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Saturday Sportsman report


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21:45

Simon has posted another set of pit notes and we have posted Patrik's gallery. You can reach both via the Event Index page. The gallery contains 137 pictures; if you do not see all 137 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

Tune back tomorrow and we'll bring you all the news from eliminations.

19:55

That's it for today. Stay tuned as Simon has another tranche of pit notes and Patrik has a gallery of pictures for you. There may be a short delay as we need to have something to eat but stay tuned.

19:50

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Jarkko Niemi 9.5717/227.56, Tomas Jonsson 9.5995/213.10, Carl Fodor 9.4540/232.66

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Roberth Häggblom's entire back fairing departed the bike on launch in his race against Jesper Johansson.

Björn Friströ 7.4859/318.21, Niclas Johansson 8.3139/274.25, Jesper Johansson 7.8340/291.42

19:35

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners

Fredrik Gravningen 9.9248/188.22, Jan Hallman 9.8583/196.36, Bosse Hall 9.9385/220.05, Morton Tiainen 10.4762/169.97

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners

0.002 RT by Tobias Björnsson in his bye.

Amanda Sjöström-Andersson (7.98) 7.9886/132.87, Tobias Björnsson (8.05) 8.0238/127.21 bye, Marcus Back Andersson (7.96) 7.9650/128.51

19:25

Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners

Micke Nilsson 9.5313/182.93, Robin Norén 16.2231/127.42 bye, Leif Andersson 8.8604/279.07 bye (Angelica Bäckman broke)

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners

Ulf Axelsson 11.0131/181.09, Christer Gustafsson 10.8309/214.03, Mauri Kamppinen 10.9124/189.34, Lina Braathen 10.9749/173.80

19:10

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners

Andreas Arthursson (7.06) 6.4710/357.62, Odd Erik Fossum (7.26) 6.8553/300.84

Stock / Superstock eliminations round 3 winners

0.008 RT by Uffe Edwardson in his race against Erik Wallin and 0.009 off a Perfect Run into the bargain.

Dan Williams (10.17) 10.0892/208.41 bye, Per Fagerström (11.58) 11.9364/143.31, Lars Björklund (11.60) 11.6324/182.86, Uffe Edwardson (10.23) 10.2309/208.01

19:00

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners

Perfect ET for Amanda Sjöström-Andersson in her race against Kevin Nataas, well done Amanda!

Simon Brusén (7.90) 7.9295/133.00 bye, Amanda Sjöström-Andersson (8.00) 8.0001/132.61 Tobias Björnsson (8.05) 8.0446/123.15, Marcus Back Andersson (7.98) 7.9733/132.19, Victor Heleander (9.55) 9.5653/108.30

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Fredrik Gravningen 9.9783/186.98 bye, Christer Uhlin 10.0179/199.48, Annica Larsson 9.9189/219.96, Jan Hallman 10.2045/191.02, Håkan Mattsson 10.0974/208.33, Bosse Hall 9.8665/227.95 bye (Ulf Andersson no show), Morten Tiainen 9.9403/238.31, Erik Jansson 9.8585/198.82

18:45

Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners

Micke Nilsson 8.9638/274.95 bye, Niklas Öhlin 8.9763/217.92, Robin Norén 8.9134/261.12, Angelica Bäckman 8.9405/292.05, Leif Andersson 8.9440/255.56

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Jarkko Niemi 9.9093/177.28, Leif Vaghåls 9.8898/229.10, Tomas Jonsson 10.0602/190.07, Mikael Mannström 9.5991/165.80, Emil Östlund 9.6581/191.08, Peter Andersson 9.8545/239.15

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Björn Friström 7.5209/317.09 bye, Per Emborg 8.2320/282.43, Mogens Lund 7.7336/304.05, Niclas Johansson 8.8095/253.76, Jesper Johansson 7.8574/292.05, Roberth Häggblom 7.9011/287.23

14:30

Stock / Superstock eliminations round 2 winners

0.007 RT for Dan Williams in his victory against Tomas Kakkinen.

Dan Williams (10.17) 10.3275/179.46, Uffe Edwardson (10.23) 10.296/196.51, Erik Wallin (10.41) 10.5049/184.68, Janne Ullberg (10.19) 10.1867/212.26, Per Fagerström (11.58) 11.6099/175.78, Lars Björklund (11.60) 11.7171/181.03, Fredrik Ambros (11.32) 11.3795/181.03

Now going into the final Pro qualiying session, click here to go to the Pro report or you can get to it via the Event Index.

14:20

Simon has posted a set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page.

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners

Lars-Georg Johansson (8.40) 7.6704/226.04, Andreas Arthursson (7.20) 6.5606/344.83, Jens Eklund (8.77) 8.3147/241.50 bye; Odd Erik Fossum (7.26) 6.8847/306.47; Bjørn Johansen (7.26) 7.8720/281.98 bye (Mattias Stenström no show)

14:05

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners

Marie Wallin 10.9436/161.82 bye, Ulf Axelsson 10.9163/181.88, Christer Gustafsson 10.9602/193.48, Garth Haworth 11.2082/201.19, Tomas Hägg 11.1926/174.76, Mauri Kamppinen 11.0313/169.81, Simon Gustafsson 10.9123/216.43, Lina Braathen 11.0572/177.11

14:00

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners

Simon Brusén (7.98) 8.0794/113.52, Amanda Sjöström Andersson (8.00) 8.0821/117.93, Kevin Nataas (8.13) 8.0513/120.29, Simon Andersson (8.20) 8.3992/101.98, Tobias Björnsson (8.05) 8.1603/115.04, Jennifer Östergren (14.85) 14.8640/66.62, Marcus Back Andersson (7.98) 7.9900/130.21, Victor Heleander (9.60) 9.5636/107.66, Theodor Brandt (7.95) 8.1453/116.71

09:55

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners

Lars-Georg Johansson (8.40) 9.5928/150.75 bye, Stig Olsson (7.74) 7.4927/207.45, Andreas Arthursson (7.39) 6.7057/289.23, Yngve Solberg (7.12) 6.7584/250.70, Jens Eklund (8.77) 8.3400/243.68, Odd Erik Fossum (7.26) 6.9010/327.67, Niklas Heikkilä (7.97) 7.6360/285.41, Bjørn Johansen (7.26) 7.0721/312.50, Mattias Stenström (7.50) 6.9693/318.58

Next up is Pro qualifying, click here to switch to the Pro report or you can get there via the Event Index.

09:40

Stock / Superstock eliminations round 1 winners

Drama for Rick McCann as the Camaro went most of the way to vertical on launch, then twisted in mid-air so that it was up on its rear left wheel, then crossed lanes before landing. Rick kept it away from the guardrail and then drove the car down the track so hopefully that means no damage.

Tomas Kaakinen (9.70) 10.8828/135.88, Dan Williams (10.25) 10.3888/176.76, Uffe Edwardson (10.23) 10.2940/196.22, Rolf Cederblad (11.85) 11.8661/179.16, Jarmo Markkanen (10.07) 10.4222/170.13, Erik Wallin (11.00) 10.4264/202.47 bye (Urban Arvidson no show), Janne Ullberg (10.18) 10.2621/211.18, Christer Lidberg (10.45) 10.5454/204.86, Per Fagerström (11.60) 11.5604/182.80, Jimmy Arvidsson (10.65) 10.8567/187.76, Bengt Ljungdahl (10.33) 10.4327/177.46, Lars Björklund (11.68) 11.6342/182.43, Fredrik Ambros (11.24) 11.3608/172.74, Lennart Nyling (10.76) 11.1512/192.99

09:20

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners

You can get the full ladder in the results screen on the right.

Micke Nilsson 9.1124/207.06, Niklas Öhlin 8.8689/253.05 bye (Bengt Stafberg shut off), Johan Klahr 8.9158/201.79, Kristina Nygren 10.1546/253.05, Robin Norén 8.8980/260.37, Angelica Bäckman 8.9447/282.28, Julie Nataas 9.0489/267.86 bye (Mattias Edvinsson no show), Leif Andersson 9.0144/232.26, Richard Beltramo 8.9455/248.62

09:05

Junior Dragster qualifying session 4

Amanda Sjöström-Andersson up from #12 to #3 second pair. Jennifer Östergren next up the ladder, #18 to #3 two pairs later. Next time we see the Juniors they will be in their first round of eliminations.

Super Street qualifying session 4

Excellent photo opportunity in the first pair, Marie Wallin and Lina Braathen with a '55 Chevy pairing both of which could qualify for Best Appearing Car. No changes to their qualifying standings. Jan Jonsson up from #10 to #9 in the third pair. Improvement for Tomas Hägg, 10.9188, stayed in second. Our good buddy and track announcer Christer Abrahamson tells us that this is #1 qualifier Marie Wallin's second race. Eight of fifteen in the 10.9s and into eliminations next time we see them.

Super Gas qualifying session 4

Final qualifier for Super Gas also. Christer Uhlin up from #7 to #4 first pair. That lasted one pair As Gideon Liljegren took over #4 alongside Olav Skjervø who stayed in place. A number of breakouts in this session.

Super Gas Bike qualifying session 3

Last qualifying session. Wild ride for Risto Torniainen in the first pair, gave it up after four big wheelies and probably going straight for the icebox back in the pits. Emil Östlund up from #12 to #3 next pair. 9.2912 breakout for Ulf Fridolfsson to close the session

Super Comp Bike qualifying session 3

Only Bert Nilsen turned out for this session, breakout 8.4761. That's SCB done for today, with only three bikes qualified their eliminations will be tomorrow.

Super Street Bike qualifying session 3

Mogens Lund up into #1 in the fourth pair with a 7.6573. Next pair and Per Emborg went into the sevens and up to #5. Next pair and Björn Fritröm took his number one spot back with a 7.5142. That's qualifying done for SSB.

Next up, Super Comp eliminations.

08:10

Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Sweden Internationals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car.

A PPV webcast is available courtesy of our friends at Smart TV; you can find out more at www.smarttv.se.

We again have a split screen for the Sportsman results - also notice that there are links to those ladders which have been set and those are updated after each round of eliminations - and there will be a separate report for the Pros which you will be able to reach by clicking here or by going back to the Event Index.

Finally it's a beautiful here at Tierp Arena. Lots of blue sky and not much cloud and it's amazing what a difference that'll make to your mood. It's going to be a long and busy day and we'll do our best to bring you all the news as quickly as possible. When the Pros are running, keep hitting Refresh because we will try to update after each qualifying pair.

A big Good Morning and hugs to our dear friend Gittli Koller who is tuned in from Bavaria. Hope all is OK with you Gittli. Good morning also to Ivar Kolberg, Frans Steilberg, Mister Cambodia and of course the Eurodragsterholics who are all tuned in from various parts of the planet. Hello also to our faithful reader in Myanmar, why not drop us an E-Mail and introduce yourself?

Today's running order starts with Sportsman qualifying then eliminations in Stock / Superstock, Comp Eliminator and Super Comp. Pro sessions are due at 09:50 and 13:50; yesterday's interrupted Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session still counts and will be completed in our first Pro session this morning.

Stay tuned and we'll be back as soon as the first pair fires up.


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