Tommy Grimes  raced to the number one qualifying position in Super Twin Motorcycle at the first day of qualifying for the Dico Internationals, the fourth and final round of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship. The American rider stormed to a stunning 6.31 seconds in his second run of the day. In Top Fuel Motorcycle Sverre Dahl impressed with a 5.98 seconds elapsed time to claim the number one qualifying position. In Pro Stock Motorcycle Robert Karlsson stormed to the number one qualifying position, while in Super Street Bike Garry Bowe is the leader at Tierp Arena after two Friday qualifying runs and still two qualifying runs on Saturday to go. Continue reading →

Duncan Micallef from Malta raced to victory in the Top Fuel final of the NitrOlympX, round four of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the HockenheimRing, Germany. It was the third consecutive win for the driver from Malta this season. Micallef defeated Jndia Erbacher who advanced to the final in her first Top Fuel race ever. In Top Methanol home favourite Timo Habermann had a bye run in the final when Sandro Bellio suffered mechanical problems short before the start of the run. Reigning champion Michael Gullqvist was the winner in Pro Modified, while in Pro Stock Stefan Ernryd won his first FIA European Championship race after defeating championship leader Bengt Ljungdahl. Continue reading →

Liam Jones (Top Fuel), Timo Habermann (Top Methanol), Jimmy Ålund  (Pro Modified) and Bengt Ljungdahl (Pro Stock) claimed the number one qualifying positions at the NitrOlympX at the HockenheimRing and will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s eliminations at round four of the 2017 FIA European Drag Racing Championship. Continue reading →

Anita Mäkelä raced to the number one qualifying position in Top Fuel at the first day of qualifying for the NitrOlympX, round four of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the HockenheimRing. In Top Methanol Timo Habermann stormed to a stunning 5.30 seconds and is the provisional leader at his home track in Germany. In Pro Modified Jimmy Ålund was quickest and leads the field with two more qualifying sessions to go, while in Pro Stock Michael Malmgren is the surprise provisional leader. Continue reading →

First time winners, a triple winner, winners from the USA, Sweden and Norway, defeated favourites, a holeshot win in a final, and two 5.9-second runs in Top Fuel Motorcycle. The Drag Challenge at Gardermoen Raceway, round three of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship, was entertainment at its very best and got its revenge after last year’s rain out. All qualifying and eliminations results, and championship standings can be found on the Dragracingeurope.eu website. In this article we give a short review and pay attention to some other highlights and notable events that happened in the EDRS Pro Nordic MC classes during the Drag Challenge at Gardermoen Raceway. Continue reading →

Tommy Grimes

Tommy Grimes raced to victory in Super Twin Motorcycle at the Drag Challenge at Gardermoen Raceway, round three of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship. It was the first win for the American rider in Europe. There was also a new winner in Super Street Bike as Robert Nilsson defeated Mogens Lund, the winner of the first two EDRS Pro Nordic MC races. In Pro Stock Motorcycle home favourite Thomas Lysebraaten Olsen scored his third win out of three races this season by defeating Timo Savolainen in the final. In Top Fuel Motorcycle Rikard Gustafsson won the Gardermoen race by beating the Drag Challenge record setting Sverre Dahl in the final. Continue reading →

In three of the four categories of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship there were no changes in the names of the number one qualifiers after Saturday qualifying for the Drag Challenge at Gardermoen Raceway. Only in Pro Stock Motorcycle Timo Savolainen improved enough to be the new number one after five runs. In Top Fuel Motorcycle Sverre Dahl once again impressed with a stunning 5.93 seconds, while in Super Twin Motorcycle and Super Street Bike Tommy Grimes and Robert Nilsson stayed in the number one position and will lead their respective categories into tomorrow’s eliminations. Continue reading →