Round 1 - 28.04.09

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Line-ups should be announced on Sunday, but finally the Swedish season is upon us.

Piraterna versus Lejonen

Piraterna..62

1..R Dobrucki..3,2',1,3,0 = 9+1
2..R Kosciecha..1,3,3,0 = 7
3..J Davidsson..3,3,2,2,2 = 12
4..D Balinski..2',2',1',2' = 7+4
5..E Sajfutdinov..1,2,3,0,3 = 9
6..L Sundstrom..2',0,2' = 4+2
7..A Lindback..3,3,2',3,3 = 14+1
8..O Berntzon..0 = 0

Lejonen..34

1..N Pedersen..2,0,3,0,3,- = 8
2..Z Suchecki..0,1,1 = 2
3..D Watt..0,0,0,1',2 = 3+1
4..C Holder..1,1,1,1,1' = 5+1
5..L Adams..2,1,3,2,2,3 = 13
6..R Pettersson..0 = 0
7..R Kling..1,0,0,0,1 = 2
8..D Andersson..0,1 = 1

Ht 1..58.5..Dobrucki, Pedersen, Kosciecha, Suchecki 4-2 (4-2)
Ht 2..57.0..Lindback, Sundstrom, Kling, Andersson 5-1 (9-3)
Ht 3..58.3..Davidsson, Balinski, Holder, Watt 5-1 (14-4)
Ht 4..56.9..Lindback, Adams, Sajfutdinov, Kling 4-2 (18-6)
Ht 5..58.3..Kosciecha, Lindback, Holder, Kling 5-1 (23-7)
Ht 6..58.0..Davidsson, Balinski, Adams, Pedersen 5-1 (28-8)
Ht 7..58.1..Kosciecha, Dobrucki, Holder, Watt 5-1 (33-9)
Ht 8..57.8..Adams, Davidsson, Balinski, Kling 3-3 (36-12)
Ht 9..58.0..Pedersen, Sajfutdinov, Suchecki, Sundstrom 2-4 (38-16)
Ht 10..57.7..Lindback, Adams, Dobrucki, Watt 4-2 (42-18)
Ht 11..58.8..Lindback, Sundstrom, Kling, Pettersson 5-1 (47-19)
Ht 12..58.6..Sajfutdinov, Balinski, Suchecki, Pedersen [Ex] 5-1 (52-20)
Ht 13..58.9..Pedersen, Davidsson, Holder, Kosciecha 2-4 (54-24)
Ht 14..58.7..Dobrucki, Adams, Watt, Sajfutdinov 3-3 (57-27)
Ht 15..59.1..Sajfutdinov, Watt, Holder, Berntzon 3-3 (60-30)
Ht 16..58.4..Adams, Davidsson, Andersson [Pedersen F/NS], Dobrucki [Ex] 2-4 (62-34)

Notes:

1..Ht 2 and Andersson replaces Pettersson for Lejonen.
2..Ht 4 and Lindback replaces Sundstrom for Piraterna.
3..Ht 5 and Kling replaces Pettersson for Lejonen.
4..Ht 6 and Adams replaces Suchecki in a tactical move by Lejonen.
5..Ht 10 and Watt replaces Pettersson in a tactical move by Lejonen.
6..Ht 12 and Pedersen replaces Watt in a tactical move by Lejonen.
7..Ht 12 and Pedersen gets into mischief and is excluded.
8..Ht 15 and it's Sajfutdinov-Berntzon for Piraterna and it's Watt-Holder for Lejonen.
9..Ht 16 and it's Dobrucki-Davidsson for Piraterna and it's Pedersen-Adams for Lejonen.
10..Ht 16 and Pedersen takes a tumble, is unable to take his place in the re-run and is replaced by Andersson.

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Vetlanda versus Vastervik

Vetlanda..57

1..L Richardson..3,1,1,2',3 = 10+1
2..P Ljung..2',2,0,2',2' = 8+3
3..J Hampel..3,0,2,3,1 = 9
4..K Zabik..0,2,1',0 = 3+1
5..J Crump..3,3,3,3,3 = 15
6..S Alden..3,2',1',0,3,3 = 12+2
7..R Aspegren..0,0 = 0
8..A Mellgren..DNR

Vastervik..39

1..C Harris..0,1,1',0 = 2+1
2..B Pedersen..1,3,2,2,2 = 10
3..N-K Iversen..2,2',1',1,0 = 6+2
4..G Laguta..1',3,3,1,0 = 8+1
5..T Gollob..1,3,2,0,1 = 6
6..B Forsberg..2,0,0,2 = 4
7..K Doolan..1',0,0,1' = 2+2
8..P Aspgren..DNR

Ht 1..65.7..Richardson, Ljung, Pedersen, Harris 5-1 (5-1)
Ht 2..65.9..Alden, Forsberg, Doolan, Aspegren 3-3 (8-4)
Ht 3..66.4..Hampel, Iversen, Laguta, Zabik [F/Ret] 3-3 (11-7)
Ht 4..65.6..Crump, Alden, Gollob, Doolan 5-1 (16-8)
Ht 5..66.3..Laguta, Ljung, Alden, Forsberg 3-3 (19-11)
Ht 6..66.4..Pedersen, Zabik, Harris, Hampel 2-4 (21-15)
Ht 7..65.9..Laguta, Iversen, Richardson, Ljung 1-5 (22-20)
Ht 8..66.5..Gollob, Hampel, Zabik, Doolan 3-3 (25-23)
Ht 9..65.4..Crump, Pedersen, Harris, Alden 3-3 (28-26)
Ht 10..66.4..Alden, Gollob, Richardson, Forsberg 4-2 (32-28)
Ht 11..66.5..Alden, Forsberg, Doolan, Aspegren 3-3 (35-31)
Ht 12..66.1..Crump, Pedersen, Iversen, Zabik 3-3 (38-34)
Ht 13..65.6..Hampel, Ljung, Laguta, Harris 5-1 (43-35)
Ht 14..66.9..Crump, Richardson, Iversen, Gollob 5-1 (48-36)
Ht 15..66.8..Richardson, Ljung, Gollob, Iversen 5-1 (53-37)
Ht 16..66.4..Crump, Pedersen, Hampel, Laguta 4-2 (57-39)

Notes:

1..Ht 5 and Alden replaces Aspegren for Vetlanda.
2..Ht 10 and Alden replaces Aspegren for Vetlanda.
3..Ht 15 and it's Richardson-Ljung for Vetlanda and it's Gollob-Iversen for Vastervik.
4..Ht 16 and it's Crump-Hampel for Vetlanda and it's Pedersen-Laguta for Vastervik.

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Vargarna versus Smederna

Vargarna..43

1..S Nicholls..1,3,1',2',1 = 8+2
2..J Screen..3,1,0,1 = 5
3..E Kennett..2,2,0,0 = 4
4..T Woffinden..0,0,1,2,1 = 4
5..A Shields..3,3,1',3,0 = 10+1
6..K Nilsson..0,0,2 = 2
7..A Skornicki..2,3,2',2,1',0 = 10+2
8..J Andersson..DNR

Smederna..53

1..K Kasprzak..2,1,0,3,3 = 9
2..D King..0,3,1,0 = 4
3..M Zetterstrom..1,1',3,0,3 = 8+1
4..T Batchelor..3,2,2,2',2' = 11+2
5..W Jagus..1',3,0,1 = 5+1
6..L Eklof..1,0,0 = 1
7..M Max..3,2,2',3,3,2' = 15+2
8..R Hendersson..DNR

Ht 1..59.9..Screen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, King 4-2 (4-2)
Ht 2..59.2..Max, Skornicki, Eklof, Nilsson 2-4 (6-6)
Ht 3..58.9..Batchelor, Kennett, Zetterstrom, Woffinden 2-4 (8-10)
Ht 4..58.7..Shields, Max, Jagus, Nilsson 3-3 (11-13)
Ht 5..58.5..Skornicki, Batchelor, Screen, Eklof 4-2 (15-15)
Ht 6..58.5..King, Kennett, Kasprzak, Woffinden 2-4 (17-19)
Ht 7..59.1..Nicholls, Batchelor, Zetterstrom, Screen 3-3 (20-22)
Ht 8..59.0..Jagus, Max, Woffinden, Kennett 1-5 (21-27)
Ht 9..59.1..Shields, Skornicki, King, Kasprzak 5-1 (26-28)
Ht 10..59.3..Max, Skornicki, Nicholls, Jagus 3-3 (29-31)
Ht 11..59.7..Eklof, Nilsson, Skornicki, Max 3-3 (32-34)
Ht 12..59.3..Zetterstrom, Woffinden, Shields, King 3-3 (35-37)
Ht 13..58.2..Kasprzak, Batchelor, Screen, Kennett 1-5 (36-42)
Ht 14..59.1..Shields, Nicholls, Jagus, Zetterstrom 5-1 (41-43)
Ht 15..59.2..Zetterstrom, Max, Woffinden, Skornicki 1-5 (42-48)
Ht 16..59.3..Kasprzak, Batchelor, Nicholls, Shields 1-5 (43-53)

Notes:

1..Ht 9 and Skornicki replaces Nilsson for Vargarna.
2..Ht 10 and Max replaces Eklof for Smederna.
3..Ht 15 and it's Woffinden-Skornicki for Vargarna and it's Zetterstrom-Max for Smederna.
4..Ht 16 and it's Nicholls-Shields for Vargarna and it's Kasprzak-Batchelor for Smederna.

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Indianerna versus Rospiggarna

Indianerna..59

1..G Walasek..2,3,3,3,3 = 14
2..M Ferjan..1',3,0,0 = 4+1
3..P Protasiewicz..3,2,3,2,2' = 12+1
4..J B Monberg..1,1',0,0 = 2+1
5..R Holta..2,2,3,2',2 = 11+1
6..S Gustafsson..3,1',2',1',2',1' = 10+5
7..L Madsen..2',1,3 = 6+1
8..D Rohlen..DNR

Rospiggarna..37

1..G Hancock..3,3,2,3,3,1 = 15
2..M Janowski..0,0 = 0
3..J Kolodziej..2,1',0,1',0,0 = 4+2
4..H Gustafsson..0,1,2,1,3 = 7
5..R Sullivan..3,1',2,2,1,0 = 9+1
6..F Eriksson..1,0,0,1 = 2
7..J Messing..0,0,0 = 0
8..NRN

Ht 1..64.2..Hancock, Walasek, Ferjan, Janowski 3-3 (3-3)
Ht 2..65.3..S Gustafsson, Madsen, Eriksson, Messing 5-1 (8-4)
Ht 3..65.0..Protasiewicz, Kolodziej, Monberg, H Gustafsson 4-2 (12-6)
Ht 4..65.1..Sullivan, Holta, S Gustafsson, Messing 3-3 (15-9)
Ht 5..65.7..Ferjan, S Gustafsson, H Gustafsson, Eriksson 5-1 (20-10)
Ht 6..65.3..Hancock, Protasiewicz, Monberg, Janowski [Ret] 3-3 (23-13)
Ht 7..66.1..Walasek, H Gustafsson, Kolodziej, Ferjan [Ex] 3-3 (26-16)
Ht 8..65.2..Protasiewicz, Hancock, Sullivan, Monberg 3-3 (29-19)
Ht 9..66.0..Hancock, Holta, S Gustafsson, Kolodziej 3-3 (32-22)
Ht 10..66.0..Walasek, Sullivan, Madsen, Eriksson 4-2 (36-24)
Ht 11..66.7..Madsen, S Gustafsson, Eriksson, Messing 5-1 (41-25)
Ht 12..66.1..Holta, Sullivan, Kolodziej, Monberg 3-3 (44-28)
Ht 13..66.1..Hancock, Protasiewicz, H Gustafsson, Ferjan 2-4 (46-32)
Ht 14..66.5..Walasek, Holta, Sullivan, Kolodziej 5-1 (51-33)
Ht 15..66.3..H Gustafsson, Holta, S Gustafsson, Kolodziej 3-3 (54-36)
Ht 16..66.7..Walasek, Protasiewicz, Hancock, Sullivan 5-1 (59-37)

Notes:

1..Ht 5 and S Gustafsson replaces Madsen for Indianerna.
2..Ht 7 and we've a re-run without Indianerna's Ferjan who gets into mischief and is excluded.
3..Ht 8 and Hancock replaces Messing in a tactical move by Rospiggarna.
4..Ht 9 and Kolodziej replaces Janowski in a tactical move by Rospiggarna.
5..Ht 12 and Sullivan replaces Janowski in a tactical move by Rospiggarna.
6..Ht 15 and it's Holta-S Gustafsson for Indianerna and it's H Gustafsson-Kolodziej for Rospiggarna.
7..and it's Walasek-Protasiewicz for Indianerna and it's Hancock-Sullivan for Rospiggarna.

All details from: www.speedway.nu

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So the preliminary line-ups are out, and naturally my interest is with the Piraterna-Lejonen meeting. And the league champions are starting their 2009 campaign with a bang, utilising both Nicki Pedersen and Leigh Adams. Usually you'd expect that to be a formidable pairing, but both riders have proved they are beatable lately. I think I'd have been inclined to go for Swiderski instead of Adams, which would have allowed Jedrzejak and Ruud to ride, but I suspect this is about generating interest in front of the Canal+ cameras.

Elsewhere, Henrik Gustafsson has already expressed concerns about riding against his in-form son. The two were previously both Indianerna riders, but Henka moved to Rospiggarna over the winter as he wasn't getting enough outings for the Indians.
The father and son will face their first test against each other this week as the two teams meet.
Personally, I think Indianerna have a mish-mash of riders, all very capable of scoring well, but all equally as likely to have a bad day at the office. Protasiewicz, and Gustafsson at reserve, looking to be the exceptions, but the home team will need Holta, Walasek and Ferjan to be firing on all cylinders if they are to pick up the points this week. For me, Rospiggarna have the stronger team, but we shall see on Tuesday.

I'm predicting a home win in the Vetlanda-Vastervik meeting. Thomas H Jonasson is missing due to concussion he sustained in an accident last week, but his place is taken by Karol Zabik, who is looking suitably weird this year. I feel Richardson, Crump and Hampel will have the edge over the Vastervik riders, but the away team do look to have the stronger reserve pairing, all depending on how Billy Forsberg fares on his return from injury.

And finally, Scott Nicholls leads the newly promoted Vargarna side, and with Kennett and Shields, an in-form Joe Screen, and Skornicki at reserve, the home team should just about have the advantage in what's potentially a bottom of the league match, although they will have to keep the reins on Kasprzak. The Pole apart, you just get the feeling the rest of the Smederna riders need a little inspiration to perform. But I guess with all that has happened over the winter it would be unsurprising if morale was down.

Join us on Tuesday at 6pm to find out how the teams do.

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Two easy home wins, and two meetings difficult to call. Vargarna and Vetlanda should both win comfortably at home. Piraterna - Lejonen seems wide open, will Piraterna build up enough of a lead to hold of Nicki and Leigh after the break? And Indianerna - Rospiggarna is impossible to call, even though Indianerna should be favourites at home. BUT they have a "new" team so home advantage should not count for that much, and Rospiggarna are always a good "team" that often wins on team spirit and solidarity with Father Hancock leading the charge.

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And Vastervik will be sweating over the well-being of Forsberg, who has withdrawn after a tumble at Belle Vue tonight.

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Apr 27, 2009 19:43:33 GMT @schumi said:

And Vastervik will be sweating over the well-being of Forsberg, who has withdrawn after a tumble at Belle Vue tonight.

Indeed. It's short notice to bring Gapinski from Poland. But rumour has it Forsberg will ride.

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And we should be getting underway in Sweden very shortly.

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Apr 27, 2009 15:17:39 GMT @erik said:

Piraterna - Lejonen seems wide open, will Piraterna build up enough of a lead to hold of Nicki and Leigh after the break?

They certainly seem to be so far - hammering the champions after five heats.

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Yeah it's a complete slaughter so far

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And the "English" team not doing so well against Smederna.

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What on earth is up with Nicki P? As I said, should have had Jedrzejak, Swiderski and Ruud.

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I would have expected the "english" team to do better at their "english" track and the likes of Jagus and Kasprzak to struggle there. That wasn't a very good prediction by the looks of things.

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Apr 24, 2009 22:26:44 GMT @schumi said:

Ht 9..58.0..Pedersen, Sajfutdinov, Suchecki, Sundstrom 2-4 (38-16)

Revenge!