Tierp Arena, 25th-28th August 2016
Lördag / Saturday
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That's it for today, on-track anyway. Stay tuned and we'll bring today's gallery in a few hours. 18:00 Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners 0.0045 RT for Nina Björnsson in her race with Fanny Olsson who went +0.0028 on dial-in. 0.0013 RT for Wilma Andersson in her race with Jack Sundström. 0.0082 RT for William Moberg Hetleflåt in his race with Teodor Norling. Casper Ljungdahl +0.0090 on dial-in in his race with Felicia Olsson. Mari Udtian (7.90) 7.9519/121.68 bye, Fanny Olsson (7.95) 7.9528/129.93, Oskar Norling (7.95) 7.9968/128.48 Wilma Andersson (7.90) 7.9364/132.00, Alexander Loffe Edlund (10.160) 10.2355/99.76, Lucas Karlsson (7.90) 8.1104/111.59, Casper Ljungdahl (8.43) 8.4390/123.88, Elin Aarvik (8.20) 8.3669/125.32, Hanna Kongshem (8.02) 8.1114/127.90, Justin Ericsson (12.95) 13.0714/74.40, Håvard Kongshem (8.23) 8.2614/123.23, Villiam Svensson (9.75) 9.7679/106.34, Simon Andersson (7.90) 8.1411/94.74, William Moberg Hetleflåt (7.95) 8.3202/125.17, Riina Raussi (8.05) 8.1246/129.65, Vilma Palasmaa (8.10) 8.1221/129.47, Niklas Larsson (7.92) 7.9215/136.71, Mats Artnzen Wanvik (8.35) 8.2893/121.35, Victor Heleander (7.99) 8.2392/128.42, Thomas Numinen (8.03) 8.2058/129.16, Jesper Norin (13.65) 15.1281/47.13, Pontus Garefelt (7.95) 8.0480/124.88 17:35 Stock / Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners Jan Grönman (11.35) 10.2014/208.33 bye, Fredrik Ambros (10.79) 10.8152/196.29, Bo Nylund (11.70) 10.9119/196.79, Tomas Kaakinen (9.48) 9.5493/226.70, Anders Eriksson (10.79) 10.8094/182.86, Roger Johansson (10.53) 10.6800/174.03, Jarmo Markkanen (10.08) 10.0904/193.62, Kjell Erickson (10.99) 11.3835/158.03, Rick McCann (10.00) 10.0176/201.87, Lasse Bodén (10.15) 10.2016/188.48, Tarmo Mikkola (9.90) 10.0252/177.51, Tomas Westberg (11.30) 11.3349/186.53, Thomas Strand (10.80) 11.0606/189.74 bye (Kent Torving no show), Björn Bondesson (10.18) 10.2247/204.62, Krister Fogelin (10.37) 10.6875/207.93, Ari Körkkö (9.18) 9.2654/215.65, Nic Williams (10.07) 10.0883/184.93, Christer Lidberg (10.50) 10.5385/199.85, Bo Butner (8.65) 8.7118/216.17, Mathias Munster (11.43) 11.4344/185.50, Lars Björklund (12.00) 11.3902/187.50 bye (Jörgen Lindgren no show) 17:10 EDRS Super Street Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Ida Johansson 10.3483/208.25 bye; Nils Lagerlöf shut off, Leif Larsson 28.1783/42.03 bye; Emil Östlund 9.1853/252.57, Kim Hilander 9.7577/183.11; Pelle Lakmaker 7.8205/300.17, Roberth Häggblom 8.1244/286.02; Kimmo Pulakka 7.6398/306.82, Jani Kumpulainen 8.3103/280.52; Dag Wagenius 7.9074/282.87, Robert Nilsson 7.4912/288.77; Anders Blanck 7.4016/310.52, Björn Friström 7.4499/311.60; Nils-Ola Andersson 12.3057/87.51, Henri Kolehmainen 8.0560/221.49; Mogens Lund 8.6831/163.44, Rick Stubbins 7.1519/319.91 Huge cloud of smoke from Ida Johansson's motor in the shutdown area. Track checked and all OK. Qualifying after this session:
16:55 EDRS Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Fredrik Kempe 16.9488/58.79 bye; Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.3485/287.69, Jörgen Bengtsson 9.2478/244.12; Elvira Karlsson 7.2852/296.54, Timo Savolainen 10.6872/119.95; Fredrik Fredlund 7.1117/301.00, Kalle Lyrén 6.9812/309.10 Fredrik went 1.2781 to sixty but then shut off. Improvements for Thmoas and Jörgen but stayed #4 and #8 respectively. Timo came very close to crossing the centre line and may in fact have done so, difficult to tell from here; if so then the run will be DQ'd although it makes no difference to his place in the ladder. Fantastic run for Kalle! 1.0898 to sixty, 4.4486/254.24 at the eighth, into the sixes, well done Kalle, Roger and team! Qualifying after this session:
16:50 EDRS Supertwin Motorcycle qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Tommy Grimes 20.9999/52.13, Svein Olav Rolfstad no time; Trond Høiberget shut off, Vesa Lipponen 17.3566/50.82 bye; Vidar Ravsborg 7.2676/287.23 bye; Greger Johansson 7.2206/250.81 bye, Harri Piensalmi shut off; Erling Opheim 7.9330/249.88, Roman Sixta 7.4067/313.41; Marcus Christiansen 11.3557/118.81, Samu Kemppainen 6.5772/326.28 Both Svein Olav's and Tommy's tyres up in smoke at the hit, Tommy feathered the throttle and tried again and there was a bang and something came off the bike and flew into the air. Svein Olav shut off and the bike's cute popped out as a party piece. Trond's motor banged as he pulled forward for his burnout, shook his head and shut off shortly after. Vesa's motor cut out passing the Tree, made it to the stripe. Improvement for Vidar but stayed in place on the ladder. Harri shut off before staging and walked away shaking his head. Greger Johansson into tomorrow's ladder bumping out Vesa Lipponen. Another great pass for Samu, front wheel did not come down until the second half. Qualifying after this session:
16:35 EDRS Top Fuel Motorcycle qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Peter Andersson (Ä) 8.1615/240.86, Peter Andersson (u) 7.3799/294.44; Jan Sturla Hegre 6.3221/346.60, Thomas Pettersson 6.8876/300.17 Improvement for Peter (Ä) but stayed in place. Next pair and two PBs, well done Jan Sturla, Thomas and teams! That was clearly going to be a good one for Jan Sturla as the bike was going straight with no dramas. Qualifying after this session:
16:25 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Monica Öberg 9.2851/116.00 bye; Timo Lehtimäki shut off, bye; Liam Jones 4.0499/451.13, Micke Kågered 12.2139/80.86; Stig Neegaard 9.5728/110.02, Anita Mäkelä 3.9520/491.80; Duncan Micallef 8.8453/135.47, Stefan Gunnarsson 3.9177/436.54 0.9032 to sixty for Monica, tyres started to shake passing the Tree and she got off the hard pedal. His #8 spot perforce secure, Björn Mårtensson went back to the pits leaving Timo to take a bye. Burnout but again the motor leaned out on the way back, returned to the pits. Liam to sixty in 0.8615, Micke in 1.1362 with shake and he was off the gas immediately. Liam to 330 feet in 2.2075/298.18, looked to have a cylinder out on the right side, got to the eighth in 3.1964/408.16 with orange (as opposed to nitro) flame out of the left bank and a couple of cylinders out but stayed on the gas to the stripe. Stig's tyres up in smoke at the hit, pedal and more smoke and a ball of flame through the smoke, off the gas. Anita to sixty in 0.8453, 2.2180/300.00 at 330 feet, some green in amongst the header flames. 3.1637/435.84 at the eighth, looked to be turning the tyres very slightly but stayed with it. Stefan away first 0.0825 to Duncan's 0.1397 and the better sixty 0.8549 to the Maltese Lion's 0.8974. Duncan's tyres went up in smoke about 120 feet out and it looked like the car stopped dead - an illusion of course but the deceleration was dramatic. Stefan to 330 feet in 2.1630/313.41 (194.74 mph), to the eighth in 3.0882/435.48 (270.59 mph) then there was a huge ball of flame, big enough that the car disappeared behind it. Safety crews moved very quickly and chased the car down the shutdown area. Track checked, sweeper making passes in the shutdown area but oil crew not called out. Qualifying after this session:
15:55 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Swedish Championship round 2 The first two pairs are the second round of this year's Swedish Championship and the runs count for qualifying. The final will take place later today and will not count for qualifying. Anders Nilsson 6.5357/347.94 bye, Micke Johansson no show
Mats Eriksson 6.4287/351.33 def. Åke Persson 6.6765/353.40
Urban Johansson no time DQ, Erik Andersson 8.1783/212.77; Jan Brännvall shut off, Rolf Simonsson shut off; Rolf Simonsson 8.4312/178.45 bye; Jöran Persåker 25.1260/43.28, Bruno Bader 6.4195/369.61; Thomas Stiefel 6.5127/288.62, Andreas Arthursson 6.1846/325.11; Johan Lindberg 6.1015/380.28, David Vegter 6.0282/386.62; Håkan Persson 6.0539/380.28, Micke Gullqvist 5.8819/396.18 Urban went up on the revs and left before the lights ran. 0.0038 RT for Erik, 1.1333 with shake and off the gas. Alternate issues aside Urban and Eric will be spectating tomorrow. Jan shut off for a fluid leak after his burnout. The car was stopped at 330 feet with Rolf ready to stage. I am guessing it was deemed too dangerous to run Rolf with Jan's car so far down the track, no-one with a brain would argue with that. Shut off and awaited retrieval of Jan's car. Rolf then took his bye, 1.0145 to sixty and going great guns then a nitrous burp right on the eighth 4.5712/198.60. Bruno to sixty in 1.0243 then shake and the Vette turned left, Bruno pedalled and pulled it straight. Shake and several pedals for Jöran, pick-up bouncing up and down, gave it up about 150 feet out. Bruno to the eighth in 4.2896/293.32. Thomas to sixty in 1.0571, Andreas in 1.0541. Thomas drove through a little shake but lost some time to it, 4.1426/297.03 to Andreas' 4.0152/309.10. I heard two distinct muffled bangs in the second half, looking at terminal speeds I would guess that both cars' safety panels blew. Johan to sixty in 1.0349, David in 1.0026. David's car headed left and wanted to run along the centre line so he let it for a while. Johan drove through a tiny bit of shake, to the eighth in 4.0168/303.37, David to the eighth in 3.9718/304.23. Stormer from Micke G to take #1 spot. 0.9764 to sixty to Håkan's 1.0288, Micke's Camaro headed towards the centre line, seems to be the done thing in the right lane in this session. Meteoric eighth for Micke 3.8633/309.81 (192.51 mph) to Håkan's 3.9741/304.40. Getting close to ET record territory. We were subsequently informed that Jan Brännvall has been removed from the ladder for repeated oildowns. This is subject to appeal so he may be reinstated. Qualifying after this session:
15:30 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Robin Norén 9.9203/145.32, Christian Sagelv 15.5271/76.00; Sampsa Palos 16.5229/70.16, Jonas Boberg 6.8858/324.52; Hannu Kalliomäki 7.8540/208.33, Magnus Pettersson 10.3816/129.75; Stefan Ernryd 6.9247/331.90, Michael Malmgren 8.2536/197.30; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5394/339.62, Richard Sundblom 6.6211/334.37; Thomas Lindström 6.5819/339.20, Jimmy Ålund 6.5182/342.64 0.0239 to 0.1234 holeshot for Christian, 1.0372 to sixty with tyres shaking and heading for the centre line. Robin to sixty in 1.0675 but also shake-stricken. Christian off the gas by about 100 feet, Robin off it about 250 feet out. Robin and Christian will be spectating tomorrow. Sampsa and Jonas likewise in the Last Chance Saloon. Almost instant shake for Sampsa, 1.1322 to sixty and off it there. Jonas to sixty in 1.0455, car made a move left but he had it covered. 4.4318/257.76 at the eighth, car just looked to run out of grunt in the second half. Sampsa as first alternate may possibly get in tomorrow but fair to say that Jonas will be spectating. Very high revs for Magnus on the burnout. Magnus to sixty in 1.0103, Hannu in 1.0125. Puff of smoke from beneath Magnus' car at 400 feet or so and he was off the gas. Hannu's car disappeared behind a huge cloud of smoke just before the eighth, off the pedal at half track 4.5332/226.70. Track crew checked the lane, small pieces picked up, tractors called for a sweep. Stefan to sixty in 0.9957, Michael in 1.0787. Brief pedal for Stefan then the tyres hooked. Michael's car was heading for the centre line and didn't seem to want to come back, Michael was off the gas before the eighth. Stefan to the eighth in 4.5044/256.65. Bengt left for dead at the Tree but so long as he doesn't do it tomorrow it's not a problem. To sixty in 0.9712 to Nixxon's 0.9944, very nice eighth 4.1976/270.95 to to Nixxon's 4.2607/267.33. Great match-up to end the session. Thomas to sixty in 1.0085, Jimmy better at 0.9788 and an appreciable advantage for Jimmy 4.1978/272.45 to Thomas' 4.2460/270.68. Thomas' RT advantage had the cars 0.008 apart at the stripe. On hold for clean-up. Qualifying after this session:
15:05 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Micke Larsson 6.2791/350.65, Leif Andréasson no time DQ; Ari Pietilä 7.4956/198.38, Johnny Oksa 5.6483/413.79 Micke to sixty in 1.0174, Leif in 1.0733 but his FC was heading determinedly left and took out the 330 foot reflectors, incidentally causing the timing system to clock Micke at 17000 kmh backwards, let's see him back that one up within 1%. Micke to the eighth in 4.0535/290.17. Ari to sixty in 0.9776, Johnny in 0.9771. Ari's FC was heading left and he shut it off before the eighth. Johnny to the eighth in 3.7359/328.28 and into #1 spot at the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
14:55 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Jonny Lagg 10.6085/86.82 bye 0.9855 to sixty feet, a couple of pedals and off the gas by 330 feet 2.7467/184.62. Qualifying after this session:
14:45 Top Doorslammer eliminations round 1 Victor Jansson 3.9773/308.75 def. Michael Nord no time broke Screaming motor but no movement for Michael. Victor to sixty in 1.0125, 2.6771/231.16 at 330 feet. -0.0086 red by Åke gave this to Andreas. 0.9788 to sixty, 2.6431/230.47 at 330 feet, Andreas' car was moving left and right but nothing to worry about. -0.0560 red for Mats. 1.0333 to sixty for Dmitry, car made a move for the centre line, 2.7076/231.66 at 330 feet. Dmitry pulled it back to the centre of the lane about 400 feet out. Caroline in as an alternate for Michael Joneskog. Rimbert away first 0.0529 to 0.0654, Caroline had the better sixty 0.9601 to 1.0060, Caroline's front wheels were still in the air at 330 feet 2.5706/221.40 to Rimbert's 2.6747/230.68, Caroline's car was headed for the guardrail when the front wheels touched down so she had to shut it off before the stripe. -0.0482 red for Benny. 1.0518 to sixty for Stefan, 2.4479/224.53 at 330 feet, looked to shut off a touch early. Jonas away first 0.1093 to Lenn's 0.1509 and the better sixty 0.9953 to Lenn's 1.1354 driving through shake. Visible lead for Jonas at 330 feet 2.6643/226.51 to Lenn's 2.7959/233.46. -0.2301 red for Per. Stormer for Mattias would have been hard to beat, 0.095 to sixty, 2.4908/246.91 to 330 feet. Oy oy oy! Mats doesn't just hand Kim his butt on a plate but "Do you want fries with that?". Mats away first 0.0874 to 0.0939, 0.9451 to sixty to Kim's 1.0573 and a clear lead at 330 feet 2.5681/241.07 to Kim's 2.8348/215.26. 14:15 Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners Stig Olsson (7.38) 8.8667/129.84 bye (Lars-Georg Johansson no show), Adam Andersson (7.56) 6.9998/317.27, Pererik Lindgren (9.16) 9.0008/221.86, Bjørn Johansen (7.56) 7.2121/305.26, Angelica Bäckman (7.61) 7.5615/218.62 bye (Jan Ekström no show), Jeppe Bergdahl (10.30) 10.0886/192.58 bye (Sören Andersson no show), Pär Eriksson (7.23) 6.6341/336.87, René Meierhofer (9.26) 9.1671/175.67, Jimmy Tihvan (7.37) 7.0103/294.92 Jim Bergström (6.89) 8.6281/164.03 bye (Stefan Persson no show), Jens Eklund (8.17) 8.5234/230.77, Matti Rajamäki (9.26) 9.5549/174.76 bye (Robert Arthursson no show), Viljar Mäesepp (7.37) 6.9690/309.10 bye (Frerik Olehag no show), Hans Falkenberg (6.89) 8.0783/224.16 13:45 Stock / Super Stock qualifying session 3 Ari Körkkö up to #6 at 9.2079 on 10.05 index, 0.0048 RT to boot. Anders Lind up to #26 with a 10.3745 on Anders 10.81 index. Wheelie of the Day for Rick McCann and up from #40 to #31 with a 10.0201 on 10.40 dial-in. In the other lane a huge and long cloud of smoke from Mathias Färm's Mustang, equally long trail of oil so clean-up ensued. Bo Butnet was interviewed again in the break and said that there was a big run in the new car which he is driving. He is up in three pairs' time. On the restart Jonny Åberg up to #9 with an 11.1088 on 11.85 index. Bo Butner to the line, 8.80 index... 8.5994/260.24 good for #35. Kjell Gisslar up from #14 to #9, 9.9334 on 10.70 index. Dan Williams up one place to #5 with a 9.9733 on 10.95 index. Next pair and Fredrik Frisberg #24 to #17 with a 10.3384 on 11.10 index. Timo Eronen closes the session, up from #34 to #30 with an 8.8922 on 9.30 index. Stock / Super Stock will be back at the end of the day for their first round of eliminations, all-run field. 13:00 Pro Street qualifying session 2 Big 7.4196 breakout for Laura Saksa in the first pair and that's her out of competition (quicker than 7.50 and you're on the trailer). Pelle Arvidsson and Jens Petter Lindstrøm side by side to #8 and #9, 7.7308 and 7.7607 respectively. Peter Nordlund up to #3 in his huge 1961 Starliner at 7.6235. Peter Trång's 7.7216 goot for #9. Greta 400-foot burnout by Jan Birkenes but then couldn't get reverse and had to drive off the track. Lars Berglund 7.6170 and Pär Norgren 7.6408 side by side to #2 and #6 respectively. Joakim Andersson also on the trailer, 7.4674 the reason. Bump spot is Erik Bjöns' 7.8192. 12:30 EDRS Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Leif Larsson 12.4746/115.93, Anders Blanck 7.4753/265.62; Kim Helander 9.2290/202.70, Nils Lagerlöf no time broke; Roberth Häggblom 8.2591/261.25, Alex Hope 7.5170/277.78; Jani Kumpulainen 7.8004/295.24, Pelle Lakmaker 7.9896/299.83; Björn Friström 7.4269/310.88, Kimmo Pulakka 7.8980/296.38; Robert Nilsson 7.6660/301.51, Emil Östlnud 8.4650/234.88; Vesa Ruhanen 7.5755/292.37, Dag Wagenius 7.7729/306.30; Henri Kolehmainen 11.0187/119.65, Mogens Lund 8.2506/190.68; Rick Stubbins 7.4607/259.24, Nils-Ola Andersson 23.3166/41.96 Qualifying after this session:
12:20 EDRS Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Bo Thorselius 10.0599/215.57, Fredrik Kempe 8.5808/239.04; Jörgen Bengtsson 9.8166/170.45, Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.4483/275.79 Timo Savolainen 7.1664/278.85, Elvora Karlsson 7.2550/297.68; Kalle Lyrén 7.0391/307.69, Fredrik Fredlund 7.2872/296.22 Much improved run for Bo on his two-stroke, a couple of the gearshifts were hesitant so more to come. Improvements for Jörgen and Thomas both good for one place up the ladder. We're thinking a new PB for Timo, if so then well done Timo and team! Moved him up the ladder also. Qualifying after this session:
12:10 EDRS Supertwin Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Tommy Grimes 16.3790/139.07 bye; Roman Sixta 6.8632/325.30, Ismo Mäenpää 10.1362/183.74; Svein Olav Rolfstad 9.3372/162.16, Greger Johansson 8.8476/218.89; Vesa Lipponen 8.1518/191.49, Marcus Christiansen 7.2082/282.13; Harri Piensalmi 6.9264/269.46,Hans Olav Olstad 6.6087/319.91; Vidar Ravnsborg 7.7305/307.87, Trond Høiberget 23.6936/39.85; Samu Kemppainen 11.2618/166.36, Erling Opheim 7.9204/248.28 Tyre up in smoke at the hit for Tommy on Per Bengtsson's bike. The Beast team had a thrash after bad engine damage yesterday. Nice run for Roman, 1.2290 to sixty and 4.5316/276.64 at the eighth. Ismo's bike was determined to visit the right guardrail and got very close. Ismo gently steered it away. Svein Olav had trouble pulling a burnout, went in anyway. Good run to start with but then one cylinder looked to go out and the engine note died away. Greger's bike similarly sounded to be struggling. 1.0858 to sixty for Vesa, 1.1963 for Marcus, Vesa to the eighth in 4.4000/220.32 rolling off the throttle. Marcus to the eighth in 4.5439/269.73 but then what looked from here like a sheaf of papers came off the bike. Couldn't have been paper so maybe bodywork. Great runs for Harri and Hans Olav although just before the lights ran one of the start line safety team was pointing frantically at Hans Olav's bike, lights ran though and Hans Olav was gone. Harri to sixty in 1.1730 to Hans Olav's 1.1986, the eighth in 4.3640/285.86 to Hans Olav's 4.3861/295.24. Harri shut it off just before the stripe. Trond's motor quit about 100 feet out and he only just made it to the quarter. 1.1928 to sixty and a big puff of smoke from Erling's front tyre as it thummped down about 200 feet out. Not clear from here what ailed Samu, 1.2623 to sixty but rolling off the throttle by then. Qualifying after this session:
11:55 EDRS Top Fuel Motorcycle qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Peter Andersson (U) 7.6015/282.87, Jan Sturla Hegre 7.0831/308.57; Thomas Pettersson 7.9877/277.35, Peter Andersson (Ä) 15.2561/56.43 1.0281 to sixty for Jan Sturla, going great guns but close to the centre line and backed out of it for a second or so, then back on the gas to the stripe. Peter (Ä) very close to the centre line and had to back out of it. Qualifying after this session:
11:45 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Monica Öberg 10.9478/89.30 bye; Stefan Gunnarsson 3.9007/495.87, Björn Mårtensson 10.6084/82.94; Micke Kågered 4.3178/327.67, Stig Neergaard 12.7895/55.38; Timo Lehtimäki shut off, Liam Jones 28.2333/0.01 bye; Anita Mäkelä 17.0427/40.19, Duncan Micallef 8.1111/111.34 Monica's motor stopped pretty much as soon as it was fired up. Quickly turned over and restarted. 0.9298 to sixty, high-frequency shake and the blower belt broke, one piece arcing through the air and landing in the other lane. Björn's tyres up in smoke at the hit, car turned left and he shut it off. Fantastic run for Stefan! 0.8681 to sixty, 2.1877/310.70 (193.06 mph) to the eighth, slight blackstriping from the tyres and nitro flames clearly visible even in the sun. 3.1173/439.74 (273.24 mph) at the eighth. Terminal speed equates to 308.12 mph. Stig's tyres up in smoke at the hit and he shut off a few feet out. 0.8894 to sixty for Micke, 2.2556/297.52 at 330 feet, going great guns towards the eighth 3.2524/382.44 but shut it off before the stripe. Clean-up crew called to the shutdown area. On the restart Timo's motor leaned out on the way back from the burnout. Liam took the bye, instant spin and tyre smoke, motor briefly zinged and then stopped dead. Car rolled to a halt with its nose just through the traps. Brief clean-up where Liam's dragster stopped. Anita to sixty in 0.9165 with shake and then looked like the belt broke, either way her motor went silent. 0.8540 to sixty for Duncan, shake and the blower relief panel blew and put out a chute. Track crew picking up what I guess are pieces of blower belt in Anita's lane, mop-and-billys clean-up also. First time we have had four Top Fuellers qualified in the threes. Qualifying after this session:
11:15 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Swedish Championship round 1 The first four pairs are the first round of this year's Swedish Championship and the runs count for qualifying. Anders Nilsson 6.0784/381.63 def. Johan Lindberg 13.7314/83.85
Mats Eriksson 5.9842/386.54 def. Håkan Persson 6.0362/382.44
Åke Persson 5.9102/394.45 def. Andreas Arthursson 8.4056/171.37
Micke Johansson 6.1616/344.39 def. Micke Gullqvist 8.9714/177.63
Rolf Simonsson 6.5091/339.84 bye; Erik Andersson 8.4581/298.67, Jöran Persåker no time DQ; Bruno Bader 6.2362/375.26 bye, Jan Brännvall shut off; David Vegter 5.9586/390.46, Thomas Stiefel 10.7284/126.94 1.0258 to sixty for Rolf, 4.2025/276.07 to the eighth. Jöran rolled the beams spooling up the turbos. Erik's motor hesitated with a pop on launch. Stuttering 1.4145 to sixty, 5.6763/217.22 at the eighth, didn't sound to be on full throttle at all on the run. Jan shut off on return from hsi burnout, crew picking up small pieces. 1.0214 to sixty for Bruno, shake and a pedal passing the Tree, getting very close to the guardrail but staying on the gas. 4.1302/298.84 at the eighth. Mop-and-billys clean-up in Jan's lane. Fantastic run for David! 1.0002 to sixty and a storming 3.9242/309.46 at the eighth. Thomas with shake and then smoke, 1.2889 to sixty, stayed with it past the Tree but then shut it off. New PB for David, well done David and team! Qualifying after this session:
10:50 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Christian Sagelv 7.3157/289.08, Bengt Ljungdahl 32.217/31.86; Jonas Boberg 6.8879/324.52, Robin Norén 7.3676/207.06; Magnus Pettersson 6.7774/329.07, Sampsa Palos 16.9912/80.26; Michael Malmgren 6.7268/331.70, Hannu Kalliomäki 6.8058/322.97 Richard Sundblom 6.6167/333.66, Thomas Lindström 6.5695/338.35; Jimmy Ålund 6.5260/342.86, Stefan Ernryd 6.7514/334.47 1.1215 to sixty for Christian, 1.2421 for Bengt with shake which came through the floor here in Race Control, Bengt off the gas and rolled to a half just past the quarter. Christian to the eighth in 4.7056/244.45 but the car looked to be lacking grunt and he shut off at 1000 feet or so and put the chutes out before the traps. 1.0503 to sixty for Jonas with a brief thump of shake, 1.0085 for Robin. Robin had the better eighth 4.3728/254.84 to Jonas' 4.4344/257.63 but Robin sut off and put the chutes out at about 1000 feet. 1.0169 to sixty for Magnus whilst Sampsa hit violent shake, the Cobalt jumping up and down. One pedal then gave it up. 4.3610/261.75 to the eighth for Magnus and I'd say safely into the ladder. Michael also out of trouble, 1.0247 to sixty to Hannu's 1.0401, Michael's car headed left and he did a lot of the run a few feet from the left guardrail. 4.3328/264.58 to the eighth to Hannu's 4.4016/262.26, Hannu looked to shut off a touch early. Great runs for Nixxon and Thomas to take #3 and #1 respectively. 0.9830 to sicty for Richard to Thomas' 0.9829, Thomas' car drifted left slightly but no worries, Nixxon to the eighth in 4.2577/267.59 to Thomas' quicker 4.2245/269.46. Another great match between Jimmy and Stefan. Stefan lit the cherry but it doesn't matter of course. Jimmy to sixty in 0.9865 to Stefan's 0.9973 and had made up Stefan's red light advantage by the eighth 4.2058/272.59 to 4.3584/261.37. Qualifying after this session:
10:30 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Leif Andréasson 9.2113/160.48, Micke Larsson no time DQ; Johnny Oksa 5.7343/412.21, Ari Pietilä 8.3698/119.13 Micke rolled the beams before the lights ran lighting the big cherry. Hit the gas anyway, hit shake and the blower relief panel popped and put the chutes out. Almost immediate shake for Leif, 1.1157 to sixty, off the gas about 150 feet out. Micke's lane checked and tractors called to sweep and sled the second half. 0.9702 to sixty for Johnny and 0.9616 for Ari, Johnny pedalled for shake and got back on it. Shake for Ari and shut off and put the chutes out in the second half. Johnny to the eighth in 3.8095/326.48. Qualifying after this session:
10:20 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Johnny Lagg 5.4563/436.19 bye Nice run for Johnny. 0.9874 to sixty, the chassis started arching past the Tree and the car was moving gently left and right all the way. 3.6655/355.03 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
10:10 Top Doorslammer qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Roger Kullander did not start, Aki Miyabayashi shut off; Rimbert Vahlström 3.9221/307.87 bye; Per Granqvist 4.1674/273.28 bye; Caroline Strand 4.6240/214.54, Jan Ericsson 5.1625/200.30; Jonas Kant 4.2224/253.88, Victor Jansson 4.0414/292.68; Kim Kristiansen 4.9918/185.19, Pierre Rydberg 5.3279/151.64 DQ; Rikard Rosenholm 4.7440/228.33, Åke Eliasson 4.2151/293.48; Tony Johansson 11.0776/65.12, Andreas Sjödin 3.9697/313.59; Michael Joneskog no time DQ, Dmitry Samorukov 3.9919/321.05; Mats Wicktor shut off, Lenn Lindell shut off; Lenn Lindell 3.9634/308.57 bye; Michael Nord shut off, bye; Benny Strand 5.9248/171.32, Mats Stefansson 3.8449/325.30 First pair and Roger did not start and returned to the pits, Aki pulled a burnout but then shut off for fluid leak and pushed back. Fantastic run for Rimbert! Exorcised yesterday's demons if ther were any. 0.9914 to sixty, 2.6248 to 330 feet, little if any shake and down the middle of the lane and into #1. 1.0009 to sixty for Per, front end looked light but he stayed hard on it. Caroline in the Last Chance Saloon as the next session is eliminations. 0.9550 to sixty then shake and moved towards the guardrail, tried to stay with it but eventually had to pedal and pull it straight. 1.1219 to sixty for Jan with bad shake, gave it a pedal and back on it but lost a lot of time. Visible 0.0308 to 0.247 holeshot for Jonas, 1.0286 to sixty. 1.0230 to sixty for Victor and a huge improvement to move up to #6. Shaky 1.3196 to sixty for Kim, rolled off the throttle before the eighth. 1.0868 to sixty for Pierre then shake pitched the car across the track into the left lane, Pierre a passenger there for a moment then pulled it right and took out both 330-foot reflectors going back into his lane. Nice 0.0131 to 0.1425 holeshot for Åke, 0.9966 to sixty, car headed for the centre line but he pulled it back, car was fishtailing all the way to the eighth. 1.0854 to sixty for Rikard but shut it off before the eighth. 0.9718 to sixty for Andreas, straight run with no dramas. Tony sat in stage for a couple of seconds then 1.8364 to sixty, off the gas, idled along the track. Michael rolled the beams. Fantastic run for Dmitry! 1.0260 to sixty, car started heading for the centre line but Dmitry stayed with it and then yanked it right about 400 feet out. Mattias Wulcan towed back to the pits whilst Mats and Lenn were pulling their burnouts. Lenn shut off after returning from his burnout, meanwhile Mats' motor sounded to be misfiring badly, just after he was signalled that he had a bye the motor spat black smoke out of both banks and Mats shut it off. Lenn's team then ran for the power pack and restarted. It was worth the trouble too! 1.0113 to sixty, drifted left but pulled it back, into #2 spot. Looked like transmission problem for Michael, revs up in the burnout but tyres didn't turn. Shut off and pushed back to the pits. Benny backed up from his burnout at a speed of which Freddy Fagerström would approve, Mats S' car turned hard right at the end of his burnout, again I think Freddy would approve. 1.1479 to sixty for Benny but then shake and off it. Fantastic run for Mats S! 0.9760 to sixty, looked to shut off just before the stripe and had the chutes out in the traps so even more to come there I'd say. Qualifying after this session:
09:25 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 2 Great run for Lars-Georg Johansson to open the session, 7.73 index and 6.8035/315.60 to consolidate his #1 spot. Hans Falkenberg (6.89) and Bjørn Johansen (7.56) shut off on the line for a top end track check. On the restart a 7.1202 good for #6 for Bjørn. Big improvement for Angelica Bäckman 7.0332 against 7.61 good for #5. Next pair and Krister Adeen shut off after the burnout and pushed back. Pererik Lindgren took the bye, 8.3688 against 9.16 good for #2. 7.0823 against 7.56 index good for #8 for Adam Andersson. Next pair and Mika Eloranta was looking good in the first eighth but then shut it off and put the chute out, this fortunately put him an appreciable distance behind Stefan Persson whose dragster moved left past the stripe and hit the guardrail which pitched the car across the track and hit the right guardrail. Word quickly came back that Stefan is OK. Pär Eriksson 7.23 Great 1.0145 sixty for Pär Eriksson's Volvo but heading left and had to pedal briefly to get away from the centre line. Fantastic 6.0583/385.71 against 6.89 for Peter Thörnäs' turbo 'Vette, blew away his PB and good for #2, well done Peter and team! The Track Announcer "Oy oy oy" shot up too. Improvement for Stein Andraa, 6.8255 against 7.27, into #9. Jens Eklund on a bye, wheelie and paid Grace a visit by the guardrail, shut it off about 150 feet out. 08:45 Super Comp Bike qualifying session 2 Tomas Jonsson up to #8 in the first pair at 8.8505. Second pair and Bianca Nilsson into #1 at 8.5402, as things stand the only 8.5. 8.6330 for Jyrki Passo good for #2. 8.9004 good for #4 for Kimmo Rantala. 8.7310 put Kathrine Wagenius into #4 with the last run of the session. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 2 Kurt Andersson into #1 in the first pair, 9.5480 and similarly to SCB the only 9.5 thus far. Reasonably squeaky 9.4682 breakout for Jari Malinen next pair. 9.5946 for Heikki-Juhani Koskinen (haven't you people got anyone called Bob?) put him #2 in the penultimate pair. 07:50 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Scandinavian Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. It's a nice morning her eat Tierp, not a cloud in the sky, although the breeze came up overnight with some big gusts. It is still a little windy now, crosswind probably mitigated a little by the grandstands and sound wall. Because full qualifying lists are being published courtesy of Time-Tree we are using the popular split-screen format for our reports, similar to last week's coverage from Hockenheim. We will post commentaries of Sportsman qualifying sessions and then round winners in Sportsman eliminations but we will of course continue to post the full reports and results in Pro classes. Good morning also to all of the Eurodragsterholics, hope you are all doing OK and thank you for your support. A big Good Morning to our colleague Simon and Contributing Photographer Callum Pudge and to all the guys at Shakespeare County Raceway where the Open Sport Nationals starts today. Hello, good luck and stay safe to our colleague Kirstie who is racing in Sportsman ET. You can stay in touch with events at SCR by clicking here. Finally another Thank You to those who have sent feedback and to Spencer Tramm and Andy Marrs who are providing valuable proof-reading and record-spotting back-up. We have a birthday on the team today: Eurodragster.com Photographer Julian who is preparing for another day trackside. Please join us in wishing Julian a very Happy Birthday... I won't use the word "Relaxing". Please remember that neither Eurodragster.com nor our sponsors look kindly upon reports, results or pictures being stolen from our Event Coverage and posted on Facebook or elsewhere. Links and shares: fine. Anything else: not fine. If in doubt then please enquire at editor@eurodragster.com. We have a lot to pack in today with Sportsman qualifying including Top Doorslammer Q2 not long after we start, Pros in the lanes at 09:50 and 14:00, and E1 of Top Doorslammer (16 -> 8), Comp Eliminator (32 -> 16), Stock / Super Stock (64 -> 32) and Junior Dragster (64 -> 32). Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fire up we'll bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |