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22:55

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We have also posted a small set of pit notes which Ed managed to get this morning before sprinting back to the start line for the start of racing.

17:40

We're not quite finished with our coverage since we have a small set of pit notes to post plus today's pictures. However we have to get Kirstie to the airport for her flight home so those will be posted in a few hours' time. Stay tuned.

16:55

Final results

FIA Top Fuel Dragster: Tommy Johnson Jr 3.9564/495.41 def. Risto Pouitiainen 4.3782/315.60
FIA Top Methanol Dragster: Fred Hanssen 5.3050/434.08 bye, Dave Wilson shut off
FIA Top Methanol Funny Car: Jonas Staflund 15.5060/77.29 bye, Arvid Grødem no show
FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified: Bruno Bader 6.1039/372.93 def. Micke Gullqvist 8.8511/182.68
FIA Pro Stock: Sampsa Palos 6.7897/330.07 def. Jimmy Ålund 6.7925/331.90

UEM Top Fuel Bike: Peter Svensson 6.0061/354.56 bye, Ian King no show
UEM Supertwin: Per Bengtsson 6.6962/341.34 def. Mark Ashelford 6.9117/342.64
UEM Pro Stock Bike: Jesper Thiel 7.1451/296.38 def. Fredrik Fredlund 7.1598/301.00

Comp Eliminator: Mathias Stenström (7.70) 8.4382/145.43 bye
Super Comp: Bo Ragnebro 8.9000/248.05 def. Niklas Öhlin 8.9691/254.60 red light
Super Gas: Håkan Mattsson 9.9918/225.85 def. Mats Karlsson 9.9301/230.28
Super Street: Janne Karlsson 10.9104/184.62 def. Simon Gustafsson 10.9734/190.61
Stock/Super Stock: Håkan Nordstrom (10.12) 10.1128/204.62 def. Björn Bondesson (10.54) 10.5019/201.72 breakout
Junior Dragster: Iiro Laaksonen (8.07) 8.0879/129.84 def. Kevin Danielsson (8.20) 8.16154/115.83 breakout
Super Gas Bike: Tommy Jonsson 9.6038/211.52 def. Robert Pettersson 9.6529/233.97

Congratulations to Bo Ragnebro for winning the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award with his 8.900 in the Super Comp final.

16:40

FIA Top Fuel Dragster final

Tommy Johnson Jr 3.9564/495.41 def. Risto Pouitiainen 4.3782/315.60

Risto's tyres didn't light on the burnout. Warm track though, maybe it wouldn't affect Risto too badly - it didn't when the same happened to Urs yesterday. Fantastic run for Tommy, the first three-second pass in European 1000-foot competition. 0.875 to sixty for Risto to Tommy's 0.872, Risto's tyres started to smoke about 200 feet out whilst Tommy had the quickest eighth I think I have ever seen, 3.1651/433.39 to Risto's 3.2730/363.88. 0.374 in it at the stripe. Tommy's speed equates to 307.83 mph.

16:38

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified final

Bruno Bader 6.1039/372.93 def. Micke Gullqvist 8.8511/182.68

Bruno got the jump 0.060 to 0.155, 1.009 to sixty feet to Micke's 1.115, Micke hit bad shake past the Tree and the Camaro started to move left and right, a hard left turn towards the centre line and Micke gave up trying. 3.986/299.83 to the eighth for Bruno.

16:35

FIA Top Methanol Dragster final

Fred Hanssen 5.3050/434.08 bye, Dave Wilson shut off

Fred was in stage with the revs up, Grumpy was in pre-stage and the car didn't move forward. Crew Chief David Wilson went up to the car for a look and then signalled the starter to run the lights. Grumpy shut it off. Fantastic run for Fred, 9.933 to sixty, 2.362/268.79 at 330 feet and 3.494/352.48 at the eighth.

16:30

FIA Pro Stock final

Sampsa Palos 6.7897/330.07 def. Jimmy Ålund 6.7925/331.90

Great race! Sampsa away first 0.054 to 0.065, not many leave on Jimmy. Jimmy had the better sixty 1.006 to 1.043, 4.383/262.77 at the eighth for Sampsa to Jimmy's 4.393/262.52, Sampsa took the stripe by 0.013 or 1.19 metres.

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car final

Jonas Staflund 15.5060/77.29 bye, Arvid Grødem no show

No word on what ails Arvid. 1.520 to sixty for Jonas and then on and off the throttle as the FC made a move to the left towards the guardrail. A couple of pumps of the throttle then idled through.

16:20

UEM Supertwin final

Per Bengtsson 6.6962/341.34 def. Mark Ashelford 6.9117/342.64

Mark got away first 0.114 to 0.114, Per had the better sixty 1.132 to 1.225, Per's rear tyre smoked for about 100 feet but he feathered the throttle and stayed ahead 4.428/284.81 at the eighth to 4.587/270.00, 0.097 in it at the stripe.

UEM Top Fuel Bike final

Peter Svensson 6.0061/354.56 bye, Ian King no show

No sign of Ian King, no word on why. Great run for Peter! 1.038 to sixty feet, 2.666/236.74 at 330 feet, 3.9491/314.14 at the eighth and the event title.

16:15

UEM Pro Stock Bike final

Jesper Thiel 7.1451/296.38 def. Fredrik Fredlund 7.1598/301.00

Jesper staged to the left of centre of his lane and got away first 0.014 to 0.081, the better incrementals all the way, 1.104 to sixty to Fredrik's 1.143, 4.538 at the eighth to 4.585, the stripe by 0.082.

16:05

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 4 winners

Kim Andersen (7.42) v Stig Olsson (7.07) no winner - Kim did not finish and Stig was DQ'd for blue line violation, Mathias Stenström (7.70) 17.4040/135.00

Supertwin Top Gas Bike match race

Anna-Lena Asplund 7.8584/264.06 bye

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 4 winners

Tommy Jonsson 9.6921/216.78, Robert Pettersson 10.1005/232.06

15:55

Super Street eliminations round 3 winners

Simon Gustafsson 10.8716/203.70, Janne Karlsson 10.9056/194.04

Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners

Håkan Mattsson 10.0339/200.59, Mats Karlsson 9.8979/230.18

Super Comp eliminations round 4 winners

Niklas Öhlin 8.9677/227.18, Bo Ragnebro 8.8643/236.12

Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 4 winners

Håkan Nordström (10.13) 10.1292/209.63, Björn Bondesson (10.56) 10.5635/200.74

15:30

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 3 winners

Tommy Jonsson 9.5045/231.86 bye, Robert Pettersson 9.7039/232.36, Christer Holmberg 9.7343/189.67, Leif Larsson 9.2436/254.60

Junior Dragster eliminations round 4 winners

Iiro Laaksonen (8.07) 8.0788/129.68, Kevin Danielsson (8.20) 8.2587/121.18

15:20

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners

Simon Gustafsson 10.9862/196.51, Tomas Hägg 10.9135/180.78, Janne Karlsson 10.8647/207.69, Ulf Skytte 10.9673/191.29

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners

Olav Skjervø 10.0022/209.14, Håkan Matsson 9.9545/226.70, Mats Karlsson 9.8917/231.07, Janne Noren 9.8838.178.75

Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners

Niklas Öhlin 8.9480/253.52, Johanna Granholm 8.8812/241.83, Bo Ragnebro staged (bye), Mikael Nilsson 8.9130/258.37

Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 3 winners

Håkan Nordström (10.14) 10.1368/209.46, Rick McCann (10.16) 10.2247/188.94, Bengt Ljungdahl (10.65) 10.6817/189.08, Bjorn Bondesson (10.56) 10.5757/200.30

15:00

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners

Stig Olsson (7.66) 7.4982/222.50, Kim Andersen (7.57) 6.9226/323.55, Matthias Stenström (7.70) 17.4381/143.54 bye (Andreas Arthursson no show)

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners

Amanda Sjöström-Andersson (7.99) 8.0712/131.74, Iiro Laaksonen (8.06) 8.0919/129.37, Kevin Danielsson (8.25) 8.2018/127.84 bye, Joe Kellett (8.00) 8.0819/131.35

14:50

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Tommy Johnsson 9.5296/233.97, Tomas Jonsson 9.3937/232.26 bye, Leif Larsson 10.4826/246.35, Charly Forsberg 9.5870/192.51, Robert Pettersson 13.0332/219.60, Peter Andersson 9.5348/246.13, Christer Holmberg 9.5615/226.23

Supertwin Top Gas Bike match race

Anna-Lena Asplund 9.8911/263.93 bye (Kristina Hegre broke)

14:40

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 3

Bruno Bader 8.2496/215.48 def. Johan Lindberg 6.0162/384.63 DQ

Big -0.1351 red light for Johan wasted a good run and handed the win to Bruno. 0.058 RT for Bruno, 1.012 to sixty feet but shake and off the throttle before the eighth.

