{"id":3940,"date":"2016-03-29T08:44:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T07:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2016-03-29T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T09:09:36","slug":"drag-racing-in-the-spotlight-at-easter-motorsport-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/2016\/03\/29\/drag-racing-in-the-spotlight-at-easter-motorsport-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag racing in the spotlight at Easter motorsport shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.00.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1121\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.00.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.00\" width=\"540\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was a busy but also very successful Easter weekend for the promotion of drag racing. The BILSPORT Performance &amp; Custom Motor Show near J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping and the American Car Show in Helsinki attracted record\u00a0crowds and there was great interest in the Speedgroup and FHRA\/FDBA booths at these shows. Many questions were\u00a0answered and many new fans welcomed.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was great to see so many people were interested in drag racing. Speedgroup would like to thank everybody involved for their great effort. Below a few pictures of both shows.<\/p>\n<p>The BILSPORT Performance &amp; Custom Motor Show at the Elmia fairgrounds near J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping attracted 88.792 visitors, that is a record and a 15 % increase compared to last year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.01.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1122\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.01.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.01\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.02.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1123\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.02.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.02\" width=\"540\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.04.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1125\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1125\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.04.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.04\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.05.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1114\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.05.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.05\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.07.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1116\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.07.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.07\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.06.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1115\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.06.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.06\" width=\"540\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.03.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1124\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/bilsport_elmia.03.jpg\" alt=\"bilsport_elmia.03\" width=\"540\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The American Car Show at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.01.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1117\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.01.jpg\" alt=\"helsinki_show.01\" width=\"540\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.02.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1118\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.02.jpg\" alt=\"helsinki_show.02\" width=\"540\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.03.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1119\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.03.jpg\" alt=\"helsinki_show.03\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.04.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1120\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/03\/helsinki_show.04.jpg\" alt=\"helsinki_show.04\" width=\"540\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy but also very successful Easter weekend for the promotion of drag racing. The BILSPORT Performance &amp; Custom Motor Show near J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping and the American Car Show in Helsinki attracted record\u00a0crowds and there was great interest in the Speedgroup and FHRA\/FDBA booths at these shows. Many questions were\u00a0answered and many new fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940"}],"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=3940"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4011,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions\/4011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}