Tierp Arena, 22nd-25th August 2019
Fredag / Friday
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That's qualifying done for today. Dinner and back to the hotel then we will get the gallery sorted so stay tuned for that. 20:20 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Sampsa Palos 6.6812/331.09 bye; Magnus Pettersson 6.7601/326.88, Richard Sundblom 11.0182/128.69; Simon Gustafsson 6.7181/331.29, Christian Sagelv 7.3514/216.09; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6202/336.03, Robin Norén 6.6502/334.27; Jimmy Ålund 6.5808/341.34, Michael Malmgren 25.8404/43.91 0.9927 to sixty for Sampsa, no hint of shake, 4.2967/264.97 at the eighth. Magnus to sixty in 1.0292, Nixxon in 1.0329, Nixxon's car made a sudden move left at about 330 feet and he was off the gas. Magnus through the eighth in 4.3525/263.03. SImon to sixty in 1.0039, Christian in 1.1211 with a hint of shake, Simon to the eighth in 4.3162/263.16 to Christian's 4.4868/264.32 then Christian got off the gas and put the chutes out to very evident "WTF?" body language from his crew. Great match between Bengt and Robin, Bengt to sixty in 0.9920 to Robin's 0.9977, no hint of shake for either, Bengt with the better eighth 4.2533/267.59 to 4.2734/265.88 but an improvement for Robin good for a place up the ladder. Jimmy to sixty in 1.0047, instant shake for Michael which made the car look like it had stopped dead, 1.5025 to sixty. Jimmy to the eighth in 4.2480/270.41. Qualifying after this session:
20:05 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Ari Pietilä 9.3539/153.41 bye; Sandro Bellio 5.8070/303.54, Micke Larsson 5.9059/343.07; Johnny Lagg 8.3463/158.64 bye Engine revs didn't sound right when Ari was in stage. 1.1176 to sixty with shake, a feather of the throttle, back on it, then off the gas before 330 feet. Spotters out right along the lane, mop-and-Billys clean-up then a tractor called out. Nice conditions for the motors but Sandro's screen needed wiping clear of condensation before his burnout. Sandro in pre-stage a long while before Micke went in then 0.9559 to sixty to Micke's 1.0241 driving through shake, the much better eighth 3.6410/339.62 to Micke's 3.8470/317.83 having lost time to shake, but sounded as if Sandro's burst plate let go at 1000 feet. Stuttering burnout for Johnny. 0.9295 to sixty then a drift left and a pedal, pulled it back and back on it, shut it off, read the minds of his crew on the start line waving frantically. Qualifying after this session:
19:55 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Tero Laukkanen 6.6204/335.40 bye; Peter Kunc 6.4660/366.10, Erik Andersson 8.8129/176.82 DQ; David Vegter 7.3733/209.79 bye, Jan Brännvall shut off; Mikko Saarinen 7.1611/247.71, Jimmy Ålund 10.8968/123.82; Micke Johansson 11.2629/145.47 bye, Mats Eriksson did not stage; Roger Johansson 6.0263/383.80, Rolf Simonsson 6.1485/363.88; Lars Järpler 6.2348/374.48, Kim Kristiansen 24.6213/30.10; Dmitry Samorukov 6.2245/321.81, Marcus Perman 7.0372/316.53; Freddy Fagerström 6.2143/371.13, Andreas Arthursson 6.2006/383.80; Michael Joneskog 6.0266/392.44, Michel Tooren 11.9640/85.27; Micke Gullqvist 5.9033/394.16, Åke Persson 8.4001/179.22; Jan Ericsson 6.0026/317.65, Jere Rantaniemi 6.0394/400.59 Another nice burnout for Tero, car turned right as he got off the gas but he had a good hold of it. Tero's first full pass in the new car so far as I know. 1.0334 to sixty, 4.3126/272.31 at the eighth, had to pedal and pull it away from the rail towards half track. Peter to sixty in 1.0033, Erik with shake got to sixty in 1.4310, a pedal then back on it and the car headed left. Peter to the eighth in 4.2642/275.23, Erik crossed into the left lane and took out the eighth-mile reflectors. Pulled it back into his lane but run lost to a DQ. Jan's motor stopped in the burnout, start