Drag Racing

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

Drag Racing season 2021 The FIM Europe would like to give you an update about the latest news about 2021 Drag Racing season. Due to the national restrictions and uncertainty related to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Drag Racing season will be different compared to the previous years. Two races have been scheduled: the first in Hockenheim and the final in Santa Pod. These events are depending on the decisions of the German and British governments and the possibility for big groups of spectators to attend the races. If the competitions will take place, it will be without the EC status. Besides this, the FIM Europe is negotiating with Trakbak promoter came at the end of its contract period. A meeting for potential organisers of Drag Racing series (2022 and following years) will be organised during the 2021 summer time. All useful information will be published in due time.

Dragbike European Championship: last event in Great Britain Last round for the Dragbike European Championship in Santa Pod, Great Britain. Junior Dragbike Final classification: 1. Blade Dummer, England 2. Liam Holgate, England Champion: Blade Dummer, England Super Street Bike Final classification: 1. Steve Veneables, England 2. Mogens Lund, Denmark Champion: Steve Venables, England Pro Stock Bike Final classification: 1. Martin Newbury, England 2. Fredrik Fredlund, Finland Champion: Fredrik Fredlund, Finland Super Twin Bike Final classification: 1. Marcus Christiansen, Denmark 2. Niel Midgley, England Champion: Marcus Christiansen, Denmark Top Fuel Bike Final classification: 1. Filipos Papafilippou, Greece Champion: Filipos Papafilippou, Greece

Dragbike European Championship: next to last race in Germany The Dragbike European Championship set to Hockenheimring, in Germany, for the third round of the season. Qualifying results: Top Fuel - Rikard Gustafsson Super Twin - Roman Sixta Pro Stock - Fredrik Fredlund Super Street Bike Cup - Vesa Ruhanen Junior Drag Bike Cup - Tim Christensen Race classification: Top Fuel - Filippos Papafilippou Super Twin - Roman Sixta Pro Stock - Charly Abraham Super Street Bike Cup - Steve Venables Junior Drag Bike Cup - Marie Rosen The season finale is scheduled at Santa Pod on 8th September.

Dragbike Europen Championship: the race in Finland First event for the Dragbike on Kauhava track, Finland. The entry fields in three of the four classes was very good with a nice mix of international teams and national. The winners of the different classes showed this mix perfectly: TFB was won by Filippos Papafilippou from Greece, STB was won by Harri Piensalmi from Finland, PSB was won by Fredrik Fredlund from Aland and SSB by Vesa Ruhanen from Finland.

Dragbike European Championship: this weekend the third round This weekend the 3rd round of the European Championship will take place in Finland, the well-known country for its thousand lakes and famous midsummer nights. But not only! The passion for motorsport sees the return of the FIM Europe to the brand new track in Kauhava, situated near the town of Vaasa on the Gulf of Bothnia, not far from the polar circle. A fine selection of European top teams will be present to give a new start to the new track. At the race there will be four different categories: TopFuelBike, SuperTwinBike, ProStockBike and SuperStreetBike. Stay tuned!