struggling without any chance of a medal.But will they really fine/ban anyone?have they before?Just look at Dosaev in Ice Racing.How many times has he been listed as a starter and never turned up?But still he gets accepeted for the season afterwards!!!!He must have some bloody good excuses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Since I'm holding a beer on my other hand a my Sh!tPhone in the other on the shoreline of Lake Como I cant quote the rulebook but it's there. From what I was told last year Timo Lahti/Finland is actually the first ever rider/Federation that has received an uem fine, so why bother testing with FIM and fine 15 times as big. The ban is for fim meetings, not leagues. Edited April 13, 2012 by f-s-p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Sure they need an airfence,Which makesme wonder didn't the FIM know they didn't have one?Seems unlikely.Or was an airfence promised by the promoters and then they couldn't deliver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Sure they need an airfence,Which makesme wonder didn't the FIM know they didn't have one?Seems unlikely.Or was an airfence promised by the promoters and then they couldn't deliver? Just got back home and straight after putting my incredibly cheap liquor to it's place I checked that there was no mention of an APD (air fence) coming mandatory or even provisional for 2012 in the 2011 rule book. There was work done and plenty I'm told to get a fence to Finland, but in the end there was no realistic plan to store and uphold it, so the federation backed out and gave the meeting away. There have been a few projects to get a fence in various tracks and a couple are rolling as we speak and have a chance of materialising, but they wont happen for this meeting anymore. They are big projects involving EC money and stuff like that, even Seinäjoki did'nt want to pay for the fence by themselves and they have been the "biggest/most economically balanced" club in Finland for the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekker Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 u21 will be back to old format quickly, its just FiM bods eying up the free travel. good luck to Kalle K in 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 KAUPUNKI CUP Calendar 2012 Varkaus May 12th: Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori-Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1. Kauhajoki June 30th: Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori-Varkaus-Forssa. Seinäjoki July 1st: Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori-Varkaus. Lahti 1 July 7th: Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula-Pori. Lahti 2 July 15th: Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki-Karhula. Forssa August 19th: Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki-Seinäjoki. Pori September 1st: Pori-Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2-Kauhajoki. Karhula September 8th: Karhula-Pori-Varkaus-Forssa-Lahti 1-Lahti 2. According to Forssa MS's homepage the first meeting in Varkaus is SIIRRETTY! Do you have any fresh info about when and where it will take place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 According to Forssa MS's homepage the first meeting in Varkaus is SIIRRETTY! Do you have any fresh info about when and where it will take place? It means it's moved forward due to track conditions which in this case means that it's been winter for too long. For the past two years that track has opened today/this weeekend of April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Saw that the meeting has gone to Denmark(Randers?),but didn't know why. Edited April 24, 2012 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) New date for the Varkaus meeting should be set by May 16th. The opening round of SM-liiga has been moved from Lahti to Hyvinkää because the Lahti track has lost it's "planning permission" for now due to noise complaints. There's work done to get it back and from the info I have it looks positive. No change in date. Looking REALLY bleak for anykind of challenge from the Finn's in U21 worlds. It should all hit the fan later this week. I'll now crawl back to my corner to wait for something positive to report from Finland. Please could someone bring beer and something to eat on a weekly basis, dont think I'm comin out for a loooooooooooong time. Edited May 25, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) Yyteri speedway at Pori today Marko Suojanen PMK 32333 14 Markku Autio KuMaMo 33331 13 Juha Hautamäki SeMK 23233 13 Pasi Pulliainen HyMK 13233 12 Teemu Lahti KMMK 32322 12 Joni Keskinen SeMK 2322N 9 Mika Loppi SeMK 11322 9 Janne Nyman SsMK 11113 7 Jani Pirttinen SeMK 02112 6 Vili Mattila KauhjMK 01122 6 Jouni Viljanen PMK 02210 5 Jarkko Kunnaskari FMS 20011 4 Aarni Heikkilä HyMK 3FnNNN 3 Peter Wall SE 10101 3 Jiri Nieminen SsMK 2dNNN 2 Jukka Nieminen SsMK 00001 1 Margus Mandre EE 1000 1 Erä erältä: 1. Autio, Hautamäki, Pulliainen, Viljanen 63,17 2. Lahti, J.Nieminen, Nyman, Pirttinen 65,65 3. Suojanen, Keskinen, Loppi, Mattila 63,50 4. Heikkilä, Kunnaskari, Wall, Ju.Nieminen 66,70 5. Pulliainen, Suojanen, Nyman, Kunnaskari 65,10 6. Autio, Lahti, Loppi, Wall 63,55 7. Hautamäki, Pirttinen, Mattila, Ju.Nieminen 65,82 8. Keskinen, Viljanen, Mandre, Nieminen d 9. Lahti, Pulliainen, Mattila, Mandre 66,46 10. Autio, Keskinen, Nyman, Ju.Nieminen 66,40 11. Suojanen, Hautamäki, Wall 63,51 12. Loppi, Viljanen, Pirttinen, Kunnaskari 67,70 13. Pulliainen, Keskinen, Pirttinen, Wall 65,36 14. Autio, Mattila, Kunnaskari 67,00 15. Hautamäki, Loppi, Nyman 64,39 16. Suojanen, Lahti, Viljanen, Ju.Nieminen 66,51 17. Pulliainen, Loppi, Ju.Nieminen 65,29 18. Suojanen, Pirttinen, Autio, Mandre 66,82 19. Hautamäki, Lahti, Kunnaskari 64,68 20. Nyman, Mattila, Wall, Viljanen 70,40 Finaali: Hautamäki, Suojanen, Lahti, Pulliainen, Autio 65,07 Tuomari: Harri Heikkilä, katsojia 860. Good crowd despite the weather. It was cloudy all day, almost raining but not quite. Also the ice hockey match between Finland and USA started at 1815 but still people turned up, surprised me and a few others. For all you that dont understand ice hockey, this was REALLY big and important match in Finlands #1 sport. Overall nothing spectacular was seen, mostly gate and go. Softest Yyteri track since 2007, been raining quite a lot and it had plenty of grip. Dried out as the meeting passed and with riders coming to terms with it the racing got better. Autio was flying in front, but good not pass even Pirttinen when behind. Hautamäki and Pulliainen struggled early on but ended on a high. Suojanen was absolutely pants last year, but was flying now and should have a good season by the looks of it. Jiri Nieminen and Aarni Heikkilä crashed in heat 8 and Heikkilä was taken to the hospital. It was said at the track that it was a precaution, nothing suspected broken. Nieminen got away with bruises. Seinäjoki speedway will continue the season this saturday with Katajisto and Siltaniemi adding their input to the proceedings. Edited May 17, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Seinäjoki speedway on saturday May 19th Kalle Katajisto SsMK 33333 15 Juha Hautamäki SeMK 33233 14 Pasi Pulliainen HyMK 23322 12 Niko Siltaniemi HjMK 32231 11 Mika Loppi SeMK 13321 10 Teemu Lahti KMMK 22213 10 Marko Suojanen PMK R2133 9 Joni Keskinen SeMK 22122 9 Markku Autio KuMaMo 31022 8 Jani Pirttinen SeMK 11311 7 Janne Nyman SsMK 11210 5 Peter Wall SE 00012 3 Aarni Heikkilä HyMK 20RNN 2 Vili Mattila KauhjMK 10100 2 Jarkko Kunnaskari FMS 01001 2 Jouni Viljanen PMK 0d100 1 Erä erältä: 1. Katajisto, Pulliainen, Loppi, Wall 63,72 2. Siltaniemi, Lahti, Pirttinen, Suojanen R 64,81 3. Autio, Heikkilä, Mattila, Viljanen 65,72 4. Hautamäki, Keskinen, Nyman, Kunnaskari 65,00 5. Hautamäki, Siltaniemi, Autio, Wall 63,78 6. Loppi, Keskinen, Pirttinen, Heikkilä 66,88 7. Pulliainen, Suojanen, Kunnaskari, Viljanen d 65,81 8. Katajisto, Lahti, Nyman, Mattila 63,78 9. Pirttinen, Nyman, Viljanen, Wall 68,04 10. Loppi, Siltaniemi, Mattila, Kunnaskari 65,53 11. Pulliainen, Lahti, Keskinen, Autio 65,19 12. Katajisto, Hautamäki, Suojanen, Heikkilä 62,57 13. Suojanen, Keskinen, Wall, Mattila 65,03 14. Hautamäki, Loppi, Lahti, Viljanen 64,28 15. Siltaniemi, Pulliainen, Nyman 65,66 16. Katajisto, Autio, Pirttinen, Kunnaskari 63,81 17. Lahti, Wall, Kunnaskari 63,44 18. Suojanen, Autio, Loppi, Nyman 65,28 19. Hautamäki, Pulliainen, Pirttinen, Mattila 63,90 20. Katajisto, Keskinen, Siltaniemi, Viljanen 64,47 Semi: Pulliainen, Lahti, Siltaniemi, Loppi 64,97 Finaali: Hautamäki, Pulliainen, Lahti, Katajisto R 64,06 Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia (EDIT) 160. Heikkilä riding means he's about OK after his hospital visit. Katajisto rode max from his heats and was challenging Hautamäki for the lead in the final when his chain snapped. Siltaniemi was lost with his setup, but I'm told he did OK after a year on the sidelines after his crash in Germany. Pulliainen and Lahti seem surprising in the final, Autio doing poorly considering that Seinäjoki is the track that is his "hometrack" nowadays, and remembering his riding from thursday. Loppi was surprisingly poor thursday, got better and now doing 10 from his heats shows that he's "still on the path". I was not there. Edited May 21, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) New date for the Varkaus meeting should be set by May 16th. I'll now crawl back to my corner to wait for something positive to report from Finland. Please could someone bring beer and something to eat on a weekly basis, dont think I'm comin out for a loooooooooooong time. Timo Lahti został zawodnikiem PGE Marmy Rzeszów. Być może młody Fin będzie miał okazję zadebiutować w rzeszowskim zespole już w niedzielnym meczu z Unibaksem Toruń. 20-latek trafił do klubu z Rzeszowa na zasadzie wypożyczenia z Lokomotivu Daugavpils. W piątek Lahti został potwierdzony do startów w PGE Marmie przez Polski Związek Motorowy. Fin ma wziąć udział w piątkowym treningu na rzeszowskim torze. Oh yeah baby, I'm out from hiding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New date for Varkaus is September 2 nd. ps. Ice cold Stella would do nicely though... Anyone? Timo Lahti został zawodnikiem PGE Marmy Rzeszów. Być może młody Fin będzie miał okazję zadebiutować w rzeszowskim zespole już w niedzielnym meczu z Unibaksem Toruń. 20-latek trafił do klubu z Rzeszowa na zasadzie wypożyczenia z Lokomotivu Daugavpils. W piątek Lahti został potwierdzony do startów w PGE Marmie przez Polski Związek Motorowy. Fin ma wziąć udział w piątkowym treningu na rzeszowskim torze. Oh yeah baby, I'm out from hiding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New date for Varkaus is September 2 nd. ps. Ice cold Stella would do nicely though... Anyone? Wheres's Conkers or Iris when you really need them... They would have posted this so much ever nicely... Providing Conkers has cleaned his gear after T.Lahti outscoting Bomber last monday and Iris just having a good friday night out expecting to see the greateast Finnish prospect in actino since KL... Edited May 25, 2012 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 ps. Ice cold Stella would do nicely though... Anyone? Cheers m8! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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