{"id":11691,"date":"2018-08-27T21:17:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/?p=11691"},"modified":"2018-08-27T21:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:17:15","slug":"marcus-christiansen-thomas-lysebraate-olsen-thomas-pettersson-and-mathias-bohlin-clinch-the-2018-edrs-pro-nordic-mc-titles-at-tierp-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/2018\/08\/27\/marcus-christiansen-thomas-lysebraate-olsen-thomas-pettersson-and-mathias-bohlin-clinch-the-2018-edrs-pro-nordic-mc-titles-at-tierp-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Christiansen, Thomas Lysebraate Olsen, Thomas Pettersson and Mathias Bohlin clinch the 2018 EDRS Pro Nordic MC titles at Tierp Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thomas Pettersson<\/p><\/div>\n

The Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, the fourth and final round of the 2018 EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship, was in many ways record breaking. Thomas Pettersson won the EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Motorcycle title in style by winning the event. Vesa Lipponen and Jaska Salakari made headlines in the world of Super Twin Motorcycle drag racing with 5-second passes in qualifying, but the race was won by Roman Sixta, while Marcus Christiansen claimed the title. In Pro Stock Motorcycle Kalle Lyr\u00e9n was the winner at Tierp with a new EDRS Pro Nordic MC elapsed time record and the quickest run outside the USA, but the title went to Thomas Lysebraate Olsen, who reset his personal best as well. In Super Street Bike Vesa Ruhanen broke the 7-second barrier and won the race, but with Mathias Bohlin, winner of the first two races of the season, this spectacular category had the champion that deserved the title the most. Peter \u00d6stlund claimed the title in Super Comp Bike in style with a win at Tierp, while Jami Oksanen is the 2018 champion In Super Gas Bike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After two great days of qualifying, eliminations day had a late start due to rain early in the morning, while the programme had to be stopped twice after some rain. But the Tierp Arena track crew did a fantastic job and thanks to their hard work all eliminations could be completed and the 2018 EDRS Pro Nordic MC champions crowned.<\/p>\n

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Marcus Christiansen<\/p><\/div>\n

In Super Twin Motorcycle qualifying was mind-blowing with the first 5-second Super Twin Motorcycle run in the world from Vesa Lipponen with 5.92 seconds, followed by the world\u2019s quickest Super Twin Motorcycle run ever recorded with 5.837 seconds from Jaska Salakari. But in eliminations consistency is also important and that\u2019s how Roman Sixta, the number eight qualifier, defeated Salakari in the first round to advance to the final when Greger Johansson couldn\u2019t make it in time for the semifinal. Samu Kemppainen, who reset his personal best in qualifying, won the first round, to defeat Lipponen in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

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Super Twin Motorcycle final<\/p><\/div>\n

Consistency was also the keyword in the final and with a great 6.78 seconds Sixta took the win. Marcus Christiansen, championship leader and winner of the Alastaro and Gardermoen races, won the first round but couldn\u2019t start in the semifinals. But at that moment the 2018 title was already for the Dane. Kemppainen finished the championship in second position, with Lasse Leponiemi third.<\/p>\n

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Kalle Lyr\u00e9n<\/p><\/div>\n

In Pro Stock Motorcycle Kalle Lyr\u00e9n reset the EDRS Pro Nordic MC elapsed time record in qualifying with 6.954 seconds, the quickest Pro Stock Motorcycle run outside America. After a first round win over Thomas Andersson, Lyr\u00e9n had to face Thomas Lysebraate Olsen in the final, after the championship leader defeated Janne Koskinen in the semifinal.<\/p>\n

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Pro Stock Motorcycle final<\/p><\/div>\n

In a great final Lyren stormed to another great 6.975 seconds to defeat Olsen, who stunned with a new personal best of 7.05 seconds, the Norwegian rider\u2019s first 7.0-second run. After his 2017 EDRS Pro Nordic MC Pro Stock Motorcycle title, Olsen is also the 2018 champion, with Lyr\u00e9n in second position and Timo Savolainen third.<\/p>\n

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Top Fuel Motorcycle final<\/p><\/div>\n

In Top Fuel Motorcycle Thomas Pettersson won the EDRS Pro Nordic MC title in style by winning the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals. Pettersson defeated Peter Andersson in the first round to face Jan Sturla Hegre in the final. In a great 6.67 seconds Pettersson won the final when Hegre ran into problems. Rikard Gustafsson, recovering from an accident one week ago at Hockenheim, finished the 2018 championship in second position, with Sverre Dahl third.<\/p>\n

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Mathias Bohlin<\/p><\/div>\n

In Super Street Bike championship leader Mathias Bohlin only had to qualify to clinch the 2018 EDRS Pro Nordic MC title. The winner of the first two races of the season had no problems to do so, and with a third qualifying position Bohlin claimed his first title.<\/p>\n

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Vesa Ruhanen<\/p><\/div>\n

After breaking the 7-second barrier twice in qualifying, with a 6.965 seconds as his new personal best, Vesa Ruhanen also proved his great form in eliminations. After defeating Ida Zetterstr\u00f6m in the quarter final, Ruhanen was also too quick for Alex Hope in the semifinal. In the other semifinal 2017 SSB champion Mogens Lund defeated the 2018 champion Bohlin in a great 7.02 seconds to advance to the final.<\/p>\n

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Super Street Bike final<\/p><\/div>\n

But in the final Lund ran into problems and that made it even easier for Ruhanen to claim the victory. Behind Bohlin, Ruhanen finished the 2018 championship in second position, with Lund third.<\/p>\n

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Super Comp Bike final with Peter \u00d6stlund (179)<\/p><\/div>\n

In Super Comp Bike Peter \u00d6stlund clinched the EDRS Pro Nordic MC title in style by winning the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals. In the final \u00d6stlund took the win over Tomas Jonsson. In the championship Kimmo Rantala jumped from fifth into the second position, with Jonsson third.<\/p>\n

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Super Gas Bike final with Jami Oksanen and\u00a0Ellen \u00d8degaard (nr. 31)<\/p><\/div>\n

In Super Gas Bike it was a great fight between the top three in the championship, Jami Oksanen, Jenni Pekkarinen and Ellen \u00d8degaard. Pekkarinen was defeated in the first round and as Oksanen and \u00d8degaard both advanced to the final, Oksanen claimed the title whatever the outcome of the final would be. With an almost perfect 9.503 seconds \u00d8degaard defeated the 2018 champion to claim the win and finish the championship in second position, with Pekkarinen third.<\/p>\n

All results and final championship standings are on: www.edrspro.com<\/p>\n

For live reports and detailed results of the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals see eurodragster.com: http:\/\/www.eurodragstereventcoverage.com\/live\/2018summitracingequipmentinternationals\/default.asp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, the fourth and final round of the 2018 EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship, was in many ways record breaking. Thomas Pettersson won the EDRS Pro Nordic MC Top Fuel Motorcycle title in style by winning the event. Vesa Lipponen and Jaska Salakari made headlines in the world […]<\/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\/11691"}],"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=11691"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11743,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11691\/revisions\/11743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}