Friday Pro report
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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. This is the Pro report; click here for the Sportsman report. Click here to go back to the Event Index. 20:35 Simon has posted today's final set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day three - we have qualifying and some Sportsman eliminations on tomorrow's schedule. 19:45 Tomorrow's provisional running order is now available courtesy of Erik Pettersson, and today's gallery is now available courtesy of our good buddy Patrik Jacobsson. Thanks to both. Today's gallery contains 88 pictures and can be checked out via the Event Index page. If you do not see all 88 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Stay tuned as Simon has some more pit notes for you. 18:45 We have been called for the day as it will take too long to dry the track assuming that the rain stops. Stay tuned as Simon has more pit notes and we have today's pictures to upload. 18:35 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Micke Kågered 6.8779/139.50 bye; Patrik Pers 12.3059/66.16, Thomas Nataas 4.0314/487.80; Stig Neergaard shut off, Anita Mäkelä shut off Thundering launch for Micke, 0.9119 to sixty, off the throttle about 300 feet out, 2.4839/205.95 at 330 feet. Not sure that wasn't the blower belt breaking. Car stopped on the shutdown area, brief hold for retrieval. 0.9381 to sixty for Patrik, tyres starting to smoke, I am guessing blower panel burst as a chute deployed passing the Tree. Fantastic run for Thomas! 0.8838 to sixty, 2.2642/295.24 to 330 feet, 3.2316/428.23 at the eighth and on it all the way. Thomas' speed equates to 303.10 mph, icing on the cake of #1 spot. Stig and Anita pushed back for spots of rain then pulled back out to the start area. As they started their motors they were signalled to stop for more rain. Both cars pushed back again and a couple of minutes later the heavens opened, it's absolutely pouring down out there. Stay tuned. Qualifying after this session:
18:15 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Jimmy Ålund 6.6203/338.35, Bo Pettersson 8.7836/178.69; Mats Jacobsson 7.0624/314.69, Ulf Wagnhester 6.8897/313.41; Jan Ericsson 10.2880/141.73, Tommy Leindahl 8.4943/162.70; Christian Sagelv 11.7133/105.51, Micke Callin 6.7498/330.68; Jan Palmqvist 7.2278/243.70, Magnus Pettersson 7.0615/270.81; Michael Malmgren 6.7639/329.67, Thomas Lindström 6.6658/334.99 When was the last time you saw Jimmy first out in a qualifying session - the order of running is decided by Championship positions in Q1 and after that by performances in the previous qualifier. Well, I think we can safely say that Jimmy won't be first out next session. Left Bo for dead off the line. 1.0009 to sixty to Bo's 1.0540, Bo shut off about 300 feet out. Jimmy to the eighth in 4.2689/268.26 and into #1 spot. The car just squatted down and went, great run. Ulf visibly away first 0.0509 to Mats' 0.2015 and the better sixty 1.0262 to Mats' 1.0349. Sizeable lead for Ulf by the eighth, 4.4266/256.90 to 4.5248, Mats just plain outrun. Sixty foot advantage for Tommy 1.0524 to Jan's 1.0651, Jan's car made a move to the left and he shut it off before the eighth. Tommy going great guns but a puff of smoke from the motor just before the eighth 4.6373/210.77 and he shut it off. Perfect 0.0004 RT for Christian, front wheels in the air and looked like the back end unloaded when the front came down. 1.2166 to sixty and off the gas not long after. 1.0100 to sixty for Micke, 4.3464/263.03 at the eighth, straight run with no dramas, improvement good for one place. 1.0281 to sixty for Jan, front end jumped up at launch, 1.0204 for Magnus. Jan with the advantage at the eighth 4.4029/258.50 to 4.4456/287.23 but shut it off just past the eighth. Magnus carried on but there was a bang and a puff of smoke from his motor at about 1000 feet and he was off the throttle at that point. Great match between Michael and Thomas to close the session, Thomas with the better incrementals 1.0076 to sixty to Michael's 1.0139 and 4.2957/266.54 to the eighth to Michael's 4.3530/261.75. Improvement for Thomas but stayed in #2. Qualifying after this session:
17:55 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Roger Johansson 8.1812/234.68, Stefan Gustafsson no time DQ; Johan Samuelsson 19.6001/52.82 bye; Håkan Persson 10.5444/134.40, Micke Johansson shut off; Norbert Kuno 12.0679/135.17, David Vegter 6.2383/377.36; Mats Eriksson 6.2175/382.17, Jan Gunnarsson 19.8198/53.43; Stefan Carlsson 7.1968/290.17, Robert Joosten 7.4624/255.92; Niclas Andersson 15.7502/65.22 bye, Tero Laukkanen did not start; Anders Nilsson 6.6954/348.84, Norbert Schneider 7.9344/294.44; Jöran Persåker no time (bye); Mattias Wulcan 10.0119/111.00 bye; Martin Lundkvist no time DQ, Terje Håkonsen no time; Urban Johansson 8.1031/187.63, Freddy Fagerström 6.4679/343.73; Micke Gullqvist 14.1142/93.33, Marc Meihuizen 11.2557/122.12 More than a 100-foot burnout by Stefan. 1.0544 to sixty for Roger, looked to be off it by the eighth 4.9980/200.74. Stefan sat in stage for a few more seconds and then hit it, 1.2175 to sixty then suddenly at 200 feet a big cloud of smoke and when we next saw the car it was in a violent flat spin with Stefan a passenger. It went round three times that I saw but although the car got very close to the guardrail I don't think it actually made contact. Pretty obvious what happened there and a trail of oil on the track confirms it. Stefan quite OK although probably a bit giddy and seeing two of everything. The track crew did a great job: they had to clean both lanes from about 200 feet to a couple of hundred feet into the shutdown area. By the time they finished you would not have known that anything had happened; the track was black, not a hint of dust or anything else. Johan restarted the session with a bye. Motor bogged at the hit, pedalled and gave it another go and the same thing happened. Shut it off and idled through. Micke's car moved forward as it fired and almost ran over his crew. Next time the crew member stood off to one side to prime the injector, the motor fired then stopped. Fired up for the third time of asking. Micke's motor was idling very high and he shut it off before staging. Håkan took the bye, 1.1220 to sixty feet with a cylinder out on the right side and sounding to be misfiring, shut it off about 150 feet out. Oil wars in the next round, Lucas Oil Products v MPM Oil, both Eurodragster.com sponsors so we'd go with either outcome. Instant shake and smoke for Norbert, 1.2638 to sixty and off the gas shortly after. 1.0262 to sixty for David, his brake lights came on about 150 feet out but I can assure you that he was not braking. The car made a move to the left but David stayed with it, 4.1141/293.64 at the eighth, much straighter second half. Great run for Mats, that'll make him feel real good. 1.0342 to sixty, slight shake and a quick pedal, 4.1256/297.52 at the eighth and a long way up the ladder. Instant shake for Jan, 1.2266 to sixty with his driver side door flapping open. One pedal, more shake, got off it. Stefan and Robert took turns at getting shake, shake off the line and 1.2178 to sixty for Stefan, 1.0120 to sixty for Robert and shake about 100 feet out. Both pedalled, 4.7677/266.93 to the eighth for Stefan and 4.6704/238.10 for Robert. Robert off the gas, Stefan stayed with it a while longer. Tero's motor didn't start and he was pushed away. Instant shake and zinging motor at the hit for Niclas, we felt the shake here in Race Control. Off the throttle passing the Tree and idled through. 1.0985 to sixty for Anders, pedal for shale maybe 100 feet out, a puff of smoke from the motor just before the eighth 4.4106/275.37. Very gentle launch for Norbert S, drove it off the line then hit it, 1.2664 to sixty and 5.1824/224.63 at the eighth. Check of both lanes after this one, word from outside was that there were sprinkles of rain. Jari Parén towed back to the pits whilst the jet dryer was running up and down the track. Jöran took the bye. Short burnout, up on the revs in pre-stage and the motor stopped, car pushed back. Mattias' motor fired and stopped twice before staying lit. 1.0105 to sixty for Mattias, tyres shook and the car started to move towards the guardrail, Mattias got off the gas and put the chutes out just past the eighth. Drama in the next pair. Started out OK, 1.0572 to sixty for Martin to Terje's 1.0360, Terje hit shake and pedalled - this was crucial to what happened next - whilst Martin hit shake but drove through it with the front right wheel up in the air. 4.1132/308.75 to the eighth for Martin to Terje's 4.3434/280.37 and then Martin's Camaro crossed the track in front of Terje's Firebird - Terje having lost some time to pedalling probably prevented a rather scarier outcome. Martin took out the top end reflectors getting back into his own lane, invalidating both his and Terje's runs. We had spots of rain whilst putting the reflectors back in place so a short hold. On the restart 0.9946 to sixty for Urban, 1.1234 for Freddy who was driving through shake past the Tree and the pick-up moved to the right. Brief pedal from Freddy, meanwhile Urban was trying to drive through the shake and has the Vette up on at most three wheels at one point and had to pedal to get it straight. 4.4698/211.76 to the eighth for Urban to Freddy's 4.2513/285.56, Urban off the gas by that point. 100-foot burnout by Marc before his match-up with Micke. 1.0112 to sixty for Micke and 1.0187 for Marc, both hit shake at the same time and both shut off at the same time, aboout eighty feet out - a sudden echoing silence in the Arena. Qualifying after this session:
15:55 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Jonnie Lindberg 6.1816/404.49 bye; Micke Larsson no time, Ulf Leanders 6.0553/341.99; Leif Andréasson 5.5896/415.70, Johan Lindberg 5.7887/333.95; Adam Flamholc 15.3923/120.08 bye 0.9604 to sixty for Jonnie then shake and a brief pedal. Couple of small moves left and right and feathered the throttle a little at half track 4.1644/297.36. Micke jumped the lights so no time, not a bad looking run to start with either although got close to the guardrail about half track, one chute out so maybe the blower burst panel went. 1.0343 to sixty for Ulf, 3.9581/312.14 at the eighth, straight run but looked to shut it off a touch early. Leif's new body now in its proper colours and looks pretty good. Next up, what we think may well have been the quickest ever side by side TMFC runs in Europe. 0.9446 to sixty to Johan's 0.9459, I think I heard the briefest of pedals from Johan in all the racket, the cars looked side-by-side approaching the eighth. 3.6890/331.09 to the eighth for Leif to Johan's 3.6837/331.70. Leif went straight down his lane whilst Johan's FC made a couple of moves left and right. Our new #1 and #2 qualifiers on top of the quickest side by side. Weird one for Adam, motor zinged at the hit but it didn't look like tyre spin or shake - more like a transmission problem. Smoke from the rear end of the car as Adam idled through. Qualifying after this session:
14:35 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.6501/272.18, Kenneth Holmberg no time; Bo Thorselius shut off, Kenneth Vik shut off; Timo Savolainen 8.6066/183.62, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5924/280.08; Elvira Karlsson 13.0509/100.50, Kalle Lyrén 7.2332/296.87; Ulf Ögge 7.1565/295.89, Fredrik Fredlund no time DQ Bo Thorselius 12.1269/97.23, Kenneth Vik 7.1772/303.71 Storming 0.0092 RT for Karl-Heinz. 1,0822 to sixty, 4.7100/221.95 at the eighth. Kenneth's motor stopped at the hit. Bo and Kenneth held before staging for a timing system issue. Both shut off and pushed back. 1.1918 to sixty for Timo, 1.2129 for Gert-Jan who quickly pulled out a lead, 4.8523/238.73 at the eighth to Timo's 4.9961/224.81. 1.1355 to Sixty for Kalle to Elvira's already-slowing 1.3301, Elvira off the throttle very quickly. 4.6192/247.37 to sixty for Kalle, down the middle of his lane and into #1 spot. 0.0619 RT for Ulf, 0.1277 for Fredde - an advantage which turned out to be a good thing shortly after. 1.0987 to sixty for Ulf and 1.0969 for Fredde, Fredde's bike was heading left and crossed lanes just behind Ulf. Ulf to the eighth in 4.5503/250.70 and into #1 spot. Bo and Kenneth back for a re-run after a couple of Sportsman classes. Fantastic run for Kenneth, 1.1361 to sixty, looked like a slight hesitation and then really took off. 4.6059/249.88 at the eighth. 1.6509 to sixty for Bo, looked to be struggling by the eighth 6.3251/160.28. Qualifying after this session:
We're now going into Sportsman qualifying so to keep up with the news please go to the Sportsman report by clicking here. 13:40 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Ronny Aasen 9.4654/145.91 bye; Greger Johansson 7.4868/291.73 bye; Vesa Lipponen 8.1828/203.70, Harri Piensalmi 9.5075/194.59; Ulf Ledström 6.9815/286.32 bye; Jaska Salakari no time bye; Roman Sixta 8.7464/257.02 bye, Hans Olav Olstad shut off; Trond Høiberget 7.8017/252.81, Per Bengtsson 6.8401/336.24; Svein Olav Rolfstad 16.2073/117.06, Job Heezen 8.0455/296.38; Samu Kemppainen 9.2498/258.50 DQ, Christian Jäger 8.8731/245.34; Jaska Salakari shut off (bye) 1.1781 to sixty for Ronny, bike moved to the right but he stayed with it, 3.0472/201.19 at 330 feet but off the gas by that point. Greger left the line on a cushion of nitro flames, 1.2100 to sixty, a hesitation from the motor as the bike headed for the centre line, 4.8901/244.34 at the eighth and shut it off in the second half. One cylinder very visibly out for Harri in his burnout. Harri away first 0.3007 to 0.4607 and the better sixty 1.1901 to 1.3006. Harri's bike headed determinedly for the centre line and he had to get off the gas for a while to straighten it out. 4.9347/243.13 to the eighth for Vesa but then a bang at about 1000 feet and a drive belt came off the bike. Great run for Ulf and maybe a PB judging by his crews reaction. 1.1881 to sixty, 4.5680/277.21 at the eighth, very straight run down the middle of his lane. Weird one with Jaska, in stage and the Tree never ran - looks like the handset failed. Starter Nettan signalled Jaska to go but he shut off, jumped off the bike and had a lively conversation with Nettan, taking hold of her by both shoulders at one point although I must very quickly add that from where I was sat it looked good-natured - right now Jaska is in front of Race Control talking to Hans Olav Olstad and he looks happy enough. Hans Olav's motor stopped after the burnout. Roman took the bye, motor sounded hesitant, 1.5665 to sixty, motor still hestitating at the eighth 5.7751/207.93. Nice match-up between Trond and Per, 1.3136 to sixty for Trond to Per's 1.2398 with the front wheel high in the air. per way ahead at the eighth 4.5681/279.50 to 4.9849/238.62 but his bike was heading left all the way and he took out one of the 1000 foot reflectors. Per's time could well be DQ'd depending upon whether the bike or header blast was adjudged to have hit the reflector. 1.3216 to sixty for Svein Olav but something was not right with the motor, if it had more than two cylinders I would have said it was mixing cylinders up, that was the effect. Svein Olav shut it off and idled, put his chute out at half track. 1.3758 to sixty for Job, 5.3277/228.33 at the eighth, looked to shut off early. 1.1999 to sixty for Samu but his bike was heading further and further left and he sideswiped the guardrail near half track DQing his run. 1.1635 to sixty for Christian, motor hesitated as the front end came down. 5.7240/168.96 at the eighth. Jaska given a re-run due to the handset failure. Big gassy burnout but then his crew frantically signalled him to shut off for a fluid leak. Qualifying after this session:
13:00 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Peter Andersson-Ström shut off (bye); Otto Knebl 7.6773/264.19, Rikard Gustafsson 7.6074/308.22; Peter Svensson 6.4062/248.16, Ian King 6.3821/284.51 Peter's motor sounded reluctant to light and then almost stopped after the burnout. Shut it off after pushing back from the burnout. 1.1783 to sixty for Otto to Rikard's quicker 1.1211, both bikes headed left and both had to feather the throttle. Otto to the eighth in 4.9330/226.51 having been off and back on the throttle, 4.8293/202.25 for Rikard pulling the bike away from the centre line. Peter away first by quite a while, 1.0083 to sixty to Ian's 1.0821. 3.7531/307.34 to the eighth for Peter and off the throttle shortly after, 4.0247/314.14 for Ian off the gas after 1000 feet. Qualifying after this session:
12:50 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Timo Lehtimäki 9.7999/94.82 bye; Micke Kågered 9.7584/105.26 bye; Jari Halinen 4.2401/381.90 bye; Thomas Nataas 9.3996/112.27, Stig Neergaard 4.1857/419.25; Anita Mäkelä 4.2492/445.18, Antti Horto 4.0719/447.76 0.9418 to sixty for Timo, then the rear end of the car made a step to the left and Timo got off the gas - looked from here as if something broke. Micke's first time out in a Rune Fjeld Motorsport car, the dragster recently vacated by Risto Poutiainen. Tyres didn't light in the burnout. 0.9152 to sixty for Micke with a cylinder out on the right side, sounded as if the motor was misfiring. Off the gas at sixty feet or so, I am guessing a planned launch. Brief hold to rescue Micke from the shutdown area. Jari running under the supervision of US tuner Jimmy Walsh this weekend. Great run to open Jari's account, 0.8952 to sixty feet, looked like a cylinder out on the left side, 3.3209/402.68 to the eighth and off the throttle just after that point. Stig without John Smith, appointments elsewhere I think. Some consternation from Stig's son and crew member Kenni after the motor fired, gesturing to a fellow crew member and working on one of the fuel fittings. Thomas had the better sixty 0.8762 to 0.9090 but was off the throttle very shortly after, looked like shake. Stig was off and running, 2.3095/288.15 at 330 feet and 3.3197/404.19 at the eighth, looked to shut it off just a touch early. Great atch-up to close the session. Anita away first 0.1597 to 0.1821 but that was the last of her advantage. Antti had the much better sixty 0.8728 to 0.9281, an appreciable lead at the eighth 3.2392/417.31 to Anita's 3.3765/396.77. A white flash from the back of Antti's car right on the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
12:30 Simon has posted his first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. We have coded a small change to the pit notes page, the pictures are now clickable to large versions. FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Tommy Leindahl 6.8895/323.16, Jan Ericsson 8.7643/177.44; Bo Pettersson 7.7047/240.00, Jan Palmqvist 6.8618/324.91; Ulf Wagnhester 7.7024/188.68, Christian Sagelv 7.2530/323.55; Magnus Pettersson 6.7810/330.88 bye, Mats Jacobsson broke; Micke Callin 6.7851/332.51, Michael Malmgren 6.7411/329.47; Thomas Lindström shut off, Jimmy Ålund shut off Thomas Lindström 6.7108/335.40, Jimmy Ålund 6.5958/339.62 DQ 1.0262 to sixty for Tommy to Jan's 1.0320, brief shake for someone which we felt rather than saw. Jan off the throttle before the eighth. 4.4261/256.17 to the eighth for Tommy. 1.0477 to sixty for Bo, we'll draw a veil over his RT, 1.0247 for Jan. Bo looked to have problems and was out of serious contention by the eighth. 4.4140/258.25 to the eighth for Jan and into #1 spot at that point. Much better sixty for Ulf 1.0291 to Christian's 1.1752. Ulf had the much better eighth 4.4567/244.68 to Christian's 4.7836/255.08 but then shut off and put the chute out at about 1000 feet. Christian went all the way but lost some ET in the first half. Horrible metallic noise, bang, and motor stopped in the burnout for Mats, pushed back. Magnus took the bye, great run! 1.1056 to sixty, step to the left but he stayed with it, 4.3730/262.14 at the eighth and into #1 spot at that point. Great match-up between Micke and Michael, Michael got a visible holeshot and had the better sixty 1.0080 to Micke's 1.0316. Micke's car drifted gently left towards the guardrail but he stayed with it, 4.3842/262.65 to the eighth to Michael's 4.3358/262.26. Straight run for Michael and into #1 at that point. It started to rain after Thomas and Jimmy pulled their burnouts. Great job by the track crew and we were up and running 35 minutes later. Excellent match between Thomas and Jimmy. Jimmy just away first 0.0405 to 0.0512. Jimmy had the better sixty 0.9904 to Thomas' 1.0386 and was visibly in front at the eighth to 4.2497/269.19 to 4.3399/266.40. Jimmy #1 and Thomas #2. Word came back from the top end that Jimmy's car was a kilogramme underweight so his run was DQ'd. Qualifying after this session:
11:30 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Tero Laukanen 8.8170/226.80, Urban Johansson 6.0482/378.68; Terje Håkonsen 6.9207/306.82, Stefan Carlsson 14.7204/106.61; Roger Johansson shut off (bye); Niclas Andersson 10.8945/122.92 bye; Martin Lundkvist 6.1013/399.11 bye; Jöran Persåker 8.3037/277.49 bye; Johan Westberg 7.5111/233.46, Jari Parén 6.7041/339.62; Jan Gunnarsson 19.9751/48.56 bye; Freddy Fagerström 6.6624/317.83, Anders Nilsson 8.9976/165.24; Mats Eriksson 16.8172/64.90 bye; Norbert Schneider 8.5640/282.57 bye; Robert Joosten 10.3668/155/93, Mattias Wulcan 6.1144/370.62; Marc Meihuizen 6.0952/386.54 bye David Vegter shut off, Micke Gullqvist 5.9697/393.01 bye 100-foot-burnout by Tero. Tero's tyres up in smoke at the hit, gave it a long pedal and then back on it. Urban long gone, 0.9699 to sixty, a brief feather of the throttle as the car went for the centre line, 3.9550/299.33 at the eighth. Great off-the-trailer pass. Tyre shake for both Terje and Stefan, Stefan pedalled it a couple of times. Less shake for Terje, 1.0622 to sixty to Stefan's 1.2483 but still lost time pedalling, 4.4762/252.93 at the eighth. Stefan called it quits by 100 feet and idled through. Roger's motor stopped almost as soon as he fired it up, stayed lit the second time. Long burnout but shut it off when he got back, looked like a small fluid leak. Shake for Niclas a few feet off the line, 1.0332 to sixty but off it not far after the Tree. First half of a new speed record for Martin but a lot of work to get there. Shake at the hit which he drove through, 1.0442 to sixty, the car started to make serious moves left and right, getting close to the centre line past 330 feet. 4.1061/312.14 at the eighth and the car then headed towards the right guardrail but Martin stayed with it. Tiny burnout for Jöran then languid launch, 1.4409 to sixty. The motor sounded to be struggling a little, 5.4673/222.13 at the eighth. Jari rolled through stage but reversed and got back into line. 1.0970 to sixty for Johan and 1.0354 for Jari, looked like s little shake for both but Jari certainly drove through his, took the long way round to the eighth 4.3919/270.14 whilst Johan's motor sounded to be struggling at the eighth 4.5687/259.37, a groaning noise from the motor in the second half and he shut it off. Inspection in Johan's lane and looked like the track crew were picking up small pieces. Jan's car rolled off the line, shake when he hit the throttle a few feet out, gave it one pedal and the motor screamed so Jan shut it off. No smoke from Freddy's tyres on the burnout and not a lot for Anders. Anders' front man staring into space as Anders pulled forward and the guy behind the car had to gesticulate wildly to get his attention. 1.0703 to sixty for Freddy, 1.0347 for Anders. Anders hit bad shake and shut off after the car headed for the centre line. 4.2527/273.43 for Freddy with his tyres blackstriping the first half, looked to shut it off about 1100 feet out. Very bad shake for Mats at the hit, 1.7999 shows you just how bad. Off the gas a few feet out and idled through. My pairing list had Norbert up against Mats but Norbert looked to have problems starting and held back, looked like there was some discussion about whether he would be allowed to run. Run he did, just drove it off the line and then squeezed the throttle, 1.4211 to sixty feathering all the way to the eighth 5.6467/207.77 and then shut off in the second half. 1.0202 to sixty for Robert, 1.0178 for Mattias. Robert hit shake and was off the gas long before the eighth. Mattias' car was moving left and right but he stayed with it, 4.0056/300.67 at the eighth and straightened it out in the second eighth. Nice run for Marc, 1.0364 to sixty, drove through shake initially but then a brief pedal to get it away from the guardrail, 4.0391/302.69 to the eighth and much straighter second half. David shut down before staging for a fluid leak. Fantastic bye for Micke. 0.9792 to sixty, Camaro went left towards the centre line but Gullan stayed with it, 3.9416/308.75 at the eighth and stamping his authority on the field in no uncertain terms. Qualifying after this session:
10:45 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Johnny Oksa 6.2925/319.15 bye, Micke Larsson shut off; Ulf Leanders 10.3328/113.18 bye; Jonnie Lindberg 11.2839/80.55, Adam Flamholc 5.9464/392.73; Johan Lindberg 7.1280/213.69 bye Great to see the late Jarmo Kuutniemi's son Johnny in Japa's car, by all aaccounts very impressive licencing passes here a few weeks back. Johnny's tyres didn't light on the burnout. Micke was signalled to shut off after returning from the burnout, fluid leak. Johnny took the bye, 0.9771 to sixty feet then some rattling shake about 80 feet out, a pedal and back on it. 4.0664/304.91 at the eighth. Brief hold for clean-up in Micke's lane. Ulf broke some sort of speed record backing up from his burnout, frantic signals from his crew to slow it down. 1.0703 to sixty feet, not obviously shaking from here but the forward motion didn't match the engine note, Ulf shut it off about 200 feet out. 0.0976 RT for Jonnie to Adam's 0.2331, 0.9749 to sixty to Adam's 0.9603. Shake for Jonnie and shut off about 250 feet out. Great run for Adam, 3.9383/308.40 to the eighth, got close to the guardrail towards the stripe but stayed with it. Very gusty drive for Johan, 0.9657 to sixty and then shake which he drove through even though the FC was moving left and right and got very close to the guardrail at the eighth 4.0933/262.01. Car was still moving around in the second half and Johan shut it off. Qualifying after this session:
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