Presenting the FIA Championship leaders..
Anita Mäkelä – Top Fuel Dragster
TOP FUEL DRAGSTER: Finland Anita Mäkelä took the lead already after championship round #1 at Santa Pod. At Tierp Anita and team delivered again by taking the no. 1 position after qualifying ET 3.97 sec at a speed of 480 km/h. During round one of eliminations Anita improved further running a 3.92. This lady is sure after the European Champion title!
Tierp Internationals – Event full of action
The Tierp Internationals came to an early halt due to a combination of weather conditions and delays late on Sunday afternoon. Before that there had been numerous of new personal bests set and also a new European record. The traction conditions was extremely good and it was a big but positive challenge for the teams to adjust the cars to make the outmost use of it. The event also included some spectacular incidents..
Jimmy Ålund Pro Stock Car
In Pro Stock Car Jimmy Ålund set a new European record during the qualifications. 6.49 sec. and was still in competition when the event was called off. The other semi finalists was Thomas Lindström, Michael Malmgren and Magnus Petersson. Continue reading
Number one qualifiers at Tierp Internationals
Top Fuel Dragster: Anita Mäkelä FIN
Top Methanol Funny Car: Johan Lindberg SWE
Pro Stock Car: Jimmy Ålund SWE
Top Methanol Dragster: Jonny Lagg SWE
Pro Modified: Niclas Andersson SWE
Results posted continuously at www.dragracing.eu
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photos by Lena Perés
Best appearing FIA team at Tierp Internationals
Johan Westberg and team – Pro Modified
BEST APPEARING FIA TEAM
Johan Westberg, Pro Modified and his team was selected as best appearing team at Tierp Arena. Regina Clasén representing the owner family was appointed guest judge and delivered the trophy sponsored by Classic Graphix to team Westberg.
FIA Classes Preview – Tierp Internationals
Tierp Internationals 4-7th June 2015 – FIA Classes Preview
Liam Jones – Top Fuel Dragster
Close to 280 teams are entered for Tierp Internationals and they come from 8 countries in Europe. The event is included in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship (cars), EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship, EDRS European Drag Racing Series (cars and motorcycles and including Junior Dragster). In this article Speedgroup provide a brief preveiw for each of the five FIA Championship classes!
Event Preview Tierp Internationals
Tierp Arena SWEDEN
Venue: Tierp Arena Sweden Dates: June 4-7th 2015
General Event Preview
FIA European Drag Racing Championship round #2 is hosted by Tierp Arena in Sweden. The venue, which is located an hour north of the capital Stockholm was built in 2011. It is the only purpose built concrete drag racing track in Europe. And like the tag line states, Tierp Arena is a world class facility for the sport of drag racing. The privately owned track got new owners in 2014, but the two founders who made it happen are still highly active operating teams in the FIA Championship; Lars-Erik Lindberg and Leif Andreasson (both are in the methanol funny car class).
Close to 280 teams are entered for Tierp Internationals and they come from 8 countries in Europe.
The event is included in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship (cars), EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship, EDRS European Drag Racing Series (cars and motorcycles and including Junior Dragster). For three of the car classes, Pro Modified, Competition Eliminator and Junior Dragster, this also counts for Swedish drag racing championship Dragracing SM (only applies to Swedish contestants).
Qualifications in the EDRS classes starts on Thursday June 4th while the FIA Championship cars and Nordic championship motorcycles enter the track on Friday June 5th for qualifications, two sessions and further two on Saturday. On Saturday some of the EDRS classes start the eliminations and Sunday June 7th is race day for the championships and EDRS teams still in competition.
Event coverage – useful Links:
– Venue website: www.tierparena.com
– Participants Tierp Internationals 2015
– Schedule Tierp Internationals 2015 general
– Live reports available through the service of Eurodragster.com
– Timing system data published throughout the event at www.dragracing.eu
– Live streaming web-TV coverage Saturday-Sunday, services provided by SMART-TV.
€15 covers two days Signup opens Thursday at www.smartv.se /direct link http://ppv.smarttv.se/
Also, don´t miss to check out the FIA Class Event Preview in a separate article!
Speedgroup´s media crew on site look forward covering the event in co-operation with Tierp Arena, Eurodragster.com and SMART-TV!
Class Review FIA Main Event – Top Methanol Dragster
Dave Wilson and Dennis Habermann
The Habermanns outstanding, but victory stayed in the UK
Venue: Santa Pod Raceway, UK
Dates: May 22nd-25th 2015
The return to competition of Germany’s Werner Habermann Racing team was among the most exciting news during the pre-season. The family-operated team consists of two almost identical blown Top Methanol Dragsters piloted by brothers Dennis and Timo. At the FIA Main Event the Habermanns gave their competitors a tough time and secured one of the final-round spots after they had raced each other in the semi-final in the quickest and fastest side-by-side TMD match of the entire event. But final victory in championship round #1 stayed in the UK.
Class Review FIA Main Event – Pro Stock Car
Winner of FIA Main Event – Jimmy Ålund, Sweden
Venue: Santa Pod Raceway, UK
Dates: May 22-25th 2015
Ålund re-writes the records
The 2015 Pro Stock championships certainly started with a bang at the opening round in England. On a good track and with near ideal atmospheric conditions, The Pro Stock cars could really show what they were capable of. They did not disappoint! Personal Best laps, European speed and ET records, close racing, mighty burn outs and a great pit atmosphere made for a really happy event. Not even the rain on Sunday morning managed to spoil any of our race event. Jimmy even managed to race with a damaged back, and Thomas worked around some mechanical issues the team discovered on Friday. Altogether, the opening round at the Santa Pod Main Event was brilliant and memorable.
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Class Review FIA Main Event – Top Methanol Funny Car
Leif Andreasson photo by Remco Scheelings
Venue: Santa Pod Raceway, UK
Dates: May 22nd-25th 2015
Andreasson in championship lead leaving Santa Pod
The Top Methanol Funny Car class has struggled for contestants in recent years and did so again at this season’s opening event. While reigning champion Johan Lindberg has chosen to join the championship for round #2 at Tierp, the runner-up in the 2014 championship, Leif Andreasson from Sweden, was on site and in good form. He was accompanied by the only female driver in the class, UK-based Stephanie Milam, and veteran Jürgen Nagel from Germany. Unfortunately the fourth entered driver, Danny Bellio from Belgium, had to cancel after having more or less wrecked the engine during a test run just days before the event.
Class Review FIA Main Event – Top Fuel Dragster
Anita Mäkelä
Anita Mäkelä rules at Santa Pod FIA Main Event
Game, set and match in Top Fuel for Anita Mäkelä at the Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway, the opening round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. From the number one qualifying position Mäkelä reset the European ET record to 3.912 seconds in the first round of eliminations to claim victory with a string of 3-second runs. Although the rest of the Top Fuel field was close together, the Finnish crowd favourite was in a class of her own as she was the only one to run into the 3 seconds and break the 300 mph barrier. Continue reading
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