Liam Jones, Timo Habermann, Michael Gullqvist and Bengt Ljungdahl leaders after the first day of qualifying for the NitrOlympX
Liam Jones raced to the provisional number one qualifying position in Top Fuel at the first day of qualifying for the NitrOlympX, round four of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the Hockenheimring, Germany. In Top Methanol home favourite Timo Habermann is the leader after day one, while Michael Gullqvist was quickest in Pro Modified. In Pro Stock Bengt Ljungdahl claimed the provisional number one qualifying position. Continue reading
35 years of dragracing and crayfishdinner – Linde Open is up
Tierp Arena battleground for exciting EDRS Pro Nordic MC finale
The Summit Racing Equipment Internationals is the fourth round and grand finale of the 2018 EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship. Two months after the championship kicked off at Tierp Arena, the EDRS Pro Nordic MC is back at this state-of-the-art drag race facility. Marcus Christiansen (Super Twin Motorcycle), Thomas Lysebraate Olsen (Pro Stock Motorcycle), Mathias Bohlin (Super Street Bike) and Rikard Gustafsson (Top Fuel Motorcycle) enter the final round as the leader in their respective categories. But with many points still to win or lose, almost anything is possible. Peter Östlund and Jami Oksanen are the leaders in EDRS Pro Nordic MC Super Comp Bike and Super Gas Bike, but especially in Super Gas Bike the top three are still close together. Continue reading
First event done at Kauhava new raceway in Finland
Tomas Nurminen took win in JD-class and earned good points and traditional shower in price seremony.
The very first race in Kauhava was successful and round 4 from finnish championship delighted racers and public.
Mid Sweden Nats Finals – could finish of the event even as the rain interrupted
FIA European Drag Racing Championship part two kicks off in high gear with Hockenheim and Tierp
The 2018 FIA European Drag Racing Championship is at the halfway point of the season and after the summer break part two kicks off in high gear with in back-to-back weekends the NitrOlympX at Hockenheim in Germany and the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena in Sweden. For the drivers and teams not only a tight schedule, but in seven days the standings in the FIA European Championship can change dramatically. Anita Mäkelä (Top Fuel), Timo Habermann (Top Methanol), Stefan Ernryd (Pro Stock) and Jimmy Ålund (Pro Modified) are the leaders in their respective categories, but as past performance is no guarantee of future success, everything is still possible before Europe’s most prestigious drag racing championship heads to its grand finale early September at Santa Pod. Continue reading
Busy weekend at Sundsvall Raceway comming up
Mid Sweden Nats Finals is next up in the Summit Racing EDRS Series in Sweden, and to participate in that event, you have to go to Sundsvall Raceway this weekend, 10th-12th of August. This is one of the best race tracks in the country.
New beginning of the Finnish drag racing
Track is ready and track crew has done huge job.
Summit Racing EDRS Series and Finnish Championship will continue and now in totally new playground. LSK business park will held it´s very first race ever. There has been huge amount of work done and some finishes will be temporary solutions, but the facilities are very excellent and bigger than we have used in Finland.
