{"id":8660,"date":"2017-08-26T21:16:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/?p=8660"},"modified":"2017-08-26T21:16:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:16:16","slug":"tommy-grimes-sverre-dahl-fredrik-fredlund-and-mogens-lund-number-one-qualifiers-at-dico-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/2017\/08\/26\/tommy-grimes-sverre-dahl-fredrik-fredlund-and-mogens-lund-number-one-qualifiers-at-dico-internationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Grimes, Sverre Dahl, Fredrik Fredlund and Mogens Lund number one qualifiers at Dico Internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/grimes_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/grimes_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/grimes_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/grimes_di_q2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In two of the four categories of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship there were no changes in the number one qualifiers after Saturday qualifying for the Dico Internationals at Tierp Arena. Tommy Grimes (Super Twin Motorcycle) and Sverre Dahl (Top Fuel Motorcycle) couldn\u2019t improve on their earlier performance, but their elapsed times from Friday were enough to lead their respective categories into tomorrow\u2019s eliminations. Fredrik Fredlund (Pro Stock Motorcyle) and Mogens Lund both scored major improvements and took the lead in their categories. \u00a0<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was another day of great racing at Tierp Arena for the Dico Internationals, the fourth and final round of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/kemppainen_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/kemppainen_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/kemppainen_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/kemppainen_di_q2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Super Twin Motorcycle Tommy Grimes couldn\u2019t improve on his Friday performance, but the American rider\u2019s stunning 6.31 seconds was enough to remain in the number one position. Reigning champion Samu Kemppainen was a bit quicker then yesterday, but the Finn\u2019s 6.53 seconds was not enough to beat Grimes\u2019 \u2018The Beast\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/christiansen_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/christiansen_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/christiansen_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/christiansen_di_q2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the number three qualifying position didn\u2019t change and so Marcus Christiansen will enter eliminations as the number three qualifier. Lasse Leponiemi jumped into the top four with a great 6.72 seconds, with championship leader Roman Sixta in fifth position and Anders H\u00f6rnstr\u00f6m sixth. Greger Johansson, the number three in the championship standing, qualified in ninth position and is not in the 8-bike elimination ladder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/fredlund_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/fredlund_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/fredlund_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/fredlund_di_q2-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Pro Stock Motorcycle Fredrik Fredlund stormed to a great 7.006 seconds to take the lead in qualifying. Friday leader Robert Karlsson didn\u2019t show up in both Saturday qualifying runs, but his 7.01 seconds was still enough to be the number two qualifier after four runs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lyren_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lyren_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lyren_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lyren_di_q2-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kalle Lyr\u00e9n will enter eliminations as the number three qualifier, with championship leader Thomas Lysebraaten Olsen fourth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/dahl_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/dahl_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/dahl_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/dahl_di_q2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Top Fuel Motorcycle there were no changes in the top three and so Sverre Dahl (5.98 seconds) will lead this quickest motorcycle class into eliminations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/hegre_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/hegre_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/hegre_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/hegre_di_q2-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan Sturla Hegre also couldn\u2019t improve on his earlier performance and the same was true for reigning champion Thomas Pettersson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lund_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lund_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lund_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/lund_di_q2-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Super Street Bike Mogens Lund is the new leader after four runs. The current championship leader stormed to a great 7.07 seconds, a bit quicker then number one qualifier from Friday, Garry Bowe (7.08 seconds).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/bowe_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/bowe_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/bowe_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/bowe_di_q2-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/nilsson_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/nilsson_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/nilsson_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/nilsson_di_q2-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his fourth and final run Robert Nilsson had a major improvement to 7.26 seconds and jumped into the number three qualifying position. Bj\u00f6rn Fristr\u00f6m will enter eliminations as the number four qualifier, with Anders Blanck fifth and Mathias Bohlin sixth. With seven riders under the 7.4-second zone, Super Street Bike had one of the quickest fields ever in the EDRS Pro Nordic MC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/pollack_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/pollack_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/pollack_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/pollack_di_q2-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super Gas Bike had one more qualifying run today and that was enough for Magnus Pollack to take over the number one qualifying position from championship leader Iiro Reinola. Jari Malinen is the number three qualifier, with Micke \u00d6len fourth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/jonsson_di_q2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/jonsson_di_q2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/jonsson_di_q2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/jonsson_di_q2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super Comp Bike had its first round of eliminations today and Emil \u00d6stlund, Peter \u00d6stlund, Bianca Nilsson, Peter Svensson, Bj\u00f6rn Linde and Kimmo Rantala advanced to the next round. Tomas Jonsson was defeated in the first round and so the number three in the championship standing saw his championship dreams disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Eliminations for the Dico Internationals start tomorrow, Sunday, August 27.<\/p>\n<p>For all qualifying results see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragracing.eu\/results.asp?id=1&amp;year=2017\">http:\/\/www.dragracing.eu\/results.asp?id=1&amp;year=2017<\/a>\u00a0and www.eurodragster.com<\/p>\n<p>More photos from the Dico Internaionals can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrspro.com\/\">http:\/\/www.edrspro.com\/<\/a>, photo galleries, August, Tierp Arena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In two of the four categories of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship there were no changes in the number one qualifiers after Saturday qualifying for the Dico Internationals at Tierp Arena. Tommy Grimes (Super Twin Motorcycle) and Sverre Dahl (Top Fuel Motorcycle) couldn\u2019t improve on their earlier performance, but their elapsed times from Friday [&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\/8660"}],"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=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8716,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660\/revisions\/8716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/edrspro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}