2006 FIA European Finals
Sunday (eliminations)
Photos ©Sharkman
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Håkan Nilsson briefly held the European ET record until Urs Erbacher took it away, but Håkan and the Veidec/Landmeco team took the Top Fuel title. |
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Roel Koedam rounded off his Top Fuel Bike career with the event win. Roel is moving to Supertwin in 2007. |
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This morning we held a minute's silence for the late Svein Gottenberg. |
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Roger Johansson told us that the tyre shake in his Pro Mod is not as bad as it looks from the outside. |
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Peter Schöfer took the event win but didn't quite make Low ET of the event which would have won him the Championship. |
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We guess that this group came to the race together. |
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Mats Eriksson's Crown Victoria redlit against Seppo Saapola in the Pro Mod semi-finals. |
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Leif Andréasson pulled a huge redlight and Ulf Leanders took the Championship. |
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Leif Helander's Starkotter in classic Fuel Funny Car pose. |
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The Veidec/Lendmeco Top Fuel team celebrated their Championship win all the way down the old fire-up road. |
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Champion Anders Abrahamsson won the all-Team Motospeed Pro Stock Bike final. |
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Jimmy Alund took the Championship and a holeshot win against Michael Malmgren in the Pro Stock final. |
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Anders Karling came in to the race with a chance of the Supertwin title but Ronny Aasen went all the way. |
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Urs Erbacher won the event and set new European Top Fuel ET and speed records. |
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Martin Newbury made it as far as the semis after taking the first round win against #1 qualifier Tom Tinndahn. |
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Rickard Persson ran his first six-second pass today, a 6.924 in the Popeye Top Methanol Dragster. |
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Richard Sundblom's Cobalt all ready for the joint weddings (see our pit notes for details). |
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Ronny Aasen took the Supertwin Championship in the semi-finals and then won the event. |
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Rikard Gustafsson won the Top Fuel Bike Championship on a 6.5-second Funny Bike. |
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Lex Joon made it to the semi-finals where he was beaten by event runner-up Håkan Nilsson. |
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Ulf Leanders took the European Championship in the semi-final race against Leif Andréasson. |
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Gordon Smith beat John Spuffard with a 5.935 in today's Fuel FC match race. |
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The England Supporters Club band tried to outdo the Top Fuellers. |
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Barry Giles took the Super Pro ET event win and made a move in the UK Championship. |
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Chris Isaacs wheelied away from an illegal deep stage in round 3 of Super Comp. |
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Stuart Morrice made the final of Super Gas and was event runner-up. |
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Bob Lees and Martyn Sanger contested the Super Street final, Bob won. |
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Ian Atkinson took the Pro ET event win against The Netherlands' Paul Vrind. |
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Geoff Cowley was a rookie at the start of this season and has now won three events. |
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Sweden's Jennifer Gustafsson went through a sizeable Junior Dragster field for the event win. |
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