Tierp Arena, 7th-10th June 2018
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 Yes, Sunday! We have now posted our Saturday gallery which contains 325 pictures courtesy of Remco Scheelings and Lena Perés. In addition Simon has posted another set of pit notes, and we have posted tomorrow's running order courtesy of Marie Selander. You can check all of these out on the Event Index. If you do not see the Sunday Running Order link on the Event Index page then click on your Browser's Refresh button, and if you do not see all 325 updated thumbnails when you load the Saturday Gallery page then again click on your Browser's Refresh button. 20:15 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Antti Horto 4.2018/459.97, Dennis Nilsson 4.9904/294.12 DQ; Jöran Persåker 6.3925/163.39, Liam Jones 4.7283/389.89; Stefan Gunnarsson 8.3958/138.00, Björn Mårtensson 7.5431/179.58; Duncan Micallef 8.8703/164.63, Micke Kågered 14.4264/92.80; Timo Lehtimäki 4.2369/438.31, Anita Mäkelä 4.0846/374.22 Dennis staged just left of his burnout tracks. Antti to sixty in 0.9328 to Dennis' 1.0950, Antti to 330 feet in 2.3475/293.64 to Dennis' 2.6576/264.71, Antti had all eight lit and was going great guns until just before the eighth 3.3550/400.89 when the motor started to smoke and then past the eighth there was a flash of flame. Dennis through the eighth in 3.8059/334.57, the car was heading left, crossed the centre line and took out the 1000 foot reflectors, he was not far behind Antti as we saw it from here. Jöran to sixty in 0.9397, Liam in 0.8772, Liam with shake and a pedal, Jöran to 330 feet in 2.4913/222.59 with smoking motor, a pedal and off the gas. Liam to 330 feet in 2.5309/263.93, off the gas again as the car was moving left, pulled the car straight again and stomped on it, 3.7666/328.07 at the eighth, can you say red mist? Did the job as it put Liam in the ladder at #8. Stefan to sixty in 0.8727, instant smoke for Björn to the sixty in 1.1019, when the s smoke cleared Stefan was off the gas, cruised through the eighth in 5.7013/134.83. Bjïrn stomped on it a couple of times in an attempt to get into the ladder, 5.5227/190.95 at the eighth, to no avail and shut it off. Short burnout for Micke, track plenty warm I would imagine. Instant smoke for Duncan, off the gas by sixty feet 1.2175. Micke's car jumped up but not much smoke, from the way the motor stopped it was almost as if the throttle cable broke on him, an idling 1.8449 to sixty feet. Timo to sixty in 0.8782, Anita wheels-up at 0.8607, Anita also had the better run to 330 feet 2.2194/305.08 (189.57 mph) to Timo's 2.2838/280.23. Smoke from Timo's motor at the eighth 3.3467/385.99 but stayed with it, Anita through the eighth in 3.1528/426.88 (265.25 mph), off the gas before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
That's today's action done, tune back in a couple of hors for today's gallery. 19:50 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Olof Andersson 8.5110/177.57, Peter Kunc 6.6015/347.04; Norbert Kuno 6.1108/378.15, Bruno Bader 6.1159/369.10; Marcus Perman 6.3128/363.88, Rolf Simonsson 6.5716/260.37; Marco Maurischat 6.0354/376.04, Micke Jonahsson 6.2308/370.62; Åke Persson no time, Lars Järpler 6.2446/348.61; Kim Kristiansen 5.9689/394.45, Freddy Fagerström 6.1790/373.70; Michael Joneskog 6.0725/392.73, Roger Johansson 6.2140/351.33; Andreas Arthursson 5.9452/401.79, Jan Ericsson 6.0268/385.71 Olof to sixty in 1.0878 with shake, Peter in 1.0330 but smoke from the right side of the car. Olof close to the centre line and shut off at the eighth 4.6342/193.38. Peter still on the gas at the eighth 4.2804/268.39 but sounded to be rolling off the throttle in the second half. Last Chance Saloon for Norbert and Bruno, both now standing at the bar smiling and drinks all round. Norbert to sixty in 1.0011, Bruno in 1.0232, Norbert's Avenger drifted left a little and Bruno had the better eighth 3.9946/298.84 to Norbert's 4.0080/296.54. Bump-sitter Marcus to sixty in 1.0248, second alternate Rolf in 1.0345, Rolf had the better eighth 4.1129/287.85 to Marcus' 4.1332/289.08 but then Rolf shut off and put the chutes out in the second half. Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco safely in the field, Micke J first alternate as things stood. Marco to sixty in 1.0141, Micke in 1.0229 with shake, car moved left but he held on to it. Marco to the eighth in 3.9545/304.05, Micke had lost a little time to the shake and move, 4.0902/293.48, but he made it into the ladder. At that point we had the quickest-ever sixteen-car Pro Mod bump spot in Europe. Åke to sixty in 1.0477, Lars in 0.9992, Åke's Camaro was heading right and almost had the centre line, Lars to the eighth in 4.0502/291.58 and Åke in 4.6100/210.69, Lars' car moved left and the chute took out the quarter mile reflector, stopping Åke's clock. Kim to sixty in 1.0143, Freddy in 1.0224, Freedy's tyres were blackstriping to 300 feet, Kim visibly ahead at the eighth 3.9490/309.99 to Freddy's 4.0527/297.85, Freddy's pick-up was moving left in the second half but nothing major and certainly not by Freddy's standards. Track check in the shutdown area. Michael to sixty in 1.0696, Roger in 1.0008 with not much sign of shake, Michael to the eighth in 4.0581/315.60 whilst Roger's Mustang moved around iots lane some and was spitting flames from the exhausts, to the eighth in 4.0869/296.87. Great match between Andreas and Jan. Andreas to sixty in 1.0105, Jan in 1.0200, Andreas' car moved right a little but nothing serious, side-by-side threes at the eighth, Andreas there in 3.9486/306.30 and Jan in 3.9655/305.26. Swedish Championship final (counts for qualifying) Jimmy Ålund 5.8486/391.16 def. Micke Gullqvist 5.8915/400.30
Qualifying after this session:
19:15 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Linn Engan Karlsen no time DQ, Sandro Bellio 6.3541/258.87; Jonny Lagg 5.3803/413.16, Ari Pietilä 9.4223/148.07; Linn left before the lights ran. Sandro to sixty in 1.0129, a pedal 150 or so feet out, to the eighth in 3.9150/326.48 then shut off and chutes out at about 1000 feet. Jonny to sixty in 0.9549, Ari in 0.9806 then hit shake, tried to drive through it and the car stepped right, close to the guardrail and scattering the photographers on that side, shut it off by 300 feet. Jonny to the eighth in 3.5846/360.72, all candles looked lit all the way through. Qualifying after this session:
19:10 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Sampsa Palos 6.6491/334.57, Tommy Leindahl 6.7835/325.50; Magnus Pettersson 6.7655/332.51, Christian Sagelv 13.1119/118.76; Thomas Lindström 6.6328/338.77, Robin Norén 6.5986/337.92; Stefan Ernryd 6.5905/333.75, Michael Malmgren 6.5900/338.98; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5570/340.26, Jimmy Ålund 6.5895/341.12 Started the session with two of the three outsiders. 0.9912 to sixty for Sampsa, 4.2754/265.75 at the eighth, a new PB put him into the ladder at that point. Tommy to sixty in 1.0089 and the eighth in 4.3486/259.87, quickest run of his weekend but not enough to get in. Next up the bump sitter and first alternate as things stood then. Magnus to sixty in 0.9949, Christian in 1.0913 then shake and he shut it off. Magnus to the eighth in 4.3658/261.50 and safely in tomorrow's ladder. Thomas to sixty in 1.0004, Robin there in 0.9939, no real sign of shake for either. Robin clearly on one at the eighth 4.2470/269.06, Thomas there in 4.2820/268.66. Another new PB for Robin, well done Robin and team! Great match between Stefan and Michael. Stefan to sixty in 0.9954, Michael quicker at 0.9947, Stefan had the quicker eighth 4.2400/266.19 to Michael's faster 4.2433/268.92. Another great match to end the session. Bengt to sixty in 0.9944, Jimmy in 1.0003 with a hint of shake, Bengt with the better eighth 4.2208/271.08 to Jimmy's 4.2562/270.81. Qualifying after this session:
18:50 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Bianca Nilsson 7.6654/290.65, Arvid Gerdtsson 8.3895/260.63; Alex Hope 12.3597/147.38, Roberth Häggblom no time (broke on the line); Björn Friström 8.3474/258.25, Kim Hilander 7.5160/304.23; Robert Nilsson 16.1413/65.03, Ida Zetterström 7.8535/305.26; Mathias Bohlin 7.1727/326.68, Kimmo Pulakka 7.9903/250.81; Vesa Ruhanen 7.2208/326.88, Mark Hope no time DQ (left before lights ran) Mogens Lund no time DQ (edged out of stage), Anders Blanck 7.3062/317.27 Qualifying after this session:
18:40 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.3648/298.51 1.0907 to sixty, problems selecting gear so lost time. Qualifying after this session:
18:35 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Per Bengtsson 7.7385/247.25 bye; Kristin Hegre 10.4445/163.39 bye, Teemu Kettula shut off; Svein Olav Rolfstad 9.1334/205.64, Samu Kemppainen 6.6390/296.70; Roman Sixta 6.9244/318.40 DQ, Anders Hörnström no time; Trond Høiberget 6.7675/323.94, Marcus Christiansen 6.3935/354.33; Lasse Leponiemi 6.6282/309.99, Vesa Lipponen 7.9343/214.71 Problems off the line for Per, 1.6386 to sixty, tyre smoking, on and off the gas then picked up. 5.0976/276.64 at the eighth then shut it off in the second half. Teemu shut off in stage for a fuel leak. Kristin took an easy bye, didn't sound to be on full throttle. Svein Olav to sixty in 1.1797, bike was heading left, Samu with a straight 1.1668. Svein Olav shut off as the bike got close to the rail, pulled it back and got back on the gas but looked to have a cylinder out. Samu to the eighth in 4.3021/291.26 drifting slightly left near the stripe. Roman to sixty in 1.1734 and Anders in 1.2719, Roman to the eighth in 4.5052/267.06 heading left, Anders with problems at the eighth in 5.5096/163.44. Roman's bike carried on left and took out the top end reflectors, DQing his run and stopping Anders' clock. Great match between Trond and Marcus! Trond to sixty in 1.1771 and Marcus in 1.1381, Marcus visibly ahead at the eighth 4.1940/290.79 to Trond's 4.4482/277.21. Marcus up the ladder. Lasse to sixty in 1.1538, stormer 1.0301 for Vesa but then the bike started to wander left and he had to get off the gas. Lasse to sixty in 4.3551/255.80, Vesa there in 4.7693/202.70 then shut it off. Qualifying after this session:
