Tierp Arena, SWEDEN 26^th August 2018: It is Sunday! Unfortunately, no sunny Sunday as it has rain in the early morning. The track crew did their best to re-prep the track after the rain and the first elimination could start. First Elimination round for Pro Modified, followed by a moment to honor the Swedish National Anthem (The Du Gamla, Du Fria) sing by Josefina Kviegård.

The 27 years old Swedish singer from Tierp, had the opportunity to sing the national anthem for the fourth time at Tierp Arena since 2016.

Anita Mäkelä takes the win in Top Fuel Dragster with a stunning 3.877-second run. The first elimination race between Michael Kågered and Patrik Pers ended in what seems to be the slowest Top Fuel race, as both struggled at the start, parachutes came out and both rolled down on momentum to the finish line. Michael cars stopped just before the finish and Patrik takes the win with a 22.534 second at 33 km/u. probably not the way Patrik would have wanted, but a win is a win.

The number one and second qualifier meet each other in the final race! Antti Horto wins with a 3.952 from Liam Jones in the quarterfinal and had a single run in the semi-final. Anita, on the other hand, run a four-second race (4.748 sec) against Stefan Gunnarsson and a low four (4.004 sec) against Patrik Pers. Horto had a better reaction time (0.110 sec)  in the final race against Anita (0.162 sec), but Anita takes the win and improved her own European record by 0.001 seconds! (Old record 3.878 sec set in 2015)

In the Top Methanol, it is Dennis Habermann who takes the victory home! Sandro Bellio ran a stunning 5.471 second run against Ari Pietilia (6.089 seconds) in the quarterfinals. After this run, Bellio went straight into the finals, as he had a single run in the semi-final (5.713 sec).  Dennis Habermann, on the other hand, raced his brother Timo early in the elimination. Dennis won this race with a 5.407-second run, as Timo had technical problems prior his pre-stage and couldn’t continue the race. In the semi-final, Dennis wins from Linn Karlsen with a stunning 5.361-second run. The last two competitors meet each other for the first time this year and it is Dennis Haberman who takes the win with a 5.465 second run against Sandro Bellio, which unfortunately lost traction and made contact with the concrete wall (Sandro didn’t suffer any injury during this race).

Andreas Arthursson takes the win in Pro Modified during the Summit Racing Equipment International at Tierp Arena. Number one and second qualifier beat the competition! Both Jimmy Ålund and Andreas Arthursson wins the elimination rounds with 5.8 seconds. Arthursson had a single run in the semi-final (David Vegter didn’t show up due to engine problems) and Ålund won from Jan Ericsson (6.058 sec) with a 5.815-second run. Andreas with far quicker reaction time (0.017 sec) than  Ålund (0.100 sec), manage to stay in front of Jimmy Ålund until the end. Andreas won this race with a 5.751 second, improving the European record again by 0.005 seconds! (Old record set yesterday was 5.756 seconds)

In Pro Stock Cars, it is Jimmy Ålund who takes the win! (Yes, Jimmy is still racing and winning in two different class). In the first elimination round, Jimmy won from Stefan Ernryd with a 6.590 second in. and pass to the next round against Bengt Ljungdahl. The number one in the European Championship is taken out by Jimmy Ålund (6.575 sec) in the semi-finals.  The final race went between Jimmy Ålund & Thomas Lindström. Jimmy win this race with a 6.552 second run from Thomas Lindstrom as he jumped the tree to quickly and ended up with a red light.

Top Fuel bike second qualifier, Thomas Pettersson is the one who takes the win at Tierp Arena. Thomas wins from Peter Andersson(7.173 sec) with a 6.814-second run, while Jan Sturla Hegre had a single run as Sverre Dahl didn’t show up. Number one qualifier Jan Sturla Hegre met the second qualifier in the final race, but Petersson was too quick and won with a 6.674-second run. This is also a new Personal Best for the Swedish Top Fuel Bike rider.

Vesa Ruhanen takes the win in Super Street Bike!  Vesa manages to beat the competition until the end. Ruhanen met reigning champion Mogens Lund in the final race, and it is Ruhanen who wins with a 7.335 second at 258 km/u against Lund who ran an 8.397-second run.

Again surprise in Super Twin Top Fuel Bike as both first (Jaska Salakari ) and second qualifier (Vesa Liponen) are eliminated in the first and second round. It is Roman Sixta who won this round of Super Twin Top Fuel. Final race went between Sixta and Samu Kemppainen, but it is sixta who takes the win with a 6.785 second run against seven seconds for Kemppainen.

Another successful weekend held at Tierp Arena, Sweden. We from The Chronicles of boost want to congratulate all ‘Summit Racing Equipment International’  winners. To the rest of the racers; keep a positive mindset, every journey is a learning, come back next time and beat the competition! Next and last FIA round will be over two weeks, at Santapod Raceway for the Euro Finals!

Text: Benjamin Wefer

Picture: Benjamin Wefer