Tierp Arena, 24th-27th August 2017
Lördag / Saturday
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De senaste uppdateringarna är högst upp på sidan. Klicka på uppdatera knappen för att vara säker på att se de senaste nyheterna. The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh button to be sure of seeing the latest news. Klicka här för att gå tillbaka till tävlingens indexsida / Click here to go back to the event index 00:10 Sunday We have now posted Saturday's gallery which features 295 pictures courtesy of Julian and Elisabeth. You can check out the gallery via the Event Index; if you do not see all 295 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. 19:00 Maja Udtian closed the day with a licencing pass in the Islanders Top Fuel Dragster. Great burnout then a great pass! 0.8917 to sixty, 2.2717/296.38 to 330 feet (comparable with runs we have had in qualifying), 3.2536/391.59 at the eighth with flashes of flame from the motor, off the gas and 4.2963/327.27 at the stripe. Well done Maja! That's all the on-track action today. We'll have dinner and then bring you today's gallery. 18:50 Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners Anders Back 8.9544/221.04, Kent Olofsson 9.1044/191.49, Matilda Sjöström-Andersson 8.9611/243.35, Tina Olsen Frog 8.9427/208.17 bye, Mari Udtian 9.0522/220.77, Micke Nilsson 8.9283/256.17, Esa Lehto 8.9160/238.41 To close the day we have Maja Udtian licencing for Top Fuel Dragster. 18:40 Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners Angelica Larsson 9.9830/191.29, Patrick Wickman 9.8896/220.59, Thomas Hauge 10.0398/184.43 bye, Lina Braathen 10.0644/168.91 bye (Stefan Andersson no show), Annica Larsson 9.9250/206.19 18:35 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners Jim Bergström's Corvette crossed lanes and stopped very quickly after his race with Daniel Jedborn. Not clear if he sideswiped the wall but if not then it was close. Safety teams on the move very rapidly and the car was towed off the shutdown area intact by the look of it. Mats Lundkvist followed this up by trying to write his name on the track with his car, very wild ride and for close to the centre line a couple of times. Still got there first! Clean-up crew called. Daniel Jedborn (7.52) 7.0865/240.86, Mats Lundkvist (7.85) 8.2019/262.01, Bjørn Johansen (7.56) 7.0822/311.06 bye (Fredrik Olehag no show), Viljar Mäesepp (7.37) 6.7945/345.49 bye (Pär Eriksson no show), Lasse Britsmar (7.90) 7.3482/282.87, Niklas Heikkilä (7.39) 19.6988/65.55 bye (Robert Arthursson broke), Lars-Georg Johansson (7.73) 7.0309/305.60 18:10 Super Street eliminations round 1 winners Mika Ström 11.1715/184.99 bye, Kent Forschner-Hell 10.8922/191.42, Anders Edin 10.9412/197.22, Uffe Lundgren 10.9666/196.58, Åke Törnqvist 10.9152/180.06, Ulf Axelsson 10.8077/196.22, Anders Söderberg 10.9855/196.94, Martin Larsson 11.1266/170.19 18:00 Swedish Pro Modified Championship final Jimmy Ålund 5.8537/390.17 def. Åke Persson 5.9451/391.87
17:55 Pro Street eliminations round 1 winners Jonas Lundberg 7.6487/273.69, Johan Källberg 7.5905/272.73 bye (Preben Bærentzen shut off), Michael Ohlsson 7.7940/254.00, Peter Nordlund 7.8212/241.39, Peter Trång 7.6238/281.10, Seppo Raussi 7.6179/273.00, Micke Norén 7.6625/265.49, Mats Lusth 7.6349/282.72 17:35 Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners Emil Östlund 8.6594/223.51, Bianca Nilsson 8.8786/221.13, Peter Svensson 8.6299/246.35, Peter Östlund 8.2192/280.96 bye (Tony Andersson no show), Björn Linde 9.0368/254.48, Kimmo Rantala 8.8584/249.19 17:30 Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 2 winners Perfect ET for Per Fagerström, grattis Per! Anders Eriksson (10.66) 10.7110/195.87 bye, Tomas Westberg (11.25) 11.2748/188.09, Fredrik Frisberg (10.35) 10.4976/181.15, Peter Lindberg (9.36) 9.4688/221.22, Per Fagerström (11.50) 11.5005/183.55, Erik Wallin (10.33) 10.3516/188.55, Lars Nyberg (9.87) 9.9004/215.65, Mathias Färm (9.45) 9.4260/224.07, Bo Nylund (11.70) 10.7979/200.00, Uffe Edwardsson (10.19) 10.2218/193.76, Göran Larsson (11.15) 11.2372/191.56 17:20 Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners Patrik Lind (7.90) 7.9298/132.26, Nikolai Tejnø (8.58) 8.6623/119.34, Niklas Larsson (8.02) 8.0109/135.07, Veeti Kortelainen (13.16) 13.2832/77.45, Matz Arntzen Wanvik (8.12) 8.1117/125.17, Tindra Christensen (7.97) 8.0018/131.04, Elias Otvall (7.90) 8.0041/131.10, Pontus Garefelt (8.00) 8.1072/127.72, Hampus Sundqvist (8.15) 8.2661/128.63, Nelly Ericsson (8.96) 8.9125/112.31, Oskar Norling (8.05) 8.0951/125.67, Felicia Rudnert (8.30) 8.3670/123.75 17:05 EDRS Pro MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Dag Wagenius 9.2888/240.64 bye; Mark Hope 7.9486/272.18, Emil Östlund 8.8829/297.03; Henri Kolehmainen 9.6353/144.77, Ida Zetterström 7.8570/299.50; Mathias Bohlin 7.4564/311.96, Kim Hilander 7.7952/274.11; Anders Blanck 7.3482/309.10, Björn Friström 8.2909/292.21; Robert Nilsson 7.2673/321.62, Mogens Lund 7.0739/330.88 Qualifying after this session:
Your Reporter survives another two days of Pro qualifying. 17:00 EDRS Pro MC Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Timo Savolainen 9.6106/114.21 bye, Bo Thorselius broke; Kalle Lyrén 7.1108/303.88, Alex Hope 7.5828/287.23; Fredrik Fredlund 7.0232/307.69, Thomas Olsen 7.1551/299.00 Bo shut off after the burnout. Timo took the bye, got the first two gears but third did not engage and he shut off. Condtions just perfect for someone to run a six, would Fredde do it? Not quite. Qualifying after this session:
16:50 EDRS Pro MC Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Teemu Kettula 9.7274/211.27 bye; Svein Olav Rolfstad broke, Trond Høiberget 9.8542/231.46 bye; Vidar Ravnsborg broke, Torsti Kettula 8.3233/219.07 bye; Ismo Mäenpää 7.7106/310.52, Greger Johansson 7.1390/291.89; Ulf Ledström no time, Petri Mattsson no time DQ; Lasse Leponiemi 6.7232/321.05, Roman Sixta 6.7426/319.15; Samu Kemppainen 11.0402/117.72, Anders Hörnström no time; Tommy Grimes 8.4571/169.49 bye Teemu off the gas for at least a second at half track, back on it but then shut it off before the stripe. Svein Olav shut off before staging. Trond's motor was lazy all the way along and almost died at the eighth. Vidar pushed back after the burnout. Torsti's motor was lazy and he shut off before the stripe. Improvement for Greger but not enough to get into the ladder tomorrow save as an alternate. Petri crossed lanes in front of Ulf, Ulf saw him coming and got off the gas. Another PB for Lasse, well done Lasse and team! Big improvement for Roman, looked to be approaching the centre line but kept out of trouble. Sanu shut off as his bike was going for the centre line, in the other lane hesitation and mist from Anders' motor and he was off the gas about 100 feet out. Clean-up in Anders' lane. Tommy going great guns but the motor groaned when the front wheel came down about 400 feet out. Check of the lane, small pieces being picked up. Qualifying after this session:
16:20 EDRS Pro MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Peter Andersson (Ä) 17.6342/94.72 bye; Peter Andersson (U) 7.5557/283.46, Jan Sturla Hegre 6.4641/344.83; Thomas Pettersson broke, Sverre Dahl 6.2003/345.05 bye; Peter (Ä)'s motor tried to quit at the hit and from then on it was a juddering ride to the stripe. 1.0835 to sixty for Jan Sturla, 4.2167/287.69 at the eighth but again vapour from the motor in the second half. Thomas shut off before staging. Sverre took the bye, 1.0450 to sixty, started to fishtail when the front wheel came down and a hesitation from the motor, 4.0513/292.84 to the eighth and stayed with it to the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
16:10 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Timo Lehtimäki 13.9235/71.47 bye, Björn Mårtensson broke; Stefan Gunnarsson 12.2715/79.42, Jndia Erbacher 4.0623/453.02; Anita Mäkelä 6.7835/148.92, Stig Neergaard 5.0548/220.05; Liam Jones 3.9971/471.62, Micke Kågered 4.1298/420.89 Björn shut off after returning from the burnout. Tyres up in smoke for Timo, 0.9862 to sixty with tyres already blazing, tried a pedal then got off it with one of those huge yellow nitro clouds which make you worry that a loud bang is imminent. Stefan's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.0899 to sixty with tyres blazing and off the gas. Jndia to sixty in 0.8867, 330 feet in 2.2711/296.70 blackstriping, to the eighth in 3.3283/423.53 and off the throttle a touch before the stripe. Jndia off the bump and up to #3. Anita to sixty in 0.9146, Stig in 0.8748, Anita off it before 300 feet and Stig to 330 feet in 2.2510/295.08 and off the throttle right there. Minor clean of Anita's lane. Liam to sixty in 0.8797, Micke in 0.9051 and widening the advantage at 330 feet 2.2429/301.34 to Micke's 2.2851/294.92. Liam's dragster started moving left and right at the eighth 3.1965/428.91, Micke visibly behind at 3.2715/413.16, Liam looked to drive it to the back door, Micke off the gas just before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
15:50 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Tommy Leindahl 6.7792/325.89, Sampsa Palos 8.9010/172.08; Simon Gustafsson 6.7673/329.67, Magnus Pettersson 21.8532/52.57; Robin Norén 21.4998/38.94, Michael Malmgren 28.2450/37.50; Christian Sagelv 6.6160/337.08, Richard Sundblom 8.6592/178.81; Stefan Ernryd 6.7911/330.48, Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5292/340.69; Thomas Lindström 6.6017/337.71, Jimmy Ålund 6.5396/343.29 Thanks to stats guru Andy Marrs for thinking of us when his eye lit on the new record bump spot number after Q3. As it happens we had already realised for a change but it was Marrs' carefully-compiled records we were using so thanks to him for that also. Tommy to sixty in 1.0096 and a slight drift left, 1.0220 for Sampsa and a move right, Sampsa was off the gas before 300 feet. Tommy to the eighth in 4.3521/260.87. Both spectating tomorrow. 1.0222 to sixty for Simon, 1.0937 for Magnus and then thumping shake. Magnus didn't have much to lose as he was likely safely in the ladder so shut it off. Simon to the eighth in 4.3545/262.26, no improvement so spectating tomorrow. 1.0855 to sixty for Robin then bad shake, 1.2035 for Michael already with terrible shake, both off the gas at that point and Robin either put out the chutes or they shook out about 200 feet out. 0.9994 to sixty for Christian, 1.0010 for Richard. Richard off the gas before the eighth, Christian through the eighth in 4.2601/267.99 and a couple of places up the ladder, thereby contributing to another new European Pro Stock bump spot record of 6.659. Stefan to sixty in 0.9999 and Bengt in 0.9826, Stefan getting a bit close to the left guardrail but staying with it and guiding it back. Storming eighth for Bengt 4.1990/271.63, Stefan to the eighth in 4.3649/260.24. Thomas to sixty in 0.9892, tiny bit of shake for Jimmy by the sound of it, 1.0027 to sixty but quickly over it and the better eighth 4.2209/272.73 to Thomas' 4.2462/268.52. Qualifying after this session:
15:30 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Petteri Liimatainen broke (bye); Sandro Bellio 5.9569/392.44, Jonny Lagg 5.5451/425.87; Dennis Habermann 17.3938/73.27, Timo Habermann 8.2901/188.48 Petteri's motor stopped within moments of starting and he was pushed away. Sandro to sixty in 0.9634 and Jonny in 0.9738, Sandro pedalled for shake and then he was off and running, meanwhile Jonny was on a pretty good one himself, blackstriping all the way to the eighth 3.7182/346.60 (215.37 mph), Sandro not far behind at 4.0341/327.47. Instant shake for Dennis, 1.1551 to sixty already off the gas, Timo to sixty in 0.9374 and hitting shake, got off the gas and just drove it through gently going through the gears. Qualifying after this session:
15:20 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Swedish Pro Modified Championship eliminations round 2 Åke Persson 5.9126/395.31 bye, Matts Logren no show
Jimmy Ålund 8.3019/238.41 def. Freddy Fagerström 9.6454/147.38
Andreas Arthurson 7.0128/376.04 bye; Rolf Simonsson 14.5133/92.17, Jan Brännvall 7.0239/331.49; Micke Johansson broke, Jan Ericsson 6.1748/371.13 bye; Laura Saksa 6.4543/344.83, Michael Joneskog 6.8652/315.42; Michel Tooren 6.1540/377.36, Roger Johansson 11.8175/161.24; Bruno Bader 6.5391/364.13, David Vegter 12.6990/86.68 Shake just off the line for Andreas, 1.3668 to sixty, a edal and more shake, another pedal and more shake, 4.9238/297.52 to the eighth, finally picking up in the second half. Misfiring kinds of noises from Rolf's motor in the burnout. Instant shake for Rolf, 1.1762 and a hard left move, almost sideswiped the guardrail, shut off. Jan to sixty in 1.1347, shake and a pedal, 4.5860/258.50 at the eighth and another pedal in the second half. Rolf spectating tomorrow. Micke in the Last Chance Saloon although he may get a chance if Matts is out for the duration. Or not, as Micke shut off after the burnout and was pushed away. Jan took the bye, 1.0281 to sixty, straight down the middle of the lane, 4.0407/297.52 at the eighth. Laura to sixty in 1.0419, Michael with shake to sixty 1.1129 and lost time to the pedal. 4.2017/284.06 to the eighth for Laura, 4.6096/297.85 for Michael. Roger's car off-colour last round, short burnout this time and crew looked a little concerned as he sat for a while before backing up. Instant shake for Roger, 1.3222 at the eighth and off the gas. 1.0451 to sixty for Michel, gentle move left but had it well covered, 4.0387/295.73 at the eighth. Bruno to sixty in 1.0723 and David in 0.9956, both hit shake, both pedalled once, Bruno got going but had lost time, David gave it up. Bruno to the eighth in 4.3566/288.62. Qualifying after this session:
14:55 Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners Anders Back 9.0360/218.09 bye, Elin Aarvik 9.0361/216.61, Kent Elofsson 8.9043/224.07, Matilda Sjöström-Andersson 20.0345/69.77, Daniel Nordberg 9.1140/216.09, Tina Olsen Frog 8.7589/203.24, Mari Udtian 8.9787/216.17, Johanna Granholm 8.9052/238.83, Micke Nilsson 8.9682/227.46, Albin Frank 8.9446/224.81, Esa Lehto 9.1191/236.74, Kristina Nygren 8.9315/243.46, Lina Wallberg 9.6973/219.69 Part-time photogs are here so we can get on with the final Pro session now. 14:25 Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners Angelica Larsson 9.9036/212.18 bye, Johan Rehmström 9.8056/236.63, Patrick Wickman 9.9870/199.70, Helena Olsson 9.9583/195.37 bye (Torbjörn Ekström no show), Thomas Hauge 9.8742/198.17, Stefan Andersson 9.9674/200.15, Lina Braathen 9.9324/177.69, Eddy van den Bos 9.9153/193.62, Annica Larsson 9.9232/205.56 14:15 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners Jim Bergström (6.89) 6.7849/329.67, Mats Lundkvist (7.85) 7.7044/242.04, Peter Thörnäs (6.89) 7.1828/225.09, Bjørn Johansen (7.56) 7.1165/307.69, Fredrik Olehag (7.56) 7,8524/282,13 bye (Hannu Flink no show), Viljar Mäesepp (7.37) 8.3688/334.78 bye (Mikael Holmström no show), Pär Eriksson (7.23) 7.7099/181.57 bye (Stefan Persson shut off), Timo Ehromäki (8.06) 7.8538/298.01 bye (Jens Eklund no show), Lasse Britsmar (7.90) 7.5177/251.75 bye (Nina Olsson no show), Niklas Heikkilä (7.56) 6.8969/294.92... Very loud bang and smoke from Andres Arnover's motor in the shutdown area after his race with Niklas Heikkila. Safety crews moved very quickly and sped to assist. ...Robert Arthursson (7.37) 6.8556/323.35, René Meierhofer (9.01) 8.5432/208.66, Lars-Georg Johansson (7.73) 7.4026/236.12 bye (Joakim Backman no show), Daniel Jedborn (7.52) staged (bye) 13:30 EDRS Pro MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dag Wagenius 11.5157/120.27, Robert Nilsson 7.2665/313.59; Emil Östlund 10.0935/220.77 bye, Roberth Häggblom broke; Ida Zetterström 14.8376/116.13, Ida Johansson 8.3818/276.97; Kim Hilander 7.8725/280.37, Mark Hope 8.6032/233.46; Björn Friström 8.9537/166.82, Henri Kolehmainen 7.6774/280.52; Mogens Lund 9.4647/125.84, Anders Blanck 7.3670/316.72; Garry Bowe 24.0309/32.62, Mathias Bohlin 7.4263/305.42 Qualifying after this session:
13:20 EDRS Pro MC Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Bo Thorselius no time broke, Timo Savolainen 7.2176/267.86; Alex Hope 7.3657/292.05, Fredrik Fredlund 7.0067/306.12; Thomas Olsen 7.2460/295.24, Kalle Lyrén 7.0851/305.08 Bo's motor quit at the hit. 1.1134 to sixty for Timo, 4.5457/248.50 at the eighth and one place up the ladder. Great run for Fredde! 1.0866 to sixty, 4.4614/265.96 at the eighth and into #1 spot. Good runs but no improvements for Thomas and Kalle. Qualifying after this session:
13:10 EDRS Pro MC Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Torsti Kettula no time broke, Svein Olav Rolfstad 10.6001/122.20; Greger Johansson 7.5458/251.63, Vidar Ravnsborg 7.6899/285.11; Trond Høiberget 9.5940/207.29, Ismo Mäenpää 7.7084/302.52; Teemu Kettula 11.2315/124.65, Jaska Salakari 7.9926/322.39; Petri Mattsson broke, Ulf Ledström 7.0858/317.83 bye; Roman Sixta 16.4340/66.06, Lasse Leponiemi 6.9860/323.74; Anders Hörnström 7.0689/334.37, Samu Kemppainen 6.5399/316.16; Marcus Christiansen 6.6924/301.84, Tommy Grimes 6.4829/332.10 Torsti's bike didn't move on the green, pushed back. Strong launch for Svein Olav, 1.1036 to sixty, then the bike made a sharp move right and something came off and flew over the guardrail. Off the gas and pulled it back to the centre of the lane. Long static burnout for Vidar. 1.1670 to sixty for Greger with front wheel high in the air, 1.2389 for Vidar. Greger got into a serious fishtail when the front wheel came down and feathered the throttle in the second half then off the gas altogether. Vidar stayed with it but the motor was hesitant and sounded to be misfiring in the second half. Hesitation from Trond's motor all the way down. Strong pass for Ismo but got very close to the right guardrail at the top end. Jaska's tyre up in smoke at the hit, feathered the throttle and back on it, blackstriped all the way and a puff of smoke right on the stripe. Teemu's bike was heading determinedly for the centre line and he had to get off the gas to pull it straight. Petri's motor popped three times then stopped before staging. Bye for Ulf and a great, straight run. 1.2347 to sixty and 4.7230/267.59 at the eighth. Flash of flame from Roman's motor a few feet out and his run was dine. Lasse to sixty in 1.2807, the eighth 4.6794/244.90, judging by his crew's reaction his first six and a PB, well done Lasse and team! Anders to sixty in 1.2216, Samu already visibly on a good one 1.1290, Anders to the eighth in 4.6987/263.93 behind Samu's straight and middl-of-his-lane 4.2645/288.15. Great match for Marcus and Tommy to close ths session 1.1819 to sixty for Marcus and 1.1511 for Tommy, Marcus to the eighth in 4.3467/282.57 and Tommy visibly ahead 4.2846/293.64 but shut it off a touch early. Qualifying after this session:
12:50 EDRS Pro MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jan Sturla Hegre 6.5240/301.84 bye; Peter Andersson (Ä) no time broke, Peter Andersson (U) 7.5498/299.33; Nice run to start with for Jan Sturla, 1.0605 to sixty, but then the motor started to hesitate. Subtly at first before the eighth 4.2359/291.42 but then vapour and a groan in the second half and off the gas before the stripe. Peter (Ä)'s bike did not launch on the green shut off and pushed back. Qualifying after this session:
12:40 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Stefan Gunnarsson 4.2903/315.24 bye; Stig Neergaard 4.1414/434.78, Anita Mäkelä 8.9994/125.12; Björn Mårtensson 13.3621/64.43, Timo Lehtimäki 7.3410/127.06; Micke Kågered 8.4627/126.26, Liam Jones 9.0119/90.80 Could Stefan repeat yesterday's run but keep it straight this time? That would really throw the cat amongst the pigeons. It was on for a while; 0.8810 to sixty, slight move right but had it covered, 2.2117/309.99 to 330 feet (192.62 mph), off the gas before the eighth 3.1858/370.88. Stig to sixty in 0.9126, Anita in 0.9304 then off the gas but not obvious from here why. Stig to 330 feet in 2.2037/295.08 and the eighth in 3.2916/410.65 (255.17 mph), off the gas before the stripe. Björn;s tyres up almost as soon as he left the line, 0.9821 to sixty and off the gas. 0.8688 to sixty for Timo, tyres started to smoke about 150 feet out, a couple of pedals and more smoke and then the blower relief panel let go with a flash of flame. Paired shake and off the gas for Micke and Liam, Micke to sixty in 0.8749 then shake, Liam to sixty in 0.8606 then shake. Liam's chutes out at 330 feet into the bargain. Qualifying after this session:
12:25 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Michael Malmgren 6.6122/335.82, Christian Sagelv 6.6665/335.82; Richard Sundblom 19.8942/86.30, Simon Gustafsson 6.7410/330.68; Jimmy Ålund 6.5266/343.29 bye, Tommy Leindahl broke; Sampsa Palos 33.4694/31.69, Robin Norén 8.4956/174.53; Magnus Pettersson 6.6593/333.95, Stefan Ernryd 8.8841/182.68; Bengt Ljungdahl no time, Thomas Lindström 6.7852/334.16 Michael to sixty 0.9788, Christian with a little shake moving the car left to sixty in 1.0114. Michael's car close to the left guardrail but he stayed with it, to the eighth in 4.2480/267.33 to Christian's 4.3018/266.93. More or less instant shake for Nixxon, 1.2247 to sixty and off the gas. Simon to sixty in 1.0344, blackstriping to the eighth 4.3408/264.06 and further. When was the last time you saw Jimmy this early in a Pro Stock qualifying session? Jimmy started, no sign of life from Tommy's car. Start line crew looked enquiringly towards Tommy's car, the motor briefly fired then stopped and he was signalled to go back to the pits. One more attempt to fire the motor but again it stopped immediately and in any case he had been signalled to go back to the pits. Small puddle of fluid beneath Tommy's car. Great run for Jimmy! 0.9917 to sixty, small thump of shake and a clearly audible short shift from second to third, 4.2096/272.87 at the eighth. Took the lead by 0.0002 seconds - as a distance 1.89 centimetres. Instant shake for Sampsa, 1.3501 already off the gas and rolled through. 1.035 to sixty for Robin, shake and a pedal, 4.6898/203.62 at the eighth rolling off the throttle. 0.9906 to sixty for Magnus, Stefan looked to drive it gently off the line getting to sixty in 1.2385, backed out of it before the eighth. Magnus to the eighth in 4.2780/265.88 and up the ladder. We now have the quickest-ever European Pro Stock bump spot. Instant shake for Bengt, 1.7353 to sixty off the gas by then and rolling to a halt before the eighth. 1.0092 to sixty for Thomas, 4.4008/264.19 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
12:05 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Timo Habermann 5.3009/428.91, Petteri Liimatainen 19.1750/48.19; Micke Larsson 6.4177/302.35, Sandro Bellio 17.3122/64.85; Jonny Lagg 5.4888/419.58, Dennis Habermann 5.3704/425.53 More problems starting for Petteri, made it this time though. Timo's crew sportingly looked across and waited for Petteri to start before letting Timo go for his burnout. Petteri's crew had to rock the car to help him to engage reverse after the burnout. Petteri's tyres up in smoke at the hit, a couple of pedals and let it go, idled through. Timo to sixty in 0.8958, no real sign of shake, 3.4674/347.04 at the eighth. Next pair FC v FC and some lightning maths to be done. Sandro to sixty in 1.0565 then tyres up in smoke, a couple of pedals then off the gas and idled through. Micke to sixty in 1.0237 but tyres were blackstriping and I didn't hear more than one gear change. 4.0128/277.21 at the eighth, an improvement but still off form. Jonny to sixty in 0.9583, Dennis in 0.9233, slight shake marks in Jonny's lane. Dennis with the better eighth ET 3.5362/347.94 to Jonny's faster 3.6560/350.19. Qualifying after this session:
11:45 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Olof Andersson 6.8559/349.06 bye; A big Hello to our buddy Bob Roberts who is tuned in from the UK. Olof on a licence pass, 7.40 or quicker and he is licenced. Sounded like the car went on the two-step before hitting it for the burnout. Licenced! 1.0691 to sixty, a couple of pedals, 4.5591/268.26 at the eighth and then really picked up in the second half. I thought this run would count for qualifying but race officials say not. Swedish Pro Modified Championship eliminations round 1 Matts Logren 7.4895/269.87 def. Roger Johansson 7.4460/235.19
Jimmy Ålund 12.4094/79.32 bye, Jan Ericsson did not start
Freddy Fagerström 6.4936/364.13 def. Micke Gullqvist 6.9899/377.36
Åke Persson shut off, Jan Brännvall shut off
Åke Persson 18.7699/55.22 bye;
Next round is Åke v Matts and Jimmy v Freddy. Kim Kristiansen 19.3427/52.17 bye; Laura Saksa 6.8694/310.88 bye; Micke Johansson 7.3443/334.99 bye; Michael Joneskog 6.4399/359.28, Rolf Simonsson 7.3816/225.47; Andreas Arthursson 7.4203/342.64, Michael Tooren 16.6291/97.00; David Vegter 6.3092/379.48, Bruno Bader 6.4773/345.93 1.0497 to sixty for Kim and then shake, something came off the car. Brief pedal then off the gas and idled through. Track crew picking up small pieces, hopefully blower belt or something else non-metallic. Laura revved the motor after starting and the exhaust blew out a nice flame. 1.0985 to sixty, rattled the tyres, a pedal, 4.4835/267.72 at the eighth. Last-photographer burnout by Micke so about 300 feet. 1.0737 to sixty then bad shake, motor note shot up, two pedals and back on it. 4.9360/256.41 at the eighth, made a move left after the stripe. Michael to sixty in 1.0608 and Rolf in 1.0549, both hit shake and pedalled. Rolf feathered the throttle as if he could not decide whether to go on but got back on it, Micke ahead by the eighth 4.2124/278.93 to Rolf's 4.4267/262.52. Rolf off it for good in the second half. Very brief burnout for Michel. High-frequency shake at the hit, 1.7974 to sixty and off it by then. Shake for Andreas, 1.4729 to sixty, off the gas and then slowly on it again, 5.1595/274.25 at the eighth. David to sixty in 1.0011 and Bruno in 1.0438. Both had shake, one pedalled but from here it was difficult to say who but I am guessing David. Bruno had the better eighth 4.1985/278.78 to David's 4.2174/300.00 Qualifying after this session:
10:30 Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners Anders Eriksson (10.66) 10.7786/177.34, Jonas Bengtsson (9.99) 10.0806/191.29, Tomas Westberg (11.25) 11.2576/187.11, Fredrik Frisberg (10.27) 10.4290/202.78, Jarmo Markkanen (10.04) 10.0753/192.72, Peter Lindberg (9.32) 9.4120/224.53, Martin Berglund (8.50) 8.5498/256.29 bye (Jimmy Arvidsson no show), Per Fagerström (11.48) 11.5562/176.64, Yrjö Wallius (10.28) 10.3125/192.17, Erik Wallin (10.33) 10.3102/187.30, Roger Johansson (10.29) 10.8656/150.46, Rick McCann (9.90) 10.0366/184.30, Lars Nyberg (9.86) 10.0274/209.71... Hold at this point as Jörgen Lindgren's rear window blew out and smashed itself all over the track about 400 feet out. Obviously the track crew had to be very careful about cleaning up that one. ...Mathias Färm (9.43) 9.4768/217.57, Anders Lindh (10.24) 10.3942/180.24, Thomas Strand (11.70) 11.0707/188.48, Bo Nylund (10.86) 10.9668/181.39, Uffe Edwardsson (11.25) 10.2051/205.25 bye (P-A Lindström no show), Sari Kainulainen (11.35) 11.4174/183.30, Göran Larsson (11.17) 11.3349/174.03, Tarmo Mikkola (9.84) 10.1775/162.70 09:20 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 5 Magnus Pollack into #1 in the first pair at 9.5170. 9.5579 moved Iiro Reinola up to #2. Heikki-Juhani Koskinen with a 9.9096 stayed #5. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 5 8.6883 for Ulf Fridolfsson in the first pair good for #7. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 5 Trygve Kjærstad Helgerud up to #2 with a 0.0286 in the last pair. That's Sportsman qualifying finished, the plan is to get all Sportsman classes down to eight today. Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners Interesting outcome in the race between Marcus Andersson and Nina Björnsson. Marcus redlit and broke out, whilst Nina broke during her run and didn't get to the finish line. Word came from race officials that Marcus had been awarded the win. Patrik Lind (7.90) 8.3715/128.57 bye, Hanna Kongshem (8.15) 8.1971/127.24, Nikolai Tejnø (8.58) 8.7397/118.01, Atle Poolsar (8.02) 8.1403/129.78, Niklas Larsson (8.12) 8.2465/113.47, Marcus Andersson (9.06) 9.0146/108.72, Veerti Kortelainen (13.04) 13.2551/76.26, Linnéa Thulin (8.04) 8.0999/128.51, Fanny Andersson (7.96) 8.0617/126.85, Mats Arntzen Wanvik (8.15) 8.1863/123.91, Jennifer Östergren (8.08) 8.1989/122.20, Tindra Christensen (7.99) 8.0385/129.40, Elias Otvall (7.95) 8.0264/130.56, Eskil Dahls (7.94) 8.1054/125.99, Fanny Olsson (8.00) 8.0718/123.32, Pontus Garefelt (7.97) 8.3682/102.96, Håvard Kongshem (7.97) 7.9923/127.30, Hampus Sundqvist (8.13) 8.2674/127.57, Nelly Ericsson (8.97) 9.0219/109.18, Stine Aune Hasselvold (8.00) 8.2420/111.66, Oskar Norling (8.15) 8.2747/121.59, Wilma Andersson (7.91) 8.0053/125.87, Felicia Rudnert (8.28) 8.4808/120.97, Casper Ljungdahl (8.75) 9.2036/118.06 bye (Emil Eriksson no show) 08:00 Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the Dico Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. It's a beautiful day here at Tierp Arena. Cloudless and mild. Gentle breeze up the track. As usual at Tierp we will be using the popular split-screen format for the reports. We will be providing commentaries on Sportsman classes but of course the usual full coverage and standings in Pro classes. So far as we know there is no webcast of this event by any party so you will have to slum it with us. A big Good Morning to our Eurodragster.com colleagues Kirstie and Simon and Contributing Photographer Callum who are at Shakespeare County Raceway for this weekend's APIRA Open Sport Nationals. Simon and Callum are covering the event and Kirstie is racing in Sportsman ET. Good luck and stay safe Kirstie, and of course avoid traffic. Good luck Simon and Callum, I know you'll do us proud. Good morning also to all of the Eurodragsterholics, especially Kai Plathan and Otto in Finland and Ivar Kolberg in Norway; thank you all for your support. Hello also to Herb and Kim Andrews - now you know where Simon is and why - and hello and Thank You to Robin Jackson and Spencer Tramm who have been providing proof-reading services to Your Reporter. As the astute reader will realise, with the unrelenting pressure here it is very easy to make mistakes and it is even easier not to notice those mistakes so having someone take a look away from the hubbub is worth a lot. Robin has also been keeping us up to date on Top Fuel and Pro Modified Personal Bests which is also much appreciated. Today we have final Sportsman qualifying, Sportsman eliminations and Pro qualifying. The Swedish Pro Modified Championship will be running within Pro Modified Q3 and Q4, those runs counting for qualifying, with the final at the end of the day deciding the Champion but not counting for qualifying. You can check out the provisional running order, kindly provided by Race Director Tomas Pettersson, on the Event Index. As you can see we start at 09:00 so stay tuned and when the first pair fires up we'll bring you all the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |