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23:45

We have now posted today's pictures, which you can view via the Event Index. Simon has posted more pit notes and he has yet more which he will post in the morning.

16:50

We will now go to work on today's pictures although we are going to take it nice and easy so it may be a few hours before they are posted. Simon is working on some more pit notes so keep an eye out for those via the Event Index page.

16:35

Final NDRS Sportsman results

Comp Eliminator: Petri Nagy (9.82) 9.2020/208.20 def. Lars Åke Karlsson (7.82) 7.4039/no speed
Super Comp: Christer Haglund 8.8560/237.35 def. Pertti Soronen 8.9622/247.26
Super Gas: Christer Uhlin 10.0391/195.01 def. Antti Kivinummi 10.0891/223.67
Super Street: Gideon Liljegren 10.8721/194.65 def. Tony Åberg 10.7572/200.06
Stock/Superstock: P-A Lindström (10.55) 16.7739/110.93 def. Björn Bondesson (10.64) 10.7123/194.15 red light
Junior Dragster: Rasmus Möller (8.70) 8.7319/102.43 def. Ida Zetterström (7.93) 7.9842/133.11
Super Comp Bike: Dag Wagenius 8.9422/223.32 def. Jonas Sundström 9.0550/257.53
Super Gas Bike: Christer Holmberg 9.6850/227.80 def. Timo Savolainen 10.2191/232.84

16:20

FIA Top Fuel Dragster final:

Andy Carter 4.2739/411.45 def. Urs Erbacher 7.0487/163.10

Urs away first 0.1122 to 0.1370 but that was just about it for him as his tyres went up in smoke at the hit. Urs pedalled but to no avail, the tyres kept blazing. We couldn't actually see Andy get to sixty feet in 0.8601 and the eighth at 3.3549/367.67, Andy appearing from behind the smoke as he approached the stripe having blackstriped the length of his lane.

15:55

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car final:

Ulf Leanders 5.8769/395.84 def. Arvid Grødem 6.1938/328.06

Arvid away first 0.0870 to 0.1101, Ulf had the better sixty foot time 0.9748 to 0.9851, both cars hit shake and started to move around but neither racer was getting off the throttle for anything. 3.8598/307.00 to half track for Ulf and 3.9739/295.65 for Arvid, Arvid's FC started to make some violent moves and he got off the throttle and just as he did so there was a huge cloud of smoke from his FC. Ulf got there first by 0.2938, a good win for the Childrens' Cancer Foundation. Arvid's car left a trail of oil for the length of the shutdown area, hopefully just an oil line and no damage.

15:50

FIA Pro Stock final:

Richard Sundblom 7.2491/296.44 def. Michael Malmgren 20.0960/60.30

0.0950 reaction for Richard to Michael's 0.1519, instant shake for Michael and the car turned hard right about 100 feet out so he got off the throttle. 1.0669 to sixty feet for Richard, 4.6451/238.81 at half track and it sounded as if Richard had a problem with the last gear shift although maybe he just backed off upon realising Michael wasn't there.

15:45

FIA Top Methanol Dragster final:

Rob Turner 5.6089/400.11 def. Peter Schöfer 6.0893/315.87

Peter away first 0.1018 to 0.1100, the better sixty foot time 0.9201 to 0.9280, but then Rob started visibly pulling away, 3.6560/321.76 at half track to Peter's 3.8902/306.74, then some smoke and a bang from Peter's engine as the blower burst panel gave way and Rob took the win by 0.4722.

15:35

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified and Swedish Open Pro Mod Championship final:

Robert Joosten 6.4163/357.84 def. Marc Meihuizen 7.7589/184.76

Robert away first 0.0529 to 0.0801, Marc had the better sixty foot time 1.0299 to 1.0511, from here it looked like Marc tried to drive through shake but then shut off before half track, 4.2457/236.81, Robert got to half track in 4.1742/276.16 and took the stripe by a clear 1.3698 seconds.

Swedish Open Pro Mod Championship 3rd-4th place run-off:

Niclas Andersson 16.0468/89.85, Mats Eriksson no show

No sign of Mats so Niclas took the bye and idled up the track.

15:30

FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike final:

Fredrik Fredlund 7.4659/289.58 def. Stavros Svrachnos 7.5878/281.82

Fredrik out of the hole first 0.0340 to 0.0471, quicker to sixty feet 1.1529 to 1.2049, way ahead at half track 4.7671 to 4.8448 and took the stripe by 0.1350.

FIM/UEM Supertwin final:

Svein Olav Rolfstad 4.4212/269.07 bye, Per Bengtsson no show

No sign of Per so Svein Olav took the bye. 0.2308 reaction and 1.1300 to sixty feet.

FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike final:

Peter Svensson 4.1409/292.33 def. Rickard Gustafsson 4.3550/265.35

Rickard away first 0.0480 to 0.1330, Peter had the better sixty foot time 1.0561 to 1.1161, his front wheel came down first, and he took the win by 0.1291.

15:00

Super Gas eliminations round 4 winners: Antti Kivinummi 10.0028/224.90, Christer Uhlin 16.0011/125.24 bye

Junior Dragster eliminations round 4 winners: Rasmus Möller (8.70) 8.7250/100.45, Ida Zetterström (7.93) 7.9658/133.61

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Jonas Sundström 8.9481/257.62, Dag Wagenius 8.8161/235.62

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 4 winners: Timo Savolainen 9.5720/215.58, Christer Holmberg 9.7170/242.24

Super Street eliminations round 3 winners: Jessica Gustafsson 10.9026/193.67, Gideon Liljegren 10.9761/182.44

Stock/Superstock eliminations round 4 winners: P-A Lindström (10.55) 10.5699/192.14, Björn Bondesson (10.60) 10.6851/190.08

14:45

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 4 winners: Petri Nagy (9.82) 10.8747/131.51, Lars-Åke Karlsson (7.91) 7.3181/305.30

Super Comp eliminations round 4 winners: Pertti Soronen 8.9238/239.99, Christer Haglund 9.0041/224.88

14:20

FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2:

Fredrik Fredlund 7.4013/291.92 def. Martin Bishop 14.3000/78.90

Two great RTs, 0.0400 for Martin and 0.0488 for Fredrik. Fredrik's sixty foot time was better 1.1513 to 1.2001, at about 300 feet Martin's engine note dropped and he punched the air, Fredrik to half track in 4.7261 and into the final.

Stavros Svrachnos 7.6212/277.34 def. Ulf Ögge 7.4562/294.23 red light

A huge -0.3360 cherry for Ulf handing it to Stavros. 0.0488 RT, 1.2061 to sixty feet and 4.8623/233.64 at half track and into his first final to face Fredrik.

A short break for track prep and we'll be back into NDRS Sportsman eliminations.

14:15

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 2:

Richard Sundblom 6.9897/323.32 def. Jimmy Ålund 7.0029/320.31

Jimma's not invicible then, although he was away first 0.0780 to 0.0791 and had the better sixty foot time 1.0588 to 1.0618 and the better half track numbers 4.5199/253.25 to 4.5258/254.17. Jimmy's car was moving around in the second half getting close to the centre line and Richard was past him to take the stripe by 0.0121.

Michael Malmgren 6.9340/323.32 def. Tommy Leindahl 7.7792/44.47

Tommy got off the line quicker 0.0849 to 0.1090, Michael's sixty foot time was better 1.0399 to 1.0769, Tommy's car made a move to the right and he had a job to hold on to it, 4.7359 at half track to Michael's 4.4711, Tommy's car then went towards the guardrail and he shut off and put the chutes out, Michael winning by 0.8211.

14:05

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified eliminations round 3:

Marc Meihuizen 6.2401/367.80 def. Mats Eriksson 10.2210/166.13

Marc pulled a gate job on Mats, 0.1768 reaction to Mats' 0.6579, nothing visibly wrong but Mats' sixty foot time of 1.2929 with no shake marks on the track probably tells a mechanical tale. 1.0061 to sixty feet for Marc and 4.0772/288.45 at half track.

Robert Joosten 6.2420/364.41 def. Niclas Andersson 6.2839/355.07

A bit of a burndown before this one, Robert into stage first. Niclas away first 0.0729 to 0.0849, Niclas with the better sixty foot time 1.0320 to 1.0493, Robert had the better half track 4.0780/292.05 to 4.0990/288.34, the Vette started to move towards the left side of its lane but Robert hung on to it and took the win light by 0.0299.

13:55

FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2:

Peter Svensson 4.0878/301.85 def. Ian King 4.4878/282.07

Peter off the line first 0.1711 to 0.1790 and had built up a lead by sixty feet 1.0558 to 1.2279, I am guessing shake or spin for Ian by the sixty foot time. Peter first by 0.4079 seconds.

Rikard Gustafsson 4.2357/284.04 bye, Eric Teboul no show

Eric out with blower problems. Rikard took the bye, 1.1007 to sixty feet and another run with the front wheel high in the air.

13:50

FIM/UEM Supertwin eliminations round 2:

Per Bengtsson 4.4050/271.17 def. Lorenz Stäuble 4.9949/235.17

Lo clearly away first 0.1309 to 0.2250, 1.1660 to sixty feet for Per to Lo's 1.1931. Lo had a bit of a wild ride from the bike and had to feather, Per's bike fishtailed a little but he held on to it and took the win by 0.4458.

Svein Olav Rolfstad 4.4692/266.98 def. Job Heezen 4.5160/266.98

Job the first out of the hole 0.1689 to 0.1869, very little between the sixty foot times 1.1532 for Job to Svein Olav's 1.1529, fishtails from both bikes and Svein Olav just plain outpowered Job.

13:45

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 2:

Ulf Leanders 5.8842/395.28 def. Leif Andréasson 5.9001/391.35

Leif just got away first 0.1100 to 0.1109, Ulf had the better sixty foot time 0.9749 to 0.9909. Both cars were moving about their lanes, especially Leif towards half track, 3.8878/310.97 to Ulf's 3.8749/311.03. Ulf took the slightly less long way round and got to the stripe first by 0.0150 or 1.63 metres.

Arvid Grødem 6.0049/391.69 def. Jürgen Nagel 6.2643/367.20

0.0440 reaction for Arvid to Jürgen's 0.0869, Arvid had the better sixty foot time 1.0019 to 1.0820 and then he pedalled very briefly. Arvid to half track in 3.9579/299.40 to 4.1412/297.79, his car headed right but he stayed with it and took the win by 0.3023 seconds.

13:35

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 2:

Rob Turner 13.7452/119.09 bye

Rob staged for the points and idled up the track. The Turner Motorsport dragster is now carrying the name of sponsor XTC energy drink, about which more on our news page tomorrow.

Peter Schöfer 10.9872/112.77 bye, Timo Habermann shut off

Timo pulled his burnout and there was a bang and the engine stopped, maybe the blower burst plate. Timo pulled over and got out of the car. Peter took the bye, 0.9413 to sixty feet and off the throttle. When was the last time a 10.9872 got you lane choice in TMD?

13:20

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 2:

Andy Carter 4.1390/441.77 def. Jöran Persåker 4.8151/242.24

Andy first away 0.1140 to 0.1289, 0.8840 to sixty feet for Jöran to Andy's 0.8679, Jöran's dragster started to move about at the eighth 3.4570/298.11 to Andy's 3.2790/393.61, Jöran was off the throttle just past the eighth as the car made a hard move. Andy's tyres started to haze past the eighth but he stayed with it and took a clear win.

Urs Erbacher 4.2679/426.22 def. Jari Halinen 4.4731/409.64

Jari visibly moved first 0.1228 to 0.1480 and had the quicker sixty foot time 0.9152 to Urs 0.9189, then Jari's tyres started to smoke and he tried a couple of pedals but with the same result each time. Urs got to the eighth in 3.3787/377.34 to Jari's 3.5393/355.10, then Urs' tyres started to haze but he had enough of a lead to take the stripe. From here it looked like there was a flash of flame from Urs' engine on the finish line and the track crew are reporting small pieces of metal on the track.

12:55

Stock/Superstock eliminations round 3 winners: Yrjo Wallius (10.38) 10.4420/194.60, P-A Lindström (10.55) 10.5500/200.05 bye, Lars Nyberg (10.92) 11.0759/195.72, Björn Bondesson (10.60) 10.6981/192.59

A perfect run for P-A Lindström.

12:35

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners: Jessica Gustafsson 10.9810/209.31, Tony Åberg 11.0211/197.72, Gideon Liljegren 10.8790/182.06 bye, Mikael Norén 12.8073/123.16

12:30

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Jonas Sundström 8.9711/231.47 bye, Ronnie Moe 8.9010/260.60 bye (Henrik Karlsson broke), Nichlas Sverin 9.6430/194.46, Dag Wagenius 9.0570/213.47

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Tage Olsson 9.5663/228.23, Timo Savolainen 9.5778/215.05, Christer Holmberg 9.9461/203.48, Niclas Nyman 9.7108/239.12

12:23

Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners: Roger Bokseth 9.9526/189.14, Antti Kivinummi 9.9782/224.75 bye, Christer Uhlin 9.9471/197.29

12:20

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners: Rasmus Möller (8.70) 8.8209/93.35, Ludvig Preés (9.10) 9.2210/110.92, Håkon Engan Karlsen (7.90) 7.9732/127.01, Ida Zetterström (7.97) 7.9781/133.10

12:10

Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners: Pertti Soronen 8.9060/245.54, Christer Åberg 8.9144/242.22, Laura Sassi 8.9149/231.44, Christer Haglund 8.9328/243.88

12:05

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners: Petri Nagy (9.82) 9.4929/169.22, Stig Olsson (7.53) 9.5218/112.44 bye, Per Erik Lindgren (9.20) 8.9710/195.80, Lars-Åke Karlsson (7.94) 7.4050/279.84

11:55

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified eliminations round 2:

Mats Eriksson 6.1508/379.40 def. Roger Johansson 6.2511/363.73

Mats away first 0.0560 to 0.0869, Roger had the better sixty foot time 1.0252 to 1.0480, Mats had the advantage at half track 4.0531/296.86 to 4.0810/291.12, and Mats took the win by 0.1312 and backs up yesterday's 382.97 for a new European speed record, but Roger has the consolation of running one of, if not the, quickest nitrous Pro Mod passes in Europe.

Marc Meihuizen 6.1801/369.39 def. Micke Lindahl 6.2280/371.06

Looking at Marc's front half numbers this weekend I wondered whether someone might have the measure of The Twins here. Marc away first 0.0970 to 0.1191, 1.0020 to sixty feet to Micke's 1.0470, and 4.0350/292.18 to half track to Micke's 4.0881/291.75. A new PB for Marc to boot, well done Marc!

Robert Joosten 6.2300/365.35 def. Andy Robinson 6.2760/362.22

Robert got away first 0.1221 to 0.1250, Andy had the better sixty foot time 1.0321 to 1.0540 and then from here it looked as if Andy drove through a small amount of shake. Robert at half track in 4.0767/293.55 to Andy's 4.0989/287.61 and he even had time to put the chutes out early and take the win by 0.0489.

Niclas Andersson 6.2622/352.80 def. Urban Johansson 6.2920/359.85

Niclas visibly off the line first 0.0969 to 0.1441, Urban's sixty foot time was better 1.0138 to 1.0209, a small amount of shake for Niclas, 4.0959 to half track for Urban to Niclas' 4.0640, Niclas at the stripe first by 0.0770. Urban's engine started to smoke in the last couple of hundred feet and then the Vette disappeared into a huge cloud. All OK by the sound of things, clean track called in on the radio and Urban OK.

11:45

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1:

Richard Sundblom 6.9008/326.29 def. Micke Callin 6.9417/322.49

Richard away first 0.0610 to 0.0930, Micke had the better sixty foot time 1.0100 to Richard's 1.0560, Micke's car moved around its lane a little and Richard had the better half track numbers 4.4661/256.62 to 4.4678/253.26 and Richard was there first by 0.0729 with a new track speed record.

Michael Malmgren 7.0072/320.68 def. Jan Palmqvist 7.0110/316.46

Jan had the better numbers to start with: away first 0.1139 to 0.1148, 1.0131 at sixty feet to Michael's 1.0532, 4.4901/249.69 to half track to Michael's 4.5294/251.42, Michael passed him in the lights, 0.0029 margin of victory or 25 centimetres.

Tommy Leindahl 6.9720/319.06 def. Magnus Hansson 7.5038/222.99

Tommy got off the line first 0.0969 to 0.0991 and had the better sixty foot time 1.0289 to 1.0369. Still ahead at half track 4.4769 to 4.5029 and the Magnus' car made a hard move to the left and he had his hands full straightening it out, put the chutes out and Tommy went through.

Jimmy Ålund 6.8631/323.21 def. Kenneth Söderström 6.9781/317.38

Jimmy out of the hole first 0.1529 to 0.1740, 1.0160 sixty foot to Kenneth's 1.0329, 0.1361 in it at the stripe.

11:30

FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1:

Fredrik Fredund 7.4411/288.37 def. Richard Gipp 7.7210/274.28

A pair of tidy reaction times, 0.0378 to Fredrik and 0.0829 to Richard. 0.1330 to sixty feet for Fredrik to Richard's 1.1801 and Fredrik well in front at half track 4.7312 to 4.8980.

Martin Bishop 7.7040/281.76 def. Chris Hope 7.5589/287.57 red light

-0.0729 red light for Chris and Martin into the next round. 1.2240 to sixty feet and 4.9550/235.28 at half track.

Ulf Ögge 7.3990/293.09 def. Bousinis Haralambos 7.5479/277.48

0.05790 reaction for Ulf to Bousinis' 0.1421, 4.7837 at half track to 4.7638 and taking the stripe by 0.2340.

Stavros Svrachnos 7.7111/248.74 def. Gabriella Nikokovska 8.4998/239.24

Gabbi away first 0.1349 to 0.4399, Stavros had the much better sixty foot time 1.1891 to 1.3291 and a big advantage by half track 4.8360 to 5.4619, taking the win by 0.4837.

11:20

FIM/UEM Supertwin eliminations round 1:

Lorenz Stäuble 4.5158 bye, Tommy Möller no show

No sign of Tommy. 1.1698 to sixty feet and another big cloud of smoke when the front wheel came down.

Svein Olav Rolfstad 4.4642/267.01 def. Gunther Sohn 5.3203/167.16

Gunther away first by a long way, 0.0907 to 0.2239, but Svein Olav had the much better sixty foot time 1.1290 to 1.3251 indicating shake. Gunther was off the throttle by about two hundred feet and Svein Olav was there first by 0.7229.

Job Heezen 4.3662/275.31 def. Erik Frank 4.8170/235.01

A stormer for Job and one of the quickest Supertwin ETs of the weekend so far. Erik away first 0.1210 to 0.2098, Erik to sixty feet in 1.1411 to 1.1242 but Job just had too much power and sailed past, 0.3620 seconds at the stripe.

Per Bengtsson 4.4960/274.27 def. Harri Piensalmi 5.4302/181.91

Harri got the jump 0.1819 to 0.2110 but from here it looked and sounded like Harri had to feather the throttle for shake, Per was past him very quickly 1.1679 at sixty feet to 1.3709, Harri started to move towards the guardrail and shut off.

11:10

FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1:

Peter Svensson 4.1290/299.34 def. Peter Eriksson 5.8848

Mikael Andersson's bike broke in the burnout and alternate Peter Eriksson was quickly gestured in by the race officials. Peter S very sportingly gave Peter E's Funny Bike a head start, 0.0981 for Peter E to 0.2828 and then blasted down the track after him, 1.0512 at sixty feet to Peter E's 1.4001 and taking the stripe by 1.5711.

Ian King 4.3770/282.88 def. Sverre Dahl 4.3741/284.99

Ian won this one on a 0.1479 to 0.1579 holeshot. 1.1830 to sixty feet for Ian to Sverre's 1.1640 and to the stripe first by 0.0071 seconds or 42 centimetres.

Eric Teboul 4.1701/274.24 def. Peter Andersson Ström 4.4529/262.42

Peter got away first 0.1621 to 0.2049 but Erik was pulling that back by sixty feet, 1.0030 for Eric to Peter's 1.1357. Peter's bike was fishtailing some, Eric got close to the centre line but took the win by 0.2400 seconds.

Rikard Gustafsson 4.2552/283.87 def. Kai Selkämaa 4.3929/274.53

Rikard did the whole of this race on his rear wheel and is probably still up on it now. Rikard away first 0.0999 to 0.1830, Kai had the better sixty foot time 1.0870 to 1.1062 but Rikard there first by 0.2208.

10:45

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 1:

Leif Andréasson 5.8281/400.09 def. Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.1418/312.52

Leif drilled Jarmo at the Tree, 0.0918 to 0.3960. Nice sixty foot times for both, 0.9710 for Leif to Jarmo's 0.9500. Jarmo's FC started to drift towards the centre line at half track, 3.9339/299.34 to Leif's 3.8390/315.09 and Leif was 0.6179 ahead at the stripe.

Ulf Leanders 5.8028/398.13 def. Danny Bellio 6.0726/387.50

Danny was on his way back from his burnout before Ulf appeared, the Leaders Brothers car shooting forward to the bleach box and then coming back from the burnout at a speed of which Freddy Fagerström would approve. A big holeshot for Ulf, 0.1322 to Danny's 0.3882 and the better sixty foot time 0.9499 to 0.9997. Danny pedalled for a moment as Ulf pulled away, half track in 3.8147/313/92 to Danny's 4.0237/305.71 and Ulf got there first by 0.5258 seconds.

Arvid Grødem 5.9699/391.69 def. Dan Larsen 5.9760/363.95

Arvid got a visible holeshot on Dan 0.0739 to 0.1129, one ten thousandth between their sixty foot times, 0.9720 for Dan to Arvid's 0.9721. Arvid pedalled once for shake and the cars looked glued together all the way down the track, Dan had the quicker half track time 3.9211/307.00 to Arvid's 3.9329/303.36. Dan had the chute out just before the finish line and Arvid must have passed him in the lights since he won by 0.0451 seconds.

Jürgen Nagel 6.3070/346.22 def. Jonas Staflund no time

Jonas rolled the beams before the Tree ran and that was his race over, his FC getting very close to the guardrail at the top end. 1.0600 to sixty feet for Jürgen, 4.1520/293.16 at half track.

10:30

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 1:

Rob Turner 5.5931/398.13 def. Krister Johansson 6.0001/395.67

Rob and Krister racing for a semi-final bye. Krister visibly moved first 0.0419 to 0.1238, Krister's injected nitro rail had cylinders out and sounded laboured, 0.9302 to sixty feet for Rob to Krister's 1.0832. By half track it was in the bag for Rob, 3.6412/326.18 to Krister's 4.0179/316.45 and Rob taking the stripe by 0.3251 seconds.

Peter Schöfer 5.6792/398.13 def. Dave Wilson 8.7641/235.85

Grumpy almost straight into stage, Peter staged at his own convenience. Peter moved first 0.1388 to 0.1659, Peter's sixty foot time a very stout 0.9282 to Grumpy's 1.0789, Grumpy's tyres blazed and fogged the track, by the time Grumpy lifted and the smoke cleared Peter had been through half track at 3.7022/317.61 and taken the stripe by 3.0940.

Timo Habermann 5.5610/411.52 def. Paul Ingar Udtian 5.6303/404.06

Timo away first 0.0199 to 0.0488, Paul Ingar slightly quicker at sixty feet 0.9642 to 0.9650. The cars looked absolutely side-by-side, Timo with a small advantage at half track 3.6431/329.15 to 3.6899/326.49 and Timo first to the line by 0.0982.

10:15

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 1:

Jöran Persåker 4.2141/440.99 def. Stig Neergaard 4.2949/413.57

A tremendous race! Jöran away first 0.1510 to 0.1531, 0.8898 to sixty feet to Stig's 0.8998, 3.3560/387.58 at the eighth to Stig's 3.4177/381.42, Stig's blower belt broke and flew high into the air and that was Jöran's race.

Urs Erbacher 4.2158/449.98 def. Lex Joon 4.3161/433.99

Another nice race. Urs laid a superb 0.0681 reaction time on Lex's 0.1388, Lex had the quicker sixty foot time 0.9022 to 0.9318, from here the cars looked side by side at the eighth, 3.3710/389.14 for Urs to Lex's 3.4463/379.10, Lex's motor looked to be going away in the speed trap.

Jari Halinen 4.2931/447.17 def. Tommi Haapanen 4.1968/458.85

Finland v Finland in this one guaranteeing a Finnish presence in round 2. Jari won this one on the start line with a 0.1689 to 0.3010 holeshot. Tommi's incrementals were better all the way down, 0.9008 sixty foot to Jari's 0.9112 and 3.3632/393.29 at the eighth to Jari's 3.4390/382.93 but Jari's start line advantage was too much to overcome.

Andy Carter 4.0492/472.87 def. Micke Kågered 7.3672/145.69

A storming pass for Andy, 0.1348 reaction to Micke's 0.1689, 0.8581 to sixty feet to Micke's 0.8900. Micke hit shake, pedalled and then got off the throttle, from here it looked as if the Lucas Oil car just squatted down and went, 3.2450/409.38 at the eighth and a new ET record for 990 feet.

10:00

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified eliminations round 1:

Mats Eriksson 6.3110/371.17 def. Jan Egil Kvalvik 7.9081/184.24

Mats looked quite chipper when we popped in to see us a short while ago. He said that he had had three hours' sleep whereas some of his crew had only had one hour. Jan Egil handed this one to Mats on a plate with a -0.1061 red light. 1.0342 to sixty feet for Mats, a very brief pedal for shake, 4.1608/287.43 at half track and into round two.

Roger Johansson 6.5158/252.59 def. Micke Nord 6.6107/340.16

MSS Motorsport team mates and at least one Nitrous car guaranteed to get into the next round. Roger visibly away first 0.0781 to Micke's 0.1480, the better sixty foot time 1.0408 to 1.0460, and a big advantage by half track, 4.2540/275.48 to 4.2879/270.38 and taking the stripe by 0.1648. There were flames from Micke's exhausts all the way down.

Micke Lindahl 6.2541/369.15 def. Patrick Wikström 9.3460/150.19

0.0859 to 0.1139 advantage off the line for Micke, 1.0571 to sixty feet to Patrick's 1.0621. It sounded as if Patrik couldn't select a gear and he shut off before half track. Micke was at the eighth in 4.1030/291.16.

Marc Meihuizen 7.0851/214.28 def. Norbert Kuno 10.5700/166.50

Norbert got the jump on Marc 0.1400 to 0.2509, Marc had the better sixty foot time 1.0100 to 1.0939, Norbert hit shake and got off the throttle at about 200 feet. Marc got to half track in 4.0712/280.39 and then shut off - that's the third run in a row that Marc has shut off after half track.

Andy Robinson 6.3128/360.28 def. Kristian Nyström 10.0321/145.13

Another stunning reaction from Andy, 0.0410 to Kristian's 0.2098. 1.0239 to sixty feet for Andy whilst Kristian hit shake and shut off after sixty feet. 4.1210/286.24 at the eighth for Andy and the stripe by 3.8881 seconds.

Robert Joosten 6.2378/365.81 def. Bruno Bader 6.3448/353.96

Robert got the jump at the Tree 0.0720 to 0.1379, Bruno's sixty foot time was a meteoric 0.9899 to Robert's 1.0631. Robert had the better eighth time 4.0800/292.06 to Bruno's 4.1110/279.56 and Robert took the win by 0.1720.

Niclas Andersson 6.2552/356.52 def. Terje Håkonsen 6.4499/345.10

Mister Reaction Niclas was visibly away first 0.0698 to 0.1401, 1.0213 to sixty feet to Terje's 1.0429. The lead was building further by half track 4.0711/288.34 to Terje's 4.1718/277.41 and Niclas took the stripe by 0.2650. I must say that this track is in very good condition, everyone is going straight by Pro Mod standards.

Urban Johansson 6.4261/331.83 def. Micke Gullqvist no time

Me and my big mouth! Urban got the jump 0.1359 to 0.1641, Micke had the better sixty foot time 1.0209 to 1.0302, Micke then hit shake and the big Chevy started making violent moves, Micke pedalled and tried to pull it straight but the Chevy eventually crossed lanes. Urban got to half track in 4.1688/280.94.

9:05

Söndag! Söndag! Söndag!

Good morning and welcome from Mantorp Park. It's race day, another beautiful day, and we're all set to bring you all the news in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam will be on-line as long as the track is open and will be scheduled to post a picture every sixty seconds. The webcam is still looking at the bleach box and head of the pairing lanes since this seemed quite popular yesterday.

In bed at 2:00 this morning, up again before 7:00, we must be mad. But on the other hand we've seen some excellent racing and none of us can remember when we last saw a cloud. It's been a perfect weekend so far and I can't see that changing. We must say a big Thank You to Ulf and Jörgen Leanders who kindly opened up their pitside pizzeria after we left Race Control last night and saw to it that we were well-fed. We had to eat up quickly since we still had to sort out the pictures but the pizzas were delicious. Thanks very much guys.

Yesterday's off-track Story of the Day was Paul Ingar Udtian's return after his accident on Friday; today's story could be Mats Eriksson's appearance after breaking his rear suspension in qualifying yesterday. Last we heard last night, Mats was going back to his workshop in Borläge, three and a half hours away, to get the parts to fix his Crown Victoria which has set a new European Pro Mod speed record and is on the verge of another. Mats' wife Lena told us that the team finished work at 8:30 this morning.

If you are familiar with our raceday updates then you will know that we usually say a big Good Morning to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman. No need today as Ed has been working with us here at Mantorp Park since Wednesday and he is having the time of his life. Together with Markus and Kirstie Ed has been contributing to the daily galleries; he fit right in to the team immediately and to be honest I am not sure he wants to go home.

We are due to start at 9:10 with the presentation of top qualifiers, then we go into today's first Pro eliminations with Pro Mod. Stay tuned and as soon as the action starts we will bring you all the news.