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FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship - Final 2, Ufa (RUS) 11th & 12th February.With the Moscow round behind them, competitors now move 1500km to the east and to Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan. An oil producing centre the city has a long tradition of ice speedway and the Stadium Kadirov where the next round will take place is dedicated to one of the city’s famous sons.  Gabdra...

With temperatures in Krasnogorsk rising to -8o, track conditions on day 2 of the first round had improved and spectators were treated to some exciting racing with the Russians again dominating the meeting.Daniil Ivanov may be at the head of the leader board after today’s meeting but the star of the afternoon was undoubtedly the current world champion Nikolay Krasnikov. He was involved in nearly ev...

In a temperature of -15°, Daniil Ivanov was the top man in the 2012 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Finals on Saturday, for the first day of the Krasnagorsk event. He rode to a maximum 21 points from his 7 races. Despite some of the coldest weather for many years in Moscow the meeting was able to go ahead although track conditions were not at their best and gate 1 was clearly the ...

Follow the FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators world Championship results online on the FIM homepage FIM-LIVE.COM The heats scores, results and timing will be online on Sunday at 13H00 Moscow time (10H00 Swiss time)

It is quite difficult to know with precision when and where someone had the idea of putting a motorcycle on ice. This was obviously held in countries where climatic conditions allowed this practice. The first records of racing on ice date from 1924 in Sweden; in the early 30s, motorcycles with a low frame had the tyres fit with short studs, skidding a bit sideways in the curves. Races were held on...

The 2012 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Finals begin. Sixteen of the world’s best Ice racers will gather in Russia this weekend to begin their quest for the 2012 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship. The first round of the Final Series will be held over two days at the Zorkiy Stadium in Krasnogorsk near Moscow and the draw has now been made:Ballot    N° &nb...

As anticipated, the Russians were again dominant in the Qualifying Rounds for the FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship held last weekend. In St.Johann, Austria they filled the first 3 places but the local riders Franz Zorn and Harald Simon took the remaining qualifying spots. A surprise elimination was that of ‘Posa’ Sernius the veteran from Sweden who never recovered from a first race d...

The FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship kicks off this weekend with the Qualifying Rounds for the Final series. Rounds will be held on 28th January in Austria, Poland and Russia with only 14 riders moving on to the Final Series so tough competition can be expected and the draw has thrown up some interesting clashes.Former international racer Toni Pilotto is among the organisers of Round...

The FIM rejuvenates the Ice Racing series with a new name and a new logo. As from 2012, the FIM Ice Racing World Championships become FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championships.2012 Calendars FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Date -   Event -   Venue  -  Country28/01 - Q.Round 1 - St. Johann - Austria28/01 - Q.Round 2 - Sanok - Poland28/01 - Q.Round 3...

The FIM Ice Racing World Championship Final 4 was held in the new Max-Aicher-Arena in Inzell (Germany) that was sold out on both days. There was about 6500 spectators on Saturday and Sunday watching some spectacular races in Inzell.The reigning FIM world champion Nikolai Krasnikov showed an impressive presentation of his superiority on the Ice.The visitors were overvelved of the excinting races. T...