Tierp Arena, 10th-13th August 2023
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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 return to the Event Index. Round three in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at Tierp Arena will be broadcast live from the Swedish Automobile Sport Federation web page svenskbilsporttv.se for only SEK 99/month (roughly €10) The broadcast from Tierp International's start Saturday and Sunday 08:50 local time With a Svensk Bilsport-subscription you get access to all broadcasts all year round for only SEK 99/month (roughly €10). The sum is deducted monthly for as long as you want to watch. The binding period is one month at a time. Go to this link. Latest KEG measurements: 08:55. and 15:49. 20:10 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 Peter Kunc 9.5930/193.34 v Micke Johansson 7.0395/273.83, neither in the ladder for tomorrow's eliminations and moving around the track in their attempt to qualify. Jere Rantaniemi 7.0415/284.66 v Jesper Stenberg 43.1692/18.04 coasted through. Andreas Sjödin 17.2145/98.52, spun tyres on launch. Jimmy Alund 6.3514/344.17 1.1093 60ft v Andreas Arthursson 5.9244/363.39, 0.9844 to 60ft and 3.8958/317.09 to half track, cloud of smoke at the end but Andreas slowed it fine. Patrik Wikström now on the outside looking in. Marcus Perman, now on the bump spot, 7.7598/201.49 lifted after 330ft v Olof Andersson 17.1562/47.77. Michel Tooren 6.0099/392.16 improvement (1.0528 and 3.9823/310.7) v Bruno Bader 8.1199/185.82. Fredrik Fagerström 6.2474/362.42, impressively straight, v Marck Harteveld 11.7045/88.76, lost traction at 300ft and lifted. Stian Rusånes 8.5167/174.87 with a pedal v Åke Persson NTR, the closest we have ever seen to a race car pirouette as Åke got into a wiggle just after 330ft, crossed lanes and back, then spun around 360 degrees a couple of times in the centre of the track coming to a halt at 1000ft. If there weren't fluids spilt it said a lot about the racing surface in the cold damp air and Roger Johansson decided to return to the pits without running. On hold once again for light rain. In view of the dampness in the atmosphere the rest of today's action has been cancelled and above runs annulled. Thanks for looking in, come back later for our galleries from Kieran and Lena: Provisional final qualifying:
19:10 Competition Eliminator qualifying session 3 Robert Arthursson in the 2JZ Camaro improved to 7.4692 in #10 as Max Hoffbrandt ran 7.0912/312.4 and stayed in #2. Krister Adeen (Volvo S60) ran an outstanding 6.3826/343.51 new PB ET (1.0206 60ft) to go up from #4 to #2 v Michael Westberg 8.0035/239.04 who stayed in #12. Niklas Heikkilä (GTO) 6.9034/319.53 improved in #5. Next a pair of classics, Lars-Georg Johansson's '34 Ford 8.4379/157.85 and Stefan Winter's gull wing Mercedes,7.8595/282.28, neither improvements but hugely entertaining, Lars-Georg holding onto it with a major wiggle and chute out early to calm it down. Another break for clean-up in Lars-Georg's lane and to secure a broken window in the tower (not your reporter's but he wondered why everyone was looking up in that direction) Pär Eriksson 7.1345/329.07 v Matti Rajamäki 9.4069/199.12 to remain in #6 and #8 positions. 17:50 Super Pro ET qualifying session 3 Johanna Granholm up from #10 to #8, Thomas Hauge up from #8 to #6. More drizzle, stay tuned. On the restart, Mikael Nilsson up from #7 to #5, Mikael the sole racer that double classes in Scandinavia. Bjørn Romøren-hultberg up from #9 to #4. 16:40 Pro ET qualifying session 3 Anders Larsson from #7 up to #2, first run for Jimmy Larsson into #12, Jesse Herranen up one spot to #10, Ilkka Junnila up from #2 to #1, Fredrik Seth up from #10 to #4. 16:35 Street qualifying session 3 Jan Hallman broke out and remained in #14 in the ladder. Martin Häggström up from #6 to #3, Lars Erik Persson up from #13 to #3, then in the next pair Sven-olov Aringskog took a close look at the centre line, then made a sudden move to the right but kept it out of trouble. Nice wheelie from Mikael Svensson but a 9.1 didn't help his position, Magnus Johansson in the other lane went up from #5 to #2.
16:25 Pro Street qualifying session 3 Odd-roar Øgård in #16 pushed away from the starting area, he is vulnerable to Fredrik Gravningen and Mikael Modin, also to Alexandra Wingård but her first run put her into #18. Ossi Oikarinen up from #6 to #3 with 7.6093. Lars Berglund up one spot to #8, Fredrik Gravningen's truck burned out to half track and reversed rapidly against Billy Gane, new PB 7.6154/288.31, well done Billy, to move him up from #7 to #4, as Fredrik failed to improve. First run for Gustaf Norman (Corvette) 8.1161/272.18 placed him in #19 and outside the 16 car ladder. 16:05 Top Doorslammer qualifying session 3 Anders Edh 4.1642/253.76 to go from #8 to #1, Jim Bergström 4.466/205.71 bumped out in #9 v Benny Strand 4.4400/208.17 from #9 to #7. Tommy Abrahamsson 5.451/215.31 v Stefan Jansson 4.1770/256.65 up from #6 to #2. More spots of rain, stay tuned. Lars Sjöholm burnout to 330ft to cheer the vociferous crowd, then 4.2971/274.11 with a pop and flash of flame after 330ft v Jan Brännvall 4.1965/274.53 up two spots to #3. Kenneth Lingvald 4.5939/202.55 v Hannu Flink 4.0341/294.44 up from #5 to #1 in the final pair. 15:35 Funny Car exhibition pass Patrik Pers (Speedghost 2019 DSR chassis and body) 5.6034/212.35 (0.9119 and 3.9204/235.91), great sounding launch, instant pedal just past 60ft and kept on until the eighth. We look forward to seeing Patrik over in the UK at the Euro Finals which the team will make a decision on after this weekend. 15:25 FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 3 Officially Q3 although no-one showed for Q2. Stig Neergaard 7.5491/135.41 (0.9256 to 60ft after which he was off the throttle and 5.0549/163.83 coasting to the eighth). Timo Lehtimäki 4.3295/419.25 (0.9204 and 3.4404/389.89) v Susanne Callin 4.5334/279.94 (0.8839 and 3.2786/323.35) off the throttle before the eighth. Ida Zetterström 6.5330/160.62 (0.8657 and 4.3106/176.07) v Antti Horto 5.3457/205.87 (0.8617 and 3.6534/241.72), both off the throttle before the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
15:05 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 Magnus Petersson 25.6147/49.35, spun tyres on launch and idled down the track, similar to his two previous efforts but got a time this session to enter the last chance saloon. Robin Norén 6.7491/332.72 v Stefan Ernryd 6.6840/336.03 (1.0135 and 4.3167/266.67), big improvement for Stefan with Ian Hart on the team here. Michael Malmgren 7.7225/279.94 spun tyres on launch v Simon Ekengren 6.7466/323.16 drew an S on track but stayed with it. Lasse Britsmar 7.5382/224.91, 0.9923 to 60ft, correcting after drifting towards the centre line and the car making a hard move back to the right at half track v Christian Sagelv pushed back before staging. Jimmy Ålund 6.6169/341.12 v Tommy Leindahl NTR Tommy didn't appear to move but must have done and no time for him. Another quick, undramatic run for Jimmy. Qualifying after this session:
13:35 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 3 Sandro Bellio 6.3841/260.49, 1.0354 launch and 3.8516/309.99 to half track, lifted at 1000ft; car moved down the track without too much sign of traction issues. Then Silvio Strauch 5.5429/413.16 improvement (0.9206 to 60ft and 3.6450/333.95) v Tony Bryntesson 5.4092/425.20 (0.9283 to 60ft and 3.5895/352.94 to half track), a nice pair of runs, consistent although Tony's early incrementals were an improvement on his previous 5.39 run. We have posted an updated running order in which the fourth Pro session is cancelled. Top Fuel dragster is still scheduled to run twice today. Tina Høst Nedregård 5.2959/425.20 (0.9400 to 60ft and 3.5285/364.62) v Linn Engan Fløysvik 5.7217/401.79 (1.0323 to 60ft and 3.8062/330.48). Impressive runs and very consistent. Qualifying after this session:
13:25 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 Olof Andersson v Jere Rantaniemi long burnout, fast reversing a la Freddy, Olof kept waiting and shut off with a leak, Jere launched, went to the right and pedaled to 8.0631/287.85 improvement (1.0052 to 60ft). Micke Johansson 9.4956/218.98 (1.1577 to 60ft and then got close to the wall and pedaled) v Peter Kunc pushed back. Patrik Wikström 6.4180/336.66 (1.0265 to 60ft and 4.2132/287.85, car moving round his lane but he kept a handle on it). Andreas Arthursson 11.6617/115.36 (1.0051 to 60ft) v Mats Eriksson 6.0939/389.33 improvement (1.0400 to 60ft), both cars moving around an evidently cold track. Marck Harteveld 5.9872/392.16 (1.0172 to 60ft) v Marcus Perman 6.4159/365.36 (1.0260 to 60ft) both improved but Marck stayed in position. Roger Johansson 5.9429/377.62 (0.9875 to 60ft) improvement and black smoke out of the headers following a healthy nitrous purge v Andreas Sjödin 8.8877/166.10, 0.9793 to 60ft and then close to the centre line and lifted. Bruno Bader 6.1610/374.22 improvement with 1.0291 to 60ft v Jimmy Alund 11.5738/102.53, Jimmy's car moving around and off the throttle after 330ft. Jesper Stenberg 22.7104/43.26, lifted after tyre shake v Fredrik Fagerström 6.4022/260.87 chutes out early after 0.9912 launch. Åke Persson 5.9514/395.31 improvement but remained in position v Stian Rusånes 6.6893/353.63 after going right and then a pedal. Michael Gullqvist 10.8951/113.52 v Jan Ericsson 7.3839/214.37, both got into tyre shake, Micke's car went towards the wall and he lifted, Jan on it for a little longer. Andres Arnover 7.3422/228.33 v David Vegter 8.4446/176.30, both getting into tyre shake and lifting at around 330ft. Michel Tooren a no-show for this round after getting on two wheels and coming down with a crash yesterday in Q2. Qualifying after this session:
13:35 FIM-E Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 Sverre Dahl crpssed the centre line just after 330ft after a 1.0704 launch, NTR. Thomas Pettersson 6.1828/NS v Mikko Rajaniemi 6.1566/344.17, great pass but Mikko dislodged the final reflector with Thomas behind him and likely that both runs will be DQ'd. Kari Rautanen 6.8877/323.55, smooth run after 1.1579 launch on his turbo machine. Rikard Gustafsson 6.0212/396.18 (1.0742 and 4.0278/314.14 incrementals) v Rene van den Berg 11.3121/119.39 whose bike slowed in the first half with tyrespin. Qualifying after this session:
13:20 FIM-E Super Twin Bike qualifying session 3 Chris van Nimmen 7.5977/289.08 improvement v John Rolfstad 7.3634/268.39 improvement and new PB, well done John! Ismo Mäenpää 8.1066/224.16 improvement v Svein Olav Rolfstad 9.2632/178.28, Frank Aaslund started but the engine didn't sound happy so shut off, Julia Wagner 8.9612/159.57 v Martijn de Haas NTR left before tree ran and dislodged eighth mile reflectors. Harri Piensalmi 7.5189/274.53 v Elmeri Salakari 7.6007/232.26 (1.0709 60ft) improvement, Mwarko Lantto 10.4159/136.16 (lifted after 330ft) as Anders Hörnström pushed away with an engine problem after starting. Samu Kemppainen 6.7067/343.07 (1.1757 60ft) improvement v Roman Sixta pushed back before staging. Vesa Lipponen broke on track (engine explosion at 60ft) v Greger Johansson 9.5561/172.03. Marcus Christiansen, Per Bengtssson and Erling Opheim didn't appear in this session. Qualifying after this session:
13:00 FIM-E Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 Bertrand Maurice 18.5586/58.79, Martin Newbury 9.2768/173.35 v Timo Savolainen NTR broke on track. Theodor Vik 7.9516/239.15 (first seven for Theodor, well done!), Aswin le Noble NTR v Joerg Lymant 30.8549/33.43 broke on track. Qualifying after this session:
12:50 FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 Dániel Donát Lencsés 6.7666/362.17 to #1 (1.2218 to 60ft and 4.5605/281.40 to half track) v Peter Rundström 8.0982/296.54, Erich Gruber 8.8763/166.82 v Wille Skinnars 8.0256/296.70, Roberth Häggblom 8.4397/ 253.16 v Ricardo Grauer 7.7410/304.74, Clemens Walleit a smoky 9.1528/175.15 v Ross Morrison 12.2768/100.41, sub-par run for Ross, hope all is well mechanically. Track check in Clemens' lane. Dag Wagenius 8.6490/290.32 v Margot Schmidt 10.2684/140.92, Peter Östlund 7.1518/322.97 improvement and new PB on speed v Alan Morrison Jnr 12.1953/112.99, Mogens Lund 7.1719/332.72 v Mathias Bohlin 15.1979/68.44. Qualifying after this session:
11:50 Super Comp qualifying session 3 Leif Andersson up one spot to #2. The brand new build Bantam roadster of Thomas Lindblad pushed back, carbureted E85 fuelled SBC with Powerglide setup, neat looking. Next is FIM-E qualifying. 11:45 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 3 Theodor Brandt in at #15 in his first pass. Erik Phersson up one spot to #18. Rick McCann ran 9.7302 went up one spot to #21. Thomas Strand up from #35 to #3. Amanda Holmqvist up a spot to #25. Johan Bäcklund up two spots to #25.Arto Sulopuisto up one spot to #13, cloud of smoke from Hans Nilsson's Chevelle which came to a halt in the shut down area and track checked. Cleanup called in Hans' lane. We are now on hold for sprinkles of rain. stay tuned. On the restart the pattern of a couple of hundredths improvement for many and position changes for a few continued. More halt for sprinkles, then Björn Bondesson had a massive wheelie in the last couple of pairs, to wake him and the substantial crowd up. Super Gas qualifying session 3 The first two pairs all broke out, plus several subsequently. Stefan Andersson up from #10 to #1 with 9.9095. Erik Jansson up from #9 to #3. Super Street qualifying session 3 Mikael Kallin up from #9 to #7, Lars-Erik Jonsson up from #10 to #4, 09:20 Junior Dragster qualifying session 3 Kevin Granholm up from #8 to #5. A car stranded at the finish line, two quads descended on it from both ends of the track to provide assistance. Linus Leander up from #16 to #14. Julian Guttzeit up from #5 to #2. 0.0780 RT for Liam MacDonald who remains in #1. Gerard Romero into #7 on his first timed run. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 3 Tomas Jonsson up one spot to #5. Andreas Damberg improved but stayed in position. Emil Östlund up from #5 to #2. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 3 Some smoke at the top end from Rasmus Östlund's bike and cleanup was called. Tori Jolmqvist up one place to #8 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 3 Indy Lyrén first to run, 0.3149 RT into #3. Ole Kristoffer Steen Aas ran a startling 6.1595/180.3 but no improvement in RT. Jone Holm into #1 with an excellent 0.0028 08:45 Good morning and welcome to day 3 of our coverage of the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals from Tierp Arena. The weather is dry with cloud and temperature of 15C forecast to rise to 21C and wind 11mph from the south. Atmospheric conditions are density altitude currently 420ft and rising through the afternoon to 1800ft. Water grains are a high 60 rising to 85 in late afternoon, so less oxygen than yesterday. Yesterday had a number of incidents and we wish speedy recoveries to all those who suffered damage. In particular, Neil Midgley was in hospital overnight and we send our best wishes. We also commiserate to those who suffered contact with the wall, we hope Johnny Oksa and Sandro Bellio's cars are repairable to enable them to continue. Today's packed plan which you can see via our event index includes the final round of sportsman qualifying and first round of eliminations for them, plus two qualifying rounds for FIA and FIM-E classes. We will be starting very shortly. Thanks to all those who were kind enough to get in touch with messages and comments on our coverage, all are very much appreciated. Mike Kraaij has been looking up PBs in FIA and FIM-E classes, also thanks to others who have commented. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |