Saturday at Veidec Nitro Festival20:55
With a more or less dry track, again, the rain started to fall, again,
so the Race Director has called a halt to today's racing. So that's all
for today. The track crew have worked very hard indeed today and they very
deservedly received a big round of applause from everyone in the stands
for their efforts.
Stay tuned to the Svensk Dragracing web site for today's full results
from eliminations and today's Photo Gallery.
16:35
Junior Dragster eliminations, round 2 winners: Angelica Lindberg
(10.95) 11.038/95.84, Albin Frank (10.05) 10.093/105.63, Erik Johansson
(9.10) 9.170/106.09, Robin Lindell (15.18) 15.334/64.42, Sandra Sjöberg
(14.52) 14.682/64.94 bye, Jan Morten Dalen (14.90) 14.981/66.94, Lina
Åberg (9.02) 9.233/96.06, Christoffer Jadersten (8.97) 9.086/113.26, Joe
Bond (9.40) 9.410/109.72, Martin Kretz (11.60) 11.374/91.10
Congratulations to Victor Bergdahl who won Eurodragster's Perfect Light
Award of 650 SEK with a .000 RT in this round of eliminations.
16:20
Stock/Superstock eliminations, round 2 winners: Jimmy Arvidsson
(11.11) 11.163/193.27 bye, Janne Kretz (12.19) 12.225/169.65, Martti Luoso
(11.72) 11.828/168.99, Bo Nylund (11.55) 11.574/186.66, Erik Wallin
(10.97) 10.935/191.40, Tomas Westberg (12.60) 13.231/160.30
16:00 Supertwin qualifying session 3 Each pair left lane first: Mattias Westin 9.374/229.64, Greger
Johansson 7.430/278.91, Ronny Aasen 7.355/244.59, Hans-Olav Olstad
11.260/119.49, Erik Nielsen 7.559/256.96, Svein-Olav Rolfstad
9.669/138.35, Ton Pels 6.738/331.31, Carsten Andersson 7.497/299.02, Per
Bengtsson 6.802/328.34, Willem Been 10.150/189.75
Ton Pels took back the lead with his pass, Per Bengtsson's burnout had
things falling off shelves here in race control but he couldn't quite
snatch the number one spot back.
Standings in Supertwin after session 3:
15:55 Top
Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 Each pair left lane first: Jari Halinen 5.845/391.66 bye, Krister
Johansson broke, Rob Turner 5.562/405.54, Dave Wilson 5.628/411.29 bye
Krister Johanson climbed out of his dragster after the burnout,
transmission problems we guess. Rob Turner took over second place with a
fine pass, a hint of shake. Dave Wilson had some shake at about sixty feet
which probably took some time off his pass.
Standings in Top Methanol Dragster after session 3:
15:35 NDRS
Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 3 Each pair left lane first: Thomas Nataas 6.583/342.65, Sappo Saapola
6.939/323.22, Håkan Nilsson 6.518/346.71, Peter Kunc 6.607/326.16,
Bert-Ole Olofsson 6.990/325.06, Henri Joosten 6.790/331.07, Lars-Inge
Johansson 7.659/314.07, Roger Johansson 6.587/343.57, Micke Lindahl
6.769/331.49, Urban Johansson 6.874/329.57, Terje Hakonsen 10.729/126.20,
Håkan Fallström 7.045/283.56, Fredde Fagerström 6.637/338.36, Christer
Jacobs 6.495/344.65, Tomi Pöntinen 6.934/335.66, Matts Erikkson
6.694/339.71, Norbert Kuno 7.009/309.91
Apologies to Christer Jacobs for mis-identifying him as Lars Olsson
earlier - that's what the timing system said and we didn't have our ears
on. A fine pass from Håkan Nilsson took the lead back whilst Peter Kunc
recorded a superb time even though he rolled through stage as the Tree
ran. Improvements from Micke Lindahl and Henri Joosten, Micke moving up
the ladder a place. Terje Hakonsen threw a blower belt at half track after
pulling a 200-foot burnout. A huge improvement from Fredde Fagerström took
him a number of places up the ladder. Christer Jacobs watched Håkan
Nilsson take the lead then took it back again with an arrow-straight pass.
Standings in NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified after session 3:
15:15 Top
Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 This session took place in 26.7 C, 41% humidity, and 1002 Mb pressure.
Each pair left lane first: Tommy Jonsson 8.898/254.91, Frode Engelund
8.633/259.40, Anders Forsberg 9.473/247.50, Nils Ole Lund 6.684/313.49,
Mikael Andersson 8.752/240.05, Peter Andersson Ström 6.677/303.41, Roel
Koedam 6.353/331.05, Peter Westin broke off line, Martyn de Haas broke off
line, Magnus Larsson 9.118/160.05, Antonio Ferretti 7.562/305.55, Finn
Asserbo 7.372/287.48, Sverre Dahl shut off
Nils Ole Lund cured whatever has been ailing his TFB this weekend, a
superb straight pass, but then off the end of the track. The recovery was
very swift so we guess that Nils is OK. Peter Andersson Ström was on a
fine pass but started drifting towards the guardrail towards the top end
and you could hear the throttle feathering. Roel Koedam's bike sounded as
if it was leaning out towards the top end but he has a real grip on the
field here this weekend. Sverre Dahl's crew shut him off after his
burnout.
Standings in Top Fuel Bike after session 3:
14:50 Top
Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 Each pair left lane first: Niclas Andersson 6.115/368.50, Martin
Lundqvist 11.713/118.11, Leif Andréasson 5.897/392.84, Dan Larsen broke,
Jörgen Johnsson 6.048/382.43, Ulf Leanders 5.971/390.57, Fredde Fagerström
6.089/376.12.
Dan Larsen did not back up from his burnout, the car sitting forlornly
out at two hundred feet whilst Leif Andréasson put in his pass. Leif
improved but didn't change position, similarly Ulf Leanders. Jörgen
Johnsson rolled through stage as the Tree ran then hammered it. A new PB
for Fredde Fagerström.
Standings in Top Methanol Funny Car after session 3:
14:30 Pro
Stock qualifying session 3 Each pair left lane first: Kenneth Soderström 7.219/306.37, Jan Murén
7.048/315.43, Magnus Hansson 7.133/311.74, Michael Malmgren 10.589/133.98,
Rune Berg 7.064/310.75, Ulf Jonsson 7.846/284.31, Eero Knihtilä
7.498/234.55 bye, Jöran Persåker 7.218/310.72, Jimmy Ålund 7.060/315.13,
Tommy Leindahl 7.210/308.39, Christer Andersson 7.299/306.79
Michael Malmgren appeared to be on a good run but then smoke started to
appear from the car at half-track and he was off the throttle. Ulf Jonsson
rolled out of stage just as the Tree ran, Eero Knihtilä too was on a great
pass but backed out early.
Standings in Pro Stock after session 3:
14:20 Pro
Stock Bike qualifying session 3 Each pair left lane first: Helle Haagen Hanssen 8.021/270.01, Chris
Hope 7.985/264.09, Richard Gipp 7.788/277.39, Örjan Gustavsson
28.375/27.12, Vesa Rautio 7.477/287.88, Anders Larsson 7.634/276.28, Roger
Pettersson 7.455/289.32, Kenneth Strömberg 7.772/273.00, Anders
Abrahamsson 7.721/276.41
Standings in Pro Stock Bike after session 3:
13:50
Stock/Superstock eliminations, round 1 winners: Jimmy Arvidsson
(11.11) 11.154/189.34, Janne Kretz (12.19) 12.240/169.81, Jukka Johansson
(11.31) 11.363/182.81, Martti Luoso (11.70) 11.750/178.63, Mikka Pirinen
(12.45) 12.480/168.37 bye, Mats Backman (11.49) 12.107/142.78, Bo Nylund
(11.55) 11.664/187.35, Erik Wallin (10.97) 10.977/187.56, Anders
Pettersson (11.52) 11.541/177.78, Joakim Mårtensen (9.90) 10.554/201.68,
Tomas Westberg (12.60) 13.171/160.54
We're now on a short break, tune back soon and we'll be into today's
second cycle of Pro qualifying.
13:35
Super Gas Bike eliminations, round 1 winners: Lars Olov Eriksson
9.579/232.57 bye, Mikael Ivarsson 9.963/233.27 bye, Rene Hansen
9.814/218.84, Micke Berglund 9.801/217.07, Anders Brink 9.639/249.81 bye,
Jessica Olsson 9.960/176.29, Hans Nilsen 13.209/133.85, Magnus Solverup
9.582/207.70, Gabbi Nikolovska 9.809/213.91, Anna-Lena Asplund
9.852/220.54 bye, Ingvar Kallgren 9.872/235.75 bye
13:25
Competition Eliminator eliminations, round 1 winners: Erik
Syverstad (7.90) 19.964/132.16, Jackie Hansen (8.18) 8.486/221.23, Ola
Dahlblom (8.18) 7.828/273.55, Per Eriksson (8.42) 8.643/209.62 to be
confirmed, Michael Nord (7.64) 7.433/307.71, Stefan Carlsson (7.96)
7.669/292.39, Lars-Ake Karlsson (7.96) 7.410/282.68, Micke Callin (8.48)
8.300/207.76, Krister Adeen (8.42) 9.292/236.33, Peter Eliasson (7.90)
7.631/248.24 bye, Stefan Eriksson (7.90) 9.271/163.82, Bruno Bader (8.18)
7.815/251.98, Per-Johan Arvidsson (8.35) 8.025/272.26, Johan Wigstrand
(7.90) 7.091/307.32
13:00 Supertwin qualifying session 2 Track conditions for this session were 24.5 C, 50% humidity and 1002 Mb
pressure.
Each pair left lane first: Hans-Olav Olstad 7.487/274.54, Mattias
Westin broke in burnout, Greger Johansson 7.669/279.97, Vidar Ravnsborg
broke, Svein Gottenberg 8.954/161.17, Per Bengtsson 6.775/306.43, Willem
Been broke, Ronny Aasen 6.888/313.34, Rob van Geffen 27.781/28.52, Erik
Nielsen 7.564/237.62, Svein-Olav Rolfstad 6.920/303.90, Ton Pels
6.807/331.98
There was a flash of flame from Svein Gottenberg's bike at half-track.
No clean-up though so hopefully nothing serious. In the other lane Per
Bengtsson took the qualifying lead. Willem Been's engine popped as he
started his burnout, the engine stayed lit and he went on to make his pass
but the engine expired long before the finish line. Ronny Aasen recorded a
new personal best in the other lane. Rob van Geffen was off the throttle
by a hundred feet, he looked down at his engine and then straightened the
bike up. Ton Pels improved but couldn't take his first place back.
Standings in Supertwin after session 2:
12:30 Top
Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 Each pair left lane first: Micke Kågered 5.066/444.55 bye, Susanne
Callin shut off after burnout, Tommy Möller 8.810/153.87, Kim Reymond
5.109/420.45, Anita Mäkelä 5.056/354.13, Andy Carter 5.248/399.89
The story with Tommi Haapanen being bowled over by Anita Mäkelä's Top
Fueller yesterday was that as he turned away after starting the car, his
shirt caught on the throttle linkage and opened the throttle. The car
leapt forward and knocked Tommi over. Both of Tommi's legs were skinned
from the knee up and he had bandages on both; he also showed us a big hole
which had been ripped in his shirt where he caught it, but Tommi was OK
and in fact was joking about it.
In this session, Micke Kågered left the line with a cylinder out but it
was clear by about 400 feet, Micke stayed on the throttle until a couple
of hundred feet before the finish. Susanne Callin was shut off after
backing up from her burnout after oil was spotted leaking from the car.
Tommy Möller appeared to have trouble pulling forward as he prepared to
stage, Crew Chief Kenneth Lorentzon yanked the car forward hard enough for
Tommy to roll all the way in. He was off the throttle with cylinders out
before half track. Kim Reymond had pipes out on the right hand side of the
engine by two hundred feet, and backed off at about three-quarter track.
Anita Mäkelä's terminal betrays an early shut-off, some smoke but nothing
obviously wrong. Andy Carter's run looked quicker than it was, a 0.965
sixty foot indicating a soft set-up.
Standings in Top Fuel Dragster after session 2:
12:05 Top
Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 Each pair left lane first: Rob Turner 5.636/396.95, Jari Halinen
5.830/393.58, Krister Johansson 6.002/348.80 bye, Peter Schöfer
5.545/405.15, Dave Wilson 5.753/322.33
Peter Schöfer took the lead away from Dave Wilson in this session with
a new track record. Dave pulled a massive holeshot on Peter in their
pairing (although it doesn't matter in qualifying) and was well ahead
until the engine started to smoke and Dave backed off. Team Mum Linda
Wilson later told us that the smoke may have been from the brakes since
Dave had no chutes.
Standings in Top Methanol Dragster after session 2:
11:55 NDRS
Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 2 Each pair left lane first: Henri Joosten 6.811/330.72, Håkan Nilsson
6.580/343.88, Roger Johansson 6.557/345.10, Bert-Ole Olofsson
7.008/327.62, Terje Haksonsen 12.889/119.75, Micke Lindahl 7.226/318.29,
Fredde Fagerström 7.505/249.44, Urban Johansson 6.757/330.96, Tomi
Pöntinen 7.547/260.49, Håkan Fallström 6.930/324.40, Norbert Kuno
7.455/259.85, Christer Jacobs 6.545/344.27, Seppo Saapola 6.969/318.31,
Mats Eriksson 6.671/339.66, Peter Kunc 10.394/138.14, Thomas Nataas
6.606/342.16
The lead changed hands three times in this session. Håkan Nilsson took
the lead from Roger Johansson with his pass, then Roger took it straight
back off him in the next pairing. Then towards the end of the session
Christer Jacobs stole it away from the pair of them. Excellent qualifying!
Standings in NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified after session 2:
11:20 Top
Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 This session took place in 24.2 C, 62% humidity, and 1002 Mb pressure.
Each pair left lane first: Frode Engelund 9.166/252.78, Martyn de Haas
8.387/253.60, Antonio Ferretti 7.647/300.31, Sverre Dahl 6.436/333.81,
Peter Andersson Ström 6.516/290.14, Tommy Jonsson 8.274/252.36, Peter
Westin broke, Mikael Andersson 8.387/265.19, Magnus Larsson 8.455/201.74,
Anders Forsberg 9.024/256.75, Nils Ole Lund 11.411/112.30, Peter Andersson
10.773/203.66, Finn Asserbo 7.456/281.85, Joey Bon 7.068/265.67, Ian King
7.429/228.05 bye
Ian King had an explosion on his TFB just after half track. A small
flame suddenly turned into a huge fireball and a massive yellow nitro
cloud. Ian kept the bike upright and got it stopped, the safety crews were
right there and word very quickly came back from the top end that apart
from some burns on his legs Ian is A-OK. No word on the bike yet.
Standings in Top Fuel Bike after session 2:
11:00 Top
Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 Each pair left lane first: Ulf Leanders 6.059/382.76, Leif Andréasson
5.957/388.37, Urs Erbacher 5.830/399.66 bye, Jörgen Johnsson 6.019/380.28
bye, Martin Lundqvist 6.372/364.59, Fredde Fagerström 6.604/330.76, Dan
Larsen 5.959/387.61, Niclas Andersson 5.999/388.23
In this session we noticed that Ulf Leanders' FC now has tiny spill
plates and a gurney flap on the back of the body - but they are a
centimetre in height at the very most. A new track speed record for Urs
Erbacher, just a touch off the magic 400 kmh. The track crew rushed to
pick something off the track after Fredde Fagerström's run and it turned
out to be his neck brace. A new PB and his first five for Niclas
Andersson.
Standings in Top Methanol Funny Car after session 2:
10:35 Pro
Stock Bike qualifying session 2 This session took place with the trackside temperature at 22.8 C and
rising, the humidity 66%, air pressure 1002 Mb.
Each pair left lane first: Vesa Rautio 7.435/288.17, Chris Hope
7.634/280.41, Roger Pettersson 7.378/290.62, Örjan Gustavsson
9.200/253.33, Anders Abrahamsson 8.478/264.99, Anders Larsson
7.663/278.84, Helle Haagen Hansen 8.047/264.58, Kenneth Strömberg
7.854/272.82, Richard Gipp broke, Øivind von Essen 7.654/268.67
Standings in Pro Stock Bike after session 2:
Pro Stock
qualifying session 2 Each pair left lane first: Michael Malmgren 6.996/317.18, Rune Berg
7.112/312.66, Ulf Jonsson 7.582/292.01 bye, Eero Knihtila 7.082/314.46,
Jöran Persåker 7.149/310.67, Jimmy Ålund 7.063/314.49, Tommy Leindahl
7.157/308.22, Christer Andersson 7.321/307.08, Kenneth Soderström
7.263/304.08, Jan Murén 7.033/315.44, Magnus Hansson 7.195/308.28
An excellent session with everyone stepping up and several Personal
Bests. Michael Malmgren ran the first six-second Pro Stock pass at Mantorp
Park.
Standings in Pro Stock after session 2:
10:00
Super Comp eliminations, round 1 winners: Aulis Hameenkorpi
8.911/245.45, Peter Rosenqvist 9.112/240.79, Paul Ingar Udtian
8.893/207.08, Morten Dalen 8.952/213.41, Pekka Kiviniemi 8.946/199.32,
Magnus Johansson 8.972/207.64, Jan Ekström 8.869/229.87, Mikael Nilsson
9.184/190.49, Marko Tossavainen 8.920/229.10, Geir Bjonnes 8.889/228.89
bye, Sami Saapola 9.040/226.10, Jan Lundholm 8.976/199.14, Yngve Solberg
8.992/234.22, Bjorne Skotteberg 8.959/240.19
09:35
Twinlab Super Gas eliminations, round 1 winners: Harald Sturhan
10.245/187.02, Mats Lindkvist 9.961/212.30, Anders Brandström
9.922/208.89, Lasse Niskavaara 9.655/221.79, Tim Adam 9.967/229.79, Lotta
Pettersson 9.983/218.57, Håkan Mattson 9.909/222.16, Øyvind Marheim
9.986/172.90, Torben Stenström 10.140/186.54, Bosse Hall 10.128/200.71,
Pelle Eriksson 10.195/235.97 bye, Mikael Karlsson 9.982/185.47 bye, Lene
Jensen 10.098/207.80, Robert Joosten 10.197/223.15 bye
09:20
Super Street eliminations, round 1 winners: Tobba Jansson
10.952/179.16, Bob Lees 11.137/172.05, Janne Carlsson 10.937/198.20,
Fredrik Sandberg 10.962/169.22, Dave Cherrett 10.934/173.79, Anders
Söderberg 11.560/188.48, Lasse Koskinen 10.879/200.65 bye, Elisabeth
Bredal 11.263/154.60, Jan Phersson 10.948/198.58, Tomas Hågg 11.019/184.03
09:05
Junior Dragster eliminations, round 1 winners: Sabina Jaddersten
(13.00) 13.904/70.45 bye, Angelica Lindberg (10.90) 11.162/94.23, Albin
Frank (10.05) 10.148/91.98, Victor Bergdahl (15.70) 16.095/62.51, Linda
Johansson (9.20) 9.403/100.43, Erik Johansson (9.10) 9.190/102.69, Peter
Johansson (9.80) 10.188/102.06, Robin Lindell (15.18) 15.225/64.82, Sandra
Sjoberg (14.52) 14.791/65.48, Glenn Axeldal (14.80) 14.912/68.24, Joe
Mortendalen (15.10) 14.900/67.82, Lina Åberg (9.06) 9.088/113.01, Martin
Aldersson (12.33) 12.110/83.27, Christoffer Jadersten (8.97) 9.131/112.23,
Emil Leijer (13.92) 14.340/64.08, Jennifer Gustavsson (11.05)
12.239/71.76, Joe Bond (9.35) 9.565/94.03, Kim Nicolaysen (11.50)
11.528/90.46, Martin Kretz (11.10) 11.707/89.30
08:30
Good morning and welcome again from Mantorp Park. It's promising to be
a busy day at the Veidec Nitro Festival, with the first elimination rounds
of all NDRS classes as well as qualifying for FIA, FIM and Bilsport Pro
Modified - the Pro Mod guys then have their first round of eliminations
this evening. We have high cloud but it's a nice temperature, 22.0 C, 68%
humidity and 1002 Mb air pressure.
A big Thank You to everyone who has written to say that they are
enjoying the joint Svensk Dragracing/Eurodragster coverage - we very much
appreciate it.
Today's schedule has Junior Dragster, Super Street, Super Gas and Super
Comp starting in a few minutes, with the first Pro session scheduled at
10:15 starting with Pro Stock Bike. Stay tuned and we'll bring you all the
news direct from Race Control.
For NDRS classes we are going to give you the winners in each round -
the pairings are available on the results page and they will be filled out
with full results this evening.
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