FIA & UEM CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTATION BROCHURE ONLINE  

We have uploaded the printed championship brochure as a pdf-file. It provides a general presentation to the FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship in regards to classes, contestants, tracks, media, TV, marketing and more. DOWNLOAD IT or distribute the link to the presentation (that way you don´t have to attach a file) http://www.speedgroup.eu/FIA UEM Championship Presentation File.pdf

The printed brochures can be ordered at net cost by teams for use in marketing and sponsor work. Fill in the ORDER FORM  and we will be happy to attend to it as soon as possible

published February 16th 2012

PRACTICAL INFO FIA CHAMPIONSHIP  - NEW PAGE ADDED

We have set together a new page which contain a lot of  practical information for drivers and teams that are planning to run in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2012 (cars classes). As it answers questions we often get we think it should be read by both new and established teams. Click the link called Practical info 2012 - FIA to check that you are aware of some of the essential practical information you need to comply with when participating in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. We will update it continuously if we find it necessary to have it answer further common questions.

published February 15th 2012

TT-LINE for travel between Sweden and Germany



TT-line is a major ferry operator between Sweden and Germany. Speedgroup´s hold two contracts with TT-line for FIA & UEM Championship teams that register to run 2012. One for truck and trailer combinations and one for all other types of vehicles.

You may use the discounts for any travel on TT-line routes Trelleborg-Travemünde, Trelleborg-Rostock both directions throughout 2012. To request the contract details please fill in the REQUEST FORM (click to open) TT-lines website
www.ttline.com 

published February 15th 2012
SFI Certification Sweden March 24th - revised Feb 13th please check SFI Invitation Doc

Teams that plan to certify their parts at Persåkers Speedshop on March 24th
Please read the SFI Invitation Document issued by ME Racing Serices, who administer the certifications (open as a Word-document). Only presented in Swedish. 

published February 8th 2012

SPEEDGROUP CLUB EUROPE NEWSLETTER #1 2012 ONLINE

Newsletter edition #1 2012 has just been finished and placed online. We hope You will find some interesting reading in this edition where we put spome extra focus on the Contingency Programs for the FIA & UEM European Championship and EDRS European Drag Racig Series and we feature some of the suppliers signed up to support European teams for 2012 through the programs!

Featured in the edition;
- Speedgroup On the agenda
- FIA Pro Mod Roland Bolleter
- FIA Pro Mod Adam Flamholc
- FIA Top Fuel Dragster Micke Kågered
- EDRS Stock Superstock Håkan Nordström
- EDRS Comp John Bradshaw
- Bilsportgalan BILSPORT Awards
- Speedgroup meetings Germany
- Simpson expands in Europe
- The SFI Foundation
- MPM Oil on working with sponsorship
- 2012 Contingency Programs EDRS/FIA/UEM
- Auto Verdi
- Diamond Pistons
- Noonan Race Engineering NRE

Please click the Newsletter headline in the left margin to open this last newsletter for 2011! The editors hope you will enjoy the reading ! Next edition is planned for the end of February where we will focus extra on the EDRS European Drag Racing Series Concept and as always highlight interesting profiles and phenomenas connected to the sport!

YOUR TURN TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT?
We are always happy to feature any FIA/UEM Championship or EDRS team, driver or other profiles connected to Drag Racing in our Newsletters. If interested to share a news item with us, please try our new NEWS SUBMISSION FORM which is a form to fill in online and submit text and photos through.
If you prefer, you are always welcome to email asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu to arrange for an interview via email or telephone with one of our editors! (German, Dutch, English and Swedish speaking)

published February 1st 2012



To celebrate the BILSPORT Magazine´s 50th birthday and present the BILSPORT awards for 2011, the publisher of BILSPORT Magazine (and a number of other motor related magazines) Förlags AB Albinsson & Sjöberg arranged the BILSPORTGALA in Stockholm Sweden on January 28th 2012


Jimmy Ålund, European Champion in FIA Pro Stock was first awarded Driver of the Year in Drag Racing and then won for the award for Senior of the Year all categories in addition!

Another successful driver on stage was Amanda Sjöström-Andersson (left) active in Jr Dragster, who won the Swedish Drag Racing League SDL and became Swedish Champion! Amanda was awarded Drag Racing Junior of the Year. A big surprise for the award winner was the Autosports Woman of the Year who was handed to Åsa Kinnemar, co ordinator for Speedgroup (right)


published January 30th 2012

Speedgroup´s shirts on the drawing board.. 

US based crew apparel company Vicci´s catalogue is available for download. It includes all lot of ideas if you are thinking of fully or partly outfit your team; shirts, pants, shorts, outerwear, caps and also fan wear for merchandise! 

Vicci is part of the Contingency program for the FIA and UEM Championships 2012, for all classes (check the contingency program page). They in addition give discounts to all teams connected to Speedgroup and the FIA/UEM Championship and EDRS European Drag Racing Series sportsman classes.

OPEN THE CATALOGUE (as pdf-file).

There are plenty of designs also at the website, to get you ideas. If you email a photo of your car or bike (and any sponsor logos you wish to go on the shirts etc) that can work as a good start to create a unique graphics design for you. The shirts are printed using sublimation technique which will last through washing without any problems and stay nice looking for a long time.


Vicci make custom crew apparel for teams in NHRA, NASCAR, IndyCar, F-1, etc. And a few teams in the FIA/UEM Championship are already wearing Vicci apparel. You may have seen the stunning crew shirts team Kågered, Andersen Racing, Habemann Racing, Micke Gullqvist Motorsports and team Sovereign wear? And not least our bright Speedgroup shirts, they are designed by Vicci.


.. and for real wore by Jan Sjöberg, Åsa Kinnemar and Carl-Erik Kihlman

Please feel free to contact our dedicated contact person Allan Hermansen with any questions or for a price quote
allan@vicci.com website www.vicci.com


Speedgroup co ordinator Åsa Kinnemar asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu will be happy to answer questions about Vicci in addition
.

Also, don´t miss this!
IF you are interested in having a merchandise line for your team please contact Vicci. They are looking for European teams to partner with where they design AND manufacture the program and you will receive a royalty! Vicci already do this for teams in the US

published January 27th 2012

UEM START NUMBERS 2012


One of the UEM riders - Trond Jostein Höiberget Norway

Any UEM driver who is in need of a new start number for 2012 can send an email to peder.eneroth@svemo.se who is co ordinating the UEM Startnumbers (for Europe).
Please state Name, Class, Country, Federation and the make of motorcycle.

This also apply to the new Super Street Bike UEM-Cup (which is not handled by Speedgroup please adress questions about the UEM SSB Cup to UEM Promoter Trakbak and Geoff Myers geoff@trakbak.com ) The promoter will be announcing the calendar for SSB shortly. 

published January 26th 2012

STOCKHOLM MEETING 19th February

We have added one hour to the FIA/UEM team and stewards info meeting that will be held February 19th - Sunday in Sweden. The reason is to have more time for discussions and feedback.

Location: Scandic Star Hotel Sollentuna Stockholm
The meeting is between 14.00-17.00 

To attend the meeting please register to asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu

Please note, as the meeting in the UK is held in connection with the SPRC APIRA Prize giving banquet, we will keep the schedule for that to 2 hours, but we will be available also in the evening for informal discussions.

published January 24th 2012

European SFI Certification Tour Update

March 22, 2012—Germany
                Werner Habermann Racing, Kinzigstrasse 100, 63505 Langenselbold, Germany
                9:00AM to 12:00PM

March 23, 2012—Finland
                US Parts Speedshop, Holkkitie 10, Helsinki, Finland
                9:00AM to 12:00PM

March 24, 2012—Sweden
                Persakers Speedshop, 28 Solbergavagen, Akers Styckebruk, Sweden
                9:00AM to 4:00PM

March 26, 2012—England
                Santa Pod Raceway, Podington, Wellingborough, England
                9:00AM to 2:00PM

SFI will be able to perform certification inspections on the following parts:          
                SFI 4.1 Rigid Auto Trans Shield
                SFI 29.1 & 29.2 Flexplates
                SFI 30.1 Flexplate Shield
                SFI 15.1, 15.2 & 15.3 Drag Race Wheels
                SFI 1.1 thru 1.5 Clutch Assemblies
                SFI 6.1 thru  6.3 Bellhousings

published January 24th 2012
Kunmadaras event to be taken out of UEM Calendar

We have got confirmation from the organizers and UEM Championship promoter that the applied for UEM Championship Event at Kunmadaras, Hungary will be withdrawn from the calendar. It was scheduled for last weekend in April and with the major undertakings needed to grind the track surface and with no confirmation yet from the land owner, granting the the organizer to do it, time is unfortunately running. The April event is thought to be arranged as a one day National Event instead of the UEM Championship event that was initially scheduled.

Speedgroup and the organizers at Kunmadaras will possibly run an event at Kunmadaras late August  as an EDRS European Drag Racing Series Event for the classes the track can manage under the current conditions.

published January 24th 2012

Speedgroup met with FIA and UEM organizers in Hockenheim Germany



Speedgroup met with the FIA and UEM organizers in Hockenheim, Germany on January 21st to discuss topics related to the FIA and UEM Championships 2012 and also about the new EDRS European Drag Racing Series administered by Speedgroup, which partially will be on the same venues and dates as the FIA and UEM events. Host of the meeting was HockenheimRing, which organize the NitrOlympx August 10-12 2012 as part of the FIA and UEM European Drag Racing Championships

Track Operation manager Klaus Schwenninger took the opportunity to show his guests around the impressive HockenheimRing facilities during a bus tour with Schwenninger as the driver.



Sunday included information meetings for German sportsman and FIA/UEM teams and in additions stewards and officials connected to German Drag Racing. Pictured Michael Gullqvist; Managing Director Speedgroup, Gittli Koller, Contingency co ordinator, Åsa Kinnemar Co ordinator and Jerry Lackey, Race Director NitrOlympx.



Prominent FIA and UEM Drivers and Riders on site included; Christian Jäger (Super Twin Bike), Timo and Dennis Habermann (Top Methanol Dragster), Jerry Lackey (Race Director NitrOlympx), Karl-Heinz Weikum ( Pro Stock Bike), Michael Gullqvist (Pro Modified) and Dezsoe Krivan (Top Methanol Funny Car)

Co ordinator Åsa Kinnemar commented that the team live meetings held by Speedgroup in different countries provide very important platforms for discussions and feedback and that it was the first but certainly not the last time the team meetings was organized in Germany.

Speedgroup wish to direct a big thank You to Klaus Schwenninger, George Seiler, Janet Linke and Sabine Thesseraux of HockenheimRing and race NitrOlympx director Jerry Lackey for hosting the meetings which included first class hospitality all the way.

Please check the agenda for dates and locations of more team meetings!

published January 23rd 2012

European SFI Certification Tour Dates announced - Speedgroup add team info meeting in Finland to agenda

We have been given the annual SFI Certification tour dates and it looks like this:

March 22nd - Germany
March 23rd - Finland*
March 24th - Sweden (Persåkers Speedshop)
March 26th - UK

Please stay tuned for info on full locations and instructions on how to send /mark parts for the purpose.

*Speedgroup plan to hold team and stewards info meetings in Finland at the same date and location as the SFI Certification March 23rd. Please stay tuned for more info. 

published January 10th 2012


Sign-up Your Sponsors and Crew members for the Speedgroup
Newsletters 2012..

Since the introdcution in May 2010, the Speedgroup Club Europe Online Newsletters have been published as previews and reviews of all FIA & UEM Championshop races and monthly during October - April months. Read by thousands and appreciated by many, each  newsletter has high quality content and feature as well event reports class by class, as articles of technical nature and of course featuring profiles connected to the FIA & UEM Championship.

Speedgroup encourage teams to make good use of the online newsletters we publish by adding crew members, sponsors and friends to the mailinglist and let them recieve each edition the minute we publish it! We handle all emailadresses in confidence and don´t use them for other purposes than bringing recipients news connected to the FIA & UEM Championship.

To add emailadresses, please collect them in one email and send to asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu You can always have us remove an emailadress whenever you wish. We don´t need the names, just the emailadresses. To read the December edition please click the Newsletter link in the left column!    

published December 28th 2011


CONTINGENCY PROGRAM for the FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship 2012

The Speedgroup FIA & UEM Championship 2012 Contingency Program
is today introduced online. Please check the Contingency Program page.

As a result of Speedgroups work and exhibiting at the PRI show in early December, the Championship Contingency Program have a current value of over $112.000. Details can be found in the documents we have prepared and placed online at the Contingency Program page. The Speedgroup FIA & UEM Championship 2012 Contingency Program will be worked on over the winter months and additions and updates will be published continuously, so please check in once in a while.  

- which is for both teams that will be active in the FIA & UEM Championship and suppliers interested to sign up for the contingency program.

Sign-up for the Speedgroup Contingency Program opens for the teams in Jan/Feb online. Stay tuned for more info, meanwhile please study the documents and adress any questions to contingency co-ordinator Gittli Koller (in english or german)  gittli.koller@speedgroup.eu or Åsa Kinnemar (english or swedish) asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu    

In addition to the championship contingency program, a new feature for 2012 is the EDRS European Drag Racing Series Contingency Program, Please check the EDRS site if interested to know more (Click top right at the EDRS European Drag Racing Series logo)

published December 27th 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #17 ONLINE

The last Speedgroup Club Europe newsletter for 2011 has just been finished and it is another edition packed with useful information and interesting reading;

Read about some of the interesting projects that are on Speedgroups agenda for the forthcoming months, find out what plans Pro Mod team Lindberg Bros have for 2012 and the interesting project chassis builder and Pro Mod driver Mats Eriksson and his company ME Racing Service are working with.

Don´t miss Viccis fine offers to teams running in the championship. More and more teams have selected the Vicci crew shirts for their teams and this is the time to take advantage of the 2 hour free deisgn offer and 20% discounts!. Read the article in the newsletter to find out more!

We also provide a preview at a new contingency partner that will team up with Speedgroup for 2012 and support all the UEM Bike classes in the contingency program - check them out and stay tuned when we launch the 2012 Speedgroup contingency program on December 27th.

Please click the Newsletter headline in the left margin to open this last newsletter for 2011! The editors hope you will enjoy the reading and look forward keeping in touch again in january 2012.

published December 22nd 2011


MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES 2012

Speedgroup can assist companies that wish to market their brand, products and services towards the European Drag Racing Market. We interact with teams, track operators and event organizers, sanctioning bodies, media, corporate partners and fans. On the Marketing Opportunities page we have placed documents which describe Speedgroups well established contingency program as class partnership packages and the trackside display and sales package – Don´t miss the new website advertising package which will be in implemented on january 15th - check it out!. We are happy to advise what can suit your team sponsors or own company to achieve further visibility without any obligations! Click the link to the Marketing Opportunities page to your left to find out more

published December 11th 2011


INTEREST FOR EUROPEAN DRAGRACING AT PRI 


Leanders Clutch exhibited at the PRI and renewed their contingency program contract with Speedgroup during the show and for 2012 it will also includeTop Methanol Dragster in addition to Pro Mod, Pro Stock and Methanol Funny Car.   
 
For the third time Speedgroup were among the exhibitors at the PRI Performance Racing Industry Show in Orlando USA December 1-3rd. After three hectic days Speedgroup staff consisting of Michael Gullqvist, Roger Lyrén and Åsa Kinnemar can tell the interest for European Drag Racing is present and that we have resigned a number of companies for the contingency program and added new ones both for pro and sportsman classes. A lot to follow up when we return home to Sweden in a few days. Have been great meeting collegues from Australia, the US and Europe here in Orlando

published December 4th 2011


SPEEDGROUP TRAVEL WEST - EXHIBIT AT THE PRI

For the third time Speedgroup are among the exhibitors at the PRI Performance Racing Industry Show in Orlando USA December 1-3rd.
Some of the marketing packages that will be introduced and promoted include;
- Contingency program (in effect since 2 years) 

- Trackside Promotion & Sales
- Class Partnership package
- TV and web-TV advertising through the European Drag Racing Championship

NEW SERVICE Starts in january!
.. Don´t miss the PRI Web advertisement and feature article package - offered at the PRI or by signing up via email before December 31st!  $499 for all 2012 include web banner advertisement on the main page and a feature article about you company in the Speedgroup Club Europe online Newsletter read by thousands of teams members, officials and fans! Can be combined with other promotion packages.

Speedgroups booth at the PRI is #1323  ..and don´t miss the Swedish Championship venue Tierp Arena´s booth next to us where two European Drag Racing Championship events will run in 2012! Speedgroup representation at PRI include Michael Gullqvist, Roger Lyrén and co ordinator Åsa Kinnemar.

Please note the office is closed November 28th-December 7th. Emails received
are attended to during this period but not as frequent as normal.
 

published November 27th 2011


NDRS AND SDL BANQUET INCLUDED EXTRAORDINARY AWARDS!

Tierp Arena received the Eagle Award delivered by the Svensk Dragracing Association for their contribution to Drag Racing Europe. The founders themselves was on stage - Lars-Erik and Ritha Lindberg, Leif and Åsa Andréasson
UEM Funny Bike Cup winner Rikard Gustafsson received multiple awards - the UEM medal presented by Svemo, the UEM record diplomas for speed and ET and last but no least the Funny Bike Cup trophy presented by the UEM promoter Trakbak
Appreciated FIA Championship Contingengcy sponsors  - JP of Simpson Race Products and Mats Eriksson of ME Racing Services was awarded with diplomas by Speedgroup´s Aila Striem and Åsa Kinnemar
The BILSPORT Pro Mod class is part of the NDRS Series. Winner Micke Gullqvist center together with the Super Street and Jr Dragster champions
Emelie Carlswärd, event manager at Tierp Arena received a special award for her involvement in the fine events held at the Tierp Arena. Emelie was presented a set of ear defenders with radio from 3M Peltor

 



published November 27th 2011


EUROPEAN AND SWEDISH CHAMPIONS AWARDED IN STOCKHOLM

The Swedish based European Champions Micke Gullqvist (Pro Mod - far right), Jimmy Ålund (Pro Stock - center) and Ulf Leanders (top Methanol Funny car - 2nd from the left) received the official FIA trophies in connection with the Swedish Autosports Federations 75-year anniversary in Stockholm Sweden November 19th. Pictured far left is Thomas Lindström Pro Stock 3rd in the European Championship and Johan Lindberg 3rd in the points standings in Pro Mod

The Swedish Championship awards in Pro Mod was also presented during the same occasion to Micke Gullqvist, Johan Lindberg and sMats Eriksson. 


Jonny Lindberg crew chief for Lindberg Bros was awarded with the Young Technician Award by the Swedish Motorsport Industry SMI


Tierp Arena was awarded with prize of honour and earlier during the day the Swedish Autosports Federations Environmental award. Founders Leif Andréasson and Lars-Erik Lindberg collected the award

published November 22nd 2011


EUROPEAN DRAG RACNG CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2011 REVIEW DVD IN STOCK



The five-disc set is packed with more than 9 hours of action from all rounds of the FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship 2011. Enjoy the sights and sounds of Europe’s fastest cars and motorcycles as 150 teams from 15 countries compete for supremacy in a feast of furious racing action. Include the FIA car classes: Top Fuel Dragster, Top Methanol Dragster, Top Methanol Funny Car, BILSPORT Pro Modified, Pro Stock and the UEM drag bike classes: Top Fuel Bike, Super Twin and Pro Stock Bike.

ORDERS within UNITED KINGDOM - Santa Pod Raceway - online orders can be made at www.santapod.com or on site in the Pod Shop

SWEDEN - INdeed Media - online orders at www.summeronwheels.com

GERMANY - Andrea Kloss Handelsagentur - online order at www.300mph.de

OTHER COUNTRIES - mail orders to any other country (also outside Europe) please contact asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu for a quote and shipping info.

Please note, all FIA drivers & UEM riders who was registered with Speedgroup for the 2011 championship receive a copy of the DVD
set by mail without ordering. They was sent out on Nov 16th. Championship teams can also order DVD sets from Speedgroup directly
- Orders taken by email asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu (we answer back with a price quote)

Events included on the DVD:s are:
Main Event, Santa Pod Raceway UK
Sweden Internationals, Tierp Arena
FHRA Nitro Nationals, Alastaro Finland
NitrOlympX, HockenheimRing Germany
European Finals, Santa Pod Raceway UK

in addition the UEM Drag Bike events from
Kunmadaras, Hungary and Drag Challenge, Gardermoen Norway

published November 17th 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #16 ONLINE

The #16th edition of the Speedgroup Club Europe is packed with useful information as well as interesting reading about some of the profiles in the sport

Read about some of the interesting projects that are on Speedgroups agenda for the forthcoming months, find out what the European champions think now with the season a month behind us. Meet Anette Heleander, chief starter at Tierp Arena and learn more on what to think about when working with sponsorship from one of the real pros, four times European Top Fuel Champion Andy Carter. That and much more in the edition of the Speedgroup Clun Europe Newsletter! 

Please click the Newsletter headline in the left margin to open the steaming fresh newsletter our Speedgroup editors prepared for the subscribers and occasional readers!

published October 27th 2011


2nd FIA CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AT TIERP ARENA CONFIRMED
The 2nd championship event applied for by Swedish Tierp Arena for august 23-

36th has been approved by the Swedish Autosports Federation and sent to FIA to
be included in the 2012 calendar.

The Tierp event in august has not yet got UEM status confirmed by is expected to be approved as a UEM championship round as well, possibly after the UEM meeting held late in november.

The additional NDRS sportsman series events administered by Speedgroup that are scheduled to be run at Tierp Arena, will hopefully be confirmed by the end of November. Preliminary plans are for 2 pure NDRS sportsman events in addition to the FIA championship dates. We will inform you about those too as soon as we know, as the NDRS is open for Pro Mod and to some extent provide test & tune for other classes.

Please, check the Race Calendar 2012 page for dates, locations and status indications!

published October 24th 2011


REMINDER - REGISTRATION FOR THE NDRS BANQUET

The NDRS series banquet and prize giving ceremony is held at Scandic Star Hotel, Sollentuna Stockholm on November 26th

Link to the Banquet INVITATION 
please register by October 25th to lena.peres@speedgroup.eu
later registrations accepted if space available

NDRS organizers meeting and sportsman class association meeting are held in connection during the day - stay tuned for a detailed schedule for that.

published October 19th 2011


THE SPEEDGROUP ANNUALSHARHOLDERS MEETING

Is held in Stockholm on saturday October 29th at 11.00s. The invitation and agenda have been emailed to all shareholders. This is a closed meeting for shareholders only. Please email asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu to register for the meeting, preferably by monday october 24th.

published October 19th 2011


ANTI-DOPING INFORMATION GUIDE 

If you are a driver or rider active in the FIA/UEM championships or just interested to learn more, please take a moment to study FIA:s Anti-Doping Guide

published October 19th 2011


REVISED FIA POINTS TOP FUEL DRAGSTER

The FIA points for Top Fuel Dragster have been updated after the FIA ADC´s (anti doping committee) decision in the TJ case. Points from the Alastaro event has been taken away and in addition an ban from FIA competition is in effect until july 2nd 2012.

With the revised points table in place the "trophy top positions" changes in the sense that Risto Poutiainen climed from no 3 to no 2, while Timo Lehtimäki will receive the 3rd prize trophy.

For the revised and final FIA points standing click here

published October 10th 2011


RACE CALENDAR 2012

The preliminary Championship Schedule for 2012 is onilne at the race calendar 2012 page. The majority of the events are set and confirmed but there are a few events with pending status. The Gardermoen race goes out of the UEM calendar, but will possibly be included by Speedgroup and the organizers NDRG in the NDRS sportsman series system. The UEM status for the Kunmadaras race in Hungary is pending, we hope to have more news about that before the end of october. Beside the Sweden Internationals in june at Tierp Arena, there will be a second championship event in Sweden 2012. At this time it is not confirmed if that will be at Mantorp Park in july or at Tierp Arena in august. As soon as we know anything about the events that are not confirmed we will publish updated online. Any questions in regards to the calendar please email asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu  

published October 4th 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #15 ONLINE

The #15th edition of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter is the FIA & UEM European Finals Review with an update class by class for FIA and UEM classes as well winners interviews. Click the headline Newsletters to read!

published September 23rd 2011


WEB TV-SHOWS FROM THE EUROPEAN FINALS ONLINE

The two TV-shows from the European Finals september 10-12 are now online at the Web TV-shows page - hope you will enjoy the action!

published September 20th 2011


SPEEDGROUP MET FIA ORGANIZERS AND THE FIA SUB COMISSION IN STOCKHOLM


On saturday sept 17th a meeting with FIA organizers and the FIA dragracing sub commission was organized in Stockholm on the initiative of Speedgroup´s  managing director Michael Gullqvist and the FIA dragracing sub commission chariman Lars Pettersson. The season 2011 was reviewed and questions regarding different matters connected with the forthcoming 2012-2013 championships was on the agenda.The provisional calendar for 2012 will be published during the course of the next weeks. 

Pictured from the left: Vesa Raiski ( FHRA), Jerry Lackey (HockenheimRing), Tapio Valja (FIA commission repr Finland), Phil Evans (dito England), Björn Gullbrandsen (dito Norge), Åsa Kinnemar (Speedgroup), Keith Bartlett (Santa Pod Raceway and UEM championship promoter), Lars Pettersson (SBF och FIA commission repr Sverige), Peder Eneroth (Svemo and UEM), Kjell Pettersson and Leif Andréasson (Tierp Arena), Michael Gullqvist (Speedgroup). photo by Aila Striem  

published September 20th 2011




CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS AFTER EUROPEAN FINALS 

Click to check the the points standings in the FIA European Championship
the 2011 champions are:

Top Fuel Dragster - Urs Erbacher
Top Methanol Dragster - Fred Hanssen
Top Methanol Funny Car - Ulf Leanders
Pro Modified - Micke Gullqvist
Pro Stock - Jimmy Ålund

Final points standings UEM Drag Bike Championship
Top Fuel Bike / Super Twin Bike / Pro Stock Bike

European Drag Bike Champions:

Top Fuel Bike - Peter Svensson
Super Twin - Per Bengtsson
Pro Stock Bike - Jesper Thiel

published September 11th 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #14 ONLINE

The #14th edition of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter is the European Finals preview with an update class by class for FIA and UEM classes as well as event information in general. Click the headline Newsletters to read!

published September 5th 2011


TROPHY PRESENTATION AND PARTY AT SANTA POD

Santa Pod Raceway and Speedgroup will jointly be holding a Trophy Presentation and End of Season party after the FIA European Finals on Sunday 11th September from 9:00 pm until 1:00 am. 

Please note the Speedgroup Championship awards will be presented to the top 3 winners in all FIA and UEM championship categories at Santa Pod. In addition UEM representatives also bring the official UEM awards to Santa Pod, while the official FIA trophies will not be delivered on site (stay tuned for more info on that, we are waiting for instructions from FIA)

Tickets can be bought from The Pod Shop throughout the FIA European Finals for just £15 per person which includes a free drink on arrival. Buffet dinner along with evening entertsainment is also included. The location for this is Santa Pod Raceway´s VIP marquee

Please if possible reserve your tickets via email to asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu (team, number of persons and contact person+mobilephone) at the latest September 5th . After that all ticket sales and reservations are handled via the Pod shop on site. They are open from Wednesday and onwards..
Payment and collection of preordered tickets are also made at the Pod shop

Anyone wishing to attend only to receive their award (without foods, drinks and party participation) can of course do so at no cost.

published August 28th 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #13 ONLINE

The #13 edition of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter include as well a class by class review of the NitrOlympx as interviews with a few of the championship drivers and riders. Click the headline sNewsletters to read !

published August 28nd 2011


UPDATED ENTRY LIST EUROPEAN FINALS SEPT 8-11th - aug 28th

The event is included as the final round in the FIA Car & UEM Bike Championship

Entry_List_European_Finals_11.pdf

published August 28th 2011


WEB TV-SHOWS FROM NITROLYMPX ONLINE

The two TV-shows from the NitrOlympx august 12-14 are now online at the Web TV-shows page. In addition we published the UEM Drag Bike round from Gardermoen a few days ago - hope you will enjoy the action!

published August 25th 2011


CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS

FIA European Championship points standings after Hockenheim round 4:
FIA POINTS 2011 RD4.pdf

UEM Drag Bike Championship points after Hockenheim round 6:
UEM2011_points_Germany_Pro_Stock_Bike.pdf
UEM2011_points_Germany_Super_Twin.pdf
UEM_2011_points_Germany_Top_Fuel_Bike.pdf

published August 14th 2011


UPDATED UEM POINTS STANDINGS

The UEM Drag Bike Championship points standings after Gardermoen looks like this;

UEM_points_110809_Pro_Stock_Bike.pdf
UEM_points_110809_Top_Fuel_Bike.pdf
UEM_points_110809_Super_Twin.pdf

published August 9th 2011


EVENT COVERAGE FROM the NITROLYMPX

The NitrOlympx august 12-14 is run at HockeheimRing. It is the FIA Car championship round #4 and UEM Drag Bike championship round #6
Check  entry listst as pdf:s


FIA CAR CLASSES / UEM DRAG BIKE CLASSES 

Live event results reporting is provided by Eurodragster.com at www.eurodragster.com 



published August 9th 2011


EUROPEAN FINALS SEPT 8-11th

The event is included in the FIA Car & UEM Bike Championship The current entry list looks like this;  Entry_List_European_Finals_5.pdf

ENTRY FORMS FIA CHAMPIONSHIP CARS
European Finals – FIA Car Classes

ENTRY FORMS UEM CHAMPIONSHIP BIKES
European Finals - UEM Championship classes

Deadline to enter for the normal entry fee is aug. 12th.

Entry forms can also be handed to Paula Marshall SPRC on site in Hockenheim during the NitrOlympx - ask at the Speedgroup Service Center on site.

published August 9th 2011


SUNOCO DRAG CHALLENGE AUGUST 5-7th

Eliminations at Gardermoen was rained off. Results and reports from the qualifications at sGardermoen Norway and the 5th round in the UEM Drag Bike Championship can be found at


www.eurodragster.com/live/2011sunocodragchallenge

Also check the photo gallery page where photographer Patrik Jacobsson have uploaded a galler from Gardermoen.

A report from the event will be included in the next Speedgroup Newsletter

The organizer NDRG:s website is located at www.ndrg.no

published August 9th 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #12 ONLINE

This edition is the the NitrOlympx preview which is round #6 of the UEM Drag Bike Championship and round #4 of the FIA Championship. Check the entry lists and briefing class by class. Check it out!

Newsletter #12 2011

We have also included a race report from the recent NDRS Nationals II at Tierp Arena

published August 3rd 2011




GULLQVIST SWEDISH CHAMPION IN PRO MODIFIED WHILE LINDBERG SETS A NEW SWEDISH RECORD  

A piece of Pro Mod history was written when the quickest side by side run was performed by Micke Gullqvist and Johan Lindberg at Tierp Arena during the NDRS Nationals II july on 30th. The event was the final of the Swedish Championship Series and before it Mats Eriksson was in the lead before Mikael Lindahl, with Michael Gullqvist in 3rd and Johan Lindberg 4th in the points standings. Eriksson and Lindahl was however distanced by Gullqvist and Lindberg whose teams performed extremely well more or less in the 5-second range all through the event.

The final decided the outcome of the Swedish Championship and it was Michael Gullqvist who passed the finish line first at 5.927 sec. before Johan Lindberg 5.942 sec. A stunning final and the quickest side by side Pro Mod run ever in Europe. Team Lindberg Bros. set a new backed up European quickest ET this season with 5.922 sec. just distancing Gullqvist by a few thousands of a second! Lindberg that established a new official swedish record. Gullqvist keeps the Swedish Pro Mod Champions title for another year and both teams wrote history at Tierp Arena, which has established itself as a world class venue on the drag racing world map!

Results NDRS NATIONALS II/Swedish Championship  
BILSPORT Pro Modified - 
Eliminering

Winner: Michael Gullqvist / runner-up: Johan Lindberg

A number of FIA and UEM championship teams in other classes was also on site for testing. An article reporting from the NDRS Nationals II and test & tune session will be included in the  next Speedgroup Newsletter planned for august 4th.

published July 31st 2011


SPEEDGROUP NEWSLETTER #11 ONLINE

This edition is the the NDRG Sunoco Challenge preview which is round #5 of the UEM Drag Bike Championship.

We have of course included a preview for the NDRS Nationals II which is on Friday-Saturday at Tierp Arena. FIA Pro Modified Swedish Championship round, NDRS and SDL Series sportsman racing, FIA and UEM teams on site to test & tune..

Also check out the interview with Canadian Top Fuel Bike rider Nate Gagnon who will be enter the UEM championship round at Gardermoen. Click the Newsletter link to the left to check it out!

published July 26th 2011


ENTRY LIST TIERP NDRS NATIONALS II

updated july 25th

ENTRY LIST NDRS NATIONALS II TIERP ARENA

For the FIA Pro Modified class this is a swedish championship round as well as an NDRS Sportsman Series Event. A number of FIA and UEM championship teams are also on site for test and tune. Qualifications on friday july 29th 9-18 and eliminations on saturday 9-16. Tierp Arenas web is located at www.tierparena.com

If you wish to recap what it looked like during the championship event at Tierp Arena in june, check Ivan Sansom´s report on Dragracing Online Dragbike.com and Stripbike.com or read our Speedgroup Newsletters by clicking the link to the lefts!

published July 25th 2011


NEW FEATURE PHOTO GALLERIES

Photographer Patrik Jacobsson in co-operation with Speedgroup have just created a new feature for the Speedgroup site in form of photo galleries from the championship races. Galleries from the combined FIA and UEM events at Santa Pod, Tierp Arena and Alastaro are now online. Click the Photo Galleries link to the left to open!

published July 24th 2011


ONLINE FEATURE ARTICLES TO CHECK OUT!

Check out photographers and editors Ivan Sansom and Rose Hughes great  reports from the last event at Alastaro!

Dragracing Online / Dragbike.com / Stripbike.com
In addition you will find Roger Gorringes reports published on www.competitionplus.com & www.dragracecanada.com

All three are contributing greatly in the mission to make European Drag Racing known also to the vast overseas audience. Check it out!  

published July 22nd 2011


ALASTARO TV-SHOWS ONLINE

The FIA and UEM Championship TV - Show #1 and #2 from FHRA Nitro Nationals are online. Click on the Web-TV show page to watch 104 minutes of action from Alastaro!

published July 18th 2011



POINTS STANDINGS

To look at the FIA and UEM Championship point standings after Alastaro, please click the point standings headlines to the left  

published July 7th 2011


NEWSLETTER #9 ONLINE - FHRA NITRO NATIONALS REVIEW

The Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #10  online. It is the review for the FHRA Nitro Nationals at Alastaro Finland june 30th - july 3rd. The event is included in as well the FIA Car and UEM Drag Bike championship and in addition an event included in the NDRS sportsman series administered by Speedgroup. Follow the link to enter the newsletter and we hope you will enjoy the reading!

published July 17th 2011



TV-SHOWS from SWEDEN INTERNATIONALS ONLINE  
 

I år ønsker vi at alle må betale på forhånd
The Sweden Internationals tv-shows #1 and #2 (54 minutes each) are online at the web-tv shows page!
Hope you will enjoy the action!

published June 24th 2011



NDRS EVENT AND SWEDISH CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND FOR PRO MOD AT TIERP ARENA JULY 29-30th

TEST & TUNE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIA AND UEM TEAMS 

The round of the NDRS and SDL sportsman series was cancelled by Mantorp Park is now confirmed to be run at the new Tierp Arena including Swedish Championship round status for the FIA and NDRS Pro Mod class. 

For the Pro Modified class this is a swedish championship round as well as an NDRS Series Event. Read the invitation and supplementary regulations here: SUPP_REG_NDRS_Nationals_2.pdf

Tierp Arena also welcome FIA and UEM teams to Test & Tune during the competition NDRS Nationals II on the 29th – 30th of July 2011!

The organizer would like to receive an interest by e-mail to Emelie Carlswärd at emelie@tierparena.com from drivers who don’t belong to the NDRS and SDL classes and then the organizer will have a discussion about each driver, who then receive a reply by email if they accept  participate or not participate during NDRS Nationals II at Tierp Arena.

To register your interest for this test & tune session, the organizer ask you to fill out the form below and email it to event manager Emelie Carlswärd. Then organizer will get back to with a clearance and payment details by e-mail, if the interest application and entry for test & tune is accepted.

Excel form to fill in and email to Emelie: http://www.speedgroup.eu/NDRS_Nationals_2.xlsx

sMost of the Pro Stock cars can be classified into the class Competition Eliminator that is part of the NDRS sportsman series at the event. Test & Tunes is planned to include two rounds per day, but it may be less or more opportunities, depending on how the NDRS Nationals race develops.

Entry fee:   2750 SEK (includes EL 10Amp/220V)
Electricity 16A/380V:  750 SEK

published June 23rd 2011


NEWSLETTER #8 ONLINE - THE SWEDEN INTERNATIONALS REVIEW

We have published the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #8 - the Sweden International Review. The event wash was hosted by the stunning Tierp Arena. Check the class by class reports from the FIA Car and UEM Bike championship classes, the NDRS sportsman review, meet the winners and read  what they had to tell and don´t miss to check out the many photos included in this edition!

published June 21st 2011


FIA & UEM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS AFTER SWEDEN INTERNATIONALS TIERP ARENA june 9-12th

Click to open pdf-file;
FIA Car Championship points standings
FIA POINTS 2011_20110614.pdf 

Points lead for
Tommy Johnson Jr (USA) in Top Fuel Dragster
Fred Hanssen (Norway) in Top Methanol Dragster
Arvid Grödem (Norway in Top Methanol Funny Car
Bruno Bader (Switzerland) in BILSPORT Pro Mod
Sampsa Palos (Finland) in Pro Stock

Click to open pdf-files;
UEM Drag Bike Championship points standings
UEM_Points_ProStockBike_20110614.pdf
UEM_Points_SuperTwin_20110614.pdf
UEM_Points_TopFuelBike_20110614.pdf

Points lead for
Ian King (UK) in Top Fuel Bike
Jan Sturla Hegré in Super Twin
Jesper Thiel (Denmark) in Pro Stock Bike

Also don´t miss Patrik Jacobssons extensive photo gallery at http://racebilder.nu/



Sweden Internationals report in dutch by Remco Scheelings at Autsport.nl
Autosport.nl  News Sweden Internationals Coverage and
Top Fuel Dragster Tommy Johnson Jr news piece

published June 14th 2011

MAIN EVENT TV-SHOWS ONLINE

Two tv-shows from the FIA and UEM Main Event have been placed online. Check them out at the web-tv shows 2011 page! 

Reports from the Main Event by Ivan Sansom can be found at
Dragbike.com
http://www.dragbike.com/dbnews/anmviewer.asp?a=6496&z=13

and Stripbike.com
http://www.stripbike.com/uem6911.html

published June 9th 2011


NEWSLETTER #7 ONLINE

Another edition of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter has been published.
#7 is the Sweden International Preview. It all happens at Tierp Arena june 9-12th. Hope to see many of you there at the Speedgroup Service Center in the pit area. Check out the preview to start with!

http://club.speedgroup.eu/newsletters/2011/edition7_2011/edition7_start.htm

Updated running order available for:
thursday june 9th (sportsman) 
friday june 10th


Entry list for Sweden Internationals dated june 6th


Event coverage at www.eurodragster.com follow the links from the index page. Also check www.tierparena.com

published June 7th 2011 



RACEPAK AND MSD ON SITE AT TIERP ARENA

Joe Pando from MSD and Tim Anderson from Racepak will be at Tierp Thursday morning (June 9th). They will have a tent in the vendor midway (with banners and Racepak/MSD flag flying) that racers can stop by, when they need MSD and Racepak technical support. If they are out helping other customers, there will be signup sheet to complete, with name, car number class and location in the pit area. This is the same method used at NHRA events and works well to help  quickly locate and service all customers. Tim Anderson and Joe Pando will be onsite from Thursday through Sunday night.

published June 1st 2011


ENTRY LIST FOR THE SWEDEN INTERNATIONALS

The FIA/UEM/NDRS and SDL SWEDEN INTERNATIONALS, takes places at the new Tierp Arena june 9th – 12th  Check the entry list here;
ENTRY_LIST_SWE_INT_110601.pdf

Click the link below to open the supplementary regulations documents;
Supplementary Regulations Sweden Internationals 2011

Questions can be adressed to Tierp Arena event manager Emelie Carlswärd at
emelie@tierparena.com media contact Patrik Larsson patrik@tierparena.com

Speedgroup contact about championship matters: co-ordinator Åsa Kinnemar
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu

Event registration page (now closed)
http://www.tierparena.com/regsi/

published June 1st 2011


CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS AFTER THE MAIN EVENT

After completed qualifications, but rained out eliminations the points standings are as follows;

FIA Cars FIA_POINTS_2011_Round1.pdf

UEM Bikes - to be posted


Full results, pit notes and photos from the Main Event can be found at;

Eurodragster.com_Main Event Coverage_2011

A photo Gallery also posted by photographer Patrik Jacobsson at
http://racebilder.nu/bilder/dragracing/2011/mainevent/

published June 1st 2011


SPEEDGROUP CLUB EUROPE NEWSLETTER EDITION #5 ONLINE
Main Event Preview

Another edition of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter is placed online for drag racing interested readers to enjoy. In this Main Event Preview you will find the organizers update about how preparations for the event are going, class previews for all 8 FIA & UEM Championship classes, a tech article from Racepak and more.. Check it out!

http://club.speedgroup.eu/newsletters/2011/edition5_2011/edition5_start.htm

published May 20th 2011


MANTORP PARK EVENT CANCELLED

On friday May 13th the organizer Mantorp Park made public they have decided to cancel this years drag racing event, most often referred to as the Veidec Festival which was scheduled for July 28-31th. The event was already cancelled from the FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship as a round, but was planned to be an event running the NDRS and SDL Drag Racing Series Classes and in addition a round in the Swedish Championship for some classes (among others the FIA Pro Mod Class)


published May 15th 2011


TT-LINE TRAVEL CONTRACT

FIA and UEM Championship registered teams that wish to travel with TT-line ferries and have not got the contract about the reservation procedure and discounts emailed already please contact
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu

TT-line operate between Sweden and Germany with the routes Trelleborg-Travemunde vv and Trelleborg-Rostock vv

published May 15th 2011


ENTRY FOR THE NITROLYMPX

The FIA & UEM Championship round at HockenheimRing august 12-14 are open for entry.

Entry forms in german and english are located at the NitrOlympx website. 
http://www.nitrolympx.com/teilnehmer

Find the english versions here for download;

Fahrer-Driver Info NitrOlympX 2011_May12th

ENTRY FORM FIA CAR CLASSES

UEM Forms NitrolympX 2011_May12th

Please note, deadline for normal entry fee is july 11th.
The entry forms to be sent by post (not fax or email) so please enter in time!

published April 27th 2011


ENTRY FORMS ALASTARO June 30th - July 3rd

Below the entry forms for FIA round #3/UEM round #4 of the European Dragracing Championship at Alastaro, Finland June 30th – July 3rd

Entry forms:


UEM_invitation_2011_Alastaro.pdf

FIA_invitation_2011_Alastaro.pdf

Make sure to read the supplementary regulations thoroughly and please note, deadline for normal entry fee is May 30th.


published May 10th 2011



CONGRATULATIONS PRO MOD EVENT WINNERS

Event: NDRS Nationals
Venue: Tierp Arena Sweden
Dates: May 7-8th

Winner: Mikael Lindahl
Runner-up: Roger Johansson

A number of FIA Car and UEM Bike teams were on site to test on the brand new state-of-the-art concrete track of Tierp Arena one month before the FIA/UEM Sweden Internationals is run there. 

published May 9th 2011


NDRS NATIONALS TIERP ARENA - RESULTS   

Results at;
http://www.nitroz.se/motorny/racetv/?race=ndrs_tierp&year=2011


Photo Gallery posted by photographer Patrik Jacobsson at http://racebilder.nu/bilder/dragracing/2011/ndrsnats/


published May9th 2011



UEM DRAG BIKE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
after round #1 - KUNMADARAS


winners: Jan Sturla Hegré / Jesper Thiel / Ian King

Click to open points tables:

UEM European Championship 2011 points round 1

EVENT WINNERS
Top Fuel Bike: Ian King runner-up: Nate Gagnon
Super Twin: Jan Sturla Hegré runner-up: Hans Olav Olstad
Pro Stock Bike: Jesper Thiel runner-up: Kalle Lyrén

Check results, photos and pit notes at

http://www.eurodragster.com/live/2011kunmadaras/default.asp

Ivan Sansom´s report and stunning photos from the event can be found here;
http://www.dragracingonline.com/raceresults/2011/xiii_5-hungary-1.html

published May 4th 2011


KUNMADARAS EVENT COVERAGE

Speedgroup in co-operattion with Eurodragster.com report online from
round #1 of the UEM Drag Bike Championship run at Kunmadaras, Hungary

http://www.eurodragster.com/live/2011kunmadaras/default.asp

Stay tuned for results, interviews and photos from the UEM championship teams and selected FIA Car teams on site for exhibition!

Meanwhile Check the link to the latest Speedgroup Club Europe newsletter below - it contains as well class previews as an interview with Keith Bartlett, UEM championship promoter and co-organizer of the Kunmadaras event!  
Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #3 2011 - Kunmadaras Preview



http://www.kunmadarasmotorsport.hu


published April 27th 2011





The SFI Recertification tour arrived at Persåkers Speedshop, Sweden today. More than 90 teams was present or had sent their clutches, bellhousings etc. to be inspected and approved by the US/UK/Swedish group of tech representatives on site. Among those Arnie Kuhns SFI and chassis builders Murph Mc Kinney, Andy Robinson and Mats Eriksson. Many well-known prominent racers and officials on site, we show some of them above!

published March 26th 2011



SPEEDGROUP´s BOARD MET IN TIERP



photo: Svein Olav Rolfstad, Michael Gullqvist, Ulf Leanders, Gunnar Janson (chairman of the board), Dave Wilson, Leif Andréasson and Carl Holgersson.

Söderfors Herrgård close to Tierp Sweden was the setting for a two day Speedgroup board work meeting, which also included a visit to Tierp Arena. One word expressed what the board members thought of the arena in the making.. Impressive!


published March 25th 2011


SFI RECERTIFICATION TOUR


photo by Remco Scheelings from the SFI Recert visit 
in the Netherlands thursday
 

Monday 28th March: Santa Pod Raceway, England
Scrutineering building. Inspections 10:00-14:00


UEM Drag Bike and FIA European Drag Racing Championship registrations

FIA European Drag Racing Championship Registration:
- Applicable to the classes Top Fuel Dragster, Top Methanol Dragster, Top Methanol funny car, Pro Modified and Pro Stock

Registration form FIA Cars 
Click to open the document, fill in online, save on your computer and email back to fiareg@speedgroup.eu

UEM Drag Bike Championship Registration:
- Applicable to the classes Top Fuel Bike, Super Twin Bike and Pro Stock Bike. 

Registration form UEM Bikes
Click to open the document, fill in online, save on your computer and email back to UEMreg@speedgroup.eu


PAYMENT UEM+FIA REGISTRATIONS:
- Payment information is included in the document with IBAN # and BIC code for a bank transfer of funds. The banks name in case needed is SEB.

- If you wish to pay via Paypal (bank or creditcard) that is ok at the additional Paypal service charge fee of 4%. Let me know if you prefer this option and I will email the invoice via Paypal to you.

Please note, payment is due 30 days before the first event you plan to take part in. Any questions you have please contact asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu


published March 9th 2011


UEM Drag Bike championship round #1 Kunmadaras Hungary
entry is now open!


The first round of the UEM Drag Bike Championship is run at Kunmadaras Hungary April 28th - May 1st.

The entry Form and supplementary regulations can be downloaded here:
http://www.speedgroup.eu/InvitationKunmadaras2011.pdf

Questions about the event can be adressed to asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu or directly to Geoff Myers of promoter Trak Bak  geoff@trakbak.com

FIA Championship teams scheduled to participate in the exhibiting part of the event are Pro Mod; Mats Eriksson, Andy Robinson and Marco Maurischat. Two
Top Fuel Dragsters from Rune Fjeld Motorsports in addition where the drivers are to be announced. The Habermann brothers Timo and Dennis will be on site for exhibition runs in their methanol dragsters.

published March 8th 2011


NDRS Nationals Tierp Arena Sweden May 7-8th - the event entry page is now open

Online entry form located at: http://tierparena.com/reg/

The supplementary regulations can be downloaded here:
http://www.speedgroup.eu/NDRS Nationals 2011.pdf

Please note, FIA Pro Mod is run as a class also in the NDRS Dragracing Series which was aqcuired by Speedgroup recently. 

FIA and UEM Championship teams in other classes interested to get on the new Tierp track for testing during the NDRS Nationals May 7-8th, please contact event manager Emelie Carlswärd at
emelie@tierparena.com tel. 46 70 83 57 336



published March 8th 2011


Speedgroup steps into sportsman racing - acquires NDRS Dragracing Series 

Swedish Dragracing´s chairman Kjell Pettersson hands over NDRS to Speedgroup’s CEO Michael Gullqvist    photo: Stefan Boman

After two years as administrator of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, Speedgroup has extended its operations to encompass Sportsman racing. Speedgroup has taken over responsibility for Europe’s biggest Sportsman programme, the NDRS Drag Racing Series. The Swedish series, SDL (Swedish Dragracing League), which is partly integrated with NDRS, will also fall under Speedgroup’s control. Click here to read the full news release in english or swedish and to download the articles as pdf-files in swedish or english.

Open the NDRS o SDL site by clicking on the logo at the top banner!

published March 4th 2011


Team offer and contingency sponsorship from Vicci now to include the NDRS and SDL series!



Vicci, the USA's premiere motorsport uniform companies, is working with Speedgroup and the European Drag Racing Championship in the contingency sponsorship program since 2010. Vicci is now pleased to offer the same benefits to the NDRS and SDL sportsman teams!  What about 35% discount on your order on crew shirts. Or Save 50% discount if you order jackets to go with the uniforms  

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE! 

http://www.speedgroup.eu/ndrs/Vicci_offers2011.htm

 
Team's that wear Vicci's custom uniforms will also have an opportunity to earn cash when on the podium! Stay tuned for more details on Vicci and Speedgroups contingency sponsorship offers.

Use these professional looking uniforms to help you get more sponsorship by giving your sponsors the visibility they deserve at the track. Vicci manufactures custom caps, shirts, jackets, pants, merchandise products and everything else your team will need to be outfitted in a professional manner.



Please contact Vicci at:
email info1@vicci.com
tel +1 866 744 6186  contact person: Allan Hermansen
Check the Vicci website for photos and inspiration! www.vicci.com



Vicci is Speedgroups supplier of crew apparels

In case you need assistance in any contacts with Vicci you are welcome to contact co-ordinator Åsa Kinnemar
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu
tel. +46- (0)705-31 53 32

published March 4th 2011

Gullqvist goes Pro Mod racing in Gainesville - follow the team´s personal video clips on Facebook!



Michael Gullqvist - photo by Patrik Jacobsson

FIA and NDRS Pro Mod driver Micke Gullqvist prepares to compete at the NHRA Gatornationals, in Gainesville Florida March 10-13th , for the second consecutive year. Gullqvist´s 2010 Gators participation took him all the way to the winner circle where he ended as runner-up. Micke and crew are on site in Florida testing and participating in an invitational event this weekend March 4-6th at Palm Beach Raceway - Don´t miss to check the teams assigned Facebook page for their personal input the coming week!
Check it out by clicking here!

published March 4th 2011


SPEEDGROUP and TT-LINE in co-operation for team ferry discounts  

SPEEDGROUP has renewed the agreement with ferry operator TT-line securing discounts for FIA Car and UEM Bike teams active in the European Drag Racing Championship.


TT-line is is a major actor between Sweden and Germany, operating the routes Travemünde-Trelleborg, Rostock-Trelleborg both directions with several depatures around the clock, all year round. TT-lines timetables can be found at 
www.ttline.com    
 
The discounts are available to all FIA Car and UEM Bike teams that register to run in the European Drag Racing Championship.

Speedgroup co-ordinator Åsa Kinnemar comments; -We are on a constant mission to work towards making things more cost effective and easier to handle for the teams. This is one step to try and assist, as we know travel to and from races is a major expense for all teams.

Most teams need to travel between Scandinavia and Germany several times every race season. Therefore we are happy TT-line made a serious effort and welcomed the opportunity to co-operate with Speedgroup for the teams in the European Drag Racing Championship.

I hope and believe the deal with TT-line will mean teams choose the routes TT-line operate whenever they can. Together with TT-line´s freight and passenger departments, we have also agreed on some easy routines to handle team reservations.

Teams book via email, fax or telephone with TT-line directly in (staff is swedish, english and german speaking). When stating Speedgroup contract codes, the teams get the discounted pricing straight away. No middle hands, just the teams directly in contact with the experts at TT-line. And no extra administration. Payment is made in the terminal cash or by bank/creditcard.  

The contracts are in effect all 2011, and teams can use the discounts for any travel to/from exhibitions or other purposes also during off race season months.

Truck and trailer combinations
.. book through TT-lines freight department.

Buses, motorhomes, cars, or lighter car & trailer combinations
.. book through TT-line´s passenger department. There we have agreed on a flat rate discount for all transportation on all departures.. 

FIA/UEM Teams that would like to look into and book any travel with TT-line may request the agreement details from co-ordinator Åsa Kinnemar at
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu  Once you have the contract and procedure details you are free to contact TT-line for travel planning and reservation anytime this year.




Tierp Arena places Sweden on the world dragcing map
 

published March 4th 2011 Sweden´s newest state of the art dragracing venue Tierp Arena is scheduled to host two rounds in the NDRS Dragracing Series and SDL Dragracing League

- the NDRS Nationals on May 7-8th, which is also the premier event at the brand new track.

- the Sweden International June 9-12th which is also a confirmed FIA/UEM European Drag Racing Championship round

Expectations are high and Tierp Arena have made sure they have the best staff for all key functions. The track is built according to both NHRA and FIA standard and no doubt it will attract teams from many countries this summer. Everybody wants to run at the Tierp Arena! Meanwhile, follow the construction work at the
Tierp Arena on Facebook or website: www.tierparena.com



February 7th 2011:
Speedgroup hosted an information meeting feb the 5th in Birmingham, UK


Some of the meeting participants: Robin Jackson, Micke Gullqvist, Spencer Tramm, Graham Ellis and Andy Robinson. With fresh feedback from the recent organizer´s meeting it was a dynamic, constructive and informative afternoon where all meeting partipants could have their voice heard and provide feedback in different matters connected to the European Drag Racing championship. A report summarizing both the UK and organizers meeting will be emailed to the meeting participants and all FIA drivers o UEM champ. riders later this week.    


January 31st 2011:
There is a lot of interest for what was discussed at the organizer´s meeting. The notes will not be made public from this meeting, but we will update drivers and riders within a few days in an email summary.



Meanwhile we can let you know that all track organizers, FIA and UEM was represented at the meeting (21 persons in all) and that we had a constructive day in a very positive spirit. The conference day did not last long enough to cover everything we would have wanted, but the work continues in co-operation with the organizers for the months ahead incl. hands on projects for this season as well as continous championship planning for the longer perspective.


January 26th 2011:

Read all about the Exhaust Coating.de Pro Mod Challenge 2011 by clicking HERE.
 


January 14th 2011:
The updated UEM Drag Racing rules for 2011 can now be found at the UEM website, specifically at:http://www.uem-moto.eu/Sports/DragBike/SportingTechnicalRules/tabid/180/Default.aspx

January 3rd 2011:
 
We have placed the new Championship presentation brochure online. Download a high resoluted version in pdf-format by clicking on the front cover image. Teams can request a printed reference brochure without cost and further copies to a net cost of €3/brochure plus postage. Contact co-ordinator Åsa Kinnemar at asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu 
for further info.


December 16th:

Roger Lyrén, Åsa Kinnemar and Michael Gullqvist represented Speedgroup at the PRI show

Speedgroup was among the exhibitors at the 23rd PRI (Performance Racing Industry Trade Show) held at the Orlando Convention Center in Florida december 9-11th. There is a clear interest among american suppliers to get involved in European Drag Racing to a higher extent than today and Speedgroup is developing a new concept to meet the needs the companies have and provide exposure and product display and sales around the championship events for 2011 in addition to the traditional contingency concept. US media interest for the European Championship is also noticeable and connections were made at the PRI show to work with some of the premium US based media around the European Championship for 2011.


Ulf Leanders, Leanders clutch were also among the exhibitors. Ulf is also active in top methanol funny car. Here pictured with Åsa Kinnemar Speedgroup, Emelie Carlswärd representing Tierp Arena which also had a booth at the PRI. Jöran Persåker, Persåkers Speedshop was on site in business and is also active in the European Drag Racing Championship in Top fuel dragster and Pro Mod


Speedgroup Roger Lyrén and Michael Gullqvist with Bill Ò Roake from US tire manufacturer Mickey Thompson, who has been involved in the contingency program via the swedish distributor Pro Imp.


Ulf and Jörgen Leanders of Leanders Clutch showed their products at the PRI show


NRE heads displayed by the Australian manufacturer Noonan Race Engineering and in co-operation with Manton. Both are in the Speedgroup contingency program. To the right Jamie Noonan, who is in charge of developing the state of the art NRE heads
 

Kate Robinson of Andy Robinson Race Cars with US based Will Hanna DragRaceHose.com, who is in co-operation with Norwegian driver Fred Hanssen and the Islanders top methanol dragster team


Will Hanna with representatives from Pro Mod teams Flamholc and Robinson including drivers Adam Flamholc far left, who won the European Finals event in grand style. Driver and chassis builder Andy Robinson
(3rd from the right) also met with suppliers at the PRI


December 16th:

Dan Larsen, Johan Lindberg, Michael Malmgren, Timo Habermann and Urs Erbacher in Monaco for the FIA gala

Monaco:
The five FIA Champions attended the official FIA award winners gala in Monaco december 10th. Stay tuned for a full report and more photos in the next Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter planned for dec 30th.


Nov 4th: Season Review DVD:s - 

   

Speedgroup present the release of the "EUROPEAN DRAG RACNG CHAMPIONSHIP Season 2010 Review" DVD:s!

A four-disc set is packed with more than 7 hours of action from the FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship 2010. Enjoy the sights and sounds of Europe’s fastest cars and motorcycles as 120 teams from 14 countries compete for supremacy in a feast of furious racing action.

Include FIA Cars: Top Fuel Dragster, Top Methanol Dragster, Top Methanol Funny Car, BILSPORT Pro Modified, Pro Stock and the UEM Bike classes: Top Fuel Bike, Super Twin Bike and Pro Stock Bike.

Online orders to other countries in- or outside Europe possible via any of the retailers below.

UNITED KINGDOM -
Santa Pod Raceway - online order at 
www.santapod.com and on site in the Pod Shop 
 
SWEDEN - online order at
www.summeronwheels.com
 
 
GERMANY -
online order at www.300mph.de 




October 17th:
If you are not familiar with the European Drag Racing Database, we can recommend a visit to this website. The data base contains 344 events, 983 drivers & 10944 result posts... Useful and impressive!



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