Jndia Erbacher, Tony Bryntesson, Mats Eriksson and Jimmy Ålund Friday leaders at Hockenheim
Jndia Erbacher raced to the provisional number one qualifying position in Top Fuel at the first day of qualifying for the NitrOlympX, the third round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the Rico Anthes Quartermile of the HockenheimRing, Germany. In Top Methanol Tony Bryntesson is the leader after two runs, while Mats Eriksson is the leader in Pro Modified. In Pro Stock it is once again Jimmy Ålund in the number one qualifying spot.
Continue readingFIM-E European Drag Bike Championship – Round Three – NitrOlympX, Hockenheimring, Germany 29th-31st August
The 2025 edition of the NitrOlympX is the first of a back-to-back season finale with the Euro Finals at Santa Pod the weekend following. This scheduling has caused a few headaches for a number of teams across the FIM-E classes but the NitrOlympX should be pivotal in the championship chases.
Continue readingThe Beast is hungry for more
The unique blown parallel twin of Per Bengtsson has been barking at Super Twin fields for years but The Beast really starting to bear its fangs in 2025. The recent Summit Racing Equipment Internationals in Sweden delivered a lot of positive results for the team at their home race, with tweaks to the exhaust system, experimentation with a long injector scoop and a lot of appreciative FlexoArt/Bentec employees visiting their pit area over the course of the weekend. The Swedish veteran was very happy with the course of events and looks forward with promise:
Continue readingHalfway point and Christiansen is still on top
Speedy’s Racing, the multiple FIM-E Super Twin championship winning team of Marcus Christiansen and father Claus, continue their undefeated reign in competition to head the season’s points chase. However, the competition is getting very tight and the Danish duo are far from complacent. Following on from the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals, we caught up with Marcus for his thoughts on the forthcoming challenges:
Continue readingAmerican Lifestyle team look for the right direction
To say the first half of the FIM-E season has been a frustrating one for the Belgium American Lifestyle Super Twin team would be something of an understatement. Struggles at the rained off Main Event were then followed a surprising DNQ in Sweden at the start of August when the bike refused to stay straight. However, team principal and rider Chris van Nimmen still sees the positives:
Continue readingTwo races in eight days, the exciting conclusion of the 2025 FIA European Drag Racing Championship
With back-to-back the NitrOlympX at the Rico Anthes Quartermile of the HockenheimRing, and the European Finals at Santa Pod Raceway, the FIA European Drag Racing Championship will be decided in a timeframe of one week. Susanne Callin (Top Fuel), Tina Høst Nedregård (Top Methanol), Robin Norén (Pro Stock) and Jere Rantaniemi (Pro Modified) are the current leaders, but with two races to go and so many points to be awarded, anything can still happen. One thing is for sure, the championship standings are so close, that the final decisions will be made in England at the last race of the season.
Continue readingGustafsson skips the NitrOlympX, takes aims for the crown
For many looking on from the outside, this year has been of plain sailing for Rikard Gustafsson and the Indian Motorcycles/RG Engineering Puma Top Fuel Bike. Low qualifiers, event wins and consistently quick runs making the team one of the standout performers on a global level. Following on from a winning effort at Tierp Arena at the start of August, Gustafsson offered his reflections on what has happened to date as well as a look forward.
Continue readingMarck Harteveld runner-up at Tierp Arena
Marck Harteveld claimed the runner-up position at the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, Sweden, round two of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. The Voodoo Hemi Racing driver, who finished seventh in qualifying, won his elimination rounds, reset his personal best to 5.852 seconds and advanced to the final. However, in a close final Harteveld lost to reigning FIA European Pro Modified champion Jere Rantaniemi. Harteveld is now in second position in the FIA European Championship, only one point short of the Finnish reigning champion. With two races to go, anything is still possible for Harteveld and his team Voodoo Hemi Racing.
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