Tierp Arena, 20th-23rd August 2015
Saturday
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 22:25 Today's gallery has now been posted and contains sets from Kirstie and Patrik including parachute and other top end shots. You can check it out via the Event Index. There are 320 pictures in all; if you do not see all 320 updated thumbnails when you load today's gallery then click on your Browser's Refresh button. 18:40 Well, that was an eventful and enjoyable day. Taking stock of where we stand at the end of qualifying, with thanks to Robin Jackson for PB information:
We are now going to have something to eat then we'll get going on today's gallery. Stay tuned. 18:30 Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners Pontus Garefelt (7.95) 7.9906/128.97, Oskar Norling (8.05) 8.0862/125.99, Theodor Brandt (7.90) 7.9345/133.14 bye, Tobias Björnsson (8.08) 8.1765/116.66, Patrik Thun Jensvold (14.36) 14.3800/70.78 18:25 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 3 winners Hannu Palasmaa (10.36) 10.3574/202.78, Anders Lindh (10.39) 10.5294/186.59, Tarmo Mikkola (9.90) 9.9326/213.10 bye, Nic Williams (9.84) 9.8927/199.48, Lars Johansson (12.93) 13.0328/162.50 18:20 Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners Anders Brändström 8.9791/252.93, Rebecca Karlstedt 8.9626/230.67, Viivi Pesonen 8.9637/238.20 bye, Micke Nilsson 9.0712/256.05, Iiro Laaksonen 8.9136/242.70, Leif Nystr&oum;m 8.3766/274.25 18:10 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners Jens Eklund (8.33) 9.7546/156.93 bye, Janne Kretz (8.75) 8.7642/191.08, Robin Norén (7.82) 7.9298/191.15, Bjørn Johansen (7.56) 7.3124/306.82, Daniel Jedborn (7.90) 7.1219/267.46, Rolf Simonsson (7.27) 6.7632/328.87, PerErik Lindgren (9.26) 8.6947/253.88, Hans Falkenberg 12.4743/81.68 17:50 Pro Street eliminations round 1 winners Peter Trång 7.6780/272.04, Pelle Arvidsson 7.6535/272.31, Pär Norgren 7.7100/288.15, Tero Vainio 7.6496/290.01, Mats Thorin 7.6222/284.66, Johan Forslund 7.6225/290.95, Jens Petter Lindstrøm 7.6658/277.07, Roffe Plahn 7.6655/284.96 17:35 NMC Supertwin Motorcycle qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Jaska Salakari 13.6227/126.82 bye; Svein Olav Rolfstad 8.0215/258.25 bye; Erling Opheim 10.0729/229.59, Stig Olof Svensson 50.5717/8.67; Roman Sixta 7.4139/304.40, Trond Høiberget 8.0141/240.86; Anders Hörnström 8.5978/235.40, Greger Johansson no time DQ; Ismo Mäenpää 8.1536/211.10, Samu Kemppainen 7.5399/337.71; Vidar Ravnsborg 7.5972/284.06, Per Bengtsson 8.0072/187.11 Consistent run with his previous best for Jaska. Svein Olav on a good run to start with but again the bike would not go straight and he shut off and put the chute out. Stig Olof's motor cut out by the Tree and he rolled very slowly to the top end. Greger left before the lights ran, Anders followed him but luckily for him the Tree was running by then. Great launch for Per, the front end cent down and then up again and Per looked to sit up and I think I saw him take his left hand off the bars. From here difficult to tell what that was about. Qualifying after this session:
17:15 NMC Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Kenneth Holmberg 7.1120/302.86, Bo Thorselius 16.7262/72.98; Anders Larsson 7.0890/308.92, Timo Savolainen 7.3467/261.88; Kalle Lyrén 7.0632/306.82, Ellsa Karlsson 9.5471/145.04; Fredrik Fredlund 6.9989/311.06, Robert Karlsson 6.9824/312.14 Smoke on launch and then a flash of flame from Bo's motor. Ellsa got close to the centre line and shut off. In the last fantastic pair between Fredde and Robert we had Europe's first side-by-side six-second Pro Stock Bike passes and Europe's fastest ever Pro Stock Bike pair. Qualifying after this session:
17:10 NMC Super Street Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Niclas Johansson 7.9674/284.06 bye; Kim Hilander 8.2135/270.81, Jani Kumpulainen 7.7955/288.62; Roberth Häggblom 16.9996/55.68, Emil Östlund 8.4537/260.24; Anders Blanck 7.7764/283.76, Kimmo Pulakka 8.0150/301.34; Nils-Ola Andersson 7.5448/394.23, Leif Larsson 8.0029/305.23; Alex Hope 7.6464/246.69, Dag Wagenius 8.2486/286.93; Richard Stubbins 7.1590/327.67, Pelle Lakmaker 7.8097/299.67 Qualifying after this session:
17:00 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Monica Öberg 4.3905/405.10 bye; Jari Halinen 4.3615/441.54 bye; Björn Mårtensson 5.1414/258.87, Antti Horto 4.1840/464.34; Liam Jones 4.0977/472.03, Stefan Gunnarsson 4.2160/435.84; Duncan Micallef 4.1133/423.53, Stig Neergaard 4.2858/353.17; Anita Mäkelä 3.8785/504.20, Micke Kågered 10.4798/109.96 Monica's last chance to race tomorrow. Left the line with cylinders out on the right side but it was a full pull. 0.9523 to sixty, 2.4482/273.69 at 330 feet and 3.4899/393.30 at the eighth. Jari next to rock up to the Last Chance Saloon. Kerry I can assure you that Jacques is being kept gainfully employed, see yesterday's gallery for more. 0.8926 to sixty for Jari, looking good at 330 feet 2.3886/262.65 but then the nitro flames started to turn solid orange, 3.4757/382.71 at the eighth and a big fireball from the motor which confirmed Jari's spectator status tomorrow. Clean-up crew called to Jari's lane. On the restart Björn outside the field took on Antti in tomorrow's last racing slot. Antti in a less precarious position 4.184 seconds later - away first 0.1583 to 0.2428, the much better sixty 0.8887 to Björn's 1.0107, Björn shut it off about 300 feet out. Antti to 330 feet in 2.3011/280.96 and the eighth 3.3345/398.23. Up to #7 and tomorrow's field set with the only changes possible now in the top eight. Improvement for Liam and a consistent run for Stefan. Stefan away first 0.0878 to Liam's 0.1032, Liam's incrementals were better from then on though, 0.8918 to Stefan's 0.8944, start line advantage made up at 330 feet 2.2748/295.57 to Stefan's 2.3344/277.92. Liam at the eighth in 3.2660/410.96 (255.36 mph) to Stefan's 3.3627/403.39. Liam stayed on it to the stripe, 293.31 mph, Stefan looked to be off it just before the line. The Maltese Lion with the advantage all the way in his match with Stig, 0.1228 to 0.3373 holeshot, 0.8792 to sixty to Stig's 0.8932, 2.2645/294.28 at 330 feet to Stig's 2.2914/288.77 and 3.2488/413.16 (256.73 mph) at the eighth to Stig's 3.3051/399.70 - Stig's dragster made a move left on the eighth and from here it looked like he got off the gas just before the stripe. Clean-up crew called to the shutdown area. On the restart Micke's tyres up in smoke at the hit and he shut off as the dragster turned right a few feet out. Fantastic run for Anita! 0.8252 to sixty, 2.1731/310.17 (192.73 mph) at 330 feet, 3.1040/441.90 (274.58 mph) at the eighth. 3.878 your new European ET record backed up by Anita's 3.905 this morning, well done Anita, Tommi, Sami and team! Terminal speed equates to 313.30 mph. I have a faint memory of a 3.88-something not backed up in the past but this is the quickest European 1000 foot pass I can remember. E-Mails to the usual address Qualifying after this session:
16:15 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Jan Bränvall shut off; Jöran Persåker no time, Fredrik Lundh 6.4190/339.41; Erik Andersson shut off, Matts Logren 6.7667/281.69 bye (run excluded); Per Granqvist 6.3740/356.20, Freddy Fagerström 6.4556/388.77; Stefan Gustafsson did not start, Åke Persson 6.0526/384.89 bye; Håkan Persson 6.2116/376.31 bye, Samuel Andersson shut off; Odd Erik Fossum 12.4537/107.33, Andreas Arthursson 9.5528/133.90; Robert Joosten no time DQ, Johan Westberg no time DQ; Anders Nilsson 15.1927/85.78, David Vegter 6.4002/371.13; Tero Laukkanen 14.2243.89.88, Roger Johansson 6.0609/386.27; Bruno Bader 6.0567/379.75, Mats Eriksson 5.9635/391.87; Niclas Andersson 12.8337/105.92, Micke Gullqvist 10.1474/211.93 Jan's motor started and then stopped. The crew went to restart but were told to return to the pits by the start area marshal. A few sulks ensued. Fredrik was brought forward to run alongside Jöran instead and his crew were all fingers and thumbs trying to get the starter cables hooked up so as not to keep Jöran waiting. On the green Fredrik was off and running, 1.0410 to sixty, drifting towards the centre line and smoke from the right rear slick, 4.1904/284.36 at the eighth. Fredrik's chute took out the finish line reflector. Jöran sat in stage spooling the turbos for 6.2562 seconds but hit shake when he eventually launched and shut off, already had an ET of 0.5379 courtesy of Fredrik's parachute. Erik shut off on the way back from the burnout, climbed out of the car and jumped over the rail. There's no way that Matts ran a 0.8383 sixty, I suspect that the guard beam was fouled, 4.2361/264.06 came up for the eighth. Smoke as Matts approached the finish line. Timing crew are discussing his run with race officials as I type... and it has been excluded. Great match between Per and Freddy, 1.0222 to sixty for Per and 1.2306 for Freddy, as Freddy's pick-up got to about 400 feet you could see the turbos kick in and it started accelerating hard. Per to the eighth in 4.1432/282.72 to Freddy's 4.4030/303.37. Stefan didn't make the bleach box. Great bye for Åke, 1.0546 to sixty and a storming eighth 3.9936/306.12, straight run with no sign of shake. Samuel shut off after his burnout, out of the car and over the guardrail. Håkan rolled the beams slightly on launch robbing him of some ET, 1.0975 to sixty and 4.1097/300.84 at the eighth. Creeping towards the quickest European Pro Mod bump spot of 6.240 but I think that everyone who could have helped with that has run now. Double shut off for Odd Erik and Andreas, shake and spin did for Odd Erik after 1.0322 sixty, Andreas got to sixty in 1.0292 but there was a puff if smoke from the motor, looked like he pedalled and got off it, more smoke when he did. Robert went way up on the revs and went through stage, Johan heard him and launched, th eTree hadn't even thought of running so no time for him either. Anders's tyres up in smoke at the hit, two pedals with motor screaming and then gave it up at sixty feet 1.2071. 1.0465 to sixty for Robert, shake sent the car towards the centre line, a pedal and back on it but a lot of time lost. 4.2356/288.92 at the eighth. Same story for Tero as for Anders, tyres u in smoke, a pedal and chucked it in. 1.0076 to sixty for Roger, 4.0026/304.23 at the eighth, Mustang was close to the centre line in the second eighth but Roger had a hold of it and moved up the ladder for good measure. Great run between Bruno and Mats! Mats away first 0.090 to 0.110 and the better sixty 1.0103 to Bruno's 1.0335. Bruno's 'Vette started to move towards the guardrail but he stayed with it, Mats with the clear lead at the eighth 3.9415/310.52 to 3.9762/304.74. Mats back into the Five Second Club, which no-one would grudge such a nice and hard-working guy, and up to #3. We expected big things of the final pair but Niclas and Micke G hit simultaneous violent shake at the hit, both off the gas by the Tree. A big Thank You to Spencer Tramm who has been proof-reading my Pro Modified qualifying lists for the last two days, and to Robin Jackson who has been sending updates on Personal Bests after each session. Qualifying after this session:
15:35 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Bengt Ljungdhal did not start, Christian Sagelv 6.9748/322.00 bye; Simon Gustafsson 6.8632/323.74, Jan Ericsson 6.7993/325.69; Sampsa Palos 6.6976/333.95, Magnus Pettersson 6.6741/334.99; Michael Malmgren 6.6160/336.66, Richard Sundblom 7.6436/216.78; Thomas Lindström 6.6366/340.26, Jimmy Ålund 8.3918/173.30 Bengt's motor did not start and he was pushed away, he will be spectating tomorrow. As will Christian, 1.0357 to sixty and 4.500/255.32 at the eighth, needed to find another 0.1 to get into the field. Top end crew were out in Christian's lane picking up bits, hopefully nothing serious. Simon visibly away first 0.0894 to 0.1858, a small grunt from the tyres as he drove through shake, 1.0368 to sixty. Jan had the better sixty 1.0164 and was visibly pulling away from Simon before the eighth 4.3508/258.00 to 4.4158/258.99. Wonderfully consistent runs for Sampsa and Magnus. 1.0198 to sixty for Sampsa to Magnus' 0.9966, identical eighth speeds although Magnus had the better ET, 4.3192/266.14 for Sampsa and 4.2970/266.14 for Magnus. Another Personal Best for Michael. 1.0038 to sixty to Nixxon's 0.9905, Nixxon was off the throttle before the eighth, Michael to half track in 4.2632/269.46. Congratulations on the new PB Michael! Not the best Q4 for Jimmy, the better sixty 1.0036 to Thomas' 1.0268 but smoke from the motor and the car made a move o thr left at about 330 feet and Jimmy shut off. Thomas to the eighth in 4.2968/269.90. As of this morning this is the quickest ever bump spot in European Pro Stock but it's worth repeating. Qualifying after this session:
15:15 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Micke Larsson 13.2612/94.46 bye; Johan Lindberg 5.5909/424.53, Johnny Oksa 5.9740/398.82; Ari Pietilä 5.7706/402.08, Leif Andréasson 5.7810/400.30 Looked like a planned launch for Micke, 1.1665 to sixty, off and on the throttle a couple of times. A small splat of fuel on the track where the car was staged. 0.9703 to sixty for Johan to Johnny's 0.9879, Johnny pedalled as the car hit shake and made a move. Looked like no such trouble for Johan, made up the 0.1 start line disadvantage by the eighth 3.7255/336.87 to Johnny's 3.9881/314.14. Johan into #1 spot at that point. Could Leif get his #1 place back? No he couldn't, but Ari could get a new Personal Best. Ari had the better sixty at 0.9802 to Leif's 1.0051 and the better eighth at 3.8097/322.97 to Leif's 3.8178/323.16. Congratulations on the PB Ari! Qualifying after this session:
15:05 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Stefan Gunnarsson shut off, Jonny Lagg 22.2013/41.57 bye; Stefan shut off immediately after his burnout, crew quickly helped him out of the car and over the guardrail so that Jonny could run. Jonny's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.5149 to sixty tells the tale and already shut off by then. Qualifying after this session:
14:55 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 2 winners Jarmo Grönman (10.12) 10.1350/206.66, Hannu Palasmaa (10.34) 10.3743/205.48, Anders Lindh (10.34) 10.4112/202.25, Per Fagerström (11.15) 11.1249/187.83, Tarmo Mikkola (9.90) 9.8850/213.52, Nic Williams (9.88) 9.8621/212.26, Ari Körkkö (9.08) 9.1206/236.01, Anders Hållén (10.72) 10.8705/191.97, Lars Johansson (12.88) 12.9615/162.55 Next up is the final Pro qualifying session. 14:25 Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners Anders Brändström 8.9378/253.05 bye, Maja Udtian 8.9077/216.69, Mauritz Rådberg 8.9476/225.38, Rebecca Karlstedt 9.0271/210.04, Viivi Pesonen 8.9050/238.62 bye (Amanda Sjöström-Andersson no show), Kevin Yrjövaara 9.0027/241.72, Micke Nilsson 9.0587/235.91, Bosse Ragnebro 8.8984/251.75, Iiro Laaksonen 8.9708/232.76, Marcus Back Andersson 8.9307/272.73 bye (Lina Wallberg sent back), Leif Nyström 8.4500/269.00 14:10 Super Street eliminations round 1 winners Åke Törnqvist 10.7971/199.04 bye, Ulf Axelsson 11.0083/171.70, Kenny Åsberg 11.0021/199.34, Tomas Hägg 10.9171/213.78 bye (Christer O¨berg no show), Halvor Överby 11.1488/164.18, Daniel Aggelid 11.0941/158.36 Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners Christer Uhlin 9.9197/190.95, Angelica Larsson 9.9495/198.53, Tommy Abrahamsson 9.9814/238.52 bye (Stefan Fallkvist no show), Kent Olofsson 10.3806/182.86, Håkan Mattsson 10.0527/211.76 14:00 Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners Perfect 0.0008 RT for Pontus Garefelt in his race against Petteri Liimatainen, well done Pontus! Bent Strøm (8.26) 8.2993/124.80, Pontus Garefelt (7.94) 7.9837/127.90, Norling (8.02) 8.1165/124.54, Mats Wanvik (8.51) 8.5190/tbc, Theodor Brandt (7.90) 8.1663/122.03, Tobias Björnsson (8.08) 8.4860/120.19, Jesper Norin (13.15) 13.2990/75.55, Patrik Thun Jensvold (14.26) 14.5020/69.29, Maja Udtian (7.90) 7.8897/121.05 13:50 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners Matti Rajamäki (9.26) 8.8018/241.94, Janne Kretz (8.80) 8.2590/241.50, Viljar Mäesepp (7.48) 6.9210/330.07, Robin Norén (7.97) 7.3227/286.62, Jimmy Tihvan (7.48) 6.7640/335.82, Bjørn Johansen (7.56) 8.7723/193.69 bye (Rikard Rosenholm no show), Stig Olsson (7.51) 8.7348/126.52, Daniel Jedborn (7.90) 12.5283/98.67 bye (Mats Erlandsson no show), Peter Thörnäs (7.08) 6.2835/350.88, Rolf Simonsson (7.27) 6.8489/287.54 bye (Timo Ehromäki no show), PerErik Lindgren (9.26) 10.0594/134.26 bye (Mika Eloranta no show), Pär Eriksson (7.41) 8.2709/189.34 bye (Glenny Ericsson no show), Angelica Bäckman (7.63) 7.1712/273.83, Hans Falkenberg (7.08) 6.6599/337.29, Jens Eklund (8.33) 8.8420/169.23 bye (Sören Andreasson no show) 13:10 Super Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners Tage Olsson 8.82374/255.56 bye, Nichlas Sverin 8.7729/184.62, Jonas Lundberg 9.0031/243.02, Thomas Nilsson 9.3380/267.06, Thomas Jonsson 8.8679/261.37 12:55 NMC Supertwin Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Per Bengtsson 6.5441/341.56 bye; Stig Olof Svensson 8.9510/256.41, Erling Opheim 9.7603/236.22; Jaska Salakari broke, Roman Sixta 8.6476/272.73 bye; Samu Kemppainen 6.5903/343.73, Anders Hörnström 8.3466/226.13; Svein Olav Rolfstad 11.3970/132.42, Vesa Lipponen no time; Greger Johansson 7.6042/275.23, Ismo Mäenpää 7.5095/274.11; Trond Høiberget 8.0271/235.40, Vidar Ravnsborg 6.8796/310.70 Great run for Per to open the session. Slight hesitation from the motor at the hit but soon cleared. 1.2033 to sixty, 4.3624/292.37 at the eighth. Bye for Roman after Jaska's motor broke in the burnout. Samu and Anders fired up but then shut off as the track crew found oil in Roman's lane. Clean-up ensued. Svein Olav's slick up in smoke at the hit, feathered the throttle a couple of times but eventually got off the gas and put the chute out. Problems for Vesa off the line, shut off and pulled over about 500 feet out. Big improvement for Vidar and a very happy crew, oil found in Trond's lane. Qualifying after this session:
12:25 NMC Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Another six for Fredde Fredlund backing up yesterday's NMC record and again the fastest ever speed in European Pro Stock Bike, equates to 194.29 mph. Well done Fredde! Ellsa Karlsson 7.0666/302.01 bye; Timo Savolainen 17.9775/65.39, Kenneth Holmberg 7.1540/304.74; Kalle Lyrén 7.0429/304.95, Anders Larsson 25.2917/37.27; Robert Karlsson 7.0196/305.60, Fredrik Fredlund 6.9960/312.68 Qualifying after this session:
12:20 NMC Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Emil Östlund 8.2496/279.36, Niclas Johansson 8.2807/275.37; Björn Friström 7.4183/311.24, Kim Hilander 7.9195/288.77; Jani Kumpulainen 9.1565/245.68, Roberth Häggblom 10.5179/191.35; Kimmo Pulakka 8.1192/263.80, Anders Blanck 7.9919/277.49; Leif Larsson 7.9921/279.50, Nils-Ola Andersson 7.9710/307.17; Pelle Lakmaker 7.8128/297.36, Alex Hope no time; Dag Wagenius no time, Rick Stubbins 7.1865/325.89 Qualifying after this session:
12:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Stefan Gunnarsson 4.2113/441.18, Duncan Micallef 4.0091/483.87; Monca Öberg 5.0607/245.34, Patrik Pers 4.1010/458.40; Jari Halinen 8.8408/103.31, Björn Mårtensson 4.5424/372.16; Stig Neergaard 4.2764/382.44, Liam Jones 4.3339/333.33; Micke Kågered 4.0107/439.02, Anita Mäkelä 3.9057/487.80 Great match-up between Stefan and Duncan to open the session. Duncan with the much better sixty 0.8850 to Stefan's 0.9382 and a clear lead at 330 feet 2.2534/300.50 (186.72 mph) to Stefan's 2.3706/287.39. Looked like Stefan had a cylinder out towards the eighth 3.3693/412.21 pushing the car towards the centre line, Duncan powering through the eighth in 3.2070/431.31. The Maltese Lion into #2 and over 300 mph at 300.66 mph. Patrik with the better sixty 0.8696 to Monica's 0.9476, a body panel left Patrik's dragster before the eighth 3.2481/401.19, Monica off the gas by the eighth 3.6297/283.61. Patrik very near to the guardrail past the stripe, it was a close thing. Both cars needed retrieval from the top end. Jari away first 0.1890 to Björn's 0.2820, Jari to sixty in 0.8931, tyres shaking and shut it off. 0.9711 to sixty for Björn, 2.4828/271.22 at 330 feet and 3.5707/374.22, looked to shut it off after the eighth. Liam just away first 0.2914 to 0.2971 and the better sixty 0.8904 to Stig's 0.9161. Liam going great guns at 330 feet 2.2875/293.32 to Stig's 2.3370/285.87 and still had the advantage at the eighth 3.2839/390.17 to Stig's faster 3.3531/400.59, just past the eighth Liam's dragster made a move to the right and he shut off to get it straight, Stig also off the gas before the stripe. Fantastic match between Anita and Micke! Anita audibly and visibly left first 0.1672 to Micke's 0.2796 and a storming sixty 0.8472 to Micke's far-from-sluggish 0.8817. Anita to 330 feet in 2.1727/308.04 (191.41 mph) to Micke's 2.2283/301.51 and the much better eighth 3.1117/435.13 - an astounding 270.38 mph - to Micke's 3.1876/429.59. Anita's terminal speed equates to 303.10 mph, and she is on the first half of a new European ET record, well done Anita, Tommi, Sami and team! Qualifying after this session:
11:45 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Stefan Gustafsson 6.7565/331.09 bye; Jan Bränvall no time DQ, Per Granqvist 6.9447/347.04; Matts Logren 7.5053/316.90, Håkan Persson 6.1851/372.93; Fredrik Lundh 12.0973/114.33, Micke Johansson 6.4458/333.54; Samuel Andersson 6.2914/350.65, Anders Nilsson 6.1717/375.52; David Vegter 6.1696/379.21, Niclas Andersson 12.2020/103.29; Johan Westberg 8.1589/151.30, Jöran Persåker no time DQ; Andreas Arthurson 6.2409/377.89, Marko Lantto 23.7695/57.85 DQ; Åke Persson 6.5789/380.01, Erik Andersson 21.6521/61.65; Freddy Fagerström 12.1266/100.09, Bruno Bader 8.7190/187.05; Roger Johansson 13.0104/53.39, Robert Joosten 6.1364/381.90; Mats Eriksson 6.0678/389.05, Odd Erik Fossum 6.1791/370.88; Micke Gullqvist 5.8489/400.30, Tero Laukkanen 5.9897/416.35 Greetings to our good buddy and proof reader Spencer Tramm. Bye from Stefan to open the session, his first run of the weekend. 1.0737 to sixty, 4.3715/266.01, car was swaying a little but nothing serious. Jan was here yesterday but didn't run, Per's first run of the weekend. Jan was bulbed by the Autostart. 1.1925 to sixty for Per, shake and a pedal as the car went for the centre line, more pedals to get the car straight and in the middle of its lane. 4.6474/270.68 at the eighth and must more straight in the second half. Matts was here yesterday but did not make the start line. Matts rolled the beams which will have affected his ET, 1.3331 to sixty feet to Håkan's 1.0320. Matts sounded to be feathering the throttle as the car moved towards the centre line, Håkan long gone by the eighth 4.0601/297.85. Shake at the hit for Fredrik, a couple of pedals then let it go. 1.0706 to sixty for Micke, 4.2049/291.11, right on the stripe his motor made a groaning noise and there was a puff of smoke. Nice match between Samuel and Anders, Samuel to sixty in 0.9908 to Anders' 1.0050, Anders then hit shake which he drive through as if it wasn't happening even when the car made a move to the right. Anders with the better eighth 4.0590/297.52 to Samuel's 4.0596/286.78, Samuel looked to shut it off a touch early. Niclas to sixty in 0.9872 to David's 1.0578, Niclas then hit shake, a couple of pedals and off the gas. David straight down Broadway, 4.0759/300.67 at the eighth and up to #1 at that point. Jöran bulbed by the Autostart. Johan to sixty in 1.0987 and then motor banged right on the eighth 4.2620/241.50, chutes out. Adreas to sixty in 1.0968 and to the eighth in 4.1637/299.00 before Marko moved. Marko got to sixty in 1.0673 and then it all turned to worms, shake and the car turned hard left, and I mean ninety degrees. Marko pulled it back and the car ended up 180 degrees to the eight pointing at the guardrail. On the brakes and pulled it straight and to the middle of his lane and a spontaneous rounf of applause broke out here in Race Control. Great driving job. Åke looked to roll the beams affecting his ET, shake-free 1.4745 to sixty tells the tale. Erik's tyres went up in smoke, one pedal then gave it up. Paired shake for Bruno and Freddy after sxty feet 1.0775 and Bruno before sixty 1.1068. Freddy gave it up a couple of hundred feet out and Bruno pedalled a couple of times and drove through the gears. Roger to sixty in 1.0121 and Robert in 1.0228, Roger hit shake and gave it up about 300 feet out. Robert close to the centre line but stayed with it and gently pulled it away, past the eighth in 4.0495/300.17. Mats to sixty in 1.0342 looking to drive through a little shake, Odd Erik there in 1.0381. Mats and Odd Erik both straight after sixty feet, Mats to the eighth in 4.0221/306.64 to Odd Erik's 4.0575/298.51. Very consistent runs for both. Fantastic match between Micke G and Tero. Micke had a big jump at the green 0.1646 to 0.6699, the better sixty 0.9959 to Tero's 1.0563. Storming eighth for Micke 3.8686/315.97, Tero close to the centre line but you could see the turbo acceleration kicking in at the eighth 4.0640/318.40. Qualifying after this session:
10:55 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jan Ericsson 6.7585/323.94, Michael Malmgren 6.6343/335.61; Richard Sundblom 23.5086/52.74, Bengt Ljungdahl 20.0254/55.42; Christian Sagelv 6.8595/324.52, Simon Gustafsson no time; Magnus Pettersson 6.6672/336.66, Sampsa Palos 6.7329/332.10; Jimmy Ålund 6.5417/344.83, Thomas Lindström 6.5976/340.48 Jan visibly moved first but Michael had the better sixty 1.0020 to Jan's 1.0074. Michael's car headed for the centre line but he hung on to it and stayed on the gas and when he had it straightened out the car visibly picked up. Michael to the eighth in 4.2732/267.33 to Jan's 4.3241/262.26, we beliebe a new PB for Michael, if so then well done Michael! Simultaneous shake at the hit for Nixxon and Bengt, both off the gas by the Tree. Hideous shake for Simon at the hit, shut off immediately. 1.0424 to sixty for Christian, 4.4133/259.49 at the eighth, improvement but stayed #10.Big jump at the start for Sampsa but Magnus quickly reeles him in with the better sixty 0.9969 to 1.0160 and the better eighth 4.2998/267.19 to Sampsa's 4.3397/264.19. Magnus' motor always puts out a big puff of smoke at the hit but obviously no harm done. Same story for Thomas, big puff of smoke when he went up on the revs. Jimmy strapped a 0.0324 to 0.1040 holeshot on Thomas and had the better sixty 1.0057 to 1.0091, Jimmy to the eighth in 4.2306/273.14 to Thomas' 4.2591/269.60. Improvement for Jimmy to consolidate his #1 spot. After this session we have the quickest ever Pro Stock bump spot in Europe. Qualifying after this session:
10:35 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Micke Larsson broke (bye); Johnny Oksa 6.8492/211.52 DQ, Johan Lindberg 8.1719/167.13; Leif Andréasson 5.7459/398.23, Ari Pietilä 5.8147/397.94 Micke's motor stopped as he pulled towards the bleach box. Body up and restarted, burnout and then shut off. Quad towed the car off the track, minor clean-up where the car had stopped. Visible holeshot for Johnny 0.0796 to Johan's 0.2778, Johnny with the better sixty 0.9718 to 0.9759. Johan hit bad shake and pedalled as the FC moved left and right, meanwhile Johnny tried to drive through shake and the FC moved to the right, chute out which with all the pedalling may have been the Electrimotion, then Johnny's FC took out the eighth-mile reflectors. Johan off the gas before the eighth. Leif visibly moved first and had the better sixty 0.9892 to Ari's 1.0011, Ari's car was moving gently right and Leif's car gently left but both stayed with it, Leif to the eighth with a clear lead 3.7768/324.71 to Ari's 3.8329/318.77. Minor clean-up in Ari's lane. Improvements for both which means another PB for Ari, well done Ari! Qualifying after this session:
10:15 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jonny Lagg 7.8212/187.11, Stefan Gunnarsson 5.9413/361.37; Dennis Habermann 5.3199/436.89, Timo Habermann 5.2614/437.25 Jonny visibly moved firt 0.0805 to 0.1731 and had the better sixty 0.9930 to Stefan's 1.0384. A pedal from Jonny then off the gas before the eighth, Stefan stayed on the hard pedal and got to the eighth in 3.8894/325.11, motor sounded to be struggling in the second half. 0.0790 to 0.1015 RTs in Dennis' favour, Timo had the better sixty 0.8987 to Dennis' 0.9327. Dennis drove through flapping tyre shake and Timo shifted out of it, the better eighth Timo's at 3.4622/352.48 to Dennis' 3.5140/351.33. Timo into #1. Qualifying after this session:
10:00 Super Gas Bike eliminations round 1 winners Thomas Nordin 9.5656/205.71 bye, Jami Oksanen 9.9417/167.70, Magnus Pollack 9.5376/234.58, Jim Forsberg 9.6785/207.61, Janne Koskinen 9.5887/190.61, Marcus Forsberg 9.6198/251.63 bye (Elisabeth Juhlin no show), Micke Ölen 10.7551/171.32 Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners Tage Olsson 8.8020/253.40, Rasmus Östlund 9.4873/247.37, Nichlas Sverin 8.8797/184.43, Jonas Lundberg 8.5443/248.73, Bert Nilsen 8.7288/212.60 bye (Ole Johnny Johnsen no show), Emil Östlund 8.5681/218.71, Thomas Nilsson 8.7141/268.39, Thomas Pettersson 9.0166/230.57, Tomas Jonsson 8.7759/258.99 Pro Q3 up next. 09:45 Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners When Stafan Andersson pulled his burnout before his race with Bosse Hall, what resembled a lot of feathers came off his slicks. Maybe he ran over a pigeon in the pairing lanes but whatever it was the guy running the water box regarded it all with a look of... well, let's say a complete lack of appreciation. Christer Uhlin 9.8448/189.21 bye, Bosse Hall 10.0605/202.55, Angelica Larsson 9.9974/206.66, Johan Rehnström 9.9308/236.74 bye (Janne Selinder broke), Tommy Abrahamsson 10.5808/233.67, Stefan Fallkvist 9.9282/229.49, Helena Olsson 10.0245/185.63, Kent Olofsson 9.9608/211.43, Håkan Mattsson 9.9488/224.07, Lina Braathen 10.5521/211.85 bye (Annica Larsson shut off for fluid leak) 09:30 Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners 0.0010 RT for Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams. Next pair and Ari Körkkö pulled a 0.0000 RT. Well done guys! Jarmo Grönman (11.35) 10.0943/211.27 bye, Timo Eronen (8.73) 8.7972/243.13, Hannu Palasmaa (10.31) 10.4002/205.79, Anders Holmberg (8.85) 8.8847/240.32, P-A Lindström (10.30) 10.4895/170.78, Anders Lindh (10.34) 10.5555/189.01, Markus Svensson (11.19) 11.2262/190.68 bye (Lasse Bodén shut off), Per Fagerström (11.04) 11.1586/180.97, Tarmo Mikkola (9.86) 9.9043/202.25, Örjan Hällström (10.05) 10.1026/213.19, Fredrik Ambros (11.07) 11.1110.191.76, Nic Williams (9.85) 9.8478/208.17, Ari Körkkö (9.04) 9.0665/235.81, Roger Johansson (10.47) 10.5037/201.19, Bo Nylund (10.56) 10.5881/197.80, Anders Hållén (10.67) 10.8127/191.63, Lars Johansson (12.81) 12.9325/163.14, Anders Eriksson (10.58)10.6470/190.14 09:10 Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners Simon Brusén (7.90) 7.8975/134.33 bye, Bent Strøm (8.28) 8.3400/124.17, Pontus Garefelt (7.94) 8.1047/124.42, Petteri Liimatainen (8.12) 8.1758/125.14, Oskar Norling (8.03) 8.0780/125.00, Nina Björnsson (7.90) 8.3908/100.41, Veronica Sørensen (8.45) 8.4397/125.17, Mats Arntzen Wanvik (8.43) 8.5078/119.89, Wilma Lindberg (8.05) 8.0561/130.09, Theodor Brandt (8.00) 8.0634/120.00, Tobias Björnsson (8.06) 8.1332/124.05, Malin Sørensen (8.59) 8.6283/122.12, Jesper Norin (13.23) 13.2837/76.34, Hanna Kongshem (13.12) 13.1370/63.85, Wilma Andersson (7.91) 8.0070/132.45, Patrik Thun Jensvold (14.26) 14.4931/69.19, Victor Heleander (9.60) 9.7631/107.57, Mari Udtian (7.90) 7.9160/121.84 08:40 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Scandinavian Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. Another beautiful morning here, not a cloud in the sky. As you can see we are running the popular split-screen reports again this weekend. We will be providing full reports, qualifying and elimination details for Pro classes and commentaries for the Sportsman classes whose full qualifying standings you will be able to find at right. Per the running order again kindly provided by Tomas Pettersson we are due to start with eliminations in Junior Dragster, Stock/Super Stock, Super Gas, Super Gas Bike and Super Comp Bike and then the first of our Pro sessions, due in the pairing lanes at 09:50, the other being 13:50. The Web TV continues today; one payment of €15 buys you the whole event days. You can sign up at ppv.smarttv.se. As ever when it's not us providing the service, E-Mails regarding the webcast will go straight into Deleted Items. I must say a big Thank You to Kirstie and Patrik who spent a long day out in the sun yesterday, and also Thursday in Kirstie's case. Not for them the popping in and out of the Media Centre like weather houses when the Pros appear but dedication to duty which is much appreciated. Kirstie is headed to the shutdown area today so you can look forward to parachute shots and other top end-ery. Gijs and Susanne asked us to say a big Good Morning to their and our buddy Maikel Gloudemans of our streaming service provider Doyousee.me. No sooner said than done, hope you are doing OK M@ik. You probably get sick of reading this sort of thing, not as sick as I am getting of selfish and unprincipled scumbags, but if I just say race reports, copying, due credit, theft, you'll go straight to hell then the vast majority of decent people amongst you will know where I'm coming from. Tune back at 09:00 and we will start to bring you all the news from the track. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |