SON 2022 27th-30th July Vojens Denmark live on TV

[racers and royals]

A couple of months away still but the excitement will be building as the week`s go by 

Schedule

July 27th – practice & semi-final 1

 July 28th(morning) – re-staging day semi-final 1

 July 28th(evening) – practice & semi-final 2

 July 29th(morning) – re-staging day semi-final 2

 July 30th – practice and final

 July 31st – re-staging day for the final

SON 2  There will be one final event only with 7 teams. Practice and race will take place on 29th July.

Edited July 11, 2022 by racers and royals

[racers and royals]

Tickets now on sale- details here https://esbjergmotorsport.com/ticket-sales-have-started-for-historic-race-in-esbjerg/?fbclid=IwAR3HbtpY8RXeO9xUB3WTY3_WgqErpxzRXa0re0Z5xdisZVhGbaEQOAd47JQ

[racers and royals]

FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS DRAW

SEMI-FINAL 1 (WEDNESDAY, JULY 27)
A: Germany
B: Poland
C: USA
D: Latvia
E: Finland
F: Australia
G: Ukraine

SEMI-FINAL 2 (THURSDAY, JULY 28)
A: Czech Republic
B: Great Britain
C: France
D: Sweden
E: Italy
F: Slovakia
G: Slovenia

SON2 (FRIDAY, JULY 29)
A: Australia
B: Latvia
C: Poland
D: Great Britain
E: Denmark
F: Czech Republic
G: Sweden

[stevehone]

The 2022 FIM Speedway of Nations has been relocated from Esbjerg to Vojens Speedway Center.

The four-day event to crown the 2022 world team champions will still be raced from July 27-30, but will now take place at the home of the FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens – sponsored by ECCO.

The change was necessary as EMS Event AsP chief executive officer Lars Guldager Dyhr stepped down from his position due to ill health and the board of directors from that company was unable to continue to run the event. We wish him all the best for a speedy recovery.

 

[Rob B]

Always thought Esbjerg was a strange choice, Vojens the obvious choice for Denmark for a world event. 

[arnieg]

Having organised flights and accommodation, and decided on this particular foreign trip because Esbjerg is a track I have never been to I am INCANDESCENT WITH RAGE.

[Rob B]

It’s like planning it for Scunthorpe and then moving it to Belle Vue. 

[arnieg]

15 minutes ago, Rob B said:

It’s like planning it for Scunthorpe and then moving it to Belle Vue. 

Which would be a similarly stupid and fatuous thing to do

[secondbend]

Does anyone know what happens if one of the semi-finals is rained-off? Will the SoN2 be postponed then?

[racers and royals]

2 hours ago, secondbend said:

Does anyone know what happens if one of the semi-finals is rained-off? Will the SoN2 be postponed then?

Yes (to the 1st part)Edit just noticed i had already posted it on the OP  

Re-staging of SF1 is 28th July morning

Re-staging of SF2 is  29th morning

Re-staging of SON 2 is 30th July- presumably morning/afternoon

Re-staging of SON final is 31st July

Rule book https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2021/FIM_Speedway_of_Nations_rulebook_2022.pdf?t=1657605625

Edited July 12, 2022 by racers and royals

[arnieg]

https://esbjergmotorsport.com/pressemeddelelse-internationalt-speedway-event-i-esbjerg-maa-aflyses/?fbclid=IwAR2BR1cIsyJ2vUc2GTxmgVLIqS5dYUT0ZwLtFEaxTYwdjt1UUIhIS8H6L7c

So it sounds like:

1 ticket sales were poor

2 Somebody wants to cut their losses

3 Somebody may have done a runner with the money

4 Esberg MSS couldn't run a piss-up in a brewery

5 FIM tendering process and oversight may be found wanting

6 Discovery TV may well wish to wash their hands of the sport

7 I'm still thoroughly pissed off

Edited July 12, 2022 by arnieg

[noaksey]

And we think it's just British Speedway that is a mess, a major international event moved 45 miles a couple of weeks before the event. Absolute shambles 

[eric i]

'Ticket sales have not lived up to the budget, and the task of strengthening ticket sales alone will require a comprehensive and focused effort that cannot be lifted in the remaining time and with the remaining event organization.'

Next year they will do away with 4 nights of consecutive racing at the same track. Esbjerg should have seen the poor ticket sales coming, you get one big crowd on saturday and 3 poor crowds beforehand. I bet Discovery gave Vojens favourable staging terms to dig them out of a hole.

