2009 Veidec Festival
Lördag / Saturday
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Racing starts at 09:30. 20:50 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 2 winners: Pelle Andersson (11.55) 10.9110/192.24 bye, Lennart Nyling (13.24) 13.2567/156.07, Fredrik Ambros (11.64) 11.6979/170.41, Jarmo Markkanen (11.05) 11.0069/189.53, Keny Nyström (9.99) 10.0769/204.62, Yrjo Wallius (10.37) 10.4188/201.83, Markus Svensson (11.38) 11.4168/185.28, Erik Wallin (10.69) 10.6488/197.42 That's all for today. Stay tuned as Simon has more pit notes and of course we have today's pictures to bring you. 20:40 Super Gas Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Markus Berglund 9.5470/213.64, Robert Karlsson 9.7391/191.47, Niclas Nyman 9.6211/239.01, Tommy Jonsson 9.5579/219.59, Anders Forsberg 9.4810/230.71, Mikael Ivarsson 9.5549/216.39, Jacob Ahlen 9.6548/232.95, Asle Malvik 9.6940/201.176 Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Håkan Genberg 9.0281/196.34, Jonas Sundström 9.2092/230.40, Ronnie Moe 9.0790/255.28, Anders Gronvall 9.4399/236.50, Per Warn 9.2469/230.50, Terje Torsen 9.3270/209.82, Per Olsson 9.3160/243.85 20:25 Super Street eliminations round 2 winners: Janne Carlsson 10.8860/208.86 bye (Kenny Asberg shut off), Gideon Liljegren 11.2211/185.27, Bob Lees 11.0071/198.48, Jennifer Gustafsson 10.9200/205.66, Tomas Hägg 10.8499/199.50 20:20 Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners: Patrik Kivinummi (7.96) 8.0377/128.21, Annette Birkenes (7.99) 8.1208/123.62, Rasmus Möller (9.00) 9.0380/99.34, Ida Zetterström (7.93) 7.9901/131.64, Ludvig Perés (9.02) 9.0837/112.98, Mattias Edvinsson (8.00) 8.0588/130.26, Joe Kellett (8.99) 9.0066/113.16, Hampus Staflund (7.95) 7.9622/131.11 Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners: Johan Renström 9.8593/230.50, Guido Uhlir 9.8939/232.20, Peter Trång 9.9252/200.67 bye, Halvor Kaldrastoyl 10.3330/177.95, Bosse Hall 9.9069/220.82 20:05 Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners: Pertti Soronen 8.9641/247.87 bye, Vesa Kosonen 8.9893/226.85, Bo Ragnebrö 8.8709/236.79, Joonas Pesonen 8.9031/249.62, Jan Kristoffersen 9.1510/238.00, Linda Eriksson 9.0739/201.20, Ramon van der Weurf 8.9819/241.39, Kermith Karlsson 9.5250/171.28 (Niklas Ohlin Olsson staging foul) 19:55 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners: Jan Kretz (9.26) 8.4767/214.40, Yngve Sohlberg (7.40) 6.8490/272.23, Stig Olsson (7.60) 7.0700/299.23, Mats Wicktor (7.92) 14.4067/140.88 bye (Jan Tore Pedersen broke), Niklas Heikkila (8.12) 7.6986/247.32, Mika Eloranta (7.95) 7.6282/299.36 19:40 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners: Pelle Andersson (10.94) 10.9168/192.15, Lennart Nyling (13.24) 13,2529/155.80, Markku Melonin (12.20) 12.3509/172.44, Hannu Palasmaa (11.55) 11.0283/188.07, Fredrik Ambros (11.70) 11.7051/175.79, Thomas Sundström (11.50) 10.7049/195.74 bye (Bo Nylund no show), Jarmo Markkanen (11.04) 11.2138/169.98, Uffe Edwardsson (10.55) 10.5542/198.40, Kent Nyström (9.99) 10.0210/207.47, Tarmo Mikkola (10.17) 10.1871/205.10, Yrjo Wallius (10.46) 10.7331/154.15, Ari Körkkö (9.49) 9.4961/216.80, Markus Svensson (11.36) 11.4191/184.29, Christer Norberg (11.42) 11.5780/177.48, Erik Wallin (10.69) 11.2219/155.47 19:25 Super Gas Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Markus Berglund 9.5211/234.28, Jyrki Paaso 9.5857/224.19, Robert Karlsson 9.5510/215.58, Fredrik Andersson 9.7088/214.91, Tomas Jonsson 9.5441/228.27, Niclas Nyman 9.5521/235.94, Tommy Jonsson 9.5421/214.27, Alexander Jonsson 9.6279/220.22, Anders Forsberg 9.5910/225.50, Joakim Segerberg 9.5884/216.06, Mikael Ivarsson 9.9750/179.83, Dirk Lange 9.5220/221.51, Peter Eriksson 9.8209/218.79, Jacob Ahlen 9.7901/232.19, Asle Malvik 9.5733/201.17, Conny Karlsson 9.8760/218.19 19:10 Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Johan Renström 9.8808/230.71 bye, Antti Kivinummi 9.9989/201.26, Guido Uhlir 9.9509/232.19, Poul Anchersen 10.0050/216.86, Peter Trång 9.7950/214.77 bye (Fredrik Sanderg no show), Halvor Kaldrastoyl 10.0270/197.75 bye (Christer Uhlin no show), Thomas Hermansson 10.2069/206.99, Morton Tianen 10.0710/198.93, Bosse Hall 10.0181/212.33 19:00 A nostalgia session followed Pro Mod. First up was Harlan Thompson in the Tre Kronor replica. 7.5801/161.66 off the throttle and the chute out at about 700 feet. Robert Wallmark and Aulis Hameenkorpi next in slingshots, 8.8431/180.15 for Robert and 11.5992/184.19 for Aulis. Next up a very pretty yellow Coupe and the Tingbrand FC, no names given to us for either (sorry) 12.3010/125.96 for the Coupe and 8.0431/239.66 for the FC. Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners: Pertti Soronen 8.9469/248.93, Vesa Kosonen 9.0150/235.05, Steen Pedersen 10.6141/136.66 bye (Fredrik Edlund no show), Bo Ragnebrö 8.9377/240.59, Magnus Johansson 8.9281/211.74, Joonas Pesonen 8.9141/248.73, Meri-Tuuli Sassi 8.9438/233.72 bye (Leif Andersson no show), Laura Sassi 8.9422/257.58, Jan Kristoffersen 9.3012/236.62 bye (Roffe Plahn staging foul), Linda Eriksson 8.9500/195.22 bye (Victoria Sand shut off), Mauritz Radberg 9.2369/171.06, Ramon van der Weurf 8.9842/240.59, Peter Abrahamsen 8.9778/188.09, Kermith Karlsson 8.8967/247.26, Niklas Ohlin Olsson 8.8950/238.33 18:30 Simon has posted a second set of pit notes, which you can access via the Event Index page. FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified final qualifying session (left lane first): Robert Koper 8.0739/193.03 bye; Jöran Persåker 6.9818/296.73, Marko Lantto 9.8769/166.96; Hans Knuters shut off (bye); Tomi Pöntinen 6.5961/286.07 bye (Ulf Rapp shut off); Johan Lindberg 6.4120/351.88, Marco Maurischat 6.3677/364.32; Johan Samuelsson 15.8020/72.20 bye; David Vegter 6.6410/346.74, Norbert Kuno 6.3180/360.60; Marc Meihuizen 6.6449/343.45, Pierre Rydberg 6.5510/338.44; Graham Ellis 6.4180/362.10, Terje Håkonsen 6.9100/248.67; Kristian Nyström 6.2771/365.79, Roger Johansson 6.6650/341.88; Niclas Andersson 7.2119/213.70, Bruno Bader 6.2968/354.79; Jan Gunnarsson 7.4971/208.72, Adam Flamholc 6.2530/368.00; Micke Gullqvist 6.1511/369.11, Urban Johansson 6.2720/347.82; Micke Lindahl 10.1523/166.80, Freddy Fagerström 6.1442/365.39; Andy Robinson 6.1738/371.99, Mats Eriksson 6.7199/220.14 1.0289 to sixty feet for Robert but the Firebird started drifting, Robert pedalled a couple of times but then got off it. Marko hit shake and pedalled a couple of times before getting off the throttle, Jöran got to sixty feet in 1.1318, half track at 4.4988/260.54 but then smoke from his motor getting thicker and thicker in the second half. Track checked and all OK so on to the next pair. Jari Parén was pushed away from the staging lanes, Hans took the bye but shut off on returning from the burnout. Ulf had problems in the burnout so shut off and was pushed back. Tomi took the bye, 1.0379 to sixty and 4.1560/280.68 at the eighth but then the Camaro made a move to the right and Tomi got off the throttle. An improvement in ET despite the early shut-off but not enough to get in to the field for tomorrow. A tremendous match-up next. 1.0491 to sixty feet for Johan, 1.0248 for Marco, 4.1690/280.65 to the eighth for Johan and 4.1788/283.83 for Marco. New PBs for both I believe and both into the ladder for tomorrow, well done guys! Alas a cloud of dust from the top end told the tale of someone in the gravel trap. Word came back from the top that it was Marco in the gravel trap, no parachutes, but that he is quite OK. With this pair the record for the quickest ever European Pro Mod bump spot was broken, with a good few racers yet to run. Marco's car recovered, Johan S was next up. Big shake and out of shape, off the throttle immediately. Great run for Norbert, 1.0451 sixty feet, 4.1201/285.12 to the eighth and into tomorrow's ladder. A few places picked up for David, not qualified but likely very happy with his weekend with the new car. Marc tried everything he could to get into the ladder, the Camaro moving all over its lane and close to the centre line, but he didn't make it. Good effort though, 1.0420 to sixty feet and 4.2570 to the eighth. 1.0469 to sixty for Pierre and 4.2191 to the eighth. Consistent run for Graham but he stayed on the bump, 0.0749 RT, 1.0171 to sixty and 4.2100/278.75 to the eighth. Nice start for Terje, 1.0281 to sixty and 4.2220/270.25 at the eighth but went away in the second half and shut off. Roger Johansson bumped out by earlier events now in the Last Chance Saloon, 1.0032 to sixty feet and 4.3132 at the eighth, eighteenth and spectating tomorrow. Good to see Kristian back after his earlier problem, great 0.0809 RT, 1.0250 to sixty and 4.1051 to the eighth, a few steps up the ladder but on fire at the end of the track. Yet more drama on the re-start as the Old 51 threw its right side door at half track, giving Niclas Andersson more air conditioning than he really needed. Niclas got off the throttle then put the chutes out in the top end speed trap. Bruno one place up the ladder with a nice-looking pass, 1.0046 to sixty feet and 4.0760/284.82 at half track. Adam up from #11 to #5 with a great pass, 0.0928 RT and 1.0030 to sixty feet, a storming 4.0813/288.28 at the eighth. Jan hit shake bad enough to open the driver side door, Jan pedalled and got back on it but shut off after half track. Great pass from Micke G to take over top spot, 1.0280 to sixty feet and an even more storming 4.0131/294.44 at the eighth. Urban made up one place in the ladder, 1.01010 to sixty and 4.0291 at the eighth. Then we had another new #1 qualifier with a stormer from Freddy, 0.9828 to sixty feet and this weekend's first three-second eighth at 3.9798/290.95. Truly terrible shake for Micke L and he shut off. Nice run for Andy but not enough to grab #1 spot, 0.0609 RT, 1.0500 to sixty feet and 4.0502/279.56 to the eighth. 1.0007 to sixty feet for Mats, the Crown Victoria made a move to the left at the eighth and took out the 594 foot reflector. Not a bad session at all, we'll take the quickest-ever European Pro Mod bump spot at 6.408 thank you very much! Final qualifying:
