Marck 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 readingRain defeats the FIM-E Dragbike fields at the Main Event
Almost inevitably, the rainmaking combination of a British Bank Holiday weekend and a drag racing event caused the early termination of eliminations day at Santa Pod Raceway’s Main Event. Delays due to on track incidents, periodic showers and a curious running order meant that all of the FIM-E classes were terminated before the semi-final stage when the final deluge rolled in.
Continue readingGustafsson, Christiansen, Mechaell and Maurice hold on to FIM-E top spots, while King bumps up at the Main Event
Another long day at Santa Pod for the second day of qualifying at the FIM-E Main Event with a deluge delaying the start, a stiff headwind and a bit too much spillage on the track pushing the final round of FIM-E qualifying back further and further. In some ways this helped as the wind slightly eased for the final qualifying session which saw improvements for a number in the fields.
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 readingTricky conditions for the opening day of qualifying at the FIM-E Main Event
Most of the usual suspects lead the way after a tricky opening qualifying day at the FIM-E Dragbike Championship Round One, The Main Event, held at Santa Pod Raceway. With a late start thanks to some early morning rain (holding a drag racing event is the guaranteed way to break a two-month long drought in the United Kingdom) accompanied by a strong breeze and rapidly cooling conditions for the second session of the day.
Continue readingFIM-E European Drag Bike Championship – Round One – The Main Event, Santa Pod Raceway, England 23rd-26th May
The European dragbike season kicks off on familiar ground at Santa Pod Raceway with a huge entry across the five FIM-E championship/cup categories.
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.
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