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For the first race of the Dragbike European Championship (classes Top Fuel Bike, Super Twin Bike and Pro Stock Bike) this year we saw some good racing from all the participants. Unfortunately it was raining all Saturday, but Sunday the Organizer changed the schedule and gave the Riders 3 passes which was perfect. Monday morning started out with rain, and the race was called rain out at 16,16. No winner since there was no eliminations. The second round of the Super Street Bike European Cup was also held together with the European Championship. Next round of the European Championship is scheduled (to be confirmed) from the 3rd to the 6th of July in Alastaro (Finland). The SSB European Cup is planned from the 8th to the 10th of August in Hockenheim (Germany).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 065/2014    

The third round of the EMX65 and EMX85 Motocross European Championship (North Western leg) was held in Slagelse (Denmark). In the EMX65cc class, the first heat was won by Danish Rasmus Pedersen (KTM), followed by Dutch Ryan de Beer (KTM) and Danish Magnus Smith (KTM). In the second heat Pedersen won in front of Swedish Noel Nilsson (KTM) and Russian Nikita Kucherov (KTM). In the EMX85cc class, Spanish Jorge Prado Garcia (KTM) won the first heat in front of Finnish Kim Savaste (KTM) and Belgian Jago Geets (KTM). In the second race the victory went to Geets in front of Garcia and third Savaste. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Rasmus Pedersen in the EMX65cc class with 150 points in front of Noel Nillson with 96 points and Nikita Kucherov 85 points. In the EMX85cc class, first provisional position for Jorge Prado Garcia 132 points in front of Jago

The second round of the South Western qualification leg of the EMX65 and EMX85 and the third round of the EMXOpen were held this weekend in Prilipe Brezice (Slovenia). Qualifying races was held on Saturday on a very vet track, and it was very difficult for the EMX 65cc class because of the small wheels, and fastest time was in this class made by Eric Thomas (ESP) KTM, in the EMX 85cc the best time was made by Brian Moreau Strubhart (FRA) KAWASAKI and Evgeny Tyletski (BLR) KTM made the best time in the Open class Sunday on a perfect track, sunny and 27dgr. The EMX 85cc made the first race, and the fastest rider was Brian Moreau Strubhart (FRA) KAWASAKI, on the second place Jan Pancar (SLO) YAMAHA, and on the third place Tom Vialle (FRA) YAMAHA. In the second race in the EMX 85cc class was the winner

The fourth round of the Honda Junior Cup was held today in Donington Park. The weather for the Free Practice and 1st qualifying session on Friday was dry but cloudy. On Saturday the conditions were not good with a wet qualifying session, however all 21 riders qualified to race. On Sunday the race was declared a wet race, with 21 riders starting the race. The weather conditions improved during the race and 8 riders competed closely for the top places. Javier Orellana (Europ Food SL) has come out victorious in the 10 lap Pata European Junior Cup race. The 16 year old from Mallorca, Spain, who is currently contesting his third season in the series, was able to take the lead and to get a small margin on the five-rider chasing pack on the last lap, crossing the line ahead of Angelo Licciardi (S.E.F.A.B Racing), Augusto Fernandez (WIL Sport), Illan

The second round of the Honda EMX150 4Stroke and the third round of the EMX250 and EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held this weekend in Matterley Basin (Great Britain). Track compound was close to perfect for race two offering a pleasant change to the slushy surface of yesterday. In the Honda EMX150 overall victory to British Albie Wilkie with two wins, followed by Australian hugh McKay and Finnish Jere Haavisto. In the EMX250, the overall winner was Belgian Brent Van Doninck (KTM) with two second positions, followed by Spanish Jorge Zaragoza (Kawasaki) third and fourth position. The winner of the first heat was British Ben Watson (KTM) and the winner of the second heat was French Sullivan Jaulin (Kawasaki). In the EMX300, the overall winner was British Lewis Gregory (Yamaha), with victory and in the first heat and a second position, and Italian Samuele Bernardini who was second in the

This years first round of the FIM Europe Honda NSF 100 Cup was held today in fine weather. The great venue Kartarena is located in the West of Czech Republic – just outside Cheb. For 2014 the circuit was slightly modified (200m longer with two additional corners). The first race showed a very close battle for the podium positions between Dirk Geiger (GER), Peetu Paavilainen (FIN) and Petr Svoboda (CZE). Behind this group it was Troy Bude (GER) on a comfortable 4th place. The second race seemed to be a smooth copy of race number one. Just the gaps between all riders were a little bit bigger – except for the fight for the 5th position. There it was again Oliver König (CZE) and Lucas Schaba (GER), but finally in reverse order. The next round of the Honda NSF 100 Cup will take place together with all Mini Road Racing

The second round of the North Eastern qualification leg of the EMX65 and EMX85 was held this weekend in Pakruojis Petrasiunai (Lithuania).There were present 24 riders to EMX 85 and 27 riders to EMX 65. During two days was very hot therefore condition for riders was heavy. Freimanis Kristian EMX 65 from Latvia won two races and he has 50 pts, Kraev Maksim EMX 65 from Russia was two races second places and he has 44 pts. The first race third was Petrov Nikita EMX 65 from Russia ,and second race third was Valovich Daniel EMX 65 from Bialerus. Hiiemagi Andreas EMX 85 from Estonia won two races and he has 50 pts,Petrashin Timur EMX 85 from Russia was two races second place and he has 44 pts.The first race to EMX 85 third place had Vettik Meico from Estonia, and second race third place had Zuks Rainers from Latvia.

Yesterday the semifinal for the Team Speedway U21 European Championship was held at the track of Plzen (CZE). Unfortunately the nominated team of Russia had withdrawn and had to be replaced by a mixed European squad. Together with teams coming from Finland, Sweden and the host nation Czech Republic they were racing for the last qualification place for the final. During the whole meeting a close fight was going on between Czech Republic and Sweden which saw the team of Czech Republic win on 45 points, just 2 points ahead of 2nd placed team Sweden on 43 points. Team Finland finished 3rd on 26 points and Team Euro with 4 points on 4th place. The spectators could see ambitious speedway youngsters fighting for their team and country against each other. This caused some accidents but without any injuries to the riders concerned. The team of Czech Repulic will now complete

The Semi-Final 3 of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held today in Zarnovica (Slovakia). More than 3 000 spectators watched an impressive meeting with very good line up. Unfortunately meeting was finished after heat 20 before run-offs after heavy rain falls. Top five riders qualified for Challenge :Janusz Kolodziej,Peter Kildemand, Joonas Davidsson,Adrian Miedzinski and Tomas Suchanek. Next round is the ECC scheduled on the 9th of June in Debrecen (Hungary).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 057/2014    

The FIME has received the communication from the Circuit of Albacete cancelling the Road Race event envisaged for October the 5th. The reason for the annulation of the event, as well as the impossibility for it to be held for the years 2015-16-17, is due to the decision of the consortium of the Albacete Road Racing Circuit, which has approved its financial scheme in the following years. These decisions do not allow to proceed with the celebration of the Road Race event in the circuit.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 056/2014