There aren’t many motorsports that I haven’t seen live but if I could choose only one form to introduce someone to racing Watching drag racing on a screen can often seem boring but when you’re at an event in person and the Top Fuel cars come out One of the best drag strips in Europe is situated in the middle of a Swedish forest around an hour’s drive from Stockholm Tierp Arena is huge a 165-hectare facility with a perfect quarter-mile drag strip and a horseshoe-shaped grandstand for 20,000 guests Last weekend it played host to the penultimate round of the 2019 FIA Drag Racing European Championship This event marked the fourth time I’ve photographed Top Fuel dragsters in action; once you’ve been baptized by nitromethane you just want to come back time and time again I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the punch that comes with them vibration and pressure their 10,000hp engines produce Imagine an explosion or a jet plane flying by just a few meters from you and you’ll have some idea then factor in itchy eyes and trouble breathing with all the nitro fumes in the air I had to remind myself not to be scared and to keep my eyes open – no easy feat As soon as the power is unleashed your brain blacks Before you can really comprehend any of this the run is over But as long as I’ve kept the shutter release firmly pushed I’ll have some shots Wearing earplugs and earmuffs helps to save my ears from bleeding The experience is brutal yet always very enjoyable Many experienced motorsport photographers have said that there’s nothing like drag racing even though it’s only a short race in a straight line European drag racing is vibrant with many classes ranging from junior dragsters and street cars to the FIA supported disciplines: Pro Stock I was trying to catch a perfect panning shot or a wheelie Short breaks in the racing and track clean-ups gave me the opportunity to explore the pits and see first-hand how teams were rebuilding their engines before making another run on the strip others still in a position to get the trophy Then I stumbled on this truck with a jet engine It’s actually a normal truck that uses the heat from the jet propulsion to dry out the strip surface if rain arrives following the pre-stage sequence is a real joy It’s interesting to see the way different teams signaled to their drivers You can really see the differences in these relationships; some are family while others take a more professional approach; a few may be nervous There was no shortage of girl power in the top class of the event with the all-female final between the soon-to-be-crowned Rookie of the Year an experienced driver who’s currently leading the championship It’s the first year in a Top Fuel dragster for Maja while Anita has been racing since 1987 and has three Top Fuel championship titles under her belt Anita is a modest chicken farmer in Finland Before winning the event with a 3.88-second ET versus a 3.91 Maja stormed to a mind-boggling 3.816-second ET at 509.43km/h (316.54mph) pass to reset the European elapsed time record set one day prior by Jndia Erbacher another female in the European Top Fuel championship European fans have the chance to experience Top Fuel cars for the last time this year at Santa Pod Raceway in England where the championship title will be decided on September 8 Drag Racing Related Stories on Speedhunters I recomend you come next year to kauhava for the nightrace event for amazing nighttime drag racing Also you should try to get the ascona as a feature car it's an amazing build and it is one of the fastest street cars in europe Audi A5 dragster thats ...I dont have a word for it somewhere between magnificent and blasphemy Thanks for the great coverage what looks to be a wonderful event watch a round of TF Dragsters & Funnycars at the finish line Prepare to feel their "bow waves" push your chest back If you had told me this was a track in Florida or Oregon I would have completely bought it Drag racing is a massive equalizer and great to see it knows no borders.Love that bumper-standing Trans Am Speedhunters is an international collective of photographers writers and drivers with a shared passion for uncovering the world's most exciting car culture stories Image source: Ford Performance Imagine the upset when the American NHRA racecar driver steps into Europe with no more than his weather station and his helmet – and he walks away with the fastest European Super Stock E.T Butner broke the record using a 2012 Cobra Jet belonging to Swedish owner The Cobra had been in storage since it was new and it had never seen the sweet asphalt of a drag strip TechStation featuring Bo Butner's race experience at Tierp Using his extensive knowledge of Ford Performance products, Butner and his team tuned the Cobra and had it ready to tear up the track. The Cobra Jet that he raced is powered by a 5.4-liter V8 engine with a 4.0-liter Whipple supercharger The race took place at the Tierp Arena in Tierp It’s an hour-and-a-half drive from Stockholm and the Tierp Arena is known for being one of the finest drag strips in the world; so there would have been no better place for Butner and his team to break the record It only took three runs to get down the time that set the new record this record was set while driving a car that had been in storage since 2012 It isn't tough for Butner to smoke the tires with this borrowed Cobra Jet “I wish we could have finished the race, because I had every intention of putting this Cobra Jet in the Winner’s Circle. But I’m happy that we left Sweden with the record,” Butner explained in the Ford Performance article Butner is referring to how he was not able to complete the races because of the rain “I am happy that we were able to bring the record back to the U.S I’m already thinking that we need to go back next year and try to go even quicker.” Build your own custom newsletter with the content you love from Dragzine We will safeguard your e-mail and only send content you request We'll send you the most interesting Dragzine articles We promise not to use your email address for anything but exclusive updates from the Power Automedia Network May 05, 20250 May 05, 20250 May 05, 20250 May 04, 20250 May 04, 20250 May 04, 20250 May 04, 20250 May 03, 20250 May 01, 20250 May 05, 20250 May 02, 20250 May 01, 20250 Oct 24, 2013BangShift News2 It has been kind of a crazy year for strips opening We heard some not so good news from a Swedish BangShift reader yesterday when he tipped us off to the fact that one of Europe’s premier drag strips and the best track in the country of Sweden The track was constructed a couple of years ago and it rivals anything you’d find at the premier drag racing facilities anywhere in the world From huge grand stands to an amazing all concrete surface the place is bad fast and home to many significant European drag racing records We know guys (from the USA) who have visited the place and they all reported upon their return that it was one heck of a facility We’re not familiar with the local geography of the area but we’re hoping that it stays as a race track and is purchased by someone who wants to operate it as such and not turn it into some sort of housing development or apartment complex the place has been historically rainy and several big events have been lost or severely hampered due to weather Our tipster sent us along this copied message board post from a local site that is about cars and racing He attributed this to the man who was in charge of the construction and ultimately the management of the track After three years of unpaid work and a lot of money invested we have been forced to throw in the towel.Throughout the project we have struggled to get the final funding But we were not able to get the bank with us to the end This week they cancelled our granted credits.This meant that today we applied for bankruptcy.This affects businesses and individuals who supported and helped us and we feel very sad about that We have tried as far as possible to avoid such a situation Here’s to hoping a group of investors or a wealthy Swede steps up and buys the track Here’s a link to a Swedish newspaper account of the bankruptcy filing Being Swedish American…(a poor one) I truly hope it falls into the proper hands I’m also a poor Swedish American and hope that this isn’t the end for this track I think I’m related to this Braktrcr guy Duncan Micallef continued to rewrite the history books in the FIA Top Fuel Drag Racing Class after setting a new European record in his class in Tierp who is seeking to recapture the FIA crown this summer for a second time in his career produced an impressive performance on his dragster on Friday The Maltese drag racer was competing at the Scandinavian Internationals at the Tierp Arena which was also another round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship Micallef broke his record and set a new European mark in the fastest motorsport class Micallef stormed home in an astonishing time of 3.79 seconds reaching a mind-boggling speed of 321.4 miles per hour His performance saw him hit a faster top speed than the previous European mark of 321.01mph Duncan Micallef’s timing of 3.79 seconds was 0.10 seconds faster than the previous best of 3.89 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa The head of South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL called on FIFA to expand.. 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The Island Car Club organised the second round of the 2024 National Hillclimb Championship.. the Dragbike European Championship was back to the action at Tierp Arena It was a successful event with good numbers of entrants equally divided by Scandinavians and Europeans the weekend had competitive racing and a very close fight The runs in the finals have been decided with only 0’’047 seconds difference in TopFuelBike and only 0’’002 seconds in both ProStock and SuperStreetBike this time had to settle for the second position as Jan-Sturla Hegre from Norway won the TopFuelBike Marcus Christiansen continued his domination in the SuperTwinBike The Danish rider won again in the Swedish arena ahead of home hero Per Bengtsson and ran a personal best time of 6’’1109 only 0’’005 away from breaking a long-standing world record for a normally asperated Nitro-Harley in this third round Bertrand Maurice left the first step of the podium of the ProStockBike to the German Jörg Lymant from the UK won with a runner-up from Hungary | Copyright 2025 FIM Europe | Terms of use - Privacy statement | When most Americans think of Sweden, blondes, IKEA, ABBA—and if you’re hungry enough—meatballs come to mind. While those things do actually exist in the Scandinavian capitol city, it’s worth noting the Swedish people also have a huge affinity for American muscle cars, particularly those carrying the Blue Oval label. One of the highlights of the Tierp event was an appearance by NHRA Pro Stock driver and championship-winning Mustang pilot, Bo Butner, who was on hand wheeling the supercharged Cobra Jet Mustang of Hakan Prytz. Butner won first round, but wasn’t able to get a win because the final rounds were postponed by rain. He did, however, run 8.53 seconds to become the quickest Super Stock driver in all of Europe. Off the track, the vast car show had a little bit of everything including a very clean first generation Ford Escort RS 2000. Rarely seen in the States, the 1970s vintage Escorts dominated rally racing and are huge across Europe. The one we spied in Sweden was exceptionally well done. The action had us excited and we’re planning a trip back in 2017. Subscribe to our newsletters to get the latest in car news and have editor curated stories sent directly to your inbox DELAND -- Stetson University beach volleyball juniors Madison Akins (Brooks Sweden) have each been selected to the Atlantic Sun preseason all-conference team Lind has been nothing short of dominant in her first two seasons with the Hatters The 2015 Atlantic Sun Scholar-Athlete of the Year Lind went 24-4 overall while playing with Maren Rygh at the No She earned first-team all-conference honors after going a perfect 8-0 in league play then went a perfect 4-0 in the A-Sun Championship to earn all-tournament team accolades She has a career dual match record of 40-10 and has never lost a conference match Akins and Anderson teamed up as Stetson's No.4 seed last season going 18-10 overall in dual matches and 6-2 in A-Sun matches They also earned a key 2-0 win over Mercer in the A-Sun Championship and picked up a critical 2-1 victory in Stetson's team win over over Georgia State in the AVCA Championship Fla.) was also selected to the Atlantic Sun Preseason Watch List Putt placed fifth in the 19U gold bracket at the USA Volleyball Beach National Championships in 2014 in Hermosa Beach The Hatters are ranked 10th nationally in the DiG Magazine and AVCA preseason polls and they open the season March 4-6 by hosting the Stetson Spring Break Invitational Drag racing across the globe took a big hit last year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic The new year has allowed for racing to start back up to some degree but there are still many events globally that are being called off The FIA has announced that its events at Tierp Arena in Sweden and Santa Pod Raceway in England won’t be held due to COVID restrictions The FIA European Drag Racing Championship is a six-race series that gives racers in Europe the biggest of stages to race on The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the entire 2020 season and also claimed more than half of the 2021 campaign Racers were hopeful they would get at least two rounds in for the FIA championship but that opportunity appears to have evaporated stated in a press release that the COVID restrictions would make it impossible to hold events for a championship series “After many months of delay and uncertainty on a final decision regarding the 2021 FIA European Drag Racing Championship events at the Tierp Arena (Sweden) in August and Santa Pod Raceway (UK) in September reached a decision that even a two-round FIA Shootout Cup will not be possible to hold owing to the COVID-19 restrictions with travel and quarantine regulations.” All isn’t lost for the racers of Europe; both Tierp Arena and Santa Pod Raceway will still hold races on the original dates scheduled for the FIA European Drag Racing Championship events These races will be contested under ASN national rules so they will be considered national events by the FIA The FIA is already looking forward to 2022 and is putting the pieces into place for a big season when things return to normal “DRE will now concentrate on setting up the 2022 FIA European Drag Racing Championship which we all hope will be campaigned over six rounds the management of DRE is discussing with the FIM to bring the FIM European Drag Bike Championship alongside the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at all rounds in 2022,” Barlett states Fredrik Ekblom needs just one point to secure the Drivers championship as well. After the recent TTA Elite Racing Series race at Tierp Arena, the Volvo Polestar team secured both the Team and Manufacturers championship in the Swedish national series. And as the go into the Gothenburg finale, driver Fredrik Ekblom needs just one point to secure the Drivers championship as well, giving the team a clean sweep in the TTA’s inaugural year. The Volvo Polestar team had hoped to secure all three championship titles in Tierp but the concrete barriers in the newly designed Arena meant the team had to fight for its results. The problems began in free practice when Fredrik Larsson crashed his BMW into the concrete barrier. Alex Danielsson would also destroyed his Citroen in qualifying, which meant the session was aborted before the Volvo Polestar drivers had a chance to make their final qualifying attempts. As a result, drivers Fredrik Ekblom, Robert Dahlgren, Thed Björk and Tommy Rustad were forced to settle for sixth, ninth, tenth and fifteenth positions on the grid, respectively. With such poor grid positions, the Volvo Polestar squad was forced to push from the start of the race. Fortunately, Rustad converted his fifteenth position into a sixth finish. Dahlgren finished eighth after being hit hard at the end, loosing several places. Björk took his S60 to fourth, while team-mate Ekblom scored second. That meant that Ekblom and Björk in the blue Polestar team (two cars are blue, two are black) secured victory in the Team championship for Volvo Polestar. Their combined points for the day, as the two best Volvo drivers, also secured victory for Volvo in the Manufacturers championship. The Tierp race was won by Saab driver Linus Ohlsson, who inched nine points closer to Ekblom in the Drivers’ championship. Ekblom leads with 29 points, with only 29 points left to race for. Consequently, Ekblom needs to claim one more point in the final round to secure the title. The finale will be decided at Gothenburg City Race Arena on September 29. Updated to clarify that races have been moved UPDATE: This weekend’s Swedish national championship road races which were initially believed to have been cancelled have been moved to a nearby motor racing circuit due to fears raised by local residents about safety including claims that children would have been put in danger on the original course On Thursday, Sweden’s state broadcaster SVT reported that the organisers of the country’s national championships decided to cancel the event which was initially scheduled to take place in and around Uppsala the host town for last year’s championships and some 70km north of the country’s capital However, it was announced yesterday on the eve of the event that the races were “saved” after the organisers secured the use of the Tierp Arena a motorsport venue and drag racing arena 60km north of Uppsala and the site of the Scandinavian country’s Covid-affected 2020 and 2021 national road races FDJ-Suez’s Emilia Fahlin won from a small group sprint on the (admittedly uninteresting) stand-in course to secure the fourth national road race title of her career The decision to block the races from taking place on the planned course in Ulleråker is reported to have been made by Transportstyrelsen which withdrew permission for them to pass along a section of a route said: “Those of us who live here have felt quite runover both by the council and the cycling club that organises the event “There’s already a lot of construction work that makes things difficult for us on a daily basis and with these competitions it would get even worse with people more or less trapped within Ulleråker,” he insisted Lindblom claimed that the organisers had caused problems with last year’s events including not giving local residents adequate information about them He also claimed that support cars were driven at speeds of up to 100kph which he said led to people living locally not letting their children outdoors during the races > Angry residents who slammed “ridiculous” traffic restrictions ahead of UCI Cycling World Championships secure compromise from council The races are being organised by Uppsala Cycling Club told SVT Sport that it stood to lose SEK500,000 (£37,000) if they were cancelled “We’ve put in an incredible amount of work and money,” he explained while pointing out that people had come to Uppsala from all over the country for the championships “We feel as though we have been ridden over roughshod,” he added with Uppsala Cycling Club member Robin Niller driving straight to the race track on Friday morning to prepare it for this weekend’s events “Our working group has now found this solution via Tierp Arena but under the current circumstances it saves our national championships.” The Swedish Cycling Association’s competition director Lucas Persson added: “It is fantastic that there WILL be real cycling competitions in Tierp It's really sad that there won’t be competitions in Uppsala but it’s fantastic that we managed to come up with a solution in Tierp please consider subscribing to the site to support us directly As a subscriber you can read road.cc ad-free The revenue from adverts helps to fund our site then please consider subscribing to road.cc from as little as £1.99 Our mission is to bring you all the news that’s relevant to you as a cyclist and hosting a history podcast at Queen’s University Belfast Ryan joined road.cc in December 2021 and since then has kept the site’s readers and listeners informed and enthralled (well at least occasionally) on news After boarding a wrong bus at the world championships and ruining a good pair of jeans at the cyclocross he now serves as road.cc’s senior news writer he wallowed in the equally pitiless world of academia where he wrote a book about Victorian politics and droned on about cycling and bikes to classes of bored students (while taking every chance he could get to talk about cycling in print or on the radio) He can be found riding his bike very slowly around the narrow A few recklessly driven cars maybe with a radio in hand packed with dubious fitted bicycles may seem small danger to us but for the country that has one of the lowest road accident victims stats in the world Each country has their own risk perception Don't do anything ever because it might hurt someone somewhere Just how did humanity get this ridiculously risk averse but one expected better of the Swedes; one/  two days a year really causes outrage There’s already a lot of construction work that makes things difficult for us on a daily basis with people more or less trapped within Uleraker,” he insisted He claimed that the organisers had caused problems with previous events including not giving local residents adequate information about them and that support cars were driven at speeds of up to 100kph which he said led to people living locally letting their children outdoors Reads like the "won't someone please think of the children" argument was just the excuse here tagged on the end of regular NIMBYism (and is there a "not" missing before "letting their children out"?) 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Terms and conditions of use 3.5.2022 13:57:44 CEST | Magnora ASA | Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a member state Magnora’s portfolio company Helios AB signs a landmark deal with Commerz Real providing a turn-key delivery of the two largest utility scale solar PV parks in Sweden to date has developed two PV plants with a combined capacity of 69 MWp that have been purchased by a leading German renewable fund managed by Commerz Real construction management and supply the commercial and technical management services for the development Helios has managed the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) process and handled the grid connection agreement The first plant will have an installed capacity of approximately 21 MWp and is located in Västerås municipality The plant’s output can cover the yearly consumption of around 8 750 electric cars The second park is located in Tierp municipality and will start construction later this year The installed capacity of the Tierp project will be approximately 48 MWp equal to the yearly consumption of around 20 000 electric cars The closing for the Tierp park is to take place in the autumn of 2022 once all the closing conditions have been fulfilled This transaction represents one of the biggest transactions to date on the Swedish solar energy market “The projects are the first of their kind in Sweden and are being built completely without subsidies and on market conditions to the great benefit for Swedish electricity consumers and not least for the climate” We are certain that this deal will unlock the market for large scale PV in Sweden proving that we have already reached grid parity at these latitudes and thus making solar PV an excellent addition to the Swedish energy mix,” says Andreas Tunbjer Tunbjer adds that solar PV has already reached over 1 TWh/annual production and expect the market to grow exponentially over the coming years “We have already built a large pipeline of projects and the interest from investors is extensive and growing We expect this deal to become a blueprint for multiple projects to come over the next decade from Helios Nordic Energy AB,” says Erik Sneve Helios is a Swedish developer of solar and battery storage projects and have secured land for over 30 projects in Sweden and recently Lithuania and Latvia Commerz Real is the manager for real asset investments of German Commerzbank AG with 50 years of market experience and approximately 35 billion euros in assets under management The company has already been investing in solar energy since 2005 and in wind energy plants since 2016 At present it manages more than 50 solar power stations and over 30 onshore and offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of more than 1.4 gigawatts The parties have agreed to not disclose the financial details of the transactions EY has acted as financial advisor to the seller Setterwalls has acted as legal advisor to the seller and Solkompaniet has been selected as EPC contractor This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Magnora ASA (OSE: MGN) has a legacy royalty business that is re-invested in renewable energy development projects and companies Magnora’s portfolio of renewable companies consists of Evolar AB The company is listed on the main list on Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker MGN Keep up to date with our company announcements by subscribing Visit our pressroom and see more company announcements from us Solberg recovered from seeing his championship advantage whittled down to four points by Oliver Eriksson coming into the all-important final to power to a critical third victory of the season as his title rivals floundered Eriksson and Thomas Bryntesson had come to the Tierp Arena each with an opportunity to leave with the RallyX Nordic trophy and the challenge of the all-new Swedish venue proved a successful leveller as the trio fought for supremacy over the an eventful weekend of rallycross action Each title contender picked up a qualifying race victory apiece but Bryntesson topped the Intermediate Classfication after staying largely out of trouble unlike Solberg who suffered a puncture in Q2 and suspension damage in Q3 on his OSRX Citroen DS3 to leave him only fifth at the midway stage With Eriksson second on the classification despite a DNF in Q3 following contact off the start both the Swede and Bryntesson reduced Solberg’s advantage to three and eight points respectively Come the semi-finals though and it was JC Raceteknik’s Bryntesson’s turn to face misfortune when a puncture forced him out of both race and title contention in turn promoting Solberg into a lead he’d retain to the chequered flag When Eriksson could only manage second in the semi-final that followed after suffering his own technical issues Solberg’s margin was reinstated to four points Solberg got the start he needed before surviving the jostling into the turn two hairpin to secure the lead Eriksson’s title challenge came to an end just seconds later when his attempts to get in front of Andreas Carlsson resulted in contact that forced him into the barrier at turn four Despite his valiant efforts to get going again Eriksson was forced to park up soon after to officially concede defeat in the title battle Passing the stricken Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta on track 17-year-old Solberg – son of two-time World Rallycross Champion Petter – knew the championship was decided regardless of the result but he’d keep it neat and tidy nonetheless to take the chequered flag as a winner for the third time this season and as the new RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires Champion Robin Larsson marked his return to RallyX Nordic competition by avoiding drama to claim second position in his Audi A1 while Philip Gehrman secured a third podium in four starts in his Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle Carlsson nonetheless managed an equal-best finish of fourth place in his Renault Clio Nysum winner Ulrik Linnemann showed impressive pace driving the Olsbergs MSE Honda Civic – which was making its European competition debut – but broken suspension in the semi-finals halted his progress much like Lukas Walfridson (Helmia Motorsport) Ola Froshaug (JC Raceteknik) and Peter Hedstrom (Hedstroms Motorsport) whose respective day’s came to a halt ahead of the final Hedstrom’s team-mate Daniel Thoren walked away unharmed from a sizeable semi-final crash that left his VW Polo heavily damaged Solberg wins the title having accumulated 148 points courtesy of three wins and a total of four podiums and status of having reached the final in each event It leaves him 11 and 16 points ahead of Eriksson and outgoing champion Bryntesson who nonetheless end the year with a win apiece at Kouvola and Holjes respectively RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires Series Director «An exciting way to conclude a great season of RallyX Nordic competition huge congratulations to the title winners across all classes crowned at the Tierp Arena today Oliver Solberg has driven outstandingly throughout the season and fully deserves to lift the championship trophy while Guillaume De Ridder has really come of age this season in what was a high quality Supercar Lites field we are delighted to see a big crowd turn out to the Tierp Arena for the first time to watch rallycross action at its best It’s been a landmark season for RallyX Nordic and this memorable finale lays an excellent foundation as we prepare for bigger and even better in 2019.” PR & Events Manager for Cooper Tire Europe said: “Many congratulations to this year’s worthy Supercar and Supercar Lites champions we are delighted to be part of RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires featuring seven rounds across five countries will provide the perfect platform for yet more talented young rallycross stars to prove they have got what it takes to progress in their careers towards the FIA World Rallycross Championship – where all drivers also compete on Cooper tyres.» RallyX Nordic Results // Round 6 // Tierp Arena Starting the weekend with a 17 point advantage over Gundersen De Ridder’s third place finish in the Intermediate Classification gave him an insurmountable advantage with the semi-final and the final still to run Marcus Hoglund picked up a superb Tierp Arena win after keeping his nose clean to defeat Guillaume De Ridder and Jimmie Walfridson Reinis Nitiss and Nathan Heathcote scored a run at the final on their RallyX Nordic debuts bringing home fourth and fifth place results ahead of the out of luck Kevin Eriksson who – having been top qualifier – was on course for a podium only for technical problems to force him out just metres from the chequered flag 2018 RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires Supercar Lites Champion: “I am feeling very good right now It was good the title was decided before the semi-final and final it allowed me to get my head down and just concentrate on the win I was playing safe to bring the title home This RallyX Nordic Supercar Lites win is my first international title so it means a lot to me I have been a bit unlucky in big events in the past so I have never had the chance to celebrate like this All the hard work has finally paid off… fantastique!” Sami-Matti Trogen protected his pre-event advantage to see off a competitive field of Renault Clio racers the hotly-topped Finn clinging on to hold off Poland’s Oskar Leitgeber and Estonia’s Marko Muru Nils Andersson was crowned champion over Isac Egonsson and Jimmie Osterberg following a season of thrills and spills for the popular Speedcar series Duncan Micallef represented Malta in the Highest Class of the Second Round of the 2024 FIA European Drag Racing Championship Racing his Top Fuel Dragster at Tierp Arena in Sweden Micallef delivered an outstanding performance finishing the 1000 feet in a remarkable 3.79 seconds This stellar performance catapulted Micallef to the top of the championship leaderboard with 124 points The Malta Motorsport community is now awaiting eagerly Micallef’s next race clinching the first position in the GR3 over ten category securing second place in the GR3 under ten category Xuereb secured sixth position in the GR3 over 10 category had to halt his race due to technical difficulties Nicky Gauci raced in the 5th round of the Rotax Max Challenge Italia in Franciacorta This was Gauci’s first race on this track in Lombardy Gauci qualified for the final to start in P22; during the final Offroad Driver Neville Ciantar and his son Navigator Lee Ciantar representing the indomitable Nusu Racing Team took on the challenge of the King Of France off-road racing competition The team stood strong despite facing fierce competition from European teams They encountered various issues during the event including an accident with a competitor and the need to change a tyre during the race but they persevered and finished in 11th place a testament to their resilience and unwavering determination Lewis Hamilton showed his frustration with his Ferrari team’s tactics at the Miami Grand.. 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Mexico City will host high-altitude Formula One races for at least three more years.. the reigning Champion Of The International Federation of Automobile (FIA) Top Fuel Dragster confirmed that he will be again taking part in  the entire championship in 2018 During an activity at a hotel in St Julian’s, Micallef exhibited the four trophies won during 2017 a gesture appreciated by his sponsors that were present when he announced this news winner of the Sportsman of the Year award last Saturday explained that is not easy for anyone non-professional driver to make two consecutive championships his sponsors and the car owners have made this an easier decision for him Micallef will start his international campaign between May 27 and 29 in Santa Pod in the UK before taking part in the second leg scheduled for June 17 and 18 at the Tierp Arena in Sweden the championship moves to Finland for the racing event in Alastaro Hockenheim will host the fourth leg of the championship on August 19 and 20 and week later the dragracing circus will return to the Tierp Arena The season finale will be held at Santa Pod on September 9 and 10 Duncan Micallef's sponsors in the 2017 title winning campaign were Bajada New Energy Mobile Total and Kamtech and have all reconfirmed their support once again for 2018 please register for free or log in to your account Oliver Solberg has become 2018 RallyX Nordic Supercar champion after resisting pressure from his title rivals to prevail in fine winning style at the Tierp Arena Solberg completed victory on Cooper tyres; the manufacturer was also headline sponsor for the event Solberg powered to a critical third victory of the season Oliver Eriksson and Thomas Bryntesson arrived at the Tierp Arena each with an opportunity to leave with the RallyX Nordic trophy and the challenge of the all-new Swedish venue proved a successful leveller as the trio fought for supremacy over an eventful weekend of rallycross action Solberg got the start he needed and survived the jostling into turn two to secure the lead Seventeen-year-old Solberg – son of two-time FIA World Rallycross Championship title holder Petter – kept it neat and tidy on-track to take the chequered flag and be crowned the new RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires champion Solberg wins the Supercar title with a total of 148 points 11 and 16 points ahead of Eriksson and outgoing champion Bryntesson Guillaume De Ridder is this season’s Supercar Lites champion after accumulating the points he needed to defeat his closest rival Ben-Philip Gundersen before the final in Sweden PR & events manager for Cooper Tire Europe “Many congratulations to this year’s worthy Supercar and Supercar Lites champions; we are delighted to be part of RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires will provide the perfect platform for yet more talented young rallycross stars to prove they have got what it takes to progress in their careers towards the FIA World Rallycross Championship – where all drivers also compete on Cooper tyres.” If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com Joe Carabott’s Mr Whippy Racing Team are back on the international scene as they bid to win the European FIA/FIM Champion-ship for Top Methanol dragsters for a second time in three years starting with the opening round of the season at the Santa Pod Raceway this weekend have registered to race in the 2014 Top Methanol series which wraps up with the European Finals there will be five rounds of the championship with the other three races Mr Whippy Racing Team opted not to defend their title in 2013 as they were mulling on other sporting adventures outside the continent but they’ve decided to race in Europe this year with veteran campaigner Monty Bugeja again inside the cockpit of their updated dragster Bugeja was honoured for his 2012 feat in the SportMalta awards last year when he scooped the main prize at stake as the Mr Whippy outfit topped the category for teams On his way to the European title two years ago Bugeja had also established a speed record of 437.98kph inside the fine-tuned green and yellow Mr Whippy dragster at the Tierp Arena Bugeja topped the standings with 467 points ahead of another Maltese pilot Chris Polidano of the Kalanċ Racing Team Polidano will be the other Top Methanol pilot on the line at the Santa Pod Raceway this weekend while Duncan Micallef will be vying for the honours in the Top Fuel category Shawn Buttigieg and Luke Farrugia will be competing in the European Super Street bike class August 21-24 Scandinavian Internationals - Tierp Arena September 4-7 European Finals - Santa Pod Raceway Dragster racer Duncan Micallef caught the headlines for the right reasons last weekend after setting a Santa Pod track record of 3.8960 seconds during the Top Fuel Championship finals It was a stunning 1,000-foot (305m) run by Micallef who has now established himself as the fastest male drag racer in Europe He was 0.018 of a second slower than the 3.878 mark set by Anita Makela Micallef first set the time in his quarter-final victory over England’s Liam Jones and then repeated the feat in the semi-finals when he had the better of championship leader Makela with an identical run of 3.89 seconds Micallef was forced to pull out of the final after suffering clutch problems in the warm-up Kagered’s victory in Santa Pod meant Makela topped the final championship standings on 434 points with Denmark’s Stig Neergaard second on 421 “I’m still coming to terms with what happened in Santa Pod last weekend,” Micallef told Times of Malta on his return to the island yesterday “The weekend had started on a negative note as I had a poor time in first practice which put me in an elimination run against the top dragster in official qualifiers “But the team worked tirelessly in the late hours and everything came together on Sunday morning with that fine run and track record When I crossed the line I had little idea that I had gone so fast and when I saw the result I was lost for words “In the semis I was up against Anita Makela But we matched the morning run to win the race that came at a cost as the engine blew up and we had to retire.” Micallef had earned the right to compete in Santa Pod after an eye-catching performance at the Tierp Arena last month when he broke the four-second barrier to clock 3.913 seconds who competed in the FIA competition in 2014 and 2015 is already planning to return to the European dragstrips in next year’s Top Fuel FIA championship “The objective now is to run the entire 2017 European Champion-ship,” Micallef said “The team was scheduled to take a sabbatical in 2016 but we decided to participate in Sweden and then Santa Pod to test the potential of our dragster,” Micallef whose best placing in Europe was a third in 2015 “This racer can go really fast and we can be European Championship contenders there are some aspects that have to be improved but that is normal in motor sport “Besides we have also managed to secure some top sponsorships from abroad and they are ready to fund my championship bid for next year now we’ll have to focus on a good preparation to make sure we reach the new season in peak form.” please register for free or log in to your account.