Remco Scheelings
FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2021
At a DRE (Drag Racing Europe) meeting in Stockholm last week, it was confirmed that six FIA European Drag Racing Championship events in 2021 are being applied for. This include events in England, Sweden, Finland and Germany. A preliminary calendar will be published very soon.
Voodoo Hemi Racing news update October
After taking the Motorsport UK Pro Modified Championship in 2019, the team was in full preparation to compete in the full FIA European Pro Modified Championship for the first time. Five races in three different countries in the most competitive Pro Mod title fight in Europe. Until corona hit. One meeting after another was postponed or cancelled and the end of the song was that the FIA had to put a line through the entire championship. Without having driven a meter, the Voodoo Hemi Racing season came to an end. Now, sitting still is not exactly the strongest point of Marck Harteveld and his team, so they have continued to work hard in recent months.
Continue readingNew design and new colours for Vegter Pro Mod Racing
With renewed energy and a brand new design, Vegter Pro Mod Racing were ready to face any competitor and to go for the 2020 FIA European Pro Modified Championship title. But COVID-19 was an invisible enemy nobody was able to beat this year. The FIA European Drag Racing Championship was cancelled and the Vegter Pro Mod Racing ’67 Chevrolet Camaro stayed in the workshop. “We were more than ready for it. During the first couple of months we updated the car and we had high expectations for the new season. But unfortunately, there wasn’t a new season. Because we can’t do it at the race track and we still want to show the fans at least something this year, we are revealing the new design and new colours of our team in this way,” said David Vegter, driver of the Vegter Pro Mod Racing Camaro. Continue reading
FIA European Drag Racing Championship Season Cancelled
Official statement from the FIA
In light of the current COVID-19 crisis and due to its direct consequences, the 2020 edition of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship has been cancelled. Continue reading
Tierp Internationals cancelled
It is with heavy hearts we have to inform you that we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 Tierp Internationals at Tierp Arena on June 4-7 which would have included rounds of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, EDRS Pro MC series and Summit Racing EDRS Series, as a result of the restrictions in place because of the Covid-19 virus. Continue reading
Summit offer discount for EDRS and FIA racers and fans
Summit Racing Equipment are one of the most loyal and dedicated supporters of European drag racing. The American company offer discount for all EDRS and FIA racers and their fans. Continue reading
Statement from DRE on Covid-19 & impact on FIA European Drag Racing Championship
As a result of the Covid-19 virus wreaking havoc and uncertainty across the whole of Europe in recent weeks, including the huge impact on all businesses and travel, especially the outside events and motorsports business, several countries are seriously affected, and major sporting events are already being cancelled. Continue reading
VP Racing Fuels are more than just Speedgroup’s official racing fuel partner
The 2020-season marks the fourth year in the partnership between VP Racing Fuels and Speedgroup. The cooperation started in 2017 when VP Racing Fuels joined the Speedgroup contingency program and was intensified one year later when VP Racing Fuels was named the official racing fuel partner for Speedgroup. Peter Coleman, VP Racing Fuels Business Development Consultant for Europe, looks back at this great period, but even more importantly, looks ahead to an even brighter future. Continue reading
Matthew Carabott makes full-time debut in FIA European Championship
Matthew Carabott will make his debut in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship as the driver of the famous Maltese Mr. Whippy Racing Top Methanol Dragster. Carabott, who made his licencing runs last year at Santa Pod Raceway, will get off to a flying start of his career with a full season in competition, as the team have planned to take part in all five rounds of the FIA European Championship. Continue reading
Tony Bryntesson with A-Fuel Team Sweden back to quarter mile racing
Jonny Lagg and Tony Bryntesson
The name Tony Bryntesson will not immediately ring a bell for the latest generation of drag race fans in Europe, but it will for the die-hard fans from the 1980s and 90s. After a career in several categories up to Top Fuel, the Swede made his last quarter mile runs in 1995 before switching to circuit racing and starting his own team in the V8 Thunder Car Series. But as has happened so many times before, the attraction of nitro and the quarter mile came back and thanks to Jonny Lagg, after a 25-year break, Bryntesson will be back in action and again in a nitro car, an A-Fueler in the FIA European Top Methanol Championship. Continue reading
