Clastres, France 30th July 2023: The 22nd European dragster (The final race) continued today with the last qualification rounds and the elimination ladder for all the competitors. The weather forecast for today was not good, but the weather still blessed us with a 90% dry day (Only an hour delay due to rain). Races went all out to collect points and change the outcome of the 2023 French championship. The winners of the 22nd european dragster are Christian Schneebeli, Arnold Hol, Gerd Habermann, Stephan Blauwitz, S Fermond, and Cheyenne Visser.
Text: Benjamin Wefer
Picture: Benjamin Wefer
Christian Schneebeli wins Super Pro ET with an 8.104-second run at 269 km/hrs. All competitors in Super Pro ET had one last qualification today (4th round) before going into eliminations. Christian qualified in 9th place but was the man to beat today. Top qualifiers Frank Romer (1st after three rounds) and Dmytro Paleshko (1st after the fourth round) got eliminated in the first elimination round. The final race went between Christian and Robert Gassner. They both left the tree too early (-0.031 for Schneebeli and -0.022 for Gassner), but as Gasnner left the start line first (due to a handicap race), he got the first red light and gave the race away to Christian. Christian won with 8.104 seconds at 269 km/hrs on an 8.07 seconds dial-in.
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| Christian Schneebeli | Robert Gassner |
Arnold Hol had the right combination today and won Pro ET at Clastres. All 32 competitors had one qualification round (round 4) before going into elimination. Hol qualified 0.09 seconds from your dail-in time (9.90 seconds), which was good for the 22nd place, but he was skilled enough to beat the competition. Top qualifier Clare-Ange Renard (1st after the fourth round) got eliminated in the second round. The final race went between Hol and Gilles Perruchoud. Hol had a better reaction on the tree (0.044 seconds vs. 0.100 seconds for Perruchoud) and crossed the finish line in 10.25 seconds at 223 km/hrs (9.90 seconds Dail-in), and took the win as Perruchoud “break out” by running a 9.65-second run (with a 9.69 dial-in).
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| Arnold Hol | Gilles Perruchoud |
Gerd Habermann absolute winner in Supercomp. All six competitors had two more qualifications run today (5th & 6th). Gerd was the man to beat today. First, he won from top qualifier Clement Dubois (Became top qualifier in the 5th round), had a bye run in the second elimination round, and met Rene Siefert in the finals. Good run for both! Gerd crosses the finish line in 9.06 seconds at 226 km/hrs vs 9.17 seconds at 236 km/hrs.
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| Gerd Habermann | Rene Siefert |
Stephan Blauwitz is the winner in Supergas during the 22nd european dragster weekend. Also, in Supergas, participants got two more qualifications before the elimination runs started. Blauwitz was unbeatable this weekend by staying the top qualifier during all six rounds. The final match was between Stephan and the Italian racer, Oscar Scappocin. It was a side-by-side race, but unfortunately, Oscar breaks out in the end by running a 9.88-second run at 207 km/hrs.
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| Stephan Blauwitz | Oscar Scappocin |
The girl to beat in Junior Dragster this weekend was Cheyenne Visser! Cheyenne qualified third after four rounds and met the championship leader in the second elimination round. She had a bye run in the semi-finals and met Lina Wolf in the final race. Both good start, but it is Visser who takes the win with a 8.12-second run at 114 km/hrs vs 8.97-second run at 116 km/hrs for Wolf (Junior Dragster competitors race 1/8 mile instead of ¼ mile).
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| Cheyenne Visser | Lina Wolf |
The 22nd European Dragster and 20th anniversary of the races here in Clastres is a fact! We from The Chronicles of Boost want to congratulate all winners. To the rest of the racers, we want to say: Keep a positive mindset. Every journey is learning, and come back next time stronger to beat the competition!
