Tampere Finland SX

Im sick at home and cant deliver any live information, all i know that todays heatraces are done.

riders
pretty much only finnish riders, few estonian and swedish riders. Weston Peick only US rider..

picture of the track from yesterday i think

Hey, Lou!

I am also home but I can see results and post here as much as I have time to.

Weston won his heat. Second heat winner was Harri Kullas. Third heat winner was Toni Eriksson.

I guess the fastest guys are Weston and Harri Kullas (finnish rider in MX2 world championships).

Semi final one now, Peick in front of Kullas.

Difference between Weston and Harri is under 2 seconds.

Here is results of first semi final.

1. 46 Weston Peick 00:07:04.867 13 ~ ~ 00:00:30.106 1
2. 151 Harri Kullas 00:07:07.629 13 00:00:02.762 00:00:02.762 00:00:30.434 3
3. 58 Priit Rätsep 00:07:18.605 13 00:00:13.738 00:00:10.976 00:00:30.804 2
4. 133 Riku Viljakainen 00:06:58.625 12 +1 laps - 00:00:31.814 4
5. 244 Joonas Heimonen 00:07:04.416 12 00:00:05.791 00:00:05.791 00:00:31.485 2
6. 5 Miika Oinonen 00:07:08.678 12 00:00:10.053 00:00:04.262 00:00:31.294 4
7. 22 Jonny Walker 00:07:10.071 12 00:00:11.446 00:00:01.393 00:00:32.584 1
8. 712 Jani Koskiranta 00:06:53.398 11 +2 laps - 00:00:33.766 1
9. 11 Rene Rannikko 00:07:00.072 11 00:00:06.674 00:00:06.674 00:00:34.138 2
10. 221 Patrik Raittala 00:07:11.361 11 00:00:17.963 00:00:11.289 00:00:33.397 3
11. 161 Aki Manninen 00:07:02.283 7 +6 laps - 00:00:32.615 2
12. 65 Juuso Matikainen 00:03:46.364 6 +7 laps - 00:00:31.947 4
13. 36 Joni Tuominen 00:03:46.744 6 00:00:00.380 00:00:00.380 00:00:32.746 4
14. 388 Ludvig Söderberg 00:02:34.008 4 +9 laps - 00:00:31.592 3
15. 371 Joni Hynell 00:03:16.374 4 00:00:42.366 00:00:42.366 00:00:38.269 2

Second semi-final. Mostly finnish riders. Matti Seistola who was second in this race rides for Husqvarna in world enduro championships on 250f.

1. 277 Toni Eriksson 00:07:24.260 13 ~ ~ 00:00:31.564 5
2. 3 Matti Seistola 00:07:29.118 13 00:00:04.858 00:00:04.858 00:00:31.921 5
3. 171 Marko Kovalainen 00:07:36.389 13 00:00:12.129 00:00:07.271 00:00:31.747 1
4. 123 Teemu Lehtinen 00:07:36.399 13 00:00:12.139 00:00:00.010 00:00:32.337 7
5. 73 Rikard Hansson 00:07:40.938 13 00:00:16.678 00:00:04.539 00:00:32.406 7
6. 430 Valtteri Malin 00:07:46.634 13 00:00:22.374 00:00:05.696 00:00:32.573 2
7. 38 Riku Rouhiainen 00:07:57.919 13 00:00:33.659 00:00:11.285 00:00:33.218 4
8. 20 Miro Lehto 00:07:30.160 12 +1 laps - 00:00:34.233 3
9. 70 Eemi Mutikainen 00:07:32.930 12 00:00:02.770 00:00:02.770 00:00:33.579 2
10. 377 Henric Stigell 00:07:42.903 12 00:00:12.743 00:00:09.973 00:00:32.966 4
11. 511 Jaro Pääkkönen 00:07:42.965 12 00:00:12.805 00:00:00.062 00:00:35.280 1
12. 84 Joona Marin 00:07:31.575 11 +2 laps - 00:00:35.202 9
13. 132 Karel Kutsar 00:05:37.444 9 +4 laps - 00:00:32.998 5
14. 731 Jerry Ljungqvist 00:04:16.583 6 +7 laps - 00:00:35.574 1
15. 48 Miika Haavanlammi 00:02:23.346 3 +10 laps - 00:00:36.313 2

I still do not see results from main. I guess the schedule is late.

Ok, it starts in a minute.

After first lap it is Kullas and Peick second only 0,5 sec off.

Second lap Weston is in front and Harri tries to match his speed.

7 laps Weston still in front, Kullas is back 2,5 seconds.

I guess some mistakes, because now the gap is only 1 sec.

Seems Weston is going to take win today.

Here is final results. Weston win in front of Harri Kullas. Congratulations! I hope tomorrow will be even more close racig. Unfortunately I will not be able to post any updates tomorrow.

I guess first story of this race will be on this site: www .xracing.fi


1. 46 Weston Peick 00:10:38.298 20 ~ ~ 00:00:29.374 2
2. 151 Harri Kullas 00:10:41.608 20 00:00:03.310 00:00:03.310 00:00:29.902 5
3. 277 Toni Eriksson 00:11:09.929 20 00:00:31.631 00:00:28.321 00:00:30.511 2
4. 171 Marko Kovalainen 00:10:45.125 19 +1 laps - 00:00:31.151 2
5. 73 Rikard Hansson 00:10:50.771 19 00:00:05.646 00:00:05.646 00:00:30.916 4
6. 123 Teemu Lehtinen 00:10:53.219 19 00:00:08.094 00:00:02.448 00:00:32.060 4
7. 5 Miika Oinonen 00:10:56.091 19 00:00:10.966 00:00:02.872 00:00:31.662 5
8. 38 Riku Rouhiainen 00:10:48.307 18 +2 laps - 00:00:33.135 2
9. 58 Priit Rätsep 00:10:51.100 18 00:00:02.793 00:00:02.793 00:00:31.227 10
10. 430 Valtteri Malin 00:11:00.179 18 00:00:11.872 00:00:09.079 00:00:31.782 7
11. 133 Riku Viljakainen 00:11:11.308 18 00:00:23.001 00:00:11.129 00:00:31.653 1
12. 377 Henric Stigell 00:11:11.338 18 00:00:23.031 00:00:00.030 00:00:31.855 3
13. 3 Matti Seistola 00:06:14.434 9 +11 laps - 00:00:29.921 2
14. 244 Joonas Heimonen 00:04:02.213 6 +14 laps - 00:00:31.145 1

No prob Lou!

Cool they are doing it in Finland as well, did they do this last year as well? Is the sport spreading?

Yes we had supercross last year also, but in different city called Lahti, and also in the beginning of this year in Helsinki.

I have attended just one of these races, but seems that big problem here is to find a good material for the track. The dirt is too moist or too soft, which result in ruts developing on whole track.

Here is more results of todays race on mylaps.

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=855352

Yup, but it was in city of Lahti in 2010 and 2011, they moved it to Tampere for reason i cant remember ( ) this year, dont know is it good or bad thing, hopefully good! I think track looks bigger but i can be wrong. Tomorrow i'll see it with my own eyes.

btw, there was a lot more riders from other countries in previous years. I think bercy and stuttgart messed things up a bit. I remember atleast Boni, Gosselaar and Peick from 2010, Paluzzi was there too in 2011.

It's also cool that he keeps coming here. Hope he had fun.

good job and congrats!

Congrats Lou and Weston !

X2

4500 euro and a guitar, too cool!!!!

Here is a short interview with Weston after Tampere SX.

The guy interviewing him is finnish journalist Jani Hovi, who was visiting PulpMx-radio show a few weeks back!