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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 22:40 Simon has posted a second mammoth set of pit notes and we have also posted today's gallery, both of which you can access via the Event Index. Today's gallery features one hundred and forty pictures including a contribution from our good friend Markus Ek to whom many thanks. If you do not see all one hundred and forty updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. 18:55 Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Håkan Braw 8.5987/271.49 bye, Thorsten Appel 8.8787/229.49, Roger Östlund 9.1960/241.07, Dag Wagenius 9.3983/223.51, Jacob Åhlen 8.9390/249.88, Niclas Johansson 9.1045/217.83, Peter Andersson 9.5126/217.57, Nils-Ola Andersson 8.6013/253.88, Håkan Karlsson 8.8807/221.22, Bert Nilsen 8.5093/257.63, Peter Svensson 9.0459/249.54 That's the on-track action done for today. Stay tuned as Simon has more pit notes for you and of course we have today's gallery to post. 18:05 Super Gas Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Jarkko Niemi 9.5444/230.77 bye, Tomas Jonsson 9.8978/198.90, Kristoffer Jarbo 9.9273/235.19, Douglas Holmberg 10.2655/168.22, Kristo Korpela 9.5893/232.56, Thomas Nordin 9.6060/211.27, Jonas Lundberg 9.7692/215.48, Tommie Johansson 9.7160/197.80, Inge André Østhagen 9.9564/181.94 17:55 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners: Kjell Gisslar (10.08) 10.2010/209.87, Örjan Hällström (10.28) 10.4084/205.09, Ari Körkkoö (9.19) 9.3466/211.76, Tarmo Mikkola (9.94) 10.0339/187.30, Jarmo Markkanen (10.26) 10.2984/209.30, Christer Lidberg (10.70) 10.8888/197.30, Glenn Appelgren (10.63) 10.70885/183.36, Timo Eeronen (8.97) 9.0677/231.56, Uffe Edwardsson (10.33) 10.3068/204.31, P-A Lindström (10.45) 10.6128/173.08, Anders Hållén (10.98) 11.2199/171.05, Mathias Färm (9.97) 10.2549/178.87, Björn Bondesson (10.30) 10.3426/203.47, Noora Laine (12.36) 12.4927/166.92, Bengt Ljungdahl (10.48) 11.5291/140.19, Tomas Wallin (11.29) 11.4073/171.27 17:30 Leif Helander followed Pro Mod with an exhibition pass in the Starkotter Fuel Funny Car. Motor shut off within a few seconds of starting. Cranked over to clear the cylinders then restarted. 1.0125 to sixty, 3.7519/358.33 at the eighth and 4.7054/296.48 at 1000 feet, off it by that point. Next up, Sportsman eliminations. 17:25 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Roger Johansson 9.6151/157.07 bye; Jan Bränvall 8.9122/237.05 bye; Jari Parén 18.4155/94.54 bye; Mattias Wulcan no time bye; Marko Lantto no time bye, Joakim Backman shut off; Norbert Kuno did not start (bye); Johan Lindberg 6.1764/378.68, Stefan Holmberg 7.8460/213.51; Mats Eriksson 9.3448/145.59, Tero Laukkonen 6.9878/311.06; Micke Lindahl 10.2638/143.43, Anders Nilsson 9.0091/170.24; Bert-Ove Olofsson 6.0946/381.63, Patrik Wikströl 8.3917/184.74; Urban Johansson 6.3810/371.13, Tami Brander 6.1300/371.64; Ola Dahlblom 6.1003/375.26, Marc Meihuizen 6.0957/378.95; Bruno Bader 6.1159/369.61, Jan Gunnarsson 6.2532/367.85; Terje Håkonsen 6.2129/362.42, Martin Lundkvist no time; Niclas Andersson 11.7495/112.34 bye Roger's car sounded to be misfiring in the burnout. Gentle launch, going through gears but the car made a move towards the centre line about 400 feet out and Roger shut it off. Gentle launch also for Jan, of I didn't know better I'd say it was a second gear launch - that's how it sounded. Stopped on the shutdown area and had to be rescued. Jari launched, hit shake and lost drive and something came off the car. Got drive back and cleared the track at the finish line exit. Meanwhile Joakim Backman had been sat in front of Race Control for all of the above runs; we thought that maybe the race officials had instituted a First Alternate system for qualifying, still awaiting his turn as Mattias ran. 1.4532 to sixty for Mattias, driving through shake but then the car moved to the right and took out the eighth-mile reflectors. Brief hold for clean-up. Joakim finally got his turn to fire up but then shut off as he approached the bleach box and was pushed away. Markko took the bye, got to sixty in 1.0699 but then the Vette turned to the right and took out the 330 foot reflector. Norbert's crew rushed to retrieve something from the tow quad before starting the motor... or more accurately attempting to start the motor since it didn't want to know and Norbert was eventually signalled by a race official to give it up and go back to the pits. Finally a pair! Johan at the unsafe end of the ladder likely planning to pull out the big one in this session to make sure of it. 1.0060 to sixty driving through shake, hanging on as the Firebird fishtailed, 4.0698/298.18 at the eighth. Improvement but only good for one place up the ladder. Stefan looked to launch in second, very languid run. 0.9932 to sixty for Mats then the Green Goblin's tyres started to shake big time moving the car towards the centre line and Mats shut it off. 1.1059 to sixty for Tero, car sounded to be lacking in grunt although it stull got into the sixes; no improvement on his previous best. Paired shake for Micke L and Anders. Both gave it one go, Anders' Cuda turned for the guardrail and he shut it off. Micke shut it off about 100 feet out. Shake for Patrik after a sixty of 1.0737, pedalled a couple of times then gave it up. 1.0128 to sixty for Bert-Ove, 4.0030/299.00 to the eighth, straight run and up the ladder a couple of spots. 1.0419 to sixty for Urban, 1.0146 for Tami, think I heard a pedal from Urban, 4.2203 eighth would tend to confirm that something took some time off. 4.0072/298.84 to the eighth for Tami and off the bump spot, probably safe at that point. Great match between Ola and Marc. Ola to sixty in 1.0070 to Marc's 1.0045, paired three-second eighths - not seen that very often - 3.9910/299.50 for Ola to Marc's 3.9930/298.01. Marc one place up the ladder. Good race between Bruno and Jan but no changes in position. 1.0106 to sixty for Bruno, 1.0667 for Jan. No sign of shake for either. 3.9877/298.84 at the eighth for Bruno to Jan's 4.0826/287.39. 1.0465 to sixty for Terje, 1.0600 for Martin. Martin's car started to head to the right and sideswiped the guardrail right on the eighth 4.0612/306.99. 4.0822/295.89 to the eighth for Terje. 1.0136 to sixty for Niclas, hideous shake and the car turned hard right, shut it off about 120 feet out. Qualifying after this session:
16:35 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Håkan Fällström 5.4807/207.37 bye; Micke Kågered 7.0030/155.53, Patrik Pers 4.1746/475.77; Antti Horto did not start, Jari Halinen 4.3337/368.10 bye; Anita Mäkelä 4.1572/458.02, Urs Erbacher 4.4555/384.62; Risto Poutiainen 6.8206/141.03, Janne Ahonen 4.1079/476.19 0.9190 to sixty for Håkan, smoke from the headers around 100 feet continued until he shut it off about 250 feet out. 2.3772/273.56 at 330 feet, slowing 3.972/241.29 at the eighth. No sign of Chris Andrews in the lanes so the DNQs settled at this point. RT for Patrik of 4.2915, Micke was almost at the eighth before he hit it. 0.9350 to sixty for Micke, tyre shake and shut it off 150 feet or so out. 0.9080 to sixty for Patrik, 3.3484/407.85 at the eighth at which point there was smoke and a fkash of flame from his motor. Track checked and OK, his time good for a move one spot up the ladder. Antti's team then towed him back to the pits, no word why. Jari took the bye, looked like a good one to start with; 0.9066 to sixty, the car started to head for the centre line and Jari clicked it off right on the eighth 3.3832/389.89 and pulled the car away from the line. We're pretty well sealed-in here in Race Control but nitro fumes got in here from Anita and Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs. 0.9027 to sixty for Anita to Urs' strangely slow (relative to Top Fuel) 1.1870. Anita going great guns at 330 feet 2.2859/292.52 to Urs' 2.5709/299.00 and looking good at the eighth too 3.2981/397.94 to Urs' 3.5444/417.63. Just after the eighth there was a bang, smoke and a flash of flame from Urs' motor. Track OK, hopefully nothing serious. 0.9038 to sixty for Risto, 0.8832 for Janne. Risto's tyres went up in smoke, about 150 feet out, the dragster turned to the right and there was a flash of flame from the motor and that was Risto's run done. 2.2889/289.86 at 330 feet for Janne, 3.2841/413.16 at the eighth, puff of smoke and from the dragster's body language it looked from here like the blower belt broke right on the 1000 feet. Qualifying after this session:
16:15 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Bo Pettersson no time, Harry Sturhan 7.8687/230.47; Christian Sagelv 6.9109/319.72, Magnus Pettersson 6.9523/321.05; Ulf Wagnhester 6.8390/324.32 DQ, Mats Jacobsson 6.9774/321.05; Michael Malmgren 13.8532/97.23, Sampsa Palos 6.7881/326.09; Thomas Lindström 6.6660/334.26, Richard Sundblom 6.7454/329.27; Micke Callin 6.7655/332.72, Jimmy Ålund 6.6987/332.72 Bo left before the lights ran, the car was moving left and right but nothing compared to Harry's pass. 1.1150 to sixty then the car started to make violent moves. Harry stayed with it but just last half track we saw both sides of the car and he shut it off. Small improvements for both Christian and Magnus. 1.0263 to sixty for Christian, Magnus there in 1.0045 Magnus' car moved to the left then the right but he had it covered. 4.4309 to sixty for Christian and 4.4488 for Magnus. As things stood here Christian was racing tomorrow and Magnus is first alternate. 1.0168 to sixty for Ulf and 1.0446 for Mats; Mats' car was heading for the 660-foot reflector pretty much as soon as he left the line and he tugged it away quite abruptly. 4.4935 at he eighth to Ulf's 4.3964. Ulf's run subsequently DQ'd for weight violation. Michael left the line with the front wheels in the air, 1.0494 shaking like nobody's business, shut ot off just past the tree as he got close to the centre line. 1.0131 to sixty for Sampsa, 4.3662/260.24 at the eighth. Excellent match between Thomas and Nixxon. Stunner at sixty feet for Thomas, 0.9871 to Nixxon's 1.0086, 4.2856/265.88 at the eighth to Nixxon's 4.3390/262.77. Thomas up into #1. Another great pair between Micke and Jimmy to close the session. 1.0134 to sixty for Micke to Jimmy's 0.9902, Jimmy had the better eighth too 4.3099/264.19 to 4.3751/263.67. Some consistent passes in this session makes me wonder whether raceday tune-ups weren't being tested. Qualifying after this session:
15:55 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Chris Polidano 5.7133/420.56, Timo Habermann no time; Krister Johansson 5.7503/402.38, Peter Schöfer 5.3960/418.60; Manty Bugeja 5.7771/410.96, Dennis Habermann 17.364/43.26 Timo's motor cut out a few feet off the line. First thought was blower belt but it I could see it intact on the car as the crew pushed it away. 1.0733 to sixty for Chris, 3.8820/343.07, looked like a couple of cylinders out but he stayed on it all the way. Krister left the line with at least one cylinder out, on the right side. 1.0428 to sixty to Peter's 0.9037 which is really going some. 3.8309/334.78 to the eighth for Krister with the pipe still out on the right side, 3.5231/341.77 for Peter. Improvement but stayed in third. Rapid 0.9316 sixty for Manty, 1.1002 for Dennis with tyres already shaking violently. Dennis pedalled twice then got off the gas. 3.8398/320.67 to the eighth for Manty, we were all surprised by the ET and speed since the run looked a lot quicker - had we paid more attention to the eighth we would have realised that we called that one wrong. Qualifying after this session:
15:45 Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Jonnie Lindberg did not start (bye); Micke Larsson 6.2402/303.37, Jonas Staflund 6.9865/222.31; Ulf Leanders 12.1500/94.95, Danny Bellio 6.4702/342.21; Leif Andréasson 5.6028/411.90, Arvid Grødem 8.5910/172.86 Jonnie's FC was towed away without an attempt made to start it. No word thus far on the problem. Jonas well on his way back from his burnout before Micke rolled forward for his own burnout. 0.9804 to sixty for Micke to Jonas' 1.0879. Then all eyes on Jonas' FC as it got a serious bounce on and then the motor started to smoke, 4.1188/254.96 at the eighth getting close to the centre line then the blower panel burst and the hood relief panel flew off the car. 3.9809/304.91 to the eighth for Micke, shut off before the stripe but one place up the ladder. Clean-up in Jonas' lane from sixty feet to the eighth. Shakefest for Ulf and Danny, 1.0830 to sixty for Ulf and 1.0100 for Danny, both shaking by then. Ulf off the gas. Danny pedalled and gave it another go, then shut it off and had the chutes out approaching the stripe. Lightnign in the distance as the next pair started up. 0.9595 to sixty for Leif to Arvid's 1.0441, Arvid hit shalke and pedalled a couple of times but had to give it up as the FC went way out of shape. 3.6911/332.10 to the eighth for Leif, consistent run with his #1 number. Qualifying after this session:
15:00 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Kai Selkämaa broke (bye); Rikard Gustafsson 6.5635/337.92 bye; Ian King 6.3340/362.17, Peter Svensson 8.4798/162.90 Kai shut off after the burnout. Nice run for Rikard, the bike sounds like it is hardly trying. 1.1210 to sixty and 4.2837/283.22 at the eighth. Again Ian let Peter go for a second or so before leaving. 1.0912 to sixty for Ian, 1.0112 for Peter. Peter had to shut off as his bike headed for the centre line. 4.2134/299.50 to the eighth for Ian. Qualifying after this session:
14:50 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Job Heezen 6.9690/300.84, Vesa Lippoinen 10.3108/248.05; Torbjörn Svensson 12.5778/192.58, Roman Sixta 7.4652/285.41; Matti Vähäsaari 7.7281/277.35, Jan Sturla Hegre 14.4637/87.11; Anna-Lena Asplund 8.0440/257.51, Trond Høiberget 7.1474/320.86; Martijn de Haas 7.5216/227.66, Greger Johansson 7.4092/278.21; Vidar Ravnsborg 7.3296/327.67, Christian Jäger 7.4654/332.51; Hans Olav Olstad 7.0419/338.13, Ismo Mäenpäa 7.0242/326.28; Per Bengtsson 12.1171/107.21, Svein Olav Rolfstad 6.6737/321.05; Jaska Salakari 6.4527/358.33 bye; Nate Gagnon 6.5868/351.33, Samu Kemppainen 6.7225/338.35 Job finally on the ladder after three torrid sessions. 1.1486 to sixty, a feather of the throttle, 4.5856/264.84 at the eighth. Vesa's bike headed for the centre line and he shut it off. Torbjörn was off the throttle passing the Tree as the bike headed for the centre line. Improvement for Roman good for one spot on the ladder but spectating tomorrow. 1,1739 to sixty for Jan Sturla then smoke and a ball of flame from his motor. Jan Sturla punched the air in frustration. 1.2173 to sixty for Matti improved but watching tomorrow. Nice run for Trond to put himself into the ladder at that point, albeit on the bump spot, 1.2044 to sixty, 4.6878/257.76 at the eighth, from here it looked like his legs were out in the air rather than his feet being on the pegs. Clean-up in Trond's lane. 1.2339 to sixty for Martijn to Greger's 1.1631, Martijn's motor sounded to be labouring and he was off the gas before the stripe. 4.5557 to the eighth for Greger. Christian's tyre went up in smoke at the hit, feathered the throttle and got back on it. Straight clean run for Vidar but both he and Christian spectating tomorrow. 1.1343 to sixty for Hans Olav, 1.2596 for Ismo. Hans Olan's tyre went up in smoke and he had to feather. 4.7515 to sixty for Hans Olav to Ismo's 4.6518. Ismo into tomorrow's ladder at that point. 1.1509 to sixty for Per then his slick started to smoke about 100 feet out, 1.2043 for Svein Olav. Per was off it by the eighth, 4.4445/292.68 at the eighth for Svein Olav whose motor started to smoke in the second half. Track checked and all OK. Great run for Jaska to take #1 spot. 1.1487 to sixty, slowly heading for the centre line and motor smoking, 4.3178/298.67 at the eighth continuing to smoke through the second half. First half of a new European ET record, well done Jaska! Track OK so bike OK hopefully. Great pair between Nate and Samu, 1.1499 to sixty for Nate to Samu's 1.1409, 4.3602 at the eighth for Nate to Samus's 4.4040, Nate improved but not enough to take back #1. Qualifying after this session:
14:30 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Bo Thorselius 8.7409/232.76, Elvira Karlsson 8.2079/286.78; Timo Savoilainen 7.8355/275.23, Kalle Lyrén 7.2386/293.48; Ulf Ögge 7.0971/303.37, Anders Larsson 8.1786/189.87; Fredrik Fredlund 7.0256/302.69 bye Sounded like gear selection problems for Elvira. Clean run for Bo, improved ET but stayed eighth. Another 7.2 for Eurodragter.com Blogger Kalle, consistency wins races. Improvement for Timo but stayed in place. Ulf first to back up a new ET record, his 7.065 from an earlier session, well done Ulf! 1.0951 to sixty and 4.5300/250.70 at the eighth. Anders had to back off after getting close to the rail. Well, Ulf's record lasted a moment as Fredrik sets a new best backed up by his previous qualifying time. 1.0745 to sixty, 4.4573/252.92 at the eighth, well done Freddy, Gary and the guys! Qualifying after this session:
14:20 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Great driving job by Per Bergström to save his dragster after it turned right in the traps and crossed lanes right next to Emil Eriksson. How he kept it off the right guardrail let alone away from Emil at that speed I couldn't tell you but he kept it upright and got the chute out. Scary view from here but likely worse from where Per was sitting. John Bradshaw (7.95) 9.8050/128.72 bye; Jan Ericsson (7.52) 6.9972/298.51; Emil Eriksson (7.86) 7.2718/305.95; Andreas Arthursson (7.39) 6.9430/306.30; Odd Erik Fossum (7.45) 6.6532/332.10; Nina Olsson (7.45) 7.6059/235.60; Matti Rajamaki (8.74) 8.7962/242.91 bye (Krister Adeen no show); Micke Lindahl (7.16) 6.8290/342.42 bye (Stefan Gustafsson no show); Kenneth Felthusen (7.25) 21.7019/50.86 bye (Bjørn Johansen no show); Yngve Solberg (7.12) 6.8215/285.26; Stig Olsson (7.66) 7.4604/225.19; Mats Erlandsson (7.16) 7.5465/306.12; Lars-Georg Johansson (8.16) 7.7986/234.68; Mathias Stenström (7.50) no time bye (Lars-Ove Berglund no show) 13:40 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Tami Brander 6.3090/358.57, Jan Brännvall 8.8440/244.12; Micke Johansson 7.1049/314.50 Jari Parén 8.1741/212.60; Stefan Holmberg 7.0699/328.07, Mats Eriksson 6.2002/379.48; Joakim Backman 7.5350/285.26, Marko Lantto 7.4547/324.13; Fredrik Lundh 6.8346/265.62, Johan Lindberg 6.2197/385.71; Anders Nilsson 6.6141/355.73, Mattias Wulcan 7.8637/205.71; Tero Laukkanen 10.1424/176.88, Micke Lindahl 6.1301/374.74; Patrik Wikström 6.3722/359.04, Norbert Kuno 7.1545/282.72; Freddy Fagerström 6.4126/356.44, Ola Dahlblom 6.0703/377.36; Niclas Andersson 6.0233/380.82, David Vegter 6.1756/376.83; Marc Meihuizen 6.3116/370.62, Bert-Ove Olofsson 6.1096/378.68; Jan Gunnarsson 8.2064/181.63, Urban Johansson 10.3575/123.91; Martin Lundkvist 9.7715/149.25, Bruno Bader 6.0635/371.90; Micke Gullqvist 12.9479/156.57, Terje Håkonsen 5.9688/376.04 Huge cloud of smoke from Jan's headers as the motor started, lots of kippers stood around the car after that. Jan's car left the line gently, 1.3354 and he looked to take it gently all the way. 1.0275 to sixty for Tami, 4.1414/291.11 at the eighth, consistent pass with his previous best. 1.0709 to sixty for Micke, 1.0701 for Jari. Micke to the eighth in 4.5648 but Jari's car was going for the centre line and he was off the throttle a couple of times trying to straighten it out, back on the throttle and the car started to fishtail quite violently at about 1000 feet and he got off the gas for good. Clean-up of the first 100 feet in Micke's lane. Mats going into this session in #17, good time to pull out a big one. 1.1070 to sixty for Stefan, 0.9863 for Mats. Mats had to pedal once for shake as the Crown Victoris made a move to the left. 4.6215 to half track for Stefan, 4.0909/295.24 for Mats and into the ladder. Languid launch for Joakim, looked to pedal it for a long while and then shut off early. Marko pedalled for shake and then got back on it, not the straightest of passes. 1.0927 to sixty for Fredrik, 1.0321 for Johan, Johan then hit bad shake and pedalled very briefly, the car picked up after the pedal, 4.1498/299.17 at the eighth. Sounded like blower burst panel blew for Fredrik about 1000 feet out. Synchronised shake and off the pedal for Anders and Mattias, Anders back on it but Mattias gave it up after a couple of attempts as the car made a hard move. Instant shake for Tero and he was off the gas. Great run for Micke L, 1.0140 to sixty, not much sign of shake. 4.0120/297.36 at the eighth, straight as you like, and a couple of places up the ladder. Nice run for Patrik, 1.0277 to sixty to Norbert's 1.0209. Norbert looked to pedal for shake as the Avenger moved left and right and he was feathering the throttle by the eighth. 4.1774/287.69 to the eighth for Patrik, improvement at the stripe but stayed in place. Norbert moved up the ladder some but remains outside the top sixteen. Well, you know it's bad when Freddy gets off it - 1.0780 to sixty to Ola's 0.9912, Freddy tried to drive through shake but then got off the throttle. Storming 3.9696/300.84 to the eighth for Ola and up to fifth. Fantastic match for Niclas and David. 1.0127 to sixty for Niclas and 1.0078 for David, a brief pedal from David and off and running. 3.9505/304.91 at thge eighth for Niclas to David's 4.0484/293.16. PB for Niclas and we think David, well done guys! Marc next up for MPM Oil, 0.9926 to sixty to Bert-Ove's 0.9965, Bert-Ove ahead by the eighth 4.0184/289.86 to 4.1327/282.72. 1.0707 to sixty for Jan and 0.9915 for Urban, both pedalled twice for shake and then both shut off; Urban's 'Vette was fishtailing quite severely when he decided to call it a day. Martin already having set one speed record now looking to back up yesterday's 403.59 / 250.78 mph pass. No dice this time, 1.0521 to sixty already shaking and got off the throttle as the car tried to cross the centre line about 120 feet out. 0.9941 to sixty for Bruno, very straight pass, thundering 3.9503/301.00 at the eighth. Consistent pass and a new PB we believe, well done Bruno! Instant shake for Micke and off the throttle passing the Tree. Fantastic run for Terje! 1.0220 to sixty and a meteoric 3.9220/309.46 at the eighth. New PB, into the fives, up to #1 spot, well done Terje! Qualifying after this session:
Roger Johansson followed with his first pass in his new nitrous Mustang. Very tidy car. Nice burnout then motor bogged off the line, on and off the pedal to a 13.6713/140.52. Tommy Agius followed Pro Mod with a 13.6475/109.89 exhibition pass in the Maksar truck. 12:50 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Håkan Fällström 5.1692/360.00 bye; Urs Erbacher 4.1450/465.52, Micke Kågered 8.6995/130.40; Patrik Pers 4.2291/442.99, Antti Horto 4.1244/451.88; Jari Halinen 8.4943/121.98, Risto Poutiainen 4.0937/469.97; Janne Ahonen 4.0846/472.85, Anita Mäkelä 4.0991/444.08 0.9081 to sixty for Håkan, got to about 300 feet and his tyres went up in smoke. Håkan pedalled and got back on it, the car started to fishtail so he got off the throttle. 4.0091/257.51 at the eighth, back on the throttle and there was a huge ball of flame from the motor. Clean-up in Håkan's lane. 0.9414 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs, 0.9356 for Micke and off the throttle before 300 feet. 3.3209/420.23 at the eighth for Urs, smoke from his motor as he shut off but up to #2 spot. Track checked and all OK. Great match between Patrik and Antti. 0.8895 to sixty for Patrik to Antti's 0.8812, sounded like a brief pedal by Patrik, Patrik to the eighth in 3.3589/399.11 to Antti's 3.2592/400.00. Smoke from Patrik's right bank after the stripe. Patrik in at #7, Antti #2. 0.9548 to sixty for Jari and then shut it off, 0.8948 to sixty for Risto, storming run straight down the middle of his lane, 3.2587/412.21 at the eighth and up into #2. Janne and Anita laid down what we think is the quickest side-by-side since we went to 1000 feet (Andy?), great match-up. 0.8854 to sixty for Janne to Anita's 0.9147, not a lot between them at the eighth 3.2560/414.43 for Janne to Anita's 3.2681/416.99. From here it looked as if Anita lost her blower belt just before the stripe. Anita up into #3. Qualifying after this session:
12:10 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Harry Sturhan 7.0285/316.90, Micke Callin 6.7259/333.13; Magnus Pettersson 6.9881/318.77, Michael Malmgren 6.7984/327.27; Jimmy Ålund 6.6960/334.57, Bo Pettersson 8.3430/192.03; Mats Jacobsson 7.0168/320.47, Ulf Wagnhester 6.9085/324.13; Sampsa Palos 6.8373/322.58, Christian Sagelv 6.9186/319.34; Richard Sundblom 6.7566/330.68, Thomas Lindström 7.4307/229.79 1.0690 to sixty for Harry, 1.0116 for Micke. Micke's car moved towards the centre line but he stayed with it, 4.3421 at the eighth. Speed record backed up, well done Micke! Big improvement for Harry good for one spot. 1.0200 to sixty for Magnus, 1.0253 for Michael taking a slightly long way round. 4.4876/252.22 to the eighth for Magnus, 4.3741/260.74 for Michael. Improvements for both and I would imagine a PB for Magnus, if so then well done Magnus! 0.9974 to sixty for Jimmy, 1.0353 for Bo, Bo hit shake and shut off as the car made a move. 4.3143/264.84 to the eighth for Jimmy, but for Micke Callin's run a few moments ago that would have been a speed record. 1.0555 to sixty for Mats, 1.0347 for Ulf. Mats' car was wandering left and right but he stayed with it, 4.5207 to the eighth, Ulf got to the eighth in 4.4556 and made it into the sixes, good for a couple of places up the ladder. Great match between Sampsa and Christian, another six for the newish Ford. 1.0326 to sixty for Sampsa, 1.0185 for Christian, Sampsa had the better eighth 4.4033 to 4.4370. Slight improvement for Christian but stayed in place. Congratulations to Thomas who has become engaged today. 1.0157 to sixty for Nixxon to Thomas' 1.0061, looked like Thomas was getting out of it by the eighth as his speed was down 4.3750/246.58 to Nixxon's 4.3566/263.39. Qualifying after this session:
11:55 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.4980/423.20 bye; Timo Habermann 10.5276/154.91, Chris Polidano 5.8143/415.38; Peter Schöfer 9.8601/128.82, Krister Johansson 5.6677/382.17; Dennis Habermann 5.6472/396.18, Many Bugeja 5.3301/432.69 Good clean run from Grumpy, 1.0100 to sixty then from where I was sat it looked like someone sped the film up about 400 feet out, the car visibly accelerated hard from that point. 3.6861/353.87 at the eighth and one place up the ladder. 0.9190 to sixty for Timo to Chris' 1.0937, Timo hit shake and was off the throttle before 150 feet or so. 3.9642/341.99 eighth for Chris, clean run with all cylinders but the car looked a little lazy. 0.9421 to sixty for Peter but then shake and shut it off. 1.0070 to sixty for Krister, 3.7561/339.84 at the eighth then looked from here like a cylinder out in the second half. Maty into #1 spot in a great pair with Dennis. 0.9583 to sixty for Dennis to Manty's 0.9315, a pedal from Dennis then to the eighth in 3.7211, storming 3.5145/349.51 eighth for Manty and up to the top od the ladder. Qualifying after this session:
11:35 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Danny Bellio 5.8258/359.76 bye; Arvid Grødem 5.7294/404.19, Leif Andréasson 13.9865/82.73; Jonnie Lindberg 8.6434/333.13, Ulf Leanders 5.6041/411.90; Micke Larsson shut off Great pass for Danny. 0.9745 to sixty, 3.8081/320.28 at the eighth, car moved towards the rail in the second half but Danny stayed on the gas and guided it away, chutes deployed just before the stripe. Big improvement but stayed in third. Leif's tyres went up in smoke a few feet off the line and he shut it off. 0.9886 to sixty for Arvid, 3.7690/324.13 at the eighth, good straight run and no blower burst plate! Arvid up into third. 1.1314 to sixty for Jonnie, shake and tyre smoke, and shut off. 0.9405 to sixty for Ulf, 3.6851/329.07, smoke from underneath the car in the second half and it was really bouncing up and down but Ulf stayed with it. Big improvement but stayed in #2 spot. Micke shut off before moving forward for his burnout. Qualifying after this session:
11:25 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Nils Lagerlöf 6.7559/266.01, Kai Selkämaa 15.9323/77.31; Peter Andersson-Ström 6.7480/268.39, Rikard Gustafsson 6.4694/339.20, Peter Svensson 8,7819/150.17, Ian King 10.7544/121.24 Nils did a longer burnout on his Funny Bike than did Kai on his TFB. A squirt to about sixty feet for Kai and then off the throttle as the bike headed for the centre line 1.0859 to sixty for Nils, 4.2687/278.93 at the eighth then looked to sideswipe the guardrail right at the stripe. Got himself to the end of the track in one piece and upright though, checked out by the medical team and declared OK apart from a cut on one of his feet. Good match between Peter and Rikard, 1.0828 to sixty for Peter to Rikard's 1.0763, Peter to the eighth 4.2019 to Rikard's 4.1998, Peter had a cylinder go out in the second eighth but stayed with it. Great Funny Bike run for Rikard! 1.0454 to sixty for Peter then the bike started to fishtail and he shut it off about 300 feet out. Ian let Peter go for a couple of seconds before hitting the throttle himself. Ian's bike sounded hesitant in the burnout and left the line in a very casual manner, Ian off the throttle just past the Tree. Qualifying after this session:
11:20 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Ismo Mäenpäa 7.1590/325.11, Job Heezen no time; Svein Olav Rolfstad no time, Torbjörn Svensson no time; Trond Høiberget 7.5516/318.02, Matti Vähäsaari 8.3452/283.32; Vesa Lipponen 8.9378/206.42, Anna-Lena Asplund 8.1512/245.90; Jan Sturla Hegre 7.2652/341.56 bye, Martijn de Haas shut off; Greger Johanssen 8.7536/258.37, Vidar Ravnsborg 7.1908/294.60; Roman Sixta 8.0635/270.41, Hans Olav Olstad 7.1533/307.69; Christian Jäger 9.6770/308.22, Ulf Nylen 6.6830/330.48; Samu Kemppainen 6.6439/343.73, Per Bengtsson 19.6099/59.06; Nate Gagnon shut off (bye); Nate Gagnon 6.6350/351.11 bye 1.1264 to sixty for Job then a bang and lost drive, smoke from the exhausts, I am guessing a drive belt. 1.2634 to sixty for Ismo, 4.7652/268.52 at the eighth, motor sounded to be losing grunt in the second half although the speed doesn't bear that out. Clean-up in Job's lane. Svein Olav's tyre lit up quite nicely when he blipped the throttle to move forward to the bleach box. 1.1883 to sixty for Sveim Olav and 1.2650 for Torbjörn, 4.4001/294.12 to the eight to Torbjörn's 5.7923/159.39, Svein Olav's bike was heading right all the way and took out both 1000 foot and both top end reflectors. 1.2638 to sixty for Trond to Matti's 1.2645, Matti got very close to the centre line and had to feather the throttle. 5.0843 to the eighth for Trond and a feathering 5.5251 for Matti. Straight run for Anna-Lena but no improvement on her previous best. Vesa's bike was not going straight and he feathered the throttle more than once before shutting it off. Martijn's motor was popping and banging after firing up, he shut it off before the burnout. 1.0949 to sixty for Jan Sturla then his rear tyre went up in smoke, he calmly feathered it then got back on it. 4.9095 at the eighth and a time on the board. 1.2201 to sixty for Greger and 1.1967 for Vidar, Greger's bike headed for the rail and he had to feather it then shut it off. 4.7448/262.52 to the eighth for Vidar, great run. 1.3579 to sixty for Roman but then feathered the throttle. 1.2063 to sixty for Hans Olavm the bike fishtailing but he stayed with it, 4.5837/263.80 to the eighth, smoke from one pipe but he stayed on the gas. Chtistian's tyre up in smoke at the hit, feathered the throttle. 1.0997 to sixty for Ulf, bike was going left and the right side header grounded in a shower of sparks as he straightened it out, 4.3332/271.77 at the eighth, a new PB, and number two spot. 1.1511 to sixty for Samu and 1.1791 for Per, Per's motor lost drive about 100 feet out and he shut it off. 4.3727/282.28 to the eighth for Samu, a new PB, and #1 spot. Nate's crew sprinted to get a can of fuel to fill the tank before Nate could start, one or two words exchanged during that provess. Nate was in pre-stage and was shut off as a fault appeared on the timing system. The quickest turn-round in Supertwin history by Nate's crew as they pished the bike back, refuelled it and reset the idle and restarted within a couple of minutes. Very brief burnout and then a great pass to take #1 spot. 1.1629 to sixty, riding through fishtailing, 4.3984/283.61 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
10:35 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Bo Thorselius 15.3507/86.46 bye; Kalle Lyrén 7.2174/293.96, Timo Savolainen 15.8448/74.45; Elvira Karlsson 8.3617/285.26, Ulf Ögge 7.1492/298.51; Anders Larsson 7.2421/298.01, Fredrik Fredlund 7.1803/303.71 First run of the weekend for Bo, shut it off at 300 feet or so, lots of smoke from the motor and then had to be rescused from the top end. 0.0075 RT for Eurodraster.com Blogger Kalle, 1.1347 to sixty. Timo shut it off about 100 feet out. Elvira's bike was strugglinr and she shut it off in the second half. 1.1204 to sixty for Ulf, 4.5522 at the eighth, missed out on the ET record. Fredde also on an ET record but missed out on backing it up this time. 1.1626 to sixty for Anders to Fredde's 1.1459, Anders to the eighth in 4.6339 to Fredde's 4.6079. Qualifying after this session:
10:25 Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners: Robin Norén 8.9325/235.19, Kristina Hägglund 8.9100/252.93 bye (Kent Olofsson no show), Harri Forsten 9.0294/256.90, Terje Røisgård 9.1085/171.48, Johanna Granholm 9.7350/164.53, Tommy Thörnqvist 9.6671/190.01, Micke Nilsson 8.9112/275.23 bye (Jonas Lundgren no show), Leif Andersson 9.0631/241.39, Albin Frank 8.9543/219.69, Angelica Backman 8,9329/269.06 bye (David Olsson no show), Matilda Sjöström-Andersson 8.9576/247.37, Victor Jansson 9.2070/199.70, Bjørn Hultberg 9.1236/207.21, Ulrik Lundström 10.1296/137.47 bye (Fredrik Sandberg no show), Meri-Tuuli Sassi 8.9717/264.32, Roffe Plahn 8.9992/246.80 09:55 Super Street eliminations round 1 winners: Perfect 10.9004 for Simon Gustafsson in his race against Halvor Överby, well done Simon! Tomas Hägg 10.9517/214.71 bye, Simon Gustafsson 10.9004/200.07, Mauri Kamppinen 11.1606/298.38, Christer Gustafsson 10.8356/209.22, Daniel Aggelid 10.9619/181.15, Lina Braathen 10.8394/189.47, Micke Norén 11.6711/151.35 Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Gideon Liljegren 10.0508/220.95 bye, Bosse Hall 9.945/215.23, Erik Jansson 10.0248/200.59, Jan Hallman 9.9649/215.05, Håkan Mattsson 10.4645/181.70, Tommy Lundberg 9.9408/203.54 bye (Magnus Hansson no show), Christer Uhlin 9.9476/194.31 09:45 Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners: Perfect 0.0008 RT for Axel Jungvar in his race against Tina Olsen Frog, well done Axel! Clara Nygaard (9.80) 10.0186/104.57, Line Havdal (7.95) 7.9958/130.85, Liro Laaksonen (8.06) 8.1194/117.67, Kristoffer August Nordin (8.30) 8.2751/127.90, Trine Fossum (7.90) 7.9138/126.91, Jennifer Östergren (14.76) 14.6258/67.75, Angelica Larsson (7.98) 8.0865/130.06, Kevin Yrövaara (8.57) 8.5925/121.76, Fredrik Leanders (13.60) 13.6333/74.64, Amanda Sjöström-Andersson (8.00) 8.0969/123.97, Axel Jungvar (8.04) 8.1779/127.06 08:10 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena to our coverage of the Scandinavian Internationals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car. Smart TV are webcasting this event in a choice of High or Standard Definition; €10 will buy you three days of racing. For more details check out www.smarttv.se. We just had a brief sharp shower here but the track crew are already out in force and FHRA have brought their huge jet dryer, an impressive piece of kit which to me appears designed to make a wet track surrender and dry up just at the sight of it. Right now the sun is peeping out and that will help with the track. Today's running order commences with Sportsman eliminations and then two sessions of Pro qualifying. The plan for the Sportsman classes is to get them down to sixteen for tomorrow. Again when the Pros qualify we will do our best to update the report after each pair so keep hitting Refresh. Stay tuned and when we get going we'll be back with all the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |