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Crowd pleaser Jaska Salakari doubled in Top Fuel Bike and Super Twin at this event. He struggled in Top Fuel Bike during qualifications and was taken out 1st round against Paljakka when parts from Salakari´s bike was spread in his opponents lane. Paljakka with a defect bike but on to the semi-finals where Steve Woollatt had his things in order and outran Paljakka.

The gigant of the meet in the class without question was Peter Svensson from Sweden who adjusted the bike well to the track after some initial tyre issues. The ET:s team Kendall and rider Peter delivered needs no further explaining -  5.96 sec. followed by runs at 6.009 and 5.991 sec were impressive to watch. Salakari, Svensson, Woollatt and Selkämaa also took part in the exhibition part during the night show and the crowd was ecstatic to watch them blast down the track.

Kai Selkämma from Finland made a welcome comeback at Hockenheim for one event, qualified no 5 and lasted to the semi finals where Peter Svensson simply was to fast to beat for Selkämaa. We hope to see Kai back in championship competition 2012 again!

Steve Woollatt enjoyed the Rico Anthes quartermile and ran consistent during eliminations. He earned a place in the final where he should have faced Peter Svensson if not the curfew had put an end to the race just before that.

Leaving the NitrOlympx for this time it is still Ian King who leads the points standings with at 203 points, now followed by Peter Svensson and Jaska Salakari at 186 points equally. All three with a theoretical chance to become the 2011 Top Fuel Bike Champion. however Salakari is not on the entry list for the remaining race, which means it will be a battle between King and Svensson. We can hardly wait to follow it!

Check the full points table under a separate headline.

Round #7 of the UEM Drag Bike Championship  - the European Finals are held at Santa Pod Raceway on september 9-11th

Top Fuel Bike Review NitrOlympx With the UEM championship classes included at the NitrOlympx, the audience was in for a spectacular show of 1st class drag bike racing. And the Top Fuel bikes were really the icing on the cake this time! Crowd pleaser Jaska Salakari doubled in Top Fuel Bike and Super Twin at this event. He struggled in Top Fuel Bike during qualifications and was taken out 1st round against Paljakka when parts from Salakari´s bike was spread in his opponents lane. Paljakka with a defect bike but on to the semi-finals where Steve Woollatt had his things in order and outran Paljakka. The gigant of the meet in the class without question was Peter Svensson from Sweden who adjusted the bike well to the track after some initial tyre issues. The ET:s team Kendall and rider Peter delivered needs no further explaining - 5.96 sec. followed by runs at 6.009 and 5.991 sec were impressive to watch. Salakari, Svensson, Woollatt and Selkämaa also took part in the exhibition part during the night show and the crowd was ecstatic to watch them blast down the track. Kai Selkämma from Finland made a welcome comeback at Hockenheim for one event, qualified no 5 and lasted to the semi finals where Peter Svensson simply was to fast to beat for Selkämaa. We hope to see Kai back in championship competition 2012 again! Steve Woollatt enjoyed the Rico Anthes quartermile and ran consistent during eliminations. He earned a place in the final where he should have faced Peter Svensson if not the curfew had put an end to the race just before that. Leaving the NitrOlympx for this time it is still Ian King who leads the points standings with at 203 points, now followed by Peter Svensson and Jaska Salakari at 186 points equally. All three with a theoretical chance to become the 2011 Top Fuel Bike Champion. however Salakari is not on the entry list for the remaining race, which means it will be a battle between King and Svensson. We can hardly wait to follow it! Check the full points table under a separate headline. Round #7 of the UEM Drag Bike Championship - the European Finals are held at Santa Pod Raceway on september 9-11th	One man show Jaska Salakari waiving to the audience in his characteristic way. With one bike in top fuel and one in super twin, Jaska had a hectic weekend Peter Svensson enjoyed the event of his life at Hockenheim.. .. the score boards spoke for themselves when Svensson passed the finish line.. Ian King had to withdraw from the eliminations due to damage unrepairable on site. Read team King/Gulf Oil Racing´s own press release Nate Gagnon, Big Kids Racing from Canada made his last entry in the UEM championship for this season but has said he wish to return in 2012. A damaged engine meant Gagnon was a no show at round one of eliminations. The bike Gagnon rode belongs to Canadian tuner Ron Houniet, who expressed plans to bring the bike to the UK and enter the European Finals, however he will be competing in Super Twin at that race.
UEM TOP FUEL BIKE RESULTS NITROLYMPX QUALIFICATIONS /ELIMINATIONS from the left - Petri Paljakka, Kai Selkämaa, Steve Woollatt and Peter Svensson, the final and semi-finalists at Hockenheim Team Svensson were this happy after the awesome 5.96 sec run during qualifying.. and the performance at top level continued through the eliminations. Impressive!
Text: Åsa Kinnemar Photos: Lena Perés, Remco Scheelings, Patrik Jacobsson, Speedgroup This article is part of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #13/2011 Published by Speedgroup www.speedgroup.eu All material, text, images and logtypes are the property of Speedgroup AB Any use of the above requires permission from Speedgroup email: asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu © Speedgroup 2011