Finnish News 2012

[f-s-p]

Finnish longtrack final this sat, Nordic final sun.

SM-liiga 7 at Hyvinkää Aug18th

SM-liiga 8 at Kuusankoski Aug 21st

U21 final at Pori Sep 16th

 

 

[f-s-p]

Longtrack Finnish Champion 2012 is Aki-Pekka Mustonen. He beat Björn G Hansen and Joel Nyström in the final. Aarni Heikkilä was 4th. Full results sunday, also on sunday they will ride the Nordic final.

 

Results from saturday

 

1) Aki-Pekka Mustonen VRT 333333 18

2) Björn G. Hansen NO M22M32 9

3) Joel Nyström SE 333321 15

4) Aarni Heikkilä HyMK 212220 9

5) Janne Nyman SsMK 10121 5

6) Rasmus Sundström J-PMK 2F111 5

7) Jani Pirttinen SeMK 2233d 10

8) Simo Pulli KarhMK 3322d 8

9) Ari Tuomisto FMS 1111 4

10) Klaus-Peter Gerdemann DE/IRR 020T 2

11) Mika Helin FMS 1001 2

 

Erä erältä:

1. Pulli, Pirttinen, Nyman, Gerdemann 91,73

2. Nyström, Sundström, Helin, Hansen M 94,15

3. Mustonen, Heikkilä, Tuomisto 91,07

4. Mustonen, Hansen, Heikkilä, Nyman 89,71

5. Nyström, Pirttinen, Tuomisto, Helin 90,28

6. Pulli, Gerdemann, Sundström F 92,96

7. Pirttinen, Heikkilä, Nyman, Helin 90,40

8. Nyström, Hansen, Tuomisto, Gerdemann 89,21

9. Mustonen, Pulli, Sundström 90,22

10. Nyström, Nyman, Sundström 90,31

11. Mustonen, Heikkilä, Helin, Gerdemann 91,36

12. Pirttinen, Pulli, Tuomisto, Hansen M 91,32

Semi 1: Hansen, Nyström, Nyman, Pulli d 87,01*

Semi 2: Mustonen, Heikkilä, Sundström, Pirttinen d 93,06

Finaali: Mustonen, Hansen, Nyström, Heikkilä 88,26

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia ?.

* = Rataennätys, Björn G. Hansen NO.

Edited August 12, 2012 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

SPEEDWAYN SM-LIIGA 7

HYVINKÄÄ (HyMK) 18.8.2012

 

It was a decent meeting yesterday at Hyvinkää. They have done a lot of work with the track and it was in excellent condition for Finnish speedway. Every rider looked like a speedway rider yesterday because the track allowed them to ride speedway without worrying about holes in the track. The top guns were complaining about the lack of grip and dirt line, so it was just perfect.

 

The way things were before this one, was that Keittiöpiste could have sealed it. Timo Lahti was riding for Eastie and Aarnio probably for the comets, so they did have a weakened team, but thats speedway. Anyway, Kotkat took victory and for the last heat Sand Blowers needed a 3-3 to get a rerun for second with Keittiöpiste. They were riding against Kotkat who had already won the meeting and by allowing SB to take atleast a 4-2 from the heat they were giving SB a second place in the meeting and therefore gaining one extra point towards KP in the standings. So naturally SB took a 5-1 from the heat, came second and the standings are giving Kotkat a chance to win the championship next tuesday.

 

After heat 19 both Kotkat riders were excluded for not trying to win, but that did not change anything scorewise. The funny thing is though, that I thought there was nothing dodgy going on at all! Well, I was on the centre green and saw the start from behind. Apparently it was obvious from tapes up that the effort was just not there.

 

So on tuesday, KP will win if they finish second or first. Kotkat needs to win with KP third for a win. KP will have Lahti bros and Aarnio, Kotkat might persuade Nemo to ride and SB will have Mäkinen and Siltaniemi. The way things have been shaping on and off the track lately, it's safe to say that every point will be contested 100 % next tuesday. There's no way the a rider wearing a KP jacket wont get passed if there's a chance for it.

 

Kotkat 32

Juha Hautamäki 32232 12

Markku Autio 0003d 3

Joni Keskinen 3123d 9

Jooa Partanen 1232 8

 

Sand Blowers 30

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 21032 8

Niko Siltaniemi 13323 12

Aarni Heikkilä 11011 4

Jesse Mustonen 303d 6

 

Keittiöpiste 28

Teemu Lahti 22211 8

Marko Suojanen 12112 7

Marko Hyyryläinen 31003 7

Janne Nyman 0222 6

 

Haukat 23

Kalle Katajisto 33333 15

Jiri Nieminen 00110 2

Vili Mattila 12000 3

Jouni Viljanen 2001 3

 

Erä erältä:

1. J.Mustonen, Viljanen, Partanen, Nyman 69,65

2. Hautamäki, Lahti, Suojanen, Autio 64,57

3. Katajisto, Mustonen, Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen 64,13

4. Hyyryläinen, Nyman, Mattila, Viljanen 69,28

5. Keskinen, Partanen, Heikkilä, J.Mustonen 67,48

6. Siltaniemi, Hautamäki, Mustonen, Autio 65,34

7. Katajisto, Suojanen, Hyyryläinen, J.Nieminen 64,97

8. Siltaniemi, Lahti, Suojanen, Mustonen 65,06

9. Mustonen, Mattila, Heikkilä, Viljanen 68,62

10. Katajisto, Hautamäki, J.Nieminen, Autio 63,69

11. Partanen, Nyman, Keskinen, Hyyryläinen 67,44

12. Mustonen, Lahti, Suojanen, Heikkilä 66,88

13. Hautamäki, Keskinen, J.Nieminen, Mattila 65,45

14. Katajisto, Siltaniemi Heikkilä, Mattila 64,84

15. Autio, Hautamäki, Lahti, Hyyryläinen 66,13

16. Keskinen, Partanen, Viljanen, Mattila 66,78

17. Hyyryläinen, Nyman, Heikkilä, Mustonen d 68,78

18. Katajisto, Suojanen, Lahti, J.Nieminen 65,32

19. Siltaniemi, Mustonen, Autio d, Keskinen, d 65,56

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 175.

 

Standings before the final round on tuesday (edited to correct mistakes in gained points)

 

Seura O + P

Keittiöpiste 7 (+251) 30

Kotkat 7 (+217) 29

Sand Blowers 7 (+157) 23

Haukat 7 (+145) 15

 

I have forgotten to post the LT nordic final results from last week.

 

1) Aki-Pekka Mustonen FI 333333 18

2) Björn G Hansen NO 332132 14

3) Joel Nyström SE 323221 13

4) Janne Nyman FI 231320 11

5) Rasmus Sundström FI 22211 5

6) Simo Pulli FI 123d1 7

7) Aarni Heikkilä FI d1220 7

8) Ari Tuomisto FI 10030 4

9) Klaus-Peter Gerdemann DE 21NN 3

10) Mika Helin FI 1110 3

 

Erä erältä:

1. Mustonen, Nyman, Pulli 88,56

2. Hansen, Gerdemann, Tuomisto, Heikkilä d 89,37

3. Nyström, Sundström, Helin 91,86

4. Hansen, Sundström, Helin 90,15

5. Mustonen, Nyström, Heikkilä, Tuomisto 90,52

6. Nyman, Pulli, Gerdemann 93,44

7. Mustonen, Heikkilä, Helin 91,37

8. Nyström, Hansen, Nyman, Tuomisto 90,12

9. Pulli, Sundström 94,73

10. Tuomisto 104,45

11. Nyman, Heikkilä, Sundström, Helin 92,62

12. Mustonen, Nyström, Hansen, Pulli d 90,00

Semi 1: Mustonen, Nyman, Pulli, Heikkilä 91,84

Semi 2: Hansen, Nyström, Sundström, Tuomisto 89,29

Finaali: Mustonen, Hansen, Nyström, Nyman 88,34

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia.

Edited August 19, 2012 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

Keititöpiste is the new Finnish Champion. Kotkat silver and Sand Blowers bronze. Katajisto is points king.

 

SM-liiga 8/8

Kuusankoski (KMMK) 21.8.2012

 

Keittiöpiste 35

Teemu Lahti 212T1 6

Timo Lahti 32312 11

Tero Aarnio 31333 13

Marko Hyyryläinen 22001 5

 

Kotkat 31

Juha Hautamäki 23033 11

Markku Autio 11M10 3

Mika Loppi 23022 9

Joni Keskinen 31220 8

 

Sand Blowers 28

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 00121 4

Jari Mäkinen 12221 8

Niko Siltaniemi 32332 13

Jesse Mustonen R012 3

 

Haukat 19

Kalle Katajisto 33333 15

Jiri Nieminen 00010 1

Vili Mattila 0100F 1

Jarkko Kunnaskari T101 2

 

Erä erältä:

1. Keskinen, Hyyryläinen, Mustonen R, Kunnaskari T 64,44

2. T.Lahti, Lahti, Mäkinen, Mustonen 61,78

3. Katajisto, Hautamäki, Autio, J.Nieminen 61,09

4. Aarnio, Hyyryläinen, Kunnaskari, Mattila 63,03

5. Siltaniemi, Loppi, Keskinen, J.Mustonen 62,88

6. Hautamäki, Mäkinen, Autio, Mustonen 62,56

7. Katajisto, T.Lahti, Lahti, J.Nieminen 62,44

8. T.Lahti, Keskinen, Lahti, Hautamäki 62,86

9. Loppi, Keskinen, Mattila, Kunnaskari 66,37

10. Katajisto, Mäkinen, Mustonen, J.Nieminen 62,87

11. Aarnio, Siltaniemi, J.Mustonen, Hyyryläinen 64,02

12. Hautamäki, Lahti, T.Lahti, Loppi 64,71

13. Siltaniemi, Mustonen, J.Nieminen, Mattila 65,41

14. Katajisto, Loppi, Autio, Mattila 63,26

15. Aarnio, Mäkinen, Mustonen, Hyyryläinen 64,14

16. Siltaniemi, J.Mustonen, Kunnaskari, Mattila F 65,46

17. Aarnio, Loppi, Hyyryläinen, Keskinen 63,74

18. Katajisto, T.Lahti, Lahti, J.Nieminen 69,24

19. Hautamäki, Siltaniemi, Mäkinen, Autio 64,01

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 285.

[danish kitty]

Big congrats to Keititöpiste on becoming Champions! Great night and score for Mr Aarnio! Extremely pleased for him and the two Lahti boys! Do we have a line up for the Finnish Championship on Saturday yet? Or will there possibly be some updates from the meeting?

[f-s-p]

All the Finnish top riders are there apart Kylmä. Everything looks set for a real cracker.

 

The local club has a facebook site that can be accessed via semk.fi and text on the top right corner. They might hand out some info. Dont believe there will be any live updates. Someone hopefully disagrees and keeps them, I wont.

Edited August 22, 2012 by f-s-p

[Vicar]

Jooa Partanen 1232 8

 

Who is he?

[f-s-p]

jooaspeedway.fi

 

Has turned 16 this season, rode his first meeting at Haapajärvi U21 final. Looks good, hope he makes it.

[iris123]

jooaspeedway.fi

 

Has turned 16 this season, rode his first meeting at Haapajärvi U21 final. Looks good, hope he makes it.

Think i saw him last year in the Euro 80cc's didn't i? When does Ahlbom turn 16?

 

And a prediction for the top 3 tomorrow?

[f-s-p]

Think i saw him last year in the Euro 80cc's didn't i? When does Ahlbom turn 16?

And a prediction for the top 3 tomorrow?

Next year. The word is he's gonna rock the world. We'll see, but he'll be good. Still focusing on 80cc next year though.

 

My prediction is 1st: Kauko, 2nd Timo Lahti, 3rd Kalle, 4th Aarnio

 

The weather should be ok according to the last time I checked. This is the meeting I'm really looking forward to. It should be really good. Dont know what happened, but for the first time this season I actually enjoyed a meeting last tuesday... Hopefully this one makes my season!

[f-s-p]

Timo Lahti is the new champion, nemo 2nd, hautamäki 3rd, asrnio 4th.

 

EDIT: Better results...

 

Timo Lahti KMMK 33323 14

Kauko Nieminen SeMK 3333d 12

Juha Hautamäki SeMK 22233 12

Kalle Katajisto SsMK 23213 11

Tero Aarnio KMMK 32232 12

Teemu Lahti KMMK 12123 9

Jari Mäkinen HyMK 13122 9

Marko Suojanen PMK R1331 8

Niko Siltaniemi HjMK 32111 8

Joni Keskinen SeMK 11301 6

Jiri Nieminen SsMK 21200 5

Jesse Mustonen VRT 01012 4

Mika Loppi SeMK 2001N 3

Aarni Heikkilä HyMK 100d2 3

Jouni Viljanen PMK 00020 2

Markku Autio KuMaMo R010M 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Siltaniemi, Loppi, Lahti, Autio F 63,27

2. T.Lahti, Katajisto, Mäkinen, Viljanen 62,18

3. Nieminen, Hautamäki, Keskinen, Suojanen R 64,02

4. Aarnio, J.Nieminen, Heikkilä, J.Mustonen 63,33

5. Katajisto, Hautamäki, J.Nieminen, Loppi 62,13

6. Mäkinen, Siltaniemi, Keskinen, Heikkilä 64,18

7. Nieminen, Lahti, J.Mustonen, Viljanen 63,16

8. T.Lahti, Aarnio, Suojanen, Autio 63,16

9. Keskinen, Aarnio, Mäkinen, Loppi 63,99

10. Suojanen, Katajisto, Siltaniemi, J.Mustonen 64,26

11. T.Lahti, Hautamäki, Lahti, Heikkilä 63,34

12. Keskinen, J.Nieminen, Autio, Viljanen 64,82

13. Suojanen, Viljanen, Loppi, Heikkilä d 64,19

14. Nieminen, T.Lahti, Siltaniemi, J.Nieminen 63,91

15. Aarnio, Lahti, Katajisto, Keskinen 63,14

16. Hautamäki, Mäkinen, J.Mustonen, Autio 63,87

17. T.Lahti, J.Mustonen, Keskinen, Pulli 64,11

18. Hautamäki, Aarnio, Siltaniemi, Viljanen 64,22

19. Lahti, Mäkinen, Suojanen, J.Nieminen 64,80

20. Katajisto, Heikkilä, Autio M, Nieminen d 63,95

Semi: Hautamäki, Aarnio, Lahti, Katajisto 63,84

Finaali: T.Lahti, Nieminen, Hautamäki, Aarnio 63,54

Tuomari: Mika Laukkanen, katsojia 715.

 

It was pretty good. Never seen Routakallio look so fine, the local club had made excellent work with the stadium. Track was great, racing better than OK and meeting all in all well organised. Also over 700 paid to get in, so the people at SeMK have a good reason to boast about today for a while.

 

Interesting note from heat 20 was that Katajisto gated for the lead with Nemo following. Autio who had been in the shadows all day somehow managed to get some speed on the backstaight and was passing Nemo from the outside on bend 4 lap 1. For some reason as he passed Nemo he instantly decided to cut in front of him and they touched and Autio fell. I saw it from the other end and thought it was something Autio (or anyone else) could have done intentionally to get a guy out. Luckily Nemo had done enough for a place in the final. In the semi Katajisto had gate 4, managed a good start but it was just not enough and he got squeezed to last before the backstraight. He did not find the speed to pass Lahti and gave up after entering 4th lap while 4th. Marko Suojanen started the meeting with an absolute flier. He lead heat 3 for over three? laps before a spark plug gave up in his engine. There was no way Nemo would have passed him in that one.

Edited August 26, 2012 by f-s-p

[Timo]

Photos from Seinäjoki: http://www.speedwaysuomi.com/kuvat/2012/spwsmsjk/thumb.html

[Dekker]

what was siltaniemi like fsp?

[f-s-p]

I thought he did OK apart from losing to Mäkinen. I spoke with him after the meeting and he blamed his poor gating towards the for his low score. A friend had kept score on the gates and I saw his notes after 16 heats. They showed white as the poor one and others relatively even. Niko was on white against Mäkinen but that was no excuse in that one. Yellow saw a few fliers, which hopefully Spar will prove accurate later this week. He just needs rides to come back 100 % and riding in Finland is not enough at the moment.

 

>>Me<< with white jersey colour.

Edited August 28, 2012 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

Kaupunki Cup

Varkaus (VRT) 2.9.2012

Rain stopped the meeting at Varkaus after 12 heats. Results stand. Siltaniemi crashed heavily on his own, hurt his back again but sounded ok when I spoke to him today. He should see his x-rays tomorrow. The track was really soft I'm told, loads of grip and Siltaniemi just lost control at some stage. Also some riders pulled out of the meeting due to conditions so I guess it was not easy.

 

Jiri Nieminen put his name in the permanent history of the Varkaus track. He's the current track record holder after the track wa schanged during the summer. They pulled in the bends and the length of the track is now 312 meters.

 

This was Nike Lunna's 1st meeting on 500cc.

 

Varkaus 18

Aki-Pekka Mustonen 2333 11

Jesse Mustonen 3211 7

 

Seinäjoki 15

Aarni Heikkilä 32R3 8

Herman Kenkkilä 2122 7

 

Karhula 12

Tino Turkia 0210 3

Nike Lunna 1332 9

 

Lahti I 11

Jiri Nieminen 3323 11

Niko Siltaniemi d 0

 

Forssa 10

Marko Suojanen 1131 6

Jarkko Kunnaskari 2020 4

 

Pori 1

Jouni Viljanen 0 1

Jere Lehtonen 1 1

 

Erä erältä:

1. Heikkilä, Kenkkilä, Lunna, Turkia 64,12

2. J.Mustonen, Mustonen, Lehtonen, Viljanen 66,64

3. J.Nieminen, Kunnaskari, Suojanen, Siltaniemi d 61,27*

4. J.Nieminen, Heikkilä, Kenkkilä 64,73

5. Lunna, Turkia 65,07

6. Mustonen, J. Mustonen, Suojanen, Kunnaskari 68,08

7. Suojanen, Kunnaskari 69,57

8. Lunna, J.Nieminen, Turkia 63,91

9. Mustonen, Kenkkilä, J.Mustonen, Heikkilä 63,70

10. Mustonen, Lunna, J.Mustonen, Turkia 63,82

11. Heikkilä, Kenkkilä, Suojanen, Kunnaskari 66,65

12. J.Nieminen 66,74

Tuomari: Harri Heikkilä, katsojia 31.

* = uusi rataennätys

 

KC meetings on both days next weekend. Sat at Hyvinkää and sun at Pori, the restaging of saturdays match that was rained off.

 

Other upcoming Finnish fixtures are East vs West meeting at Pori on Sep 15th and restaging of the U21 final at Pori on Sep 16th. EastWest meeting will be held between two 7 man teams lead by the national team manager (west) and SM-liiga champions team manager Jorma Mäkinnas (east).

 

And individual meeting scheduled at Hyvinkää on Sep 22nd has been cancelled, so at the moment it seems Sep 16th is the last day of the Finnish season.

Edited September 3, 2012 by f-s-p

[f-s-p]

Siltaniemi's crash after 5 minutes. Edited September 7, 2012 by f-s-p

[2ndBender]

Isn't there a KC meeting at Karhula tomorrow, Saturday, 8 September?

[f-s-p]

Moved to Hyvinkää because the re-development of the Karhula is not yet finished.

[2ndBender]

Thanks. So no meetings have taken place at Karhula this season?

[f-s-p]

Indeed, no meetings at Karhula this season.

 

Kaupunki Cup was finished last weekend

 

SPEEDWAY Kaupunki cup 8.9.2012 Hyvinkää

1. Lahti1 23: Niko Siltaniemi 14, Jiri Nieminen 9

2. Varkaus 19: Teemu Lahti 12, Jesse Mustonen 7

3. Karhula 14: Nike Lunna 10, Simo Pulli 3, Tino Turkia 1

4. Pori 13: Jouni Viljanen 7, Jere Lehtonen 6

5. Forssa 12: Marko Suojanen 10, Jarkko Kunnaskari 2

6. Lahti2 9: Kalle Kivistö 6, Marko Hyyryläinen 3, Juha Tuominiemi 0

 

SPEEDWAY Kaupunki Cup 9.9.2012 Pori

1. Varkaus 23: Teemu Lahti 15, Jesse Mustonen 8

2. Lahti I 20: Niko Siltaniemi 13, Jiri Nieminen 7

3. Pori 15: Jere Lehtonen 8, Jouni Viljanen 7

4. Forssa 13: Marko Suojanen 12, Ari Tuomisto 1, Jarkko Kunnaskari 0

5. Kauhajoki 12: Vili Mattila 6, Janne Nyman 6

6. Lahti II 6: Marko Hyyryläinen 4, Kalle Kivistö 2, Juha Tuominiemi 0

 

Kaupunki Cupin lopputilanne:

1. Varkaus 6 111 28

2. Lahti I 6 120 26

3. Seinäjoki 6 75 14

4. Karhula 6 73 13

5. Forssa 6 69 11

6. Lahti II 6 73 10

7. Pori 6 64 10

8. Kauhajoki 6 73 8

 

Siltaniemi crashing out at Varkaus cost Lahti I the win of KC. Well, thats what one would think in haste... = )

 

EDIT: I had another byline in Spar last week... This is becoming an annual thing! One photo, full spread! Had two pics the week before... Like many in speedway, I'm just getting going as the season finishes.

Edited September 10, 2012 by f-s-p