It was a great second day of qualifying for the NitrOlympX at the Rico Anthes Quartermile of the HockenheimRing, round three of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. In front of a capacity crowd there were many major improvements and changes in the qualifying order. Only in Pro Stock Friday leader Jimmy Ålund remained in the number one position, but in Top Methanol Tony Bryntesson took over the number one spot, while in Pro Modified Michel Tooren stormed into the lead. In Top Fuel Jndia Erbacher recorded the quickest ET to lead the field into Sunday’s eliminations. As predicted after Friday qualifying, there were numerous improvements on day two of qualifying for the NitrOlympX and many changes in the qualifying order in almost all four classes. After the rain shortened qualifying on Friday, the weather was much better on Saturday, although there was still a short break due to a shower. But all the work of the HockenheimRing track crew paid off as all two scheduled qualifying sess

Home favourite Timo Habermann raced to the provisional number one qualifying position in Top Methanol at the first day of qualifying for the NitrOlympX, the third round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the Rico Anthes Quartermile of the HockenheimRing, Germany. In Pro Modified Stian Rusånes, from Norway, is the surprise leader after day one, as in Pro Stock Jimmy Ålund recorded the quickest ET in the only qualifying session that was completed. It was a difficult and long day of waiting for the drivers and teams of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship at the HockenheimRing. During the first round of qualifying for Top Methanol it started to rain. After a long break it was 7pm when the cars could finally come back to the Rico Anthes Quartermile to finish their first and only qualifying session of day one. When the qualifying session of Top Methanol, Pro Modified and Pro Stock was completed, it started to rain again and as a result Top Fuel was not able to complete the

With the idea that when you do the same as your competitors, you will not be faster, Hampus Staflund and his team Staflund Racing took the brave decision to enter an A-Fuel Funny Car in the Top Methanol class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, the first and only one in Europe. At the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, the team had their moment of glory with the first full pass. Time for Hampus Staflund to look back at his first season with the Staflund Racing A-Fuel Pontiac. With the first season fresh in the mirror, we must say that we are very happy with what we have managed to achieve. We set out on this adventure of building our A-Fuel Funny Car back around Christmas 2025. Shortly after that we managed to locate an engine that we wanted back over in the States. So we started to strip the old blower set-up down to where there were just pipes left. While waiting for the engine to arrive, we went on to change what was necessary and started preparing for

With two races done and two to go the FIA European Drag Racing Championship is at the halfway point of the season, thus anything can still happen. Susanne Callin (Top Fuel), Timo Habermann (Top Methanol), Jimmy Ålund (Pro Stock) and Andres Arnover (Pro Modified) are the current leaders, but none of them was on the highest step of the podium at the latest race at Tierp Arena. To remain or come back in the title race, a good result in the penultimate round of the championship is crucial. Interesting ingredients for an exciting NitrOlympX at the Rico Anthes Quartermile of the HockenheimRing. With the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena fresh in mind, it’s time for round three of the 2026 FIA European Drag Racing Championship, the renowned NitrOlympX at the Rico Anthes Quartermile of the HockenheimRing, August 21th to 23st. Looking at the points standings it is unlikely that in one of the four classes the title fight will be decided in Germany, but it is important so scor

Colin Millar raced to victory by defeating reigning FIA European champion Susanne Callin in the Top Fuel final for the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena, round two of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. In Top Methanol Tony Bryntesson claimed the win, while Jere Rantaniemi defeated Andres Arnover in the Pro Modified final and Simon Ekengren surprised Robin Norén in the final of the Pro Stock category. There were many upsets and surprises at Tierp Arena during the eliminations of the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals, round two of the 2026 FIA European Drag Racing Championship. Some favourites and number one qualifiers failed, others surprised or lived up to their expectations. In Top Fuel the final was run between number one qualifier Colin Millar, from Scotland, and reigning FIA champion and winner of the first FIA round at Santa Pod, Susanne Callin, from Sweden. Both drivers had a good start, but when Callin lost traction, it was loud and clear that Mi

As expected there were several improvements on the second day of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals at Tierp Arena. As a result, in Top Fuel Colin Millar surprised Susanne Callin and took over the number one qualifying position, while in Top Methanol Tony Bryntesson stormed to a great 5.33 seconds to finish day two as the new leader. In Pro Modified and Pro Stock the Friday leaders, Jere Rantaniemi and Jimmy Ålund remained in the number one position. These four drivers will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s eliminations of round two of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. It was a long and sunny day of qualifying at Tierp Arena for the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals, round two of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship. The temperatures were higher than on the Friday and although the teams had some more data to find the right setup, many drivers were struggling with the sometimes difficult track conditions. But still there were severa