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21:15

Final results

FIA Top Fuel Dragster: Risto Poutiainen 4.1850/454.93 def. Jari Halinen 4.2899/445.18
FIA Top Methanol Dragster: Chris Polidano 6.3205/359.76 def. Dave Wilson 21.4735/53.43
FIA Top Methanol Funny Car: Leif Andréasson 5.5607/416.35 def. Danny Bellio 5.9171/397.94
FIA Pro Modified: Micke Gullqvist 6.0136/391.02 def. Niclas Andersson 9.2041/149.75
FIA Pro Stock: Thomas Lindström 6.7041/334.37 def Jimmy Ålund 6.7010/334.37

UEM Top Fuel Bike: Peter Svensson 5.8269/370.88 def. Ian King 6.9576/236.74
UEM Supertwin: Per Bengtsson 15.6032/83.55 bye, Nate Gagnon shut off
UEM Pro Stock Bike: Ulf Ögge 7.0934/300.50 def. Kalle Lyrén 7.2326/294.76 DQ

A big thank you to the timing crew for their help this weekend, especially Oscar Lindgren with whom Your Reporter developed a great understanding and without whose patience and assistance we would have had a lot less to write for you.

Stay tuned as we still have today's pictures for you. We will likely post those back at base so give us a couple of hours.

21:10

FIA Top Fuel Dragster final

Risto Poutiainen 4.1850/454.93 def. Jari Halinen 4.2899/445.18

Great race! 0.0986 to 0.1368 jump off the line for Jari. Risto had the better sixty foot and was reeling Jari in by 330 feet 2.3294 to 2.3596. 3.3331/405.10 at the eighth for Risto to Jari's 3.4085/387.10. Looked like Risto's motor was starting to eat itself up past the eighth but he was there first by 0.0670.

21:05

FIA Pro Modified final

Micke Gullqvist 6.0136/391.02 def. Niclas Andersson 9.2041/149.75

Micke sat in stage a long time whilst Niclas stayed in pre-stage, one of Micke's crew not particularly happy about that, gesticulating. Niclas finally pulled in then away first 0.0502 to 0.1832. 1.0071 to sixty for Niclas, looked like he then drove through shake, 0.9644 to sixty for Micke. Groan from Niclas' motor then parts came our from under the car and that was his race done before the eighth. 3.9787/305.60 at the eighth for Micke and the event win.

20:55

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car final

Leif Andréasson 5.5607/416.35 def. Danny Bellio 5.9171/397.94

Leif in imperious form. More than visible 0.0406 to 0.2119 start line advantage, the much better sixty foot 0.9299 to 1.0087 to sixty. Looked like Danny was driving through shake, a pedal, Leif long gone at the eighth 3.6594/330.88 to Danny's far from shabby 3.9124/313.95. No chutes for Danny at the top end, the front of the car dug into the kitty litter at the end of the track and the FC flipped. Safety crews were there as soon as Leif was safely out of the way. Recovery quite rapid so hopefully no harm done.

20:50

FIA Top Methanol Dragster final

Chris Polidano 6.3205/359.76 def. Dave Wilson 21.4735/53.43

Longtime racer v rookie, both in injected-nitro cars. 0.0831 to 0.1099 start advantage for Chris. Grumpy's tyres went up in smoke at the hit, he pedalled and then got off it. 0.9959 to sixty for Chris, tyres started to smoke and he pedalled and looked like a couple of cylinders out from about 500 feet. 4.0862/275.51 at the eighth and a win at his second FIA European Championship event. Well done Chris, Derek and the Kalanc/Gold RV team!

20:45

FIA Pro Stock final

Thomas Lindström 6.7041/334.37 def Jimmy Ålund 6.7010/334.37

Superb race won on a holeshot! Thomas away first 0.0269 to 0.0472, Jimmy had the better sixty foot 0.9914 to 1.0020. Thomas' car moved left but he stayed on it, 4.3241/264.84 at the eighth to Jimmy's quicker 4.3185/264.84 but Thomas' start line advantage saw him through. 0.0030 in it at the line, 27.86 cm, identical terminal speeds.

20:42

UEM Top Fuel Bike final

Peter Svensson 5.8269/370.88 def. Ian King 6.9576/236.74

Fantastic final! Ian away first 0.1113 to 0.2469, Peter had the better sixty foot 1.0303 to 1.0671, Peter;s bike drifted a tad towards the line but he had a handle on it, Ian feathere the throttle just before half track. Peter was clearly on a stormer 3.8699/329.07 at the eighth to Ian's 4.1791/277.21, Ian shut off in the second half. Peter's ET backs up his 5.923 in qualifying for a new European record, the quickest pass in UEM European Top Fuel Bike history. Well done Peter and Sören!

20:38

UEM Supertwin final

Per Bengtsson 15.6032/83.55 bye, Nate Gagnon shut off

Nate shut off before staging with a broken push rod. 1.1448 to sixty for Per, looked like shake and shut it off.

20:35

Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page.

UEM Pro Stock Bike final

Ulf Ögge 7.0934/300.50 def. Kalle Lyrén 7.2326/294.76 DQ

-0.0706 red for Kalle handed it to Ulf. 1.0898 to sixty for Ulf, 4.5104/250.35 at the eighth, and another 7.0-second pass.

19:50

Tommy Agius followed Pro Mod with an 11.3825/186.14 demonstration pass in the Maksar truck.

Another break now whilst we wait for the finalists to turn round. They have plenty of time, as we can run until 22:00. Stay tuned.

19:40

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 3

Micke Gullvist 5.9885/393.87 def. Johan Lindberg 8.4520/176.76

Johan away first 0.0569 to 0.0761, but his tyres started to smoke pretty much at the hit, 1.1266 to sixty and the Firebird turned hard right by the Tree with the left tyre smoking. Johan pedalled and gave it another go but was off it well before the eighth. 0.9789 to sixty for Micke and another storming eighth mile 3.9613/307.69.

Niclas Andersson 10.3882/133.53 bye, Urban Johansson no show

That hesitation in the motor then smoke in the last round obviously insurmountable for Urban so a bye for Niclas. 1.0111 to sixty, high frequency tyre shake and off the throttle at about 150 feet.

19:35

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2

Ulf Ögge 7.0848/304.23 bye, Martin Bishop broke

Bish broke in the bleach box so Ulf took the bye. 1.1209 to sixty, 4.5283/251.51 at the eighth, clean run and into the 7.0s.

Kalle Lyrén 7.3137/291.73 bye, Timo Savolainen no show

No sign of Timo, no word why. 1.1331 to sixty for Kalle, motor sounded to hesitate slightly. 4.6437/242.81 to the eighth and into the final.

19:30

UEM Supertwin eliminations round 2

Per Bengtsson 6.4037/363.88 def. Jan Sturla Hegre no time

Jan Sturla away first 0.0456 to 0.1628, 1.2146 to sixty feet by which time there had been a huge bang and ball of flame from his motor. 1.1771 to sixty for Per, straight as you like, 4.2669/299.17 at the eighth, you could tell this was a special one. Would you believe 0.24 kmh too fast to be a new speed record, but this run backs up Per's 360.00 in qualifying for a new European speed record, and the first half of a European ET record. Well done Per!

Nate Gagnon 6.4489/360.48 def. Christian Jäger 7.8492/280.81

Fantastic run for Nate! Away first 0.1008 to Christian's 0.1230, 1.1732 tro sixty for Christian to Nate's 1.1366. Christian tried to ride through shake but eventually shut it off. 4.2758/292.21 to the eighth for Nate and the first half of a European ET record, well done Nate!

19:25

UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2

Peter Svensson 11.6840/110.35 bye, Nils Lagerlöf no show

1.0163 to sixty for Peter, then the bike started to drift to the left and aim for the centre line so Peter shut it off.

Ian King 6.1034/360.48 bye

Odd-number bye for Ian. What a fantastic pass! 1.0755 to sixty, slight fishtailing, 4.0046/308.04 at the eighth, on the throttle all the way. New PB I believe, well done Ian!

19:20

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 2

Jimmy Ålund 6.7666/333.75 def. Mats Jacobsson 6.9258/325.50

Cracking 0.0066 RT for Jimmy to Mats' 0.0516, 1.0167 to sixty to Mats' 1.0298. Jimmy's new Camaro started to move to the left and I feared his shiny new car may scrape the guardrail but Jimmy had it covered. 4.3785/263.54 to the eighth for Jimmy to Mats' 4.4667/255.44, Mats' car moved to the right in the second half but he pulled it back to the middle of the lane.

Thomas Lindström 6.6928/334.16 def. Sampsa Palos 6.7583/330.88

Staging duel before this one. Sampsa away first 0.0291 to 0.0724, Thomas with the quicker sixty 1.0025 to 1.0216 and increasing the lead a touch by the eighth 4.3123/265.23 to 4.3554/262.39. Very straight run for Thomas, Low ET of the event and a final to savour.

19:10

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 2

Chris Polidano 5.7004/413.16 def. Manty Bugeja 17.2730/78.36

Malta v Malta, another shot at the European ET record for Manty, Chris having set the speed record on Friday. Chris away first 0.0800 to 0.1306, at least one cylinder out on the right side from the hit. 1.0248 to sixty for Chris and 1.1360 for Manty betraying tyre spin, then a puff of smoke from the tyres and the Mr Whippy dragster turned to the right, Manty shut it off. 3.8158/226.45 to the eighth for Chris and into his first final.

Dave Wilson 5.2605/435.13 def. Peter Schöfer 6.1850/290.95

Deep stage for Peter and a -0.0153 red handing it to Grumpy. 0.9494 to sixty for Grumpy, storming eighth 3.5148/370.12, smoke from the right bank in the second half similarly to Grumpy's last qualifying pass and it did no harm on that run so I am guessing the same here as Grumpy does the first half of a new European ET record, well done Grumpy!

19:00

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 2

Danny Bellio 5.9523/395.89 def. Jürgen Nagel 7.3080/259.74

Nice RT for Danny 0.0736 to Jürgen's 0.1239. Jürgen's tyres spun at the hit and he gave the throttle a slap. 1.1040 to sixty for Danny to Jürgen's 1.5272. Jürgen sounded to pedal again but Danny was pretty irretrievabe by the eighth 3.9812/319.15 to Jürgen's 4.8554/301.84.

Leif Andréasson 5.6066/415.38 bye

Stormer for Leif to back up his 5.558 in qualifying. 0.9593 to sixty feet, a move to the left quickly corrected about 200 feet out. 3.7003/330.68 to the eighth and straight as you like in the second half. Well done Leif!

18:55

FIA Top Finland Fuel Dragster eliminations round 2

Jari Halinen 5.7415/205.56 def. Antti Hortto 6.2821/166.05

Team members Gary and Ian gave Jari's car a big shove from quite far back to get it into the bleach box, very impressive as the car made it. Jari away first 0.0948 to 0.1286, Antti with the better sixty 0.8959 to 0.9258. Antti's tyres went up in smoke and a moment later so did Jari's. Both of them off the throttle, Jari realised that he couldn't hear Antti's motor and got back on the gas, from here it looked from the car's body language as if Jari's blower belt came off and then it was a race of momentum to the stripe. 4.1869/195.58 at the eighth for Antti to Jari's quicker and faster 4.0470/241.72, and that got Jari there first.

Risto Poutiainen 4.5482/451.88 def. Anita Mäkelä 6.6373/154.95

Risto away first 0.1156 to 0.1391 and the quicker sixty 0.9113 to 0.9145. Anita's tyres went up in smoke and then so did Risto's. Anita pedalled and there was a bang and flash of flame from her motor, that was her race done. Risto pedalled and hammered it again, big advantage by the eighth 3.6712/380.32 to Anita's rolling 4.4189/188.55.

18:35

Now we have rain at the start line. Quite light, though, and the sun is already shining so it'll pass.

18:25

The Top Fuel semi-finalists have arrived. Just working on the track after a sprinkle of rain at the top end. Stay tuned.

17:50

Malta's Tommy Agius followed Pro Mod with a demonstration pass in the Maksar truck. Great burnout but shut off for a fluid leak.

Slight break now whilst we collect our semi-finalists and Your Reporter goes somewhere quiet and has a minor nervous breakdown.

17:45

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Micke Gullqvist 6.0277/392.44 def. Martin Lundkvist 6.4006/363.39

Storming RT for Martin 0.0074 to Gullan's 0.0832, that's what you have to do to beat Gullan. 0.9929 to sixty for Gullan to Martin's 1.0915, Martin looked to drive through shake and had lost time by the eighth 4.2574/293.48 to Gullan's very stout 3.9945/306.99. Vapour from Gullan's breather in the second eighth.

Johan Lindberg 6.0398/359.04 def. Bruno Bader 6.1477/367.10 DQ

-0.3330 red light for Bruno handed it to Johan although that would have been one tough run to beat. 0.9808 to sixty for Johan, the Firebird swaying left and right, 3.9908/308.04 at the eighth.

Urban Johansson 6.2157/no speed bye, Ola Dahlblom shut off

Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham Ellis tells us that the motor including blower in Ola's car came from him, the blower was on Graham's car for a 6.07 pass. Ola shut off after his burnout, out of the car and over the guardrail. 0.9638 to sixty for Urban, the back of the car squatted down and he was off and running. 3.9601/296.54 at the eighth but then the motor hesitated very slightly, possibly presaging the smoke and a bang at about 1100 feet. No speed displayed. Track checked and found to be OK.

Niclas Andersson 6.0680/372.93 def. Robert Joosten 6.2115/376.83

Staging duel, Robert in first, then Niclas away first 0.0581 to 0.0677. Better sixty for Robert 1.0077 to 1.0133, looked to be driving through a little shake and the Camaro drifted to the left, 4.0838/289.54 to the eighth. Niclas' car went straight down the middle of its lane again, 3.9599/302.01 at the eighth.

17:30

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

Ulf Ögge 7.1004/304.74 bye

First qualifier bye for Ulf. Nice run, 1.1142 to sixty and 4.5454/249.65 at the eighth.

Martin Bishop 7.3041/293.96 bye, Kenneth Vik no show

No sign of Kenneth and no word why, Bish took the bye. Very nice run, 1.1334 to sixty and 4.6564/243.90 at the eighth.

Timo Savolainen 7.9666/272.59 def. Fredrik Fredlund no time

Fredde's motor cut out at the hit. 1.2050 to sixty for Timo, 5.0899/223.60 at the eighth. Shock of the day so far. For a definition of "Absolutely gutted", see Fredde's body language as he walked away.

Kalle Lyrén 7.3516/287.75 def. Elvra Karlsson 7.6022/256.29

Team Veidec team-mates but no team orders. Nice race! Elvira away first 0.0728 to Eurodragster.com Blogger Kalle's 0.0923, and Elvira has the better sixty 1.1534 to Kalle's 0.1606. Kalle had a visible lead by the eighth though 4.6839/244.79 to Elvira's 4.8076.237.25.

17:25

UEM Supertwin eliminations round 1

Per Bengtsson 7.0923/326.88 def. Joachim Riemrr 7.6891/297.03

Joachim in as an alternate for Torbjörn Svensson. Much better sixty for Per 1.1414 to Joachim's hesitant-motor 1.4038. Per souned to be feathering the throttle at the eighth 4.8007/265.49 to 5.1662/250.70, clear win but not on his qualifying pace.

Jan Sturla Hegre 6.7758/305.95 def. Samu Kemppainen 6.7934/338.13

Great race! Samu away first 0.1360 to Jan Sturla's 0.1215, Jan Sturla was taking the advantage back by sixty feet 1.1151 to 1.1655. Jan Sturla's bike was fishtailing gently whilst Samu's bike headed left, 4.3639/269.46 at th eighth for Jan Sturla to Samu's 4.4674/274.67. Puff of smoke from Jan Sturla's motor on the stripe.

Nate Gagnon 6.6137/352.94 def. Ulf Ledström 7.1190/317.27

Masterly run from Nate. 1.1648 to sixty to Ulf's 1.2529 and a big lead by the eighth 4.3787/283.76 to 4.7437/267.99. Low ET of the round for Nate, Ulf plain outrun.

Christian Jäger 6.7457/326.88 def. Job Heezen 8.6500/248.73

Big holeshot for Christian 0.0404 to 0.2293, Job better to sixty feet 1.1165 to 1.1627 but Job's motor started to quit and he was off it before the eighth 5.5120/195.02. Something came off Christian's bike at the eighth 4.4152/277.49 but obviously nothing important as he surged ahead.

17:15

UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1

Peter Svensson 7.4725/201.52 bye

Low-qualifier bye for Peter. Would he go for it with a European ET record to be backed-up? Looked like he was going for it to start with. 1.0115 to sixty but the bike drifted to the left and got close to the guardrail, shut it off before the eighth 4.2192/214.03.

Nils Lagerlöf 8.6123/148.23 bye, Peter Andersson-Ström no show

1.1434 to sixty for Nils but similarly drifted towards the left and shut it off before the eighth, 4.5296/217.22. No word on what ails Peter.

Ian King 6.6604/331.70 def. Rikard Gustafsson no time DQ

Rikard rolled through stage before the Tree ran and that was his race done. 1.2468 to sixty for Ian, a couple of feathers of the throttle, 4.4884/303.20 at the eighth.

17:05

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1

Mats Jacobsson 6.9900/323.16 def. Jan Palmqvist 7.1551/259.74

Tremendous RT for Jan 0.0052 to 0.1098. 1.0207 to sixty for Jan to Mats' 1.0709. Mats' car moved to the left past sixty feet and got very close to the centre line but he hung on to it. 4.4266/254.36 at the eighth for Jan to Mats' 4.5113/254.36, looked to be all over for Mats but then a bug cloud of smoke from Jan's car in the second eighth and he was on the brakes, Mats overtook him for the win.

Thomas Lindström 6.7301/333.33 def. Jonas Dantanus 6.9417/322.58

Dante got away first 0.1049 to 0.1741 but Thomas was quickly on his case, already catching up at sixty feet 0.9891 to 1.0236. 4.3359/262.65 to the eighth for Thomas whilst Dante took a slightly long way round, moving to the left, 4.4629/253.16.

Sampsa Palos 6.7416/331.48 def. Ulf Wagnhester 6.8249/318.40

Big burnout for Sampsa. Almost identical RTs, 0.0739 for Ulf to 0.0740, and Ulf had the better sixty 1.0197 to Sampsa's 1.0250. Sampsa was right next to Ulf at the eighth 4.3436/263.16 to Ulf's 4.3854/259.74 and pulled ahead to take the stripe.

Jimmy Ålund 6.7017/334.57 bye, Christian Sagelv shut off

Christian shut off for a fluid leak before staging. Jimmy in pre-stage a long time before staging but then laid down a very nice run. 0.0687 RT, 1.0061 to sixty feet and 4.3214/264.71 at the eighth, Low ET of the event.

16:55

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 1

Manty Bugeja 5.5252/421.88 def. Esko Raivuo 6.8887/361.20

Manty on an ET record of 5.297 going into this race. Esko visibly moved first 0.1665 to 0.3161 but his dragster was relatively slow away from the line, 1.2293 to sixty feet to Manty's 0.9130 with the tops of the tyres visibly flapping. 3.6351/330.88 to sixty for Manty to Esko's 4.6563/274.67, looked from here as if Esko shut it off early.

Chris Polidano 5.3361/427.55 def. Dennis Habermann 5.3586/423.20

Great race! From here we really could not see who was in the lead. Superb RTs for both, in Dennis' favour 0.0621 to Chris' 0.0917. Dennis had the better sixty 0.9114 to Chris' 0.9556, Chris was right there although Dennis had the quicker eighth 3.5047/342.86 and Chris the faster 3.5545/361.45. The higher speed of the injected-nitro car won out in the end as Chris just overhauled Dennis, 0.013 seconds in it at the stripe.

Dave Wilson 5.3723/427.22 def. Krister Johansson 5.7688/397.64

Grumpy away first 0.0935 to 0.1250, Krister had at least one cylinder out on the right side all the way. 0.9552 to sixty for Grumpy to Krister's cylinder-down 1.0196. Big lead for Grumpy by the eighth, 3.5718/356.91 to 3.8384/331.90. Looked like a clean run for Grumpy, no shake and no cylinders out.

Peter Schöfer 5.4051/418.28 def. Timo Habermann 5.5336/418.93

Great race! Psychic 0.0084 RT for Peter to Timo's none-too-shabby 0.0118. Peter had the better sixty 0.9242 to Timo's 0.9572. Timo's dragster hit shake and moved to the left but he stayed with it but allowed Peter to stretch out his advantage at the eighth 3.5287/340.48 to 3.6561/335.82. Vapour from Timo's motor in the second half.

16:40

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 1

Leif Andréasson 8.6905/160.38 def. Micke Larsson no time DQ

Micke rolled through stage and then hit the throttle. 0.9495 to sixty for Leif and then shut off, I guess he saw the red light and/or I guess he saw what happened next as Micke's FC drifted to the left under full throttle and sideswiped the guardrail about 300 feet out. Pieces of either advertising board or FC body were strewn across the track as the car hit the rail. Micke stayed under power and drove it away from the rail.

Jürgen Nagel 6.6402/355.73 bye, Ulf Leanders shut off

Last-photographer burnout for Ulf but then the Leanders Brothers FC sat forlornly 500 feet out with no reverse. Team and track crew rushed to Ulf's aid and pushed the car over to the side of the track. J&uurgen took it easy on his bye, 1.2140 to sixty, car got a bounce on about 400 feet out, 4.4782/283.61 at the eighth.

Danny Bellio 5.9260/400.89 def. Jonnie Lindberg 9.5656/162.60

Jonnie in his first competitive TMFC pairing got the jump on Danny 0.1075 to 0.1450. 1.0426 to sixty for Danny, 1.1431 for Jonnie who then hit shake and pedalled a couple of times then got off the gas. 3.9385/316.72 to the eighth for Danny to Jonnie's shut off 5.3739/185.63.

16:20

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 1

Antti Hortto 4.3111/426.54 def. Chris Andrews 8.8044/126.20

Antti visibly away first 0.1310 to 0.2758 and the better sixty 0.8979 to 0.9183. Chris shut it off just after sixty feet, nothing visibly wrong, 5.8145/123.97 at the eighth by which time Antti was long gone having got to the eighth in 3.3797/366.85. Looked like cylinders out for Antti after the eighth.

Jari Halinen 4.1399/468.75 def. Micke Kågered 5.2263/229.49

Jari visibly moved first 0.1280 to 0.1100, 0.9263 to sixty to Micke's 0.9799. The cars looked glued together until about 300 feet, then Micke's header flames went out and the left side of the motor started to smoke. 2.4451 to 330 feet for Micke to Jari's 2.3161. Micke coasting at the eighth 3.7094/270.41, Jari well on his way 3.3051/410.96.

Risto Poutiainen 4.1381/459.57 def. Håkan Fällström 6.7528/152.59

Risto just away first 0.1107 to 0.1115. Quicker sixty for Håkan 0.9043 to 0.9154. About 250 feet out there was a bang and a huge sheet of flame from Håkan's motor and the blower belt came off as the car made a violent twitch. 2.3083 to 330 feet for Risto to Håkan's slowing 2.5358, storming 3.2947/411.59 eighth for Risto to Håkan's 4.4593/177.51. The safety crews were right with Håkan as he stopped on the shutdown area.

Anita Mäkelä no time def. Janne Ahonen 4.1296/419.91 DQ

Finland v Finland in this race. Janne looked to leave almost as soon as the lights ran, -0.2618 up on the screen. 0.1367 RT for Anita, 0.9010 to sixty, shut off before 330 feet 2.5934. No eighth time or speed and 3.8906 came up as Anita's ET which was plainly incorrect as she had shut off by 330 feet, it turned out that Janne passing very close to the line had dislodged the finish line reflector.

16:00

There's going to be a mad rush to get pairs through so you'll have to forgive us if we don't give you all the incrementls every time. As ever, we will do our best.

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Martin Lundkvist 6.3476/385.16 def. Marc Meihuizen 6.2326/374.74

Holeshot win for the turbo car, 0.1157 to 0.4684. Marc's incrementals were better all the way, 1.0385 to 1.0891 sixty foot and 4.1070/293.80 at the eighth to Martin's 4.1844/305.08. Marc took the long way round getting close to the centre line aboutr 300 feet out but the RT difference won it for Martin.

Johan Lindberg 6.0417/389.33 def. Mats Eriksson 6.5169/373.19

Big jump off the line for Mats 0.1283 to 0.4197, 1.0831 to sixty whilst Johan started to make up the lost time with a 0.9899. Mats hit shake and the Crown Victoria made a violent move to the right and Mats had to pedal. No such problems for Johan, straight run, 4.0059/307.69 to the eighth to 4.3463/281.10.

Bruno Bader 7.6879/329.87 def. Anders Nilsson 6.4231/368.10 DQ

Emphatic gesture into stage for both from Chief Starter Nettan, we're not hanging about in these conditions. Bruno in stage a long time before Anders came in. -0.0335 red light for Anders handed it to Bruno who lucked out as he hit bad shake and the Vette turned hard left and headed for the centre line. 1.2552 to sixty feet, 5.3923/270.68 at th eeighth shows the time lost to pedalling and pulling it straight.

Urban Johansson 6.2604/370.62 def. Fredrik Lundh 6.6271/344.83

Visible holeshot for Fredrik 0.2239 to 0.3992, 1.0774 to sixty to 1.0061 for Urban. Fredrik's car looked to take a step to the left and he pedalled, Urban's 'Vette moved around a little but he stayed with it. 4.1197/291.58 to the eighth for Urban to Fredrik's 4.3196/271.22.

Ola Dahlblom 6.0793/376.83 def. Mattias Wulcan 10.3047/137.47

Mattias in as an alternate for Tami Brander. Ola away first 0.2379 to 0.2547 and the better sixty 0.9922 to Mattas' sound 1.0041. Mattias' motor zinged about 300 feet out and there was smoke out of the headers, Mattias shut off. Storming 3.9749/300.17 at the eighth for Ola and right on his PB I understand.

Robert Joosten 6.2683/373.96 def. Freddy Fagerström 9.7142/146.42

Freddy away first 0.1299 to 0.1441 and the better sixty 0.9918 to 1.0204. Robert's Camaro started to make a move to the left but he stayed with it, Freddy's motor sounded to zing and he was off it before the eighth. 4.1244/292.21 at the eighth for Robert to Freddy's shut off 4.9414/163.64.

Niclas Andersson 6.0740/372.67 def. Jan Gunnarsson 7.1136/266.54

Niclas away first as is usually the case, 0.0813 to 0.1569. Advantage at sixty too, 1.0212 to 1.0603 then Jan hit shake which made the right side door open as the Badilac fishtailed. Jan eventually shut it off just before the eighth 4.5396/270.54, Niclas straight down the middle of the lane 3.9734/302.86 at the eighth and into the next round.

Micke Gullqvist 6.0001/392.16 def. Marco Maurischat 6.4177/366.35

Micke on an ET record of 5.949 from qualifying and he wasn't mucking about here, backed it up with 0.0079 in it. Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco's tyres didn't light in the burnout. Marco away first 0.1998 to 0.3270, 1.0289 to sixty but Gullan was on one 0.9755. Marco hit shake about 100 feet out and the 'Vette started to make a move to the left, a pedal losing him time to the eighth 4.2085/278.78 to Miekc's storming 3.9706/308.22. ET record backed up, well done Micke!

15:25

Pro Mods are ready to go, just got spots of rain in the air. Stay tuned.

15:05

We have Pro Mods in the pairing lanes! Eagle-eyed readers will spot alternates as we have lost a couple of qualifiers.

Track drying is coming along well. The plan is to start with round one of Pro Modified, then Top Fuel, Top Methanol FC, Top Methanol Dragster, Pro Stock, Top Fuel Bike, Supertwin, Pro Stock Bike, round 2 of Pro Modified, then into round 2 of the other Pro classes.

Stay tuned.

14:05

Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index.

13:55

Still raining but not quite as heavily. Everyone and everything have been deployed onto the track to get rid of the surface water; the track now has more traffic on it than a Swedish motorway.

Those who know about such things are still optimistic that we can get some racing done. Stay tuned.

12:35

Still bloody raining.

In the meantime, further to yesterday's factoid about Anita Mäkelä's 330 foot speed, courtesy of the Time-Tree guys here are the fastest 330 foot speeds recorded in Pro classes at this race. Let's be optimistic and say "So far":

Top Fuel Dragster: 298.67 kmh / 185.58 mph in 2.3471 seconds, Anita Mäkelä
Top Methanol Dragster: 268.52 kmh / 166.85 mph in 2.3504 seconds, Manty Bugeja
Top Methanol FC: 252.10 kmh / 156.65 mph in 2.4745 seconds, Leif Andréasson
Pro Modified: 233.26 kmh / 144.94 mph in 2.6319 seconds, Terje Håkonsen
Pro Stock: 204.70 kmh / 127.19 mph in 2.8105 seconds, Jimmy Ålund

Top Fuel Bike: 243.68 kmh / 151.42 mph in 2.5914 secomds, Peter Svensson
Supertwin: 225.56 kmh / 140.16 mph in 3.0302 seconds, Per Bengtsson
Pro Stock Bike: 198.75 kmh / 123.50 mph in 2.9314 seconds, Fredrik Fredlund

These are of course average speeds through the speed trap between 264 feet and 330 feet so the actual speeds would be slightly higher. Next time anyone tries to tell you that Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport quote the above back at them.

Stay tuned.

11:15

The rain is expected to stop early this afternoon. The organisers have secured an extended permit from the local authorities so we are able to race until 22:00 this evening, and they are working on a plan to suit.

11:00

See the 09:45 update.

09:45

Raining heavily here, unfortunately. If there is any change we will let you know.

09:15

Five pairs into Comp Eliminator and it started to rain. Results so far are as follow.

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners

Robin Sattler (9.65) 9.3989/185.57, Odd Erik Fossum (7.45) 7.2896/221.77 bye, PerErik Lindgren (9.15) 8.8637/244.34, Yngwe Solberg (7.12) 9.4033/205.56 bye, Kenneth Feldthusen (7.25) 7.7554/224.16...

Stay tuned.

08:25

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

Outside we have low overcast and a gentle breeze. The track is dry and we're all set.

The traditional raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned on from Rye, NH. Hope you are enjoying the coverage guys. A big Good Morning also to our Eurodragster.com colleague Kirstie who is tuned from home, and to all of the Eurodragsterholics.

The Racing Action Web TV is broadcasting today. As at the FIA Main Event, $10 buys you multi-camera High Definition coverage. A link to the sign-up can be found on the Event Index.

Today's running order starts with round one of Comp Eliminator and then round one of FIA Pro Modified. We then have the opening ceremony scheduled for 10:00 and then into all of our other Pro classes commencing with FIA Top Fuel Dragster.

As usual we will try to update after each pair so keep hitting Refresh.

Stay tuned and when the wheels start to turn we'll bring you all the news.