FUNCHAL (PORTUGAL), 26 March 2009 - Swedish winter center Mala will be the last stop for the FIM Snowcross World Championship in this season.

There will be crowned the FIM Snowcross World Champion 2009. Mala is located in the Northern part of Sweden. It has around 1600 registered snowmobiles.

 

There are 14 home Swedish riders on the entry list. Two of them are in the top three after first two events. The current leader is Finnish rider Niko Korsumaeki, who would like to finish his career with the World Championship Title. Peter Ericson (Sweden), the World Champion from seasons 2006 and 2007 is only two points behind. The Snowcross World Champion 2008, another Swedish rider Emil Ohman will attack his rivals with nine points of arrears to the leading position. All of them are main candidates to win the Championship.

 

Also on the fourth position there is home rider, the big surprise of the season Petter Narsa. Sixteen year old rider can still finish his first World Championship season in the top three, although he will need to make up ten points. There are four more Swedish riders in the top 10 Classification: Dan Lang, Viktor Stenman, Fredrik Granberg and Adam Renheim. Besides them spectators will enjoy watching riders from Norway, Finland, Iceland, Italy and USA.

 

The final event will start this Saturday morning with free practices and continue at 12. with the Qualifying races. The first race will start at 14.00 while the last act of the season 2009 will happen at 15.00. Although we are already at the end of March, Swedish organizer has good conditions for the organization of the event. There is still the real winter in Scandinavia and the big spectacle is in the air.

 

TIMETABLE

Saturday 28th March:

10.15-10.25 – First Free Practice Group 1, 10.30-10.40 – First Free Practice Group 2, 10.45-10.55 – Second Free Practice Group 1, 11.00-11.10 – Second Free Practice Group 2

12.00 – Qualifying Race Group 1 (10 min + 2 laps)

12.20 – Qualifying Race Group 2 (10 min + 2 laps)

13.00-13.15 – Last Chance Qualifying Practice

14.00 – FIRST RACE (15 min + 2 laps)

15.00 – SECOND RACE (15 min + 2 laps)

 

ENTRY LIST

1   Emil OHMAN, Lynx (Sweden)

2   Viktor STENMAN, Arctic Cat (Sweden)

3   Niko KORSUMAEKI, Lynx (Finland)

5   Jostein BITI, Lynx (Norway)

6   Marcus EVENSSON, Polaris (Sweden)

7   Janne JURVELIN, Lynx (Finland)

9   Adam RENHEIM, Arctic Cat (Sweden)

10 Fredrik GRANBERG, Ski Doo (Sweden)

11 Dan LANG, Polaris (Sweden)

14 Peter ERICSON, Lynx (Sweden)

15 Jo Kjetil STOKKE, Polaris (Norway)

17 Stale EGGEN, Lynx (Norway)

22 Mads TAMNES, Ski Doo (Norway)

23 Alessandro PLONER, Polaris (Italy)

25 Magnus LINDBAECK, Arctic Cat (Norway)

32 Trond BAKAS, Polaris (Norway)

40 Johan LIDMAN, Arctic Cat (Sweden)

41 Gard Frode RUNDHAUG, Lynx (Norway)

42 Petter NARSA, Lynx (Sweden)

47 Kristoffer HOLM, Polaris (Norway)

48 Joar STOKKE, Lynx (Norway)

50 Arne IVERSEN, Lynx (Norway)

55 John STENBERG, Ski Doo (Sweden)

56 Emil JOHANSSON, Lynx (Sweden)

57 Jonathan ERIKSSON, Ski Doo (Sweden)

88 Brett BENDER, Polaris (USA)

89 Matt JUDNICK, Polaris (USA)

91 Arman ORN SIGURSTEINSSON, Arctic Cat (Iceland)

92 Jonas STEFANSSON, Lynx (Iceland)

93 Bjarki SIGURDSSON, Polaris (Iceland)

666 Christian SALEMARK, Arctic Cat (Sweden)

701 Jummy JOHANSSON, Polaris (Sweden)

711 Jussi HONKA, Ski Doo (Finland)

 

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

Malå Snöskoterklubb

 

Information, photos and results are online at www.worldsnowcross.com, the official website of the FIM Snowcross World Championship.

 

Freecaster.tv is the prime source of LIVE and On-Demand coverage for action sports on the Internet. Watch the 2009 FIM MX1/MX2/MX3 and Women’s World Championships, the 2009 SuperMoto World Championship and the 2009 FIM Snowcross World Championship races exclusively, LIVE and free on www.freecaster.tv.

 

Youthstream is the company that manages the exclusive television, marketing and promotional world wide rights of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the FIM Motocross of Nations, the FIM Women's Motocross World Championship, the FIM Veteran's Motocross World Cup, the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, the FIM SuperMoto World Championship, the FIM SuperMoto of Nations, the FIM Snowcross World Championship, the UEM Motocross European Championship, the UEM Motocross of European Nations and the UEM SuperMoto European Championship.

 

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