EDRS European Drag Racing Series 2012
With 27 events at 17 tracks in 7 countries the new EDRS European Drag Racing Series is Europe´s biggest competition series for drag racing and it focuses on the sportsman classes!
The EDRS European Drag Racing Series is a development from the NDRS Series and SDL Swedish Drag Racing League which Speedgroup acquired from Svensk Dragracing in March 2011. The base consisted of two strong well established series systems mainly in Sweden and Finland which has been added to. With EDRS 2012 we go European but without missing the National and Divisional thinking!

CONCEPT:

3 Divisions
In the EDRS European Drag Racing Series we have divided Europe into 3 geographic divisions; North, Central and South

Count the 5 best events
Points from the 5 best event counts in the EDRS points system - Two events out of the 5 can be run outside the home division. Each out of division event a driver/rider wish to count must be notified to Speedgroups point co-ordinators (presented below).

Home Division
The driver/rider choose their “home” division before the first race (it is done online in the new entry system at  www.dragracing.eu). The home division can be any division of the drivers choice.

EDRS Classes - Cars
- Competition
- Junior Dragster
- Stock Superstock
- Super Comp
- Super Gas
- Super Street
- Pro ET 
- Super Pro ET 
- Pro Modified (limited Series Central Divison)

EDRS Classes - Bikes
- Super Gas Bike
- Super Comp Bike
- Funny Bike 
- Super Twin Bike (limited 3 event Nordic Challenge Series)

Assigned class contact persons - See bottom of the page

RACE CALENDAR
EDRS RACE CALENDAR 2012 -
click to open!


TRACKS -
the tracks with a ready EDRS presentation page are linked, just click on the track name to check out the setting of the track, dates and what classes are run!
Unlinked track dates and classes can be found in the Race Calendar

EDRS Division North
Hell - Norway
Kalajoki - Finland
Piteå - Sweden
Kubbe - Sweden 
Fällfors - Sweden
Sundsvall - Sweden
 
EDRS Division Central
Tierp Arena - Sweden
Borlänge - Sweden
Lindesberg - Sweden
Hultsfred
- Sweden
Gardermoen - Norway
Alastaro - Finland
Motorpark - Finland
 
EDRS Division South
Drachten - the Netherlands
Bechyne - Czech Republic
HockenheimRing - Germany
Kunmadaras - Hungary

POINTS CALCULATIONS  &
POINTS CO-ORDINATORS 2012
See further down the page!

SPEEDGROUP DRIVERS & RIDERS CLUB
Open for EDRS drivers & riders filled with values! Membership 2012: €50 senior/€35 junior. To receive Series Prize funds (Top 3) the driver/rider needs to be a member. Sign-Up is made via an Online form at the EDRS site

EDRS EUROPEAN DRAG RACING SERIES BANQUET
Awards to the divisional top 3 drivers/riders are presented at a banquet, preliminary scheduled to be held on November in Stockholm, Sweden.

SPEEDGROUP EDRS CONTINGENCY PROGRAM
Sponsorship Program which rewards teams when they are in the winner´s circle.
Read more about it in a separate article in this edition

Website:
www.speedgroup.eu click EDRS top right corner to enter site 



Operation & Development - EDRS Work Group 

Speedgroup´s EDRS Work Group consist of 8 persons, where a majority are connected to one or more organizers (as race directors or active in the organizing clubs). We have weekly Skype meetings on an all year round basis to deal with planning, operation of the series and development in co-operation with the participating organizers, class associations, sanctioning bodies (ASN:s) and individul teams, officials/stewards, media and corporate partners! Whenever needed we invite experts to join our meetings to discuss and provide feedback in any specific question needed.

The EDRS Work Group:


Carl-Erik Kihlman
(SHRA Lindesberg)

 Lena Perés
(Borlänge  Dragracing klubb)

Åsa Kinnemar  
co-ordinator Speedgroup

Michael Gullqvist
CEO Speedgroup

 

Kjell Pettersson
(Tierp Arena and consultant other tracks)
 
Jonas Staflund
 (Skellefteå MS - Fällfors track)

Tomas Pettersson
(Tierp Arena)

Janne Sjöberg
(SMF Västerås)


EDRS Points co-ordinators 2012:


Division SouthDivision CentralDivision North


Gittli Koller
based in Germany

Carl-Erik Kihlman
based in Sweden


Trond HØst
based in Norway


Points Calculations - EDRS Divisional points 

 

Round
1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th


Final
R/U

Winner

Field 1-2

50

70

3-4

50

70

90

5-8

50

70

90

110

8-16

50

70

90

110

130

16 -32

50

70

90

110

130

150

32 -64

50

70

90

11

130

150

170

CALCULATION OF POINTS - Points will be calculated from the number of events per category that is stated in the final version of the Speedgroup Series invitation for this year.

EXTRA POINTS - In SST, SG, SC, SGB and SB does the competitor earn 20 extra points (max once per event) if he/she during qualifying is the first one in that category to make a pass exactly on the category index. The same is applied in the classes Pro ET and Super Pro ET when a competitor during qualifying is the first one in the category to make a pass exactly on the selected dial-in ET.

Example #1: If a Super Gas competitor during qualifying runs 9,900 (1/4 mile), then he/she earns 20 extra points.

Example #2: If a Pro ET competitor during qualifying set 11.34 as the dial-in ET and make a pass running exactly 11.340 (1/4 mile), then 20 extra points are earned.

QUALIFYING POINTS -In all categories within the series, the competitor earns qualifying points, up to 16, depending on the qualifying position.

Example: No 1 qualifier 16 points, no 2 qualifier 15 points, no 3 qualifier 14 points and so on. At entry fields of 17 vehicles or more, points are only awarded to the top 16 qualifiers.

POINTS, NOT QUALIFIED - A competitor is awarded 20 points if he/she is not qualified but has made a valid qualifying run.

POINTS, CANCELLED CLASS - If the class is cancelled before qualification, present competitors in the cancelled class will be awarded 50 points. The entry list from the organizer is valid (the vehicle has to pass scrutineering).

POINTS, CANCELLED EVENT - If the event is cancelled before elimination's, all qualified competitors will be awarded 50 points in addition to qualifying points.

If the event is cancelled between elimination rounds, all in the ladder remaining competitors will be awarded next round's looser points. Example: If it starts to rain and the event is cancelled after round 1, all in the ladder remaining competitors will be awarded 70 points.

If the event is cancelled in the middle of a round, all competitors remaining in the ladder at the start of the current round will be awarded the current round's looser points and those pairs in this round that has raced will be cancelled.

POINTS AT DISQUALIFICATION - Competitor that is disqualified is awarded all earned points up to disqualification if not otherwise decided by Speedgroup.

COMPLETED EVENT - All events are completed one-by-one. Cancelled events cannot be held at another event.

ESTABLISHED POINTS STANDINGS - The point standings are considered established 10 days after the event if not otherwise decided by Speedgroup. The point standings will be published at the EDRS site connected to www.speedgroup.eu

EDRS Class Contact Persons:

Pro Modified - Michael Gullqvist michael.gullqvist@speedgroup.eu
Jr Dragster - Lena Perés
lena.peres@speedgroup.eu
Comp Eliminator - Janne Sjöberg
jan.sjoberg@speedgroup.eu
Super Gas / Super Comp / Super Street  - Jonas Staflund
jonas.staflund@speedgroup.eu 
Pro ET / Super Pro ET - Carl-Erik Kihlman
carl-erik.kihlman@speedgroup.eu 
Stock Superstock / Funny Bike - Åsa Kinnemar 
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu
Super Comp Bike / Super Gas Bike - Tomas Pettersson
tomas.pettersson@speedgroup.eu
EDRS Super Twin Bike Nordic Challenge - Åsa Kinnemar 
asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu

 



Text: Åsa Kinnemar
Points texts by Carl-Erik Kihlman
Photos by Speedgroup

This article is part of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #3/2012
www.speedgroup.eu

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