Tierp Arena, 15th-18th June 2023
Coverage in memory of Arnie Kuhns and Steve Moxley
Friday
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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. 19:25 Competition Eliminator qualifying session 7 Krister Adeen 6,4654/352.02 up from #5 to #3 and two hundredths off his PB, v birthday boy Bernd Rudolph improved in #16. Improvements also for Robert Arthursson (7.0475) and Jens Zimmermann (7.4474) in #13 and #11. Gideon Liljegren ran his first six 6.9987 to improve from #4 to #2. Angelica Backman ran a 6.9414 to improve massively from #10 to #2. Johan Pripp improved to 7.0539 in #9. Friday qualifying as at 19:25 can be seen at this link (click for full size image on PCs). That's the end of qualifying for today, come back later for our gallery thanks to Patrik with additional photos from Lena Perés. Super Pro ET qualifying session 7 Niklas Larsson moved up from #8 to #5, Amanda Sjöström Andersson up from #13 to #10, Wilma Andersson up one place to #6, Johanna Granholm up from #2 to #1. Ulf Rapp improved but remained in #17. Isaac Lagg improved but remained in #12. Pro ET qualifying session 7 John Thide improved but stayed in #11. No changes to the order. Pro Street 7.60 qualifying session 7 Alexandra Wingĺrd improved up from #11 to #7, Mauritz Rĺdberg up from #19 to #14, bumping out Pelle Arvidsson. 18:35 FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 2 Stig Neergaard 4.0857/432.35 (0.8862 to 60ft and 3.2466/419.91 to the eighth) v Antti Horto 4.8207/247.93 (0.8772 to 60ft and 3.4027/285.11 to half track). Good run for Stig, on the throttle longer but no sign of damage from either. Ida Zetterström 4.6906/258.00 ( 0.8595 to 60ft and 3.3322/299.50 to the eighth, some smoke after shutting off) v Susanne Callin 4.194/337.08 (0.8696 to 60ft and 3.1630/397.94 to the eighth). Track data before Q2 can be seen at this link (pdf format). Qualifying after this session:
18:25 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 Mats Eriksson 11.7446/65.12 (0.9674 60ft) revs up past 60ft with wheelspin and lifted. Olof Andersson 16.7638/72.39 v Micke Johansson 14.8578/75.67, both spun the tyres at the hit and lifted, nevertheless an improvement for Olof and a time on the boards for Micke. Marcus Perman 15.7604/67.71 car made a move to the right at 100ft and he lifted v Ĺke Persson 7.3049/274.81 kept on it despite moving around to get a time. Make no mistake, this is being a tricky track for Pro Mods. Andreas Sjödin 7.8036/196.58 v Michel Tooren 6.0077/394,45, nice run for Michel 0.9955 to 60ft and 3.9904/310.17 to half track, into #1 for Michel. Andres Arnover 6.2207/388.21 (0.9996 60ft) v Jimmy Alund 6.0874/380.55 (0.9968 60ft). It is now looking like a tuners' game. Jan Ericsson 12,4577/37.78 DQ crossed centre line v Andreas Arthursson 5.8563/389.05. Nice run for Andreas but all eyes on Jan whose Camaro made a big move to the right, got into a pendulum and tagged the left wall before half track with the rear quarter which sent the car over to the right wall, Jan narrowly missing it and going back into the left lane. Jan got the chutes out and stopped in the shutdown area. Andreas's incrementals 0.9971 and 3.8979/324.71. Fredrik Fagerström 10,0475/134.26 (got close to the centre line, a panel flew off the car and lifted v Michael Gullqvist 7.9471/184.55 (aggressive 0.977 60ft and then moved around his lane and lifted). No change in position for Micke. Roger Johansson 6.0273/356.44 (1,0119 60ft) v Bruno Bader 5.9553/381.63 (0.9767) both well controlled runs, Roger to the left of his left lane, Bruno making an aggressive launch work. Marck Harteveld 8,6501/170.51 went to the left of his lane, moved around and lifted v Stian Rusĺnes 6.3000/353.87 (1.0162 60ft, a full run but possibly backing off too much on the tune). Qualifying after this session:
17:50 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 2 Tony Bryntesson 5.5033/418.93, Tony needed help to reduce revs to get into reverse gear but a decent run from then on. Jonny Lagg 14.1614/119.10 up in smoke off the start line. Sandro Bellio 12.1507/110.75 v Silvio Strauch stopped on track, both lifted after 60ft, we are guessing tyre shake, but something must have been mechanically wrong with Silvio's dragster and he needed to be towed off. Linn Engan Flřysvik stopped on track (up in smoke at the start, came to a halt just before the finish line v Johnny Oksa 5.5484/418.60. Johnny up to #1. Qualifying after this session:
17:30 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 Tommy Leindahl 6.9420/319.91 (1.0518 60ft), Christian Sagelv 7.6079/203.16, very close to the left wall and got loose v Lasse Britsmar 9.9458/144.77. Simon Ekengren 7,1891/228,23, chutes out at 1000ft v Magnus Petersson 10.9362/119.15, aggressive 0.9788 60ft and then tyre shake we surmise and he lifted. Stefan Ernryd 6.7635/327.87 v Michael Malmgren 6.6543/332.72 still wayward in his lane but moved up from #6 to #2. Jimmy Ĺlund 6.5856/339.62 v Robin Norén 6.6948/328.67 nice straight runs, Robin up from #5 to #3. Qualifying after this session:
17:15 FIM-E Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 René Van Den Berg 6.3503/329.87, nice straight pass but seemed to run out of gearing at the end. Jan Sturla Hegre 6.7722/262.90 v Sverre Dahl 6.7436/258.74, both shut off early. Thomas Pettersson 7.9140/230.97 Eric Richard 6.6149/328.47, Mike Olie 7.1028/304.57. Neil Midgley 5.9613/326.48 (0.9768 to 60ft and 3,8519/320.47 to half track) v Rikard Gustafsson 6.1291/371.13 (1.0718 to 60ft and 4.0700/307.17 to half track). Qualifying after this session:
17:05 FIM-E Super Twin Bike qualifying session 2 Samu Kemppainen 6.6663/336.24, John Rolfstad 8.3298/210.77, one cylinder out most of the way as the bike laboured down the track v Julia Wagner 15.8709/74.19. Roman Sixta 11,0289/142.14 leant over by the wall for much of the run v Frank Aaslund 7.6722/267.72, Frank on a blown Rolfstad team bike. Greger Johansson 7.7953/231.56 with some odd tapping noises from the engine idling and on the run. Martijn De Haas 7.0907/305.95 v Harri Piensalmi 7.1191/243.68. Per Bengtsson NTR, timed out for not staging in time but made a good looking pass anyway v Marko Lantto 7.3664/253.76. Marcus Christiansen 7.1735/227.08 shut off early v Vesa Lipponen 6.8971/305.6 despite smoke out of the right side of the engine at half track. Qualifying after this session:
16:50 FIM-E Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 Aswin Le Noble 9.0184/241.61, Bertrand Maurice 7.6675/278.06 Joerg Lymant 8.1695/255.20 Qualifying after this session:
FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 2 Wille Skinnars 8.1551/288.15, Margot Schmidt pushed back when bike would not go into gear. Mathias Bohlin 6.9436/337.50 Clemens Walleit 7.6532/320.28, Mogens Lund 34.4208/27.31 v Ross Morrison 7.5602/314.69, Krisztián Jász 9.3386/295.89 v Dániel Donát Lencsés 6.9924/347.27, Alan Morrison Jnr 6.8127/352.48 v Peter Östlund 8.3956/196.86 Qualifying after this session:
Street 8.60 qualifying session 7 Improvement for Andreas Ruud, up one place to #6. Patrik Wickman also improved, up a spot to #4. Kert Orusaar ran 8.461. 16:20 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 7 Bo Nylund improved in #16, Jimmy Arvidsson moved up a place to #25. Short pause for clean-up in Timo Eeronen's lane. Hans Nilsson improved but remained in 28th and last place. Nic Williams last to run in the category in the COPO Camaro, 8.1855/268.52 kept in the groove. Super Comp qualifying session 7 Mikael Nilsson ran 8.8279, #1 of 1. Super Gas qualifying session 7 Annica Larsson and Håkan Mattson both improved and Annica moved up from #4 to #2, Håkan is in #4 Super Street qualifying session 7 No changes in the order. Junior Dragster qualifying session 7 No changes in the order. 15:50 Pro Comp Bike qualifying session 7 Tony Andersson improved with 7.6230 but stayed in #2. No time again for Theodor Vik who then came to a halt at half track and was towed off. Friday qualifying as at 15:25 can be seen at this link (click for full size image on PCs). Super Comp Bike qualifying session 7 Tomas Jonsson improved but stayed in #2. No changes in the order. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 7 No changes in the order. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 7 No changes in the order. 15:30 Top Doorslammer qualifying session 4 Both Stefan Jansson in #2 and Anders Edh in #1 had to lift with wheelspin after the launch. Anders Vanhatalo improved to 4,4233/230.18 and moved up a place to #4. Mike Reymond went from #7 to #2 with 4,1038 and Jesper Stenberg improved with 4.5721 but remained in #6. Final pair Jim Bergström up one place to #6 with 4.534 and Hannu Flink with 4.1947 went up one place to #3. Competition Eliminator qualifying session 6 Lars-georg Johansson improved to 8,7071 i. the new '34 Ford altered but stayed in #15 as Robert Arthursson went back to a troubled run in the screaming 2JZ Camaro. Krister Adeen lifted after getting sideways in #5 as Bernd Rudolph left early in #16. Nice 7.1s for both Gideon Liljegren and Nick Jensen but no improvement and remain in #3 and #2 respectively. Jens Zimmerman improved with 7.4536 in #10. Angelica Bäckman moved up one spot to #10 with a 7.4005 in her B/D. 15:05 Super Pro ET qualifying session 6 Franz Aschenbrenner up from #10 to #5, Kristoffer Nordström up from #18 to #11. Thorbjorn Back pushed back. Pro ET qualifying session 6 John Thidé improved but stayed in #11, and Martin Larsson and Anders Larsson did too but remained in #2 and #4 respectively. Pro Street 7.60 qualifying session 6 Emil Johansson improved but stayed in #14, Dennis Andersson up from #17 to #12. Mauritz Radberg improved but still in #19 out of the 16 car ladder, Svend Holst up from #18 to #11. Pär Norgren up from #12 to #3 much to the delight of Christer Abrahamsson in the commentary booth. Preben Bćrentzen improved but stayed in #5. Joakim Andersson up from #17 to #7. Spread between #1 and #16 is 0.0555! 14:20 FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 1 Antti Horto's crew struggled to get the engine started, Stig's crew waited as long as possible and then burned out at which point Antti's engine started, and he did a short burnout with Stig waiting before the line with engine at high idle. Stig lost traction at 60ft and lifted, coming to a rest short of the 1000ft finish line. Antti lifted at about 330ft after a 0,8779 60ft and 4,1282/190.01 to the eighth to record 6.2204/169.01. Susanne Callin 4,6339/266.80 v Ida Zetterström 4.8419/236.95, Susanne 0.8731 and 3,3288/313.59 to the eighth; Ida, quicker to 60ft 0.8645 and 3.3792/281.69 to the eighth, both lifted with tyre shake after 330ft with no visible mechanical problems. Timo Lehtimäki's TIL team reported they had been delayed by 24 hours in making the journey however they are now at the track and preparing. Qualifying after this session:
Track data as at 11:53 can be seen at this link (pdf format). 14:05 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 Andreas Sjödin 10.4052/127.15 checkout/licencing pass (1.0706 to 60ft). Jimmy Alund 12.9676/95.88, car got loose and made a move to the right after 60ft and Jimmy lifted. Micke Johansson (Daytona) DNS (shut down after burnout) v Olof Andersson ('57 Chevy) 46.9578/12.96 spun wheels off line to 1.4092 60ft and lifted. Ĺke Persson DNS (pushed back after burnout) v Roger Johansson 6.372/324.52 (car went slightly to left, Roger pedaled to keep it in the groove). Stian Rusĺnes 6.2536/358.09 (1.0216 to 60ft, 4.0709/297.19 to half track) v Marcus Perman 20,8261/43.00. Andreas Arthursson 10.2900/132.84 (car got loose after 1,0252 60ft) Fredrik Fagerström 6,4756/361,2 Michael Gullqvist 8.4088/179.10 (car got loose before 330ft and lifted) v Marck Harteveld 6.0791/386.27 (1.0303 to 60ft and 4.025/307.87, nice baseline run). Mats Eriksson stopped on track (revs rose, ran a few feet with no momentum and Mats shut off). David Vegter 6.0553/390.17 into #1 (double step launch 1,1432 60ft and 4.0579/314.87) v Andres Arnover 9.5624/166.36 (1.0536 60ft and then got loose and lifted). Michel Tooren DNS, pushed back before starting and then towed away. Clean up in David's lane. Thanks to Dick Koster who later reported that David burned the transmission due to the extremely long wheelie adjustment for Anders. It didn’t shift so in the end it broke a connecting rod and will change the engine for tomorrow. Final pair Bruno Bader 6,7404/356.20 (pedal at 60ft), great to see Bruno back after a scrape with the wall at the Main Event v Jan Ericsson 8.778/168.43 (got loose and pedaled at 330ft). Bruno drove through some residue from the cleanup, creating a cloud but no visible problems. Qualifying after this session:
13:15 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 1 Johnny Oksa (TMFC) 5.7636/386.27 (great first pass for some time, slight pause on shift into top gear). Tony Bryntesson towed away before starting. Jonny Lagg (TMD) NTR (left before tree ran) v Sandro Bellio (TMFC) 5,8468/331.09. Silvio Strauch (TMD) 12.1865/96.17 v Linn Engan Flřysvik (TMFC) 5.6442/410.02 (0.9791 to 60ft and 3.7051/331.90 to half track) Qualifying after this session:
13:05 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 Tommy Leindahl DNS (fired up, fluid found on track, pushed back). Lasse Britsmar DNS (burned out, engine stopped, pushed back). Christian Sagelv DNS (pushed back before firing engine). Magnus Petersson broke on track (2.325 60ft) v Simon Ekengren 6.7386/335.61. Robin Norén 6.8027/315.97 v Stefan Ernryd 6.7083/332.51. Michael Malmgren 7.4191/327.07 ( 1,5385 60ft) v Jimmy Ĺlund 6.5894/340.05 (1.0010 60ft and 4.2472/269.60 to half track). Qualifying after this session:
12:40 FIM-E Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 Jan Sturla Hegre DNS (engine started, didn't sound right, pushed back). Mikko Rajaniemi 6.2291/314.87 (a tenth away from his PB) v Mike Olie 7.1374/306.99. Thomas Pettersson DNS (engine started, engine stopped, pushed back). Eric Richard 6.9884/263.03 v René Van Den Berg 6.3585/290.79 DQ (660ft and 1000ft blocks dislodged). Rikard Gustafsson 6.0508/370.37 (1.0745 to 60ft and 4.0124/311.60 to half track) v Neil Midgley 6.1054/324.52 (1.0142 and 3.9419/319.72 to half track). Nicely controlled passes in a repeat of the Main Event final, without the pedalfest. Qualifying after this session:
12:25 FIM-E Super Twin Bike qualifying session 1 Frank Aaslund licensing pass 8.1197/273.56, Marko Lantto 6.9349/300.17 new PB on ET by half a second, well done Marko! v Per Bengtsson 6.7771/264.32 into #1. Juha Hintukainen 8.0655/259.74 v Roman Sixta 27.9375/26.53, Roman reported clutch pressure issues yesterday in his fire-up. Harri Piensalmi 7.5171/208.33 with chute deployed, Julia Wagner 11.8734/98.29 v Greger Johansson 7.4907/265.01. Samu Kemppainen NTR Samu went down track but moved before the tree ran v Martijn De Haas 6.8899/318.02 into #2. Vesa Lipponen 6.5964/315.79 v Marcus Christiansen 6.3957/352.48 (1.1396 60ft and 4.2144/293kph to half track) Qualifying after this session:
12:10 FIM-E Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 Bertrand Maurice 7.3653/290.95 v Aswin Le Noble 9.3949/243,57, Joerg Lymant had trouble getting his Buell started, two attempts and then ran 7.9992/263.29 Qualifying after this session:
FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 1 Wille Skinnars licensing pass NTR, Dag Wagenius 8.752/199.93 v Margot Schmidt NTR, Clemens Walleit 7.7194/305.78 Krisztián Jász 7.5203/318.40, Peter Östlund 7.1474/312.68 v Mogens Lund 8.7734/159.39 Ross Morrison 7.3837/290.01 v Mathias Bohlin NTR, Dániel Donát Lencsés 7.2406/335.16 v Alan Morrison Jnr 6.9815/336.87 Qualifying after this session:
11:45 Street 8.60 qualifying session 6 Sami Holm in #4 pushed back after a stage foul. Andreas Ruud into #7 on his first timed pass. No other changes. Friday qualifying as at 11:14 can be seen at this link (click for full size image on PCs). 11:30 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 6 Improvement for Matthias Munter but stayed in #25. Erik Phersson improved but stayed in #19. Johan Stam improved but stayed in #18. Not many improvements in this session, the humidity level going up as well as the temperature. Rick Mccann improved marginally (9.8660) but stayed in #22. Nic Williams in the FS/AA COPO Camaro ran 8.1536 to again improve in #1. Hans Nilsson improved but stayed in #28 and final place. Super Comp qualifying session 6 Mikael Nilsson the sole competitor, 8.9408 the first time he was the right side of the index in 3 attempts. Super Gas qualifying session 6 No improvements or changes in position in this session Super Street qualifying session 6 Perfect reaction 0.0000 for Christer Gustafsson in #3, well done Christer! Peter Nilsson up from #4 to #2. 11:10 Junior Dragster qualifying session 6 -0,0005 red light for Almathea Granholm in #2, Assai Lathi up from #6 to #2, Lina Andersson up from #5 to #1 with a 0.0127 RT. Pro Comp Bike qualifying session 6 Improvements for Tony Andersson 7.6639 in #2 and Vitalii Melnyk 7.8667 stayed in #3. First run for Theodor Vik, no time as he left before the tree ran. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 6 Improvement for Bo Thorselius but remained in #12, Andreas Damberg up from #10 to #8, Robert Nygren 8.1819 in #7, Super Gas Bike qualifying session 6 Improvement for Magnus Pollack in #2 and Anders Östby in #5. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 6 6.1813 run for Ole Kristoffer Steen Aas, not sure about the index rules. 10:40 Top Doorslammer qualifying session 3 Lars Sjöholm up one place to #6 but 8.3351 indicating still major launch problems. Mike Reymond 8 (changed from Pro Modified due to not being able to obtain a compliant trans shield) went sideways at 60ft and up from #8 to #5 despite a below par 7.1096. Track inspection ensued. Pro Mod refugee Jesper Stenberg up from #8 to #4 with 4.5721 v Jim Bergström 4.7582 but stayed in #6. #1 qualifier Anders Edh did not appear in this session. Competition Eliminator qualifying session 5 Robert Arthursson up from #13 to #11 with 7.3525, still struggled to launch but the 2JZ engine in his Camaro (yes) came on like a train down the track. Jens Zimmermann's Camaro 7.9987, no improvement in #10. Nick Jensen up from #2 to #1 Krister Adeen up from #6 to #3 with a great 6.4993, close to his best with the Volvo powered S60. Lars-georg Johansson's new build '34 Ford pushed back as Johan Pripp in his B/D slingshot ran 7.1154 and went up from #12 to #7. Max Hoffbrandt up from #6 to #4 (7.0566) Gideon Liljegren up from #9 to #3 (7.0358). Angelica Bäckman (B/D) up from #16 to #11 (7.4388) Robin Sattler (F/D) up from #2 to #1 (8.8705). Great performance! Super Pro ET qualifying session 5 Mikael Nilsson 7.6401 best of the weekend .so far but remained in #9. Other times improved but resulted in breakouts. First run of the event for Kristoffer Nordström in his Trans Am, into #18 with a 7.3836 on 7.42 dial. Leif Andersson improved to 7.1930, stayed in #4, Amanda Sjöström-andersson up from #15 to #12. 10:10 Pro ET qualifying session 5 Hans Nielsen in a Ford Maverick up from #10 to #8, Mikael Kallin up from #5 to #2, Peter Häggström with a big wheelstand just caught it before it steered over the centre line at 60ft, followed by track inspection. Pro Street 7.60 qualifying session 5 Pelle Arvidsson up from #15 to 12, Emil Johansson up from #17 to #13. Angelica Larsson in #3 broke out by 0.02, lovely paint job on her Camaro. Asseri Mikkola from Finland up one place to #5, Jan Fricke Fredriksson up three places to #6, Trond Nordby in his beautiful Mercury 'Lead Sled' up from #2 to #1 with a 7.6016, see yesterday's gallery for photos of this show quality machine. Lars Berglund up from 14 to #10. Some breakouts, if you go quicker than 7.50 you go home but fortunately none did. Renate Rosén Skinne got a second chance after the car failed to start, broke out by 0.01. 09:40 Street 8.60 qualifying session 5 Magnus Johansson improved but stayed in #6. Sven-olov Aringskog improved but stayed in #7, smoke from his engine on the run. Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 5 First run for Thomas Strand in his Pontiac Lemans 72 into #8 with 10.7241. Johan Stam improved but stayed in #17. Iiro Mikkola in #19 definitely a higher altitude wheelstand Camaro. Bo Nylund up from #21 to #16. Jonas Bengtsson improved but stayed in #5. Rick Mccann told us he had moved weight around to avoid the huge wheelies and stabilise the car, but no improvement for him in #22. Per Fagerström improved but stayed in #15. Mathias Färm in his high altitude Mustang improved but stayed in #6. Anders Lindh in #23 another wheelie specialist. Nic Williams in the COPO Camaro improved to 8.1826 to consolidate his #1 position. Markus Svensson went up from #17 to #14. Hans Nilsson improved but stayed in Super Comp qualifying session 5 Only double classing Mikael Larsson in competition, and was then pushed back with a sick sounding engine. Super Gas qualifying session 5 First run of the event for former Santa Pod visitor Christer Uhlin from Norway in his usual Fairlane into #9. Super Street qualifying session 5 Christer Gustafsson improved to 10.9418 but stayed in #2. Peter Nilsson improved to 10,9245, up to #2 for him. 09:15 Junior Dragster qualifying session 5 Almathea Granholm improved but stayed in #2, -0,0004 red for Kevin Granholm. Milton Blomberg ran 17.4 after his earlier 16.95, he will be getting a big head start in eliminations. Pro Comp Bike qualifying session 5 Vitalii Melnyk improved to 7.9377 in #4. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 5 Samuel Rundström up from #3 to #1 in the first pair, Robert Nygren verging on naughtiness with a 8,0611, Mats Damberg left early so no time for him. Emil Östlund and Tomas Jonsson had side by side 8.53s up to #3 and #3 respectively. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 5 Anders Östby improved but stayed in #4, Mikkel Jensen up from #3 to #1. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 5 Indy Lyrén in the qualifying list at #4 with 0.2091 RT (EDRS JDB qualifying is on reaction time). Improvement for Figge Lundin but stays in #3. The concept of running a PSB in JDB realised by Norwegian Ole Kristoffer Steen Aas, stayed in #2. 08:30 Good morning and welcome to day 2 of our coverage of the FIA/FIM-E Tierp Internationals from Tierp Arena. The weather is again warm with just a few wispy clouds in the sky. The temperature is currently 18C forecast to rise to 27C with neglible 7mph wind from the north east. The density altitude thanks to airdensityonline.com is currently around 1000ft forecast to rise to 1700ft. Yesterday was sportsman qualifying and, whilst a few had problems, the fields were tight and some ran close to their best. Pro Street was particularly outstanding with a 0.0923 spread between #1 and #16. There were also some superb runs in Stock/Super Stock with Williams Bros Racing coming out on top with a -1.2047 on index in the COPO Camaro by Nic Williams. Whilst the team made the first two sessions, routine maintenance meant we didn't see them later in the day, but they are ready. Hi also to the Brit teams who showed their hospitality to us, Neil Midgley's Cannon Racing Top Fuel Bike team, Carla Pittau and Rick McCann as well. Commiserations to those who had problems, particularly to Pro Street racers Krister Åberg and Birgitta Lindström whose show quality cars had a coming together in the shutdown area, also Comp Eliminator racer Juho Yijälä-räty who had oil under his tyres and contacted the wall after the finish line. Today's plan is for two more sessions of Sportsman qualifying and pro Qualifying at 11:50 and 15:30 CET (deduct an hour for BST). Hi to our colleagues Julian and Diana at Santa Pod on day 1 of Street Weekend, and to former editor Tog who will be travelling to Melbourne today. As we mentioned yesterday all three races we are covering this weekend will be in memory of SFI founder Arnie Kuhns and photojournalist Steve Moxley. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |