{"id":32429,"date":"2017-08-27T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver4\/?p=32429"},"modified":"2017-08-27T21:51:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:51:29","slug":"dico-international-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/dico-international-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dico International Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tierp Arena, Sweden 26th<\/sup> August 2017: As the final qualifying rounds continues at Tierp Arena during the Dico international race, the eliminations rounds has started. \u00a0In the Top Fuel class the last qualification rounds we\u2019re run, but unfortunately most of them struggle to get good traction from the track. The only one who manage to perform a 3 second pass was Liam Jones with a 3.997. but this wasn\u2019t an improvement on yesterday\u2019s time which was a 3.946. So a minor change in the top qualifiers as Jndia Erbacher improved her time to 4.062, took the 3rd<\/sup> place and pushed Mikael to 4th<\/sup> place. Top 3 Qualifier \u00a01st<\/sup> Liam Jones, 2nd<\/sup> Duncan Micallef , 3rd<\/sup> Jndia Erbacher.
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Another high light in the Top Fuel class is Miss Maja Udtian from Norway who made her first full Top Fuel pass at the Tierp Arena race track. The nineteen year old Maja already booked a 4 seconds run on her first full pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In the Pro stock classes we have a new leader, which is Jimmy Alund who made a stunning pass and improve his time to 6.526, which is a 1\/1000 seconds faster than Bengt Ljungdahl. as Ljungdahl couldn\u2019t improve his time today has now been pushed to the 2nd<\/sup> place a 6.526. in 3rd<\/sup> place remain Richard Sundblom in his Chevrolet Cobalt 6.590 who also couldn\u2019t improve his time.<\/p>\n

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A lot of improvement seen In the Top Methanol \u00a0class as Timo Habermann improved his time to 5.300. Dennis Habermann improved his time by 0.054 of second to 5.370 seconds. with a 5.424 second run. In 3rd<\/sup> place remain Sandro Bellio, the Belgium driver couldn\u2019t get sufficient traction from the track and couldn\u2019t improve his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As the Elimination started we already have seen a final race in the Swedish national Pro Mod champion ship. Race Driver Jimmy Alund in his Chevrolet Business made it to the final together with \u00c5ke Perssons and it is Alund who takes the win with 5.84 second pass against 5.945 for \u00c5ke. Jimmy Alund Pro Modified SM (Swedish championship) Winner at the Dico Internationals!<\/p>\n

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The FIA European Pro Mod race are\u00a0 still ongoing with \u00c5ke Perssons in 1st<\/sup> place with a 5.882 , Jimmy Alund in 2nd<\/sup> with a 5.898 and Micheal Gullqvist in 3rd<\/sup> place (5.924 sec).<\/p>\n

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In the Top fuel bike class is Sverre Dahl who takes the lead with a stunning pass of 5.988 second run. Jan Sturla Hegre (6.140 sec) and Thomas Pettersson (6.996 sec) in 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Stay tune for DAY 4, Eliminations\/Finals,<\/p>\n

Story & Photo: Benjamin Wefer<\/p>\n