Remco Scheelings
American dream comes true for Kalle Lyrén
As the 2014 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, Kalle Lyrén expected to have a fair chance to go for a second consecutive title. But 2015 was not his season, and after engine problems at Alastaro, the Veidec rider had to give up his championship dreams. But now, long after the European season is over, the biggest dream of the young Swedish rider is about to come true, as he will travel to the States to take part in the last two races of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in Las Vegas and Pomona. Continue reading
EDRS Pro Nordic MC riders make some extra (quarter) miles
With their season in the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship just finished, four regular competitors took the opportunity to make some extra runs and travelled all the way to England for the European Finals, the last round of the FIM Europe Drag Bike European Championship. Robert Karlsson, the 2015 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, and Kenneth Holmberg were both successful semi-final finishes. Continue reading
Robert Karlsson, Samu Kemppainen and Björn Friström clinch the 2015 EDRS Pro Nordic MC titles in a historic Scandinavian Internationals
With the Scandinavian Internationals, the 2015 EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship got the final it could only have dreamed of. In Pro Stock Motorcycle it was a historic race with three riders breaking into the 6 second zone, and two of them even running a string of 6-second passes. In a great side-by-side final, Fredrik Fredlund defeated new crowned EDRS champion Robert Karlsson. In Super Twin Motorcycle Samu Kemppainen was not as dominant as earlier this season, but still the Finn won his third consecutive EDRS Pro Nordic MC race, and with it the title. In Super Street Bike, Richard Stubbins from England was in a class of his own and took the win, but with a semi-final finish, Björn Friström extended his EDRS title. Continue reading