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1996 Sweden News
Last update: November 25, 1996
by Jonas Holmqvist - writer for the Speedway Star magazine
[Last update: November 25, 1996. A collection of his writings in the speedway e-mail list
Send mail to: nikulin@hotmail.com (Jonas Holmqvist)]
Subject: Jonas Holmqvist - New member of the Internet Speedway Fan Club
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996
My name is Jonas Holmqvist and live in Eskilstuna in Sweden. I'm 26 years old
and originally come from Visby on the island of Gotland,
the home of Bysarna Speedway. I became interested in speedway when my
father took my to meetings in Visby when I was only two or three years
old and speedway has remained my main interest ever since. I do not
really have a favourite team, I'm more of a general speedway supporter. If I
have to mention some favourite teams, I would say
Bysarna, Mildenhall Fen Tigers and Wlokniarz Czestochowa. I usually
watch around 50 meetings every season and I'm also a big fan of
ice racing. I'm planning to go to St. Petersburg in Russia for the first
Ice racing. Grand Prix in January, if the meeting's not moved to Saransk!
Apart from watching speedway a couple of times a week, I am also
writing about Swedish Speedway in the Speedway Star.
The latest news on the speedway front in Sweden is that local rivals
Smederna and Eskilstuna have joined forces and will compete under the
name of Eskilstuna/Smederna in 1997. Cash-starved Dackarna have signed a
major sponsorship deal and will be known as Team Svelux Målilla from
now on. The sponsorship deal gives the club £50 000 over two seasons,
which has given the club opportunity to sign Indianerna's Stefan
Andersson.
Subject: Swedish News!
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996
The Swedish speedway season is now over, but there is a lot of actively on the
transfer market. All transfers involving Swedish riders must be completed
before November 1, two weeks earlier than
usual. Eskilstuna/Smederna (the local rivals have merged) have lost
their star Peter Nahlin to Elite League newcomers Vargarna. Vargarna
have also signed former Örnarna rider Niklas Karlsson (unattached in
1996) and Team Viking number one Stefan Larsson. Former star Thomas
Karlsson is planning a come-back, so the Norrköping outfit looks
pretty strong. They are also hoping that Chris Manchester or Jason
Crump will join the club. Manchester has never ridden in the Swedish
League. Crump rode for Rospiggarna in 1995 plus a few matches for
Getingarna in 1994. The last date for signing foreign riders is April
15. Indianerna have lost Stefan Andersson, who has joined his old club
Dackarna (now known as Team Svelux Malilla). Indianerna have also lost
Henrik Tolkstam to Valsarna, but are currently having talks with
Smederna's Magnus Zetterström. Bysarna have signed Rospiggarna duo
Patrik Dybeck and Tomas Messing plus Norwegian prospect Trygve Jensen.
The Gotland team are also hoping that Kenneth Lindby and Dennis Löfqvist will
be making come-backs. Örnarna have signed new contracts with all their Elite
League riders, though Henrik Fredell and Björn-Ivar Fauske leave for Korparna.
Vetlanda have lost Mikael Olsson
to Nässjö. Nässjö need new riders as Mikael A. Anders son and Jimmy
Zetterberg have decided to retire. Västervik are also looking for new
riders, but have so far only signed Martin Svensson, who returns after
one season with Vargarna. Piraterna, the only club without a foreign
rider in 1996, have signed Norwegian Bernt Larsen and will perhaps
take his Oslo team-mate Stig Bjerke as second foreigner.
Subject: The stars of next century
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996
Who will be the stars of the 21st century? Britain seem to have a lot of
promising teenagers in the Conference League and a few of them will
certainly be world class riders in a couple of years. The Czech Republic and
especially Poland seem to have many talented juniors.
Personally I think that Poland will be a very strong speedway nation
in five years time. They have Piotr Protasiewicz, Rafal Dobrucki, Tomasz
Bajerksi, Sebastian Ulamek and a whole string of others. I watch a lot of
Polish speedway on satellite television, so I have seen
these guys many times. I think the main problem in Poland is that most
tracks are very similar. Big, wide tracks that don't require a lot of
skill. I can't understand why the Poles don't change their tracks.
That would not only make the riders better, the racing will be a lot
better as well.
Sweden and Denmark have a couple of promising juniors, but none of these
countries seem to have as many bright prospects as a few years
ago. Sweden do at least have one mega talent, Andreas Jonsson of Rospiggarna.
Jonsson, who celebrated his 16th birthday at the end of the season, averaged
nearly six points in the Swedish Elite
League, which perhaps is the hardest league in the world. He was
crowned Swedish 80cc champion in 1995 and this year was his first in the 500cc
class. I can's see anyone challenging him as the best 16-year-old rider in the
world. Paul Lee appears to be a very talented
rider, but how many points would he score in the Premier League. Just
look at David Mason, who scores maximum after maximum in the Conference League,
but hardly score at all in the Premier League.
Andreas Jonsson has already beaten a couple of Grand Prix riders in the Swedish
Elite League and is definitely the best Swedish prospect since Per Jonsson made
his debut.
What about the future of American speedway. The United States have been a world
force for the last 15 years or so, but sadly I can't see
that continue for very much longer. The Californian scene is dominated
by oldies and most tracks seem to have closed down. When the current
US stars have retired, I think USA will become a second-class speedway
nation. Perhaps they will have one or two top riders (Chris Manchester?), but I
can hardly see them winning test matches against
other major countries.
Subject: RE: Swedish Elite League
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996
Here are the answers on your questions about the Elite League:
1) There are two reserves (number 6 and 7).
2) The reserves have to be the riders with the lowest averages, though
periodical averages are used. A period consists of four matches.
The riders with the lowest averages in period one, will be reserves
in period two.
3) The heat leaders do not have to be programmed at particular numbers.
They can wear any race-jacket from 1 to 5.
4) A reserve can take a maximum of six rides. (The other riders can
take up to seven rides if they are used as tactical substitutes
and their team operates rider replacement.
5) A reserve can only replace a rider excluded for tape-touching, not
a rider excluded under the two-minute rule.
6) Riders do not have to take a minimum number of rides.
7) Tactical subs are allowed form heat 5 to heat 14 if the team is six
points behind or more.
8) A rider have to be injured or ill to use rider replacement for him.
It is not allowed to operate rider replacement for a rider, who is
racing elsewhere.
9) Bonus points are counted when calculating the riders for the top
scorers' heat.
10) There is a maximum team points limit, but honestly I can't
remember the exact figure. The points limit has been changed a
couple of times. I will check it and tell you later. In the
Swedish League, it is however always possible to keep the same
team for another season, even if the their total average is over
the points limit.
Subject: Sweden - Team by team averages
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996
ELITE LEAGUE:
ORNARNA: ROSPIGGARNA:
Peter Karlsson 10.42 Jimmy Nilsen 10.37
Kelvin Tatum 9.44 Greg Hancock 10.29
Mikael Karlsson 8.77 Erik Stenlund 8.80
Niklas Klingberg 8.45 Einar Kyllingstad 7.23
Christer Rohlen 6.70 Mikael Teurnberg 6.37
Tomas Olsson 3.73 Emil Lindqvist 6.03
Per-Ola Claesson 3.00 Andreas Jonsson 5.58
Mikael Strom 2.00 Patrik Dybeck 4.67
Emil Kramer 0.97 Tomas Messing 2.29
Pierre Gustavsson 0.00
INDIANERNA: VALSARNA:
Henrik Gustafsson 10.39 Tony Rickardsson 10.09
Stefan Anderssom 8.29 Marvyn Cox 8.25
Lars Gunnestad 8.05 Stefan Dannö 6.96
Daniel Anderson 7.35 Rune Holta 6.75
Peter Karlsson 5.24 Robert Eriksson 6.27
Magnus Oscarsson 4.61 Per Karlsson 5.33
Goran Flood 4.36 Lillebror Johansson 5.06
Henrik Tolkstam 3.67 Anders Sohlberg 2.67
Thomas Henriksson 1.60
Roger Karlsson 0.00
VETLANDA: SMEDERNA:
Brian Karger 9.00 Billy Hamill 10.09
Leigh Adams 8.60 Peter Nahlin 8.19
Conny Ivarsson 8.40 John Cook 8.00
Claes Ivarsson 7.58 Simon Cross 6.55
Anders Henriksson 5.75 Olli Tyrvainen 6.06
Conny Samuelsson 5.40 Raymomd Smedh 5.71
Bjorn Gustavsson 5.02 Petri Kokko 5.26
Thomas Ljung 4.50 Mats Malmberg 4.40
Tobias Johansson 4.19 Magnus Zetterstrom 4.17
Mikael Olsson 3.50 Niklas Gallon 0.00
Mats Malmberg 2.88
Magnus Haraldssom 0.00
VASTERVIK: BYSARNA:
Sam Ermolenko 10.22 Tony Olsson 9.38
Craig Boyce 9.75 Chris Louis 9.18
Jorgen Johansson 6.73 Mark Loram 7.95
Robert Johansson 5.80 Marcus Andersson 5.69
Jorgen Hultgren 5.72 Joonas Kylmakorpi 3.41
Christer Jonsson 5.60 Tony Gudbrand 3.11
Joakim Karlsson 5.07 Niklas Johansson 2.48
Patrik Olsson 4.92 Mattias Appelgen 1.83
Anders Ljung 1.82 Magnus Johansson 1.20
Kenny Froling 0.00
DACKARNA:
Joe Screen 9.02
Anders Kling 7.95
Jimmy Engman 5.49
Hakan Antonsson 5.04
Stefan Ekberg 4.11
Mikael Pettersson 2.96
Patrik Haag 2.50
Tony Zetterstrom 2.47
Mikael Karlsson 1.66
John Jensen 1.14
FIRST DIVISION: (incl. all First Division and Play Off League matches)
VARGARNA: KAPARNA:
Mikael Blixt 11.38 Jens-Henry Nielsen 9.27
Ronni Pedersen 10.07 Kenneth Nystrom 9.15
Patrik Karlsson 9.45 Juha Moksunen 8.61
Benny Olsson 9.15 Dan Berglund 6.14
Carsten Hansen 6.40 Christer Antonsson 6.11
Ulf Helander 5.71 Marcus Johansson 6.07
Jimmy Nicander 5.52 Carl-Fr. Andersson 5.66
Mathias Karlsson 5.41 Tomas Aronsson 5.60
Tomas Karlsson 5.27 Johan Karlsson 5.24
Martin Svensson 4.74 Christer Ljungaeus 4.00
Kent Karlsson 4.15
KARLSTAD: MASARNA:
Antonin Kasper 10.89 Jacek Krzyzaniak 10.90
Jonathan Forsgren 9.89 Miroslaw Kowalik 10.55
Rickard Karlsson 7.53 Patrik Bjork 9.00
Robert Palovaara 7.47 Robert Ljungholm 8.00
Daniel Nermark 6.67 Jonas Gronstrand 7.64
Petter Thuve 6.40 Mattias Karlsson 7.16
Hakan Persson 4.00 Nicklas Aspgren 7.14
Daniel Thelaus 2.00 Johan Liljegren 6.89
Jonas Strömberg 1.94 Conny Olsson 6.56
Christer Finnson 1.13 Andreas Bergstrom 6.40
Dennis Kull 6.32
Joakim Aspgren 0.00
Subject: Sweden - Elite League and First Division Averages
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996
ELITE LEAGUE:
ORNARNA: ROSPIGGARNA:
Peter Karlsson 10.42 Jimmy Nilsen 10.37
Kelvin Tatum 9.44 Greg Hancock 10.29
Mikael Karlsson 8.77 Erik Stenlund 8.80
Niklas Klingberg 8.45 Einar Kyllingstad 7.23
Christer Rohlen 6.70 Mikael Teurnberg 6.37
Tomas Olsson 3.73 Emil Lindqvist 6.03
Per-Ola Claesson 3.00 Andreas Jonsson 5.58
Mikael Strom 2.00 Patrik Dybeck 4.67
Emil Kramer 0.97 Tomas Messing 2.29
Pierre Gustavsson 0.00
INDIANERNA: VALSARNA:
Henrik Gustafsson 10.39 Tony Rickardsson 10.09
Stefan Anderssom 8.29 Marvyn Cox 8.25
Lars Gunnestad 8.05 Stefan Dannö 6.96
Daniel Anderson 7.35 Rune Holta 6.75
Peter Karlsson 5.24 Robert Eriksson 6.27
Magnus Oscarsson 4.61 Per Karlsson 5.33
Goran Flood 4.36 Lillebror Johansson 5.06
Henrik Tolkstam 3.67 Anders Sohlberg 2.67
Thomas Henriksson 1.60
Roger Karlsson 0.00
VETLANDA: SMEDERNA:
Brian Karger 9.00 Billy Hamill 10.09
Leigh Adams 8.60 Peter Nahlin 8.19
Conny Ivarsson 8.40 John Cook 8.00
Claes Ivarsson 7.58 Simon Cross 6.55
Anders Henriksson 5.75 Olli Tyrvainen 6.06
Conny Samuelsson 5.40 Raymomd Smedh 5.71
Bjorn Gustavsson 5.02 Petri Kokko 5.26
Thomas Ljung 4.50 Mats Malmberg 4.40
Tobias Johansson 4.19 Magnus Zetterstrom 4.17
Mikael Olsson 3.50 Niklas Gallon 0.00
Mats Malmberg 2.88
Magnus Haraldssom 0.00
VASTERVIK: BYSARNA:
Sam Ermolenko 10.22 Tony Olsson 9.38
Craig Boyce 9.75 Chris Louis 9.18
Jorgen Johansson 6.73 Mark Loram 7.95
Robert Johansson 5.80 Marcus Andersson 5.69
Jorgen Hultgren 5.72 Joonas Kylmakorpi 3.41
Christer Jonsson 5.60 Tony Gudbrand 3.11
Joakim Karlsson 5.07 Niklas Johansson 2.48
Patrik Olsson 4.92 Mattias Appelgen 1.83
Anders Ljung 1.82 Magnus Johansson 1.20
Kenny Froling 0.00
DACKARNA:
Joe Screen 9.02
Anders Kling 7.95
Jimmy Engman 5.49
Hakan Antonsson 5.04
Stefan Ekberg 4.11
Mikael Pettersson 2.96
Patrik Haag 2.50
Tony Zetterstrom 2.47
Mikael Karlsson 1.66
John Jensen 1.14
FIRST DIVISION: (incl. all First Division and Play Off League matches)
VARGARNA: KAPARNA:
Mikael Blixt 11.38 Jens-Henry Nielsen 9.27
Ronni Pedersen 10.07 Kenneth Nystrom 9.15
Patrik Karlsson 9.45 Juha Moksunen 8.61
Benny Olsson 9.15 Dan Berglund 6.14
Carsten Hansen 6.40 Christer Antonsson 6.11
Ulf Helander 5.71 Marcus Johansson 6.07
Jimmy Nicander 5.52 Carl-Fr. Andersson 5.66
Mathias Karlsson 5.41 Tomas Aronsson 5.60
Tomas Karlsson 5.27 Johan Karlsson 5.24
Martin Svensson 4.74 Christer Ljungaeus 4.00
Kent Karlsson 4.15
KARLSTAD: MASARNA:
Antonin Kasper 10.89 Jacek Krzyzaniak 10.90
Jonathan Forsgren 9.89 Miroslaw Kowalik 10.55
Rickard Karlsson 7.53 Patrik Bjork 9.00
Robert Palovaara 7.47 Robert Ljungholm 8.00
Daniel Nermark 6.67 Jonas Gronstrand 7.64
Petter Thuve 6.40 Mattias Karlsson 7.16
Hakan Persson 4.00 Nicklas Aspgren 7.14
Daniel Thelaus 2.00 Johan Liljegren 6.89
Jonas Strömberg 1.94 Conny Olsson 6.56
Christer Finnson 1.13 Andreas Bergstrom 6.40
Dennis Kull 6.32
Joakim Aspgren 0.00
GETINGARNA: ESKILSTUNA:
Tommy Nilsson 10.69 Marko Jumisko 8.90
Brett Woodifield 9.35 Stefan Hjerne 8.62
Mattias Engman 7.76 Christer Johansson 8.43
Thomas Hydling 6.80 Kenny Olsson 8.05
Stefan Nilsson 4.67 Mika Laukkanen 7.09
Lars-Ove Lundgren 3.93 Jan Bergqvist 6.10
Rickard Sedelius 3.44 Magnus Ahnstrom 4.96
Jim Ostlund 2.48 John Pentinen 3.84
Kent Eriksson 1.33 Mathias Stromberg 3.58
Marko Kunelius 3.20
Mikael Eriksson 2.67
Robert Andersson 2.00
NASSJO: PIRATERNA:
Mikael A.Andersson 9.58 Borje Ring 9.79
Jacob Beierholm 8.84 Fredrik Johansson 7.71
Anders Nielsen 8.42 Per Jansson 7.39
Peter Andersson 8.00 Magnus Woss 6.98
Peter Lindqvist 5.75 Mikael Carlstrom 5.71
Jimmy Zetterberg 4.90 Peter Svensson 4.13
Martin Linder 4.25 Jan Nordwall 3.39
Jonas Gustafsson 3.00 Niklas Andersson 3.31
Mikael Andersson 1.87 Christian Nilsson 0.00
Leif Jonsson 1.00 Per Fahlstrom 0.00
Andreas Andersson 0.00
KORPARNA: FILBYTERNA:
Pierre Strom 9.48 Mark Keast 8.64
Tim Korneliusen 9.08 Pierre Strangefeldt 7.79
Lennart Kruger 7.55 Mikael Reinholdsson 7.20
Kristian Andersen 7.00 Lars Sandberg 6.83
Per-Olof Nilsson 4.00 Benny Johansson 6.11
Peter Svensson 3.71 Joachim Lindquist 5.14
Michael Relfsson 3.11 Soren Ostergren 4.65
Christian Eng 3.07 Mikael Ostergren 2.67
Christian Bertilsson 2.22 Patrik Johansson 1.45
Robert Friman 0.00 Henrik Sernefalk 0.50
Patrik Sohlberg 0.00
TEAM VIKING:
Stefan Larsson 9.56
Gabor Roth 7.91
Kennet Johansson 6.93
Lars Jansson 6.91
Gunnar Thorstensson 5.52
Bengt Fogelberg 4.83
Mikael Haglund 4.00
Rickard Andersson 3.26
Anders Gustavsson 2.59
Hans Pettersson 1.33
Subject: British track records
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996
BRITISH TRACK RECORDS:
Reading 871012 58.1 Per Jonsson
Sheffield 880829 60.7 Chris Morton
Oxford 881013 56.2 Hans Nielsen
Cradley Heath 900718 60.7 Hans Nielsen
Berwick (Berring.) 910510 54.1 Jimmy Nilsen
Mildenhall 920510 50.4 Hans Nielsen
Long Eaton 930507 61.7 Jan Staechmann
960612 eq. Chris Manchester
Coventry 930619 60.1 Hans Nielsen
Newcastle 930627 63.0 Paul Thorp
Belle Vue 930723 59.2 Joe Screen
Swindon 930807 64.7 Gary Allan
Ipswich 930826 58.3 Tony Rickardsson
King's Lynn 931009 59.5 Bohumil Brhel
950927 eq. Bohumil Brhel
Bradford 940710 57.8 Mark Loram
Edinburgh 950421 60.1 Mark Loram
Arena-Essex 950505 58.4 Leigh Adams
950525 eq. Leigh Adams
Buxton (Old track) 950610 53.5 Dean Felton
Linlithgow 950826 52.1 Blair Scott
Exeter 950828 65.0 Jason Crump
Peterborough 951027 61.4 Ryan Sullivan
Hull 960327 67.1 Paul Thorp
Poole 960405 60.0 Lars Gunnestad
Glasgow 960612 62.2 Brian Andersen
Middlesbrough 960613 60.4 Joe Screen
Stoke 960709 61.2 Billy Hamill
Wolverhampton 960722 57.5 Peter Karlsson
Ryde 960722 75.0 Vaclav Verner
Sittingbourne 960728 59.6 David Mason
London 960831 59.8 Peter Karlsson
Buxton (New track) 960901 55.8 Peter Scully
Berwick (Shielf.) 960921 71.1 Peter Scully
Eastbourne 961013 55.3 David Norris
Have I missed something?
A list of Swedish track records will follow.
Subject: Points limit in Sweden
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996
The points limit in the Swedish Elite League is currently 42 points.
Bonus points are not included when calculating team averages. As I said
before, the Swedish points limit system is a bit different from the one used in
England. If a club ends the season with a team average of
for instance 45 points, they are allowed to keep that team for another
season, but can't sign any new riders. So if a club with a team average of 45
points loses a rider with an eight-point average, he can
only be replaced by a rider with an average of five points or less.
If a rider moves up from the First Division to the Elite League, his
average is reduced by 45%.
I think this is a quite good system, which I would like to see Britain
adopt. Teams don't have to be split up, which is very often the case in
Britain.
Subject: Short Swedish News
Date: 25 Oct 1996
Magnus Zetterström has signed for Eskilstuna/Smederna. He had talks
with other clubs, but finally decided to remain in his home town.
Indianerna have signed Robert Eriksson from Valsarna. Eriksson started
his career in the Kumla club.
The 1997 Swedish Championships (Senior, Under 21 and 80cc) will be
held at Vetlanda. The 1998 Swedish Championship weekend will take
place at Hagfors.
Subject: Swedish News
Date: 27 Oct 1996
Eskilstuna's hot prospect Kenny Olsson is not going to ride for new
team Eskilstuna/Smederna. On Friday, Olsson signed for Vastervik, the
club for which his father Borje rode for in the late 60's.
Robert Eriksson of Valsarna has returned to his old club Indianerna.
Friday, November 1 is the last date for transfers.
Magnus Zetterstrom has signed for Eskilstuna/Smederna. They have also
secured the services of 500cc newcomer Jimmy Jansson. Jansson who rode
80cc speedway for Getingarna in 1996, is son of former rider Bo Jansson.
Jimmy's uncle was the late Wimbledon hero Tommy Jansson and
Jimmy's grandfather is former World finalist Joel Jansson.
Team Viking Speedway (Orebro) might be forced to close down. The club
has had a tough season financially and it's doubtful if there will be
any speedway at all at Örebro in 1997. The club was relegated to Division Two,
but might still be allowed back in Division One. A decision will be taken next
week. They have however signed one new rider, Smederna junior Tommy Pihl.
Subject: Swedish track records
Date: 28 Oct 1996
Tony Rickardsson is holding seven track records in Sweden. The fastest track in
this country is Kumla and the slowest one is Gullspång.
Despite the fact that a lot of foreigners are racing in the Swedish Elite
League, Lars Gunnestad is the only foreigner to hold a track record on an Elite
League circuit. Another notable fact is that Peter
Karlsson does not hold a single track record.
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Aver.
Track Year Date Time Holder Length Speed
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KUMLA 1994 September 6 64.5 Tony Rickardsson 375 83.72
VETLANDA 1994 June 29 63.4 Tony Rickardsson 364 82.68
GOTHENBURG 1988 June 7 70.0 Hans Nielsen 400 82.29
(Ullevi) ? ? eq. Jan O Pedersen
? ? eq. Per Jonsson
STOCKHOLM 1993 May 2 66.0 Per Jonsson 373 81.38
GISLAVED 1987 September 27 67.3 Peter Nahlin 380 81.31
MALMÖ 1991 June 27 63.0 Jan O Pedersen 350 80.00
LINKÖPING 1995 August 12 60.3 Tony Rickardsson 335 80.00
ESKILSTUNA 1993 June 12 63.9 Lars Gunnestad 346 77.97
1996 September 10 eq. Peter Nahlin
1996 September 10 eq. Tony Rickardsson
VÄSTERVIK 1995 August 29 57.4 Lars Gunnestad 310 77.77
GOTHENBURG 1996 August 6 62.9 Kenneth Nyström 336 76.92
(Arendal)
AVESTA 1991 August 22 59.5 Vesa Ylinen 315 76.24
MÅLILLA(New) 1996 May 23 59.4 Stefan Andersson 310 75.15
MARIESTAD 1993 May 11 57.0 Tony Rickardsson 295 74.53
HAGFORS 1996 June 4 56.2 Stefan Dannö 290 74.31
KARLSTAD 1994 September 15 57.7 Tony Rickardsson 297 74.12
ÖREBRO 1992 May 21 56.3 Per Jonsson 289 73.92
HALLSTAVIK 1996 July 2 56.4 Jimmy Nilsen 289 73.79
MÅLILLA(Old) 1988 May 1 61.1 Claes Ivarsson 310 73.06
1988 May 1 eq. Henrik Gustafsson
1989 June 26 eq. Hans Nielsen
MOTALA 1989 August 3 59.3 Henrik Gustafsson 300 72.85
HUDDINGE 1988 May 7 61.7 Conny Ivarsson 311 72.58
NYKÖPING 1992 July 29 58.8 Per Jonsson 294 72.00
VISBY 1990 April 29 59.6 Jimmy Nilsen 297 71.76
NÄSSJÖ 1996 July 31 58.9 Mikael Karlsson 290 70.90
NORRKÖPING 1984 August 14 59.7 Erik Gundersen 287 69.23
GÄVLE 1988 July 28 59.3 Tony Rickardsson 285 69.21
UDDEVALLA 1996 May 8 54.2 Jimmy Nilsen 260 69.08
LINDESBERG 1993 August 22 63.5 Robert Eriksson 304 68.94
GULLSPÅNG 1978 May 27 55.8 Tommy Nilsson 250 64.52
1978 May 27 eq. Bernt Persson
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I think the list above is correct. The only track record I'm not absolutely
sure about is Lindesberg, which might have been broken.
Subject: Swedish News
Date: 29 Oct 1996
The 1997 Swedish First Division will consist of 11 or possibly 12 clubs divided
into a northern and a southern section. Like this year, the top clubs will
contest a Play Off League after the summer break. The bottom clubs will form a
new First Division, starting in
August. Filbyterna and Team Viking have been allowed to stay in the First
Division and surprisingly two Third Division clubs have also been accepted as
members of the 1997 First Division. Those are Lejonen (the Lions) from Gislaved
and Gnistorna (the Sparks) from Malmö. If there is going to be a 12th member of
this division, that will be Gävle, winners of the Second Division this season.
This means that the higher divisions in 1997 will look like this:
ELITE LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION(NORTH) FIRST DIVISION(SOUTH)
ORNARNA(Mariestad) MASARNA(Avesta) KAPARNA(Gothenburg)
ROSPIGGARNA(Hallstavik) GETINGARNA(Stockholm) KARLSTAD
INDIANERNA(Kumla) PIRATERNA(Motala) NASSJO
VALSARNA(Hagfors) FILBYTERNA(Linköping) KORPARNA(Uddevalla)
VETLANDA TEAM VIKING(Örebro) LEJONEN(Gislaved)
ESKILSTUNA/SMEDERNA GÄVLE ??? GNISTORNA(Malmö)
VÄSTERVIK
BYSARNA(Visby)
TEAM SVELUX MÅLILLA
VARGARNA(Norrköping)
The merger between Smederna and Eskilstuna is obviously not going to give
Smederna as many new riders as hoped. The latest Eskilstuna rider to sign for
another club is Mathias Strömberg, who has joined Karlstad.
Date: 04 Nov 1996
Motala team Piraterna have pulled out of the 1997 Swedish First Division. The
club could only present seven riders of First Division standard. SVEMO has
stated that First Division teams must have a squad of at least ten riders.
Piraterna are now set to compete in a lower division. The result of this is
that yet some more riders leave the club. Fredrik Johansson and Niklas
Andersson move to Linköping team
Filbyterna and Per Jansson has signed for Stockholm team Getingarna.
Magnus Woss will probably retire and then there's not much left. Veteran Börje
Ring has not decided what to do, but perhaps he will retire as well. In any
case, the club will continue to stage open meetings and 80cc racing.
Date: 14 Nov 1996
Swedish Elite League newcomers Vargarna have signed Jason Crump as their new
foreigner. Crump did not ride in Sweden in 1996, but was a member of
Rospiggarna team when they won the league in 1995. He also had a few matches
with Getingarna in 1994. Crump will fly out to Sweden on Monday mornings and
will act as a junior trainer on Monday nights. He will then race for Vargarna
on Tuesday nights before heading back to Britain on Wednesday mornings. Crump
is reported to cost the club £25000 per season, which despite the travel costs,
is less than a Swedish top rider costs.
Subject: Swedish News & Fixtures
Date: 25 Nov 1996
Niklas Karlsson is allowed to join Vargarna for free. The Elite League newcomers
do not have to pay Ornarna a transfer fee. That was decided at the speedway
clubs meeting at Hagfors over the weekend. Other news is that Elite League
reserves will be allowed to double up by riding for a First Division team as
well. The points limit will stay at 42 points (excluding bonus), but a minimum
limit will also be introduced. That will be set at 38 points. All foreign
riders in the Swedish League system will have to take part in a minimum of 80
per cent of the matches.
The Swedish fixture list is also more or less completed. Below is a list of
some of the more important meetings. I will send a more complete list later.
April 19 Vetlanda Open (first official meeting of 1997)
April 26 National World Under 21 qualifying round at Karlstad
April 29 Elite League, round 1 Ornarna v Rospiggarna
Valsarna v Indianerna
Vargarna v Eskilstuna/Smederna
Vastervik v Bysarna
Vetlanda v Team Svelux Malilla
May 5 Grand Prix qualifiers at Eskilstuna and Malilla
May 6 Elite League, round 2 Rospiggarna v Vargarna
Bysarna v Valsarna
Indianerna v Ornarna
Team Svelux Malilla v Eskilstuna/Smederna
Vastervik v Vetlanda
May 13 Elite League, round 3 Valsarna v Vastervik
Eskilstuna/Smederna v Vetlanda
Vargarna v Indianerna
Ornarna v Bysarna
Team Svelux Malilla v Rospiggarna
May 14 Nykoping Open International
May 21 Swedish GP Final qualifier at Mariestad
May 31 Pirate Cup at Motala
May 31 Linkoping: Sweden Under 21 v Finland
June 1 Hallstavik: Sweden Under 21 v Finland
June 18 Kumla: Jubilee Meeting
June 25 Avesta: Swedish Pairs Final
July 22 Hallstavik: Roslagen Open
July 26 Vastervik: Intercontinental Final
July 30 Swedish Championship semifinals at Hagfors and Gislaved
August 8 Swedish Under 21 Champ. semifinals at Hallstavik and Kumla
August 15 Vetlanda: Swedish Under 21 Final
August 16 Vetlanda: Swedish 80cc Final
August 16 Vetlanda: Swdeish Final
August 20 Avesta: Folkare Open
September 6 Vetlanda: Sweden Under 21 v Denmark Under 21
September 7 Uddevalla: Sweden Under 21 v Denmark Under 21
September 16 Elite League, round 18 Smederna v Vargarna
Indianerna v Valsarna
Rospiggarna v Ornarna
Bysarna v Vastervik
Team Svelux Malilla v Vetlanda
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