Summit Racing Equipment Internationals
Tierp Arena, Sweden
August 8-11
words and photos by Ivan Sansom & Rose Huges
The opening day of FIM-E qualifying at the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals, Tierp Arena, Sweden, delivered some pretty stout numbers across the four contested classes and with two sessions down and another day of qualifying to come tomorrow.
Championship leader Rikard Gustafsson underlined his performance advantage over the rest of the FIM-E Top Fuel Bike field carding a very impressive 5.7799/254.38 in firing an opening salvo. Unfortunately, a sticking exhaust valve during the warm-up prevented an improvement in the second session for the RG Engineering team.
In second spot is Sverre Dahl with a 6.0495, but the Sunshine Express team is packing up and heading home to Norway after discovering the crank hadn’t liked it. Compatriot Jan Sturla Hegre is currently at 3 with a 6.3178 followed Rene van den Berg at 6.5563.
The funnybikes of Mike Olie (6.7192), Peter Andersson (PBing in the class with a 6.9752), Kari Rautanen (7.0581) and Thomas Pettersson complete the current field.
A first outing with a bigger fuel pump propelled Marcus Christiansen to a very nice 6.1302/226.40 to put the Dane in the provisional lead of the FIM-E Super Twin masses.
Erling Opheim destroyed his PB with a 6.3403 from one of the Rolfstad blower bikes for second, followed by Per Bengtsson (6.4158), Samu Kemppainen (6.7736) and Marko Lantto (6.9786) in the sixes. With a total entry of sixteen, tomorrow (Saturday) could be a tense affair.
Surprisingly, only three riders are in the six-second zone in FIM-E Super Street Bike, although seeing reigning champion Alan Morrison Jnr on top of the heap with a 6.8740/218 isn’t that much of an eyebrow-raiser.
The Hungarian duo of Krisztián Jász (6.9292) and Dániel Donát Lencsés (6.9676) complete the currently quick trio, and like FIM-E Super Twin, we’re anticipating some big moves tomorrow.
The five bikes in FIM-E Pro Stock Bike are currently led by Joerg Lymant, who has a Buell 7.1334, while Bertrand Maurice is a shade behind, with a Suzuki 7.1993.
Timo Savolainen (7.2243), Theodor Vik (7.4492) and Janne Koskinen (7.4521) complete the quintet.
Summit Racing Equipment Internationals takes place at Tierp Arena, Sweden 8th-11th August – more info https://speedevents.se/
EC in Drag Racing at the Tierp Arena with FIA and FIM European Championships as well as competitions in the Summit Racing EDRS Series. The races are part of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship in the Top Fuel, Pro Mod, Top Methanol and Prostock classes, as well as the Summit Racing EDRS series and the FIM European Drag Bike Championship. In addition, the Nordic championships for motorcycles are held.
More Info: www.speedevents.se
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