{"id":40430,"date":"2018-06-09T21:28:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T01:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver4\/?p=40430"},"modified":"2018-07-09T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T01:11:05","slug":"tierp-lnternationals-em-i-drag-racing-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/tierp-lnternationals-em-i-drag-racing-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tierp lnternationals EM I Drag Racing [Day-3]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tierp Arena, SWEDEN 9th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2018: The final Qualifying rounds continue for all FIA classes meanwhile sportsman\u2019s class are into eliminations during the Tierp Internationals in Sweden.
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Anita M\u00e4kel\u00e4\u00a0\u00a0is still in the lead of the Top Fuel class with Mikael K\u00e5gered in second and Timo Lehtim\u00e4ki in 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0position.\u00a0\u00a0The 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 4th<\/sup>\u00a0qualifying runs for Top Fuel competitors didn\u2019t go without a struggle, as most of the drivers couldn\u2019t get all of their 10.000 horsepower down to the track. Top Fuel driver Stefan Gunnarsson lost traction halfway in the 3rd qualifying run against Bj\u00f6rn M\u00e5rtensson\u00a0but manage to keep his dragster on the track. Mikael K\u00e5gered Improved his time from 4.425 to a good 4.074 second in a race between him and Antti Horto. Flames from\u00a0\u00a0K\u00e5gered\u2019s engine was visible from start to finish and jumped to the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0position with this stunning pass. Mikael will face J\u00f6ran Pers\u00e5ker in the 1st elimination round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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No changes to the top 3 on the Top Methanol list, with the Habermann brothers (Timo following by Dennis) at the top and Jonny lag chasing them.\u00a0\u00a0Dennis Haberman tried to improve his time but ended up with a good 5.356 sec. Jonny\u00a0Lagg\u00a0set a new personal best of 5.351 sec racing against Dennis Haberman. This race ended up with both driver crossing the finish line with a speed of 428.57 km\/h, quite a race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Pro Stock class, a class with a lot of movement. it is Jimmy \u00c5lund\u00a0(6.5322 sec) who has jumped from the 5th place to the second place right behind Bengt Ljungdahl (6.5317), with only +0,0005 of a second between Jimmy and Bengt.\u00a0\u00a0Stefan Ernryd also jumped from the 7th position up to the third position on the qualifying list, with stunning 6.547 sec run, which is a new personal best for Ernryd. Stefan will meet Robin Noren in the elimination which also had a new personal best of 6.637, this will be interested race. Another interested race during the elimination will be between Micheal\u00a0\u00a0Malmgren (6.590 sec and 5th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0on the list ) and Thomas Lindstr\u00f6m (6.581 sec and 6th<\/sup>). There is only 0.05 sec between them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Andreas Arthursson\u00a0is pushed back to 2nd place by Jimmy \u00c5lund in his Chevrolet Business coupe \u201951 with good pass of 5.845 second run in the Pro Modified Qualifications. 5.845 is the new personal best for \u00c5lund and will face Lars J\u00e4rpler (6.230 sec) in the eliminations. Michael Gullqvist, 2017 champion is now in 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0place with 5.886 sec and will face H\u00e5kan Persson in the Eliminations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pro Mod SM is also run simultaneously to the Pro Mod European championship. Difference is that SM is the Swedish championship, which this time was won by \u00c5lund. Jimmy raced Andreas Arthursson in a side by side race but Jimmy won with a 5.84 vs Andreas who ran a 5.89 sec.<\/p>\n

Number 1 qualifier In the Pro Street class Christian Kongshem won from Magnus\u00a0Lidberg\u00a0and continues to the quarter-final and will meet Michael Maderer from\u00a0Germany in his BMW850 CSI. Micheal is the only German competitor in this class and is known the be a constant performer.<\/p>\n

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And of course we didn\u2019t miss the nice wheel stand from Ida Zetterstr\u00f6m, the\u00a0girl from Finland\u00a0competing in the super street bike class.<\/p>\n

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An exciting qualification and a great start of elimination, who will stay on the ladder until the end? Who will take the win and who will set new records?\u00a0\u00a0Stay tuned for DAY 4, elimination rounds,<\/p>\n

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

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