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Golden comeback Voodoo Hemi Racing at Santa Pod
After a sabbatical Marck Harteveld and his team Voodoo Hemi Racing are back on track and all competitors will know right now. During The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway, the opening round of the FIA European Pro Modified Championship, Harteveld immediately claimed the number one qualifying position with 5.871 seconds! In the first round of eliminations Harteveld reset his personal best with the Voodoo Hemi Racing ’70 Plymouth Superbird to 5.859 seconds and advanced to the semifinals with a win in the quarter finals. With a great chance for Harteveld to claim a place in the final, the race had to be stopped due to rain. With the points gained at Santa Pod, Harteveld is the proud leader of the FIA European Pro Modified Championship.
Continue readingAutoart at The Main Event
Dennis Nilsson crossed the finish line on all of his four qualifying runs at The Main Event. De driver of the Autoart Top Fuel dragster was the leader after the first day of qualifying at Santa Pod and finished qualifying in third position. The opening round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship finished for Nilsson in the semi-finals when he was defeated by home favourite Liam Jones. But even more important than the race result, was the fact that the Autoart team learned a lot. Co-crew chief Freddy Wendt tells the inside story of the team’s race weekend in England.
Continue readingMarck Harteveld to defend number one position FIA European Championship at Tierp
Marck Harteveld has added Tierp Arena to his programme and will therefore do the full FIA European Championship tour this season. After a sabbatical, the original plan of the Voodoo Hemi Racing driver was to only participate in the two FIA European Championship races at Santa Pod Raceway and the NitrOlympX at the Hockenheimring. Last weekend’s results made Harteveld change his mind.
Continue readingRain brings early end to The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway
Rain brought an early end to the eliminations of The Main Event, round one of the 2025 FIA European Drag Racing Championship at Santa Pod Raceway. Top Methanol had completed their semi-finals and Pro Stock and Top Fuel were in the staging lanes for their semi-finals and final respectively, when it started to rain. After two hours waiting, it was still drizzling and with the forecast of rain in the next hour, the race director was left no other choice than to cancel the event. At that moment Pro Modified had completed two elimination rounds.
Continue readingSusanne Callin, Sandro Bellio, Marck Harteveld and Robin Norén number one qualifiers at The Main Event
Susanne Callin (Top Fuel), Sandro Bellio (Top Methanol), Marck Harteveld (Pro Modified) and Robin Norén (Pro Stock) improved on their Saturday performance to claim the number one positions in Sunday qualifying for The Main Event, round one of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. These four drivers will lead their respective categories into Monday’s eliminations at Santa Pod Raceway. Looking at the qualifying lists, it will be an exciting and action packed bank holiday Monday at Santa Pod.
Continue readingThe lights turn green again at Santa Pod for an action packed start of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship
It’s the end of May and that means the engines can finally be fired up again and the thousands of horsepower unleashed for the start of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. The most prestigious drag racing championship in Europe kicks off with the traditional opener, The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway! Jndia Erbacher (Top Fuel), Jonny Lagg (Top Methanol), Jere Rantaniemi (Pro Modified) and Jimmy Ålund (Pro Stock) are the reigning champions, and the good news is that they will all defend their hard fought titles. What to expect in England, who are the favourites and who might surprise? It will once again be a tough fight with a title race that could go down to the wire, like last year when several titles were won and lost in the last run of the season.
Continue readingVegter Pro Mod Racing in the starting blocks for a busy 2025 season
This coming weekend, Vegter Pro Mod Racing’s drag racing season will officially kick off with The Doorslammers at Santa Pod Raceway. One week later, it’s time for the first round of the FIA European Pro Modified Championship, in which David Vegter once again wants to score high. But in addition to the FIA European Championship, Vegter Pro Mod Racing will also compete in several rounds of the Motorsport UK Pro Modified Championship, which means that the Dutch top team have a busy season ahead.
Continue readingAndres Arnover makes a statement for the 2025 season
When the 2025 FIA European Pro Modified Championship kicks off in a few weeks with The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway, Andres Arnover is a serious force to be reckoned with. The Estonian driver finished the 2024 title race in the number three position, but made a statement at the Festival of Power with the first 5.6-second Pro Modified run in Europe and several 5.7-second ETs.
Continue readingLars Sjӧholm steps up to Pro Modified
After several years with all kinds of doorslammers, Lars Sjӧholm is ready for the next major step, Pro Modified. The 2024 Summit Racing EDRS Series Top Doorslammer champion found a new challenge in a well-known Chevrolet Camaro with a blower engine. Sjӧholm and his LSR Motorsport team will try to get familiar with the new combination in the EDRS Bilsport Pro Modified Series, to enter the FIA European Championship later this year.
Continue readingTina Høst Nedregård back in the FIA European Championship
After an impressive debut at Tierp Arena in August 2023, there was a long period of silence around Tina Høst Nedregård. But this season the Norwegian Swede will be back in the FIA European Top Methanol Championship.
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