2006 FIA European Finals
Sunday (eliminations)



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Håkan Nilsson briefly held the European ET record until Urs Erbacher took it away, but Håkan and the Veidec/Landmeco team took the Top Fuel title.

Roel Koedam rounded off his Top Fuel Bike career with the event win. Roel is moving to Supertwin in 2007.

This morning we held a minute's silence for the late Svein Gottenberg.

Roger Johansson told us that the tyre shake in his Pro Mod is not as bad as it looks from the outside.

Peter Schöfer took the event win but didn't quite make Low ET of the event which would have won him the Championship.

We guess that this group came to the race together.

Mats Eriksson's Crown Victoria redlit against Seppo Saapola in the Pro Mod semi-finals.

Leif Andréasson pulled a huge redlight and Ulf Leanders took the Championship.

Leif Helander's Starkotter in classic Fuel Funny Car pose.

The Veidec/Lendmeco Top Fuel team celebrated their Championship win all the way down the old fire-up road.

Champion Anders Abrahamsson won the all-Team Motospeed Pro Stock Bike final.

Jimmy Alund took the Championship and a holeshot win against Michael Malmgren in the Pro Stock final.

Anders Karling came in to the race with a chance of the Supertwin title but Ronny Aasen went all the way.

Urs Erbacher won the event and set new European Top Fuel ET and speed records.

Martin Newbury made it as far as the semis after taking the first round win against #1 qualifier Tom Tinndahn.

Rickard Persson ran his first six-second pass today, a 6.924 in the Popeye Top Methanol Dragster.

Richard Sundblom's Cobalt all ready for the joint weddings (see our pit notes for details).

Ronny Aasen took the Supertwin Championship in the semi-finals and then won the event.

Rikard Gustafsson won the Top Fuel Bike Championship on a 6.5-second Funny Bike.

Lex Joon made it to the semi-finals where he was beaten by event runner-up Håkan Nilsson.

Ulf Leanders took the European Championship in the semi-final race against Leif Andréasson.

Gordon Smith beat John Spuffard with a 5.935 in today's Fuel FC match race.

The England Supporters Club band tried to outdo the Top Fuellers.

Barry Giles took the Super Pro ET event win and made a move in the UK Championship.

Chris Isaacs wheelied away from an illegal deep stage in round 3 of Super Comp.

Stuart Morrice made the final of Super Gas and was event runner-up.

Bob Lees and Martyn Sanger contested the Super Street final, Bob won.

Ian Atkinson took the Pro ET event win against The Netherlands' Paul Vrind.

Geoff Cowley was a rookie at the start of this season and has now won three events.

Sweden's Jennifer Gustafsson went through a sizeable Junior Dragster field for the event win.


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