17:10 FIA Top Methanol Dragster final qualifying session (left lane first): Derek Flynn 6.1992/359.99, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5198/414.35; Esko Raisvuo 5.6828/413.99, Rob Turner 5.6409/395.74; Krister Johansson 5.8539/387.62, Peter Schöfer 5.4281/424.13 0.9529 to sixty feet for Paul Ingar, 3.6189/335.32 at the eighth and into the ladder with a new PB, well done Paul Ingar! Derek left the line with cylinders out, tuner Jim Rizzoli's reaction was quite something at that moment. 1.0209 to sixty feet, 4.0309/294.42 at the eighth and Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek is watching the racing tomorrow. 1.0101 to sixty feet for Esko, 3.7948/334.07 at the eighth. 0.9201 to sixty feet for Rob, 3.6509/319.01 at the eighth, improvements for both racers but both stayed in place. 0.9303 to sixty feet for Peter, 3.5622/339.87 at the eighth and a PB, well done Peter! Krister left the line with cylinders out, 1.0151 to sixty feet but stayed with it and the car was putting on some speed further down the track. Final qualifying:
17:00 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car final qualifying session (left lane first): Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.1102/383.33 bye; Dan Larsen 6.0952/372.97, Ulf Leanders 8.1519/159.56 0.9561 to sixty feet for Jarmo, the Alfa moving about its lane but Jarmo hung on to it and stayed on the gas, 3.9971/288.64 to the eighth. Five hundred-foot burnout for Ulf before his match with Dan. 0.9600 to sixty feet for Ulf but the Charger started bouncing up and down and moving about its lane and Ulf shut off. Another bracket car 6.0 for Dan and the team looked unamused. Final qualifying:
16:50 FIA Top Fuel Dragster final qualifying session (left lane first): Timo Lehtimäki no time bye; Linda Thun Tønseth 4.1202/443.67, Jari Halinen 4.5460/385.03; Risto Poutiainen 4.0550/447.12, Anita Mäkelä 4.3347/356.75; Stig Neergaard 4.1230/458.21 bye; Andy Carter 4.1308/425.75, Lex Joon 4.5860/322.15 0.9629 to sixty feet for Timo and then his motor stopped dead, he will be spectating tomorrow. Next up the other two racers not qualified and going into the run you wouldn't have bet against either of them getting in. And boy did Linda deliver! 0.8740 to sixty feet, 3.2761/392.52 at half track, blackstriping the length of her lane and judging by the tyre tracks staying on it way past the thousand foot mark and in to second spot. Not quite so good for Jari, 0.8579 sixty foot time, 3.5609/338.52 at the eighth but by then there was a fire licking around the back of the car which just got bigger and bigger but the motor stayed running until Jari got off it so I guess a gasket. Micke Kågered towed back to the pits after this run, I would imagine saving parts for tomorrow being safely in the field at that point as Tommy Rostgaard was not in the pairing lanes. 0.8524 to sixty feet for Risto, 3.2231/407.29 at the eighth and blasting into #1 spot, a few thousandths off Andy Carter's track ET record for 1000 feet. 0.9149 to sixty feet for Anita, her motor sounded to be going away before the eighth and she shut off before the stripe. Stig next up the ladder, 0.8699 to sixty feet and 3.2919/398.06 at the eighth, a nice-looking pass and into fourth. -0.0201 red for Lex, 0.8929 sixty foot, driving through shake, 3.5232/342.90 at the eighth but the MPM Oil car looked from here to be moving to the right, tyres hazing and Lex shut off before the stripe. 0.8608 sixty for Andy and one of those runs which looked quicker than it was, 3.2599/390.99 at the eighth, the motor seemed to be going away past the eighth but Andy stayed on it past the 1000 foot mark. Final qualifying:
16:25 FIA Pro Stock final qualifying session (left lane first): Jonas Engdahl 7.1390/308.31 bye; Kenneth Söderström 7.0069/312.27 bye; Mats Jacobsson 7.7919/255.99 bye; Bo Pettersson 7.9641/206.84, Harald Sturhan 8.0749/201.17; Micke Callin 6.9822/318.93, Eero Knihtilä 8.0321/199.07; Jan Palmqvist 7.3548/241.42, Tommy Leindahl 6.8898/322.48; Jimmy Ålund 6.7920/327.69, Magnus Hansson 6.8652/321.81; Richard Sundblom 6.8169/326.21, Michael Malmgren 6.7949/324.82 1.0278 to sixty feet for Jonas, 4.5700/245.50 at half track, nice pass and good for a move up the ladder but he will be spectating tomorrow unless called upon as first alternate. Improvement for Kenneth too, 1.0260 to sixty feet and 4.4782/248.73 on top of a 0.0709 RT but he is watching tomorrow unless he fancies being first alternate. Nice 0.0910 RT for Mats and 1.0639 to sixty feet but the car got a wiggle on and he pedalled, got back on it again but eventually shut off. 0.0869 RT for Bo, 1.0390 sixty foot time, 1.0510 to sixty feet for Harald. Harald's Mercedes got out of shape at about 300 feet, had his hands full a bit, just as he got it back together Bo's Cavalier started moving about its lane and he shut off too. 1.0030 to sixty feet for Eero and then he got out of shape in exactly the same place as Mats and Harald and shut off. 1.0121 to sixty for Micke, 4.4843 to the eighth. 0.0901 RT for Jan, some smoke from his car towards half track and then it made a move to the left and he shut off. Tommy got down the right lane just fine, 0.9970 to sixty and 4.4199 at the eighth. 0.9981 to sixty feet for Magnus, 4.4022 to the eighth and up a place into #3. 1.0101 to sixty feet for Jimmy, 4.3709 to the eighth, an improvement but stayed in second spot. Great pass for Michael Malmgren, 0.9847 to sixty feet, 4.3498/257.63 at the eighth. I think a PB for ET, if so then well done Michael! No improvement for Nixxon but he was at least first to the finish line by 9.02 centimetres by dint of a better reaction time. Final qualifying:
16:00 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike final qualifying session (left lane first): Rene van den Berg 4.8251/260.53, Asko Määttä 5.6731/205.68; Peter Andersson Ström 5.0482/168.77, Michal Ponca 6.8290/177.97; Rikard Gustafsson 4.4162/236.71, Otto Knebl 5.2538/216.87; Ian King 4.3541/292.04, Kai Selkämäa 5.8399/132.14; Sverre Dahl 4.3042/287.37, Peter Svensson 4.1208/303.36 Nice pass for Rene, 1.2509 to sixty feet, an improvement but he stayed in place and is safely in tomorrow. Asko improved but will be spectating tomorrow. 1.1288 to sixty feet for Peter but then a cloud of smoke and bits came off the bike - looked like a shredded belt from here. Michal's tyre was spinning at the start. An improvement for Otto but he stayed in eighth, from here it looked like Rikard shut off just a touch early as the Funny Bike started to move left. Kai's bike moved to the right, he stayed with it for a while but had to shut off. Ian's bike was moving to the left but he had a good hold of it. The last match-up fancied by some as tomorrow's final and certainly one of those pairs you can't wait to see. Peter on a European speed record for the eighth, this run backed up his earlier 304.71, well done Peter! Nice pass for Sverre but no changes in placings. Qualifying after this session:
15:40 FIM/UEM Supertwin final session qualifying (left lane first): Ronny Aasen no time (bye); Ismo Maenpaa 8.2070/180.57, Kari Rajala 5.2060/180.57; Tommy Möller 4.9018/246.42 bye; Ulf Nylén 5.1280/170.48 bye; Samu Kemppainen no time, Eric Frank 4.9953/228.41; Svein Olav Rolfstad 4.6230/254.95, Matti Vahasaari shut off; Lorenz Stäuble 4.4990/269.29, Per Bengtsson 4.6129/265.46; Job Heezen 5.3289/144.60, Hans Olav Olstad 4.6857/269.17 Ronny's bike left very gently and the motor cut out before the Tree. Ismo's bike hesitated off the line and never really picked up, a better run for Kari but a puff of smoke before the eighth and Kari shut off. Much better run for Tommy, 1.2630 to sixty feet and straight as you like, but not enough to get him into the ladder for tomorrow. 1.1121 to sixty feet for Ulf but the bike headed for the centre line and he shut off. Samu's motor banged and bits came off the bike about eighty feet out. 1.2041 to sixty feet for Eric and a good enough pass but he won't be racing tomorrow except maybe as first alternate. Matti shut off after his burnout. Svein's bike sounded very strange on the pushback, idling very high but very irregularly. As Spencer Tramm, next to me in Race Control, says: "What do we know?" as Svein Olav put in a great run and improved his ET, albeit staying in fifth spot. An improvement for Lo on another bucking bronco ride but he stayed in fourth place, no improvement for Per. Nice looking run to begin with for Job but then a bang and a sheet of flame at about 450 feet, maybe lifted the head. No improvement for hans Olav but safely in first place for tomorrow. Final qualifying:
15:20 FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike final qualifying session (left lane first): Bo Thorselius 9.2329/229.21, Miia-Maria Vepsäläinen no time; Ulf Ögge 9.1128/150.59, Gabriella Nikolovska 7.6297/273.37; Anders Abrahamsson 7.4989/277.46, Kenneth Wik 7.5029/277.48; Martin Bishop 8.0850/248.96, Fredrik Fredlund 7.4180/287.47 Miia-Maria's motor cut out off the line. An improvement for Bo but he stayed in eighth. Gabby left -0.3049 early but a nice pass and up a place. Ulf was going pretty well, 0.0571 RT and 1.0897 to sixty feet but the motor stuttered and the bike made a move towards the guardrail and Ulf shut off. Big move for Kenneth, up to #3. 0.0320 RT and a consistent pass for Anders but stayed in second. A great pass from Fredrik took #1 spot away from Martin in the other lane, Martin's bike headed left and he shut off in the second half. Final qualifying:
15:15 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Janne Kretz (9.26) 14.6109/140.60 bye, Per Erik Lindgren (9.26) 9.0860/193.55, Christian Sagelv (8.74) 9.4270/138.99, Yngve Solberg (7.40) 7.1419/230.71 bye (Daniel Ekstrand no show), Petri Nagy (9.81) 9.1679/196.75, Stig Olsson (7.60) 7.1591/262.44, Jan Tore Pedersen (7.60) 9.2522/180.68, Mats Wicktor (7.92) 7.6680/249.63, Martin Lundkvist (8.10) 9.4692/167.96, Niklas Heikkila (8.12) 7.6920/264.38, Krister Adéen (7.95) 7.4733/265.23, Miko Eloranta (7.95) 7.6090/236.64 bye (Nils Kopamees shut off) Now we go into the final Pro qualifying session. 14:50 Harlan Thompson followed Pro Mod with a pass in the Tre Kronor Nostalgia FC. 1.0640 to sixty feet and off the throttle at 300 feet, 10.4048/97.08. Erik Wallinder followed in the Rimfrost 'Vette, a very nice-looking car, headed for the rail on launch and shut off, 16.9711/85.46. 14:45 FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Bert Ove Olofsson 7.5100/188.57 bye; Marko Lantto 9.1438/169.57, Johan Lindberg 6.6759/341.46; Roger Johansson 6.4582/349.72, David Vegter 6.6692/340.03; Norbert Kuno 6.5719/346.34, Andy Robinson 6.6078/354.79; Urban Johansson 6.3760/360.30, Jöran Persåker 6.9371/309.55; Johan Samuelsson 6.6091/312.30, Robert Koper 10.1750/159.19; Marc Meuhuizen 6.5219/360.22 bye; Ulf Rapp 6.8732/290.782, Tomi Pöntinen 6.7092/212.11; Terje Håkonsen 6.5481/348.05, Jan Gunnarsson 6.2190/358.37; Jari Parén 6.9271/323.27, Hans Knuters 7.1549/343.22; Pierre Rydberg 6.5947/340.17, Graham Ellis 6.8340/354.61; Bruno Bader 6.3150/356.68, Niclas Andersson 6.3168/331.06; Freddy Fagerström 6.2617/364.41, Kristian Nyström 12.6050/100.70; Adam Flamholc 6.2977/364.47, Micke Lindahl 6.2000/371.38; Mattias Wulcan no time, Micke Gullqvist 6.2174/365.50; Mats Eriksson 6.1872/371.02, Patrick Wikström 6.2652/369.49 Here we go then, could this be the session which breaks the European best for a Pro Mod bump spot? Going into this session the record was 6.4910 set here last year. 1.1159 to sixty feet for Bert Ove but then some smoke from his motor at half track and then from here what looked like fuel spraying from the front of the car, Bert Ove shut off and put out the chutes. Marki hit shake and pedalled as the Vette turned right, hit the throttle a couple more times but eventually got off it as the car moved around each time it was under power. Johan's car moved towards the centre line but he stayed with it and made up a couple of places, not enough to get in the ladder though. A relief for Roger as he finally got a time on the board, 1.0433 to sixty feet and 4.1710/274.51 at half track, David's first timed full pass with the car looking good, 1.0392 to sixty feet and 4.3272/267.31 at the eighth. 1.0508 to sixty feet for Norbert, 4.2849 at the eighth, something not right with Andy's Stude, 1.0891 to sixty feet and an off-form 4.3509/276.26 at the eighth, the car made a move around half track too. First six-second turbo Pro Mod in Europe title goes to Jöran, 1.0633 to sixty feet and 4.4743/258.52 at the eighth and shut off a little early. 1.0417 to sixty feet for Urban and 4.1710/283.99 at the eighth. Jöran may well have been the first six-second PM in Europe but Johan has the quickest turbo PM in Europe. 1.0732 to sixty feet and 4.2732/276.23 at half track. Robert hit shake at about 100 feet and shut off. Consistent pass from Marc, 1.0709 to sixty feet and 4.3028/277.65 at the eighth, a puff of smoke at the top of second gear but all OK. Tomi pulled a -0.1011 red, bad sixty foot time of 0.5421 and so the ET doubtful, chutes out before the stripe. 0.0308 RT for Ulf, 1.0801 to sixty feet and 4.3323/258.43 at the eight, sounded as if he was feathering the throttle in the second half. 0.0639 to sixty feet for Terje, 4.2541 at the eighth. 1.0591 to sixty feet for Jan and 4.0681 at the eighth, a new PB for Jan and into #3 spot, well done Jan! 1.0460 to sixty feet for Jari, 4.4469/250.562 at the eighth, Hans a bit off-form with a 1.7270 sixty foot time and off the throttle and chutes out early. 0.0140 RT for Graham, 1.0761 to sixty feet, driving through shake with the front left wheel up, the some smoke from the motor in the second half. 1.0648 to sixty feet for Pierre and 4.2718/273.46 at the eighth. 0.9989 to sixty feet for Niclas, 4.0619 at the eighth, Bruno to sixty feet in 1.0151 and 4.0990 to the eighth. A big improvement for Niclas moved him up a few places, Bruno also improved and moved one place above Niclas. 1.0408 sixty foot, shake, a big cloud of smoke and a trackful of oil from Kristian's Chevy, in the other lane it was 1.0568 to sixty feet for Freddy and 4.0910/289.69 at the eighth. Adam and Micke L first on the re-start. Tremendous match, too, 0.0791 RT for Adam and 0.0760 for Micke L, 1.0407 to sixty feet for Adam and 1.0271 for Micke, Micke quicker at the eighth 4.0588 to 4.1186, both racers moving up the ladder. Drama in the next pair, Micke G away first 0.0487 to 0.3928, 1.0571 sixty foot for Mattias to Micke's 1.0304, Mattias' 'Vette started to move left and right and then something came off the car, looked like a spill plate, it was up on two wheels and sparks flew as the headers scraped the track. Mattias got it back the first time, but the pendulum effect had set in and the car turned right and rolled over right on the finish line. The car turned over three times but ended up back on four wheels pointing right way down the shutdown area. Mattias got himself out of the car and is OK. Mats and Patrick closed the session, 1.0410 sixty foot time for Mats, 1.0022 for Patrick but he was visibly driving through shake, 4.0490/292.93 at half track for Mats to Patrick's 4.1221/291.82. Mats up into #3 spot and the bump down to 6.5128. Qualifying after this session:
13:15 Simon has posted his first set of pit notes, which you can view via the Event Index page. 13:10 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Fred Hanssen is out for the weekend as on inspection by Mats Eriksson his dragster's chassis was found to be bent. Fred expects the car to be repaired in time for the NitrOlympX at Hockenheim. Fred told us that when the car went to the left in the second half yesterday it was going left whether or not he wanted it to and then of course he waited for the pull of the chutes opening but it never came. Dennis Habermann 5.5279/408.97 bye; Rob Turner 5.6478/391.84, Esko Raisvuo 6.3381/369.09; Paul Ingar Udtian 6.4519/381.30, Derek Flynn 5.8613/368.90; Dave Wilson 5.3121/433.42, Timo Habermann 5.5349/341.79; Peter Schöfer 5.5021/413.42, Krister Johansson 5.6059/398.13 0.0850 RT for Dennis, 0.9289 to sixty feet and 3.6170/335.03 at the eighth, the dragster got very close to the guardrail in the second half but Dennis stayed hard on the throttle. 0.9290 to sixty feet for Rob, 3.6606/319.62 at the eighth, an improvement in ET but no change in position. 1.0680 to sixty feet for Esko but the car looked to be lacking pull, 4.2000/290.83 at the eighth. Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek not quite in the Last Chance Saloon, and Paul Ingar looking to get a time on the board after being DQ'd on a fuel check failure yesterday - nothing sinister, just crud in the fuel sample from the bottom of the fuel tank. 0.0671 RT for Paul Ingar, 0.9399 to sixty feet but then looked to run out of puff and shut off before half track. 0.9621 to sixty feet for Derek, 3.7603/307.98 at half track, cylinders out in the second half but into the top eight. Great run between Grumpy and Timo, at the start it looked like Timo was on a big one, 0.8879 to sixty feet and 3.5181/338.28 at the eighth, but then vapour and then a big cloud of smoke from Timo's dragster on the finish line. Small pieces of metal found on the track but no oil. 0.9389 to sixty feet for Grumpy, 3.5382/358.60 at the eighth and a new track speed record and the first half of a new European speed record for Grumpy, 269.31 mph, well done Dave! Consistent passes for Peter and Krister, 0.9160 to sixty feet for Peter to Krister's 0.9609, 3.5880 at half track for Peter to Krister's 3.6660, slight improvement for Peter but no changes in standings. Qualifying after this session:
12:45 A quick Hello and thanks to Andy Marrs of TSI Timers Europe who is getting in touch and confirming records I already noticed and pointing out records I missed, thanks Andy! FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Per Håkon Trøa 6.5762/280.52, Dan Larsen 6.0190/377.15; Ulf Leanders 5.8020/289.21, Danny Bellio no time; Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.6952/246.21, Leif Andréasson 5.9709/327.84 0.9381 to sixty feet for Dan, 3.9202/300.27 at the eighth but again looking to run out of grunt in the second half, a 6.0 bracket FC. 1.0021 to sixty feet for Per Håkon, driving through shake and then moving towards the centre line all the way, 4.1032/276.32 at half track. Improvements for both but no changes in position. Eurodragster.com sponsor Ulf going after Freddy Fagerström's burnout reverse speed record, an impressive effort. 0.9711 to sixty feet for Ulf, no shake to speak of, 3.7920/315.02 to the eighth. All eyes on Danny in the other lane though, 0.9800 to sixty feet and then shake bad enough to be felt here in Race Control, the FC made a move to the right and hit the guardrail and then ran along the rail all the way to about 900 feet. I am guessing Danny's bell well and truly rung by the shake or something broken in the steering. Kirstie at trackside reported that Danny got himself out of the car and word is that he is A-OK. On the re-start a long wheelie from Jarmo, put the front end down at about 100 feet. 1.0249 to sixty feet and looking good but then a bang as the blower burst plate blew and the relief panel flew off the car. Nice run for Leif to begin with, 0.9799 to sixty feet and 3.8388/313.52 at the eighth but off the throttle in the second half. Qualifying after this session:
12:10 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Linda Thun Tønseth 6.4199/147.45 bye; Risto Poutiainen shut off (bye); Stig Neergaard 5.6539/195.27, Timo Lehtimäki 5.1140/224.19; Anita Mäkelä 4.2450/435.58, Micke Kågered 4.6719/304.30; Jari Halinen 6.4300/145.39, Andy Carter 4.1082/460.57; Lex Joon 4.3061/409.01, Urs Erbacher 4.1353/449.59 0.8938 to sixty feet for Linda then shut off at about 300 feet, I am guessing a test of tomorrow's set-up although Linda was by no means secure in the top eight at that point. Risto's tyres didn't light in the burnout, then lots of consternation at the front of the motor when he got back and then Risto shut it off. No smoke for Timo in the burnout either. Starter Ian Marshall drew tuner John Smith's attention to something on Stig's motor after the burnout but all OK. 0.8751 to sixty feet for Stig and 0.8722 for Timo, Stig had cylinders go out and his blower belt flew at about 500 feet followed moments later by smoke and the blower belt from Timo's car. Now then, would the nightmare end for Anita? And the answer was a big yes! 0.9170 to sixty feet, 3.3940/389.08 at the eighth and into #5. 0.9448 to sixty feet for Micke, 3.5489/356.66 to the eighth, but Micke's motor started to smoke at the eighth and the Bahco Tools dragster disappeared into a cloud of smoke at about 750 feet. Track checked and all OK, so into the next pair. All Andy this one, 0.8552 to sixty feet and 3.2810/393.41 at the eighth, an imperious performance from Andy and the Danes and into #1 spot at that point. Jari's tyres shook and started to smoke and he was off the throttle by the Tree. Tremendous run between Lex and Urs, two hard runs, Urs away first 0.1128 to 0.1129, the better sixty foot time 0.8733 to 0.8989, 3.2911/393.73 at the eighth to Lex's 3.3920/371.52, Urs leapfrogging Lex into #2 spot. Qualifying after this session:
11:45 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Mats Jacobsson 7.5400/300.49 bye; Jonas Engdahl 8.1659/203.02 bye; Kenneth Söderström 7.6441/290.70, Christer Wiklund 7.7911/162.39; Eero Knihtilä 6.9031/323.24, Bo Pettersson 7.5090/299.41; Harald Sturhan 7.1700/308.23, Micke Callin 6.9198/320.84; Magnus Hansson 6.8771/321.81, Jan Palmqvist 6.8989/323.55; Tommy Leindahl 6.8969/320.34, Richard Sundblom 6.7910/326.36; Jimmy Ålund 11.6432/110.41 bye 1.1872 to sixty feet for Mats, didn't hear many gear changes but he stayed with it, 4.8980/237.39 at half track and a big improvement in ET moving him up the ladder. Jonas rolled the beams slightly, 1.1820 to sixty feet and 4.7419/222.33 at half track before shutting off, still an improvement though. Sounded as if Christer had problems engaging gear before the burnout but he got it sorted. Kenneth's ET won't be right given the 0.2941 sixty foot time but all eyes on Christer as his car took a hard right at the eighth, Christer got off the throttle and pulled it straight. The next pair hard to tell apart, two plain white Cavaliers and neither in the ladder before staging. Sorted for Eero, though, a very nice pass, 1.0180 to sixty feet and 4.4401/254.66 to the eighth. 1.0318 to sixty feet for Bo, then just looked to run out of grunt in the second half, 4.7898/219.52 at half track. Micke up a place even going the long way round as his car moved over to the right side of its lane, 0.9859 to sixty feet and 4.4358/252.44 at the eighth. 1.0770 to sixty feet for Harald, 4.5929/245.60 at the eighth, an improvement but still out of the top eight. All six-second top eight after that pairing. Excellent match between Magnus and Jan, both moving up the ladder and I'm thinking maybe a PB for Jan, if so then well done Jan! 0.9973 to sixty feet for Jan and 4.4372 at the eighth, 1.0212 to sixty for Magnus and 4.4153 at the eighth. Nixxon into #1, 0.9899 to sixty and 4.3598/257.82 at the eighth, 1.0109 to sixty for Tommy and 4.4261/254.80 at the eighth. New track records for Nixxon, well done Richard! So what could Jimmy do? Well, he could do 0.9853 to sixty feet but then hit shake, pedalled then shut off. Qualifying after this session:
11:30 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Asko Määttä 6.5601/117.68, Sverre Dahl 4.2047/292.24; Michal Ponca 7.2601/179.66, Rene van den Berg 5.1159/248.04; Otto Knebl 9.7041/97.60, Rikard Gustafsson 4.2587/279.87; Kai Selkämäa 7.1800/96.29, Peter Andersson Ström 4.6029/225.10; Peter Svensson 4.0897/304.71, Ian King 4.2251/300.53 A storming pass from Sverre to go into #2 spot, 1.0998 to sixty feet, straight and clean as you like. Asko with a time on the board at last after some bad luck in previous sessions. Rene's bike sounded OK but looked and sounded from here as if the clutch was a bit loose, not as much forward motion as the engine note suggested - 1.3510 sixty foot time. Michal's rear slick was shaking to about sixty feet. A stormer from Rikard, 1.1059 to sixty feet and into #3 spot, Otto's bike hesitated in the first hundred feet or so and he shut off early. Peter got a big jump on Kai off the line, Kai's bike headed for the centre line and he shut off, meanwhile Peter's bike started to drift towards the centre but he stayed with it. Superb pass for Peter S, 1.0790 to sixty feet, riding through shake and putting daylight between himself and Sverre at the top of the list and the first half of a European record for the eighth, well done Peter! An improvement for Ian moved him back above Rikard. Qualifying after this session:
11:15 FIM/UEM Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Jaska Salakari 5.4572/216.76 bye; Eric Frank 4.7979/no speed, Greger Johansson 4.6531/255.90; Kari Rajala 5.7007/175.83, Ismo Maenpaa 9.9741/96.57; Matti Vahasaari 4.7951/233.52, Svein Olav Rolfstad 4.6257/249.14; Martijn de Haas 4.8089/240.69, Ronny Aasen 5.9221/147.22; Roel Koedam 4.9079/247.23, Ulf Nylén 4.9209/242.18; Jukka Kuuru 8.1819/84.80, Samu Kemppainen 4.7781/244.75; Per Bengtsson 4.4950/272.15, Lorenz Stäble 4.5520/270.11; Hans Olav Olstad 4.3179/286.22, Job Heezen 4.3330/273.15 Lots of smoke from Jaska's exhaust before staging. The motor was on and off all the way to the eighth and then there was another cloud of smoke as Jaska got off the throttle. Nice clean run for Eric and up into sixth at that point. Greger's bike threw a part at the start of the eighth-mile speed trap and there was a flash and cloud of smoke at the same moment, but he moved up to fifth. Kari staged over to the right of his lane and the reason looked pretty obvious as the bike headed left at launch, Kari feathered the throttle as he tried to pull it straight. Ismo shut off at about 300 feet. A great match between Matti and Svein Olav, Matti's bike trying to head for the centre line but Matti hanging on and keeping it in his lane. Straight and true for Svein Olav and a time on the board. Another nice match between Martin and Ronny to begin with, Martijn straight down the middle of his lane, but then Ronny's motor quit at about 300 feet. Martijn into #9 at that point. A couple of big deep breaths from Roel before his burnout. Huge nitro flames from Roel's bike again but sounded to be labouring a little, straight run and an improvement for Ulf, both moved up but both still outside the top eight. Big improvement for Samu and into the ladder, Jukka's motor started to make grunting noises and then it was just a case of when it was going to blow and sure enough there was a bang and a flash of flame and pieces started to fly at about 250 feet. Nice match between Per and Lo, again Lo's bike was pitching left and right but he stayed with it. A straight and consistent run for Per, no changes in position for either. Tremendous run for Hans Olav to consolidate the lead, a new track record speed and the first half of a European speed record, well done Hans Olav! Job's bike looked to be running out of power towards the stripe but into #2. Qualifying after this session:
10:50 FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Kenneth Wik 7.7130/272.19, Ulf Ögge 7.8542/206.34; Miia-Maria Vepsäläinen 10.1478/196.89 bye; Gabriella Nikolovska 7.8149/270.12; Martin Bishop 11.4888/103.44; Fredrik Fredlund 7.7522/275.05, Anders Abrahamsson no time One place improvement for Kenneth, Ulf got very close to the guardrail and had to shut off but still improved his ET. Miia-Maria's bike hesitated off the line. -0.1149 red for Gabby but a straight run, Martin had to shut off as his bike was headed for the eighth-mile reflectors. Anders' motor stopped as he passed the Tree and he stopped on the track at about 800 feet. Qualifying after this session:
10:30 Super Comp Bike qualifying top five after session 3:
Niklas Severin into the top five at #5 for all of one pairing as Johnni Christensen unseated him next run. Supertwin Top Gas Bike qualifying top five after session 3:
Anna-Lena Asplund improved still further to consolidate her #1 spot in the first pairing. Same deal for Janne Gustavsson foru pairings later, improvement but stayed in #3. 10:20 Super Gas Bike qualifying top five after session 3:
No changes to the top five in this session. 10:00 Comp Eliminator qualifying top five after session 3:
Martin Lundqvist into #2 spot in the first pairing of the session. Petri Nagy improved in the last run of the session but stayed in place. 09:35 Stock/Superstock qualifying top five after session 3:
Micke Lind took over the lead towards the end of the session. Uffe Edwardsson up into #2 spot in the last but one pair of the session. Glenn Appelgren who was in fifth after session 2 disappeared from the standings so his previous run must have been removed for some reason. 09:20 Super Comp qualifying top five after session 3:
First run of the weekend for Vesa Kosonen and in at #4. A couple of pairings later Pertti Soronen took over the lead. 08:55 Super Street eliminations round 1 winners: Janne Carlsson 10.8850/207.45, Kenny Asberg 10.9078/200.05, Bob Lees 10.9461/205.05, Anders Söderberg 11.2061/164.21, Ulf Skytte 11.0942/192.54, Gideon Liljegren 10.9940/183.38, John Grant 11.2011/180.97, Jennifer Gustafsson 10.9308/207.50 bye (Marcus Hallen no show), Tomas Hägg 10.8241/199.50, Bo Gustavsson 11.2161/157.48 Bob Lees reinstated after Jan Jonsson was DQ'd for not courtesy staging. 08:45 Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners: Kevin Nataas (9.25) 9.3119/110.06, Patrik Kivinummi (7.96) 8.1683/123.58, Noah Stutz (9.37) 9.5191/104.20, Anette Birkenes (7.96) 8.3728/123.15, Rasmus Möller (9.00) 9.0641/102.42, Frida Jonsson (11.35) 11.4978/88.89, Marcus Andersson (8.05) 8.3443/126.53), Ida Zetterström (7.91) 8.0191/131.44, Birgitte Bremnes (8.07) 8.2651/121.88, Ludvig Perés (9.11) 9.1639/107.30, Mattias Edvinsson (8.01) 8.1220/128.00, Anna Stanley (8.05) 8.2043/126.58, Lina Braathen (8.46) 8.7350/118.92, Joe Kellett (8.90) 9.1359/111.39, Linus Eriksson (8.05) 8.1738/124.65, Hampus Staflund (7.93) 8.0519/130.50 08:15 Good morning and welcome from Mantorp Park. It's day three of the Veidec Festival and we're here to bring you all the news in association with American Car Imports. The Webster Race Engineering/Lex Joon Racing USA Tour 2009 webcam is on-line and is scheduled to post a picture every sixty seconds so long as the track is open. It's a nice day here, the sun is already warming the track and the crew are applying this morning's coating of glue. The plan is to start the day with eliminations in Junior Dragster and Super Street, then third qualifiers for those Sportsman classes which have only had two so far, and Pro sessions at 10:20 and 14:10. Stay tuned and we'll be back with all the news as soon as we start. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |