No blower but A-Fuel for Staflund Racing
After their 2025 debut in the FIA European Top Methanol Drag Racing Championship, Hampus Staflund and his team Staflund Racing decided to try something completely different. “Go big or go home.” When you do the same as your competitors, you will not be faster, is a common saying. “A-Fuel Funny Car in Europe — yes, the time has come for Staflund Racing to begin an exciting journey to figure out the right combination here in Europe,” said the driver of the Staflund Racing Funny Car about their brave choice.
Continue readingCrane Warpspeeds into the 6.1s, looks forward to Funnybike prospects in 2026
Coming off the back of a second place finish in the FIM-E Top Fuel Bike points in 2025 thanks in part to an event win at the Hockenheimring’s NitrOlympX, Stuart Crane underlined his status as the quickest funnybike rider in Europe with a 6.1722/221.46 at Santa Pod at the season ending Euro Finals. During a bit of down time in between production runs for new and refined products at the Warpspeed Racing headquarters in rural Norfolk, we caught up with Stuart to find out a bit about thoughts on 2025, working with a widespread network of racers and some highly debated news emerging from the FIM-E for 2026.
Continue reading2026 FIA European Drag Racing Championship calendar approved
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has approved the calendar for the 2026 FIA European Drag Racing Championship. The three familiar venues, Santa Pod Raceway, Tierp Arena and Hockenheim are set to play host to the four-event FIA European Drag Racing Championship campaign.
Continue readingJake Mechaell looks back on 2025 and plots 2026 title defence
Twice runner-up, Jake Mechaell stepped up to run the full FIM-E Super Street Bike championship in 2025 and delivered the title for the JKE team by a mere point at season’s end (the top three in class being separated by less than an elimination round in the final tally). Mechaell also added a second ACU UK domestic class title during the course of the year having racked up the miles in testing and competition. We caught up with the second generation racer (father Clive being a long time stalwart of UK drag racing, most notably in the Fuel Altered ranks) during the off season for his reflections and future thoughts.
Continue readingTina Høst Nedregård’s craziest season yet
To say that Tina Høst Nedregård’s 2025 season was a rollercoaster, is an understatement. From winning a race and leading the championship, to a destroyed dragster a few seconds later, and to see the season come to an early end, to a comeback only a few weeks later, 2025 had it all. The driver of the Jedborn Motorsport and Dave Wilson Racing A-Fuel dragsters looks back on a far from boring season, with in the end a rumour about 2026.
Continue readingJere Rantaniemi doubles up with second consecutive FIA European Pro Mod title
After winning his first FIA European Pro Modified Championship in 2024, Jere Rantaniemi did it all over again this season to claim his second consecutive title in the most international and largest class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. After a yearlong battle with Marck Harteveld, the Finn finished on top and with two race wins out of four races, it was a well-deserved title. Time to look back with the champion on a tough but also great season.
Continue readingHead reflects, skips 2026, and looks to 2027
Bradley Head has been testing the FIM-E Super Street Bike water over the past two years as part of the JKE RaceWorks collective. While results haven’t quite gone to plan, Head has had a lot of quality experience on the European tour. Planning on stepping back next season, Head is looking to upgrade his Hayabusa significantly with the aiming of resuming competition in the toughest class in FIM-E racing in 2027.
Continue readingAn even better end to an already great 2025 season for Pro Dutch Racing
Michel Tooren and his team, Pro Dutch Racing, concluded their already great 2025 season with several great performances. With advancing to the semifinals of the European Finals at Santa Pod Raceway, Tooren secured the fourth position in the final standings of the FIA European Pro Modified Championship. Two weeks later, during the National Finals at the same English track, Tooren reset his personal best for the third time this season, now to 5.8089 seconds. In the eliminations, Tooren in the Pro Dutch Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 finished in the runner-up spot and secured the second position in the Motorsport UK Pro Modified Championship. There’s hardly any better motivation to work towards an even more successful 2026.
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