Top Fuel Dragster
Susanne Callin strikes back with 2025 FIA European Top Fuel title
What a difference a year makes. At the 2024 European Finals Susanne Callin lost the decisive semi-final run from Jndia Erbacher and saw her dream of winning the FIA European Top Fuel Championship fall apart. This season Callin had to face Erbacher again, now in the final, and once again is was the decisive run who would clinch the title. Callin threw off all her title nightmares by winning that crucial ‘winner takes it all’ run to claim her first FIA European Top Fuel crown. Time to look back with the champion on a season with highs and lows.
Continue readingAutoart at The Main Event
Dennis Nilsson crossed the finish line on all of his four qualifying runs at The Main Event. De driver of the Autoart Top Fuel dragster was the leader after the first day of qualifying at Santa Pod and finished qualifying in third position. The opening round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship finished for Nilsson in the semi-finals when he was defeated by home favourite Liam Jones. But even more important than the race result, was the fact that the Autoart team learned a lot. Co-crew chief Freddy Wendt tells the inside story of the team’s race weekend in England.
Continue readingFuelled By Bro Joe reveals design for the 2025 season
Fuelled By Bro Joe, the team of Liam Jones and Alex Hope, are happy to reveal the livery of the Top Fuel Dragster and Pro Stock Motorcycle the two Brits will field in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship and FIM Europe European Drag Bike Championship respectively. The design is from PWRD, Peter Walters Race Design.
Continue readingLiam Jones and Alex Hope team up in TF and PSM under the “Fuelled By Bro Joe” banner
Liam Jones and Alex Hope will be reunited in 2025, Fuelled By Bro Joe. The team will field a Top Fuel Dragster for Liam Jones in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship and a Pro Stock Motorcycle for Alex Hope in the FIM Europe European Drag Bike Championship. Main partner for the team will be Bro Joe Brain-Boosting Coffee, an instant coffee blend designed to increase focus, clarity, and mental resilience.
Continue readingAmerican Jake Opatrny to enter FIA European Top Fuel Championship
The American Top Fuel driver Jake Opatrny will take part in next year’s FIA European Drag Racing Championship. Opatrny, from McHenry, Illinois, will drive Jens Jonsson’s Nitrobear Top Fueler. The participation of Opatrny is great news for the championship as it will definitely raise the American interest in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship.
Continue readingLinn Fløysvik at Tierp to license for Top Fuel
A familiar name at the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, but in a different car and a different class. Linn Fløysvik will be back in action in Sweden in a Top Fuel dragster!
Continue readingFIA European Top Fuel champ Ida Zetterström to make NHRA debut with JCM Racing
Newly crowned FIA Top Fuel champion Ida Zetterström is on the move. Zetterström has announced her plans to make her NHRA Top Fuel debut with JCM Racing during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. The Finnish driver is making a major commitment to her NHRA goals by moving to the United States to pursue her dreams of competing for an NHRA world championship. She plans to run a limited schedule in 2024 with the goal of running a full-time campaign in 2025.
Continue readingThe dream season of Ida Zetterström
The 2023 FIA European Drag Racing Championship is in the books and it’s time to look back with the champions, to start with FIA European Top Fuel champion Ida Zetterström. And what a dream season it was for the popular driver from Åland, Finland.
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