{"id":18832,"date":"2023-05-10T11:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/?p=18832"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:37:10","slug":"linn-floysvik-ready-and-loaded-for-another-full-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/2023\/05\/10\/linn-floysvik-ready-and-loaded-for-another-full-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Linn Fl\u00f8ysvik ready and loaded for another full season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16452\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Placing third last year, Linn Fl\u00f8ysvik had her best finish in the FIA European Top Methanol Championship so far. The young driver from Norway will be back for her second full championship tour this season and wants to carry on from where she left off last season, but the Karlsen Motorsport team will be hoping for less of a fiery start this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.123.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16448\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She is an ever smiling, friendly and adorable lady in the pits, but a tough, fearless competitor when she is behind the wheel of her Ford Mustang Top Methanol Funny Car. Linn Fl\u00f8ysvik immediately impressed with her car control and driving style when she made her debut in the Top Methanol Funny Car, one of the most difficult cars to drive in drag racing. After the licensing runs the year before, Fl\u00f8ysvik made her entrance in the FIA European Top Methanol Championship in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16453\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year the Karlsen Motorsport team planned their first full season in the championship. After making some test runs at their home track Gardermoen in May, Fl\u00f8ysvik wanted to be well prepared for the start of the FIA season at Santa Pod. But things didn\u2019t work out that way. A big fire caused a lot of damage to the car and the team had to work around the clock to be ready in time to leave for England. The crew had to finish the Mustang in the pits at Santa Pod while waiting for the last parts to arrive. They got the job done and were rewarded as Fl\u00f8ysvik finished on the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.240.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16449\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Fl\u00f8ysvik and her team suffered the whole season from the setback at the start of the season, the hard work paid off. They were able to do the full FIA European Championship tour for the first time and Fl\u00f8ysvik finished behind Sandro Bellio and Jonny Lagg in third position in the title race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.2023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16451\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long winter, where the team have worked hard to be better prepared than ever before, Fl\u00f8ysvik is back for more. \u201cWe are aiming for a full season this year as well. During the winter we have found and fixed the issue with the auto-shutoff we struggled with at the finals last year. We have done upgrades to the chassis, rebuilt the engine and spare engine. We took the car completely apart and changed out everything that was damaged during the fire at Gardermoen last year. And we are ready to continue from where we ended the season last year, but without all the issues,\u201d said Linn with her customary smile on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/floysvik.017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16446\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Text and photos: Remco Scheelings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placing third last year, Linn Fl\u00f8ysvik had her best finish in the FIA European Top Methanol Championship so far. The young driver from Norway will be back for her second full championship tour this season and wants to carry on from where she left off last season, but the Karlsen Motorsport team will be hoping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18833,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832\/revisions\/18833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}