EDRS Pro Nordic MC add lustre to Grand Opening of new Gardermoen Raceway
Norwegian drag racing is on the eve of a special event. After months of extremely hard work of many volunteers, it’s time for the Grand Opening of the completely renewed Gardermoen Raceway. The EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship plays a major role in the Drag Challenge Grand Opening (August 3-7) as it’s round three of their championship. It’s great to see that the hard work of the NDRG crew is rewarded with a healthy entry in all EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship classes. Continue reading
Drag Challenge Grand Opening – Gardermoen Raceway is back on track
In just about a week Gardermoen raceway is opening up the gates to the first race event, Drag Challenge Gran Opening. The brand new EDRS track. A fantastic job has been done by the members of the NDRG (Norsk Drag Racing Gardermoen) since the first thought of this renewing of Gardermoen Raceway.
Big interest for Jr Dragsters in Halmstad
During the past weekend Speedgroup participated at Halmstad Car Sport Event to show what Jr Dragster competition is all about.
EDRS elimination at Alastaro stoped by the rain
Records of the participating teams, in this event at the Nitro Nationals, made the organizers very pleased with the numbers. More than 260 teams came to the track with its own sandy tooth in the middle of the Finnish forest.
Great qualifying for EDRS Pro Nordic MC round two at Alastaro, but eliminations rained out
Kalle Lyrén
After two days of great qualifying with a stunning 6.98 seconds for Kalle Lyrén in Pro Stock Motorcycle and a Finnish top three in Super Twin Motorcycle led by Samu Kemppainen with 6.62 seconds, everybody was looking forward to an action packed elimination day. But the thus far perfect Finnish weather had other plans and so, after the first round of Super Street Bike, a thunderstorm and rain showers brought an early end to the eliminations of the FHRA Nitro Nationals, round two of the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship. Continue reading
Surprising Alastaro eliminations cut short by rain
Anita Mäkelä
After an interesting qualifying and surprising first round of eliminations, the Top Fuel semi-finals of the FHRA Nitro Nationals promised to be even more exiting. The reigning champion Micke Kågered was out of competition and the numbers one and two in the championship, Stig Neergaard and Anita Mäkelä, had to face each other for a place in the final. But mother nature had other ideas and a thunderstorm and rain showers brought an early end to the third round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at Alastaro, Finland. Continue reading
Rain prevents pursuers from catching up with a red lighting leader
David Vegter
Michael Gullqvist out with a red light in the first round of eliminations and his five main pursuers all winning and advancing to the quarter finals! The best possible scenario to catch up with the leader in the championship. But the reigning FIA European Pro Modified champion was saved by the thunderstorm and rain and as the eliminations had to be cancelled, the rest of the pack could only make up at most twenty points. Continue reading
Rain beats unstoppable Johnny Oksa at his home track
Johnny Oksa
Johnny Oksa reset his personal best in qualifying at Alastaro to a great 5.66 seconds at 407.54 km/h and was on his way to his second consecutive victory in the FIA European Top Methanol Funny Car Championship. But as he already said at Tierp, ‘only rain can stop me from winning’ , and that’s exactly what happened at his home track, and so Oksa’s FHRA Nitro Nationals ended in the semi-finals. Continue reading
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