Micke Gullqvist 5.9790/387.65 def. Micke Lindahl 6.1061/382.17 DQ

-0.013 red for Micke L gave this one to Micke G and a fantastic pass. 0.996 to sixty and 3.928/307.27 at the eighth.

14:30

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 2

Tommy Johnson Jr 4.0087/487.36 def. Urs Erbacher 4.2484/464.32

Battle of the Eurodragster.com sponsors in this pair. Your reporter is sat very close to the start area and it was interesting to watch the interaction between team members as the Andersen Racing dragster was fired up, Jim Brisette even joined in giving the Andersen Racing dragster a shove towards the bleach box after it was fired up. Great race! Urs got a huge jump on Tommy 0.063 to 0.206 but then TJ's advantage started to build with the much quicker sixty 0.870 to 0.980, getting the advantage at 330 feet 2.237/298.18 to 2.386/288.31, a tenth better at the eighth 3.304/425.53 to 3.401/304.99, and 0.096 in it at the stripe. Tommy's speed converts to 302.86 mph.

Risto Poutiainen 4.0812/489.57 def. Anita Makela 4.0278/483.44

Great race between Anita and Risto taken by Risto courtesy of a 0.092 to 0.146 holeshot. Anita had the better incrementals 0.885 to sixty to Risto's 0.894 and 3.217/422.54 at the eighth to 3.273/418.28 but the start line advantage did the trick for Risto. 304.20 mph for Risto beating TJ's best and 300.40 for Anita, well done guys! The win margin went to the fourth digit, timing system showed 0.000. Big cloud of smoke from Anita's motor past 1000 feet but the track was checked and all was OK. Three 300 mph runs in the semis, great stuff.

14:20

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 2

Jonas Staflund 6.1191/380.01 def. Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.2430/380.01

Jonas Staflund must have read yesterday's report since after round 1 he came in to see your reporter and said simply "Not pedestrian now" - I always did like Jonas. Jonas was on fire in this race, not literally of course, 0.067 RT to Jarmo's 0.119, Jarmo had the better sixty 0.987 to a definitely not pedestrian 1.078 but then hit had shake and had to pedal. 4.041 to the eighth or Jonas to Jarmo's 4.135 and took it by 0.176.

Arvid Grødem 5.8290/397.64 def. Leif Andréasson 14.2362/63.72

Leif handed this one to Arvid with a -0.0537 red light, then hit shake anyway and shut it off. 1.063 to sixty for Arvid, 3.842/320.86 at the eighth, nice run.

14:10

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 2

Dave Wilson 5.3434/430.62 def. Timo Habermann 5.4108/417.31

Great race between Grumpy and Timo. Timo away first 0.121 to 0.142 and had a better sixty 0.901 to 0.968, still had an advantage at the eighth 3.525/337.29 to Grumpy's 3.566/363.39 but that speed advantage worked for Grumpy in the second half and he took the stripe by 0.049.

Fred Hanssen 5.3497/431.65 def. Peter Schöfer 5.4534/416.02

Fred got a big jump 0.055 to 0.168, but Peter had the better sixty foot 0.936 to 0.940, Fred ran close to the centre line to the eighth, Peter had the better eighth 3.364/336.24 to 3.529/349.06 but Fred passed him and took it by 0.216.

14:05

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 2

Sampsa Palos 6.7956/330.48 def. Thomas Lindström 6.8018/329.67

Long staging duel before this one, Thomas went in first but Sampsa got the jump 0.025 to Thomas' 0.063. Thomas has the better sixty 1.001 to 1.049 and the better eighth 4.382 to 4.388 but Sampsa had thr stripe by 0.044.

Jimmy Ålund 6.7721/330.68 def. Michael Malmgren 6.8165/331.49

Almost identical RTs in Jimmy's favour 0.061 to 0.062, Jimmy had a much better sixty foot 1.006 to 1.058 - the difference so much that I double-checked with the timing console. Jimmy had a visible lead by half track 4.362 to 4.111 and had the stripe by 0.046.

13:55

UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2

Peter Svensson 6.0505/366.10 bye

Another great consistent pass for Peter, commentator PiPPi just commented that Peter ought to run in a bracket class. 1.062 to sixty feet and 4.000/313.59 at the eighth.

Ian King 6.3132/329.67 def. Sverre Dahl 6.4754/350.19

Should be a good race, these guys both ran 6.3s last round. Short squirt of a burnout for Sverre. Sverre had the better sixty foot 1.093 to 1.133 but Ian had made that up by half track 4.134 to Sverre's 4.300. 0.129 in it at the stripe.

13:50

UEM Supertwin eliminations round 2

Mark Ashelford 6.6854/349.51 def. Hans Olav Olstad 20.4269/79.73

1.200 to sixty for Mark, 1.245 for Hans Olav then the motor stopped and the front end thumped down. 4.433/280.81 to the eighth for Mark and our Ausralian visitor into the final.

Per Bengtsson 23.7739/50.03 bye, Jaska Salakari no show

Something sinister behind the cloud of smoke from Jaska's motor in the last race, I guess. Per lucked out as his rear tyre went up in smoke at the hit and he idled through.

13:45

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2

Jesper Thiel 7.1125/301.68 def. Rasmus Olesen 7.3708/388.62

Team-mates in this first pair but no team orders here. Rasmus away first 0.077 to 0.089 but Jesper had the better sixty 1.095 to 1.113 and the better eighth 4.536 to 4.672.

Fredrik Fredlund 7.1376/305.43 def. Anders Abrahamsson 7.2849/297.52

Frederik backs up the speed record, well done Fredrik! 1.157 to sixty to Anders' 1.137, 4.573 to 4.653 at the eighth. One more chance to back up the ET record.

13:35

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners

Wild ride for Mathias Stenström, the Volvo getting into a fishtail which became ever more violent. Mathias kept it in his lane, got the chute out, and still got there first! Great driving job. Something came off Andreas Arthursson's Monte Carlo right on the finish line, maybe the scoop.

Stig Olsson (7.66) 7.1673/302.86, Robin Sattler (9.64) 9.2010/189.67, Yngve Solberg (7.07) 6.6762/272.59, Kim Andersen (7.57) 7.2107/302.69 bye (Pär Eriksson no show), Mathias Stenström (7.70) 11.5038/103.87, Andreas Arthursson (7.49) 6.7811/329.27

A quick groom of the track and then we're into the semis of UEM and FIA.

13:25

Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners

Johan Klahr 8.9717/197.51, Niklas Öhlin 8.8876/254.00 bye, Meri-Tuuli Sassi 8.8836/268.92, Johanna Granholm 8.9896/266.01 (after re-run, power cut in Race Control), Bo Ragnebro 8.9970/239.26, Mikael Nilsson 9.1845/219.96, Pelle Noren 9.6173/194.04

Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 2 winners

Håkan Nordström (10.18) 10.2485/190.41,Kent Torving (11.28) 11.3236/176.99, Rick McCann (10.17) 10.1937/202.25, P-A Lindström (10.00) 10.4000/188.02, Bengt Ljungdahl (10.70) 10.8017/170.19, Ari Körkö (9.73) 9.7073/220.95, Björn Bondesson (10.56) 10.6510/199.85, Fredrik Ambros (11.54) 11.5806/180.90 bye (Kenth Nyström broke)

12:45

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners

Mauri Kamppinen 10.9386/179.88, Simon Gustafsson 10.9697/207.21, Jennifer Gustafsson 10.9111/205.71, Tomas Hägg 10.8911/197.08, Johan Stam 10.8651/165.49, Janne Karlsson 10.9888/210.44, Ulf Skytte 10.9597/200.89 bye (Thomas Greis no show), Jan Jonsson 10.7677/201.64 bye (Tony Åberg no show)

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Kent Elofsson 10.0291/217.74, Olav Skjerv&osoash; 10.0136/203.39, Fredrik Sandberg 9.8994/207.37, Håkan Mattsson 9.9391/226.99, Bosse Hall 9.8964/223.97 bye (Gideon Liljegren no show), Mats Karlsson 9.8432/230.77 bye (Harald Johanssen no show), Janne Noren 9.9439/214.80 bye (Anders Envall no show), Erik Jansson 10.0036/185.19

12:30

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners

Johanna Carlsson (7.90) 8.1578/124.02, Amanda Sjöström-Andersson (7.99) 8.0640/132.39, Iiro Laaksonen (8.05) 8.0893/129.47, Marcus Back Anderssson (7.90) 7.9653/131.48, Kevin Danielsson (8.25) 8.2856/111.13, Angelica Bäckman (9.00) 9.1120/115.09, Joe Kellett (8.00) 8.0309/132.16,

12:25

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Bruno Bader 6.1183/371.39 def. Adam Flamholc 11.2987/123.65

-0.098 red for Adam handed this to Bruno, Adam then hit shake and had to shut off as the car made a move. 0.0718 RT for Bruno, storming 0.996 to sixty feet and 3.993/298.18 to the eighth.

Johan Lindberg 5.9876/384.89 def. Marc Meihuizen 7.7120/206.74

Marc got away first 0.029 to 0.062, 0.998 to sixty for Johan to Marc's 1.022. Marc then hit shake and the car started to move left and right, Marc pedalled and tried to give it another go but the car would not go straight and he shut it off. 3.932/307.17 to the eighth for Johan and the first five-second pass for the Lindberg brothers, well done guys!

Micke Gullqvist 6.0181/384.99 def. Freddy Fagerström 6.3418/371.90

0.994 to sixty for Micke to Freddy's 1.019, Freddy hit shake and had to pedal twice, clear lead for Micke at the eighth 3.954/353.40 to 4.204/340.91.

Micke Lindahl 6.1214/380.01 def. Urban Johansson 15.0859/66.55

Micke needed two goes at the burnout after rolling straight through the water first time. Instant spin for Urban at the hit and he shut off. 1.024 to sixty for Micke and 4.023/298.67 at the eighth.

12:15

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

Jesper Thiel 7.0890/300.84 def. Dave Beck 7.3707/289.70

Staging duel before this one. Jesper got the benefit of it 0.102 to 0.209 and had the better sixty 1.084 to 1.120. Clear lead over Eurodragster.com Blogger Dave by the eighth 4.508 to 4.690, 0.388 at the line.

Rasmus Olesen 7.3700/288.77 def. Martin Bishop 7.4543/289.70

Martin handed this one to Rasmus with a -0.390 red light. 1.121 to sixty for Rasmus and 4.676/239.89 at the eighth.

Fredrik Fredlund 7.0486/306.12 def. Kenneth Vik 7.2704/293.00

Fantastic run for Fredrik! Kenneth away first 0.010 to 0.142 but it was all about Fredrik from then on, 1.102 to sixty to 1.125, 4.490 at the eighth to 4.628. 0.090 at the stripe. Fredrik on the first half of European ET and speed records, well done Fredrik!

Anders Abrahamsson 7.2481/298.67 def. Kalle Lyrén 7.3578/292.37

Great race between Eurodragster.com blogger Kalle and Anders. Kalle got away first 0.020 to 0.044 but Anders was pulling it back by sixty feet 1.131 to 1.177, Anders ahead at the eighth 4.633 to 4.698. Great ET for Anders and great ET for Kalle on his new bike.

11:55

UEM Supertwin eliminations round 1

Mark Ashelford 6.6185/351.11 def. Jan Sturla Hegre 6.7223/332.51

Great race! Mark away first 0.117 to 0.126, Jan Sturla had the better sixty 1.116 to 1.174 and a slightly better 4.366 to 4.376, Mark caught and passed him in the second half and won by 0.113. Both went straight, no problems, still looks weird seeing the chute open behind Mark's bike.

Jaska Salakari 6.6038/296.22 def. Svein Olav Rolfstad 10.5060/136.54

Svein Olav's tyre blazed at the hit. 1.092 to sixty for Jaska whilst Svein Olav got off and on the throttle then through the smoke we saw a flash of flame from his motor. 4.197/292.68 at the eighth for Jaska, smoke from his motor right on the stripe but the track checked and OK in both lanes.

Per Bengtsson 6.5211/348.61 def. Lorenz Stäuble 6.7419/341.56

Great race! Lo away first 0.108 to 0.150 but Per had a much better sixty 1.126 to 1.169, Lo took the long way round and got close to the rail whilst Per was straight down the middle of his lane, 4.286 to 4.453 at the eighth and the win by 0.179.

Hans Olav Olstad 6.7003/336.24 def. Christian Jäger 7.7804/287.85

Christian got a bug jump 0.063 to 0.112, 1.132 to sixty to Hans Olav's 1.154, then Christian's tyre went up in smoke and the bike got close to the centre line, Christian had to feather the throttle whilst Hans Olav went straight and true, big advantage by the eighth 4.406/283.17 to 5.140/223.42 and 1.031 in it at the stripe.

11:45

UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1

Peter Svensson 6.0451/370.37 bye, Jaska Salakari no show

No sign of Jaska and Peter could have been forgiven for taking it easy, but he didn't. Fantastic pass! 1.0638 to sixty, 4.004/314.14 at the eighth, straight and clean run.

Ian King 6.3710/333.95 def. Peter Andersson-Ström 7.6724/286.02

Well done to the Gulf Oil/Grand Prix Originals team on a mammoth effort to get Ian back on track after yesterday's excursion into the gravel. The bike looked immaculate, you would never have known it was the same vehicle as the bike in yesterday's pictures. Peter got a big jump on Ian 0.116 to 0.238, Peter to sixty in 1.134 to Ian's quicker 1.129, Peter's bike started to move to the right and he shut it off as he almost crossed the centre line. 4.175/297.03 at the eighth for Ian and another superb pass for the new bike.

Sverre Dahl 6.3444/360.00 def. Petri Pakjakka 7.7334/308.92

Sverre sees Ian's 6.3 and raises him a 6.3. 1.096 to sixty to Petri's 1.411, Petri's bike seemed to be down on power all the way, 5.140/240.04 to the eighth to Sverre's much quicker 4.187/297.19.

11:35

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 1

Jonas Staflund 6.0201/381.36 def. Ulf Leanders 6.2410/392.44

You've heard of last-photographer burnouts, I thought Ulf was going for a last-spotter burnout, went a looong way on the gas. Ulf away first 0.070 to 0.130 and had the much quicker sixty foot time 0.955 to Jonas' 1.040. The it started to go wrong for the IronCad car, hit shake and made a move to the right and then the left, looked to be up on one wheel at one point and from where I was sat it looked as if the rear left slick crossed the centre line. Ulf did a great job to get the car back into his lane and avoid the 330 foot reflectors but had to pedal it to get it straight and Jonas was away, 3.955/309.10 at the eighth to Ulf's 4.170/290.01, Jonas took the stripe by 0.162.

Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.8923/301.17 def. Jürgen Nagel 7.1665/376.31

Bizarre race this one. It started with Jürgen's tow car breaking down and having to be pushed out of the way. Jarmo got the jump on Jürgen 0.166 to 0.273, Jürgen's tyres went up in smoke at the hit and he gave it a couple of pedals. Meanwhile Jarmo got to sixty in 0.978 then hit shake which deployed one chute, he pedalled and then dragged the chute under power. Jürgen must have seen Jarmo's chute since he got back on the throttle and tried to chase him down, didn't quite make it but very entertaining.

Arvid Grødem 5.8224/383.80 def. Dan Larsen 8.5289/174.42

Dan got a big jump off the line, 0.125 to Arvid's 0.374, Arvid started to make it up with a quicker sixty 1.007 to 1.007. Dan's tyres then started to haze then blaze, the Avenger moved left and right annd got to the eighth in 4.862/216.78 but Arvid was well ahead by then, 3.809/317.46 and into the next round. Clean-up in Arvid's lane.

Leif Andréasson 5.7836/397.35 Danny Bellio 6.4057/393.59

Leif almost crossed the centre line on his way back from the burnout, doesn't matter of course but you don't see that every day. Danny got away first 0.119 to Leif's 0.142, not much in their sixty foot times, Leif a tad quicker 0.979 to 0.982. Danny hit shake and pedalled, Leif pulled ahead and had a clear lead at the eighth 3.794/321.43 to Danny's 4.327/288.15, then I think I may have cursed the car yesterday saying that it no longer bounces since the Stratus got a serious bounce on, you could hear the motor note going up and down as the car bounced, but Leif kept hold of it and took the stripe by 0.599.

11:15

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 1

Dave Wilson 8.6174/195.44 def. Paul Ingar Udtian 5.6983/410.33 DQ

-0.0411 red for Paul Ingar handed this to Grumpy who lucked out as his tyres went up in smoke at the hit. A long pedal, 4.976/200.00 at the eighth but a win is a win. By comparison Paul Ingar clocked 3.780/331.90 at the eighth but all for naught.

