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Anita Mäkelä, Jonny Lagg, David Vegter and Jimmy Ålund leaders after the first day of qualifying at Kauhava
Anita Mäkelä raced to the provisional number one qualifying position in Top Fuel at the first day of qualifying for the FHRA Nitro Nationals, round three of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the brand new drag racing facility in Kauhava. With her elapsed time of 3.98 seconds, the reigning FIA European Top Fuel champion also recorded the first 3-second Top Fuel run in the history of Finnish drag racing. In Top Methanol Jonny Lagg is the leader after day one, while David Vegter stormed to a stunning 5.866 seconds in his first run on the new track to take the lead in Pro Modified. In Pro Stock championship leader Jimmy Ålund claimed the provisional number one qualifying position after two runs. Continue reading
EDRS Pro Nordic MC heads to Kauhava for the first time
After the season kick off at Tierp Arena, the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship travels to the brand new Kauhava track for round two of the championship. The Tierp Internationals were blessed with excellent racing and new European records in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, a promising prospect for some exciting action at Kauhava. With Filippos Papafilippou, Marcus Christiansen, Vesa Ruhanen, Kalle Lyrén, Rasmus Östlund and Trygve Kaerstad Helgerud as the leaders in their respective categories, the EDRS Pro Nordic MC has riders from five countries in the number one position. Three of them will defend their leading position in Finland, while the other three will see their pursuers close the gap or even take the lead. Continue reading
Inaugural FIA European Drag Racing Championship race at Kauhava
After two excellent races at Santa Pod Raceway and Tierp Arena, it’s already time for race number three of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, the FHRA Nitro Nationals at the brand new racetrack in Kauhava, Finland. In Top Fuel Anita Mäkelä won the first two races of the season, while Jimmy Ålund took both victories in Pro Stock, and so these two drivers have a reasonable margin to the numbers two in their respective categories. Jonny Lagg and Jan Ericsson travel to Finland as the leaders in Top Methanol and Pro Modified, but in these two categories the pursuers are not far behind. Continue reading
VP Racing Fuels at Kauhava
Message from contingency partner VP Racing Fuels
Specialty Engineering / VP Racing Fuels Finland will supply VP fuels to the Kauhava FIA race on July 5-7th. Please place your order at race(at)speceng.fi latest by July 2nd. Motorsport 109 and C85 fuels are available in 5 gallon pails and 15 gallon drums, M1 and M5 methanol in 5 gallon pails. Handy plastic 5 gallon VP fuel jugs for easy refuelling are also available. Please be sure to show the VP decals on your car/bike to be eligible for the contingency pay-outs, decals available at our ‘little fuel shop’ at track. See you at Kauhava !
Simo Patoharju,
SCE Engineering Oy, Jokisuuntie 3, FIN-00560 Helsinki, Finland
tel +358-440-705 835, www.speceng.fi
Anita Mäkelä, Jonny Lagg, Jan Ericsson and Jimmy Ålund winners at Tierp Internationals in Sweden
Anita Mäkelä from Finland raced to victory in the Top Fuel final of the Tierp Internationals, round two of the 2019 FIA European Drag Racing Championship at Tierp Arena, Sweden. The reigning champion defeated Micke Kågered. In Top Methanol Jonny Lagg defeated Silvio Strauch to take the win. In Pro Modified Jan Ericsson took the win over David Vegter, while in Pro Stock Jimmy Ålund defeating Michael Malmgren in the final. For Mäkelä and Ålund it was their second consecutive win as they both won the opening round in their category at Santa Pod as well. Continue reading
Filippos Papafilippou, Marcus Christiansen, Kalle Lyrén and Vesa Ruhanen winners at record setting opening round EDRS Pro Nordic MC at Tierp Arena
Filippos Papafilippou raced to victory in Top Fuel Motorcycle at a record setting season-opening round of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship at Tierp Arena. After resetting the European Top Fuel Motorcycle record to a great 5.783 seconds, the rider from Greece surprised Rikard Gustafsson in what looked like a lost final. In Super Twin Motorcycle reigning champion Marcus Christiansen started his title defense with a win in the final over Gert-Jan Laseur, while Kalle Lyrén reset the European record and defeated multiple European champion Fredrik Fredlund to take the win in Pro Stock Motorcycle. In Super Street Bike Vesa Ruhanen bounced back from the number five qualifying position to win the opening round of the championship. Continue reading
Liam Jones, Daniel Jedborn, Michael Malmgren and Andreas Arthursson number one qualifiers at Tierp Internationals
Liam Jones (Top Fuel), Daniel Jedborn (Top Methanol), Andreas Arthursson (Pro Modified) and Michael Malmgren (Pro Stock) claimed the number one qualifying positions at the Tierp Internationals at Tierp Arena and will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s eliminations at the second round of the 2019 FIA European Drag Racing Championship. Continue reading
Filippos Papafilippou, Marcus Christiansen, Kalle Lyrén and Mathias Bohlin number one qualifiers at EDRS Pro Nordic MC season-opener
Filippos Papafilippou (Top Fuel Motorcycle), Marcus Christiansen (Super Twin Motorcycle), Mathias Bohlin (Super Street Bike) and Kalle Lyrén (Pro Stock Motorcycle) claimed the number one qualifying positions at the Tierp Internationals at Tierp Arena and will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s eliminations at the season-opening round of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship. Continue reading
