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Entering the NitrOlympX we have Mattias Wulcan, Sweden at 139 points and in 2nd place Roger Johansson also from Sweden at 115. Tero Laukkanen, Finland is in 3rd place with 86 points. Last year´s champion Micke Gullqvist is currently number 5th. He lost the quarter finals in Finland while Wulcan won the event and climbed in the ranking..

Since the last round in Finland (july 4-6th), a few of the Swedish teams have had very hectic schedules competing in the Swedish Championship: in Sundsvall, Malmö and at Tierp Arena. Due to an incident in Malmö hitting the barrier, Micke Gullqvist and crew had to construct a new front part of the chassis in the few days in between two events. They got it done just barely so they could make the event at Tierp. The end to the story was however happy and Gullqvist arrives at Hockenheim with the event win from Tierp and an improved personal best ET of 5.839 which he set in the final against Mats Eriksson. Eriksson and crew assisted in the tuning by Adam Flamholc have turned the negative trend which started at Santa Pod with hitting the wall with damage to the car as result and missing out the event in Finland. The 5.98 set at Tierp was the best imaginable gift and hopefully the positive trend can last also through the NitrOlympX.

Marc Meihuizen from the Netherlands who was not in sync with the new surface at Alastaro, did not qualify there, but will hopefully return to perform good numbers at Hockenheim. Dutch Robert Joosten, was also in Finland, qualified by lost in the quarter finals.The third Dutch driver David Vegter missed out the event in Finland but is back in competition in Hockenheim.

Winner in in Finland was Mattias Wulcan, from Sweden and by that he took the championship lead. At the Tierp Arena event at the end of July the teams struggled with the transmission costning them one full day of qualifications. In the eliminations Wulcan lost in the semi final.

Looking back..
Winner of the 2013 NitrOlympX was Mattias Wulcan and runner-up Micke Gullqvist. Low qualifier of the event was Micke Gullqvist at 5.97. Last year with only 11 qualified cars, an 8 car field was run.

This year with 14 cars on the entry list, if 13 or more qualify there will be a 16 car ladder in effect. It means more points is at stake compared with an 8 car ladder. Many drivers can gain from the points in addition to the value of not risking being outside the ladder.

Check the results as the NitrOlympX proceeds via Eurodragster.com (link leads to the event coverage index page) also don´t miss the free live web-TV during Saturday and Sunday!

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Pro Modified - Preview Round #3 2014 The entry list in Pro Modified for round #3 in Germany consist of 14 drivers from six countries.. Entering the NitrOlympX we have Mattias Wulcan, Sweden at 139 points and in 2nd place Roger Johansson also from Sweden at 115. Tero Laukkanen, Finland is in 3rd place with 86 points. Last year´s champion Micke Gullqvist is currently number 5th. He lost the quarter finals in Finland while Wulcan won the event and climbed in the ranking.. Since the last round in Finland (july 4-6th), a few of the Swedish teams have had very hectic schedules competing in the Swedish Championship: in Sundsvall, Malmö and at Tierp Arena. Due to an incident in Malmö hitting the barrier, Micke Gullqvist and crew had to construct a new front part of the chassis in the few days in between two events. They got it done just barely so they could make the event at Tierp. The end to the story was however happy and Gullqvist arrives at Hockenheim with the event win from Tierp and an improved personal best ET of 5.839 which he set in the final against Mats Eriksson. Eriksson and crew assisted in the tuning by Adam Flamholc have turned the negative trend which started at Santa Pod with hitting the wall with damage to the car as result and missing out the event in Finland. The 5.98 set at Tierp was the best imaginable gift and hopefully the positive trend can last also through the NitrOlympX. Marc Meihuizen from the Netherlands who was not in sync with the new surface at Alastaro, did not qualify there, but will hopefully return to perform good numbers at Hockenheim. Dutch Robert Joosten, was also in Finland, qualified by lost in the quarter finals.The third Dutch driver David Vegter missed out the event in Finland but is back in competition in Hockenheim. Winner in in Finland was Mattias Wulcan, from Sweden and by that he took the championship lead. At the Tierp Arena event at the end of July the teams struggled with the transmission costning them one full day of qualifications. In the eliminations Wulcan lost in the semi final. Looking back.. Winner of the 2013 NitrOlympX was Mattias Wulcan and runner-up Micke Gullqvist. Low qualifier of the event was Micke Gullqvist at 5.97. Last year with only 11 qualified cars, an 8 car field was run. This year with 14 cars on the entry list, if 13 or more qualify there will be a 16 car ladder in effect. It means more points is at stake compared with an 8 car ladder. Many drivers can gain from the points in addition to the value of not risking being outside the ladder. Check the results as the NitrOlympX proceeds via Eurodragster.com (link leads to the event coverage index page) also don´t miss the free live web-TV during Saturday and Sunday! CLASS SPONSOR:	The man to beat? Winner of the FHRA Nitro Nationals in Finland and in Championship lead.. Mattias Wulcan Sweden Mats Eriksson assisted by Adam Flamholc are back on track, after the season started in a bad way when Eriksson hit the barrier at Santa Pod. During the nationals event at Tierp the team set a great 5.98 sec run. Bruno Bader Three drivers from Switzerland enter the event: Bruno Bader, is 4th in the championship and do all rounds, while Roland Bolleter and Marcus Hilt are drivers we have got used to meet at Hockenheim foremost. Roger Johansson Finland´s Tero Laukkanen and Sweden´s Roger Johansson have cars which can potentially win events, Johansson was runner-up in Finland. So watch out for them at Hockenheim.. Andy Robinson is the only UK driver entered. Andy´s best ET with the new car 6.33 sec is from Santa Pod in May. The UK Nationals Championship rounds have been interrupted by bad weather and Robinson I´m sure have better potential than what we have seen so far. Two German drivers on the entry list; Norbert Kuno and Peter Ritscher. While Kuno was at Santa Pod in May, Ritscher does his first entry for the season in FIA Championship competition.
Europe´s quickest Michael Gullqvist had a successful rehearsal at Sweden´s Tierp Arena during the non FIA Championship event at the end of july
Text: Åsa Kinnemar Photos: Lena Perés & Remco Scheelings This article is part of the Speedgroup Club Europe Online July Newsletter Preview NitrOlympX 2014 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 2014