On Tuesday 18th, we headed east to Varkaus, about 60 miles away, to see our oldest Finnish friends Jyrki and Mari as well as their boys Antti-Jussi and Ville-Veikko. It was really lovely to catch up with them once again - they are such wonderful folk! Then we headed to the local speedway track, where ex Edinburgh rider Kalle Katajisto started his career. The Varkaus team were racing against Pori, Seinajoki and Hyvinkaa, and they managed to beat them all in a close finish with Pori. It was a good bit colder than recent days but at least the heavy and thundery showers which had been all around managed to miss the stadium itself! And a crowd of 450 paying adults were there to see it, boosted by us a little!
Can you spot us? Clue - top left of this part of the grandstand.
Local boy Jesse Mutonen here in the white helmet was the only rider to beat Latvian Kasts Puodzuks, in the red helmet.
It's very simple, but the track itself is fast and wide which means there is plenty of chances for good racing, and on a sunny, warm night, it's certainly a lovely place to watch speedway!
Locals Tero Aaarnio (white) and Appe Mustonen (yellow) make a good start against Puodzuks the Latvian (blue) but he rode a super race to beat both of them. He is an internationalist for his country, so it was to be expected!
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