Timo Habermann 5.4118/418.93 def. Dennis Habermann 5.4205/424.19

Great drag race between the brothers, Timo away first 0.014 to 0.048 and had the much quicker sixty foot 0.907 to 0.936. Still ahead at the eighth 3.5344/339.20 to Dennis' 3.5593 at a faster 341.34, 0.042 between them at the finish line.

Peter Schöfer 5.4780/395.89 def. Derek Flynn 5.5403/422.54

Peter just got the jump on Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek 0.069 to 0.077 and had the better sixty foot time 0.945 to 0.985. Clean run for both, no visible shake for either, Peter with a big advanage at the eighth 3.581/339.20 to 3.699/347.04, Derek was on a top end charge but not quite enough, Peter took the stripe by 0.070.

Fred Hanssen 5.5472/428.91 def. Esko Raisvuo 6.2002/408.47

Esko in as an alternate for Krister Johansson. More and more stetsons on Fred's team, we now have three of them. Long staging duel with Fred up on the revs. Big start line advantage for Fred 0.117 to 0.200, smoke from Esko's headers and the motor hesitated, Fred at sixty in 0.970 to Esko's 1.206, Esko's cylinders cleared and the car really picked up but Fred was long gone, 3.697 at the eighth to Esko's 4.247 and the stripe by 0.736.

11:00

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1

Sampsa Palos 6.7926/330.28 def. Richard Sundblom 6.7628/332.10

Sampsa got the jump on Nixxon 0.040 to 0.075, Nixxon had the better incrementals from then on, 1.031 to sixty to Sampsa's 1.037 and 4.365 at the eighth to 4.381, Sampsa's start line advantage was enough to take the stripe by 0.004 or 36.90 centimetres.

Michael Malmgren 6.8014/331.09 def. Tommy Leindahl 6.8620/325.50

Tommy got the jump at the start 0.059 to 0.092 and had the better sixty 1.039 to 1.055, Michael's car made a move to the right which list him some time about 100 feet out but he still had the better eighth 4.398 to 4.418 and was first by 0.026.

Jimmy Ålund 6.7840/330.88 def. Jonas Dantanus 6.8266/325.89

Holeshot for Dante 0.023 to Jimmy's 0.050, Jimmy soon started to pull that back with the better sixty foot 1.015 to 1.032, had an advantage at the eighth 4.376 to Dante's 4.385, through to the next round by 0.016.

Thomas Lindström 6.7340/332.51 def. Micke Callin 6.8430/326.09

A star is born! Thomas had all the numbers in this one, leaving first 0.047 to 0.060, the better sixty 1.008 to 1.020, and 4.340 at the eighth to Micke's 4.400. Mopar is back, straight down the middle of the lane. Nothing visibly amiss for Micke, just plain outrun.

10:45

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 1

Top Fuel Dragster is being contested over 1000 feet at this event.

Urs Erbacher 4.1250/454.93 def. Micke Kågered 4.3761/372.16

Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs had all the numbers on this one. Away first 0.097 to Micke's 0.144, 0.900 to sixty to 0.978 for the Bahco Tools dragster, looked like a cylinder out for Urs from about 300 feet but he was way ahead at the eighth 3.282/410.33 to 3.429/396.48, 0.298 in it at the stripe.

Anita Mäkelä 4.1880/359.76 def. Antti Horto 5.1447/226.80

Antti got the jump 0.120 to 0.138 but Anita was catching by sixty feet 0.882 to Antti's 0.898. Antti was off the throttle before the eighth, 3.596/262.52 whilst Anita was on a strong one 3.221/419.25, looked like Anita lost her blower belt about 800 feet out but took the stripe by 0.938.

Risto Poutiainen 4.1036/379.57 def. Andy Carter 15.7696/128.60

I am guessing Andy staged for points in this one since the Lucas Oil Team West-Tec car didn't move at the green and then idled down the track. 0.050 RT for Risto, 0.885 to sixty feet, going great guns at the eighth 3.227/410.02. A sweep-up and small pieces picked up from Timo's lane.

Tommy Johnson Jr 4.0332/490.02 def. Timo Lehtimäki 4.3909/423.86

Tommy and the Andersen Racing team in imperious form on this one giving Timo little chance. 0.880 to sixty to Timo's 0.920, big speed at the eighth 3.338/422.87 to Timo's 3.463/366.85. Tommy's speed converts to 304.48 mph.

10:00

FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Bruno Bader 6.1556/369.86 def. Jan Gunnarsson 6.1866/374.74

Jan got away first 0.101 to 0.126, Bruno had the better sixty foot 1.004 to 1.043, looked like Bruno was going to lose some time as the Vette moved left and right but still had the better eighth 4.017 to 4.066, Jan had the straighter run but Bruno took ths stripe.

Freddy Fagerström 6.5985/355.26 def. Niclas Andersson 9.2830/149.09

Niclas visibly moved first 0.018 to 0.066 and had the better sixty foot time 1.009 to Freddy's 1,033. Both hit shake, the Old 51 took a hard right towards the guardrail and Niclas shut it off. A pedal for Freddy, 4.288 at the eighth shows about 0.2 lost but Freddy through.

Micke Lindahl 6.1416/378.68 def. Per Svedberg 6.1323/378.95

Micke got the jump 0.059 to Per's 0.073, Per had the better sixty 1.010 to 1.026, both cars straight down their lanes with no sign of shake. 4.025 to the eighth for Per, 4.025 for Micke but Micke's holeshot was enough to get him the stripe. Huge cloud of smoke from Per's Demon in the shutdown area, track checked and all OK.

Johan Lindberg 6.0564/385.16 def. Andy Robinson 6.1734/372.93 DQ

-0.031 red for Andy handing this one to Johan. 1.025 to sixty for Johan, 3.994/305.43 at the eighth, straight run with no sign of shake.

Marc Meihuizen 6.1610/377.09 def. Kristian Nyström 6.1965/370.88

Big jump for Marc 0.085 to 0.252, Marc had a great sixty foot 0.999 to Kristian's 1.018, Kristian had the better eighth 4.045 to 4.054 but Marc took ths stripe.

Urban Johansson 6.1585/368.35 def. Mats Eriksson 10.8732/128.39 DQ

Big -0.147 red for Mats gave it to Urban but then Mats hit bad shake and shut off anyway. 1.013 to sixty for Urban, 4.018 at the eighth, straight run. Mats later came to see us in Race Control to explain that he had a problem with oil pressure, he intended to stage and run to sixty feet since his pressure was sufficient for that, but that he was looking from the stage light to the oil pressure light and that threw his concentration.

Micke Gullqvist 5.9888/385.16 def. Roger Johansson 6.4644/286.62 DQ

-0.001 red for Roger handed it to Micke. 0.970 to sixty for Micke, 3.926/304.91 at the eighth - the quickest Pro Mod eighth I think I have ever seen leading to the weekend's first Pro Mod five. Cloud of smoke and a body panel departed Roger's car at about 1100 feet. Track was OK so hopefully nothing serious.

Adam Flamholc 6.0518/382.44 def. Norbert Kuno 6.4164/351.79

Norbert got a visible jump on Adam 0.048 to 0.167, Adam the better sixty 1.026 to 1.051. Norbert hit shake and tried to drive through it whilst Adam's car got a serious fishtail on but he hung onto it with a superb 3.990/302.86 to half track whilst Norbert had lost time by the eighth 4.184/281.54. Adam pulled it straight in the second half.

09:30

We had a sprinkle of rain during the presentation, just running the jet dryer over the track and we'll be on our way.

08:40

Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Sweden Internationals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car.

Sun and a small amount of high cloud this morning, not quite as warm as the last few days. Sun on the track, cooler air...I guess we'd best stand by with the superlatives.

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At this point we would normally say a big raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman but they are here with us. So instead we will say a big Good Morning to our good buddy and Honorary Eurodragster.com Staff Member Erik Zettervall who is tuned in from Linköping. Glad to hear you are enjoying the coverage Erik and hope that you continue to enjoy it today. Of course, you should be here.

We are due to start at 09:00 with the presentation of top qualifiers, then the first round of Pro Mod takes place at 09:20. Pro Mod is followed by an official opening ceremony at 10:00, then we have FIA and UEM eliminations and the second round of Pro Mod, then into Sportsman eliminations and so on.

Stay tuned and when the first pair fire up we'll be back with the news. We will aim to post pair-by-pair during Pro eliminations so keep hitting Refresh once we get going.