line crew rushed to assist and to push the car out of the way. David took the bye, 0.9952 to sixty, car started skating towards half-track, 4.1091/233.77 at the eighth already off the gas. When was the last time you saw Jimmy at the bottom of a qualifying list, I'd hazard a guess that this is the last time. Mikko to sixty in 1.1847, Jimmy in 1.0274 driving through shale but the back of the car looked to jump up and Jimmy was off the gas. Mikko to the eighth in 4.4451/271.49 to Jimmy's shut off 5.4520/144.54, a big belch of heat haze from Mikko's right side, shut it off before the stripe. No reverse for Mats after his burnout, frantic efforts by his crew to help but no joy and had to drive down the track. Instant spin for Micke J, several pedals to no effect, 1.4940 at sixty already a lost cause. Roger to sixty in 0.9872, Rolf in 0.9944, small move left for Rolf. Roger a little left of centre towards the eighth 3.9675/305.78 to Rolf's 3.9907/296.22, smoke from Rolf's motor on the stripe which obscured his lane in the shutdown area. Track checked and all OK. Lars to sixty in 1.0373, Kim in 1.0369 but then Kim hit shake which shook both chutes out, off the gas. Lars to the eighth in 4.1089/292.84. Dmity to sixty in 1.0364, shake for Marcus and a pedal, 1.3018 at sixty and time lost. Dmitry visibly ahead at the eighth 4.0226/308.92 to Marcus' 4.7506/281.25. Freddy to sixty in 1.0066, Andreas in 1.0164 driving through shake with a move left and right, Freddy with the faster eighth 4.0817/295.24 to Andreas' quicker 4.0608/283.17. Michael to sixty in 1.0555, Michel in 1.0724 with shake, a pedal, more shake and off the pedal. Michael to the eighth in 4.0095/313.41, improvement but stayed in place 0.0003 behind Roger Johansson. Micke G to sixty in 0.9713, a move right, shake for Åke by sixty 0.1339, Åke tried to drive through the shake, Micke to the eighth in 3.8801/309.99, Åke had given it up by then as the car made a move, 4.6812/215.74. Jan to sixty in 0.9734, Jere in 1.0499 looking to drive through shake, Jan blitzed the eighth 3.8154/316.72 to Jere's 4.0456/313.59 fishtailing. Jan's motor grunted at about 1000 feet. Improvement for Jere but stayed in place. Qualifying after this session:
19:10 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Arvid Gerdtsson 11.2403/113.95 bye; Björn Friström 8.0105/232.96, Dag Wagenius 7.5840/303.87; Roberth Häggblom 7.5507/287.39, Ole Johnny Johnsen 9.3744/216.69; Anders Blanck 9.8715/138.04, Ida Zetterström 7.1024/322.58; Vesa Ruhanen 7.1818/280.81, Mathias Bohlin 7.0128/325.89 Qualifying after this session:
19:05 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Kenneth Holmberg 7.6071/281.54, Kalle Lyrén 7.0287/304.91 Kennth to sixty in 1.1692, Kalle with a great 0.0099 RT then sixty in 1.0903, Kalle ahead at the eighth 4.4778/254.00, Kenneth in 4.8439/232.76. Qualifying after this session:
19:00 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Vesa Lipponen 8.3305/209.63 bye; Hans Eriksson 9.8537/190.41, Willem Been no time DQ; Peter Andersson 7.1682/295.73, Peter Andersson-Ström 7.8032/253.32 DQ; Thomas Pettersson shut off, Jan Sturla Hegre 6.8692/309.81 bye Vesa to sixty in 1.1684 but headed right and had to feather the throttle, back on it but lost time to the feather. Willem was still in pre-stage as the Tree ran, lighting the big cherry. Hit it but to no avail. Hans to sixty in 1.2856, bike headed left and got close to the guardrail, off the gas. Peter A to sixty ub 1,1866, 1.2566 for Peter A-S heading for the centre line and had to feather the throttle. I think Peter A heard him coming and feathered himself then back on it, 4.5939/255.32 at the eighth, then Peter A-S took out the 1000 foot reflectors. Tremendous drifting burnout for Jan Sturla, meanwhile Thomas climbed off his bike and pushed back. Jan Sturla took the bye, 1.1130 to sixty, the bike headed left but you could see Jan Sturla climbing all over the bike to get it back. 4.4673/264.19 at the eighth, smoke from the motor by then and the smoke continued to the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
18:50 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Erling Opheim no time, bye; Teemu Kettula no time DQ, Greger Johansson no time DQ; Kristin Hegre 24.3377/66.05, Tommy Lee Grimes 6.3165/321.43; Torsti Kettula 7.2394/309.63 bye, Svein Olav Rolfstad shut off; Trond Høiberget no time, Roman Sixta 6.7131/339.72; Harri Piensalmi 6.6903/333.54, Samu Kemppainen 6.6610/344.17 Erling's motor stopped in the burnout, pushed back. Drama in the next pair, Greger's bike headed left and crossed the centre line, off the gas, meanwhile Teemu had got off the gas and was right alongside Greger as he crossed lanes, Teemu put out his right leg to try to keep Greger away but Greger's bike hit Teemu's bike side-on, which sent Teemu's bike into the guardrail. Teemu kept it upright and got stopped, safety crews sped to help. Teemu and Greger both OK we understand. Burnout to the Tree for Tommy Lee. Kristin off the gas almost at the hit. 1.0947 to sixty for Tommy Lee, 4.0827/306.64 at the eighth, motor faltered a couple of times just before the quarter. Svein Olav shut off in the bleach box. Torsti took the bye, 1.2533 to sixty, 4.8002/261.63 at the eighth, drifting left in the second half. Roman to sixty in 1.2053, 4.4366/286.47 at the eighth, straight down the middle of the lane. Trond's motor stopped at the hit and he rolled to a halt at about 250 feet. Harri to sixty in 1.1566, Samu in 1.2069, Samu had the better eighth 4.4169/287.23 to Harri's 4.4465/282.87, two clean runs. Qualifying after this session:
18:30 Nostalgia Funny Car match race (1000 feet) Erik Wallinder (Tre Kronor) 6.3973/326.88 def. Tobba Jansson (Nitrocalypse) 6.7163/271.49 18:25 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 4 First pair and Robert Arthursson (7.05) into number one at 6.2150, smoke from his motor right on shut-off, smoke from PerErik Lindgren's (8.96) motor also, track checked and both OK. Shake and shut-offs for Krister Adeen (7.13) and Peter Th¨rnäs (6.67) next pair. First run of the event for Charlie Östedt, running as an AT/PM (7.03), a brave 7.0090 with the car making moves left and right in the second half, in at #25. Great 6.1560/370.12 (229.98 mph) for Odd Erik Fossum (7.12) took his #1 place back. Fantastic pass for Ville Haga (7.03) 6.3252 from the Top Doorslammer, up from #16 to #5. Rene Meierhofer (9.68) with an 8.9493 to consolidate #3, in the other lane Viljar Mäesepp with a big improvement to 6.4700 to move up from #23 to #15. Rear end of the car jumped up at the hit for Jesper Stenberg (7.00), a few bounces and very close to the guardrail. Pär Eriksson (7.13) closed the session with a 6.5934, stayed #17. 18:00 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Dennis Nilsson 5.3647/352.71, Patrick Pers 5.6297/178.87; Tethys 4.2326/344.83, Timo Lehtimäki 12.0512/104.03; Micke Kågered 4.3752/372.16, Stig Neergaard 4.0364/481.28; Jndia Erbacher shut off, Liam Jones shut off; Jndia Erbacher 4.0761/367.60, Liam Jones 9.0321/126.37; Maja Udtian 4.0976/369.10, Anita Mäkelä 3.9132/477.45 A thought for the late Björn Mårtensson who was entered for this race. There will be a tribute tomorrow. Patrik to sixty in 0.9621, Dennis in 1.2858, Patrik had cylinders out on the left side, 330 feet in 2.4585/265.23 ahead of Dennis' 3.0140/234.07 but the dead cylinders weren't clearing and then the inevitable happened, a flash of flame from the motor and the safety device put the chutes out, 3.8372/248.05 at the eighth. Dennis to the eighth in 4.2732/319.15. Timo's tyres straight up in smoke, 1.1852 to sixty already off the gas. Tet to sixty in 0.8606, 330 feet in 2.2315/293.36, smoke from the motor at the eighth 3.2206/394.45 and from here the car's body language looked to betray a broken blower belt. Micke to sixty in 0.9393, Stig in 0.9174 with tyres blackstriping. Micke to 330 feet in 2.3778/280.96, the dragster swaying left and right and one more serious move right but Micke had a hold of it. Stig to 330 feet in 2.2742/303.20, Micke looked to get off the gas before the eighth 3.4216/386.27, Stig still on the gas and blackstriping at the eighth 3.2320/427.55 and then a bang and a flash of flame from his motor right on the thousand. Stig's speed equates to 299.05 mph. Careful track check and the tractors and Berrymans trailer called to the top end, greasweep laid the length of the shutdown area. On the restart Jndia and Liam ready to stage but shut off for spots of rain. It was initially light rain and quickly tailed off but then a brief shower which visibly wet the track. However shortly afterwards the sun emerged from the breaking cloud. That and the excellent efforts of the track crew got us going again. On the restart brief burnouts for both Jndia and Liam. Jndia to sixty in 0.8749, Liam in 0.8537 then shake and off the gas. Jndia going great guns at 330 feet 2.2102/310.70 then just before the eighth 3.1278/433.04 what looked like a kickout or body panel came off the car and Jndia got off the gas. Similar to Hockenheim last week, a short squirt of a burnout for Maja. Maja to sixty in 0.8876, Anita in a storming 0.8595, Anita with the quicker 330 foot time 2.1875/310.17 to Maja's faster 2.2362/313.41 (194.74 mph). Maja to the eighth in 3.1554/437.25 (271.69 mph) and a drift left, off the gas right after the eighth. Anita to the eighth in 3.1224/439.74 (273.24 mph), smoke from the motor and looked to be off the gas a tick before the stripe. Anita's terminal speed equates to 296.67 mph. Qualifying after this session:
16:40 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Richard Sundblom 6.9814/325.13, Sampsa Palos 6.7861/330.28; Jonas Boberg 7.0659/288.15, Magnus Pettersson 6.7528/331.09; Christian Sagelv 6.7595/330.68, Thomas Lindström 6.6872/335.82; Stefan Ernryd 6.7460/330.88, Simon Gustafsson 6.7159/330.88; Robin Norén 6.6682/335.40, Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6019/336.45; Michael Malmgren 6.6659/328.87, Jimmy Ålund 6.5596/342.86 Nixxon to sixty in 1.0840, Sampsa in 1.0491, Nixxon was going great guns but from here sounded not to get every gear, motor note was static in the second half, 4.5349/256.65 at the eighth. Sampsa to the eighth in 4.3785/261.25. Jonas to sixty in 1.0748, Magnus in 1.0149, Magnus had pulled out a visible lead at the eighth 4.3500/263.16 to Jonas' 4.5263/253.76, Jonas looked to have backed out of it just before the stripe. Christian with the quicker sixty 1.0174 to Thomas' 1.0428, didn't really see or feel any shake from here. Thomas with the quicker eighth 4.3220/267.06 to Christian's 4.3775/264.32, from here it looked as if Christian had shut it off but it was an illusion, Thomas was moving faster by comparison. Simon with the quicker sixty 1.0004 to Stefan's 1.0041 and the quicker eighth 4.3116/263.54 to Stefan's 4.3569/262.01, identical terminal speeds. Bengt with the much quicker sixty 0.9749 to Robin's 1.0157, Robin's car made a move left before the eighth 4.2967/266.14, Bengt visibly ahead at 4.2364/267.59. Michael with the quicker sixty 0.9867 to Jimmy's 1.0062, someone's engine note implied turning tyres but doffocult to tell whose, Jimmy had made up Michael's advantage by the eighth 4.2352/271.90 to Michael's 4.2902/265.88 and was visibly faster towards the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
16:20 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Linn Engan Fløysvik 5.6166/400.89 bye; Micke Larsson 6.3501/275.79, Ari Pietilä 7.2707/216.09; Johnny Oksa 6.6754/242.59, Daniel Jedborn no time DQ; Jonny Lagg 5.5189/424.19, Sandro Bellio 5.8951/298.01 Linn to sixty in 1.0044 and then it looked as if someone sped up the film, the car visibly accelerating very hard after about 200 feet and to the eighth in 3.7126/335.40. Smoke from the motor in the second half, off the gas before the stripe. Micke to sixty in 1.0261, Ari sat looking at the Tree for 2.4848 seconds then got to sixty in 1.0598. Micke to the eighth in 3.8856/313.59 off the gas, Ari off the gas before the eighth 4.1439/247.25 as the car made a move right and left. Johnny back at the start line before Daniel pulled forward for his burnout but a very short burnout and back quickly so as not to keep Johnny waiting. Daniel rolled through stage and hit the gas, no time. Johnny to sixty in 1.0190 car was moving around at the eighth 3.9640/275.65, moving towards the guardrail then a serious move to the right, off the gas and chutes out. The usual 250-foot burnout by Sandrooo for Eurodragster.com sponsor Dyno Unlimited. Jonny to sixty in 0.9918, Sandro's car jumped up at the hit but still to sixty in 0.9716. Jonny with a cylinder out on the left side then looked to be joined by one on the right, 3.6942/349.74 at the eighth to Sandro's 3.6563/337.08. Sandro's chutes took a fair while to appear int he shutdown area. Qualifying after this session:
16:05 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Tero Laukkanen no time, bye; Mikko Saarinen 11.4942/118.63 bye; Erik Andersson no time, Micke Johansson 10.9283/128.94 bye; Rolf Simonsson 15.6742/79.96, Michael Joneskog 6.0317/392.73; Åke Persson 6.3238/373.70, Lars Järpler 7.2449/320.47; Marcus Perman 13.8800/69.09, Freddy Fagerström 6.5092/355.03; Jere Rantaniemi 6.1020/398.23, Dmitry Samorukov 6.6925/288.92; Kim Kristiansen 15.6574/114.77, Roger Johansson 9.4684/184.36; Michel Tooren 6.3723/379.21, Peter Kunc 30.2269/19.98; Mats Eriksson 29.0605/27.35, David Vegter 13.9425/75.32; Andreas Arthursson 10.5313/136.26, Micke Gullqvist 5.8818/304.74; Jimmy Ålund 31.6058/20.56, Jan Ericsson 5.8521/396.18 First outing for Tero's stunning new Camaro, completed a few days ago. Nice burnout, stopped at 330 feet then couldn't get reverse and was signalled to drive down the track. Mikko's motor took a couple of shots to fire up. Great burnout, you don't often see such straight tyre tracks and certainly not from a Pro Mod. 1.2315 to sixty heading left, a couple of pedals approaching the centre line and off the gas. Erik couldn't get reverse after his burnout and quickly made the decision to drive down the track. Micke with almost instant shake, a pedal, 1.2245 to sixty, back on the gas, 5.6907/155.75 at the eighth already off the gas. Only one of Rolf's tyres really lit in the burnout and the motor sounded to be misfiring. High-altitude nitrous purges for Rolf. Rolf's tyre sup in smoke at the hit, pedalled and tried again and the car moved right so off the gas. Michael to sixty in 1.0710, big speed at the eighth 4.0166/316.90. Åke to sixty in 1.0672 with shake but drove through it, shake for Lars also 1.2079 and pedalled as the car moved left and right. Åke to the eighth in 4.1029/295.89 viisbly ahead of Lars' 4.9341/275.51. Bangs from Lars' motor on the stripe. Marcus to sixty in 1.0371 then hideous shake and a pedal but no dice, off the gas. Freddy to sixty in 1.0919 driving through shake, 4.3336/291.58 at the eighth. Jere to sixty in 1.0360, Dmitry in 1.1243, Dmitry was audibly driving through shake, the car making moves before the eighth. Jere to the eighth in 4.0953/310.88, looked effortless, Dmitry in 4.2697/294.60 heading for the centre line, puff of smoke from the motor and off the gas. Tyres spun at the hit for Kim, 1.7042 to sixty with engine screaming at such a high pitch that dogs in Gävle probably pricked up their ears. Roger to sixty in 1.0105, Mustang headed right, pedalled and off the gas before the eighth 5.6963/177.63. Not much of a burnout for Peter, off the gas before sixty 1.4292. Michel to sixty in 0.9974, a pedal about 100 feet out after a slight move left, 4.2658/294.12 at the eighth. Mats' car jumped up at the hit then squatted then bounced up and down for no forward movement. David to sixty in 1.0450, off the gas about 200 feet out. Andreas to sixty in 1.0103, Micke storming it at 0.9721, Andreas hit shake, pedalled, gave it another go then gave it up. Micke straight down the middle of his lane, 3.8676/311.42 at the eighth. Jimmy got a few feet then hit bad shake, 1.4343 to sixty and already off the gas. Not a foot wrong for Jan, 1.0014 to sixty and a storming 3.8557/317.09 at the eighth. Mop-and-Billys clean-up at the start line in Jimmy's lane. Qualifying after this session:
15:30 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Arvid Gerdtsson 9.8520/140.52 bye; Ole-Johnny Johnsen 9.5346/216.52, Roberth Häggblom 7.7146/301.00; Dag Wagenius no time DQ (left before Tree), Björn Friström 8.7089/173.75; Mathias Bohlin 7.0359/329.87, Anders Blanck 7.2462/317.83; Ida Zetterström 7.7264/315.97, Vesa Ruhanen 7.2025/342.21 Qualifying after this session:
15:10 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Peter Andersson 7.4386/298.67 bye; Peter Andersson-Ström 19.5765/51.20, Hans Eriksson 9.8183/236.32; Jan Sturla Hegre 14.3932/140.33, Thomas Pettersson 6.6571/314.69 Peter to sixty in 1.1792, 4.7228/225.85 at the eighth getting close to the centre line, feathered but stayed with it. Peter's rear slick spun up, motor zinged, off the gas. Hans to sixty in 1.4220, sounded to be feathering the throttle all the way. 1.3210 to sixty for Jan Sturla but off the gas. 1.1113 to sixty for Thomas, blackstriping and drifting right then left, 4.2324/273.42 at the eighth but a puff of smoke right on the stripe. Careful check of the track and then the tractor and big sweeper called out. Qualifying after this session:
15:05 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Erling Opheim 21.4487/51.19 bye; Tommy Lee Grimes 13.8246/72.83, Trond Høiberget 9.5265/185.19; Roman Sixta 7.4815/225.38, Kristin Hegre 11.1794/132.29; Svein Olav Rolfstad 11.7408/137.93, Teemu Kettula 12.5825/122.12; Samu Kemppainen 7.0876/253.40, Harri Piensalmi 7.3310/293.96; Greger Johansson 14.9201/84.99, Torsti Kettula 9.6140/161.82 Squirt of a burnout for Erling and then 1.1549 to sixty and off the gas, pulled over towards the guardrail approaching the stripe but made it to the quarter. Tommy to sixty in 1.1049 and off the gas, 1.2737 for Trond then his motor hesitated, 5.5446/172.14 at the eighth. Big burnout for Roman, running in a new tyre I think. Roman to sixty in 1.2309, Kristin left for dead at the Tree then 1.4178 to sixty, motor was hesitating. 4.5326/274.25 to the eighth for Roman heading for the rail, 5.9926/152.07 for Kristin. Roman ended up inches from the rail and had to shut it off. Svein Olav to sixty in 1.1291, Teemu in 1.4542 heading left, had to feather the throttle, a muffled bang from Svein Olav's motor but he stayed with it until about 300 feet then had the shute out at about 1000 feet. Samu to sixty in 1.2290, Harri quicker at 1.1829 but Samu was off and running and a visible lead at the eighth 4.4531/284.21 to 4.6810/219.60 but Samu was getting close to the rail, feathered the throttle some but didn't shut it off until the stripe. Greger to sixty in 1.1522 and Torsti in 1.2397, Greger heading left and off the gas. Torsti feathering the throttle bu the eighth 5.5210/191.49. Qualifying after this session:
14:50 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Bo Thorselius 19.2182/63.11 bye; Kalle Lyrén 7.0075/308.04, Kenneth Holmberg 9.1256/207.37 Bo lost gears before half track and made it to the finish line on momentum. Kalle to sixty in 1.0941, Kenneth in 1.1370 but his bike was heading for the centre line and he shut it off. Kalle to the eighth in 4.4767/254.48. Qualifying after this session:
14:45 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 5 0.0337 an improvement for Seth Friström but stayed #2. Third pair and a 0.0083 for Moa Nilsson moved her up to #1. Pro Q1 it is, then. 14:40 The Facebook mizzogs have had what they always seem to want, hopefully they're sated now and the rest of us can enjoy our weekend. Great job by the track crew and we're ready to go. Junior Dragster qualifying session 5 -0.0082 squeaker for Charlie Anchersen Andreasson in the third pair. next pair and Assar Lahti's Junior Stock lost fire, several efforts by the crew to start it with the ripcord but to no avail and pushed back. 0.0077 for Tess Backman put her #7 behind Veeto Kortelainen also on 0.0077. At this point 0.0935 got you #30 of 38. Big move up the ladder for Stine Aune Hasselvold, #38 to #16 at 0.0402. Problems for Kevin Granholm in the last pair, pulled over and stopped about 300 feet out. 13:30 When we start we will have Junior Dragster Q5, Junior Drag Bike Q5, then Pro Q1. After Pro Q1 we will have Comp Eliminator Q4 then Pro Q2. The Pro sessions are EDRS Pro Nordic MC bikes first, then FIA cars. 12:50 Still heavy overcast but the rain has stopped and the track crew are working on both the racing surface and the shutdown area. Stay tuned. 11:25 Not only have the trees disappeared - that works here too - but the whole of bloody Sweden has disappeared. Stay tuned and we'll let you know when things improve. 10:20 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 4 Krister Adeen (7.13) and Gideon Liljegren (7.68) ready to stage then shut off for spots of rain. On hold, stay tuned. 10:15 Pro Street qualifying session 4 7.6578 bump going in to this session. Duelling nitrous purges before staging for Jan Fricke Fredriksson and Ossi Oikarinen. Peter Trång with a 0.0001 improvement on previous best, 7.6533 and stayed #12. Kent Gustavsson on the trailer with a 7.4595, in the other lane Pelle Arvidsson up to #7 at 7.6174. Check of both lanes, track crew picking up small pieces and tractor called. Lurch and zinged motor for Carina Mogren, stopped a few feet out and pushed back. Big 7.7690 improvement for Odd Roar Øgard but more to find with the bump spot 7.6566 at that point. Mop-and-Billys clean-up in Carina's lane then the tractor called. On the restart a 7.5929 breakout for Trond Nordby on a previous best of 7.7248, found it now just needs to lose some of it. Mnext pair and a 7.6229 for Pär Norgren good for #10. Next pair and an improvement for Michael Maderer, 7.6424 but stayed #12. Michael Ohlsson staged to the left of center of his lane, tyres rattled on launch but recovered well. Jussi Pippolainen going great guns but smoke from the motor, backed out of it and put the chute out. Track checked and all OK. First look at Roar Myhr's Camaro... now I know what I want for my birthday, what a beautiful car. Double step on launch then moved right and backed out of it. I do wonder if 7.6566 (so far) is Pro Street's quickest-ever bump spot; back in June here it was 7.6916. 09:35 Street qualifying session 4 300-foot burnout by Marcus Gustafsson to announce the arrival of Street. Slight improvement for Rolf Berglund, 8.6152 and stayed #2. Last pair and Lars Erik Persson with an 8.6367 also a slight improvement and stayed in place. 09:20 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 5 Björn Bondesson took over #7 at 10.1251 on 11.25. Great 0.0057 RT for Anders Hållén two pairs later. Somewhat worryingly Carla Pittau on the start line crewing with Rick McCann rather than being here in her own race car. Paired 0.0034 and 0.0039 RTs for Yrjö Wallius and Aro Körkkö. Next pair and a 0.0067 Rt for Markus Svensson. Rattling tyres for P-A Lindström, shut it off and idled through. 