Ida Zetterström raced to the number one qualifying position in Top Fuel at the first day of qualifying for The Main Event, the first race of the 2022 FIA European Drag Racing Championship. The Top Fuel rookie recorded 4.14 seconds in her first run of the day. In Pro Modified local hero Nick Davies surprised with a great 5.921 seconds to take the lead. In Top Methanol reigning champion Sandro Bellio stormed to a great 5.54 seconds and is the provisional leader after day one.

After a two-year break due to the coronavirus, Dick Koster will once again be available for Racepak and MSD trackside support service at FIA European Drag Racing Championship meetings.

Sandro Bellio was the 2019 FIA European Top Methanol champion, and as a result of the 2-year coronavirus break, he is still the reigning champion. But that’s not enough for the young Belgian driver as he wants to add another championship with a title in 2022.

Tierp Arena has not been able to run any of its European FIA-championships events the past two years due to the pandemic. Meanwhile the venue has been out for sale and several sales processes have been ongoing and still is.

With the start of the 2022 FIA European Drag Racing Championship not far off, several teams from this championship took the opportunity to test their updated cars at the Festival of Power, the first round of the British drag racing championship at Santa Pod Raceway. And it was a major success as all three cars of the Rune Fjeld Motorsport stable made several promising runs, with the 3.837 seconds of Ida Zetterström as the highlight. Michel Tooren raised his confidence for the coming season as what was planned to be a test weekend ended with a victory in the first round of the Motorsport UK Pro Modified Championship. 

Bilsport Performance & Custom Motor Show at Elmia in Jönköping is over and done for this year, and it was a fantastic place to celebrate Easter at. Lots of outstanding enthusiast project and racing vehicles from all over showed to an audience that broke all records this weekend. A good start on the enthusiast and racing season.

Everyone knows Fast Freddy when it comes to racing and vintage cars and most of us have him and his pickup as a favourite on the strip. No wonder, he does whatever it takes to make everyone happy with a long crazy burnout. Fredrik Fagerström is all along open for craziness, and he’s friendly soul always holds the door open for everyone. Now you can meet Freddy with the worlds fastest pickup at Bilsport Performance & Custom Motor Show!

We got a mail from a very nice young fellow, Felix Hernando Mir from Spain, who is eager to get into drag racing. As the sport is not that big in Spain, he have now reached out to us to get some help.