ICE 2021

[iris123]

16 minutes ago, f-s-p said:

Only thing I found regarding this or near it was the CAS had ruled the complaint recently and a ban was halved. Thats why I asked.

Yes that is all I saw. So same as this year just not so long. Can’t see any difference. Wasn’t it down to existing contracts ?

Edited December 24, 2020 by iris123

[stewmac]

So are the meetings this weekend going ahead? And if so, has anyone got a link to a racecard please?

[stewmac]

Cancel the request. I've found one. 

[DutchGrasstrack]

Live update link for the Russian championship day 1 tomorrow: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/438/russisch-kampioenschap-ijsspeedway-finale-1-togliatti.html

I will add live stream link later.

[Conkers]

Dmitri Koltakov replaced by Vladimir Fadeev for the Russian Final, rounds 1 & 2 in Togliatti. 

[DutchGrasstrack]

Live stream (starts in 15 minutes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJY1X4ixWbo

 

[TheWatcher]

Enjoyed that, some good racing. Thanks for posting the links, it was nice and easy to follow the heats with the Update link. No idea why no one was excluded from the re-run of Heat 16 though. Looked like some sort of protest was going on with the long delay before the restart. One thing I like in particular about the ice is that the riders just rock up to the gate and the race is under way in most cases with over a minute left on the countdown clock. Presume, like with concrete grids of old, that there is no advantage to be gained by the irritating gardening which has taken over speedway in the past 10 to 15 years.

[DutchGrasstrack]

Referee excluded the wrong rider in heat 16, but under big pressure it was a 'all 4 back' for the restart. The big clubs have big influence on the ice speedway, and the results of their riders.

[DutchGrasstrack]

Final 1 result:

1. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2. Igor Kononov RU (3,2,3,3,3) 14
3. Nikita Bodganov RU (2,3,2,3,2) 12
4. Nikita Tarasov RU (0,3,2,3,2) 10
5. Dinar Valeev RU (2,d,3,2,3) 10
6. Igor Saidullin RU (3,3,1,2,1) 10
7. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (3,2,2,2,1) 10
8. Ivan Khuzhin RU (1,1,3,2,2) 9
9. Ivan Chichkov RU (1,1,1,1,3) 7
10. Daniil Ivanov RU (2,2,d,1,2) 7
11. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (2,2,1,0,1) 6
12. Dmitry Borodin RU (1,1,2,0,0) 4
13. Eduard Krysov RU (0,1,0,1,0) 2
14. Vladimir Fadeev RU (1,0,0,d,1) 2
15. Nikita Toloknov RU (0,0,1,1,d) 2
16. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (0,0,0,0,0) 0
17. German Khanmurzin RU (d) 0

[TheWatcher]

6 minutes ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

Referee excluded the wrong rider in heat 16, but under big pressure it was a 'all 4 back' for the restart. The big clubs have big influence on the ice speedway, and the results of their riders.

Smashing, thanks for the explanation. 

[Conkers]

1 hour ago, TheWatcher said:

Enjoyed that, some good racing. Thanks for posting the links, it was nice and easy to follow the heats with the Update link. No idea why no one was excluded from the re-run of Heat 16 though. Looked like some sort of protest was going on with the long delay before the restart. One thing I like in particular about the ice is that the riders just rock up to the gate and the race is under way in most cases with over a minute left on the countdown clock. Presume, like with concrete grids of old, that there is no advantage to be gained by the irritating gardening which has taken over speedway in the past 10 to 15 years.

I managed to watch up to the dispute in Heat 16 at home, then had to leave at 1.50pm, to get to Salford City as I was snapping the game.

Got into the ground, signed in and got my cameras ready as they were just about to restart Heat 16, so I didn't miss it ( I only live about 10 mins from the ground). Did a few pics of the warm up, then watched the final four heats on my phone which finished just as both teams walked out for the Match.

At least tomorrow I can sit at home in the warmth and watch the whole meeting! 

[TheWatcher]

Is it the same time tomorrow, do you know? Sad to hear about the behind the scenes skulduggery by those with a vested interest. I'll just ignore the politics though, and enjoy the racing.

[DutchGrasstrack]

10am UK time.

[Schwantz34]

Was it Bogdanov who was wrongly excluded? What is the skull duggery referred to. Threats/ bribes?

Given my road racing background I don't understand why someone is always excluded after an accident in speedway. To my mind there's a load of occasions where blame can be shared, why not just have all four back?

[TheWatcher]

43 minutes ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

10am UK time.

Thanks for the info.

[DutchGrasstrack]

Final 2, Togliatti

Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x7bhOiN_68

Live updates: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/439/russisch-kampioenschap-ijsspeedway-finale-2-togliatti.html

[DutchGrasstrack]

Results final 2:

1. Igor Kononov RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2. Dinar Valeev RU (3,3,3,3,d) 12
3. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (3,d,2,3,3) 11
4. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (3,2,1,2,3) 11
5. Igor Saidullin RU (2,d,3,2,3) 10
6. Daniil Ivanov RU (2,3,3,1,1) 10
7. Ivan Chichkov RU (2,F,2,3,2) 9
8. Dmitry Borodin RU (1,3,0,2,2) 8
9. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (0,2,1,2,2) 7
10. Nikita Bodganov RU (1,d,2,d,2) 5
11. Nikita Toloknov RU (1,2,1,1,0) 5
12. Eduard Krysov RU (1,1,0,1,1) 4
13. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (0,2,0,0,1) 3
14. Vladimir Fadeev RU (2,1,0,0,0) 3
15. Ivan Khuzhin RU (0,0,2,T,1) 3
16. Nikita Tarasov RU (d,1,1,F,0) 2
17. German Khanmurzin RU (1) 1

[TheWatcher]

Heat 39...oh dear, more controversy with another 'make it up as you go along' decision. These brave guys deserve fairer reffing than that. Horrible crash early on and Khomitsevich also seemed to hit the same rut and that incident could have been a lot worse. Thought the production people had nodded off after the third round of heats but fortunately normal service resumed for the later races. Do we know if finals 3 and 4 will be on Youtube?

[DutchGrasstrack]

There will be a stream for sure

[TheWatcher]

8 minutes ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

There will be a stream for sure

Excellent, thanks. Look forward to that in the new year.