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FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2021 Calendar
DRE in conjunction with the FIA is pleased to announce a 6-round championship calendar for the 2021 FIA European Drag Racing Championship (EDRC). This is subject to the final approval of the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) when it next meets in mid-December. The calendar is released with the assumption that COVID-19 restrictions are making it possible, e.g. allowing travel, spectators on events.
The FIA European Drag Racing Championship, will return to competition in 2021, having been forced into a one-year hiatus, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. DRE has worked closely with the track organisers and the FIA to put together the 2021 calendar. We all look forwards to being able to return to a full FIA European Drag Racing Championship in 2021.
The Championship rounds will be as follows:
Rnd 1. SANTA POD RACEWAY (UK) 28th-31st May
Rnd2. TIERP ARENA (SWEDEN) 10th -13th June
Rnd 3. * KAUHAVA (FINLAND) 8th -10th July
Rnd 4. TIERP ARENA (SWEDEN) 12th-15th August
Rnd 5. HOCKENHEIMRING (GERMANY) 27th-29th August
Rnd 6. SANTA POD RACEWAY (UK) 9th -12th September
* Limited to TF and PM only
While the announcement of the calendar is the first step in the process, it is important to stress that conditions that permit the attendance of spectators to return to events will need to be in place for any of the competitions to go ahead.
All rounds originally scheduled on the 2020 calendar will return next year, with Finland’s Kauhava also coming back to the FIA EDRC schedule following its 2019 debut to bring the number of events to six. The Finnish event will however be open to only the Top Fuel and Pro Modified categories, while all four FIA EDRC categories will run at each of the other five rounds.
See you all at the track
Keith Bartlett
Chairman DRE
Speedgroup visited Motorsoffan
From the left: Carl-Erik Kihlman, Pär “Pippi” Willén, Johnny Durgin, Åsa Kinnemar and host Lelle Olsson. Behind the camera: Birgitta Blakstad Poolsaar.
PS. It is possible to select the English sub title version for non-Swedish speaking viewers.
Championship Calendar 2017 decided by FIA
The calendar for the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2017 has been decided by FIA.
http://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-4
Hosting tracks (same like 2016) are Santa Pod Raceway UK (2 events), Tierp Arena, Sweden (2 events), Alastaro, Finland and HockenheimRing, Germany.
The dates are also published under the menue Race Calendar 2017
New Board elected by Speedgroup share holders
Three new persons were voted to be part of the board at the Annual shareholders meeting for Speedgroup Aktiebolag, held in Stockholm on April 23rd. Continue reading
SPEEDGROUP at Motorsoffan live web-TV show March 9th
On wednesday March 9th at 19.00 (CET) Speedgroup will be guests at Motorsoffan live web-TV broadcast shown at www.nitroz.se
Continue reading
Speedgroup hold information meeting in Helsinki March 11th
On Friday March 11th Speedgroup´s Åsa Kinnemar invites teams and stewards to an information meeting in Helsinki, Finland.
The location is FHRA:s office at Malmin Lentoasema (same day and location as the SFI certification)
The meeting is scheduled to 11.00 and last approximately one hour.
The meeting will include information about the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, EDRS, EDRS Pro Nordic and general Speedgroup matters. Sign up is not needed for this meeting.
Any questions please email asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu and very welcome to attend the meeting!
Tierp Arena by winter
Pierre showed the conference facilities in the main building which us racers maybe more often think of as the race control tower, VIP and media center.
On Ferbruary 3rd, Speedgroup´s CEO Åsa Kinnemar paid a visit to Tierp Arena for a meeting with Pierre Tilleaus,
the local operations manager since the autumn 2015. She took the opportunity to take a tour and check out what the now completed conference facilities look like… Continue reading
CEO´s Column- Speedgroup January 31st 2016
Starting January 2016 Speedgroups CEO publishes a column at the end of each month. The aim is to share with readers bits and pieces from Speedgroup´s operation in a summarised format. This first column is a summary of what Speedgroup have been up to since the race season ended 2015…
Drag Racing all year round
When the race season ends in the autumn one might think that the pace slows down substantially for us involved in European drag racing. But for some years I have experienced it is quite the opposite and I gather I am far from alone having that opinion.. Continue reading
Information source for FIA European Drag Racing Championship round #7
In December 2015, FIA announced the addition of championship, round #7, to be hosted by the Mediterranean island of Malta, September 30th – October 2nd 2016.
The launch of the official Facebook page for the event has been made in order to provide continuous information. So if you are interested here is an official source for information:
The 2016 FIA European Drag Racing Championship Rules Online
The 2016 FIA European Drag Racing Championship Rules, the 2016 SFI List and the 2016 FIA Technical Regulations and Race Procedures are now published on www.fia.com
There are new rules and clarifications in the 2016 FIA European Drag Racing Championship Rules, which the FIA Drag Racing Commission have changed for 2016. A clarification concerning points when there is an infraction post or exclusion, suspension or a disqualification. The traveling compensation have been adjust and there is a new article about a traction assessment test that have to been made before an event.
Lars Pettersson Vice President in the FIA Drag Racing Commission would like to take this opportunity to remind Officials and Drivers/Teams also to read and study the FIA International Sporting Code and the appendix. There are lots of rules and chapters that all have to understand and follow.
