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Finally , Gardermoen Raceway is back in the European sportsman-racing. Three days of racing incl. a few rainpauses and trackdrying, the teams seemed to be pleased with the event. Apart from the Norwegians themselves , drivers from Sweden, Finland , Switzerland and Germany was visiting the race. Nice athmosphere and a very good track means that they will come back, bringing more teams with them next year. Unfortunately were not all finals finished because of heavy rain in the Sunday afternoon. Big thanks to Annelie Vähäsaari and her crew for a good work, by the way!

Competition Eliminator: Full 8-car ladder with Odd Erik Fossum and Stig “O” Olsson as No 1 and 2. The undriven final was also for these two gentlemen. Odd Erik (2nd) just before Stig in the points but advantage for Stig with one race more to be counted. Also P-E Lindgren will be threatened as the leader of the Division Central.

Super Pro ET: Previously called Top Sportsman in Norway. Now with the new timebracket between 6,00-8,99 sec. Great mix of cars; Funny Cars , Dragster, Doorslammers , Vintage Cars etc etc. 13 teams qualified on dial-in , for the first time ever in Norway. Jimmy Granlund No 1 qualifier with 0,004 s over dial-in. Ready for the finals though, were Linn Engan Karlsen and Tom Egil Snekkerhaugen. Linus Wallberg, Sweden winner of the Div. Central, unless anyone of the Norwegians shows up at Drachten or Kunmadaras August 18th.

Super Comp: Just three teams showing up this time, since the class has not been run for a while in Norway. Robin Norén became first of the qualifiers with a perfect 8,900 and also won the final over Mikael Nilsson. Mikael 41 p ahead Robin in Div. Central.

Super Gas: Nine cars for a 16 –ladder with qualifier 1 and 2 on the same side of the ladder. Håkan “Strawhatt” Mattson was in top with a 8,905. But heading for the final was Christer Uhlin and Gideon Liljegren. Mattson in the lead of Div. Central. Uhlin in Div. North.
Super Street: Just two contenders; Joar Amundsen winner of the weekend before german Michael Maderer, who´s in the lead of Div. South.

Race Report EDRS SUNOCO DRAG CHALLENGE Gardermoen Norway Aug 3-5 Finally , Gardermoen Raceway is back in the European sportsman-racing. Three days of racing incl. a few rainpauses and trackdrying, the teams seemed to be pleased with the event. Apart from the Norwegians themselves , drivers from Sweden, Finland , Switzerland and Germany was visiting the race. Nice athmosphere and a very good track means that they will come back, bringing more teams with them next year. Unfortunately were not all finals finished because of heavy rain in the Sunday afternoon. Big thanks to Annelie Vähäsaari and her crew for a good work, by the way! Competition Eliminator: Full 8-car ladder with Odd Erik Fossum and Stig “O” Olsson as No 1 and 2. The undriven final was also for these two gentlemen. Odd Erik (2nd) just before Stig in the points but advantage for Stig with one race more to be counted. Also P-E Lindgren will be threatened as the leader of the Division Central. Super Pro ET: Previously called Top Sportsman in Norway. Now with the new timebracket between 6,00-8,99 sec. Great mix of cars; Funny Cars , Dragster, Doorslammers , Vintage Cars etc etc. 13 teams qualified on dial-in , for the first time ever in Norway. Jimmy Granlund No 1 qualifier with 0,004 s over dial-in. Ready for the finals though, were Linn Engan Karlsen and Tom Egil Snekkerhaugen. Linus Wallberg, Sweden winner of the Div. Central, unless anyone of the Norwegians shows up at Drachten or Kunmadaras August 18th. Super Comp: Just three teams showing up this time, since the class has not been run for a while in Norway. Robin Norén became first of the qualifiers with a perfect 8,900 and also won the final over Mikael Nilsson. Mikael 41 p ahead Robin in Div. Central. Super Gas: Nine cars for a 16 –ladder with qualifier 1 and 2 on the same side of the ladder. Håkan “Strawhatt” Mattson was in top with a 8,905. But heading for the final was Christer Uhlin and Gideon Liljegren. Mattson in the lead of Div. Central. Uhlin in Div. North. Super Street: Just two contenders; Joar Amundsen winner of the weekend before german Michael Maderer, who´s in the lead of Div. South.	Editor and EDRS points co-ordinator Carl-Erik Kihlman with Lin Granlund NDRG Pro ET: Also new for Norway with 9,00-14,99 bracket. Thomas Hauge with a perfect 0,000 compared with dial-in. Remaining after the semi-finals were Tor Johansen and Michael Maderer who doubled his driving this weekend. 20 cars in the ladder. Jr Dragster: Frida Grendal No 1 qualifier , with a 0,009 s reaction time . Up against Julie Nataas in the final after the 32—car ladder with 17 cars, where Julie won. Only driver involved in battle of top positions in Div. Central was Angelica Larsson , now fourth place. Funny Bike: Three bikes there, Charley Forsberg and Timo Mäkinen was ready to drive for the top eliminator but it was cancelled because of the rain. These two guys are also in the top of the Div. Central. Super Comp Bike 8,5: Hardworking Bert Nilsen took the first place with 8,566 but lost the final to Svein Ove Braendhagen. Bert way before the others in Div. Central. Super Gas Bike: Six bikes for a 8-ladder with Tomas Jonsson (who else?) in 1st position after a 9.509 run. He also won the final against Inge Andre Osthage. Guess who´s in the lead of Div. Central? Yes , you´re right! Tomas, of course. Stig Stene in second place of Div. North.
Gardermoen Raceway is situated at a close distance from the main runway of Oslo´s Gardermoen airport in a beautiful setting.
Text: Carl-Erik Kihlman Photos: Julia Stolt This article is part of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #12/2012 www.speedgroup.eu Published by Speedgroup www.speedgroup.eu All material, text, images and logtypes are the property of Speedgroup AB Used by permission © Speedgroup 2012