Speedgroup - On the Agenda 
By Åsa Kinnemar co-ordinator Speedgroup - June 30th 2012 Linköping Sweden
Newsletter #8 2012 - the FHRA Nitro Nationals Preview

If the last months focus have mainly been on Tierp Arena and Santa Pod, the time has now come for other tracks and organizers to step into the spolight for the forthcoming period.

This weekend alone there are four events ongoing that are part of the EDRS European Drag Racing Series; At Hell Raceway in the north of Norway, In Bechyne Czech Republic, at Borlänge in the central part of Sweden and at Alastaro Raceway Finland which also will host the FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship next week. 

See the upcoming events on this page and don´t miss to read the General Preview article for the FHRA Nitro Nationals and check the entry list under a separate headline.

In general this time of year is mainly about
administration and event support  for Speedgroup. The teams are of course very skilled and "self-going" as are the event organizers. Speedgroups role as administrator of the championships and series at the moment is mainly in communication. To see that relevant information reaches the right recipients and sort any questions or problems that occur continuously for teams, event organizers or any other party connected.

In addition we co-operate with medias and also co-ordinate our own TV-production from the FIA and UEM European Drag Racing Championship.. so a lot is going on at the moment. And we are of course delighted to provide an insight to some of the excitement and let you meet interesting profiles in the sport through the Speedgroup Club Europe Online Newsletters, which we publish before and after every FIA/UEM Championship event.

WWW.DRAGRACING.EU - report 
In the new entry and results data system, we currently have 1125 drivers and riders entered in the system from all over Europe. Swedish time keeping system- and software developer Nitroz co-operate with Speedgroup around the database entry system, which have proven to work well and make entry handling easier for as well the teams as the organizers. And anyone interested can check results (from events operating Time Tree timing system), drivers profiles, entry lists and more online at www.dragracing.eu anytime!

Entry for FIA & UEM European Drag Racing Championship  round #4 and #5 is open at at  www.dragracing.eu



Round #4 is the NitrOlympx August 10-12th at HockenheimRing GERMANY..

.. and round #5 the Scandinavian Internationals August 23-26th at Tierp Arena SWEDEN



DON´T MISS THIS..



NEED TO RENT A CAR THIS SUMMER?
In case you are in need of renting a car this summer, we recommend Alamo which offer in many countries in and outside Europe to ALL the drag racing community through the co-operation with Europe´s #1 Drag Racing new site Eurodragster.com! Check the discounted rates and book by clicking this link!

In addition Alamo, Europe Car and National which are part of the same company group offer a special contract for the FIA/UEM and EDRS teams in co-operation with Speedgroup (provided to eligible teams only via email, contact asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu)

ALAMO is also sponsor of the EDRS Junior Dragster class and reward the EDRS European Drag Racing Series winners in all three dvisions -EDRS North, Central and South!

Make sure to select the right rental company next time you need to rent a car!



With journalist Remco Scheelings at the recent EDRS race in Drachten, the Netherlands - Remco is the editor who has been contributing with interesting feature articles since the first edition was published in May 2010. This is the 38th edition we publish since then! Remco and web designer Anders Magnusson are my two highly valued collegues who have been involved ever since the start of the Speedgroup Online Newsletters.

NEXT NEWSLETTER # 9
Will be the Review from Championship round #3, the FHRA Nitro Nationals Alastaro FINLAND July 6-8th As we have had a number of EDRS events operating (not least this weekend) we plan to bring you a few reports as well as feature interesting profiles active in the sport!

If this is the holiday time for You, I hope You will enjoy nice weather, relaxation, excitement and socialising with friends and family.. and maybe some travelling all in a good mix. I look forward keeping You posted through our newsletters throughout the summer!

Best Wishes,



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



UPCOMING RACE EVENTS CONNECTED TO SPEEDGROUP:


EVENT: 
EDRS - division North
Pite Dragway SWEDEN July 6-7th
Event info at www.pitedragway.se www.dragracing.eu 




EVENT: 
EDRS - division North
Fällfors Raceway SWEDEN  July 13-14th
Entries handled via www.dragracing.eu 




EVENT: 
EDRS - division North
Sundsvall Raceway SWEDEN July 20-22nd
Entries handled via www.dragracing.eu 



EVENT: 
EDRS - division North
Kalajoki Raceway FINLAND July 21-22nd
Entries handled via www.dragracing.eu

and www.fhra.fi




EVENT: 
EDRS - division South
Drachten the Netherlands
July 20-22th
Entries handled via
www.explosiondragracing.com
Live webcam broadcast operated by Doyousee.Me



EVENT: 
EDRS - division North
Kubbe Raceway SWEDEN  August4-8th
Entries handled via www.dragracing.eu 



EVENT: 
EDRS - division Central
Gardermoen Raceway NORWAY
Entries handled via www.dragracing.eu 
Live webcam broadcast operated by SmartTV. Please note this event is also open for test & tune for the FIA & UEM Championship classes!






Speedgroup general contact persons:
Åsa Kinnemar co-ordinator  asa.kinnemar@speedgroup.eu
Michael Gullqvist CEO michael.gullqvist@speedgroup.eu

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About SPEEDGROUP:  Speedgroup is FIA European Drag Racing Championship administrator and assist in UEM Drag Bike European Championship administration.  Speedgroup also operate the EDRS European Drag Racing Series which include 27 events at 17 tracks in 7 European countries for the season 2012 - Speedgroup interact with teams, track operators and event organizers, sanctioning bodies, media, corporate partners and fans. websites: www.speedgroup.eu (click EDRS icon to enter EDRS site)

Speedgroup is also assigned to administer the Dragracing-SM / Swedish Dragracing Championship 2012 by SBF Swedish Auto Sports Federation  www.dragracing-sm.se 


Text by Åsa Kinnemar
Photos by Speedgroup
This article is part of the Speedgroup Club Europe Newsletter #8/2012
www.speedgroup.eu

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