Tierp Arena, 15th-18th June 2023
Coverage in memory of Arnie Kuhns and Steve Moxley
Saturday
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to return to the Event Index. 19:10 Super Pro Et eliminations round 1 winners Mikael Nilsson (7.69) 7.7137/278.64, Isak Lagg (8.08) 8.1430/247.93, Leif Andersson (7.11) 8.5353/181.88, Amanda Sjöström-andersson (8.23) 8.3598/253.28, Jan Hallman (8.68) 8.6607/249.77 (broke out by the least), Tindra Christensen (8.05) 8.1441/261.50, Pontus Garefelt (7.92) 7.9818/252.57, Niklas Larsson (8.71) 8.8664/201.12, Wilma Andersson (7.69) 7.7095/273.97 (Micael Eriksson no-show). That's the end of qualifying and eliminations for today, come back later for our gallery from Patrik. We have also posted tomorrow's running order on our Event Index. Saturday final qualifying can be seen at this link. Stock/Super Stock eliminations round 1 winners Per Fagerström (10.14) 10.1392/208.25 (Nic Williams red light), Thomas Strand (10.73) 10.7678/191.83, Lars Nyberg (10.44) 10.4571/205.17, Iiro Mikkola (9.89) 9.9261/210.86, Bo Nylund (10.80) 10.9015/180.24, Sebastian Johansson 10.4317/203.70 ( Krister Fogelin no-show), Anders Hĺllén (10.39) 10.4165/197.59 (def. Rick McCann who had a huge wheelie), Erik Phersson ( 11.34) 11.3979/183.49, Matthias Munter (11.28) 11.3512/186.53), Björn Bondesson (10.18) 10.2602/201.27, Theodor Brandt (11.08) 11.1294/188.35, Carla Pittau (10.65) 10.6559/192.72, Hans Nilsson (10.05) 10.0468/206.34 (broke out by the least). 18:30 FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 4 Ida Zetterström 3.9350/425.53 (0.8615 and 3.1069/450.00) off the throttle just before the line into #1, Timo Lehtimäki 4.1425/459.97 (0.888 to 60ft and 3.3104/410.65), another strong run, as if Timo had never been away, from #6 up to #4. Susanne Callin 4.0191/428.91 (0.8855 to 60ft and 3.1897/439.02) v Stig Neergaard 4.1859/369.36 (0.8813 and 3.2384/402.68), this run felt like a true race, Susanne came out on top and up to #3 in the order. Great session! Qualifying after this session:
18:20 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 5 Marcus Perman 6.5846/369.10 went up in smoke after 1.0887 60ft then pedaled to try to make the field, went from #17 to #15. Michael Gullqvist 5.936/396.48 up from #16 to #4 with a 1.0045 60ft and 3.9322/313.23, Micke a specialist in pulling it out of the bag in the last session, Olof Andersson DNS pushed back. Stian Rusĺnes 11.8680/148.64 (1,0447 60ft) v Mats Eriksson 8.1077/171.48 (0.9756 and 4.3825/210.36), Mats went left out of the groove, corrected and all over his lane. Both must feel frustrated at the inconsistency. Jimmy Alund 5.8976/391.30 (1,0057 and 3.8828/314.14), Jimmy now a member of the 'pulled it out of the bag' club up to #3 v Fredrik Fagerström 6.1294/366,60 (0.9931 to 60ft) improved in #12. Michel Tooren 6.0142/387.37 v Andres Arnover 5.9779/398.52 (1.0030 to 60ft) up to #8 from #11, some smoke from Andres' car in the shutdown area. Ĺke Persson 5.9473/396.48 (1.0204 to 60ft) from #9 to #6 v Roger Johansson 6.1419/371,39 (1.093 to 60ft) Bruno Bader 5.9148/386.27 (0.9910 60ft) from #7 to #5 v Marck Harteveld 5.9348/386.54 (0.9906 60ft) from #9 to #6. Andreas Arthursson 11.7927/127.60 (1.0166 60ft then drifted left and lifted) v Jan Ericsson 6.0008/392.44 (0.9855 60ft), straighter than many but giving up some time to others. Final qualifying:
17:55 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 5 Sandro Bellio 18,2822/46.85, 0.9575 60ft and then the car made a move to the left shortly afterwards and he lifted. Silvio Strauch 5.6044/412.84 (0.9293 and 3.6812/325.50) v Tony Bryntesson 5.458/415.07 (0.9512 and 3.6063/348.84), close to their bests from this event but no improvement. Nice straight runs. Johnny Oksa 10,7272/109.09 (0.9607 to 60ft and then got a bounce on and lifted) v Linn Engan Flřysvik 5.6831/408,78 (0.9915 and 3.76/329.07). Qualifying after this session:
17:45 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 5 Tommy Leindahl 6.8534/319.91, Lasse Britsmar 7.0153/326.48, slightly out of the groove after 1.0242 60ft v Stefan Ernryd 6.6172/334.99 improvement (0.983 and 4.2504/266.93), Robin Norén 31.0485/35.64 after a 1.2771 60ft, spinning the tyres on launch v Simon Ekengren 6.6467/332.31 (0.9927 to 60ft and 4.2695/265.49 to half track) Michael Malmgren 22.3585/54.67 (1.4769 60ft spun the tyres on launch) v Jimmy Ĺlund 6.5915/338.98 (0.9986 and 4,2467/269.33 Qualifying after this session:
17:30 FIM-E Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 5 Thomas Pettersson 7.3294/231.95 (1,1103 60ft), Eric Richard 7.7321/202.85 v Mike Olie 6.8249/320,28, new PB, well done Mike (1.0711 60ft)! Jan Sturla Hegre spun tyre before 60ft and the bike came to a halt at 330ft and was towed off. Mikko Rajaniemi 8.7559/157,07 (1.0996 60ft, drifted left and lifted) as René Van Den Berg was pushed away before starting. Rikard Gustafsson 6.5068/360.72 lost traction after 330ft and pedaled v Neil Midgley 29.7091/35.95, Neil 1.1639 and tyre spinning then up in smoke and shut off. Final qualifying:
FIM-E Super Twin Bike qualifying session 5 Julia Wagner 8.4746/183.18 improvement v Anders Hörnström 13.2035/111.89 drifted towards the right wall and lifted. Frank Aaslund 9.2937/205.64 close to the left wall v John Rolfstad 9.3662/184.80 allowed to run after a stage foul. None of these first four bikes qualify for eliminations as they have not run the required 2 x 7.50 timeslips. Harri Piensalmi 7,6026/202.78, 1.0745 60ft and 4.4056/255.20 then lifted v Roman Sixta 6.8064/299.00, good run, 1.1831 to 60ft and 4.4370/283.91. Roman up from #9 to #5. Marko Lantto 6.8116/329.70 (1.2026 and 4.4814/ 282,57) in #6 new PB, well done Marko! v Martijn De Haas 7.0198/318.58 (1.2171 and 4.5819/263.67). Slight pause for top end to be cleared. Samu Kemppainen 6.6977/333.95 ( 1,1646 and 4,3875/281.84) v Marcus Christiansen 8,7672/150.75 lifted early. Final qualifying:
16:55 FIM-E Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 5 Aswin Le Noble 8.7782/245.12, Joerg Lymant 7.983/281.54 v Bertrand Maurice went left and lifted and was timed out. No improvements or changes in the order. Final qualifying:
FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 5 Margot Schmidt 9.6790/262.19, Clemens Walleit 8.2135/315. Mogens Lund 7.0257/339.62 up from #7 to #4, Peter Östlund 7.2835/316.53 v Krisztián Jász 7.2692/315.79, Ross Morrison 9.8107/162.45 v Mathias Bohlin 6.8707/352.02, Dániel Donát Lencsés 22.1747/65.81 v Alan Morrison 6.8699/352.02 Final qualifying:
16:30 Pro ET qualifying session 9 Jimmy Larsson and Ida Zetterström both improved in #3 and #13. Pro Street 7.60 qualifying session 9 Emil Johansson moved up from #18 to #14. Dennis Andersson moved up from #15 to #5. Big puff of smoke at 1000ft from Pelle Arvidsson's orange Challenger, track checked and clean-up called. On the restart Lars Berglund went from #10 to #5. The final car to run Seppo Raussi moved up from #17 to #15 securing his place in the 16 car ladder. Street 8.60 qualifying session 9 Sami Holm came to a halt on track and was towed off. Patrik Wickman improved slightly in #5. 16:00 Super Gas qualifying session 9 Stefan Andersson up from #8 to #5. Super Street qualifying session 9 No changes to the order. Junior Dragster qualifying session 9 Almathea Granholm 0.0081 RT up from #4 to #1 in the final pair. Top Doorslammer qualifying session 6 Anders Vanhalato 8.14 no improvement, pair of '63 Vettes Jesper Stenberg 4.3938/257.02 no improvement v Lars Sjöholm 4.2175/280.23 up one place to #4. Improvements for Hannu Flink 4,1338/284.21 in #3 v Stefan Jansson 4.2126/281.10 in #4, no change in position. Then Anders Edh 5.1033/156.39 and Mike Reymond 4.0359/296.7. 15:35 Pro Comp Bike qualifying session 9 Vitali Melnyk improved 7.6830 but stayed in #3. Peter Rundström improved his #1 time to 7.4981/302.18 Super Comp Bike qualifying session 9 Kathrine Wagenius improved and moved up one place to #4. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 9 No changes to the order. Junior Dragbike qualifying session 9 No changes to the order. Competition Eliminator qualifying session 8 Improvement for Krister Adeen 6.4618 in #4 and Lars-georg Johansson 7.2897 up to #13. Niklas Heikkilä 6.8975 Max Hoffbrandt 7.2083, neither improvements. 15:05 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 Marcus Perman 7.2014/346.38 v 6.8667/245.12, Marcus up one spot to #17. Jan Ericsson 5.8898/398.82 ( 0,9974 and 3.8969/314.50 incrementals) v Michael Gullqvist 6.7049/294.60, Jan up from #16 to #2 as Micke's car made a big move to the left and he lifted, Micke's incrementals 0.9855 and 4.1121/235.5. Mats Eriksson 6.1882/385.16, aggressive 0.9693 60ft but tyre shake and he pedaled up from #14 to #11 Olof Andersson 18.4732/59.70 v Jimmy Alund 11.4796/112.17, both lifted after major tyre shake. Fredrik Fagerström 6.1648/367.35 v David Vegter 5.9107/391.87 (1.0056 and 3,8994/313.59), David up from #7 to #3. Roger Johansson NTR (stage foul) v Ĺke Persson 5.9943/375.52 (1.0259 and 3.9629/312.68) up from #15 to #6. Andres Arnover 6.0525/404.49 (1.0221 60ft) improvement but stayed in #9 v Stian Rusĺnes 6,3433/353.87 (1,0087 60ft) no improvement. Marck Harteveld 8.8877/160.09 (0.9958 60ft) v Michel Tooren 9.9946/147.18 (1.0368 60ft), both suffered tyre shake before 330ft, Marck's car went close to the wall and he lifted, Michel lifted too. Qualifying after this session:
14:45 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 4 Sandro Bellio 7.6268/191.35 (0.9692 and 4.0951/223.23 as Sandro slowed) v Johnny Oksa 5.5316/423.86 ( 0.9648 and 3.6659/338.13). Problems still for Sandro, slight improvement for Johnny to consolidate his #1. Linn Engan Flřysvik 5.6935/408.47 (0.969 and 3,7572/327.47), nice consistent run for Linn. Silvio Strauch stopped on track, delay for Silvio in his crew starting the engine, but then was ok, however the revs soared after 60ft and the chutes were then deployed by the Electromotive system after half track and he stopped at around 1000ft. Silvio towed off. Qualifying after this session:
14:30 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 Jimmy Ĺlund 6.5892/340,48 (1.0043 and 4.2502/270.14) to back up his #1 run from yesterday. Tommy Leindahl DNS, burned out then a crew member spotted a leak and he was pushed back. Christian Sagelv 6.7350/330.48(1.0344 and 4.3496/264.45) v Michael Malmgren 6.5889/337.50 ( 0,9895 and 4,2362/268.52), Michael up from #4 to #2. Stefan Ernryd 6.6668/335.20 (1.0044 and 4.2983/266.67) v Lasse Britsmar 8,0298/191.15 (0.9993 and 4.4806), both cars drifting leftwards and Lasse lifting eventually. No improvement for either. Simon Ekengren 6,6847/336.66 ( 1,0262 and 4,3203/266.67) v Robin Norén 6.6741/334.16 (1.0027 and 4.2860/264.71) both drivers steered away from the tendency the cars had to drift left. Improvement for Robin but still in #5. Qualifying after this session:
14:15 FIM-E Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 Neil Midgley 6.0297/329.07 (0.9942 and 3.9206/318.02), nice straight run with less aggressive settings we surmise. René Van Den Berg 6.2340/238.27 (1.0918 and 4.0854/305.78) improvement but no change in position v Mikko Rajaniemi 13.8713/59.84 (1.0451 launch in the right lane then lost traction). Thomas Pettersson stopped on track v Eric Richard 6.6774/319.91, 1.0695 60ft and 4.2586/268.26 for Eric as Thomas had problems and clean up needed on the startline in his lane. Mike Olie 6.9513/299.00, slight improvement, 1.0850 60ft and remains in #8. Jan Sturla Hegre 6.3361/382.71(1.031 and 4.2848/300.33 incrementals) v Rikard Gustafsson 5.9428/389.89 (1.0419 to 60ft and 3.9377/314.69 to half track), Rikard retook the #1 spot Qualifying after this session:
FIM-E Super Twin Bike qualifying session 4 Anders Hörnström 15.4161/101.26, went to the right after the launch and lifted, 1.5161 to 60ft. Roman Sixta 7.3234/236.53 v Frank Aaslund 7.8222/210.61 with a twitch just after 60ft. Both 60ft times were about 1.19s. Roman up from #12 to #9. Martijn De Haas 7,1487/301.34 v Marko Lantto 7.6625/248.85, both went straight but seemed to labour down track. 1.2353 to 1.1836 for Marko, no improvement. Per Bengtsson 6.3755/330,48 (1.1218 and 4.2020/301.00 incrementals), great run into #1 for Per, new PB on ET too, v Julia Wagner 8.7293/211.27 Harri Piensalmi suffered a mechanical problem in his burnout with a fuel leak near the start line. Marcus Christiansen pushed away, several bikes opting not to run in this session. Qualifying after this session:
13:30 FIM-E Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 Aswin Le Noble 8.7315/243.02 Bertrand Maurice 8,8264/163.74, Joerg Lymant 9,5319/143.85. No changes. Qualifying after this session:
FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 4 Krisztián Jász 7.0945/289.54, Mogens Lund 7.2343/325.69 v Peter Östlund 20.4447/23.64, Dániel Donát Lencsés 6.9805/336.87, Mathias Bohlin 7.1697/318.58, Clemens Walleit 8.7453/318.21, Alan Morrison Jnr 7.0100/340.26 Ross Morrison 7.0714/335.40 Qualifying after this session:
13:10 Super Pro ET qualifying session 8 Niklas Larsson up from #5 to #4 and Victor Heleander up from #9 to #1 in the first pair. Mikael Nilsson up from #11 to #9 in the next pair. Then Franz Aschenbrenner up from #7 to #2. Johanna Granholm then retook the #1 position from Victor. Amanda Sjöström-andersson improved to #11. 12:50 Pro ET qualifying session 8 Hans Nielsen and Erik Hilander improved, Erik in #1 already, Hans up one place to #7. John Thidé up from #11 to #9. Martin Larsson improved but stayed in #2. Pro Street 7.60 qualifying session 8 Lars Berglund improved from #12 to #10. More breakouts as teams try to push the index, but none so far below the 7.50 resulting in disqualification. Preben Bćrentzen (Willys Coupe) improved from #5 to #3 Saturday qualifying as at 12:25 can be seen at this link (click for full size image on PCs). Saturday final qualifying can be seen at this link. 12:15 FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 3 Ida Zetterström 4.5626/268.92 (0.8758 and 3.2724/318,96 v Timo Lehtimäki 4.4196/382.44 (0.9199 and 3.4792/378.95 incrementals), clean first run for Timo, some smoke from Ida's car at the finish line. Stig Neergaard 5.7292/193.34 (0.9428 and 3.9677/236.74) v Antti Horto 3.949/439.38 (0.8703 and 3.1328/439.38), great run for Antti, clean to the end. Stig's car struggled down track went slightly to the left out of the groove. Antti up from #4 to #1. Qualifying after this session:
12:10 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 David Vegter 6,4403/267.46 (1.0246 and 3.9429/312.32) v Olof Andersson 6.2918/365.61 (1,1082 and 4.1656/294.28). David with a new engine after a broken rod yesterday got close to the left wall but kept on it. Olof up from #18 to #10 in the order. Micke Johansson 7,051/326,68 smoked the tyres after a 1.3303 60ft indicating wheelspin before that point, and got back on it for the crowd v Marcus Perman whose Camaro did not move off the line and pushed back. Jan Ericsson 7.0973/355.44, great to see Jan back from his wild run yesterday. The wheels again spun off the startline 1.0900 to 60ft and he got back on it for the crowd, 4.8149/267,06 to half track. Up from #15 to #12 for Jan. Micke Gullqvist 11.2984/144.66, went left at 60ft and lifted. Ĺke Persson 6.3738/368.35 (1.0746 and 4.2026/284.66) v Mats Eriksson 6.9345/354.10 (0.9981 and 4.5420/234.88). Mats made a big move to the left after 330ft but got back on it to improve his position from #16 to #13. Ĺke up one place to #11. Stian Rusĺnes 6.1972/364,37 (0.9887 and 4.0221/333.33) v Fredrik Fagerström 6.1394/368.60 (0.9925 and 4.0062/298.34 incrementals). Usual half track burnout and high speed reverse from showman Freddie, then a good pair of runs, more aggressive launch from Stian, and it worked! Freddie up from #12 to #8, Stian at #9, Jimmy Alund 8.7258/159.91 v Marck Harteveld 5.9654/387.37 (0.9981 and 3.919/309.10), up to #3 for Marck as Jimmy lifted after 330ft after a 1.0052 60ft. Michel Tooren 6.0001/391.02, marginal improvement, got close to the left wall, stayed in #4. Bruno Bader 24,5831/43.51 v Andres Arnover 6.0675/400.00 (1.017 to 60ft and 4.0788/314.69 to half track) as Bruno went 45% off straight on the launch and lifted by 60ft. Andres up from #10 to #7 Andreas Arthursson 5.8550/417.31 (1.0077 and 3.9186/323.35) v Roger Johansson 6.0979/356.91 (1.0156 and 3.9874/297.03) nice pair of runs, straight as a dye for Andreas who consolidated his #1. Qualifying after this session:
11:30 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 3 Silvio Strauch 5.5977/413.48 (0.9288 60ft and 3.6839/328.07 incrementals) v Linn Engan Flřysvik 9.4301/117.75 (0.9640 to 60ft and went out of shape at 330ft and lifted).After applying the 0.22 handicap, Silvio moves up one place to #4 ahead of Sandro Bellio who did not make this session due to oil pressure problems (thanks for getting in touch Sandro). Jonny Lagg 5.3955/422.54, 0.958 to 60ft and 3.591/356.91 incrementals, moves up one place to #5. Johnny Oksa 9.4927/148,31 (0.986 60ft and lifted before 330ft with tyre shake) v Tony Bryntesson 5.4499/413.79 (0.9345 and 3.5887/346.38). Tony remains in #3, but a new PB in TMD, well done Tony! Qualifying after this session:
11:10 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 Christian Sagelv 6.6949/310.34, nice straight pass, 1.0033 60ft and drove through mild tyre shake. 4,2925/266.01 to half track. Up from #7 to #4. Simon Ekengren 6.6239/336.87, 0.9984 to 60ft, just a tiny wiggle of tyre shake and 4.2681/267.59 to half track. Up from #6 to #2 and new PB, well done Simon! Lasse Britsmar 6.8282/306.64 (1.0095 and 4.385/261.63) v Tommy Leindahl 6.8676/313.77 (0.9998 and 4.3993/256.41). Lasse moved ahead of Tommy to #7. Robin Norén 6.6813/331.90 (1.0155 and 4.2989/265.23) v Stefan Ernryd 6.6460/335.82 (1.0000 and 4.2794/267.33 incrementals). Stefan up from #6 to #3. Michael Malmgren 8,8673/182,86 v Jimmy Ĺlund 23,2595/48.94, both lost traction on the launch Michael 60ft 1.4905 to Jimmy's 1.2016. Qualifying after this session:
10:50 FIM-E Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 Thomas Pettersson 7.3235/231.46 improvement in #9. Mikko Rajaniemi 8.4814/165.75, wheelie at 330ft then off the throttle Mike Olie 6.9846/314,14 now able to qualify for eliminations. Sverre Dahl 6.3513/366.85 Jan Sturla Hegre 6.361/384.62 great side by side pairing, Jan Sturla quicker to 60ft, 1.0383 to 1.1507, and Sverre quicker to half track, 4.2606/300.33 to Jan Sturla's 4,2958/299.83. Each up one place in the order to #5 and #6 respectively. Eric Richard 6.695/326.88 v René Van Den Berg 12,9196/82.19 went left at 330ft and lifted. No improvement for either. Rikard Gustafsson 6.6099/336,24 v Neil Midgley 25.6268/43.33. Both up in smoke but no pedalfest, Rikard got back on it after spinning the tyre about 200ft out 1.0555 60ft. Neil up in smoke by 60ft 1.1194 60ft by which time smoke had appeared. Qualifying after this session:
09:35 FIM-E Super Twin Bike qualifying session 3 Anders Hörnström 13.1372/119.10 Anders' immaculate looing V60 machine's first pass, went well to the right after 330ft and lifted. Julia Wagner 9.5864/150.74 v Per Bengtsson 6.5866/292.05, up from #4 to #2 (1.1275 60ft and 4.2655/297.36 to half track). Frank Aaslund no show on the ex Charlie Karling machine v Roman Sixta 8,0977/190.75 his V60 engined bike going left towards the centre line and taking out the 1000ft and quarter mile reflectors. Harri Piensalmi 7.4812/197.44 chute out at half track, a shame as he had a decent 1.0968 60ft v John Rolfstad whose engine cut as he was about to go into pre stage. Greger Johansson 6.9668/246.35 improvement up a place to #7. Vesa Lipponen 6.8927/273.42 with smoke after half track and lifted just before the end v Marcus Christiansen 6.3893/361.69 improvement to consolidate his #1 with 1.1562 and 4.2306/294.76 incrementals. Martijn De Haas 7.0918/311.60, given the green before Samu Kemppainen had staged, Samu kept his engine running and went 6.7655/332.92 nicely controlled but no improvement for either Qualifying after this session:
10:15 FIM-E Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 Aswin Le Noble 8.8585/244.68, Joerg Lymant 7.5441/280.23 improvements. No change to the order. Qualifying after this session:
FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 Margot Schmidt pushed back not happy with her engine. Mogens Lund with new chassis adjustments wheelie at 330ft to 9.1026/205.48, no improvement. Peter Östlund idled down to a 26s run as Krisztián Jász left before the tree ran, NTR. Clemens Walleit 7,8088/291.11 to the left of his lane v Wille Skinnars 8,0934/285.56 improvement. Ross Morrison 7.1779/328.07 improvement v Mathias Bohlin 6.9435/347.71 Dániel Donát Lencsés 8.9417/313.59 v Alan Morrison Jnr 6.826/351.79. No change to the order this session. Qualifying after this session:
10:00 Top Doorslammer qualifying session 5 Lars Sjöholm 4.3100/258.99 up from #8 to #5 as Anders Edh's engine cut out just as he was about to move into pre-stage. Stefan Jansson (57 Chevy) 7.0818 off the throttle after going sideways at 60ft v Jesper Stenberg (63 Vette) 4.3313/267.72 up one spot to #6. Jim Bergström (68 Camaro) 4.3851/240.53 and moved up a spot to #7 as Anders Vanhatalo (Camaro) shut off after spinning the wheels on launch, 1.2429 60ft to Jim's 1.0597. Best 60ft so far Anders Edh's 0.9973. Mike Reymond (Mustang) 4.3689/263.41 in #2 v Hannu Flink (Willys Coupe) 4.1436/289.39 improvement but stayed in #3. Street 8.60 qualifying session 8 Patrik Wickman improved but stayed in #4. Andreas Ruud up from #6 to #3 and Magnus Johansson up one place to #6. Kert Orusaar from Estonia under the index with 8.4229. 09:30 Stock/Super Stock qualifying session 8 Another nice wheelie from Carla Pittau, but marginally slower at 10.66 in #7. Rick McCann also stayed in #22 with 9.8958. Bo Nylund improved up from #16 to #13. Per Fagerström improved and went from #16 to #13. Mathias Färm improved marginally but remained in #5. Jonas Bengtsson improved and remained in 6th alongside Jimmy Arvidsson who went up from #25 to #22. Hans Nilsson improved but remained in #28. Nic Williams ran 8.1717 just short of his previous best of 8.1536 which keeps him in #1. The latest KEG measurements at 08:55 are at this link (PDF format). 09:20 Super Comp qualifying session 8 As before, Mikael Nilsson with 8.8948 the sole runner in this class, several having moved to Super Pro to go quicker. Super Gas qualifying session 8 Christer Uhlin improved but remained in #9. No other improvements, although a few breakouts. Super Street qualifying session 8 More breakouts in this class, and the order did not change. Junior Dragster qualifying session 8 No changes but several 0.0 RTs in this session. Pro Comp Bike qualifying session 8 Vitalii Melnyk improved to 7.8255 in #3. Theodor Vik finally got a clean start, into #6 with a 10.5166. Super Comp Bike qualifying session 8 Linus Trojbom-berggren improved in #10, more naughtiness from Robert Nygren at 8.0711, no other changes. Super Gas Bike qualifying session 8 Magnus Pollack up from #2 to #1. Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 8 Qualifying is on RT with a sportsman tree in EDRS. Indy Lyrén improved stayed in #4. No other improvements. Friday qualifying as at 19:25 can be seen at this link (click for full size image on PCs). 08:45 Good morning and welcome to day 3 of our coverage of the FIA/FIM-E Tierp Internationals from Tierp Arena. The weather here is glorious with sun and high wispy clouds, temperature 20C already and forecast to rise to 25C with a 7mph wind from the north. The air density is better than yesterday, 800ft rising to 1400ft and between 45 and 50 grains of water, so we should see quicker times today. Yesterday had two rounds of FIA/FIM-E qualifying, today there will be three more rounds for all classes apart from Top Fuel which will be in the first session starting at 09:50, (the second session at 12:50) and the final session starting at 15:50. Thanks to Tomas Pettersson for sending us the running order, also for letting us know that entry to the August Tierp Race is now online at www.dragracing.eu. Thanks to everyone for feedback on our coverage. We have now placed the latest KEG track measurements on our event index page and will update this when we receive the readings. The latest readings from yesterday at 20:00 are at this link (PDF format). Hi to colleagues in the UK, Julian and Diana at Santa Pod Raceway for the STP Sportsman Nationals and former editor Tog at Melbourne Raceway for the third round of the track championship there. You can see Julian and Diana's photos via the event coverage page which is linked to from the home page. Have a great day to all Eurodragsterholics and we'll be back shortly with more qualifying. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |