Tierp Arena, 7th-10th June 2018
Torsdag / Thursday
|
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 22:35 We have now posted today's gallery which consists of 165 pictures courtesy of Remco Scheelings and Lena Perés, to whom many thanks. You can check it out via the Event Index; if you do not see all 165 updated thumbnails when you load the Gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. We'll be back in the morning with all the news from day two of qualifying. 17:15 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 4 Improvement for Jenni Pekkarainen, 10.4742, stayed #6. 9.6957 for Elin &Oskash;degaard good for #6. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 4 8.5824 for Peter Rundström in the first pair good for #5. Tony Andersson very close to the centre line, had to feather the throttle just a touch. Peter &Ounl;stlund's 9.0182 good for #10 spot. Tomas Jonsson rode out a wheelie and improved to 8.8152, #9 spot. Deep stage for Thomas Nordin next pair. Last run of the day Peter Svensson, went into the run as #2 qualifier and... rode out a wheelie but then had to feather the throttle so stayed #2. That's qualifying done for today, we will let you know when today's gallery is done. Tune back for that and then we will be back in the morning with all the Sportsman and Pro qualifying news. 17:00 Pro Modified licencing Marcus Perman shut off, bye
16:55 Super Street qualifying session 4 Another 10.9 for Christer Gustafsson, 10.9546, not as quick as his #1 spot but good for consistency. Uffe Lungren and Åke Törnqvist side-by-side with a 10.9537 and 10.9472, #3 and #4 respectively. Super Gas qualifying session 4 Breakout for Stefan Fallqvist in the first pair, mostly notable for annoyed reaction from his crew. Super Comp qualifying session 4 Squeaker -0.0032 breakout for Leif Andersson in the first pair. Next pair and Micke Nilsson left before the lights ran. Next pair and an 8.8940 for Mari Udtian, the Islanders dragster made a move in the second half. Kristina Hägglund Nygren yet to go right-side, but when she got there the girl done good, 8.9744 for #5. In the other lane Johanna Granholm with an 8.9261 to go #2. Pro Modified licencing next up. 16:45 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 4 Spin and shake for Lasse Britsmar (7.90), in the other lane Robert Arthursson (7.32) improved still further to 6.4964 for #1. Left the chutes very late but made it. Lars-Georg Johansson (7.62) with spin, motor screamed for mercy, a pedal, back on it then shut it off past the eighth. Roger Forsström (8.06) with an improvement, 7.7005 to move to #11. Jens Eklund (8.06) straight back into #1 with s spectacular 7.0793, in the other lane the red came on in Bjørn Johansen's lane, no time. Krister Adeen (7.23) quicker still at 6.6154, First run of the day for Stefan Persson (9.20) but quickly shut off and moved over to the side of the lane. Angelica Bäckman's dragster was pushed away before starting. Jesper Stenberg (7.00) back for another go after problems earlier. Great run, 7.0467 and that was with a bouncy first couple of hundred feet. 16:30 Pro Street qualifying session 4 First pair and Peter Nordlund's 7.6926 put him #9 and gave us an all seven-second ladder. Next pair and Lars Berglund with a fantastic 7.6032 took #1 spot. In the other lane Odd Roar Øgård edged out of stage so no time. Preben Bærentzen shut off for a fluid leak before staging. Alexandra Wingård took the bye, sort of, left before the lights ran. Clean-up in Preben's lane. Christer Åberg shut off after his burnout leaving Pär Norgren with a bye, meanwhile Jens Lönngren went back to the pits without starting. Next pair and Johan Källberg was pushed back before staging, shut off for a fluid leak. 7.5460 breakout for Seppo Raussi when he took the bye. Big improvement for Roger Kullander in the last pair, 8.4480. Bump spot now 7.8091. I suspect it may edge down yet. 16:10 Street qualifying session 4 Great opener for Helena Olsson and Torbjörn Israelsson, Helena with an 8.6707 and Torbjörn with an 8.6507 and straight in at #5, but smoke from Torbjörn's motor and the car started moving about culminating in quite a violent move left and right and through the smoke I could see Torbjörn put the chute out. Track checked and clean-up called. On the restart a close breakout for Gideon Liljegren, 8.5869. Next pair and Terje Sætherhaug moved up to #6 with an 8.7095.Rolf Berglund next up the ladder, next pair, up to #3 at 8.6519. Kim Pettersson closed the session with a bye, 8.6856 good for a move to #5. 15:50 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 4 A lot of smoke from Thomas Strand's Pontiac, realised something was wrong and pulled over, stopped just before the stripe. Quad went to rescue and clean-up called, long and wide trail of oil. Again a session of consistency, one change in the ladder although I would imagine that the heat is now playing a part plus the breeze has moved round to a headwind. An improvement for Krister Fogelin (10.95) 10.1137 but stayed in place. Kai Suilo ran along the centre line ultimately parting the hair of the 330 foot reflector. 11.4269 for Markus Svensson (11.80) but stayed #28. Next pair and problems for Jarmo Grönman, pulled over and stopped by the left guardrail at 1000 feet. Quad came to his rescue. On the restart Ari Körkkö (10.05) moved up to #18 at 9.2441. 15:10 Junior Dragster qualifying session 4 First pair and Leevi Kortelainen and Laura Blomberg moved up to #10 and #11 respectively at 0.0280 and 0.0295. Next pair and Nina Björnson into #11 at 0.0294. -0.0003 for Pontus Söderlund the squeakiest squeaker we've had so far today. Wilma Andersson working her way back up the field, 0.0669 good for #18. 0.0823 buys you #21 spot at the end of this session. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 4 Samuel Rundström with a 0.2047 improved but stayed #7. 14:55 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 3 Iiro Reinola rolled out of stage in the second pair. In the last pair Ellen &Ødegaard with a right-side 9.6987. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 3 8.5271 for Peter Svensson in the first pair good for #1 spot. Ulf fridolfsson rode out a big wheelie next pair, meanwhile in the other lane an 8.5205 for Anders Gerdtsson took the lead away from Peter. 8.5736 for Rasmus Östlund next pair won him #4 spot. Peter Rundström now right-side at 8.6182 good for #5. Tomas Jonsson rode out a couple of big wheelies but had a good hold of it. Peter Östlund closed the session with a 9.0291. Now going into qualifying cycle 4. 14:45 Super Comp qualifying session 3 -0.0039 squeaker red for Kristina Hägglund Nygren but getting closer to the index at 8.8741 Leif Andersson left before the lights ran, in the other lane Siri Johansen stopped by the Tree. Meanwhile Micke Nilsson was pushed away and his car was almost collected by Thomas Hauge's Mustang which was being pushed back to allow Siri's dragster to be pushed off the track. Thoams then with problems cruised along the track. Matilda Sjöström-Andersson improved again, 8.9545 to move up to #2. Mari Udtian closed the session with a bye, an improvement to 8.9105 to consolidate #1 spot, that was with significant throttle feathering in the second half. 14:40 Super Street qualifying session 3 10.9145 for Christer Gustafsson in the first pair, consolidated the #1 spot. Big breakout for Ulf Axelsson in the other lane. Next pair and a 10.9537 for Uffe Lundgren consolidated the #3. Super Gas qualifying session 3 First pair and a 9.9380 for Jan Hallman good for #3. Next pair and Stefan Fallkvist's 9.9960 won him #6, 0.0056 RT into the bargain. Annica Larsson pushed back before staging, in the other lane Patrick Wickman held whilst the track was checked. Clean-up crew called to the shutdown area, clean-up in the right lane. On the restart a 9.9905 improvement for Patrick Wickman, stayed #6. 14:20 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 3 Robert Arthursson (7.32) opned the session with a 6.6750 for #3. First run of the day for Per Mikkelsen (8.02), officially a shakedown pass, 7.6249 good for #8. Puffs of smoke from the motor, track checked and all OK. Next pair and Jens Eklund had problems burning out and was pushed back. Jens Zimmermann (7.85) took the bye, was going great guns but shut off at about half track. Gideon Liljegren (7.85) up to #10 at 7.4930, in the other lane something looked to break big time at the hit for Jesper Stenberg (7.00), the car moved a few feet then twitched and stopped dead. Matti Rajamäki (9.77) took a bye to end the session, 9.0872 put him #3. 14:05 Simon has posted a second set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. Pro Street qualifying session 3 First pair and Anders Back looked to have problems after his burnout, sat doan at the eighth for a long time before coming back, Christer Åberg waited patiently only for his tyres to blaze at the hit. Anders' 8.5525 good for #17. improvement for Anna Knutes, up from #14 to #12 at 7.8020. Alexandra Wingård pushed back before staging. Seppo Raussi with an improvement, 7.7966 up to #12. Jens Lönngren closed the session, much improved run but too good, 7.5876 so the earlier 9.5759 stands. Bump spot going out of this session 8.0764, that has to be a seven next time surely. 13:55 Simon has posted a second set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. Street qualifying session 3 First pair and an 8.6792 good for a move up to #3 for Marcus Gustafsson. Angelica Larsson up to #4 at 8.7381 with an impressive red light, not that it matters in qualifying but there wasn't much between the red light and No Time. 8.7455 moved Kim Peterson up to #5, a quick gold dust pf the start line ensued in Kim's lane. Bye for Rolf Berglund and up to #3 at 8.6585. Big Starliner v Big Chevy next pair, Peter Nordlund v Felix Nilsson, #24 on a breakout v #10. 7.5710 for Peter, improvement but still propping up the rest of the field on a breakout. Big shake for Michael Maderer, we felt that in here, and do you know what he drive straight through it. 13:35 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 3 Saw a lot of consistency in this round rather than moves up the ladder. 10.0334 for Jonas Begntsson (11.00) good for #7. Krister Fogelin (10.95) next up the ladder, 10.1620 good for #17. Åke Hedberg (11.00) looked to shut it off early, nothing visibly wrong. Lasse Bodén (10.70) gets points for a bucking bronco ride, the car reeatedly wheelying as it headed for the centre line but did Lasse back out of it? Did he bog roll. On hold for track grooming. 13:25 Junior Dragster qualifying session 3 Laura Blomberg up from #13 to #10 at 0.0374 in the second pair, in the other lane Nina Björnsson's 0.0467 good for #12. Pontus Söderlund next up the ladder, #17 to #8 with a 0.0260. big move up the ladder for Fanny Andersson, #16 to #4 with a 0.0108. Veerti Kortelainen up from #21 to #11 at 0.0319. Improvement for Celina Hanssen, 0.0823, but stayed #19. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 3 John Rolfstad up one place to #6 in the first pair, 0.1940. Anna Rosander sounded to miss a gear in the second pair but caught it at the second attempt. Trygve Kjærstad Helgerud into #1 at 0.0024 in the penultimate pair. Oliver Amundsen closed the session with a 0.1781, stayed #5. The top twenty qualifiers are covered by 0.0922. 13:05 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 2 Jani Blom improved to 9.5245 to consolidate the #1 spot. Niklas Ekstrand up to #3 at 9.7997 whilst in the other lane Ellen Ødegaard's opener was a 9.3683. 9.6345 good for #3 for Iiro Reinla in the last pair. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 2 Thomas Nordin into #1 spot in the first pair at 8.5384. Next pair and Anders Gerdtsson 8.3729 not quite getting with the programme I'd say, same for Tony Andersson's 8.3279 next pair. 8.7721 good for #5 for Kimmo Rantala. 13:00 Super Comp qualifying session 2 Thomas Hauge edged through stage, 9.0053 for Micke Nilsson in the othetr lane moved him up a spot to #5. Kevin Danielsson pushed away before starting. Mari Udtian and Johanna Granholm side-by-side into the 8.8s. Matilda Sjöström-Andersson with an 8.9549 moved up to #3. Kristina Hägglund Nygren closed the session with an 8.6785. 12:50 Super Street qualifying session 2 Christer Gustafsson up to #1 in the first pair at 10.9432. Uffe Lundgren with a 10.9817 up from #7 to #3 in the second pair. Isak Lagg next up the ladder, #8 to #4 from a breakout to an 11.0474. Ulf Axelsson took his #1 spot back next pair with a 10.9251. Super Gas qualifying session 2 9.9611 good for #3 for Christer Uhlin in the first pair. Annica Larsson next up the ladder, 9.9393 good for a move from #7 to #2. Håkan Mattsson up to #1 with a 9.9145 in the penultimate pair. Final run of the session went to Mårten Johansson with his diesel Cadillac, rolled through stage for the first time of asking but was pushed back, left before the lights ran. 12:45 Pro Modified licencing Marcus Perman no time, bye
12:40 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 2 Spectacular pair to start the session, Krister Adeen (7.23) in at #1 with a 6.6684 and Robert Arthursson (7.32) to #2 spot at 6.8917. Mats Lundkvist (7.85) then took over #1 with a 7.2574, in the other lane Roger Forsström (8.06) shook out his chute again and was under power a fair way. Lars-Georg-Johansson (7.62) with a great and very noisy 7.1054 moved up to #3. Niklas Heikkilä (7.50) having been pushed back last round took a bye, into #1 with a 6.7989 as Viljae Mäesepp was pushed away. Andres Arnover (6.89) went into the session as #1, went to the line at #6, what could he do? Jesper Stenberg was pushed away leaving Andres with the bye. Spectacular run, 6.2905/367.35 for #2 spot but then drama as both chutes came off the car. Andres visibly on the brakes and the car got into a bounce then went out of shape and turned right, hitting the guardrail head-on. Safety crews moved instantly and were with Andres in moments, he got himself out of the car and is reportedly fine. The car is, unfortunately, less fine. Retrieval complete, Jens Eklund (8.06) closed the session with a 7.2874 to take #1 spot. Pro Mod licencing follows. 12:20 Pro Street qualifying session 2 Huge burnout by Felix Nilsson before the first pair, Sweden disappeared there just for a moment. Anna Knutes and Felix side by side up the ladder, Anna #12 to #10 at 7.8962 and Felix #19 to #7 at 7.7151. Roger Kullander shut off on the way back from the burnout and was pushed back. Tommy Abrahamsson took the bye, 9.2503 good for #15. Pelle Arvidsson up from #13 to #9 at 7.8091, in the other lane Alexandra Wingård rolled the beams. Peter Trång in at #5 at 7.6758, in the other lane Anders Back's Corvette didn't move on the green and was pushed back. Micke Norén up from #20 to #8 with a 7.7043. Aborted launches for Jens Lönngren and Magnus Lidberg, Magnus tyres's spun and the Camaro took a step to the left. Second burnout and a good go at the Tree for Christer Åberg next pair, in the other lane Odd Rao Øgård's tyres smoked but not quite so spectacularly. Peter Nordlund with a 7.5579 breakout in the big Starliner, car wanted to run down the centre line all the way. Michael Maderer up to #3 at 7.6297 alongside Johan Källberg up to #5 at 7.6581, great pair of runs. Seppo Raussi closed the session 7.9014 good for #15. 11:50 Street qualifying session 2 8.5845 breakout for Sami Holm in the first pair. Another audible feather of the throttle for Angelica Larsson, 8.8467, problems for Torbjörn Israelsson so no time and some mop'n'rag action before the next pair. Great side-by-side between Helena Olsson 8.6268 and Jörgen Holmgren 8.6049, Helena up to #2 and Jörgen #1 in the tiny Anglia. Next pair and Daniel Alfreddon's BMW blackstriped all the way to an 8.8410, Mauritz Råberg in the other lane with an 8.7996 good for #3. 8.5049 for Rolf Berglund a touch naughty, 8.5514 for Terje Sætherhag in the other lane. Breakout too for Kim Petersson 8.5654 next pair. 8.5661 breakout for Gideon Liljegren to close the session. Hold to groom the track, Pro Street next up. 11:40 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 2 Jonas Bengtsson (11.00) up to #7 in the first pair with a 10.0344. Carla Pittau (11.55) up from #23 to #10 with a 10.6199 Mathias Färm (10.55) maintained #1 at that point with his earlier pass. Next pair and a much less troubled run for Kai Suilo (10.30), 9.6767 good for a move up to #19 from #30. Jarmo Grönman (10.30) into the ladder at #11 with a 9.3827. Tomas Kaakinen (10.00) improved to 9.4110 but stayed #23. #16 to #8 for Uffe Edwardsson (11.25) at 10.2883. Lars Nyberg (11.50) took #3 with a 10.3651, took a bye as Tomas Westberg was pushed away. Björn Bondesson (11.25) closed the session, went into stage as #5 and through the finish line as... still #5 although with an improved 10.2527. 11:25 Junior Dragster qualifying session 2 Tomas Nurminen up from #1 to #1 with a 0.0026 in the first pair, Laura Blomberg in at #6 with a 0.0645. Stine Aune Hassevold up from #21 to #9 at 0.0725. Roman Sixta improved to 0.0567 but stayed #5 at that point. Next pair and Felicia Olsson up from #22 to #2 at 0.0046. 0.0206 for Lina Andersson moved her up to #3, man I love it when the qualifying starts to tighten up. Emy Tegnemo next up the ladder, 0.0236 good for a move to #3 from #20. 0.0808 for Pontus Söderlund good for #13, in the other lane Niklas Larsson's motor cut out at the hit. Nelly Ericsson with a 0.0684 moved from #22 to #11. Big move for Håvard Kongshem, 0.0090 moved him up from #18 to #3. Atle Poolsar with a 0.0107 up the ladder from #17 to #4. Improvement for Celina Hanssen in the FC, 0.0825 but stayed #18. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 2 First pair and Seth Friström in at #3 at 0.1282. Improvement for Oliver Amundsen, 0.1367 but stayed in place. Anna Rosander with a 0.0530 moved up to #2, problems on the run and shut off but luckly for Anna we are on RT qualifying. Eemeli Helkkala closed the session, 0.0018 from earlier still good for #1. 11:10 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 1 9.50 index for this class. 9.7840 for Jani Blom the leader after the first pair. Niklas Ekstrand and Jenni Pekkainen next up, both with problems off the line and both shut off before the stripe. Iiro Reinola closed the session with a 9.3823 breakout. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 1 8.50 index for Super Comp Bike. Tony Andersson laid down the marker with a 8.7187 in the first pair, Peter Svensson with an 8.4418 breakout. Next pair and Peter Rundström took over #1 spot with an 8.6481. Emil Östlund shut off and pushed back, Ulf Fridolfsson took an 8.7591 bye. Tomas Jonsson riding out an extended wheelie, the bike developing an attraction for the centre line into the bargain. That's qualifying cycle 1 complete, Junior Dragster again leads Q2. 11:00 Super Comp qualifying session 1 Siri Johansen with a great opener, 8.9549 whilst in the other lane Kristina Hägglund Nygren sat and looked at the green for a while then broke out big time, 8.3598. Matilda Sjöström-Andersson's dragster made a move left about 500 feet out, kept a hold of it and a squeaker breakout at 8.8990. Matilda's surname gets no easier to code up at speed. Mari Udtian into #1 with an 8.9280 using brain and foot as is traditional with the Islanders dragster. Breakout for Johanna Granholm in the other lane. Kevin Danielsson with an 8.5074 and it could have been even quicker as the dragster was moving about its lane. Pair of 8.9s to end the session, Michelle Rosander at 8.9780 and Leif Andersson 8.9955 with a bouncy run in the slingshot. 10:50 Simon has posted his first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. 10:45 Super Gas qualifying session 1 9.8953 breakout for Håkan Mattson first pair, 10.0650 for Christer Uhlin took #1 at that point. Next pair and #1 went to Jan Hallman at 9.9579. Penultimate pair and Fredrik Edlund into top spot at 9.9166 and a big breakout for Patrik Wickman at 9.7418. Last pair Mårten Johansson in the big diesel-powered Caddy, didn't let us down with the smoke from the stack. Got to about half track, shut it off and started to pull to the edge of the lane but then the Caddy made a hard left but Mårten kept hold of it. Quick hold for track grooming. 10:40 Super Street qualifying session 1 Good 10.9476 starter for Ulf Axelsson in the first pair. Next up side-by-side breakouts for Åke Törnqvist 10.8609 and Mika Ström 10.8635. Uffe Lundgren with a 10.8628 breakout next pair. Next up Jonas Larsson in the big Dodge Coronet and Isak Lagg, 10.8327 breakout for Isak. 10:35 Pro Modified licencing Marcus Perman shut off, bye
Per Magnusson 8.3833/183.80 bye
10:30 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 1 Shake and spin for Krister Adeen (7.23), shut it off with rear end bouncing up and down. Jens Zimmermann (7.85) on a good one to start with but shut off and chutes out before the stripe, 8.3382. Looked like a problem for Robert Arthursson (7.32) after the burnout, long discussion with crew before backing up but came back in the end whilst Roger Forström (8.06) waited patiently. Roger with shake bad enough to put the chute out about 200 feet out, Robert hit shake then spin then about 150 feet out the Camaro took a hard step left, Robert camly pedalled and gathered it in then stomped on it again and still ran 7.9308. Mats Lundkvist (7.85) with a good baseline, Viljar Mäesepp (7.32) had problems off the line, cruised for a while then hit the gas again, close to the centre line at the top end and took out a reflector but it was quickly replaced. Niklas Keikkilä (7.50) pushed back after his burnout, in the othet lane Lasse Britsmar (7.90) also pushed back after his burnout. Quick bit of moppery in Niklas' lane. On the restart Estonia's own Anders Arnover (6.89) with a great 6.5027 took #1 spot, squirrelly 7.1335 for Bj&oshash;rn Johansen (7.50) in the other lane good for #2. Lars-Georg Johansson (7.62) with tyre spin and screaming motor, a pedal and back on it but time lost. Gideo Liljegren (7.85) with a very hard launch, the car moving left and right, 7.6724 good for #3 at that point. Jim Bergström (6.89) with a launch, troubled-looking 1.4303 to sixty, then shut off. In the other lane Jens Eklund (8.06) rolled the beams in the Audi so no time. Jesper Stenberg (7.00) shut off before staging, in the other lane a hesitant launch for Matti Rajamäki (9.77) but still under index at 9.4435. Minor mop-and-raggery in Jesper's lane. Next up a couple of Pro Mod licence passes. 09:45 Another hold for spots of rain. Apparently it "Hasn't rained for weeks" and then the English guys turned up. 09:40 The results on the right are now being updated so hit Refresh and they should appear. Pro Street qualifying session 1 Up a class, down a second, 7.60 index, go quicker than 7.50 and you go home. 300-foot burnout by Christian Kongshem then Christian and Anders Back shut off for spots of rain. Radar showed it to be brief, jet dryer summoned to the top end for a quick pass or two. On the restart a great 7.6307 for Christian Kongshem, in the other lane Anders Back with shake, a pedal and back on it but time lost. Anna Knutes in a Pro Mod Which Isn't, Michael Maderer as ever winning points for the Nightwish logo in the back window but tyres up in smoke at the hit. Anna with a hesitation off the line costing her ET, 8.3962 but good for #2 at that point. Tommy Abrahamsson with problems on the green, car didn't move, Jens Lönngren with spin, a pedal and then feathering the throttle to get it to bite. Next pair and a 7.5906 for Seppo Raussi good for #2 at that point, 8.1089 for Pelle Arvidsson good for #3. Side by side 7.6762 and 7.7226 for Michael Ohlsson and Magnus Lidberg, #2 and #3, Magnud had shake which we briefly felt in here so more to come. Always good to see Daniel Halleståm with the big '59 Plymouth, 7.8126 from a car which at first sight you'd think couldn't get out of its own way. Wrong! In the other lane Johan Källberg into #2 at 7.6516 using the parachute as a tuning aid. 7.5599 breakout for Micke Norén, Mats Lusth with a 7.6901 good for #4. Great pair between Preben Bærentzen 7.6158 and Pär Norgren 7.6040, Pär into #1 and Preben into #2 although it's a good thing that that was not a race as Preben sat on the line for an age after the green. Some impressive plumbing emerging from the bonnet of Felix Nilsson's Chevy contributing to a 7.5760 breakout. Alexandra Wingård suffered tyre spin at the hit losing her time. Odd Roar Øgård with tyre spin and smoke, a pedal but then cruised. Gentle launch for Roger Kullander then a puff of smoke at about 300 feet and off the gas, track checked and all OK. Peter Nordlund's huge Starliner with a 7.5406 breakout in the last pair, another case of don't let the looks fool you. 09:05 Street qualifying session 1 First time I have seen Street. I like it! 8.60 index, on the trailer if you go below 8.00. Couple of wheelies for Kim Petersson, shut it off before the eighth, 9.5133 for Sami Holm. First breakout of the day for Gideo Liljegren, 8.5398, smoke from the motor in the shutdoan area but all OK. 8.8104 for Marcus Gustafsson good for #1 at that point, in the other lane Jan Fricke Fredriksson lost drive a few yards, sorry metres, out, the car was bouncing up and down on its back end as it slowed down so I suspect rear end trouble. Hold for retrieval. Torbjön Israelsson opened his door and summoned his crew before burning out, pushed back. Nicely judged 8.8303 for Angelica Larsson good for #2, car was a bit squirrely to begin with and you could hear her feathering the throttle in the second half to stay below index. Nice wheelie and then 8.5438 breakout for Jörgen Holmgren in his little Anglia, in the other late Mauritz Rådberg with problems shut it off past the Tree. Big shake then spin for Terje Sætherhaug, peddaled then stomed back on it, the car picked up nicely but too much time lost. Daniel Alfredsson with a 9.0542 into #3 in the last pair. 08:55 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 1 Lars Björklund with a 10.8393 on 12.00 index made an early claim on #1. Erik Wallin pushed away from the lanes. Red as the lights ran for Carla Pittau, timers triggered so so her ET not representative. Anders Eriksson's 10.4867 on 11.40 good for #4. Rick McCann's Camaro showing its war wound from an over-enthusiastic landing a couple of weeks back but the car has lost nothing for it, 0.0581 RT and a great wheelie. Jimmy Arvidsson pushed back before staging. Mathias Färm into #1 at 9.3783 on 10.55 index. Big wheelspin and a move left for Kai Suilo. Double-step, both with a wheelie, for Markus Svensson, shut it off in the second half. Wheelie of the Day so far for Bj&oum;rn Bondesson, in the other lane Lars Nyberg up to #4 with a 10.4393 on 11.50. Erik Wallin back having fixed his promblem, hesitant launch but got to the other end. 08:40 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 1 RT qualifying for Junior Bikes here. Samuel Rundström first in at #1 with a 0.4059, next pair Trygve Kjærstad Helgerud in with a 0.0935 to take the lead. 0.0018 for Eeemeli Helkkala took top spot, bike had a go at throwing her off but she had a hold of it. 08:35 Junior Dragster qualifying session 1 First to leave the line at the 2018 Tierp Internationals Stine Aune Hasselvold, albeit -0.0327, Tomas Nurminen waited for the green and took the first legal RT of the event at 0.0307.Some consternation around Laura Blomberg's dragster before staging but all OK, into stage but then stopped at the hit. Couple of tyre turns for Niklas Larsson cost him some time but his RT good for #3 at that point. Next pair and Almathea Granholm into #1 at 0.0301. 0.0424 for Kevin Granholm put him #3 at that point. Jesper Norin edged out of stage as the lights ran, no time. Next pair and Wilma Andersson took over the lead at 0.0237. Great to see a Junior Funny Car out there, Celina Hanssen with a 0.0841 as an opener, #10 at that point. Session ends with Wilma #1. 07:30 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Tierp Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. It is a nice day here; lots of blue sky with some high cloud, gentle cross-track breeze. A big Good Morning to our Eurodragster.com colleagues Kirstie and Julian and of course to our off-track photog Diana who are all tuned in from the UK. Good morning also to the Eurodragsterholics, especially Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto tuned in from Finland, longtime Event Coverage fans Ivar Kolberg in Norway and James Humphreys in the UK, Eurodragster.com supporter Bob Roberts and our regular proof-readers Spencer Tramm and Andy Marrs in the UK, but thanks to all of the 'holics for your support. If you are tuned in from your day jobs today and tomorrow then please be careful not to get yourselves fired for reading our reports. On the subject of day jobs, a big Hello to Sunil and all of Your Reporter's colleagues in EFA, hope that all is OK there. 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 but Pro classes will receive the usual full descriptions and results. Before anyone E-Mails, we are aware that the right-hand side of the screen contains results from a previous event but until the first qualifying results are posted this morning a link for this event's results will not exist. We will change it as soon as there is something to see and a Refresh will update the page for you. As if our coverage were not enough, 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. Yesterday Your Pit Reporter and Your Race Reporter acted as some kind of magnets. One row behind us on our flight to Stockholm was none other than UK Fuel legend and International and British Drag Racing Hall of Fame member Dennis Priddle, who will be attending the Tierp Internationals as part of the celebrations of fifty years of drag racing in Sweden. A stop in McDonalds in Uppsala attracted large numbers of pretty girls although, to be fair, that happens pretty much everywhere you go in this country so it could have been coincidence. Finally, yesterday evening we were eating dinner in one of the local pizzerias when who should walk in but Top Fuel Dragster racer Micke Kågered. Micke ordered no less than seven pizzas and smiled sheepishly when Simon pointed out the likelihood of fitting in his dragster after eating that lot. Race officials have four cycles of Sportsman qualifying scheduled today. A complete cycle consists of, in this order, Junior Dragster, Junior Drag Bike, Stock/Super Stock, Street, Pro Street, Comp Eliminator, Super Street, Super Gas, Super Comp, Super Gas Bike and Super Comp Bike. Junior Dragster have been requested to attend the lanes at 08:20. 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 |