iris123 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Kolenkin and Saydullin are the wild cards for the Shadrinks and Togliatti GP’s Edited January 13, 2020 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwantz34 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 6 hours ago, DutchGrasstrack said: Charly Ebner and Bart Schaap received the wildcards I can't help but feel disappointed, surely the FIM want the strongest possible field for the premier series. I don't mean any disrespect but can't non Russians get their chance as wildcards at their home rounds? As I've said before I've not followed the sport for that long but did younger riders like Haaruhiltunen or Weber get full time wildcards to prove themselves and get established or did they get established and then qualify off their own back with perhaps a one off wildcard here and there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 12 hours ago, Schwantz34 said: I can't help but feel disappointed, surely the FIM want the strongest possible field for the premier series. I don't mean any disrespect but can't non Russians get their chance as wildcards at their home rounds? As I've said before I've not followed the sport for that long but did younger riders like Haaruhiltunen or Weber get full time wildcards to prove themselves and get established or did they get established and then qualify off their own back with perhaps a one off wildcard here and there? Martin Haarahiltunen has qualified in the ISG for last three years. Because of the restrictions on any nation having more than the set number of qualifying riders, Sweden tends not to get Permanent Wildcards. I'd seen Martin ride at the Roelof Thijs meetings, and a Swedish Friend of mine said he was the future of Swedish Ice Speedway. I think if he stays injury free he could be a real threat to the Russians. Weber has ridden for a number of years, but has risen to the top in the last 3-4 years, qualifying on for the last two. I am of the opinion that certain German riders had too much influence in the past, so riders like Eis-Hans and Markus Jell were ignored because of it. In the last couple of years they have proved themselves, by knocking the established order with Weber getting Silver in the German Championship three years running, and Jell winning the Championship last season, after a year out of the sport. Posa once told me that some riders are 'naturals' like Erik Stenlund, but other riders take years to improve as they gain experience. Martin is, in my opinion, a Natural, whilst Eis-Hans has improved with experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 I actually thought Weber was quite talented from the start. Very exciting just like Järf was as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 22 hours ago, iris123 said: I actually thought Weber was quite talented from the start. Very exciting just like Järf was as well I don't disagree, but he has 'matured' as a rider in recent years, as he has ridden more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 6:04 PM, iris123 said: Kolenkin and Saydullin are the wild cards for the Shadrinks and Togliatti GP’s Cheblakov Wild Card for Almaty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Conkers said: I don't disagree, but he has 'matured' as a rider in recent years, as he has ridden more. Yes, I agree. Just I think very few riders start out as the finished product no matter how talented they are. Michael Lee or Darcy Ward etc still had to knock off the rough edges and gain experience/ consistency. Whereas someone like say Niedermaier doesn’t seem to get any better with more experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve69 Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Should Jasper Iwema stay injury free I fancy him to get into the top 10 this season. Is putting a lot into his racing. Travelling regularly to Russia for training & league matches to gain experience. Looks to have improved his starting & appears to be more aggressive at the first turn which now compliments his fitness. Could even be the top Non-Russian this year!! Have & will continue to support Franky Z but am really liking Jasper. And a lovely bloke always smiling!!! Really looking forward to seeing him at Inzell & Heerenveen. Go `El Grillo!!!!` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Seems like the warm weather could play havoc with this weekends Russian League meeting at Ufa!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwantz34 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 15 hours ago, steve69 said: Should Jasper Iwema stay injury free I fancy him to get into the top 10 this season. Is putting a lot into his racing. Travelling regularly to Russia for training & league matches to gain experience. Looks to have improved his starting & appears to be more aggressive at the first turn which now compliments his fitness. Could even be the top Non-Russian this year!! Have & will continue to support Franky Z but am really liking Jasper. And a lovely bloke always smiling!!! Really looking forward to seeing him at Inzell & Heerenveen. Go `El Grillo!!!!` I agree, watching his vlogs make me appreciate how unglamorous it can be being an ice speedway rider ( travelling must be horrendous and exhausting). Fair play to him sticking at it after the comparatively glam world of the moto gp paddock!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 7 hours ago, Schwantz34 said: I agree, watching his vlogs make me appreciate how unglamorous it can be being an ice speedway rider ( travelling must be horrendous and exhausting). Fair play to him sticking at it after the comparatively glam world of the moto gp paddock!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Russian SUPER LEAGUE R3 Ufa 18.1.2020 Ufa 35Nikolai Krasnikov 10, Dinar Valeev 9, Dmitri Solyannikov 9, Nikita Bogdanov 7 Togliatti 32Daniil Ivanov11, Nikita Toloknov 10, Igor Kononov9, Evgeni Saydullin 2 Kamensk Ural 29Dmitri Khomitsevich 14, Martin Haarahiltunen 7, Vasilli Nesytyh 5, Igor Saydullin 2, Ivan Khuzhin 1 Shadrinsk 23Dmitri Koltakov 11, Ove Ledstrom 5, Konstantin Kolenkin 5, Juri Olejnik, Dmitri Borodin 0 Table League:Ufa 15, Togliatti 9, Shadrinsk 5, Kamensk Ural 4 Edited January 20, 2020 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 4, UFA, SUNDAY 19.01.2020 UFA 40 Krasnikov 13, Valeev 10, Solyannikov 9, Bogdanov 8 KAMENSK URAL 33 Khomitsevich 14, Nesytyh 7, Haarahiltunen 6, I. Saydullin 4, Khuzhin 2 TOGLIATTI 30 Kononov 13, Ivanov 9, Toloknov 8, E, Saydullin 0 SHADRINSK 17 Koltakov 7, Kolenkin 7, Ledstrom 1, Olejnik 1, Borodin DNR LEAGUE TABLE (AFTER 4 ROUNDS) UFA 20, TOGLIATTI 11, KAMENSK URAL 7, SHADRINSK 6 With two rounds to go, Ufa can afford to finish third in Round 5 to win the title. The Final rounds are over the weekend of February 22-23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve69 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Link for day 1 highlights:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=f3F4--KQBpY&feature=emb_logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwantz34 Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 The racing in the Russian super league is tremendous, some of those younger lesser known riders are really stepping up. Thought Ledstrom had a great first day, not so good on the second and Haaruhiltunen beating Krasnikov on day two was a great race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Polish press release Google translated On Saturday, March 21, 2020, in the Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki the best specialist of the Old Continent in the ice slag variety will be selected. Speedwayevents.pl, together with FIM-Europe and the Polish Motor Association, is already inviting you to the European Individual Ice Speedway Championship. This event will take place for the second time in our country. Earlier, the Sanok track was fought for the title of the best in Europe. Twelve years ago, however, the competition was fought in an open facility, now for the first time in Poland will be in the hall. And which one! The place of struggle will be the Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki. It is the first roofed facility in Poland that has an ice track and is adapted to organize the highest-level sports competitions. On a daily basis, it is primarily used for speed skating and short-track. Speedway riders will make their debut on local ice. The start time of the competition will soon be determined after consulting the television station that will broadcast the event. - I am glad that Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Ice Arena will host another big sporting event and soon what we have long dreamed about will come true. Our beautiful facility will fulfill a multifunctional role and will serve - as the first hall in Poland - another discipline after speed skating - an extremely spectacular ice slag variety. I would like it to stay with us for longer - said Tomasz Wit Mazowiecki, President of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, on Wednesday's press conference. - This event will certainly be a kind of experiment, because it will be held in our country for the first time in the hall. It is also proof that championship events do not have to take place only in large agglomerations, but also in other cities. For example, as well managed as Tomaszów Mazowiecki - admitted MEP Ryszard Czarnecki, honorary patron of the competition. - I hope it will be a great opportunity to experience sports emotions for fans of traditional speedway, because on March 21 the competitors of the most popular Polish non-Olympic discipline will not start the season yet - he added. The event in Tomaszów Mazowiecki will be one day long and will be preceded by a Friday training session. On Saturday, fans will see 20 races in the main phase, after which the two competitors with the most points will reach the grand finale. The stakes will be completed by the best two from the play-off race, where the speedway riders will go, who will rank 3-6 after the main phase. The winner of the final race will become European champion. Russian champion Sergei Makarov defends the title. A detailed cast will be announced in February, when individual federations submit their applications. The distribution of seats in the competition is as follows: ACCR (Czech Republic) - 2, AMF (Austria) - 2, DMSB (Germany) - 2, FMI (Italy) - 1, FMS (Switzerland) - 1, KNMV (Netherlands) - 2, MFR (Russia) - 2, PZM (Poland) - 1, SML (Finland) - 1, SVEMO (Sweden) - 2. Tickets on sale here https://speedwayevents.pl/bilety-2/ Edited January 21, 2020 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Seems Schaap had problems getting a visa, so Hutla is in the Almaty GPs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) No Russian Ice Speedway this wekend, as the U-21 Championship Semi Final in Lukhovitsy has been cancelled due to lack of ice. The U-21 semi will now be in Shadrinsk on 29.1.2020, with the final on the 1/2.2.2020 Edited January 22, 2020 by Conkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I used to enjoy watching the Ice Speedway when Screensport used to cover it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conkers Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 The new Ice Speedway Gladiators smartphone app is now available. you have to delete the old one as it won’t update itself. Funnily enough I was doing some work for a PR/Media company in Bury called G2F and they designed it for the FIM. Talk about a small world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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