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18:20

Final results

FIA Top Fuel Dragster: Thomas Nataas 3.9559/500.46 def. Antti Horto 4.1155/418.93
FIA Top Methanol Dragster: Manty Bugeja 5.3291/433.04 bye
FIA Top Methanol Funny Car: Leif Andréasson 5.5952/417.96 def. Johan Lindberg 5.9640/419.91
FIA Pro Modified: Tero Laukkanen 5.9556/412.53 def. Micke Gullqvist 5.9031/394.74
FIA Pro Stock: Magnus Pettersson 6.6624/336.03 def. Michael Malmgren 6.6573/332.92

Nordic Pro Stock Bike Championship: Kalle Lyrén 7.0312/304.57 def. Fredrik Fredlund 7.0438/306.30
Nordic Supertwin Championship: Harri Piensalmi 6.8691/296.05 def. Ismo Mäenpää no time (broke)

Comp Eliminator: Pär Eriksson (7.50) 68027/300.33 def. René Meierhofer (9.15) 9.5800/168.70 DQ red light
Pro Street: Kalle Mannerkoski 7.7131/244.68 def. Christer Åberg 7.7311/284.81
Super Comp: Micke Nilsson 9.0085/251.98 def. Patrik Kivinummi 8.8635/261.12 DQ breakout
Super Gas: Hampus Gisslén 9.9087/183.24 def. Iiro Laaksonen 13.7088/117.96
Super Street: Halvor Överby 10.8809/170.29 breakout def. Christer Gustafsson 10.8212/209.14 DQ breakout
Stock / Super Stock: Lars Rodeblad (11.10) 11.1228/173.24 def. Bo Nylund (10.80) 10.7634/195.65 DQ breakout
Junior Dragster: Fredrik Leanders (13.23) 13.3199/77.78 def. Atle Poolsar (8.47) 8/4666/121.76 DQ breakout

Funny Bike: Nils Lagerlöf 6.5210/331.29 def. Antti Tervonen 20.5704/54.02
Super Street Bike: Björn Friström 7.5150/318.96 bye (Henri Kolehmainen no show)
Super Comp Bike: Robban Pettersson 8.6763/253.16 def. Emil Östlund 8.6256/257.39
Super Gas Bike: Thomas Nordin 9.5666/195.94 def. Marcus Forsberg 11.1427/193.69

New European records (subject to ratification)

FIA Top Fuel Dragster ET: 3.955 seconds, Thomas Nataas
FIA Top Fuel Dragster speed: 501.86 kmh / 311.84 mph, Thomas Nataas
FIA Top Methanol Dragster speed: 448.13 kmh / 278.46 mph, Chris Polidano
FIA Pro Modified ET: 5.845 seconds, Micke Gullqvist
FIA Pro Modified speed: 405.41 kmh / 251.91 mph, Tero Laukkanen
FIA Pro Stock ET: 6.532 seconds, Jimmy Ålund

17:55

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 3 winners

Emil Östlund 8.6772/228.23, Robban Pettersson 8.6830/252.93 bye

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 3 winners

Thomas Nordin 9.4922/218.09 bye (Kathrine Wagenius shut off), Marcus Forsberg 10.5917/243.35 bye

Junior Dragster eliminations round 4 winners

Fredrik Leanders (13.23) 13.3078/77.23, Atle Poolsar (8.52) 8.5003/120.54 bye

17:45

Super Gas eliminations round 4 winners

Iiro Laaksonen 13.6556/123.46 bye, Hampus Gisslén 9.8679/196.08

Super Street eliminations round 3 winners

Halvor Överby 10.9651/173.08, Christer Gustafsson 10.9429/205.87

Super Comp eliminations round 4 winners

Micke Nilsson 8.8687/277.63, Patrik Kivinummi 9.1835/260.37 bye

17:40

Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 4 winners

0.0054 RT by Lars Rodeblad in his race with Pelle Andersson.

Bo Nylund (10.75) 10.8774/180.36, Lars Rodeblad (11.15) 11.1349/182.19

17:35

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Kathrine Wagenius 9.7220/176.82, Thomas Nordin 9.5171/209.30 bye, Marcus Forsberg 9.6365/217.83

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Emil Östlund 8.5862/247.03, Ulf Fridolfsson 8.8218/254.72 bye, Robban Pettersson 8.7674/250.23

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners

Jason Engelage close to a perfect run with a 0.0087 RT and +0.0024 on dial-in.

Fredrik Leanders (13.25) 13.2509/77.50, Jason Engelage (7.97) 7.9724/133.00 bye, Atle Poolsar (8.52) 8.5852/123.68

17:25

Pro Street eliminations round 3 winners

Christer Åberg 7.7480/278.93, Kalle Mannerkoski 7.6160/290.32

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 4 winners

Huge cloud of smoke from Odd Erik Fossum's motor in his race against Pär Eriksson. Track checked and all OK, hopefully the same can be said for Odd Erik's motor.

Pär Eriksson (7.50) 7.0196/258.62, Rene Meierhofer (9.27) 8.6529/200.67

Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 3 winners

Bo Nylund (10.75) 10.8400/198.68, Hans Nilsson (9.67) 9.8928/194.04, Pelle Andersson (10.79) 10.8819/195.94, Uffe Edwardsson (10.19) 11.2592/167.44

Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners

Micke Nilsson 8.9482/265.36, Laura Saksa 8.9934/242.04 bye, Patrik Kivinummi 8.9165/257.76

Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners

Iiro Laaksonen 9.9374/200.82, Christer Uhlin 9.9105/189.74, Hampus Gisslén 10.0318/194.52 bye

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners

Halvor Överby 13.8181/150.54 bye, Daniel Aggelid 10.9303/166.62, Ulf Axelsson 10.9449/177.57, Christer Gustafsson 10.9491/212.43

17:05

FIA Top Fuel dragster final

Thomas Nataas 3.9559/500.46 def. Antti Horto 4.1155/418.93

No stopping the Andersens / Batman combination in this one, Thomas in imperious form. Away first 0.0936 to Antti's 0.1342, the better sixty 0.8696 to 0.8736, Antti looked to have a cylinder out but Thomas was out front anyway with the better eighth 3.1748/437.96 to Antti's 3.2483/407.55. Antti shut it off before the stripe. Thomas' 3.955 is a new European record, and his speed backs up his earlier 501.86 for a new speed record. Well done Per, Karsten, Thomas and the team!

17:00

FIA Pro Modified final

Tero Laukkanen 5.9556/412.53 def. Micke Gullqvist 5.9031/394.74

Tero's first five and his first event win, won on a 0.1509 to 0.2888 holeshot. Tero to sixty in 1.0367 to Micke's 0.9845, the faster eighth 4.0152/318.21 to Micke's quicker 3.8921/311.96, Tero's start line advantage won him the event title. Huge speed (256.33 mph) too fast to be backed up by his earlier runs, unfortunately.

16:58

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car final

Leif Andréasson 5.5952/417.96 def. Johan Lindberg 5.9640/419.91

Johan provisionally 2014 FIA Top Methanol FC Champion with an unassaiable points lead but that to be confirmed by the Championship Co-ordinator. They do say that you lose your first race after the Championship! Leif away first 0.1300 to 0.1580, 0.9604 to sixty whilst Johan hit shake on his sixty of 1.0747. Johan pedalled twice whilst Leif shot away into the distance, 3.7046/333.12 at the eighth to Johan's 4.0671/328.47.

16:54

FIA Top Methanol Dragster final

Manty Bugeja 5.3291/433.04 bye

No second semi final so Manty on his own. Fantastic advertisement for Top Methanol Dragster and of course for Mister Whippy. 0.9551 to sixty, no hint of shake, 2.3859/269.19 at 330 feet, 3.5189/351.33 at the eighth.

16:50

FIA Pro Stock final

Magnus Pettersson 6.6624/336.03 def. Michael Malmgren 6.6573/332.92

Magnus got the jump at the line 0.0117 to Michael's 0.0811, Michael had the better eighth 0.9859 to Magnus' 1.0037. Magnus' car headed towards the guardrail but he hung on to it and didn't try anything drastic. Michael with the quicker eighth 4.2892/265.49 to Magnus' faster 4.2950/267.33, Magnus' start line advantage was enough.

16:45

Funny Bike final

Nils Lagerlöf 6.5210/331.29 def. Antti Tervonen 20.5704/54.02

Nordic Pro Stock Bike Championship final

Kalle Lyrén 7.0312/304.57 def. Fredrik Fredlund 7.0438/306.30

Nordic Supertwin Championship final

Harri Piensalmi 6.8691/296.05 def. Ismo Mäenpää no time (broke)

Super Street Bike final

Björn Friström 7.5150/318.96 bye (Henri Kolehmainen no show)

16:40

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners

Fredrik Leanders (13.25) 13.3400/76.88, Pontus Garefelt (8.42) 8.4884/121.08, Jason Engelage (7.97) 8.0797/129.96, Atle Poolsar (8.48) 8.6052/123.06, Tim Städter (8.05) 8.0622/131.80

16:35

Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners

Proceedings were held up by a short shower. Another great job by the track crew to dry the strip.

