|
Orjan Gustavsson is
acquiring a Pro Stock Bike chassis from Roger Petersson with a view to
debuting it at the European Finals. |
|
Jan Egil Kvalvik had
his Top Sportsman numbers crossed out and Comp Eliminator numbers applied
for this weekend and made it to the final. |
|
A pair of Trans Ams
basking in the sun, waiting for the call up for the Super Gas semi-final.
|
|
Ulf Leanders typified
the sportsmanship that makes drag racing so special when he lent Freddy
Fagerström a brand new crank. |
|
Dave Wilson didn't
put a foot wrong all weekend with several 5.4s leading to the Top Methanol
Dragster win. |
|
Thomas Nataas recorded
the fastest speed of the weekend at 486.76 kmh. |
|
Marc Meihuizen came
in as an alternate when Sverre Kahrs' Corvette Pro Mod sprung a leak in
the pairing lanes. |
|
Supertwin Champion Ronny
Aasen in customary wheels-up pose. |
|
Gordon Appleton was
out in front of Micke Gullquist at this point but Micke got past him in
the second half of the track. |
|
Peter Dahlin came into
today's first round of Pro Stock as an alternate for Richard Sundblom. |
|
Håkan Nilsson took his first ever Top Fuel event win against Urs Erbacher, set Low ET of 4.865, and went over 300 mph - all at his sponsor's event. |
|
Jan Arve Nygård
ran a Personal Best but it wasn't enough to hold off Urban Johansson in
the second round of Pro Mod. |
|
Fredrik Edlund's Super
Street Camaro has a good line in backfires. |
|
Super Gas Bike produced
close racing all weekend. |
|
Magnus Hansson was
put out of Pro Stock competition by eventual event winner Jimmy Ålund. |
|
Martin Bishop made it
to the final of Pro Stock Bike against Anders Abrahamsson. |
|
Bruno Bader had a 'moment'
in the first round of Pro Mod when the driver side door fell off as Bruno
blipped the throttle. |
|
NDRS Champion Janne Ahonen
took another Comp Eliminator victory for Finland's Eagle Racing. |
|
Peter Schöfer and Dave
Wilson lay down some rubber before the final of Top Methanol Dragster. |
|
Anders Abrahamson took
the event win in Pro Stock Bike. |
|
Sören Hartvig's Funny
Bike ran in Top Fuel Bike this weekend and was a first-round casualty. |
|
Jarmo Kuutniemi's Top
Methanol FC was showing some battle scars after yesterday's trip into
the kitty litter. |
|
Emil Leijer went out
to Junior Dragster event winner Jenny Gustafsson. |
|
Micke Gullquist downloads
the datalogger after his semi final win, the data certainly seemed to
help as he went on to win the event and set a new speed record. |
|
Suggestions on a postcard
please for a collective noun for members of the media who don't watch
Sportsman racing. |
|
Anders Wassberg got to
see a whole lot of sky on his Street Bike. |
|
Marina Andersson and
Jennifer Gustafsson prepare for their Junior Dragster Semi final. |
|
Malcolm Francis carried
the English flag to the final of Super Comp where a red light ended his
hopes. |
|
Daniel Persson redlit away
the Stock/Superstock title to Yrjo Wallius. |
|
Lorenz Stäuble took his
first event win in a close race with Ronny Aasen in the final of Supertwin. |
|
Our second 50th birthday
of the weekend was FIM/UEM Championship Co-ordinator Lars Andersson. Happy
birthday Lars! |
|
Veidec sent along this
huge rig so that two guys could have breakfast out of it. |