Fun Club - Team Vodojem

One of the things that make the race in Horice to one of my favorite race is the fantastic atmosphere and all the fans there.  In many places are there people that make the race really alive! One of them corners is the hairpin called Vodojem after the water tank there. There is Fun Club - Team Vodojem.

After the race they storm in to the track and want the riders to do some burn outs and drink beer with them.  Making a lot of noice under the race and a lot after to! :)

Meeting with my racing freinds

In Czech Republic I have many freinds from my years of racing there. Photographers, marchals, racers,  public and many more. One of my new freind down there this year was a young girl as I remember her name as Magdalene and her famely. They did have one of many "fun club" that are around the track and they did have me as one of there favorites. So I did a burn out where they was after my race and later in the paddock they did come and say it was a good race!

youtube film from 300ZGH Horice

My great Polish freind Lukasz Czajka have made this youtube film from this years 300ZGH race!

Race day - 300ZGH Horice

Sunday and time for my first race of the season!

A short warm-up of 10 minutes did start the day to do the final check of the bike and track before the race. And shortly after that was a opening cermony of the race with the towns mayer and represents from the organizing club and a smal speak from the Irish rider Michael Pearson.

To the race did I have the fantastic artist Emmy Rich as a grid girl and Hanna Rovly as grid girl /mechanic!  They did make the grid really shine up!

The start did go good as I have learn to make good start with my 125GP bike and I did passsome other riders. Was at 8:th place for long and following the Dutch rider Michal Hofman. But after some slide with front and rear tire and some of the 250GP bikes passing me from starting behind us on the grid i decided to not push any harder. In the middle of the race did local rider Jan Novotny pass my after being out of the track from a early crash from the German rider Werner Steege. So my result in this race was 9:th place. That was first time in top 10 at this track that is the hardest track with hardest rider line up. So I was happy to have made some progress at this race and to have so good feeling with my bike!

Qualifycation at 300ZGH

Down in CZ and  Horice we did set everything up with a good place in the middle of the paddock together with the other Swedish rider George Carlsson.  Bike went thru technical inspection without any problem. Our group from Sweden did have 2 cabins situated also in the middle of the paddock. Blue sky and bright sun did make it feel like a Swedish summer!

First qualifying the riding and bike did feel almost perfect! Just some smal wheelies when flipping the bike from one side to the other and my self gliding forward in braking and a feeling of to mutch weight on front wheel then. Looking at the result and I was in total 16:th of the 37 riders on the track. Im my class 125GP was I in 10:th position. So good start of season as I only done one test day before and many of my rivals have done 2 race before this race.

Traveling down thru Europe

To race in Czech Republic it takes some traveling. About a half day. This time my team was me and 5 outher. So we did take the opportunety to do some turist along the way.

First stop was Berlin to see Branderburger Tor and the Berlin wall.

Second stop did we take at Eurospeedway Lautsitz Ring.

300 curves of Gustav Havel

This weekend its finaly time for one of my favorite races!  300zgh in the town Horice in Czech Republic.

The race is a International UEM real road racing event that is hold on closed roads. 321 riders from 11 country will come and race! 18 riders will we be in my class from 7 nations. A beutifull track that go from the forest and then thru the Horice town with a fantastic racing atmosphere!

This will be my 6:th time here and tonight we leave Sweden for the ferry across the baltic sea to come down to the European continent! Will keep you updated from this race! :)

New parter - Emmy Rich

New parter have joined for this season!

Emmy Rich - a talented music producer, pianist, composer and sing-songwriter.

Really looking forward for this season together with Emmy!

Trailer stickers

Biggest sticker so far to attach for me on the teams trailer. 3 meter long! The result speak for it self! The look of the trailer is now more proffesional! :)

First race for this trailer in this design will be at the Isle of Man TT!

My 20:th licence!

Just in time for this season my racing licence for 2015 did arive! Since my first licence was in 1996 this is my 20:th licence!! Wow! Times fly when you having fun! :)

First licence in 1996 did cost me 950 sek. Then it was with the 2 days with licence class and it was also included a magazine that did come 36 times a year in the post.  Today my licence did cost 3470 sek and nothing more then the plastic plate for that money! :D

New boots.

Got a new set of TCX boots for this season! This pair that I will race with this season go in the team colors with black and yellow! Like this model as its a slighty slimmer model and lighter. Already tested them once and they was relly good! :)

Historic weekend!

First weekend in may was the first race of the year for the Swedish Championship. As our team was entering 7 riders to this event and that all of the riders was on new machines I decided to be there and help the team instead of going and race my self in the first race in the Czech republic. A choise that made me see the first ever all podium for the team in the Moto3 class with William, Lukas and Stefan steping up on the podium.

And to top this Alex that been in our team and was Swedish Champion for the team 2013 did also take his first podium position in the Brittish Championship and Michal that are a czech rider that race with a bike from our team and do have some support from us did also win at the race Stare Mesto!  So really a historic weekend!