{"id":5938,"date":"2016-08-27T19:03:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T18:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2016-08-27T19:03:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T18:03:59","slug":"samu-kemppainen-kalle-lyren-jan-sturla-hegre-and-richard-stubbins-number-one-qualifiers-at-scandinavian-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/2016\/08\/27\/samu-kemppainen-kalle-lyren-jan-sturla-hegre-and-richard-stubbins-number-one-qualifiers-at-scandinavian-internationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Samu Kemppainen, Kalle Lyr\u00e9n, Jan Sturla Hegre and Richard Stubbins number one qualifiers at Scandinavian Internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kalle Lyr\u00e9n<\/p><\/div>\n

Jan Sturla Hegre raced to the number one qualifying position in Top Fuel Motorcycle at the final day of qualifying for the Scandinavian Internationals, the fourth and final round of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship at Tierp Arena, Sweden. In Pro Stock Motorcycle Kalle Lyr\u00e9n stunned with 6.98 seconds to stay in the number one qualifying position. In Super Twin Motorcycle and Super Street Bike, Friday leaders Samu Kemppainen and Richard Stubbins also stayed in the number one position and will lead their respective categories into tomorrow\u2019s eliminations, but couldn\u2019t improve on their Friday performances. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jan Sturla Hegre<\/p><\/div>\n

In Top Fuel Motorcycle Jan Sturla Hegre was back to form and claimed the number one qualifying position with 6.32 seconds. There was also a major improvement for Friday\u2019s number one qualifier Thomas Pettersson, as the Swedish rider broke the 7-second barrier with 6.88 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Pettersson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kalle Lyr\u00e9n and Fredrik Fredlund<\/p><\/div>\n

In Pro Stock Motorcycle Kalle Lyr\u00e9n was once again in a class of his own. The Veidec Lyr\u00e9n Motorsports rider broke the 7-second barrier with a stunning 6.98 seconds at 309 km\/h. Reigning FIM European champion Fredrik Fredlund couldn\u2019t improve on his Friday performance, but stayed in second position.<\/p>\n

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Timo Savolainen<\/p><\/div>\n

There was a major improvement for Timo Savolainen as the Finn recorded 7.16 seconds to finish qualifying in third position. Elvira Karlsson dropped one place and will start the eliminations from fourth position.<\/p>\n

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Samu Kemppainen<\/p><\/div>\n

In Super Twin Motorcycle Samu Kemppainen couldn\u2019t improve on his Friday performance, but the 6.48 seconds was enough to stay in the lead. Almost all others riders did improve. Hans Olav Olstad recorded 6.60 seconds and jumped into the number two qualifying position.<\/p>\n

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Hans Olav Olstad<\/p><\/div>\n

Roman Sixta also broke the 7-second barrier with 6.86 seconds, but yesterday\u2019s number two dropped into third position. Harri Piensalmi was the fourth rider in the 6-second zone with 6.92 seconds and ended qualifying in fourth position. With all these improvements, Vidar Ravnsborg, yesterday\u2019s number three, will have to start eliminations from seventh position.<\/p>\n

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Roman Sixta<\/p><\/div>\n

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Richard Stubbins<\/p><\/div>\n

In Super Street Bike the top three was exactly the same as it was after Friday qualifying. Richard Stubbins (7.11 seconds) will lead the field into tomorrow\u2019s eliminations, with championship leader Henri Kolehmainen in second position and Mogens Lund in third position. Anders Blanck and Nils-Ola Andersson were the numbers four and five after today\u2019s final run.<\/p>\n

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Mogens Lund<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bianca Nilsson<\/p><\/div>\n

Super Comp Bike and Super Gas Bike had one qualifying session today. In Super Comp Bike championship leader Bianca Nilsson took over the number one qualifying position from Arvid Gerdtsson. There was also a change in the number one qualifying position in Super Gas Bike as Kurt Andersson improved to 9.54 seconds and Keikki-Juhani Koskinen to 9.59 seconds. Friday\u2019s leader and championship leader Janne Koskinen ended qualifying in third position.<\/p>\n

Eliminations for the Scandinavian Internationals at Tierp Arean will start tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

Qualifying results: http:\/\/www.dragracing.eu\/results.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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