08:55 Super Comp qualifying session 4 Squeaker -0.0012 RT for Mats Arndtzen Wanvik. Next pair and Anders Brandström up to #3 at 8.9116. #7 to #4 for Alin Aarvik at 8.9142. At that point nine of sixteen were in the 8.9s. Penultimate pair of the session and an 8.9537 for Micke Nilsson was good for #8. 08:45 Super Gas qualifying session 4 Pasi Korhonen into #1 at 9.9116 in the second pair. Next pair and 9.9420 good for #6 for Håkan Mattsson. Next up the ladder Eddie Strøm, #3 at 9.9168. Thirteen of nineteen in the 9.9s. 08:35 Super Street qualifying session 4 10.9190 for Tomas Hägg in the first pair good for #3. Ulf Axelsson next up the ladder, #5 at 10.9854. Next pair and Uffe Lundgren took over the lead at 10.9045. 10.3591 for Aulis Hämeenkorpi, maybe pitching for a Super Gas And A Half class. 10.9045 too or Isak Lagg, #2 since Uffe did it first. 10.9187 for Daniel Aggelid good for #4 in the last pair, big wheelie into the bargain. Pro ET qualifying session 4 Janne Söderqvist up to #6 in the final pair. Super Pro ET qualifying session 4 No changes to the standings in this session. 08:20 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 4 0.0002 improvement for Teodor Norling, 0.1201, stayed #5. 0.1067 for Anna Rosander moved her up to #5 bumping Teodor down. Improvement for Tim Christensen but stayed #7. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 4 Jari Pehkola up to #2 at 9.5147 in the second pair. Magnus Pollack finally right-side and #8 at 9.6781 9.5634 good for #5 for Robert Nygren, 9.9301 next pair for Kim Hilander put him #10. Final pair and 9.5691 for Heikki-Juhani Koskinen put him #9. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 4 8.5385 in the second pair moved Per Olsen up to #2. Peter Svensson pushed back before staging, in the other lane Rasmus Östlund's motor hesitated at the hit. 7.9184 for Jens Karlsson next pair. 07:35 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. Low overcast here, it rained overnight but there is no sign of that on the racing surface, some kit at the end of the shutdown area. If you saw the running order when it was released last night then please note that it has since been amended; you can check it out via the Event Index. Pro sessions are due at 12:50 and 16:50. Today's plan is for commentaries on Sportsman qualifying, as you can see we are using the split-screen format so that you can check out the full qualifying standings, and the usual full commentaries and standings for Pro classes. We will do our best to update between pairs during Pro qualifying so keep hitting Refresh. There will be a gallery courtesy of Julian at the end of the day. Courtesy of Nitrozplay there is a free webcast which commences at 09:00 European/08:00 UK, you can find the link on the Event Index. Nitroz are also offering an SMS alert service which will send you a text message when your selected classes run. A weekend's worth of alerts costs 69 SEK per class and you can sign up at web.nitroz.se/notes. A big Good Morning to the Eurodragsterholics, especially Ivar Kolberg tuned in from Norway, Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto tuned in from Finland, Bob Roberts tuned in from England and Benni Voss tuned in from Germany. A special Hello to our Eurodragster.com colleagues Kirstie and Simon back in the UK with thanks for the great coverage of the Junior Drag Racing Fun Day. To all of those tuned in on your day jobs today we'll do our best to keep you informed, just don't get yourselves in trouble. Stay tuned and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll bring you the news. In the meantime why not check out yesterday's gallery which comes courtesy of Julian. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |