December 2011 and altough it feels like a lot has happened for Speedgroup the last year, we once again look ahead and see that next year, 2012, will be filled with yet again new features and developments in different areas of European Drag Racing..

EDRS 2012
Ever since the acquring of the well established sportsman series SDL and NDRS in March 2011, we have had weekly meetings within an 8 person strong NDRS work group to operate the series in co-operation with the teams and event organizers, but also to prepare for the next step - to create the EDRS European Drag Racing Series. All major track operators in Europe wil be part of this series, where we work with 8 car classes and 3 bike classes;

Comp Eliminator
Stock Superstock
Super Gas
Super Comp
Super Street
Jr Dragster
Pro ET
Super Pro ET
Funny Bike
Super Comp Bike / 8.50
Super Gas Bike / 9.50
 
In addition the two biggest championship classes FIA Pro Mod and UEM Super Twin Bike in series form for a  very limited number of non-championship events.



On December 23rd Speedgroup launch the preliminary EDRS Class Calendar at  www.speedgroup.eu , Eurodragster.com and via our associated network. In a few weeks the full regulations for the Series will follow.

We have assigned a Speedgroup class contact person for each of the classes included in teh EDRS Series which will be stated at the Speedgroup site and to whom you can direct any questions that regards  a specific class.


The FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship for 2012 is solid (see the race calendars included in this edition)and we work to continue to co-operate with organizers and teams to optimize and standardize further and also plan to bring in new features that will make European Drag Racing even more visible and easy accesible for the audience. We will have all reasons o come back to that over the winter months.  

About SPEEDGROUP:  Speedgroup is the official FIA European Drag Racing Championship administrator. Since 2010 also assist in UEM Drag Bike European Championship administration. Speedgroup interact with teams, track operators and event organizers, sanctioning bodies, media, corporate partners and fans. In March 2011 Speedgroup acquired the NDRS Dragracing Series and the Swedish Dragracing League SDL. They will be integrated for 2012 in the new EDRS European Drag Racing Series - Europe´s biggest Drag Racing series

2011 FIA/UEM Championship Season Review DVD:s

The supply is running out quickly but we still have some stock of FIA/UEM  championship season review DVD:s ready for order. Over 9 hours divided on 5 discs from all FIA and UEM events the race season 2011. DVD sets are available for mail order via  Speedgroup our associated  partners for instance Santa Pod Raceway in the UK and Indeed Media in Sweden and Andrea Kloss Handelsagentur in Germany. We can to ship to any country, just contact me if interested and I will be happy to fill you in on the details and directed to our partners if needed. 

Meetings on the agenda
Over the nearest few months Speedgroup have a few major live meetings scheduled where we meet with teams and organizers .

The details are annouced at the Speedgroup website and any questions can be adressed to asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu (registration to attend the meetings is needed)

In january Speedgroup, FIA and UEM organizers and FIA and UEM officials gather in Hockenheim Germany for a 2012 FIA/UEM European Drag Racing Championship pre-plan meeting.

We have the following dates and locations set for team informations meetings;  

January 22nd 
Team Info meetings Germany Hockenheim - one for EDRS and one for the FIA/UEM Championship
 
February 11th
UK St John´s Hotel Solihull, UK (in connection with the SPRC prize giving banquet)
Team Info meetings - one for EDRS and one for the FIA/UEM Championship

February 18 ^th
Stockholm, Sweden  
Team Info meetings - one for EDRS and one for the FIA/UEM Championship

We are also looking into the possibility to hold meedting in Finland and Holland in connection with the SFI Certification tour, stay tuned for more on that.

I could go on and on..
..about the many interesting projects that are ongoing or in pipeline for 2012. But I will save some for later and stop here. You are always to contact me or any of my collegues with questions, opinions or ideas. As always, we are happy to read or listen. Your opinion counts!

It has been our pleasure serving you the Speedgroup newsletters over the year and we look forward staying in touch again in edition #1 2012.


Merry Christmas & Happy New 2012!


Åsa Kinnemar
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu
Sweden mobile tel +46- (0)705 31 53 32  


The Championship 2011 Review DVD Set contain 5 discs and more than 9 hours