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19:00

Top Methanol Funny Car final

W. Leif Andr�asson 5,941/343
Jappa Kuutniemi 5,931/391. A holeshot win for Leif, 0,096 vs 0,241.

Top Methanol Dragster final

W Derek Flynn 5,477/418
Timo Habermann 5,557/409

Top Fuel Dragster final

W. Andy Carter 4,122/475
Stig Neergaard 4,109/ 459. Another holeshot win in the FIA finals! Andy 0,088 Stig 0.113

18:30

Pro Stock final

Jimmy �lund 6,755/330 bye

18:25

Pro Modified final

Bruno Bader no show
W. Micke Gullquist 6,212/365 bye

18:10

Supertwin final

Lorenz St�uble 6,925/334
W. Per Bengtsson 6,872/325. Lorenz was slightly quicker from line, but couldn�t match at the end

Top Fuel Bike final

W. Rikard Gustavsson 6,849/263.
Rene van den Berg no show

18:05

Pro Stock Bike final

Ulf �gge Redlight 7,354/294
W. Fredrik Fredlund 7,425/280

16:50

Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 2

W. Derek Flynn 5,482/415
Krister Johansson 5,877/369. Krister smoked the tires at the eighth.

W. Timo Habermann was quicker from line and just went on. 5,554/404
Dave Wilson was reinstated since Fred Hansen was disqualified when a team member touched the car in pre stage. 5,564/425 White flames and a loud pop just before finish line

16:30

Pro Modified eliminations round 3

Mats Eriksson 6,595/253 was ahead until he started to fishtail and had to pull the chutes to stabilize the car.
W. Bruno Bader 6,252/349

Andy Robinson 12,173/126 Andy was away first but went in to tireshake almost right from the lane and had to click off.
W. Micke Gullquist 6,625/266 I will guess that Micke somehow knew that Andy was long gone and clicked off at 350m.

15:45

Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 2

W. Andy Carter 4,210/442
Risto Poutianen 4,320/401. Risto was away first and it looked like it was his race, but smoked tires.

W. Stig Neergaard 4,271/427
Anita M�kel� was more than a tenth quicker from line, but suddenly lost all power.

15:30

Pro Stock eliminations round 2

W. Jimmy �lund 6,786/320
Magnus Hansson 6,949/321

Richard Sundblom spun and drifted hard to the left, try to correct it, crossed the center line and hit head on to the wall on the right side lane at 300 meters. The car kept rolling along the wall for about 100 meters. We just got word that Nixxon is OK. Michael Malmgren spun hard to the left and crossed the centerline just behind the Christmas tree.

Apperantly Nixxon tried to avoid Michael Malmgren crossing the centerline, and that was the start of the whole chain of events that, at the end, made him hit the wall. Nixxon and team are at the moment looking at fitting another body front from another race car to be able to run the final vs Jimmy �lund.

15:15

Seems to be an appeal going in Top Methanol Dragster. Fred Hanssen has been disqualified since Will Hanna touched the car to turn on computer while in pre stage. The opponent have been told to come, but Fred and Will have written an appeal.

15:00

Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2

Ian King No Show
W. Ren� van den Berg stopped at the line.

Sverre Dahl did a strong burnout and then engine stopped (or was shut off by Sverre?)
W. Rickard Gustafsson 6,681/330

14:55

Supertwin eliminations round 2

W. Lorenz St�uble 7,165/286
Svein Olav Olstad 13,252/104 Dropped a cylinder early

W. Per Bengtsson 7,168/314 was late off line and for a while it looked like it was Jobs race. But The Beast powered through
Job Heezen 7,440/253

14:45

Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2

Ulf �gge 7,251/292 bye

W. Fredrik Fredlund 7,566/243
Gabriella Nikolovska red light 7,997/263

14:30

Pro Modified eliminations round 2

W. Mats Eriksson 7,243/272 Mats was all over the track.
Roger Johansson 10,437/177

Micke Lindahl 8,21/181 Another wild ride, almost on two wheels at one point
W. Bruno Bader 6,195/363

W. Micke Gullqvist 6,244
Jari Par�n 9,580/205. Shook from line.

W. Andy Robinson 6,208/353.
Patrik Wikstr�m no show

14:15

Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 1

W. Krister Johansson shook tires at 100 meters and clicked off. 8,289/159
Esko Raisvuo did not smoke the tires in burnout and shut off after coming back.

Rob Turner 5,599/399
W. Derek Flynn 5,626/362 Holeshot win from Flynn. 0.140 for Rob, 0,056 for Derek. Good race!

W. Timo Habermann 5,541/410
Dennis Habermann 5,507/413. Holeshot again! Timo, 0,030. Dennis 0,067. Computer says 0,0039 between cars at finish line. 44.74 cm! Fantastic race!

A clean up in Timos lane.

W. Dave Wilson 8,117/219 went up in smoke big time from the line.
Fred Hansen 5,679/387 disqualified for blue line

13:30

Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 1

Ulf Leanders was all over the track, and I wonder if he did not touch the wall at one point. Was off and on a number of times but kept on trying. 6,359/306
W. Jappa Kuutniemi also had his share of problems from the beginning, but straightened out the situation. 6,316/360

Danny Bellio was also all over the track, finally hitting one of the centerline reflectors
W. Leif Andreasson, 5,773/ 391

13:20

Pro Stock eliminations round 1

W. Magnus Hansson 6,881/324
Bo Pettersson in as alternate for Dantanus fischtailed and shut off, 7.62/152

W. Richard Sundblom 6,901/324
Jan Palmqvist 6, 953/323 Good side by side racing!

W. Michael Malmgren 6,922/324
Kenneth S�derstr�m 7,006/316. A bit of a barnburner when no one wated to stage first. Finnally Micke went in.

W. Jimmy �lund 6,771/328
Tommy Leindahl 6,945/321

13:10

Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1

W. Ian King 6,408/333
Mikko Rajaniemi. Engine stopped before getting in to stage.

Kaj Selk�maa had the edge most of the way, but lost power at top end. 8,261/178
W. Ren� van den Berg 7,650/298

W. Sverre Dahl just powered on. 6,364/362
Pasi Hirvasoja 7,632

W. Rickard Gustafsson 6,732/307 straight and made it look easy!
Otto Knebl 8,295/253

13:00

Supertwin eliminations round 1

W. Lorenz St�uble had to click off at app 350 meter getting close to wall. 7,050/274
Svein Olaf Rolfstad made a big boom after 10 meters.

A clean up in Rolfstads lane.

w. Svein Olav Olstad 7,343/295
Matti V�h�saari had the edge to about halftrack where Olstad passed him. 7,419/243 Good dragrace!

W. Per Bengtsson 7,067/287
Martyn de Haas is alternate for Tommy M�ller.8,799/174

Ismo M�enp�� red light. 8,630/235
W. Job Heezen 8,248/185. Did not run clean. Interesting point is that it is the first time a racer with lane choice chose right lane.

Still sunny, partly clouded. The temperature has now climbed to 15 degrees

12:25

Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

W. Ulf �gge 7,800/279
Miia-Maria Veps�l�inen 10,00

Anders Abrahamson drifted wildly to the right and shut off.
W. Gabriella Nikolovska 7,899/268

W. Fredrik Fredlund 7,43/286
Martin Bishop 7,794/266

12:20

Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 1

Micke K�gered 4,215/423 white flames from engine just before finish line.
W. Risto Poutiainen 4,231/459
A holeshot from Risto won this race. Reaction time 0,163 for Micke and 0,092 for Risto. Difference between car at top end 0,055.

W. Anita M�kel� blazed the tires from 60 feet. 5,934/173
Janne Ahonen red light -0,099. 4,668/308

W. Stig Neergaard 4,185/418
Jari Halinen went up in smoke before halftrack. 4,695/311

W. Andy Carter 4,152/414
Timo Lehtim�ki lost traction at about 60feet. 6,151/169

12:00

Pro Modified eliminations round 1

W. Roger Johansson 6,240/365. That's a new best for a European nitrous Pro Mod!
Tami Brander comes in as alternate for Kristian Nystr�m, went loose half track 7,75

W.Bruno Bader left line as usual but then just cruised.7.157/222
Seppo Saapola was shut off by team member after burnout. He was pushed to wall, leaving clear track for Bruno. A small clean up in Seppos lane.

W. Micke Lindahl did not step down at all for a byerun! 6,173/358
NS. Tomi P�ntinen

Urban Johansson red light. 9,47/147 Looked like the car moved slightly forward as he lifted the revs.
W. Jari Par�n definitely saw the red light in the other lane and cruised to 8,319/217.

Track crew found small pieces of metal on the track in Urbans lane and brought out the sweepers

W. Micke Gullqvist 6,253/364
Graham Ellis started to drift and shut off finally ending up behind Mickke in his lane.

W. Andy Robinson 6,187/354
Terje H�konsen got out of shape midtrack and tried to backpedal. 8,376/186

W. Patrik Wikstr�m drifted towards wall and went off it for a short while to correct the car.
Marko Lantto stopped after burnout and got out of the car and behind the wall to leave room for Patrik.

W. Mats Eriksson 6,134/379
Norbert Kuno 6,314/362 Great side by side racing until midtrack where Mats car really started to go!

09:20

Good morning from a sunny, but a bit cold Alastaro. I like to thank everyone for kind words about our reports from FHRA Nitro Nationals. As we said previously, we are sorry for not being able to cover the great sportsman racing here. The explanation is very easy, I just can�t type as fast as Tog. I am doing this for the second time, and I just can�t understand how he can keep up doing the reports that we all have become used to.

We will start with 3 sportsman classes at 10:00, then Pro Modified 16 down to 8.