18:20 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 5 (left lane first) Jan Sturla Hegre 6.1544/331.90 bye; Sverre Dahl 5.9890/367.35, Peter Andersson 7.1858/311.06; Rikard Gustafsson 5.9405/375.52, Thomas Pettersson 6.7365/308.92 Jan Sturla to sixty in 1.0331, to the eighth in 3.9466/304.91, straight run, again smoke from the motor towards the stripe. Another great pass for Sverre, 1.0425 to sixty and 3.9591/316.34 at the eighth. Peter to sixty in 1.2407 and to the eighth in 4.6690/257.14, another improvement but stays in place on the ladder. Rikard saw Sverre and raised him 1.0798 to sixty and 3.9260/323.35 at the eighth. Improvement again for Thomas, 1.1171 to sixty and 4.2921/268.39 at the eighth. news PB, well done Thomas and team! Qualifying after this session:
18:15 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners Jens Eklund (8.06) 7.4401/277.49, Niklas Heikkilä (7.34) 6.9022/290.64, Lasse Britsmar (7.90) 7.3315/306.64, Gideon Liljegren (7.79) 8.7910/226.32, Jens Zimmermann (7.85) 9.3450/152.97 18:00 Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners Micke Nilsson 9.0148/257.02, Michelle Rosander 8.9725/253.28, Siri Johansen 8.9702/196.58, Johanna Granholm 8.8924/235.40, Kevin Danielsson 9.0026/261.37 17:45 Simon has posted a second set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. Pro Street eliminations round 1 winners Christian Kongshem 7.6586/264.19, Michael Maderer 7.7274/237.47, Pär Norgren 7.7137/259.12, Peter Trång 7.6443/283.91, Lars Berglund 7.7603/241.72, Seppo Raussi 7.6738/268.12, Preben Bærentzen 7.6718/274.95, Johan Källberg 7.6324/286.93 17:35 Street eliminations round 1 winners Rolf Berglund 8.6372/258.00 bye, Marcus Gustafsson 8.7307/244.01, Sami Holm 8.6546/244.57, Helena Olsson 8.6637/243.35, Jörgen Holmgren 8.8937/240.11 bye (Leif Magnil no show), Angelica Larsson 9.3666/227.56 bye (Jan Fricke Fredriksson did not start), Terje Sætherhaug 8.6352/233.67 17:25 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 2 winners Per Fagerström (10.28) 10.2480/204.24, Jimmy Arvidsson (10.40) 10.3641/206.58, Lars Nyberg (10.48) 10.4471/205.56, Krister Fogelin (10.15) 10.1722/215.05, Glenn Appelgren (10.52) 10.5731/201.57, Markus Svensson (11.40) 11.4789/164,23, Rick McCann (9.91) 10.0477/186.72, Uffe Edwardsson (10.28) 16.0048/119.60 17:15 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 9 Improvements for Niklas Ekstrand and Ellen Ødegaard in the first pair, 9.7759 and 9.6655, good for #5 and #4 respectively. 9.5172 consolidated #1 spot for Jani Blom in the final pair. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 9 8.8295 improvement for Andreas Ramkvist but stayed #11. Similarly an 8.7278 improvement for Ulf Fridolfsson but stayed #9. 8.5386 for Tomas Jonsson good for #4. 8.5210 for Anders Gerdtsson to consolidate his #1 spot in the last run of the session. 17:05 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Micke Ölen 8.1755/271.49 bye; Ida Zetterström 7.6903/305.43, Alex Hope 7.5144/320.67; Kim Hilander 7.7087/299.33, Bianca Nilsson 7.7520/293.32; Arvid Gerdtsson 9.3823/147.34, Vesa Ruhanen 7.1207/329.87; Kimmo Pulakka 7.6838/298.34, Robert Nilsson 7.3446/319.91; Mark Hope 7.6025/309.10, Björn Friström 20.6426/57.28; Roberth Häggblom no time (rolled out of stage), Mathias Bohlin 7.2055/325.30; Anders Blanck 7.4065/311.60, Mogens Lund 7.0248/332.31 Big puff of smoke from Micke Ölen's motor on the stripe. Track checked and clean-up called. Qualifying after this session:
16:25 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.1243/301.34 bye Nice run for Thomas, 1.0973 to sixty, 4.5271/248.05 at the eighth, straight down the middle of the lane with no dramas. No sign of Kenneth, who as you will recall had problems in the last session. Qualifying after this session:
16:20 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Greger Johansson 8.1377/259.74 bye; Per Bengtsson 17.1185/70.38 bye; Marcus Christiansen 11.7595/113.83, Svein Olav Rolfstad 7.1401/266.54; Vesa Lipponen 6.3152/317.46, Kristin Hegre 27.7036/39.38; Teemu Kettula 19.6313/63.14, Roman Sixta 6.9625/321.62; Samu Kemppainen 10.1635/173.75, Trond Høiberget 6.7449/329.87; Anders Hörnström 6.7341/294.92, Lasse Leponiemi 7.0238/257.02 1.2165 to sixty for Greger, off the gas and back on, 5.2667/219.33 at the eighth feathering and then off the gas altogether. Per did the bike equivalent of a dry hop towards stage. 1.2858 to sixty with read tyre going up in smoke, the bike made a violent move left and right but Per had hold of it. Marcus to sixty in 1.1703, bike heading right, Svein Olav to sixty in 1.1455. Marcus got close to the centre line and shut it off. Svein Olav to the eighth in 4.5764/263.16, bike drifted towards the right guardrail and Svein Olav shut it off before the stripe. Kristin's bike crept off the line and never picked up. Vesa to sixty in 1.0400, the eighth in 4.0811/297.68, looked to get off the gas just before the stripe or it was taken off for him, lots of smoke in the shutdown area. Track checked and OK. Teemu's tyre up in smoke, off the gas about 150 feet out. Roman to sixty in 1.1837, bike drifted right a touch but he had it held, 4.5395/266.27 at the eighth. Samu's tyre up in smoke, one feather of the throttle and off it. Trond to sixty in 1.1946, the eighth in 4.4786/279.36. New PB for Trond, well done Trond and team! Anders to sixty in 1.1567, Lasse in 1.2244, Anders just to the right of centre of his lane but no dramas, 4.3731/283.91 to the eighth, sounded to roll off the gas inthe second half. Lasse to the eighth in 4.4667/288.62 and off the gas before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
16:05 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Peter Andersson 7.2167/316.53 bye; Thomas Pettersson 7.8426/191.63, Jan Sturla Hegre 6.2059/326.28 Improvement for Peter, 1.2547 to sixty, slight move right easily handled, 4.7422/255.92 at the eighth. Jan Sturla to sixty in 1.0439, rode out fishtailing to the eighth 3.9908/304.74. Smoke from the motor after 1000 feet, looked to shut it off just before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
16:00 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Robin Norén 6.6372/338.77, Sampsa Palos 10.4008/139.35; Tommy Leindahl 6.8469/325.11, Magnus Pettersson 6.6943/334.16; Christian Sagelv 6.7146/333.95, Thomas Lindström 6.6062/338.35; Michael Malmgren 29.5255/37.72, Stefan Ernryd 6.5477/339.62; Jimmy Ålund 15.521177.33, Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5423/338.98 Robin to sixty in 1.0190, Sampsa in 0.9947 but he shut it off about 250 feet out. Robin to the eighth in 4.2878/268.79, up the ladder and a new PB, well done Robin and team! Tommy to sixty in 1.0388, drove through shake, Magnus there in 1.0029 and had a visible lead at the eighth 4.3114/265.23 to Tommy's 4.4091/259.62. 1.0202 to sixty for Christian, 0.9988 for Thomas, slight thump of shake for one of the two but from here not easy to say who it was. Thomas with a clear lead at the eighth 4.2573/268.79 to Chrstian's 4.4331/264.07, Christian's car close to the left rail in the second half. Stefan to sixty in 0.9802, instant shake for Michael and he shut it off. Stefan on a mission at the eighth 4.2081/270.27, slight move left in the second half. Jimmy to sixty in 1.0359, shake and shut off. Bengt with a clear run, 0.9861 to sixty and 4.2062/270.81 at the eighth. As a result of Robin's PB and move up the ladder we now have the quickest-ever eight-car Pro Stock bump spot in Europe. Qualifying after this session:
15:45 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Ari Pietilä 6.4478/259.99 bye; Johnny Oksa 5.6925/413.48 bye; Sandro Bellio 15.4321/68.36, Micke Larsson 8.7500/195.30; Dennis Habermann 9.9852/113.78, Linn Engan Karlsen 5.8964/384.34 Ari to sixty in 0.9894, 330 feet in 2.5477/247.48, shut it off at the eighth 3.8071/292.37. Johnny to sixty in 1.0027, brief pedal for shake, picked up on the pedal, 3.7876/332.92 at the eighth. Nice-looking run which moved Johnny up the ladder but it rapidly went wrong in the shutdown area as neither of Johnny's chutes deployed, the car went into the kitty litter at quite a high rate of knots. Huge cloud of dust out of which bits and pieces flew. Safety crews moved instantly. Word came back that Johnny was conscious and talking, safety crews kept him in the car until they could brace him to prevent movement when he was extricated. Latest from race officials is that Johnny is OK but is being taken to hospital to be checked out, as is required. I would imagine that he will be black and blue tomorrow. On the restart 1.0819 to sixty for Sandro with shake, 1.1135 for Micke with shake, pedal for Sandro, car stepped left and Sandro off the gas. Micke's blower relief panel blew about 200 feet out and that was his run done. Dennis to sixty in 0.9528 then shake, a pedal, shake and smoke and gave it up. Linn to sixty in 0.9931, car gently headed right, stayed on the gas and steered it back, 3.8266/298.51 at the eighth. Sled of Dennis' lane ensued. Qualifying after this session:
14:40 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Swedish Championship eliminations round 2 (counts for qualifying) Micke Gullqvist 6.6031/299.33 def. Andreas Arthursson 5.9698/403.29 DQ
Jimmy Ålund 5.8640/390.46 def. Jan Ericsson 33.8575/28.59
Qualifying Lars Järpler 6.2798/360.48, Norbert Kuno 6.9113/338.35; Micke Johansson 6.3403/380.88, Kim Kristiansen 6.0004/395.31; Roger Johansson 6.0270/367.85, Olof Andersson 7.2087/309.46; Peter Kunc 6.5953/343.29, Michael Joneskog 11.9185/125.03; Bruno Bader 6.4264/367.85, Marcus Perman 6.3252/363.15; Rolf Simonsson 6.5555/286.02, Marco Maurischat 6.1900/378.42; Freddy Fagerström 6.6510/374.48, David Vegter 6.0781/366.85 Lars to sixty in 1.0160, Norbret in 1.1044 with shake and a pedal but a lot of time lost to the shake. Lars to the eighth in 4.0925/289.86, Norbert on the chase 4.6124/265.88, stayed on the gas most of the way. Micke J to sixty in 1.0634 with shake, Kim in 1.0246, Micke's pedal lost him time and Kim was ahead at the eighth 3.9817/310.17, Micke there in 4.2040/295.08. Improvements for both. Roger to sixty in 1.0144, no noticeable shake, Olof in 1.1149 with shake, a pedal but the Chevy was moving left. Roger straight down the middle of his lane, 3.9774/309.28 at the eighth, Olof having to pull it away from the line at the eighth 4.7405/245.23. Michael's car thankfully not damaged in the sideswipe of the rail earlier. Peter to sixty in 1.0609, Michael in 1.0669, Michael with shake and shut it off three hunderd or so feet out. Peter to the eighth in 4.2561/267.86, sounded to be rolling off the gas in the second half but the speed would contradict that. Bruno to sixty with shake, 1.0455, a pedal and back on it. Marcus with no such problems, to sixty in 1.0337 and the eighth in 4.1499/290.01 ahead of Bruno's 4.2785/292.52. Bruno in the Last Chance Saloon in the next qualifying session. Rolf to sixty in 1.0245, Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco in 1.0573, Marco's 'Vette was heading left but he stayed with it, 4.0808/297.36 at the eighth ahead of Rolf's 4.1367/284.21. Marco took the long way round so more to come. Freddy with shake past sixty, 1.0970, clean launch for David 1.0135 to sixty, Freddy pedalled a couple of times as the pic-up got close to the centre line, David visibly ahead at the eighth 3.9786/301.68 to Freddy's 4.5148/290.95. A sudden and very large cloud of smoke from David's motor right on the stripe, in fact the car completely disappeared or a few seconds but all OK when it cleared. Track checked and all OK. Qualifying after this session:
14:10 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dennis Nilsson 10.3225/117.78 bye; Jöran Persåker 4.7282/303.54 bye; Björn Mårtensson no time, Stefan Gunnarsson 4.0777/367.35 DQ Micke Kågered 4.0741/419.91, Antti Horto 11.2782/80.72; Liam Jones 9.4386/128.02, Duncan Micallef 10.6200/131.16; Anita Mäkelä 3.9357/485.61, Timo Lehtimmäki 4.3826/345.05 Dennis with a new roll cage on the car, fitted yesterday. 1.0785 to sixty, sounded to be driving through the clutch but a planned baseline pass I would say. Jöran to sixty in 0.9520, car drifted right but he stayed with it, 2.4542/268.79 at 330 feet, looked like cylinder out past at the eighth 3.5694/346.60 and off the gas at that point. Car went left after the thousand, would have had the quarter mile reflectors had they not been removed. Björn's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.0642 and off the gas. Stefan to sixty in 0.8698, to 330 feet in 2.1932/308.22 drifting left towards the eighth 3.1282/431.31 and then crossed the centre line and knocked the thousand foot reflectors into Tierp town centre, DQing his run and stopping Björn's clock. Brief clean-up ensued. On the restart perfect paired burnouts by Micke and Antti. Antti's tyres up in smoke off the line, 0.9576 to sixty and off the gas by then. Micke to sixty in 0.8949, to 330 feet in 2.2441/298.67 with nitro flames clearly visible in the strong sunlight, still the nitro flames but also smoke from the motor past the eighth 3.2170/418.28, off the gas there or not soon after. Liam to sixty in 0.9572, then tyres up in smoke, a pedal and off the gas. Duncan's tyres up in smoke off the line, 1.1125 to sixty and already off it there. Anita in the left lane in Q2 yesterday evening and in the left lane again here in Q3. Timo was in the right lane in Q2 yesterday evening and in the right lane again here in Q3. I guess there is a reason for this. Anita to sixty in 0.8760, Timo in 0.9167, Anita with wheels up for the first couple of hundred feet and for to 330 feet in 2.2297/299.83 visibly ahead of Timo's 2.3371/283.61. Eighth for Anita in 3.1517/442.26 (274.81 mph), Timo in 3.3652/395.89. Smoke from Anita's motor past the eighth but stayed with it, terminal speed equates to 301.74 mph. Timo looked to be off the gas after the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
13:30 Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index. Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners Nelly Ericsson (8.95) 8.9665/115.95 bye, Celia Hanssen (8.15) 8.2065/123.51, Laura Blomberg (7.94) 7.9714/130.85, Atle Poolsar (7.97) 7.9986/127.66, Leevi Kortelainen (8.03) 8.0818/127.09, Roman Sixta (8.30) 8.3823/122.87, Håvard Kongshem (8.05) 8.0636/126.64, Wilma Andersson (7.91) 7.9413/131.71, Jesper Norin (8.02) 8.1174/120.54, Kevin Granholm (12.31) 12.3586/73.45, Lina Andersson (9.12) 9.1382/109.91, Marcus Andersson (9.50) 9.5968/107.96, Fanny Andersson (7.95) 7.8586/131.68, Emy Tegnemo (8.02) 8.1275/127.84 13:15 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners Jens Eklund (8.06) 8.5352/217.48 bye, Mats Lundkvist (7.85) 10.7889/165.29bye (Angelica Bäckman no show), Niklas Heikkilä (7.50) 6.8459/291.73, Jim Bergström (6.89) 7.7279/200.00, Robert Arthursson (7.32) 9.1922/161.77 bye (Lars-Georg Johansson no show), Lasse Britsmar (7.90) 22.3556/34.19 bye (Viljar Mäesepp no show), Roger Forsström (8.06) 22.7008/67.91 bye (Per Mikkelsen no show), Gideon Lijlegren (7.85) 7.2951/276.36, Jens Zimmermann (7.85) 7.8641/233.67, Stefan Persson (9.20) 9.8665/163.83bye (Andres Arnover no show) 12:50 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners Per Fagerström (10.20) 10.3048/200.67, Theodor Brandt (11.03) 11.1773/167.44, Kai Suilo (9.67) 9.7100/222.68, Jimmy Arvidsson (10.00) 10.4219/204.80 bye (Jarmo Grönman no show), Lars Nyberg (10.44) 10.5199/198.60, Tomas Westberg (11.20) 11.2591/179.94, Ari Körkkö (9.08) 9.1072/227.66, Krister Folgelin (10.05) 10.2713/215.05 bye (Peter Johansson no show), Iiro Mikkola (9.86) 9.8850/194.88, Glenn Appelgren (11.05) 10.5398/202.02 bye (Thomas Strand no show), Jonas Bengtsson (10.02) 10.0489/210.61, Markus Svensson (11.48) 11.4468/173.69, Rick McCann (9.88) 9.9736/196.29, Timo Eronen (8.74) 8.9685/237.57, Uffe Edwardsson (10.28) 10.3084/204.86, Jörgen Lindgren (12.40) 12.4990/169.76 12:30 Super Street qualifying session 9 10.7632 naughtiness for Jonas Larsson in the first pair, outdone by Ulf Axelsson next pair with a 10.4086. Super Gas qualifying session 9 Squeaker -0.0046 breakout for Christer Uhlin in the first pair. 12:25 Pro Street qualifying session 8 7.6092 in the first pair for #1 qualifier Christian Kongshem, making a good point before E1 later. 7.6208 for Peter Trång next pair moved him up to #5. Second burnout again for Christer Åberg. Next pait and Anders Back made several attempts to start but eventually had to give it up and was pushed away. Alexandra Wingård took the bye, 7.6687 into the ladder at #12 and bump spot now 7.7226. A 7.6377 moved Micke Norén up from #14 to #10 next pair. A 7.6352 for Odd Roar Øgård good for #8. 7.6078 for #2 Lars Berglund similarly laid out his stall for eliminations. Michael Ohlsson with a 7.6762 was good for #12. Johan Källberg next up the ladder, 7.6229 moved him to #6. 12:00 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Robert Nilsson 7.5200/318.58 bye; Micke Ölen 13.4196/124.05, Kimmo Pulakka 7.8749/271.08; Bianca Nilsson 7.9594/263.29, Ida Zetterström no time (motor stopped at the hit); Mathias Bohlin 7.2665/318.96, Anders Blanck 7.5608/312.14; Björn Friström 7.4526/304.57, Arvid Gerdtsson 8.2998/251.87; Alex Hope 9.2993/149.67, Kim Hilander 8.3858/294.28; Vesa Ruhanen 7.5740/319.53, Mark Hope 7.7923/308.40; Mogens Lund 7.0413/329.47, Roberth Häggblom 7.7852/292.52 Qualifying after this session:
11:50 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Kenneth Holmberg 8.5680/170.24, Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.1459/290.79 Kenneth alongside Thomas but lost drive in the second half, sounded to jump out of gear. Qualifying after this session:
11:45 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Greger Johansson shut off, bye; Per Bengtsson 16.6707/41.94, Vesa Lipponen 27.9219/26.95; Roman Sixta 7.0801/316.16, Hans Olav Olstad 23.4265/38.79; Kristin Hegre 9.1642/229.30, Teemu Kettula 10.3673/156.98; Svein Olav Rolfstad 9.4552/197.08, Samu Kemmpainen 6.6626/313.59; Trond Høiberget 6.9297/302.86, Anders Hörnström 6.4816/320.67; Lasse Leponiemi 6.6626/324.13 bye, Marcus Christiansen shut off Per to sixty in 1.1280, Vesa in 1.1834, Vesa's motor sounded to be struggling and he shut it off. Per's bike drifting a little right then a bang and a puff of smoke and the front end thumped down. Roman to sixty in 1.1973, Hans Olav in 1.1642 then a bang from his motor, something came off the bike and his run was done. Roman's bike drifting towards the centre line but he stayed with it, 4.6039/261.00 at the eighth. Kristin to sixty in 1.5548, Teemu in 1.3192, Teemu's bike was moving left and right, seemed to want to throw him off. Kristin ahead at the eighth 6.0601/233.46 then feathered the throttle, Temmu through the eighth in 6.2516/182.06 and shut it off before the stripe. 1.1516 to sixty for Svein Olav, 1.2114 for Samu, Svein Olav;s bike was drifting left and he shut it off. Straight run for Samu, 4.3829/288.92 at the eighth. Trond with a nice wheels-up launch, 1.2143 to sixty, Anders to sixty in 1.1494, both bikes going straight but Anders visibly pulling ahead by the eighth 4.2576/294.28 to Trond's 4.5266/270.00. Marcus' crew shut him off on the line, fluid leak. Lasse took the bye, 1.1996 to sixty and 4.4353/256.41 at the eighth. Lasse's run within 0.0003 of his previosu best. Qualifying after this session:
11:30 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jan Sturla Hegre 7.6422/333.95 bye; Sverre Dahl 9.7234/137.68, Peter Andersson 7.5270/276.21; Rikard Gustafsson 5.8162/382.98, Thomas Pettersson 6.8809/284.81 1.0479 to sixty, shut off about 300 feet out, back on the gas after the eighth 5.0721/190.27. Sverre to sixty in 1.0358, Peter in 1.2534, Sverre's tyre was turning and the bike was moving right, he shut it off as the front wheel came down. Peter's bike drifted left and was very close to the centre line at the eighth 4.7210/250.70. Another squirt for Sverre in the second half then off the gas and chute out. Another pearler from Rikard! 1.0548 to sixty, Thomas not hanging about either at 1.1145, storming eighth 3.8396/329.07 fishtailing but staying with it, Thomas to the eighth in 4.3153/265.36, Thomas nicely into the sixes. Rikard's speed equates to 237.97 mph. Qualifying after this session:
11:15 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Swedish Championship eliminations round 1 (counts for qualifying) Andreas Arthursson 6.8673/246.86 def. Lars Järpler 17.7627/143.12
Micke Gullqvist 5.8866/397.64 def. Michael Joneskog 7.1384/235.91 DQ
Jimmy Ålund 5.8457/392.16 def. Freddy Fagerström 6.0671/378.95
Jan Ericsson 5.9905/387.65 def. Åke Persson 6.1212/387.65
Qualifying Kim Kristiansen 13.3751/95.17, Micke Johansson 10.0321/162.75; Marco Maurischat 6.1313/383.80, Roger Johansson 8.5799/191.49; Marcus Perman 6.6344/355.97, Peter Kunc 7.1414/302.52; Olof Andersson 9.1218/163.75, Rolf Simonsson 6.4063/346.15; David Vegter 5.9791/385.44, Bruno Bader 6.4092/367.10 Kim's tyres up in smoke at the hit, motor shrieking, he stayed with it as the motor screamed for mercy and the tyres streamed smoke but eventually got off it about 300 feet out. Big shake at the hit for Micke, the car turned hard right by the Tree and he got off the gas, pulled it straight and then feathered the throttle the rest of the way. Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco to sixty in 1.0495, Roger with a troubled 1.1642 - didn't look to be shake just looked to be a lack of grunt. Marco to the eighth in 4.0496/301.34, Roger a long way behind at 5.1253/225.56. Marcus to sixty in 1.0214, Peter in 1.0135, Peter's tyres were turning and the Vette took a hard right before the eighth 4.4833/227.85, Marcus sounded to have one gear too few after the eighth, 4.3795/274.53. Rolf to sixty in 1.0203 then shake and the car started to move left, the nitrous car spitting flame from the right side exhaust. Rolf to sixty in 1.1617 with shake, car headed right and he shut it off before the eighth 4.9607/186.72. Rolf close to the centre line at the eighth 4.1423/281.98 but stayed with it. David to sixty in 1.0141, Bruno 1.0684 with shake, a pedal for Bruno lost him momentum. David moving left but hung on to it, 3.9263/208.22 at the eighth, Bruno had lost a lot to the pedal and was through the eighth in 4.2672/294.76. Qualifying after this session:
10:45 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Micke Larsson 7.0716/222.23 bye; Linn Engan Karlsen 5.8245/397.35, Johnny Oksa 6.1527/234.48; Jonny Lagg 5.3512/428.57, Dennis Habermann 5.4172/428.57; Timo Habermann 5.3564/427.22, Sandro Bellio 6.0769/244.12 Micke to sixty in 1.0001 with shake, a pedal, 2.7146/229.59 to 330 feet then his blower panel blew at the eighth 4.0558/269.73. Linn away first 0.0699 to 0.1388, Johnny with the quicker sixty 0.9669 to Linn's 0.9940, Johhny with a clear lead at the eighth 3.6662/335.82 to Linn's 3.8312/315.97 but one chute deployed after the eighth, stayed under power briefly then got off it passing the thousand where the chute took out one of the 1000 foot reflectors. Jonny to sixty in 0.9563, Dennis in 0.9290, no shake to speak of for either, Dennis' car drifted right towards the rail but he stayed with it and gently pulled it back. Jonny with the better eighth 3.5561 at a huge 360.48 to Dennis' 3,5708/342.86. Identical terminal speeds. Another PB for Jonny, well done Jonny, Krister and team! A long burnout for Sandro, rolled to the thousand before stopping. Timo to sixty in 0.9036, Sandro in 0.9873, no sign of shake for Sandro so the team have that sorted. Timo at the eighth in 3.5136/344.83, Sandro going great guns 3.7248/333.75 but then chutes out in the second half and off the gas. Qualifying after this session:
10:30 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Sampsa Palos 43.2811/17.94, Robin Norén 37.1869/22.85; Magnus Pettersson 6.6716/334.37, Tommy Leindahl 6.8164/322.58; Stefan Ernryd 6.5908/335.82, Christian Sagelv 6.7112/332.10; Thomas Lindström 6.6153/337.92, Jimmy Ålund 6.5322/343.95; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5511/338.98, Michael Malmgren 6.5947/337.29 Bad shake for both Sampsa and Robin, felt that here in the office and you can bet it was a lot worse in the cars. 1.4154 and 1.2865 sixties respectively and both off the gas by then. Both got to the top end on momentum. In contrast a couple of clean runs for Magnus and Tommy. Magnus to sixty in 0.9976 to Tommy's 1.0058, no shake evident, both straight down the middle of their lanes. Magnus to the eighth in 4.2398/266.01 visibly ahead of Tommy's 4.3688/258.99. Clean passes too for Stefan and Christian. Stefan with the better sixty 0.9868 to Christian's 1.0091, Stefan's car moved left a little and he stayed left of centre all the way down. Stefan to sixty in 4.2356/268.52 ahead of Christian's 4.3237/264.71. Thomas to sixty in 1.0102 with a little shake, drove through it, 0.9992 for Jimmy. Cars looked side by side but Jimmy was ahead at the eighth 4.2171/272.87 to Thomas' 4.2765/269.33. Another big speed for Jimmy, 213.72 mph. Great match between Bengt and Michael. Michael had the quicker sixty 0.9825 to Bengt's 0.9851, Michael's car moved left a little whilst Bengt went straight and had the better eighth 4.2109/270.95 to 4.2416/268.92. Qualifying after this session:
10:15 As Sportsman qualifying finishes you will see links to the ladders start to appear at the top of the screen at right. Super Comp qualifying session 8 First pair and Matilda Sjöström-Andersson improved still further to an 8.9017 to consolidate her #1 spot. OK after my false alarm last time (sorry) we are now definitely going into today's first Pro qualifying session. We start with Pro Stock. 10:00 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 8 Second pair and a spectacular 9.2869 breakout for Jani Blom, didn't have enough black bun for breakfast I guess. No changes to the ladder in this session. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 8 Peter Svensson not happy during the burnout, motor sounded as if it had a throttle stop, no revs and not enough to smoke the tyre. Shook his head, shut off then returned to the pits. As he rode back to the pits the motor sounded almost as if the plug leads were in the wrong holes. Tomas Jonsson took the bye, 8.5670 good for #5. 8.3146 for Anders Gerdtsson, another one with too small a breakfast. In the other lane Tony Andersson's 8.5951 good for #7. Track prep then Super Comp Q8. 09:50 Junior Dragster qualifying session 8 -0.0042 squeaker for Lina Andersson. Pontus Söderlund up to #9 at 0.0113, three pairs later Nelly Ericsson took over #1 with a 0.0016. Qualifying finishes with the top six in the 0.00s and 0.0990 good for #25 of 27. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 8 Improvement for John Rolfstad in the first pair, 0.1244 moved him up from #7 to #4. Next pair and Set Friström bumped John down a spot, taking over #4 with a 0.1068. 09:35 Super Street qualifying session 8 Improved 10.9814 for Isak Lagg good for #7. Super Gas qualifying session 8 Annica Larsson up to #1 with a 9.9040 in the first pair. 09:25 Stock Super/Stock qualifying session 8 Shock in the first pair as #1 qualifier Mathias Fäm (10.55) lost drive about 150 feet out. Hopefully nothing which will keep him out of eliminations. Exactly the same happened to Erik Wallin (11.00) and Fredrik Frisberg (11.00) next pair. First change was some way into the session, racers looking for dial-ins I suspect, Kai Suilo (10.30) with a 9.6695 for #21 spot. Huge wheelie for Åke Hedberg (11.00), sparks when the car touched down, but an improvement to 10.4183 good for #25. Slight improvement for Björn Bondesson (11.25), 10.2367, stayed #5. Looking at the ladder after this session, it shows that should Carla Pittau and Rick McCann get through the first round of eliminations then they will meet in the second round. Hold for track prep. 09:05 Street qualifying session 8 First pair and an 8.6810 for Daniel Alfredsson good for #1, improvement too for Torbjörn Israelsson whose 8.6806 was good for #7. Next pair and an 8.4833 for Gideon Liljegren. 8.6151 for Jan Fricke Fredriksson next pair moved him up to #3, something came off the car right on the stripe. 8.5840 breakout for Terje Sætherhaug but not a trailer job, 8.5753 for Rolf Berglund similar. 08:35 The pairings for the first round of the Swedish Pro Modified Championship, which will take place during PM qualifying, are as follow:
Andreas Arthursson v Lars Järpler Comp Eliminator has also had its ladder set; their E1 will take place after the first Pro qualifying cycle. 08:15 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Tierp Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. Another beautiful day here in Sweden. Hardly a cloud in the sky, flags are barely moving, it is going to be very warm I'm told. Before anyone starts to worry, Your Reporter is in air-conditioned comfort. OK so you weren't worrying. A big Good Morning to the Eurodragsterholics. Good morning also to our colleagues Julian and Kirstie, to our off-track photographer Diana, and of course to Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto tuned in from Finland and Ivar Kolberg in Norway. A big Thank You to all of you for your support The plan for today's coverage is the usual real-time reports throughout the day, Simon's pit notes updated throughout the day, and a photo gallery at the end of the day courtesy of our good friends Lena Perés and Remco Scheelings. As you can see, and as is usual for our coverage at Tierp Arena, we are using the popular split screen format for our reports showing our commentaries on one side and results, courtesy of Time-Tree, on the other. For Sportsman classes we will concentrate on the commentaries to add colour to the standings at right, then list the winners of each elimination round, but Pro classes will receive the usual full treatment. Yesterday's gallery was again posted quite late in the evening but if you have not already seen it then you can check it out via the Event Index. Lena spent some time at the end of the track yesterday so the gallery includes a number of the ever-popular parachute shots. Continued thanks to Remco and Lena for the free use of their cameras' memory cards. Nitroz TV and Tierp Arena are broadcasting free Web TV from this event. Broadcast is scheduled to commence at 09:00 local each day, and will continue so long as the track is open. You can find a direct link to the Web TV on the Event Index page. You can check out today's provisional running order via the Event Index; thanks to Marie Selander for passing it on to us. Street are in the lanes at 08:50. The first of three, yes three, Pro qualifiers starts at 09:50 which is for all EDRS Pro MC classes and all FIA classes except Top Fuel Dragster. After today's first Pro session there is more Sportsman qualifying then some Sportsman classes have their first round of eliminations. Today's second Pro session starts with Top Fuel at 13:20. More Sportsman eliminations follow; the plan is to get Sportsman classes down to quarter-finals for tomorrow. The third and final Pro qualifying session commences at 17:00. Pro Modified is running a Swedish Championship round within qualifying, and in a change from previous convention the final also counts for qualifying (since non-combatants are also getting a third go). The upshot of this could well be a nervous breakdown for Your Reporter but let's see how we go. Stay tuned and keep hitting Refresh and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll start to bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |