Tierp Arena, 7th-10th June 2018
Fredag / Friday
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De senaste uppdateringarna är högst upp på sidan. Klicka på uppdatera knappen för att vara säker på att se de senaste nyheterna. The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh button to be sure of seeing the latest news. Klicka här för att gå tillbaka till tävlingens indexsida / Click here to go back to the event index 23:20 We have now posted today's gallery which contains 265 pictures courtesy of Remco Scheelings and Lena Perés. Lena spent some time at the top end today so the gallery includes the ever-popular parachute shots. You can check the gallery out via the Event Index, where you can also find tomorrow's running order courtesy of Marie Selander. If you do not see the Running Order link on the Event Index page then click on your Browser's Refresh button, and if you do not see all 265 updated thumbnails when you load the Gallery page then again click on your Browser's Refresh button. 19:25 Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Jöran Persåker shut off, bye; Liam Jones 8.9178/117.60, Timo Lehtimäki 4.1329/466.72; Björn Mårtensson 12.8512/80.94, Antti Horto 5.8301/166.98; Micke Kågered 10.4550/132.91, Duncan Micallef 4.5252/273.97; Anita Mäkelä 5.1165/217.92, Stefan Gunnarsson 8.9001/135.64 Jöran rolled to half track after a short burnout. Several stabs of the throttle but no reverse, so drove to the emergency exit at the top end. Liam's dragster jumped into its burnout, is the best way to describe it. Liam to sixty in 0.8592, shake, a pedal and either gave it up or the blower belt did it for him. 0.8785 to sixty for Timo, 2.2678/286.93 at 330 feet, 3.2885/402.38 at the eighth, all eight lit all the way, a new PB for Timo and up to #2. Well done Timo and team! Tyres up in smoke for Björn, flash of flame through the smoke, off the gas and idled through. Antti to sixty in 0.8622, tyres were shaking, 330 feet in 2.2430/260.12 but off the gas at that point. Micke's tyres up in smoke, one pedal and done. 0.8536 to sixty for Duncan, 2.1648/314.87 at 330 feet but then shut off as the car headed for the centre line before the eighth 3.2452/317.65. 0.8710 to sixty for Anita, front wheels up, 0.8797 for Stefan then his tyres started to go up in smoke and he was shut off before 330 feet. Anita to 330 in 2.2425/286.93 but looked to be mixing cylinders and shut it off, 3.5533/261.75 at the eighth already off the gas. Qualifying after this session:
That's qualifying done for today, tune back in a couple of hours for today's gallery. 19:00 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Marcus Perman 12.5236/108.50 bye; Olof Andersson 9.1307/171.37 bye, Micke Johansson shut off (eventually); Micke Gullqvist 6.0081/393.30, Roger Johansson 22.6626/118.27; Norbert Kuno 10.4403/169.23, Peter Kunc 7.1912/308.04; Åke Persson 6.0125/387.65, Bruno Bader 6.4147/369.36; Matts Logren 6.9906/313.04, Rolf Simonsson 6.8918/330.07; Marco Maurischat 17.2774/69.83, Lars Järpler 6.2326/360.49; Michael Joneskog 5.9879/391.30, Freddy Fagerström 6.9404/352.02; Andreas Arthursson 5.8668/408.16, Håkan Persson 6.3657/386.27; David Vegter 6.8165/392.41 DQ, Jimmy Ålund 6.4024/259.87 Marcus now licenced can come and play. 1.0074 to sixty, shake and the car started to drift left, shut it off about 150 feet out. Micke's throttle sounded to stick open after the burnout. No heroics from Micke, he carried on down the shutdown area and the top end safety system shut off the motor and put out the chutes. Meanwhile Olof was reversing from his burnout, track was clear as he was ready to stage. 1.1840 to sixty, a pedal, didn't sound to get second gear, off the gas before the eighth 5.1241/192.03. Roger's car stuttered and stopped at the hit. Micke to sixty in 0.9818, to the eight in 3.9822/306.30 with the car moving around its lane some. Roger got the Mustang moving and idled down the track. Instant spin and shake for Norbert, off the gas for a long time before getting back on it gently. 1.3074 to sixty for Peter, started moving towards the centre line then a hard left move and a pedal, 4.6856/247.71 at the eighth. Åke to sixty in 0.9676, Bruno in 1.0802 with shake, a pedal and back on it. Åke to the eighth in 3.9806/293.64 going right all the time, almost had the centre line and a steer right from Bruno who obviously saw him there, going through the eighth in 4.2783/295.08. Very out of shape burnout for Matts. Matts to sixty in 1.1150 to Rolf's 1.2253, Rolf heading for the centre line towards the eighth 4.5141/267.86 to Matts' 4.5118/259.24. New PB for Matts, first six, well done Matts and team! 1.0257 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco then huge shake and shut off. Lars to sixty in 0.9930, to the eighth in 4.0463/290.79, no dramas and another PB, well done Lars and team! Michael to sixty in 1.0252 with front wheels up, Freddy with shake to sixty in 1.1158, even Freddy had to pedal that one, more shake and another pedal. Michael eventually put down the front wheels before the eighth 3.9658/311.24, Freddy way behind at 4.6733/264.97. His first five and a new PB for Michael, well done Michael and team! Håkan left Andreas for dead at the Tree but had to drive through shake to sixty 1.3165, lost time by the eighth 4.3111/306.30. Andreas sat there winding things up and then off he went, 1.0244 to sixty and 3.9237/322.97 at the eighth, blasted his PB into next week and took #1 spot. Well done Andreas and team! David to sixty in 0.9998, Jimmy in 0.9684, David hit shake and tried to drive through it and the car jumped to the right and took out the 330 foot reflectors. Jimmy on a stormer at the eighth 3.8427/296.05 but then shut off and put out the chutes before the stripe, car looked to make a move left as Jimmy got off the gas. Qualifying after this session:
18:30 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Linn Engan Karlsen 5.8136/399.70, Sandro Bellio 6.1685/292.84; Micke Larsson 8.6009/119.79 bye, Johnny Oksa shut off; Jonny Lagg 5.3988/421.55 bye, Ari Pietilä shut off; Timo Habermann 5.3147/434.78 bye, Dennis Habermann shut off; Linn's run in Q1 was DQ'd as the car was underweight. Made up for it this time though! Both drivers sat and looked at the green, Linn for 1.0140 seconds and Sandro for 2.4224 seconds. Linn to sixty in 0.9974, Sandro in 1.0238 with shake and a pedal, Linn long gone at the eighth 3.8350/319.72, Sandro's tyres stuck after the pedal and the FC was visibly accelerating harder than Linn's towards the eighth 3.9985/332.92 but then his blower reflief panel burst in the second half. Long, Fagerstr&oum;mesque burnout for Johnny O, stopped rolling about 1000 feet out, but then shut off on return from the burnout and went to climb out through the roof hatch but then climbed back in to steer the car away from the start line. Bye for Micke, 1.0097 to sixty, drove through shake, car made a move left and the blower panel blew about 300 feet out. Safety cut-off put the chutes out. 300-foot burnout for Ari, similarly to Johnny O he rolled to about 1000 feet and just as similarly shut off on return and was pushed away. Johnny L took the bye, 0.9520 to sixty, 2.4393/259.74 at 330 feet, 3.5876/352.94 at the eighth, puff of smoke from the motor as Johnny shut off and the car looked to make a move left but he had it covered. New PB for Jonny, well done Jonny, Krister and team! Dennis' blower relief panel blew in the burnout, the blower howled, the safety device put the chutes out. Dennis sidelined the dragster and got over the rail so that Timo could take his bye. Great run it was too, 0.9020 to sixty then the tops of the tyres started to flap, the brieftes of pedals, 2.3632/264.19 at 330 feet, 3.5038/351.11 at the eighth, smoke past 1000 feet 4.4825/401.79. Timo into #1 with the last run of the session. Qualifying after this session:
18:10 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Stefan Ernryd 6.7049/334.37 bye; Sampsa Palos shut off, Robin Norén 7.4741/320.67 bye; Hannu Kalliomaki 6.8944/305.78, Jimmy Ålund 6.6357/340.48; Magnus Pettersson 6.7772/331.67, Tommy Leindahl 6.8129/326.09; Thomas Lindström 6.5811/339.62, Christian Sagelv 6.6801/325.30; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5317/340.05, Michael Malmgren 6.6155/336.24 Nice run for Stefan this time. 0.9919 to sixty, sounded as if tyres were turning a touch as the motor note kept edging up, 4.3276/264.19 at the eighth. Sampsa pushed back from the bleach box. Robin took the bye, 1.0889 to sixty with shake, a pedal and firmly back on it. 4.9951/249.19 at the eighth. Hannu had a coupl eof goes at the burnout, the motor zinging twice and the car hardly moving, but the tyres lit so objective achieved. Hannu to sixty in 1.0268, Jimmy in 1.0064, not much sign of shake for either. Clear lead for Jimmy at the eighth 4.2897/267.06 to Hannu's 4.4399/259.99. My guess is that this was the beseline pass which Jimmy intended for Q1. Magnus to sixty in 1.0128 with shake which pushed his car left, 1.0160 for Tommy. Magnus picked it up again with the better eighth 4.3742/261.25 to Tommy's 4.3816/259.99. Great run for Thomas, 0.9924 to sixty to Christian's 1.0147. visibly pulling away at the eighth 4.2397/280.00 to Christian's 4.3003/265.88. Thmoas up to #2. Great match between Bengt and Michael, Bengt with a 0.0052 RT and then to sixty in 0.9859, Michael in 0.9906, Bengt with the better eighth 4,2002/271.77 to Michael's 4.2552/267.19. Improvement for Bengt to consolidate his #1. Qualifying after this session:
17:40 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.1790/301.51, Kenneth Holmberg 8.4530/229.88 1.1220 to sixty for Thomas, 1.2551 for Kenneth, Kenneth's bike heading to the right and he was off the gas by the eighth 5.1709/195.94. Thomas well ahead by the eighth 4.5838/247.71. Qualifying after this session:
On a break to prep the track then into FIA qualifying. 17:35 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Trond Høiberget 6.9036/283.76 bye; Svein Olav Rolfstad 7.7976/249.54, Teemu Kettula 16.4599/100.63; Kristin Hegre 8.1597/230.67, Samu Kemppainen 6.6588/325.11; Roman Sixta 9.6538/172.69, Anders Hörnström 6.5053/336.87; Lasse Leopniemi 6.7705/301.51, Marcus Christiansen 6.4706/355.73 Nice opener for Trond, nitro flames clearly visible even in the strong sunlight. 1.1972 to sixty, 4.4505/253.332 at the eighth, off the gas before the stripe. Teemu's tyre up in smoke off the line, bike went for the centre line, shut it off and idled through. Svein Olav to sixty in 1.1081, bike was heading right, shut it off before the eighth 4.8239/194.88, straightened it out and gave the throttle another handful. Step up for Kristin and Samu back on form. Kristin to sixty in 1.3099, Sami in 1.1774 with front wheel high in the air, bike headed right some but he stayed with it. Kristin rolling off the throttle at the eighth as the bike started to near the centre line 4.9758/247.71, Samu through the eighth in 4.3864/284.06, feathered the throttle in the second half to keep it straight. Roman to sixty in 1.2296, Anders in 1.1404, Roman's bike was determined to go for the centre line and Roman was off the gas by the eighth 5.5134/158.31, Anders visibly on one at the eighth 4.2860/291.89. Great match to end the session! 1,2190 to sixty for Lasse, 1.1757 for Marcus, Lasse to the eighth with front wheel high in the air 4.4510/287.85 to Marcus' 4.2669/289.39. Marcus' terminal speed equates to 221.04 mph. Qualifying after this session:
17:25 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Rikard Gustafsson 5.8452/378.95, Thomas Pettersson 19.0174/55.09 Thomas' tyre up in smoke, went for the centre line and shut off. Got a grandstand view of a fantastic run by Rikard! 1.0676 to sixty, 2.6476/249.19 (154.84 mph) at 330 feet, 3.8716/326.48 (202.87 mph) at the eighth and 4.9269/371.90 (231.09 mph) at the thousand. Terminal speed equates to 235.47 mph, well done Rikard and team! No Sverre this session. Qualifying after this session:
17:20 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Alex Hope 7.5368/308.57 bye; Björn Friström 7.7262/297.19 bye; Bianca Nilsson 8.3502/266.67, Kimmo Pulakka 8.3999/220.77; Mogens Lund 6.9854/336.87, Kim Hilander 7.8971/290.32; Mathias Bohlin 8.0947/193.41, Arvid Gerdtsson 8.4897/254.72; Micke Ölen 14.4525/89.85, Roberth Häggblom 7.7394/293.80; Robert Nilsson 18.2266/54.81, Mark Hope 7.8546/284.66; Vesa Ruhanen 7.1298/318.58, Anders Blanck 11.0655/125.82 Congratulations to Mogens Lund on his first six-second pass, first of many I'm sure. 209.32 mph to boot. Qualifying after this session:
16:55 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 8 Improvement for Åke Hedberg (11.00) to 10.4956, stayed #29. In the other lane Anders Lindh's tyres went up in smoke and the car went for a drift left. Anders off the gas and idled through. Similar story for Peter Johansson next pair, tyres smoking, but maybe some kind of rear end damage as the car turned right every time Peter hit the gas after that. Shut it off and idled through. On hold for track prep, next up is Pro session 2 commencing with EDRS Pro MC Super Street Bike. 16:45 Street qualifying session 7 8.6815 improvement for Mauritz Rådberg in the second pair, good for #7. Daniel Alfredsson also with an improvement, 8.7254 for #11 spot. 16:35 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 7 Side-by-side 9.5s for Jami Oksanen and Iiro Reinola in the first pair but no improvements on previosu bests. In the last pair Ellen Ødegaard improved to 9.6224, good for #4. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 7 Emil Östlund's motor stopped off the line in the second pair, pushed back, in the other lane a consistent 8.5362 for #1 qualifier Anders Gerdtsson. 8.6713 improvement for Peter Östlund good for #1 in the last run of the session, that was with a sizeable wheelie a couple of hundred feet out. 16:25 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 7 First pair and Robert Arthursson (7.32) improved to 6.4119 for #2 spot and that was skating left of centre of his lane, close to the guardrail more than once, so more in there when he goes straight. Roger Forsström's engine note seriously wavered in the second half, off the gas and chutes out. Next pair and a slight improvement for Niklas Heikkilä (7.50), 6.7761 but stayed #4. Close thing for Matti Rajamäki as Angelica Bäckman's dragster (7.61) threw its scoop across the track in front of him on her way to a 7.3537 which was good for #15. Smoke from Angelica's motor in the shutdown area but all OK. Wheels-up launch for Jens Eklund, headed left to pay the photographers a visit, shut it off after one too many wheelies. Gideon Liljegren (7.85) with a slight improvement, 7.2323 but stayed #8. Out of shape launch for Jesper Stenberg in the other lane, gout of flame from the right side exhaust but carried on after a feather of the throttle. Last pair and an improvement for Jim Bergström (6.89), 7.3815 but stayed #18. 16:10 Pro Street qualifying session 7 First pair and Felix Nilsson could not get reverse after the burnout, drive downtrack and took the emergency exit. Christer Åberg took the bye, tyres spun up at the hit but pedalled and picked up, no improvement on previous best though. Next pair and Preben Bærentzen into #2 at 7.6039, in the other lane Peter Trång's 7.6373 good for #8. 7.5767 breakout for Micke Norén next pair. One pair later Christian Kongshem took over the lead at 7.6027. Alexandra Wingård's Mustang sounded to jump out of gear off the line, motor zinged, in the other lane a consistent 7.6472 for Anna Knutes. Breakout for Lars Berglund, 7.5927, in the other lane Seppo Raussi's 7.6274 good for a move up to #5. Odd Roar Øgard next to the naughty corner, 7.5600, problematic launch for Anders Back in the other lane. Bump spot v #17 next, Pelle Arvidsson v Daniel Hållestam, Daniel sut off before half track and Pelle didn't move for an age and then idled along the track. 15:45 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Jöran Persåker no time, bye; Timo Lehtimäki 21.0120/35.47, Micke Kågered 4.4257/301.68; Stefan Gunnarsson 4.5961/272.31, Bjorn Mårtensson 5.9997/184.68; Duncan Micallef 10.5783/129.90, Liam Jones 11.5790/121.92; Antti Horto 12.5728/76.85, Anita Mäkelä 3.9052/496.78 Jöran's first outing in the Monica Öberg Racing dragster. Nicely-controlled burnout, but then befor reversing both chutes popped out and fell to the track. Then, as the crew rushed to stop him, Jöran got reverse and backed over the chutes. Crew got to him moments later and signalled him to shut off. Engine note of Timo's dragster dropped to a groan in the burnout but can't have been an issue as it kept running and Timo was quickly back at the start line. Yimo's tyres up in smoke at the hit and a ball of flame, 1.2572 to sixty already off the gas. Micke to sixty in 0.8703, 330 feet in 2.2296/292.84 then towards the eighth smoke and a flash of flame from the motor, 3.2698/355.50 at the eighth and off the gas by then. Stefan to sixty in 0.8841 to Björn's 0.9150, Stefan with a solid 330 foot 2.2334/302.18, Björ;n's motor sounded to be misfiring at 330 feet, got there in 2.4278/227.66, Stefan was off the gas before the eighth 3.3181/319.91, Björn also long off the gas and to the eighth in 4.0560/208.66. Instant tyre smoke for both Duncan and Liam, for the record their sixties were 1.2854 and 1.1743 respectively, both off the gas by then. A quick shove by Anita's crew to send her back towards the start line after the burnout. Antti's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.0443 to sixty getting off the pedal by then. Fantastic run for Anita! 0.8474 to sixty, 2.1956/305.60 (189.89 mph) at 330 feet, all candles lit, slight drift left but had it covered, 3.1273/442.26 (274.81 mph) at the eighth, drove it out the back door. Picture-perfect, text book Top Fuel run. Terminal speed equates to 308.68 mph. Qualifying after this session:
15:20 Pro Modified licencing Marcus Perman 6.3343/348.61 bye
Per Magnusson 9.1090/223.88 bye
15:15 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Lars Järpler 6.3799/360.24, Olof Andersson no time DQ; Peter Kunc 7.5674/222.04, Matts Logren 7.1885/310.70; Rolf Simonsson 6.9791/307.87, Marco Maurischat 6.9695/365.36; Micke Johansson shut off, Michael Joneskog 6.3681/388.77 bye; Roger Johansson 8.9487/208.82, Andreas Arthursson 6.1089/365.61; Håkan Persson 6.1367/387.37, Åke Persson 10.3082/142.63; Bruno Bader 7.3918/253.52, Norbert Kuno 11.3264/141.03; Freddy Fagerström 6.3587/380.01, Kim Kristiansen 6.1068/376.68; Jan Ericsson 5.9362/393.01, David Vegter 5.9410/386.54; Jimmy Ålund 5.9023/390.74, Micke Gullqvist 12.2506/148.76 Olof rolled out of stage. Lars to sixty in 0.1101, no shake to speak of, 4.1917/290.01 at the eighth, good baseline. Peter lost fire before his burnout, high-rev on-the-limiter burnout for Mats whilst Peter re-started. Brief out of shape burnout for Peter. Peter to sixty in 1.0422, Mats in 1.1243 with shake. Peter off the gas past the eighth 4.4697/248.39, Matts ahead at the eighth 4.6468/248.85. High-rev burnout for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, those high-rev burnouts always sound ragged. Rolf to sixty in 1.1297, Marco in 1.1269 with shake and an audible feather of the throttle. 4.6208/272.31 to the eighth for Rolf, 4.7313/269.73 for Marco, Marco briefly close to the centre line. Micke J shut off before pulling forward for his burnout, pushed back to the pits. Michael to sixty in 1.1414, drove through shake, 4.3232/303.71 at the eighth, straight as you like down the middle of the lane in the second half. 1.0913 to sixty for Roger then shake and a pedal, 1.0266 for Andreas then lost traction and pedalled for some considerable time before wellying it again. 4,0634/304.23 at the eighth for Andreas, 5.6559/210.04 for Roger back on the gas but a lot of time lost. Next up a pair of Perssons. Håkan to sixty in 1.0884, 1.0472 for Åke but the Camaro was starting to move determinedly left, actually touched the centre line with the rear left slick and shut off. Håkan to the eighth in 4.0831/305.95, storming second eighth. Instant shake for Norbert and Bruno, Norbert off the gas at sixty 1.1833 and idled through. Brunto to sixty in 1.1842 with shake, several pedals as the Vette headed left and Bruno was not getting off it for anything, 4.7830/277.07 at the eighth and then shut it off after the thousand getting close to the guardrail. Freddy announced his presence with the usual 300-foot burnout. Shake for Freddy, 1.0331 to sixty, of course no pedal just tried to drive through it. 1.0232 to sixty for Kim, 4.0261/301.68 at the eighth ahead of Freddy who had lost time to shake 4.2641/298.01. Great match between Jan and David! Jan to sixty in 1.0184 with a little shake but drove through it, David to sixty 1.0059, his car moved a little left but no dramas. Storming eighth for David 3.8998/309.81 although Jan wasn't hanging about at the eighth 3.9216/311.60. New PBs and first five for Jan, well done Jan and team! Some moppery by the track crew in Jan's lane, nothing seriousinitially but then the tractor called out to sled the lane. Big shake for Micke G, 1.0331 to sixty already shaking to bug... er, high heaven, shut it off and idled along the track. 0.9891 to sixty for Jimmy, no shake to speak of. Storming eighth 3.8804/312.68 at the eighth, into #1. Qualifying after this session:
14:30 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Johnny Oksa 5.8715/406.63, Linn Engan Karlsen 10.6929/117.67 DQ; Ari Pietilä 5.7639/408.47, Micke Larsson 21.1387/61.44; Sandro Bellio 6.0514/388.49, Jonny Lagg 14.3109/120.05; Dennis Habermann 5.3437/437.96, Timo Habermann 8.3746/188.55 Linn's FC drifted left during the burnout, close to the centre line, not any kind of problem save not being able to use those tracks on the run. Linn's crew seemed to have problems getting the car to move before staging, a few pushes and shoves but got there eventually. Johnny now getting tuning advive from Johnnie Lindberg. Johnny to sixty in 0.9799, a pedal for shake, Linn to sixty in 1.0493 then shut it off before the eighth. Johnny to the eighth in 3.9356/325.50, Linn off the gas by then 5.2257/150.75. No burnout for Micke, almost as if a throttle restraint was in place. Ari's car was bouncing into the burnout and the tyres didn't really light. 1.0228 to sixty for Ari, 3.8226/322.97 at the eighth. Micke's car crept off the line, again as if there was a clip on the throttle. Jonny's tyres up in smoke at the hit, off the gas and idled through. 1.0736 to sixty for Sandro, shake and a pedal, 4.1380/331.29 at the eighth, visibly accelerating hard in the second half. 0.9262 to sixty for Dennis, Timo's tyres up in smoke but still 1.1437 to sixty, the briefest of pedals, back on the gas but then off it before the eighth. Dennis to the eighth in 3.5353/348.84, smoke from the motor on the stripe, shutdown area checked and all OK. Linn's run subsequently DQ'd as the FC was underweight. Qualifying after this session:
14:15 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Hannu Kalliomaki 7.8546/220.59 bye; Tommy Leindahl 6.7995/323.35, Sampsa Palos 11.8324/118.29; Christian Sagelv 6.7897/315.79, Magnus Pettersson 6.7010/330.48; Jimmy Ålund 25.8419/54.12, Thomas Lindström 6.6330/335.40; Michael Malmgren 6.5986/333.33, Bengt Ljungdahl 6.5415/339.62; Robin Norén 28.6339/37.71, Stefan Ernryd no time DQ 1.1377 to sixty for Hannu then shake, a pedal, 4.9376/251.40 at the eighth close to the centre line, car started making moves as Hannu pulled it back towards the centre of the lane, got off it and put the chutes out. Tommy to sixty in 1.0039, Sampsa in 0.9953 and then off the gas before 330 feet, maybe a planned launch. The back end of Tommy's car was twitching a little before the eighth 4.3586/259.49 but no worries and he drove it all the way through. Christian to sixty in 1.0332, Magnus in 0.9919, small shake for Christian and to the eighth in 4.3753/263.41 , Magnus with the better eighth 4.2983/262.90. Christian's car was getting close to the left guardrail and he shut it off and put the chutes out right on the stripe. Back end of Jimmy's car jumped up at the hit, motor zinged, car turned right, Jimmy off the gas. Great run for Thomas whose car looks great in its new colours. 1.0137 to sixty, 4.2813/268.92 at the eighth, drifted a little left but had it covered. Great match betwen Michael and Bengt! Michael to sixty in 0.9952 to Bengt's 0.9912, sounded from here as if Michael had a little shake, car moved left a little, Michael to the eighth in 4.2506/269.60 but Bengt with the edge at the eighth 4.2079/271.22. Violent shale for both Robin and Stefan, Stefan's car turned right, both off the gas within a second. Both rolled down track, Stefan crossed lanes to make the emergency exit so not only did he not get a time but his run will be DQ'd. Qualifying after this session:
13:45 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Bo Thorselius shut off, bye; Kenneth Holmberg 8.3466/264.97, Thomas Lysebraate Olsen 7.4863/295.57 Bo was signalled to shut off after his burnout. 0.0088 RT for Kenneth, 1.2257 to sixty, 1.2543 for Thomas with smoke from the motor. Kenneth with a bit of a rough ride towards the eighth 5.3547/211.27, Thomas visibly ahead at the eighth 4.8517/243.90, Kenneth off the gas before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
13:40 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Hans Olav Olstad 6.3199/351.79 bye; vesa Lipponen shut off (bye); Marcus Christiansen 6.5651/349.97, Per Bengtsson 13.3571/87.29; Torsti Kettula 7.4323/257.76, Kristin Hegre 16.7256/124.62; Anders Hörnström 9.5611/159.86, Lasse Leponiemi 6.6623/307.87; Teemu Kettula shut off, Svein Olav Rolfstad shut off; Samu Kemppainen 9.8016/176.76, Roman Sixta 7.5451/300.00 Fantastic opener for Hans Olav! 1.1664 to sixty, 2.9118/258.00 at 330 feet and 4.2239/310.52 at the eighth, straight down the middle of the lane, clean run with no dramas. Speed equates to 218.59 mph. PB, congratulations Hans Olav and team! Vesa on one of Jaska Salakari's bikes fired up the motor but never took the bike off its stand, shut off and went back to the pits. You are not seeing things, that is Per riding The Beast, our best wishes to Tommy Grimes who has had to step off the bike due to health issues. 1.1891 to sixty for Marcus, 4.3204/283.91 at the eighth. Per to sixty in 1.1311, started to roll off the throttle then a bang from the motor, put the chute out. Small pieces being picked up off the track hopefully just a burst panel. Kristin pretty much idled it down the track, no visible problems. 1.2127 to sixty for Torsti, 4.7260/262.26 at the eighth, a new PB to boot. Well done Torsti and team! Anders to sixty in 1.1647, the bike trying to buck him off and he had to shut off in a big yellow nitro haze. 1.1853 to sixty for Lasse, 4.3991/256.41 at the eighth. New PB for Lasse I believe, well done Lasse and team! Both Teemu and Svein Olav shut off before staging. Samu's slick up in smoke at the hit, had to get off the gas and back on, then shut it off in the second hald. Roman to sixty in 1.2100, 4.8821/232.96 at the eighth, rolled off the throttle before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
13:25 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Peter Andersson no time (red light), Rikard Gustafsson 6.1728/334.37; Thomas Pettersson 9.1182/155.53, Sverre Dahl 5.9266/337.29 1.1200 to sixty for Rikard, 2.7786/235.81 at 330 feet, 4.0611/312.68 at the eighth, off the gas after the thousand. New PB for Sverre, 1.0558 to sixty, 2.6312/251.98 at 330 feet, 3.8662/322.20 at the eighth. Bike headed right towards the stripe but Sverre had it covered, congratulations Sverre and team on the new PB! Qualifying after this session:
13:15 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Street Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Arvid Gerdtsson 8.5261/203.47, Alex Hope no time (motor stopped off the line); Kimmo Pulakka no time rolled through stage, Bianca Nilsson 8.7664/227.85; Mark Hope 7.6325/304.57, Micke Ölen 8.0015/296.38; Mathias Bohlin 8.1455/187.96 bye; Ida Zetterström 11.9616/98.56, Robert Nilsson 7.5660/308.57; Roberth Häggblom 7.7622/287.39 bye, Björn Fristrom did not start; Kim Hilander 12.6006/152.24, Vesa Ruhanen 7.2194/319.72; Anders Blanck 7.4284/310.84, Anders Blanck 7.4284/310.84, Mogens Lund 8.2442/168.70 Qualifying after this session:
13:00 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 7 Åke Hedberg (11.00) with an improvement, 10.5422 but stayed #29. Timo Eronen (9.30) with an 8.7578 good for #27. Björn Bondesson (11.25) with a 10.2498 good for #9, in the other lane Theodor Brand (12.00) with 10.9983 good for #8. Next improvement Jörgen Lindgren (12.55) with a 12.3732 for #32. Track prep up next then the first Pro qualifying session, EDRS Pro Nordic Super Street Bike to open the show. 12:50 Super Comp qualifying session 7 Leif Andersson up to #2 with an 8.9098 in the third pair. Next pair and another improvement for Micke Nilsson, 8.9927 good for #6. I thought we would stop here and go into the Pro session scheduled for 12:50 but we have Stock/Super Stock here, excellent! 12:40 Super Street qualifying session 7 Spectacular 10.3502 breakout for Ulf Axelsson in the last run of the session. Super Gas qualifying session 7 9.9292 for Stefan Fallkvist in the first pair moved him up to #4. Paired 9.88 breakouts, 9.8867 and 9.8844, for Christer Uhlin and Håkan Mattsson. All qualifiers are in the 9.9s. 12:25 Junior Dragster qualifying session 7 Stine Aune Hasselvold with a 0.0084 in the first pair moved up to #5, now six qualified in the 0.00s and twenty five of twenty seven in the 0.0s. Riina Raussi up from #9 to #8 at 0.0117. Marcus Andersson next up the ladder, #9 at 0.0135. Next pair and Celina Hanssen up to #8 in the Funny Car, 0.0109. Niklas Larsson with a 0.0317 up to #20 from #22. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 7 No changes to the standings in this session. Hold for track prep. 12:10 Street qualifying session 6 First pair and Terje Sætherhaug up to #5 with an 8.6563. Two pairs later Torbjörn Israelsson left before the lights ran so no time. Next pair and a breakout for Jörgen Holmgren, 8.5647. Kim Petersson with an 8.5872 breakout in the last pair. On to qualifying cycle 7. 12:05 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 6 Second pair and side by side breakouts for Iiro Reinola 9.4073 and Jani Blom 9.4622, Jani riding out a wheelie. No changes to the standings in this session. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 6 8.9572 for Peter Östlund in the first pair good for #10, in the other lane Emil Östlund stopped off the line. Next bye and 8.5392 for Peter Rundström put him #4. Running ahead of time so Street Q6 brought forward. 11:55 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 6 First pair and Krister Adeen (7.23) with a 6.6151 on a previous best of 6.6154, how about that. In the other lane Roger Forsström got out of shape and shut off. Next pair and an improvement for Bjørn Johansen (7.50), 7.1248 good for #12. Next pair and two improvements, Gideon Liljegren (7.85) with a 7.2828 good for #10 and Lasse Britsmar (7.90) with a 7.2630 good for #7, very happy team. Stefan Persson's dragster was pushed away before the final pair ran, improvement for Jens Zimmermann (7.85) 7.4753 which was good for #14. Timing crew here doing a great job of multi-tasking, lunching on meatballs and running the timing. 11:45 Pro Street qualifying session 6 200-foot burnout by Daniel Hållestam in the first pair. Shut off at half track on the run itself, in the other lane Peter Trång moved up to #9 at 7.6454. Second burnout at the hit for Christer Åberg, in the other lane Roger Kullander edged out of stage as the lights ran. 7.5488 breakout for #1 qualifier Lars Berglund next pair. Big sigh of relief for Anna Knutes' crew as she moves off the bump to #7 at 7.6372. Breakout for Mats Lusth in the other lane at 7.5345. Bump spot at that point 7.7715. Next pair and a breakout for Johan Källberg 7.5798, Christian Kongshem left before the lights ran. Seppo Raussi with a 7.6336 up a spot to #6. Alexandra Wingård rolled through stage next pair. Odd Roar Øgård improved still further to 7.6421, took a slightly long way round too so more to come, #9 at that point. Next pair and Anders Back lost not far out, idled along the track. Last pair and Micke Norén left before the lights ran. 11:20 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 6 Jonas Bengtsson (11.00) improved still further with an 9.9899 good for #5 and extra points for a superb wheelie even by Stock/Super Stock standards. Jimmy Arvidsson (10.95) with a 10.4112 good for #27. 12.4103 improvement for Jörgen Lindgren (12.55) but stayed #32. Björn Bondesson (11.25) with another improvement, 10.2499 for #7. Next up the ladder Uffe Edwardsson (11.25) with a 10.2481 good for #7. Tomas Westberg with problems off the line, idled along the track, in the other lane Timo Eronen sounded to be on and off the gas in the second half. Last pair and an improvement for Markus Svensson (11.80), #29 spot with an 11.3776. Hold for a sweep and spray of the track. 11:10 Super Comp qualifying session 6 8.9287 for Johanna Granholm close to her 8.9261 best. Deep Stage foul for Thomas Hauge in the other lane. Matilda Sjöström-Andersson consolidated #1 with an 8.9032, in the other lane Micke Nilsson into the 8.9s at 8.9356. 8.9140 for Siri Johansen good for #4. Eight of ten now in the 8.9s. 11:00 Super Street qualifying session 6 Mika Ström with a 10.9680 in the first pair, good for #5. Next pair and another improvement for Jonas Larsson, 10.9567 for #5. Uffe Lundgren with a 10.9062 in the left lane and Åke Tornqvist with a 10.9132 in the right lane up to #1 and #2 respectively. Super Gas qualifying session 6 9.9096 for Patrick Wickman in the penultimate pair earned him # spot. Last run of a session and a 9.7832 breakout for Måten Johansson in the diesel Cadillac. 10:50 Simon has posted a set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. 10:40 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 6 Again no changes to the standings in this session. Junior Dragster qualifying session 6 Lina Andersson with a 0.0078 in the second pair good for #3 spot. That made four qualifiers in the 0.00s. Move from #24 to #21 for Marcus Andersson with a 0.0580. Nelly Ericsson 0.0036 for Nelly Ericsson good for a move from #23 to #2. Next pair and a0.0245 improvement for Pontus Söderlund but stayed #11. Riina Raussi next up the ladder, from #16 up to #8 with a 0.0169. An RT of 0.0990 now buys you #25 of 27. Hold to groom the track. 10:25 Super Gas Bike qualifying session 5 9.5540 for #1 qualifier Jani Blom, in the other lane Ellen Ødegaard edged out of stage. Jami Oksanen with a 9.4218 breakout next pair. Iiro Reinola with a 9.5632, good practice for eliminations. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 5 Peter Rundström with an 8.4003 breakout in the first pair, Peter Svensson edged out of stage as the lights ran. Tomas Jonsson with an 8.7065 moved up to #6, in the other lane Ulf Fridolfsson rode out a big wheelie losing ET. Breakout 8.4834 for Anders Gerdtsson, in the other lane a big wheelie for Peter Östlund and bodywork came off the bike as it landed. Emil Östlund drifting for the centre line, had to feather the throttle. Into qualifying cycle 6. 10:20 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 5 Big improvement for Roger Forsström (8.06) in the first pair, 7.2594 good for #3. Screaming motor and pedal for Bjørn Johansen in the other lane, shut it off. Improvement for Mats Lundkvist (7.85), shot off the line as if fired from a gun and never looked back, 7.1899 and #5. Improvement also for Jens Zimmermann (7.85), his 7.7347 in the Jaguar good for #13. Greetings to Kristian Veedler in Estonia, you will be pleased to hear of a big improvement for Viljar Mäsepp (7.32) with a 7.1801 which was good for #14. In the other lane an improvement too for Lasse Britsmar (7.90) with a 7.3142 and #9 spot. Problems for Jim Bergström not far out, put the chutes out at 300 feet. Angelica Bäckman (7.61) with an 8.1361 after problems yesterday will give the team something upon which to build. In the other lane Krister Adeen (7.23) took a trip all over his lane, the Volvo moving left and right, then a puff of smoke in the second half. Track checked and all OK. Big step right at the hit for Jens Eklund's Audi, puff of smoke and shut it off by the Tree. 10:05 Pro Street qualifying session 5 First pair and a squeaker 7.5995 breakout for Peter Trång, but a worse day for Jens Lönngren whose trailer-bound 7.4885 renders him, as Colin Theobald once memorably said, available in the pits for autographs. Breakout Day continues with a 7.5660 for Felix Nilsson. Johan Källberg with a 7.6376 into #6, 7.7715 improvement for Pelle Arvidsson in the other lane good for #14. Michael Maderer joining the breakouts with a 7.5034, 0.0035 seconds from an early ferry ticket. Preben Bærentzen next under index with a 7.5192. Christer Åberg with turning tyres and screaming motor, a pedal then off he went, big improvement to 8.5854. Magnus Lidberg with problems off the line pulled over to the guardrail at the eighth. On the restart a big improvement for Odd Roar Øgard, 7.6435 good for #7, but in the other lane Peter Nordlund's 7.4925 in the big Starliner puts him on the trailer for the rest of the weekend. Micke Norén's Demon made a violent move left and right, Micke kept a hold of it. In the other lane Seppo Raussi up to #6 at 7.6369. Next card-carrying member of the Breakout Club Anna Knutes with a 7.5389, still sits on the bump with her 7.8020, in the other lane an improved 7.8341 for Roger Kullander but just outside the field at #18. Double-step off the line for Anders Back next pair. #2 qualifier Pär Norgren closed the session with a bye, 7.6942. 09:45 Street qualifying session 5 Gideon Liljegren into this session still under index. 9.7325 did the job and Gideon moved up from #14 to #8. Next pair and a 8.7348 for Mauritz Rådberg good for #9. Sami Holm up to #2 with a great 8.6179. Quick mop of the start line in Sami's lane. Daniel Alfredsson's bonnet left his BMW at half track, achieved an impressive altitude before returning to Earth without hitting any of the timing reflectors. Terje Sætherhaug with an 8.5944 breakout, the Firebird moving left and right in the second half and a feather of the throttle just before the stripe. Last pair and Rolf Berglund took #1 with an 8.6019. 09:30 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 5 First pair and a 10.3883 for Fredrik Frisberg (11.00) on a previous best of 10.3837, pretty consistent. 10.0008 for Jonas Bengtsson (11.00) good for #5 next pair. Åke Hedberg (11.00) with a 10.5833 took #28. #29 for Jimmy Arvidsson (10.95) with a 10.5392. Improvement for Krister Fogelin (10.95), a 10.0987 good for #15. Tomas Kaakinen (10.00) with a slight improvement to 9.4031, good for #24. Next pair and a squeaker -0.0078 RT for Carla Pittau (11.55) but improvement to 10.6065, in the other lane Ari Körkkö (10.05) with a 9.9046 moved up to #5. 10.9893 for Vilma Palasmaa (11.55) held #25. 11.1946 for Tomas Westberg (12.15) good for #10 and 10.2668 for Uffe Edwardsson (11.25) good for #8. 09:20 Super Comp qualifying session 5 8.9348 in the first session good for #3 for Siri Johansen. Nice run for Muchelle Rosander in the 1970s Pro Fueller, 8.9533 good for #4. 0.0091 RT for Leif Andersson next pair and an 8.9508 for #5, in the other lane Matilda Sjöström-Andersson took over #1 at 8.9074. Next pair and 8.9107 earned Kristina Hägglund Nygren #3 spot. 09:10 Super Street qualifying session 5 10.2926 for Jonas Larsson in the first pair, the air is good then. Next pair and some consternation around Uffe Lundgren's Camaro before staging but all OK, certainly OK as a 10.9240 was good for #2 spot and Uffe was in fact the only racer not to break out in this session. Super Gas qualifying session 5 Great 9.9776 for Måten Johansson in the diesel Cadillac, good for #6. We never saw Annica Larsson in the other lane. Three racers did not break out in this session. 09:05 Junior Dragster qualifying session 5 Squeaker -0.0092 RT for Leevi Kortelainen in the first pair. Ole Kristoffer Steen Aas - that's two people isn't it? - up to #18 next pair at 0.0640. Lina Andersson also there in the squeaker stakes at -0.0040. Victor Helander next up the ladder, #23 at 0.0990. Next pair and Steine Aune Hassevold up from #21 to #15 at 0.0343. 0.0226 for Wilma Andersson moved her up to #6. Final run and 0.0309 moved Rina Raussi up to #15, on a bye as Hanna Kongshem's dragster was pushed away. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 5 No changes to the standings in this session. 07:40 Good morning and welcome from Tierp Arena for our coverage of the Tierp Internationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. It is again a nice day here; sun and high cloud and right now no breeze. Race officials have already inspected the track and spraying is underway now. A big Good Morning to the Eurodragsterholics, and a big Thank You for your support. If you are tuned in from your day jobs again today then please be careful not to get yourselves fired for reading our reports. The plan for today's coverage is the usual real-time reports throughout the day, Simon's pit notes updated throughout the day, and a photo gallery at the end of the day courtesy of our good friends Lena Perés and Remco Scheelings. As you can see, and as is usual for our coverage at Tierp Arena, we are using the popular split screen format for our reports showing our commentaries on one side and results, courtesy of Time-Tree, on the other. For Sportsman classes we will concentrate on the commentaries to add colour to the standings at right but Pro classes will receive the usual full treatment. Yesterday's gallery was posted quite late in the evening but if you have not already seen it then you can check it out via the Event Index. Again thank you to Remco and Lena for the free use of their cameras' memory cards. Nitroz TV and Tierp Arena are broadcasting free Web TV from this event. Broadcast is scheduled to commence at 09:00 local each day, and will continue so long as the track is open. You can find a direct link to the Web TV on the Event Index page. You can check out today's provisional running order via the Event Index; thanks to Marie Selander for passing it on to us. The running order today has two cycles of Sportsman qualifying then EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Q1 at 12:50, FIA classes Q1 at 13:50, another cycle of Sportsman qualifying, then Pros Q2 starting with the bikes at 16:50. Junior Dragsters have been called to the lanes for 08:50 and I suspect that we will stop for nothing. Stay tuned and keep hitting Refresh and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll start to bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |