A perfect start at the EDRS Sweden Nationals 2022
Jan Sturla Hegre, Ismo Mäenpää, Mathias Bohlin and Frederik Schack Friday leaders at Tierp Arena
Jan Sturla Hegre (Norway) claimed the provisional number one qualifying position in Top Fuel Motorcycle at the first day of qualifying for the EDRS Sweden Nationals, the first round of the 2022 EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship at Tierp Arena in Sweden. In Super Twin Motorcycle Ismo Mäenpää from Finland stormed to a great 6.66 seconds to secure the provisional number one qualifying spot, while in Super Street Bike Mathias Bohlin and in Pro Stock Motorcycle Frederik Schack claimed the number one position after the first day of qualifying, with still two qualifying runs on Saturday to go.
Continue readingAre you ready! Tierp Arena is just about to be
Track crew at Tierp Arena is working hard to get the track and other facilities ready for the weekend. And we hope everyone else is ready to rock as well.
Continue readingTwo days left to register for 2022 Midsummer Festival
Pro ET and Super Pro ET drivers – Summit Racing Equipments Super Series is back!
Super Series is back in business. Qualifying events are hosted May-August by all tracks in the Summit Racing EDRS Series in four countries, ending with a shooutout final event at Tierp Arena, Sweden August 11-14h.
Continue readingPoints standings FIA European Drag Racing Championship after The Main Event
Strong start of the season for David Vegter with runner-up position at The Main Event
David Vegter can look back on one of his best ever starts of a season. At Santa Pod Raceway the Dutchman claimed the runner-up position at The Main Event, the opening round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. On his road to the final, Vegter and the Vegter Pro Mod Racing ’67 Chevrolet Camaro improved their elapsed times on almost every run. This once again proved that after all the updates and modifications, the team made major steps in the right direction during the weekend. In the final Vegter had to acknowledge that reigning European Pro Modified champion and European recordholder Jan Ericsson from Sweden was a bit quicker.
Continue readingDeserved winners and records broken at The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway
After a 2-year break, the FIA European Drag Racing Championship is back on track again. And what a start it was with The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway. Reigning Pro Modified and Top Methanol champions Jan Ericsson and Sandro Bellio made their first move to retain their titles by claiming victory in their respective categories. As icing on the cake, Ericsson also reset the European Pro Modified ET record to 5.724 seconds. In the Top Fuel category Antti Horto was the winner, but Ida Zetterström made headlines with a new European record and made history by recording the first 3.7-second run in Europe with a stunning 3.782 seconds.
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