{"id":11005,"date":"2018-07-27T22:28:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T21:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/?p=11005"},"modified":"2018-07-27T22:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T21:28:18","slug":"marcus-christiansen-sverre-dahl-mathias-bohlin-and-kalle-lyren-friday-leaders-in-the-heat-of-gardermoen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/2018\/07\/27\/marcus-christiansen-sverre-dahl-mathias-bohlin-and-kalle-lyren-friday-leaders-in-the-heat-of-gardermoen\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Christiansen, Sverre Dahl, Mathias Bohlin and Kalle Lyr\u00e9n Friday leaders in the heat of Gardermoen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8050\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/bohlin_ssb_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8050\" class=\"wp-image-11038 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/bohlin_ssb_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/bohlin_ssb_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/bohlin_ssb_dc_q1-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mathias Bohlin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Mathias Bohlin stormed to a great 7.098 seconds to claim the number one qualifying position in Super Street Bike at the first day of qualifying for the Drag Challenge, round three of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship at Gardermoen Raceway in Norway. In Pro Stock Motorcycle Kalle Lyr\u00e9n impressed with a great 7.088 seconds to secure the provisional number one qualifying spot. In Super Twin Motorcycle Marcus Christiansen is the number one qualifier after three runs with 6.61 seconds, while Sverre Dahl leads the Top Fuel Motorcycle category with still one day of qualifying runs to go.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The extreme heat of more then 33 degrees and burning sun made it almost impossible to record stunning numbers at the first day of qualifying for the Drag Challenge, the third round of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship at Gardermoen Raceway in Norway. But still some riders and crew chiefs made the best of the situation and impressed with great numbers in the three qualifying runs they could make on day one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8053\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lund_ssb_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8053\" class=\"wp-image-11035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lund_ssb_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lund_ssb_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lund_ssb_dc_q1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mogens Lund<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Super Street Bike Mathias Bohlin impressed once again with a stunning 7.098 seconds in his third run of the day. The leader in the championship is also the provisional leader at Gardermoen now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8047\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/ruhanen_ssb_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8047\" class=\"wp-image-11041 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/ruhanen_ssb_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/ruhanen_ssb_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/ruhanen_ssb_dc_q1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vesa Ruhanen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reigning champion Mogens Lund is the number two qualifier with 7.22 seconds, while Vesa Ruhanen claimed the provisional number three spot with 7.34 seconds. Anders Blanck is the number four after three runs with 7.49 seconds, making the top four with riders from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway an international affair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8051\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/christiansen_stm_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8051\" class=\"wp-image-11037 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/christiansen_stm_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/christiansen_stm_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/christiansen_stm_dc_q1-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Christiansen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Super Twin Motorcycle Marcus Christiansen could only make one run, but the Danes 6.61 seconds was enough to claim the provisional number one qualifying position.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8048\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/sixta_stm_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8048\" class=\"wp-image-11040 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/sixta_stm_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/sixta_stm_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/sixta_stm_dc_q1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Sixta<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8055\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/kemppainen_stm_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8055\" class=\"wp-image-11033 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/kemppainen_stm_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/kemppainen_stm_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/kemppainen_stm_dc_q1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samu Kemppainen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roman Sixta from the Czech Republic is in second position with 6.75 seconds, while Samu Kemppainen claimed the number three position with 6.97 seconds. His countryman Lasse Leponiemi is the number four qualifier after three runs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8045\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lyren_psm_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8045\" class=\"wp-image-11043 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lyren_psm_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lyren_psm_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/lyren_psm_dc_q1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalle Lyr\u00e9n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Kalle Lyr\u00e9n Gardermoen is his first race of the season, but the Swede immediately impressed with a great 7.088 seconds to claim the provisional number one qualifying position.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8046\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/olsen_psm_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8046\" class=\"wp-image-11042 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/olsen_psm_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/olsen_psm_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/olsen_psm_dc_q1-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Lysebraate Olsen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reigning champion Thomas Lysebraate Olsen is the number two qualifier with 7.20 seconds, with Timo Savolainen third with 7.33 seconds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8052\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/dahl_tfm_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8052\" class=\"wp-image-11036 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/dahl_tfm_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/dahl_tfm_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/dahl_tfm_dc_q1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sverre Dahl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Top Fuel Motorcycle Sverre Dahl recorded 6.38 seconds and is in the number one position, with Jan Sturla Hegre second (6.49 seconds) and Rikard Gustafsson third (6.51 seconds).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8049\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/andersson_scb_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8049\" class=\"wp-image-11039 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/andersson_scb_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/andersson_scb_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/andersson_scb_dc_q1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Andersson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Super Comp Bike and Super Gas Bike had five qualifying runs on Thursday and three on Friday. After eight runs Tony Andersson is the leader in Super Comp Bike with Peter \u00d6stlund in second position. Mikkel Jensen is leading Super Gas Bike, with Ellen \u00d6degaard in second position.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8054\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/jensen_sgb_dc_q1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8054\" class=\"wp-image-11034 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/jensen_sgb_dc_q1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/jensen_sgb_dc_q1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/jensen_sgb_dc_q1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mikkel Jensen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Qualifying for the Drag Challenge continues Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying results: <a href=\"http:\/\/ndrg.no\/resultater-drag-challenge-27-juli-2018\/\">http:\/\/ndrg.no\/resultater-drag-challenge-27-juli-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More photos from the Drag Challenge can be found at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/drag-challenge-gardermoen-july-26-29-2018\/\">http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/drag-challenge-gardermoen-july-26-29-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathias Bohlin stormed to a great 7.098 seconds to claim the number one qualifying position in Super Street Bike at the first day of qualifying for the Drag Challenge, round three of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship at Gardermoen Raceway in Norway. In Pro Stock Motorcycle Kalle Lyr\u00e9n impressed with a great 7.088 seconds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11005"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11044,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11005\/revisions\/11044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}