Edited July 12, 2022 by eric i

[arnieg]

I've now had an e-mail from the ticket agents which loosely translated says "we don't know what's happening. We'll let you know when we do"

(it also links to the media release I posted on here earlier from the Esjberg site)

[tomhaines]

6 hours ago, noaksey said:

And we think it's just British Speedway that is a mess, a major international event moved 45 miles a couple of weeks before the event. Absolute shambles 

At least it’s a couple of week… Riga was 24 hour swap to Daugavpils one year wasn’t it!!

 

All jokes aside, it’s a bit of a shocker and glad I dodged it after almost booking like arnieg has. Zero thought for fans by the organisers.

[iris123]

You would have thought that a few local sponsors had got involved, and are now a bit miffed. Certainly Vojens have little or no time in getting many other than those already involved at the club and maybe some of those that Esbjerg managed to get. Another favour done for the FIM again

[Wee Eck]

Maybe it’s all a smokescreen and Vojens was always the preferred option of DMU? As they’ve got a GP there already, they were unlikely to get the SON at the same venue unless something went wrong. 
Or maybe they heard Arnie’s Army were headed to Esbjerg and felt the need to defend themselves?

Don’t I just love a conspiracy?!

[iris123]

Is it right that Esbjerg are so far keeping the ticket money, so if you want to go to Vojens you have to pay all over again and then hope that you can get a refund from Esbjerg ? Or can you just use the Esbjerg tickets for Vojens, which would seem the rational solution

[racers and royals]

 

2022 FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS SQUADS:

FINAL STARTING LINE-UPS TO BE CONFIRMED SIX DAYS BEFORE RACING FOR THE SEMI-FINALS AND ONE DAY BEFORE RACING FOR THE FINAL

 

DENMARK: Leon Madsen, Mikkel Michelsen, Anders Thomsen, Rasmus Jensen, Frederik Jakobsen. Team Manager: Hans Nielsen

GREAT BRITAIN: Tai Woffinden, Robert Lambert, Dan Bewley, Adam Ellis, Tom Brennan. Team Managers: Oliver Allen and Simon Stead

POLAND: Bartosz Zmarzlik, Maciej Janowski, Patryk Dudek, Janusz Kolodziej, Dominik Kubera. Team Manager: Rafal Dobrucki

AUSTRALIA: Jason Doyle, Max Fricke, Chris Holder, Jack Holder, Brady Kurtz. Team Manager: Mark Lemon

FRANCE: David Bellego, Dimitri Berge, Mathieu Tressarieu. Team Manager: Laurent Sambarrey

LATVIA: Andzejs Lebedevs, Jevgenijs Kostigovs, Olegs Mihailovs, Francis Gusts, Daniils Kolodinskis. Team Manager: Vladimirs Ribnikovs.

SWEDEN: Fredrik Lindgren, Oliver Berntzon, Jacob Thorssell, Pontus Aspgren, Kim Nilsson. Team Manager: Morgan Andersson

USA: Luke Becker, Broc Nicol, Ricky Wells, Dillon Ruml, Max Ruml. Team Manager: Steve Evans

GERMANY: Kai Huckenbeck, Erik Riss, Norick Blodorn, Michael Hartel, Valentin Grobauer. Team Manager: Herbert Rudolph

SLOVAKIA: Martin Vaculik, Jakub Valkovic, Patrik Buri. Team Manager: Jakub Zliechovec.

UKRAINE: Oleksandr Loktaev, Andriy Karpov, Marko Levishyn, Vitalii Lysak, Stanislav Melnychuk. Team Manager: TBC

CZECH REPUBLIC: Vaclav Milik, Jan Kvech, Petr Chlupac, Daniel Klima, Eduard Krcmar. Team Manager: Zdenek Schneiderwind.

FINLAND: Timo Lahti, Timi Salonen, Jesse Mustonen, Antti Vuolas, Niklas Sayrio. Team Manager: Peter Jansson.

SLOVENIA: Matic Ivacic, Nick Skorja, Anze Grmek. Team Manager: Gregor Arnsek.

ITALY: Nicolas Covatti, Paco Castagna, Daniele Tessari. Team Manager: Alessandro Dalla Valle.

[noaksey]

4 hours ago, iris123 said:

Is it right that Esbjerg are so far keeping the ticket money, so if you want to go to Vojens you have to pay all over again and then hope that you can get a refund from Esbjerg ? Or can you just use the Esbjerg tickets for Vojens, which would seem the rational solution

That can't be true surely? It's a Discovery Sports event they'll have to sort it out with Esbjerg