2007 Veidec Festival
Pressdag / Press Day
Photos ©Roger, Tog (Press Day)
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Neat and tidy gas masks in Stig Neergard's Top Fuel Dragster pit. |
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Longtime race fans will know whose cars always feature a four-leaf clover. |
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Track announcer Christer Abrahamson and Track Manager Fredrik Ström. Talk about contrasts... |
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We need to have a word with Top Methanol FC racer Jörgen Johnsson about Andy Green and Thrust SSC genuinely breaking the sound barrier. |
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Freddy Fagerström was booked to run his TMFC at Press Day but towed back to the pits when he saw the Pro Mods and Pro Stocks struggling. |
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Micke Kågered's Top Fuel shirt emporium. |
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Michael Malmgren explaining Pro Stock to a TV crew. Both presenter and cameraman later got a ride in the Eagle Racing two-seater dragster. |
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L-O Jonsson opened the press conference and then handed over to... |
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...Christer Abrahamson who has a real gift for presenting drag racing. |
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Now, is that Jörgen Johnsson or Austin Coil? |
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Christer and Freddy Fagerström traded witticisms which your reporter unfortunately could not understand. Everyone else laughed though. |
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Micke Kågered explained Top Fuel and there was a gasp when he told the media how quickly the Bahco Express accelerates. |
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Janne Ahonen talked about his Top Fuel exploits in Finnish and then an Eagle Racing colleague translated into Swedish. |
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Christer and Ludvig Perés discussed Junior Dragster before Ludvig took to the track. |
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The new book about the history of Swedish drag racing is being launched this weekend and it looks just great, packed with text and superb pictures. |
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Jörgen's gone, Pro Stock racer Jimmy Ålund's going. |
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Ludvig opened the drag racing display and his brother saw him into stage... |
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...team mate Mats Eriksson followed with the Green Goblin Pro Mod and aborted the run after bad shake. |
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Same story for Jimmy: shake off the line and an aborted pass, rolling to a halt right on the finish line. |
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Michael was next up with the same result. |
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Roger Johansson pulled a storming burnout in his Pro Mod... |
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...but then got about a metre before the tyres shook. |
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Ludvig made two passes and consistency was the name of his game with a brace of 8.9s. |
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One of the publishers of the Swedish drag racing history took an 8.1-second ride in the two-seater dragster... |
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...I wonder if the book will be recalled for the addition of a chapter about passenger rides? |
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The Eagle Racing team are a credit to the sport, always professionally turned out and they worked very hard today. |
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