Tierp Arena, SWEDEN 10th June 2018: It’s Sunday morning and outside temperature is already at 20 degrees, bright blue sky and no dark clouds, perfect weather for elimination and final races during the Tierp International. The day At Tierp started with singing of “Du gamla, du fria”, the national anthem of Sweden.
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The Top Fuel number one qualifier Anita Mäkelä is the absolute winner during the Tierp Internationals. She ran 3.919 sec run in a very close (really close) race against Liam Jones who booked a 3.909 sec. Anita was 0.408 seconds quicker at the tree and Liam just saw Anita cross the finish line in front of him, passing to the quarter-finals. There she ran a stunning 3.956 against Antti Horto who couldn’t get enough traction to finish the race. The final race went between Anita and Mikael Kågered, where both struggled to get enough traction. At the end it is Anita who takes the win with a 4.841 second run due to a broken supercharger belt half way the race (Mikael with a 10.20 sec). This win will push Anita to the number one position in the championship point standings, as 1st round (Santapod, Main Event) winner ‘Stig Neergaard’ didn’t compete here at Tierp.
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Andreas Arthursson wins in the Pro Modified class with a 5.882 pass. Arthursson and the number one qualifier Jimmy Ålund where beating the competition by running 5.8 runs. Andreas Arthursson and last year champion ‘Michael Gullqvist’ met in the sem-finals but Arthursson (5.885 sec) was too quick for Gullqvist (6.079 sec). The final race meant to be a 5.8 second race between Ålund and Arthursson, but unfortunately Ålund suffered from technical issues and could start his car. Not sure where this win will put Andreas in the point standings, but Jimmy Ålund is catching in on Michael Gullqvist (number one in the championship).
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Last Year champion Bengt Ljungdahl is eliminated during the first elimination run by Magnus Petersson and Micheal Malmgren takes the final win in the Pro stock Class. Ljungdahl ran a close race (6.625 sec) against Petersson (6.668 sec), but Petersson had a reaction time of .0055 of second against 0.0992 from Ljungdahl and finish first. Unfortunately suffered tyre shake and lost against Micheal Malmgren in the quarter finals. The Pro stock final went between Malmgren and Stefan Ernryd. Stefan jumped the tree too quickly (Red light) but still ran a 6.652 sec against Malmgren who wins with a 6.630 seconds.
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Top Methanol: The Habermann brothers takes the win here at Tierp in the Top methanol class. Jonny Lagg (Number three qualifier) ran a good 5.453, but wasn’t quick enough against Dennis Habermann who ran a 5.368 in the quarter-finals. Like in Santapod (1st EU championship round) the final race went between Dennis and Timo Habermann. Dennis floor it and passes the tree lights still with his front wheels in the air and win with a 5.327 against Timo (5.432 sec).
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Number 1 qualifier In the Pro Street class Christian Kongshem takes the win at Tierp arena running a 7.659 during the whole eliminations. In the final race Kongshem met Lars Berglund in a close race with nearly identical reaction time of 0.0643 second and crosses the finish line in 7.6 seconds. Kongshem was just 0.05 seconds quicker.
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In the super street bike class it is Mathias Bohlin who takes the win with a 7.131 second run against Mogens Lund (7.612 second). Bohlin, the number 3 qualifier was running a constant 7.1 runs during the entire weekend with his fastest time of 7.131 during the final race.
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A great race weekend with a lot of personal best being set, 3 second runs in the Top Fuel class, Tierp International was for sure a great success. Congratulations to all winners. Next stop Alastaro Finland for the 3rd round of the FIA European Championship.
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Story & Photo: Benjamin Wefer
