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Organizers meeting at Marma Gård in Sweden
This weekend almost all organizers in EDRS meet up at Marma Gård just outside Uppsala in Sweden, where Speedgroups headquarter now is located.
Jr dragster driver first to get a NHRA license outside USA
Petteri Liimatainen, 16 years old from Finland, finished his junior career with a 3rd place in Central Division in the EDRS series last year, has now obtained his NHRA license. He attended Frank Hawley´s Drag Racing School´s 2-day Super Comp dragster class in Gainesville, Florida in March 2016. Thus, he became the first 16-year-old student from outside the USA to graduate the class and get the NHRA license.
EDRS promoted at a sunny motorevent in Gävle
EDRS Banquet invitation are now up and ready
Anita Mäkelä clinches the title in a semi-final Top Fuel thriller
Anita Mäkelä
For almost ten minutes Anita Mäkelä must have had the déjà vu feeling of losing the FIA European Top Fuel title in one of the last runs of the season. The Finnish championship leader was defeated in the semi-final by Duncan Micallef, and with a win over Micke Kågered in the second semi-final, Stig Neergaard would gain the 20 points he needed to clinch the 2016 FIA European Top Fuel title. But the Dane ran into problems, was defeated by the 2015 champion and so, to the big relief of the Finnish team, the 2016 FIA European Top Fuel title went to Mäkelä. Duncan Micallef made headlines with his stunning 3.89 second runs, and Kågered finished the season on a high with a European Finals win. Continue reading
A blue Camaro will wear the number 1, but which blue Camaro?
Jimmy Ålund
The 2016 Pro Stock season has certainly been a close fought race as we come into the finals at Santa Pod. Rain has affected a couple of the races this year resulting in cancellation of eliminations in Alastaro and reduced qualifying in Hockenheim and the first Tierp round. Points have been harder to come by for the main players. This has been the case across the board but we have still seen three winners before the finals. Continue reading
Michael Gullqvist, the winner takes it all
Mats Eriksson and Michael Gullqvist
The FIA European Pro Modified championship was decided in the best possible way, in a direct confrontation between the two remaining championship contenders, Michael Gullqvist and Bruno Bader. In the semi-final the Swedish champion leader defeated the Swiss number two, to claim his second consecutive title. As Gullqvist was the only driver to break the 6-second barrier, was by far the quickest driver of the event with 5.88 seconds, and defeated Mats Eriksson in the final, the Swede deserved to win the title. Continue reading
