The traditional meeting of NMC (Nordic Motorsport Council, one of the six Regional Associations of FIM Europe) took place from 10-11 October in the Scandic Hotel Sydhavnen in Copenhagen.
The venue of the meeting changes on a yearly basis; in 2015 the “Denmarks Motor Union – DMU” was the host, while next years meeting will take place in Finland. DMU President Jorgen Bitsch welcomed some 80 participants from the five member Federations Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and – as a guest – the representative from Estonia.
Meetings were held in the following disciplines, discussing the 2015 season as well as the activities in the Nordic Championships in 2016: Classic Road Racing, Drag Racing, Enduro, Motocross, Snowcross, Road Racing/Minimoto, Track Racing/Speedway, Trial and Supermoto.
Meetings of the Presidents and Secretary Generals completed the agenda.
In the framework of the weekend an important meeting on the subject “Road Safety for Motorcyclists” took place, with participants from Nordic Road Federations, all of them being members of “Federation of European Motorcyclists – FEMA”. Some of them have contracts with FIM Federations, like SMC with SVEMO in Sweden and DMC with DMU in Denmark.
“I visited all the meetings of the various disciplines and was very impressed with the high level of the Nordic Championships as well as the professional attitude of all the officials”, commented FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb. “The events are organized on a high level and fit perfectly in the pyramid “National Championship – European Championship – World Championship”. I am also happy about the progress and the high quality of the cooperation with FEMA, as Road Safety is of utmost importance for all motorcyclists”.
On Friday before the meeting of the Nordic countries the Dragrace organisers of Gardemoen (N), Tierp (S) and Alastaro (F) were invited by the Dragrace commission chairman Palle Lind and FIM-Europe 1st Deputy president Martin de Graaff. The secretaries General from Norway Roy Wetterstad, form Sweden Per Westling, commission members Jari Halonen and Kenneth Trondsen also attended the meeting.
On behalf of Promoter Trakbak Racing Geoff Myers was present.The Scandinavian federations have many good riders and tracks, important for the FIM-Europe Dragrace competition. The goal of this meeting was to discuss problems of the last seasons and to investigate the possibilities for the near future in order to be on the EC-calendar with one or more Dragrace events and the increase of Scandinavian riders in this championship.
In a very open discussion and a good atmosphere all parties, representatives of the Organisers, Trakbak and FIM-Europe tried to find solutions to create the best possibilities for riders and organisers.
Shakehands with Jesper Christensen
