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Dragbike European Championship: Santa Pod hosted the Final The Final of the Dragbike European Championship took place in Santa Pod, Great Britain, in extremely difficult weather conditions. If on Friday and Saturday the series had to deal with very high temperatures, to top it off, on Sunday in halfway the eliminations a thunderstorm hit the track, flooding the complete facility. A very tough and critical condition that the Promoter and the local crew handled with professionalism. Marcus Christiansen from Denmark came very close to the world record with his normally aspirated Harley Supertwin. The winners of the event JuniorDragBike - Leah Morrison, GBR ProStockBike - Bertrand Maurice, FRA SuperStreetBike - Jake Mechaell, GBR SuperTwinBike - Marcus Christiansen, DEN TopFuelBike - Rikard Gustafsson, SWE The 2023 European Champions JuniorDragBike - Leah Morrison, GBR ProStockBike - Bertrand Maurice, FRA SuperStreetBike - Alan Morrison Jr, GBR SuperTwinBike - Marcus Christiansen, DEN TopFuelBike -

Dragbike European Championship: next to last round in Germany Pictures copyright: Ivan Sansom & Rose Hughes Perfect conditions for the fourth and next to last round of the Dragbike European Championship in Hockenheim, Germany. Despite the bad weather forecasts, races were disputed with no delays or problems and bout 60 riders got on track for thrilling challenges. Winners of this round Junior Dragbike - Geeuwke Siersema, NED ProStockBike - Jörg Lymant, GER SuperStreetBike - Alan Morrison, GBR SuperTwinBike - Marcus Christiansen, DEN TopFuelBike - Eric Richard, FRA Links FIM Europe Drag Racing European Drag Racing

Dragbike European Championship: the bad weather affected the event in Sweden Pictures copyright: NitroShutter.com Unlucky weekend for the Dragbike European Championship, that stopped in Tierp for the second round in a row and the third round of the season. For the second time in a row the city of Tierp hosted the Dragbike European Championship. Unfortunately, it has been a tough weekend because of the severe weather in the whole Scandinavia. In fact, Storm Hans has swept over Norway and Sweden, terrorizing these countries. And we know that rain and Dragracing are not the world's best friend. However, above all expectations, the organizer has managed to get most of the racing done. Against all odds and in an uphill battle, 3 rounds of qualifying have been laid down on Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, on Sunday the weather got even worse. The scheduled start of the elimination rounds had to be

Dragbike European Championship: Sweden hosted the second round Second round of the Dragbike European Championship in Tierp, Sweden. With a great attendance number of riders from all over Europe, the event saw a very very competitive fight for the eliminations. Both qualification days were granted with above average conditions, but on Sunday the weather unfortunately turned against so it was raced just the first round of eliminations. Next round it’s scheduled on 10-13 August always in Tierp, Sweden. Links FIM Europe Drag Racing European Drag Racing

Dragbike European Championship and Dragbike Junior Cup: the season started at Santa Pod Raceway It was a great day of racing at Santa Pod Raceway, where the Dragbike European Championship and Dragbike Junior Cup kicked off with the first round of the season. Over the weekend the event was attended by 30.000 spectators with spectacular runs, close racing and several surprises. The most contended classes were Top Fuel Bike and Super Street Bike, in which the competition was fierce with a far-above-par number of outstanding results that can be seen as absolute top-of-the-bill worldwide. Notably the qualifying sessions between Rikard Gustafsson from Sweden and Neil Midgley from England in TopFuel, between Marcus Christiansen from Denmark and Vesa Lipponen in Super Twin and between Daniël Donat Lencses and Alan Morrison from England in Super Street brought extreme and nail-biting competition. It's an understatement to call this event a historic experience. Two new

Dragbike European Championship and Dragbike Junior Cup: Santa Pod event crowns the champions Fourth and final round of the Dragbike European Championship and third for the Dragbike Junior Cup in Santa Pod, Great Britain. An exciting weekend, despite the very hard weather conditions. FIM-E Top Fuel Bike Dragbike European Championship After qualifying all eyes were on the opening round match-up between Rene van den Berg and Neil Midgley with the former needing a win to keep his championship hopes alive but the SharkAttack rider’s troubled weekend continued with the drivebelt departing barely turning a wheel in the burnout box. This meant that Rikard Gustafsson wrapped up his third European title thanks to qualifying points and a competition solo in the quarter finals. With that out of the way, the event win was the main focus. Gustafsson earned his final spot with a 5.8623/252.25mph to up his own European speed record

Dragbike European Championship: Hockenheim race Third and penultimate round of the Dragbike European Championship at the Nitrolympx in Hockenheim, Germany. Not only the temperatures on the track were a record, breaking with highs of 36 degrees, but also the ticket sale was the highest ever in the long history of this event. FIM-E Top Fuel Bike Rikard Gustafsson prevailed over the four bike field continuing his low six second consistency over the weekend to the very last and easily covering final round opponent Rene van den Berg with a 6.089/246.53 to a wayward 6.586. With the event win the Swede adds a fourth NitrOlympX title in a row to the expanding trophy cabinet at RG Engineering in Falkenberg and will be looking to head off van den Berg in the points chase at Santa Pod in a couple of weeks’ time. FIM-E Super Twin Bike Like Gustafsson in Top Fuel,

Dragbike European Championship: round 2 in Sweden After a 3 year of stop the Dragbike European Championship was back in action in Tierp, Sweden, with a thrilling race in extremely hot conditions. About 50 bikes joined the event in front of 30.000 spectators. The final results: TFB 1. Sverre Dahl, Norway 2. Jan-Sturla Hegre, Norway STB 1. Marcus Christiansen, Denmark 2. Julia Wagner, Norway SSB 1. Mogens Lund, Denmark 2. Mathias Bohlin, Sweden In SSB a new European record has been set by Daniël Donat Lencses from Hungary. Visit the Drag Racing page Visit the SEC official Page

Drag Bike European Championship & Junior Cup: lights on the new season! The Drag Bike European Championship & Junior Cup is back to the action! The first of the five round scheduled in the 2022 calendar was raced in Santa Pod, Great Britain, at the presence of FIM Europe President, Mr Martin de Graaff, and the 1st Deputy President and Chairman of the Sporting Council Mr Michal Sikora. “After two years without the European Championship all fans looked forward to watch the exciting races again on the beautiful Santa Pod race track. The number of fans showed us how they missed it. Together with the 1st Deputy President Michal Sikora I enjoyed the spectacular races with small differences in the running times and high speed at the finish of the quarter mile (about 400 m). Drag Racing Commission Chairman Mr Job Heezen renewed his contacts with the riders and was

Drag Bike European Championship New agreement for FIM Europe and DRE Provisional Calendar 2022 FIM Europe and Drag Racing Europe AB, - “DRE”, have signed an agreement for the promotion of the 2022 FIM Europe Drag Bike European Championship. The agreement is the result of discussions between FIM Europe and the DRE management group formed by Keith Bartlett, Michael Gullqvist and Roger Lyrén. The intention is to run FIM Europe Drag Bike European Championship in a combined calendar with the FIA European Drag Racing Championship for cars. “We are pleased to have been appointed as the new promoter for the FIM Europe Drag Bike European Championship. The promoter, Drag Racing Europe, will now be able to initiate the task to further develop the Championship, especially in key commercial areas. The goal is to create and increase the value and benefits for the teams and track promotors alike” said DRE Chairman