Micke Nilsson 9.0007/237.78, Matilda Sjöström-Andersson 8.9317/236.01, Laura Saksa 9.0145/233.87, Patrik Kivinummi 8.9217/257.88, Marita Granholm 8.9361/226.99

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners

Stefan Fallkvist 10.0177/216.69, Iiro Laaksonen 9.9227/217.22 bye (Ake Hedberg broke), Christer Uhlin 9.9251/185.76 bye, HåKan Mattsson 10.2075/214.80, Hampus Gisslén 9.8576/195.79

Super Gas Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Kathrine Wagenius 9.4805/203.01 bye, Magnus Pollack 9.8440/229.01, Thomas Nordin 9.6746/184.99, Kasper Halvorsund Hansen 9.6177/200.45, Marcus Forsberg 10.2831/201.87

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Peter Svensson 8.5762/261.00 bye, Emil &Oring;stlund 8.5915/257.02 bye (Jan Nilsson no show), Ulf Fridolfsson 8.6730/256.90, Håkan Braw 8.6987/234.88, Robban Pettersson 8.7193/251.40

15:45

Super Street Bike eliminations round 3 winners

Henri Kolehmainen 7.6430/296.22, Björn Friström 7.5275/318.21

Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 2 winners

0.0080 RT by Bo Nylund in his race against P-A Lindström.

Dennis Andersson (10.90) 10.9625/198.17, Bo Nylund (10.78) 10.7760/189.08, Anders Eriksson (10.87) 10.8496/196.79, Hans Nilsson (9.70) 9.6530/221.77, Pelle Andersson (10.83) 10.8081/197.08, Tarmo Mikkola (9.91) 9.9515/200.45, Uffe Edwardsson (10.29) 10.2439/200.07, Lars Rodeblad (11.15) 11.1848/179.05

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners

Halvor Överby 10.9053/179.40, Daniel Aggelid 10.8875/170.72, Jan Jonsson 10.7963/205.40 bye (Trygve Amundsen no show), Ulf Axelsson 11.0177/167.81, Kenny Åsberg 10.9396/184.99, Kent Olofsson 11.0362/131.71, Christer Gustafsson 11.3570/172.52

15:25

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners

Bang from Yngve Solberg's motor in his race against Odd Erik Fossum. Fluid clean-up for the length of the strip.

Pär Eriksson (7.50) 7.0736/251.05, Odd Erik Fossum (7.16) 6.3996/332.72, Bjørn Johansen (7.63) 8.3959/188.88 bye, René Meierhofer (9.27) 8.8112/185.50

Pro Street eliminations round 2 winners

Pelle Arvidsson 7.6160/273.83, Christer Åberg 8.2973/270.14 bye, Peter Trång 7.6379/292.21 bye, Kalle Mannerkoski 7.6636/290.64

14:45

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners

Fredrik Leanders (13.30) 13.2177/78.08 bye, Theodor Brandt (7.90) 7.7842/133.76, Oskar Norling (7.99) 8.0698/114.58, Pontus Garefelt (8.48) 8.5216/114.16, Mari Udtian (7.96) 8.1439/104.29, Jason Engelage (7.97) 8.0392/132.29, Atle Poolsar (8.50) 8.5346/123.40, Tobias Björnsson (8.18) 8.1683/129.31 bye (Elina Paulsson no show), Tim Städter (8.02) 8.0823/132.74, Emil Eriksson (17.50) 17.8966/54.28

14:30

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Angelica Larsson 9.8578/213.44 bye, Stefan Fallkvist 9.9111/238.20, Iiro Laaksonen 9.8758/217.57, Åke Hedberg 9.7394/211.35 bye (Dion Hansen no show), Christer Uhlin 9.9380/187.83, Håkan Mattsson 10.9760/219.60, Lina Wallberg 10.6927/212.01, Lennart Edlund 10.6944/216.35, Hampus Gisslén 9.9537/196.79

14:25

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Micke Gullqvist 5.9391/393.87 def. Roger Johansson 6.0887/386.27

Micke gave us all a scare by briefly stopping on the way back from his burnout. Roger away first 0.0952 to 0.1336 and had the slightly quicker sixty 0.9821 to Micke's 0.9849. Rogerö's car drifted a little left and Micke's a little right but nothing serious. Roger to the eighth in 4.0371/305.73, Micke pulling away at 3.9166/309.99.

Tero Laukkanen 6.0961/403.89 def. Urban Johansson 16.9509/47.75

1.1820 to sixty for Urban with shake, shut it off. Tero to sixty in 1.0308 and to the eighth in 4.1116/310.70.

14:15

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Shaun Buttigieg 7.3110/309.10, Henri Kolehmainen 7.5451/285.71, Björn Friström 8.0198/297.19, Anders Blanck 7.5395/301.68 bye (Leif Larsson shut off)

Funny Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Antti Tervonen 8.3995/293.00 bye (Janne Gustavsson no show), Nils Lagerlöf no time (crossed lanes) bye

14:05

Nordic Supertwin Championship eliminations round 2

Ismo Mäenpää 6.8700/323.34 def. Pettri Mattsson 6.7963/300.67
Harri Piensalmi 6.9428/252.45 bye, Anna-Lena Aspulund no show

14:00

Nordic Pro Stock Bike Championship eliminations round 2

Kalle Lyén 7/0422/305.26 def. Elvira Karlsson 7.0892/294.28
Fredrik Fredlund 7.0299/304.91 def. Kenneth Vik 7.3175/295.40

13:55

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 2

Johan Lindberg 5.4921/424.53 def. Johnny Oksa 6.6665/372.93

Johnny visibly moved first 0.0758 to 0.1355 but hit instant shake. 1.4175 to sixty with tyres shaking then off the pedal for a couple of seconds. No such problems for Johan, 0.9478 to sixty and 3.6348/338.98. Johnny eventually got back on the gas but it was all over by then. This needs to be ratified by the Championship Co-ordinator but we think that Johan is 2014 FIA European Top Methanol FC Champion-elect as he appears to have an unassailable points lead.

Leif Andréasson 6.9882/216.35 bye

1.0449 to sixty with a little shake, haze from the left bank of headers at the eighth 3.9063/262.65 and off the gas by then.

13:50

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 2

Manty Bugeja 5.3527/427.55 bye, Chris Polidano broke

Chris' motor went up on the revs for the burnout but then stopped dead. Moments later the steering wheel was thrown from the cockpit and Chris climbed out, thumping the car for good measure. Manty took a storming bye, 0.9273 to sixty and 3.5087/347.27 at the eighth.

Stefan Gunnarsson no show

No sign of Stefan for his bye so Manty only needs to take the green in the final for the event win.

13:45

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 2

Michael Malmgren 6.6796/332.72 def. Jimmy Ålund 6.5822/342.64

Daylight 0.0345 to 0.2095 holeshot did the job for Michael although he had the better sixty 0.9958 to Jimmy's 1.0155 with shake. Jimmy up on ET but down on speed at the eighth 4.2560/271.90 to 4.2917/304.40, the speed difference at the eighth made Michael's holeshot too much to overcome.

Magnus Pettersson 6.6625/335.82 def. Tommy Leindahl 6.9859/325.30

Another huge visible holeshot in this one, 0.0457 to 0.2927 in Tommy's favour but then Magnus did a great job of catching him up with the better sixty 0.9893 to 1.0385 and the much better eighth 4.2583/26.26 to Tommy's 4.5313/255.80. New PB for Magnus, well done Magnus and team!

13:35

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 2

Thomas Nataas 3.9574/501.86 def. Duncan Micallef 4.1020/490.46

Great race! Thomas away first 0.0899 to 0.1097 and the better sixty foot time 0.8732 to 0.8973. Clean straight run for Thomas whist Duncan's dragster was fishtailing quite severely but the brave Maltese Lion stayed with it. Absolutely storming 3.1764/437.25 to the eighth for Thomas, Duncan's 3.3030/429.94 was hardly hanging about either. Thomas on new European ET and speed records, the speed equates 311.84 mph, the fastest Top Fuel speed since we went to 1000 feet and the first 500 kmh Top Fuel Dragster run since we went to 1000 feet. Well done Per, Karsten, Thomas and the team!

Antti Horto 4.0827/468.75 def. Urs Erbacher 12.6371/49.93

Antti away first 0.1036 to 0.1057 and got to sixty in 0.8760 to Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs' 0.9165 Urs hit shake and pedalled a couple of times then his blower relief panel blew with a flash of flame and the chutes deployed. Antti to the eighth in 3.2483/407.24, clean and straight run, looked to shut it off a touch early.

13:25

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners

Micke Nilsson 8.9121/279.65 bye, Anders Brändström 8.9177/255.92, Kevin Yrjövaara 10.8942/253.05, Matilda Sjömström-Andersson 9.0352/213.86, Laura Saksa 8.9914/239.26, Niklas Öhlin 8.9090/233.56, Julie Nataas 8.9072/280.08, Patrik Kivinummi 8.9059/259.62, Marcus Back Andersson 8.9062/247.93, Marita Granholm 8.9664/213.35

Here come the part-time photographers so I guess the FIA classes are back... ah yes, here are two Top Fuellers.

13:10

Pro Street eliminations round 1 winners

Pelle Arvidson 7.7975/268.39 bye, Daniel Svanberg 7.6174/285.87, Christer Åberg 7.7019/284.96, Peter Trång 7.6484/290.48 bye (Lars Sjöholm no show), Kalle Mannerkoski 8.3014/255.32, Tommy Lundberg 7.8127/283.91

Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners

Håkan Nordström (11.00) 9.8945/214.71 bye, Dennis Andersson (10.98) 11.3028/180.36, Bo Nylund (10.80) 10.7910/198.75, P-A Lindström (11.00) 10.3178/187.70, Anders Eriksson (10.84) 10.9016/194.59 bye (Arto Sulopuisto broke), Jarmo Markkanen (10.18) 10.2085/212.35, Hans Nilsson (9.70) 9.7869/194.04, Jan Karlsson (11.96) 12.0963/174.25, Pelle Andersson (10.84) 10.8982/183.96, Fredrik Ambros (10.05) 10.8128/197.44 bye (Sami Toppari no show), Yrjö Wallius (10.80) 10.2311/209.22 bye (Mathias Färm no show), Tarmo Mikkola (9.90) 9.9390/212.43 bye (Lasse Bodén no show), Uffe Edwardsson (10.29) 10.3283/199.19, Per Fagerström (11.32) 11.3369/180.12, Lars Björklund (11.19) 11.2753/180.84, Lars Rodeblad (11.20) 11.3777/182.25

12:40

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners

Daniel Jedborn (7.80) 8.0408/173.75 bye, Pär Eriksson (7.50) 7.5915/205.25, Yngve Solberg (7.04) 6.6868/249.88, Odd Erik Fossum (7.16) 6.6885/250.81, Bjørn Johansen (7.69) 7.1313/308.40, René Meierhofer (9.33) 8.7711/187.11, Jens Eklund (7.50) 7.6323/397.17

12:30

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Micke Gullqvist 5.8454/397.06 def. Niclas Andersson no time

Niclas away first 0.0651 to 0.0958 but hit terrible shake, motor screamed for mercy and he shut off. Stopped on track about 300 feet out. 0.9699 to sixty for Micke, Camaro went towards the centre line but he pulled it back, meteoric 3.8471/315.05 (195.76 mph) at the eighth. New European ET record of 5.845 for Micke backed up by the previous round's run, well done Micke!

Roger Johansson 6.0100/389.61 def. Tami Brander 6.0496/378.68

Great race! Roger away first 0.061 to 0.0903 and the better sixty 1.0059 to 1.0115. Roger's car made a move to the right but he held on to it. Tami with the quicker eighth 3.9576/302.18 to a faster 3.9780/310.17 but Roger's advantage and higher speed were enough to carry the day.

Urban Johansson 17.9006/57.78 bye, Norbert Kuno no show

Norbert a no show, as you'll recall there was smoke and fluid on the track after his victory in round 1. Urban's tyres didn't light on the burnout and the motor sounded to be misfiring. Instant shake at the hit, 1.1384 to sixty and off the gas.

Tero Laukkanen 6.0645/405.41 def. Anders Nilsson 7.0409/344.34

Anders had the quicker sixty 1.0008 to 1.0312 but hit shake and the Cuda made a move towards the guardrail and he lost time pulling it back. Tero had the better eighth 4.0856/313.59 to 4.1915/266.54. A new speed record for Tero backed up by his previous best, equates to 251.91 mph, well done Tero!

12:10

Funny Bike qualifying session 9

Nils Lagerlöf shut off before staging. Jenne Gustavsson made his first pass of the event clocking 9.5540/187.50. Troubled run for Antti Tervonen.

Next up is round 2 of FIA Pro Modified.

12:05

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Fantastic run for Shaun Buttigieg!

Dag Wagenius 7.5814/299.67, Henri Kolehmainen 7.5146/304.91, Nils-Ola Andersson 7.7029/308.57, Björn Friström 7.5140/313.41, Vesa Ruhanen 8.0115/246.84, Leif Larsson 7.8134/312.14, Anders Blanck 7.7827/295.24, Shaun Buttigieg 7.1097/324.71

11:55

Nordic Pro Stock Bike Championship eliminations round 1

Kalle Lyrén 7.0535/305.95 bye
Elvira Karlsson 7.1613/289.70 bye, Kenneth Holmberg no show
Kenneth Vik 7.3315/302.69 def. Thomas Lysebraate Olsen no time broke
Fredrik Fredlund 7.0568/303.37 def. Elsa Karlsson 8.4970/183.24 DQ red light

11:50

Nordic Supertwin Championship eliminations round 1

Ismo Mäenpää 9.2313/270.00 def. Svein Olav Rolfstad 21.3954/51.70
Anna-Lena Asplund 7.3130/271.08 def. Hans Olav Olstad 7.4974/220.59
Harri Piensalmi 6,9739/268.39 def. Vesa Lipponen 7.4950/313.59
Pettri Mattsson 6.7820/284.81 def. Per Bengtsson 6.8911/335.40

11:40

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1

Michael Malmgren 7.0949/329.27 def. Simon Gustafsson no time

Simon away first 0.0453 to Michael's 0.0937 but hit instant shake and shut off eventually rolled to a halt past 1000 feet. Michael getting to sixty feet in 1.1809 with shake, a pedal and then he was off and running, 4.6794/260.74 at the eighth.

Tommy Leindahl 7.0064/322.20 def. Thomas Lindström 7.1209/337.50

Tommy got away first 0.0624 to 0.1313, 1.0279 to sixty to Thomas' badly shake-ridden 1.2531. Thomas pedalled and was off the gas for an appreciable time before stomping back on it and trying to chase Tommy down. Tommy to the eighth with the quicker ET 4.5278/251.87 but Thomas had the higher speed 4.7531/265.49, Thomas was visibly reeling Tommy in but ran out of track.

Magnus Pettersson 6.6365/335.40 def. Christian Sagelv 6.8074/328.87

Christian away first 0.0912 to 0.1051 but Magnus was already catching him by sixty feet 0.9892 to 1.0234. Christian looked to drive through shake, the car making a move to the right. Magnus to the eighth in 4.2708/267.86 to Christian's 4.3871/261.50. No chutes for Christian and his car took a flying leap into the gravel trap at the end of the track, right side up but a long way in. Christian is A-OK, no word yet on the car.

Jimmy Ålund 7.5652/246.46 def. Jan Palmqvist 15.9492/72.54

Jimmy away first 0.0989 to Jan's 0.1075, both hit bad shake, Jimmy to sixty in 1.2915 to Jan's 1.4622. Jan shut off and something came off his car. Jimmy pedalled and got back on it, 4.7700/266.40 at the eighth and shut off early.

11:10

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 1

Manty Bugeja 5.3942/424.19 def. Johnny Lagg 5.4924/417.31

Superb race between Manty and Johnny. Manty with the advantage to sixty feet 0.9415 to 0.9861, clean launch for Johnny with all eight candles lit. Manty still ahead at the eighth 3.5384/348.39 to Johnny's 3.6571/352.71.

Stefan Gunnarsson 6.5925/246.58 bye, Marcus Wålm broke

Marcus couldn't get reverse after the burnout so drive down track but then stopped on the shutdown area. Top end quad rushed to help, start line crew keenly aware that the nitro car would be getting hot and Stefan's crew starting to look concerned. Marcus quickly removed from the top end and Stefan took his bye, 1.0109 with a cylinder out on the right side, 3.9142/297.85 at the eighth with cylinders out both sides and shut it off.

Chris Polidano 5.4761/441.54 bye

Top qualifier bye for Chris. 0.9875 to sixty, a pedal about 300 feet out, 3.7025/359.28 to the eighth and then off the gas before the stripe.

11:00

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 1

Johnny Oksa 6.1844/392.73 def. Ari Pietilä 8.8115/174.19

Johnny away first 0.0698 to Ari's 0.0715. Ari immediately hit shake, 1.4381 to sixty and off the throttle whilst Johnny got to sixty in 1.0187 and then hit shake and pedalled once. Johnny's tyres stuck and he got to the eighth in 4.1488/305.26, Ari back on the gas after a couple of seconds but Johnny long gone.

Leif Andréasson 5.5841/418.28 def. Danny Bellio 6.3923/388.21

Danny just away first 0.1158 to 0.1177, Leif with the better sixty 0.9559 to Danny's 1.0779. Danny pedalled a couple of times for shake, no such problems for Leif who got to the eighth in 3.6929/333.75 to Danny's 4.3657/303.88. Straight clean pass for Leif.

Johan Lindberg 8.2264/172.19 bye

Top-qualifier bye for Johan. 0.9700 to sixty, a pedal, then another pedal at about 300 feet and off the gas.

10:40

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 1

Duncan Micallef 4.1474/480.85 def. Anita Mäkelä 4.2354/335.61

Duncan visibly moved first 0.1070 to 0.1714, Anita with the better sixty 0.8919 to 0.9047. Anita looked to have cylinders out briefly. Duncan's car was moving towards the centre line and was quite lively even after he had pulled it back. Anita with the better eighth 3.2061/399.70 to Duncan's 3.3295/412.84 but then smoke and flame from her motor and she shut it off.

Antti Horto 17.9471/52.83 bye, Stig Neergaard did not start

One of Stig's chutes deployed before his motor started. His crew frantically tried to get it back in its pack but to no avail. Antti's tyres up in smoke at the hit, he got straight off the gas and idled through.

Urs Erbacher 5.8584/299.17 def. Chris Andrews 6.3832/161.97

A few anxious looks up at the sky before Chris and Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs staged. Chris away first and wheels up 0.1039 to 0.1326 and the better sixty 0.8761 to Urs' 0.9264. Chris pedalled once for shake, Urs pedalled twice then got off it. Then from here it looked as if Chris' blower belt broke, either way he shut off about 400 feet out. There was a moment of silence and then you could see the light bulb go on over Urs' roll cage and he got on the gas again. Chris to the eighth rolling at 4.2364/190.81 to Urs' 4.5808/245.57 under power and catching fast. Chris' blower belt indeed the culprit, it was missing when the car was towed back in front of the grandstand.

Thomas Nataas 4.0608/491.36 def. Micke Kågered 5.3047/220.32

Thomas visibly away first with a small wheelie 0.0734 to Micke's 0.1027, the slightly better sixty 0.8835 to 0.8886. Thomas to 330 feet in 2.3170/295.57 to Micke's 2.3423/272.45, then smoke and a flash of flame from Micke's motor and he was off it before the eighth. Thomas to the eighth in a storming 3.2698/435.13 and through to the next round and valuable points in a close Championship. Brief clean-up in Micke's lane.

10:15

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Niclas Andersson 6.2076/376.57 def. Benny Strand 6.6378/290.79

Will be interesting to see what happens here. As we all know it's a good track but conditions far from ideal. Hundred-foot burnouts by both. Niclas visibly moved first 0.0879 to Benny's 0.2193, Benny had the better sixty 0.9841 to 1.0221. Both hit shake and pedalled and then both picked up, Niclas had the better eighth 4.1066/300.33 to Benny's 4.2273/285.11 but then smoke and a flash of flame from Benni's motor just past the eighth and that was his race done.

Roger Johansson 5.9672/386.62 def. Freddy Fagerström 6.2278/360.96

OK so no more comments about the conditions! Roger just away first 0.0723 to 0.0728 and had the better sixty 0.9847 to Freddy's 0.9924. No sign of shake for either but black haze from both banks of Roger's motor. Roger with a bigger advantage at the eighth 3.9243/308.22 to Freddy's 4.0369/293.00. Freddy looked to shut it off just before the stripe, Roger on it all the way and into the fives. Well done Roger and team!

Tami Brander 6.0466/378.68 def. Mattias Wulcan 6.0402/390.74

Holeshot win for Tami, a big scalp too. 0.1006 to 0.1501 holeshot, Mattias had the better sixty 1.0059 to 1.0085 but Tami had the better eighth 3.9583/302.35 to Mattias' 3.9983/306.64, Mattias' car was swaying left and right and he was catching fast in the second eighth but Tami's start line advantage was too much.

Urban Johansson 6.0419/377.09 def. Marc Meihuizen 6.2074/296.22

Marc got away first 0.0521 to Urban's 0.2043, and had the better sixty 0.9922 to Marc's 1.0093, still ahead at the eighth with a very rapid 3.8964/311.60 to Urban's 3.9709/304.40 - nothing visibily amiss from here but Urban got past Marc who evidently shut it off early.

Norbert Kuno 6.4096/280.96 def. Mats Eriksson 6.3892/385.44

Norbert just away first 0.0237 to Mats' 0.0897, the better sixty 0.9827 to Mats' 1.0528 with shake. Mats pedalled once and then his tyres were visibly spinning. Norbert with a great 3.9759/286.78 at the eighth to Mats' 4.3054/296.87, then smoke from Norbert's motor in the second eighth and the Avenger started to slow. Mats was catching up but Norbert's eighth-mile advantage was enough and he took the stripe by 0.0460. Looks like Norbert could have had a price to pay as he left a fluid trail from the eighth to the quarter.

Anders Nilsson 6.4315/363.15 def. Bruno Bader 7.9357/326.68

Anders strapped a whopping, more than visible 0.0802 to 0.3697 holeshot on Bruno. 0.9994 to sicty to Bruno's shake-ridden 1.4725. Bruno pedalled a couple of times but Anders was long gone by the eighth 4.2243/284.21, Bruno off it by that point.

Tero Laukkanen 6.1069/403.29 def. Robert Joosten 6.2394/372.67

Huge holeshot for Tero 0.0319 to Robert's 0.2488, Robert with the better sixty 0.9950 to 1.0044 and the quicker eighth 4.0889/289.39 to Tero's faster 4.1082/305.78 despite getting close to the guardrail. The top end charge of the turbo car made all the difference and Tero on the first half of a new European speed record, well done Tero! Close thing as his 399.11 in qualifying was only good up to 403.14.

Micke Gullqvist 5.8700/397.06 def. Johan Westberg 6.5010/355.73

Micke in imperious form here after being smacked on the start line by Johan's 0.1281 to his 0.3069. 0.9732 to sixty to Johan's, the Camaro looked to have its front left wheel up for a fair way and then started moving around its lane but Micke had a hold of it. Stormer at the eighth 3.8664/313.04, Johan a spectator by then at 4.2252/280.81. Micke does the first half of a European ET record, well done Micke!

09:30

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners

Pär Eriksson (7.50) 10.0244/143.20 bye (Lasse Britsmar no show), Robin Norén (7.97) 8.1166/197.95 bye (Matti Rajamaki no show), Stig Olsson (7.51) 7.3051/233.97, Yngve Solberg (7.08) 6.5456/279.95, Odd Erik Fossum (7.16) 11.7506/113.04, Sacke Syrjälä (7.48) 23.3422/63.57 bye (Hannu Flink no show), Bjørn Johansen (7.72) 7.1997/302.35, Janne Kretz (8.90) 8.1965/249.65, René Meierhofer (9.33) 9.0647/198.31, Timo Ehromäki (8.57) 9.5380/198.68, Jens Eklund (7.50) 7.1368/309.46, Rolf Simonsson (7.27) 7.4816/313.04 bye (Fredrik Skärgård no show), Daniel Jedborn (7.84) 7.3098/299.67

08:30

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Heavy overcast but dry here at Tierp, although none too warm - it is positively autumnal outside. The track is being sledded and is bone dry judging by the squeals for mercy from the slicks on the sled. Finishing touches are being applied to the shutdown area.

The traditional Raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman who is currently visiting Amsterdam and judging by her travelogues is having a good time. What we need to know Kathy is whether, when you got to the Cheese Museum, they, in fact, had no cheese at all? A big Hello also to our Eurodragster.com colleagues Simon and Grace who are reporting on the Open Sport Nationals at Shakespeare County Raceway. Finally god morgon and congratulations to our good buddy and Honorary Eurodragster.com Staff Member Christer Abrahamson who took the win in a historic race at Mantorp Park yesterday. Christer has unfortunately had the motorsport equivalent of a sex change and has been fired but there is always a chance that we can rescue him from the circuit madness. His kidnap and detention in a dark room for deprogramming are currently being planned.

The running order kindly supplied to us by Race Director Tomas Pettersson and available via our Event Index has an 09:00 start with Comp Eliminator eliminations followed by FIA Pro Modified and other FIA eliminations. Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we'll bring you the news.