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The Super Twin class continued to show
strong
numbers, both in regards
to the number of teams on site as well as performance. What
a super strong championship class this is and what a joy
to watch them on track!
Jaska Salakari
(near) ran an unbelievable 6.390 sec in the first round of eliminations
against Olstad. Salakari however failed to back up the run to be a new
European record. The valid record was set by Anders Charley
Karling already in 2004 and is for 6.458 sec. Well done Jaska and
crew!
Australian rider Mark Ashelford was not as successful as in
Tiep. Ashelford lost first round to Bengtsson but the team looked happy
anyhow.
While 2010 champion Lorenz Stäuble met Koedam in the first
round and did not have anything to put up against him, the time difference
6.81 sec for Koedam against Stäuble´s 7.07 sec. Koedam then continued to
beat championship leader on the startline in the semi-final.
Jan
Sturla Hegré now 2nd in the championship9 points after leader Bengtsson and 4 ahead of Koedam who is
3rd. Three events remain and a lot can still happen in this unpredictable
class where teams take turns at running at an extremely high level of
performance seemingly no matter what track they enter. Some
tracks just take a few more runs to sort out, that´s
all..
Check the full points table under a separate headline.
Round #5 of the UEM
Drag Bike Championship is held at Gardermoen Raceway on august
5-7th
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Mark Ashelford
towed back after a run
Trond
Jostein Höiberget and Greger Johansson (right) the latter was close making
it to the final.
Christian Jäger had his own trick to stay cool in
the extreme heat wearing a damp towel around his neck in
the lineup. Jäger now 5th in the championship after having ended outside
the ladder at Alastaro. And he was in prominent company with Rolfstad,
Kemppainen, Höiberget, Määttä.. and the list goes on.. that is Super
Twin Bike in a nutshell for the time being.. Nobody can be sure
to qualify and even less sure to win
and event..
.. so no wonder Roel Koedam was a very happy winner at
Alastaro - also read what he had to say in the winners interview in a
separate article in this edition!
Mentor, "Godfather" and
legend rider Ton Pels shows his emotions after Roel crossed the
finish line too and the tv-crew was quick to catch it on camera! A
memorable moment and our sincere congratulations to team Zodiac and
Roel!s
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SUPER TWIN BIKE -
QUALIFICATIONS
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# |
Rider |
Home
Base |
ET
sec |
Speed
km/h |
|
1 |
Jaska
Salakari |
Vantaa,
Finland |
6.691 |
317.630 |
|
2 |
Roel
Koedam |
Maarsen,
Netherlands |
6.725 |
301.870 |
|
3 |
Per
Bengtsson |
Klippan,
Sweden |
6.753 |
332.050 |
|
4 |
Jan
Sturla Hegre |
Lena,
Norway |
6.808 |
325.920 |
|
5 |
Greger
Johansson |
Finspång,
Sweden |
6.878 |
332.430 |
|
6 |
Mark
Ashelford |
Bayswater,
Australia |
6.888 |
337.700 |
|
7 |
Lorenz
Stäuble |
Arlesheim,
Switzerland |
6.902 |
325.630 |
|
8 |
Hans
Olav Olstad |
Lena,
Norway |
6.959 |
303.450 |
|
9 |
Svein
Olav Rolfstad |
Skreia,
Norway |
7.197 |
236.860 |
|
10 |
Pekka
Parikka |
Vaasa,
Finland |
7.381 |
282.060 |
|
11 |
Samu
Kemppainen |
Vantaa,
Finland |
7.530 |
293.310 |
|
12 |
Christian
Jäger |
Esselback,
Germany |
7.566 |
320.010 |
|
13 |
Jukka
Kuuru |
Seinäjoki
, Finland |
7.768 |
286.520 |
|
14 |
Trond
Jostein Hoiberget |
Boverbrv,
Norway |
7.853 |
283.610 |
|
15 |
Torsti
Kettula |
Kouvola,
Finland |
9.385 |
252.460 |
|
16 |
Harri
Piensalmi |
Pornainen,
Finland |
11.564 |
182.920 |
|
17 |
Asko
Määttä |
Kintaus,
Finland |
13.858 |
115.880 |
ELIMINATIONS - 8
BIKE LADDER
Super Twin Bike round #1
Jaska
Salakari winner 6.390 sec/341 km / Hans Olav Olstad 6.84 sec/324 km.
What a run for Salakari! Olstad improving and good run did not
do the job this time
Jan Sturla Hegré 9.20 sec/ 148 km bang for Hegré
mid-track / Greger Johansson 7.12 sec/264 km. Johansson to the
semi-final
Roel Koedam winner 6.817 sec/319 km / Lorenz Stäuble 7.07
sec/330 km. Stäuble 0.77 reaction time to Koedams 0.203 was not enough to
take the win
Per Bengtsson winner 6.825 sec/326 km / Mark
Ashelford 9.98 sec/329 km. Bengtsson had to work the bike but the win was clear at
midtrack
Super Twin Bike semi-finals
Jaska Salakari winner no time/
Greger Johansson broke before the start. Johanssons bike pushed back. BYE
RUN for Salakari who did not make a full pass
Roel Koedam slightly before Bengtsson from the line
and leads all the way to take the win. ET 6.856 sec/324 km sPer Bengtsson 6.742 sec/314 km
Super Twin Bike Final
Roel Koedam winner 7.773 sec/245 km / Jaska
Salakari broke on the line
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Per Bengtsson impressed to start with - qualified 3rd
quickest and took out Ashelford first round. Then faced Koedam who
was on a winning streak and Bengtsson gave the Dutchman a good match
but lost..
Koedam in action - great to
see team Zodiac Racing in the winner
circle!
Text: Åsa Kinnemar
Photos:
Åsa Kinnemar,
Lena Perés and Aila Striem for Speedgroup
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