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The meeting of the Individual U21 Team Speedway Championship was originally scheduled on August 19th but it was postponed because of heavy rain after heat five. On Saturday September 16th, due to heavy rain that lasted till midday the practice scheduled for 10.00 was cancelled. After some heavy work the organising club KSM Krosno managed to prepare a raceable track for the meeting. In a fully crowded stadium, attractive rides from Speedway upcoming riders were held. The Polish U21 team confirmed their role of favorites for winning the team title but the contest for the European U21 team title was hard. The fight for the second place was decided in the last heat. The final results of the meeting see Poland winning with 45 points, ahead of Denmark scoring 35 and of Latvia, with 33 points. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/434  

The last race of the EMX Quad championship was held in Markelo, The Netherlands. In the week before the event there it was raining but in the racing day it was great sunny weather. Both races in the EMX Quad were dominated by Dutch rider Mike van Grinsven, who was leading from start to finish. Second in the first heat was Dutch rider Ricardo Phoelich and third was Jan Vlaeymans from Belgium. Kevin Saar finished fourth in the first heat and that was enough for him to win the European Quad Championship 2017. In the second heat second place went to Jan Vlaeymans ahead of Kevin Saar. In the Championship Christopher Tveraen finished second before Oliver Vandendijck. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/463    

The Superstock 1000 European Championship race on Sunday at the Prosecco DOC Portuguese Round concluded five laps early due to a red flag, with the victory being taken by Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing). Pole man Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team) and Maximilian Scheib (Nuova M2 Racing) were classified in second and third respectively as the race results were taken from the rider positions at the end of the ninth of 14 scheduled laps. The red flags were shown due to a technical problem for Marino which saw smoke bellowing from his Yamaha machine at just over two thirds of the race distance. At the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team) and Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing) registered top five results, in fourth and fifth respectively. Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team), Sebastien Suchet (Berclaz Racing Team), Luca Vitali (Nuova

In the sixth round of the FIM CEV Repsol in Jerez (Spain), which was witnessed by 14,000 spectators during the weekend, Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) won in Moto2™ and Andreas Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy, in the photo) and Francisco Gómez (Team Larresport) were victors in the European Talent Cup. Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) nabbed a five-point lead in the Moto2™ European Championship by beating Eric Granado (Promoracing) in the only Moto2™ race at Jerez. The Team Stylobike rider, who had dominated the qualifying sessions, took the lead from the start and was followed by Eric Granado (Promoracing), Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS), Lukas Tulovic (Forward Junior Team), Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportscode T.Pro) and Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda Racing Team). Javier Orellana, riding with Team Wimu CNS, fell on the first lap and saw his hopes vanish in his Moto2™ European Championship debut. Ahead, Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) and Eric Granado

In wet and cold weather conditions on Sunday, the Wachauring in Melk was ready to start the final round of the European Supermoto Championship. The rain during the day made the highspeed racetrack in the hills of Austria even more challenging for the riders, but the experienced crew of Melk managed to prepare the track perfectly. Despite the bad weather, the spectators came to the track to enjoy the Supermoto action. TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre took the overall victory in Austria and the European Supermoto Championship title. The podium with, on the left, Mr Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe First Deputy President S2 Race 1 When the lights dropped for the first wet race in Melk, it was the leader in the championship, TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre who took the holeshot into the first fast right corner of the Wachauring. In second position it was TM

Due to today’s rain and the forecast tomorrow the FIM Europe Jury decided in interest of safety to postpone the meeting. There is no chance to get the track ready for racing tomorrow. The new date will be announced as soon as possible.      

In the Superstock 1000 European Championship on Saturday at the Prosecco DOC Portuguese Round it was Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team) who took pole, doing so by just a +0.02s from Australian rider Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team). Behind the leading pair in a tight session Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team) was just 0.189s off pole in third place. All of the riders qualifying on the second row, meanwhile were close by in terms of times compared to Marino’s 1’44.936 pole lap. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) was fourth by just 0.226s, followed by Maximillian Schieb (Nuova M2 Racing) who was just over 0.25s from P1 and Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing) – who trailed by just over three tenths from Marino. Italian quartet Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team), Michael Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team), Marco Faccani (Althea BMW Racing Team) and Luca

In cloudy and cold weather conditions the final round of the European Supermoto Championship started today with the free and timed practices at the Wachauring in Melk in the region of Lower Austria. For the high speed track with its two fast off-road sections it is the third time that they are the host of this event. The venue in Melk is one of best equipped in Europe with a great view for the spectators alongside the track. Championship leader TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre (in the photo ©BTProm) took the last pole position of the 2017 season. With his pole position the Frenchman takes a big step towards taking the double this year. In the first free practice for the S2 class in Melk, 27 riders entered the racetrack to set their first laps of the day. In the cloudy conditions no rider wanted to waste any time

In the sixth round of the FIM CEV Repsol this weekend at the Circuito de Jerez, Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) stamped his authority on Moto2™ by taking his second pole of the season, after losing the lead of the Moto2™ European Championship category to Eric Granado (Promoracing) in the last race at Estoril. The Team Stylobike rider managed to improve his time in the second qualifying session with a 1:43.129, squeezing the Promoracing rider off the front slot on the grid. Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro) debuts on the front row, and looks increasingly in tune with his bike. Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) began the season well but failed to get onto the front row of the grid for the second consecutive time. Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda), the first ever Indonesian rider to get on the Moto2™ European Championship podium in Barcelona will be in seventh. Joe Roberts (AGR

In the weekend from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th September, the follow­ing European races will be held: 15-17 September – European Superstock 1000 and Supersport Cup at Algarve/Portugal 16 September - European Under 21 Team Speedway Championship at Krosno/Poland 16 September - Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Lublin/Poland 16-17 September – European Moto2 and European Talent Cup at Jerez/Spain 16-17 September – EMX 250 at Villars sous Ecot/France 16-17 September – EMX ITP Quad European Championship at Markelo/The Netherlands 17 September - S2 Supermoto European Championship at Melk/Austria