If yesterday was warm, today was a tad hot with three rounds of qualifying for the FIM-E teams to work their way through and quite a bit of shuffling of the pack in three of the four classes.

In his last run of the day Antti Horto stormed to the lead in Top Fuel qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, round two of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. In Top Methanol, Pro Modified and Pro Stock there were also numerous improvements, but Friday leaders Daniel Jedborn (Top Methanol), Mats Eriksson (Pro Modified) and Jimmy Ålund (Pro Stock) remained the number one qualifiers and will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s eliminations.

A warm day at what was proving to be a tricky track for the opening day of FIM-E qualifying at the Summit Racing Internationals saw some solid if not record breaking runs as the racing collective came to terms with a surface that was causing some headaches beyond the 60 foot mark. A brief daily synopsis (as for some reason the qualifying sheets have vanished from their usual place, hopefully they will reappear before too long!) follows.

After far too long a break, the FIM-E Dragbike championship resumes this weekend in Sweden with the Summit Racing Internationals at the always quick Tierp Arena just north of Stockholm. With the weather set fair for the whole weekend (peering out of our hotel window there isn’t a single cloud in the sky) it could be a bit of a barnstormer.

Drag Challenge 2022 at Gardermoen Raceway in Norway was held this last weekend. The year 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the organizing club NDRG and racing at Gardermoen Raceway. It was great event with record breaking all over including attendance. And a trackside wedding.