Tierp drag strip
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The old Paul Ricard track in the south of France has a very long straight {1 mile plus} but it's owned by none other than Bernie himself who I seem to remember built a runway next to it and wanted it to become the perminant warm weather F1 test track they could all jet into. The new rules in F1 mean a lot less testing {money saving} so I wonder what is happening to it now. When I went on the Euroclassic there in the late 90s it still had F1 style pits and grandstands though I seem to remember Bernie pulled these down for some reason.
Bill
Bill
WJM said:
The old Paul Ricard track in the south of France has a very long straight {1 mile plus} but it's owned by none other than Bernie himself who I seem to remember built a runway next to it and wanted it to become the perminant warm weather F1 test track they could all jet into. The new rules in F1 mean a lot less testing {money saving} so I wonder what is happening to it now. When I went on the Euroclassic there in the late 90s it still had F1 style pits and grandstands though I seem to remember Bernie pulled these down for some reason.
Bill
sounds ideal....... Do you think he knows what a drag race is?Bill
Hi guys.
I work with media and information at the Tierp Arena, and I'd just like to tell you a little about the progress building the Tierp Arena drag strip.
Yesterday we started to pour the concrete for the race track.
We had the first section done up 3 meters before the starting line. We have to see how the concrete sets in this cold weather. Today the work is down due to the rain. But tomorrow we're at it again.
One of the guys working at site is the proud European Pro Mod Champion Johan Lindberg. It's his excavator in the back ground.
The first race will be an NDRS-race in the beginning of may, and in the beginning of june the European Championship race will take place.
I work with media and information at the Tierp Arena, and I'd just like to tell you a little about the progress building the Tierp Arena drag strip.
Yesterday we started to pour the concrete for the race track.
We had the first section done up 3 meters before the starting line. We have to see how the concrete sets in this cold weather. Today the work is down due to the rain. But tomorrow we're at it again.
One of the guys working at site is the proud European Pro Mod Champion Johan Lindberg. It's his excavator in the back ground.
The first race will be an NDRS-race in the beginning of may, and in the beginning of june the European Championship race will take place.
wicked fish said:
WJM said:
The old Paul Ricard track in the south of France has a very long straight {1 mile plus} but it's owned by none other than Bernie himself who I seem to remember built a runway next to it and wanted it to become the perminant warm weather F1 test track they could all jet into. The new rules in F1 mean a lot less testing {money saving} so I wonder what is happening to it now. When I went on the Euroclassic there in the late 90s it still had F1 style pits and grandstands though I seem to remember Bernie pulled these down for some reason.
Bill
sounds ideal....... Do you think he knows what a drag race is?Bill
Edited by NitroWars on Wednesday 27th October 13:39
He knows alright, it was he (when CEO of Brabham) who said that if Dennis Priddle did a burnout at Silverstone at an F1 event he would load up his race cars and get the rest of the paddock to do likewise. DP ended up with just a static display... or so I am told!
I remember Dennis Stone had some dealings with Ecclestone regarding the European Pro Comp championship and TV many moons ago. Dennis said that his thinking on all motor sports was like F1 to create a super well funded elite type sport with high entry costs pushing out any pure enthusiasts operating on a shoe string. As drag racing basically survives on enthusiasts Dennis could not see it working !
Bill
I remember Dennis Stone had some dealings with Ecclestone regarding the European Pro Comp championship and TV many moons ago. Dennis said that his thinking on all motor sports was like F1 to create a super well funded elite type sport with high entry costs pushing out any pure enthusiasts operating on a shoe string. As drag racing basically survives on enthusiasts Dennis could not see it working !
Bill
wicked fish said:
Tierp Patrik said:
Hi guys.
I work with media and information at the Tierp Arena, and I'd just like to tell you a little about the progress building the Tierp Arena drag strip.
The first race will be an NDRS-race in the beginning of may, and in the beginning of june the European Championship race will take place.
Hey Patrick thanks for the info, well you surprised me for sure, I work with media and information at the Tierp Arena, and I'd just like to tell you a little about the progress building the Tierp Arena drag strip.
The first race will be an NDRS-race in the beginning of may, and in the beginning of june the European Championship race will take place.
so who decieded a date for a championship round early june?
you know that would be impossible for any british pro mod cars to go to sweden on that date?
Edited by wicked fish on Wednesday 27th October 17:05
Burndown said:
the summer nationals is on the 24th and 25th June next year, so the gap between the races would be the same as the gap between mantorp and hockenheim.
ok ill take that back Looking at the wrong year doh 
but in fact that is even worse as it makes it impossible to go to Alastaro as we would need to have left befour the race at santa pod finnished,
the summer nats are the only event on the calender that are promoted by the sprc and not santa pod,
the gate money goes to the sprc its their chance during the year to earn some money,
without the sprc there is no drag racing at santa pod,
the MSA who sabctions all british drag racing promote pro mod at that event we have seen what happens with the msa when there are low car counts,
well done everybody involved
another blow to british drag racing
Edited by wicked fish on Wednesday 27th October 18:49
[quote=Tierp Patrik]Hi guys.
I work with media and information at the Tierp Arena, and I'd just like to tell you a little about the progress building the Tierp Arena drag strip.
Hi Patrick
Many thanks for the update and pictures. As you can see there is a lot of interest in the progress of the new drag strip at Tierp. Please check in to this thread when you can to update us on any news as and when it happens. Its appreciated.
Rob
I work with media and information at the Tierp Arena, and I'd just like to tell you a little about the progress building the Tierp Arena drag strip.
Hi Patrick
Many thanks for the update and pictures. As you can see there is a lot of interest in the progress of the new drag strip at Tierp. Please check in to this thread when you can to update us on any news as and when it happens. Its appreciated.
Rob
wicked fish said:
Burndown said:
the summer nationals is on the 24th and 25th June next year, so the gap between the races would be the same as the gap between mantorp and hockenheim.
ok ill take that back Looking at the wrong year doh but in fact that is even worse as it makes it impossible to go to Alastaro as we would need to have left befour the race at santa pod finnished,
the summer nats are the only event on the calender that are promoted by the sprc and not santa pod,
the gate money goes to the sprc its their chance during the year to earn some money,
without the sprc there is no drag racing at santa pod,
the MSA who sabctions all british drag racing promote pro mod at that event we have seen what happens with the msa when there are low car counts,
well done everybody involved
another blow to british drag racing
Edited by wicked fish on Wednesday 27th October 18:49
the scandanavians have to come here twice but its 4 months apart we would have to do it two weeks apart or go there and stay there for 3 races which would mean no garage time your run out of everything including engines and also miss our national event,
anyway i have more important things than a few fia rounds to worry about ill stay home and get the bird dialed in
anyway i have more important things than a few fia rounds to worry about ill stay home and get the bird dialed in
Edited by wicked fish on Wednesday 27th October 19:43
robc3303 said:
Many thanks for the update and pictures. As you can see there is a lot of interest in the progress of the new drag strip at Tierp. Please check in to this thread when you can to update us on any news as and when it happens. Its appreciated.
Rob
Rob: I will do as good as I can. And if anyone here has any other questions you'll find me at www.tierparena.com or at Facebook, Tierp Motorpark. My e-mailaddress is patrik@tierparena.com.Rob
If anyone of you will go to the PRI Trade Show in Orlando the 9-11th of december, you'll find us at stand 1321.
Looks like it's going to be a great facility, looks like the only way to contend for the FIA title would be to abandon the domestic series though now which is a shame. Like Graham mentioned too, 3 Scandanavian rounds on the bounce makes it pretty impossible to carry out any between race work or maintenance too....bringing the car home from Sweden or Finland to then send it back out again a week or so later is a great way to go bankrupt. Oh well, looks like the FIA champ will be a Swede again next season then.
Rat_Fink_67 said:
Looks like it's going to be a great facility, looks like the only way to contend for the FIA title would be to abandon the domestic series though now which is a shame. Like Graham mentioned too, 3 Scandanavian rounds on the bounce makes it pretty impossible to carry out any between race work or maintenance too....bringing the car home from Sweden or Finland to then send it back out again a week or so later is a great way to go bankrupt. Oh well, looks like the FIA champ will be a Swede again next season then.
it wasnt rocket science to be able to work out you cant race at santa pod 1 weekend and Finland the next,likewise that you cant travel too and from Sweden twice in the same month,
whoever changed the santa pod date wants shooting, and that race at tierp should have been the weekend after Finland, that would have made it do able for everyone not just the locals and after all this is supposed to be a international sport, Ill bet we are not the only ones who wont be able to go,
anyway who cares its not like the FIA pay great money or anything, The MSA rounds pay a lot more,
and must be supported,
the money we will save not doing any of the fia tour would easily ship the car to the US,
or of more use it will pay for private testing days for the turbo car,
and if we need to run on a different track we can go and make 1/8 mile runs at Shakey, that track is as good as mantorp or alastaro when its prepped,
I think thay is prety much, The decision made!
Edited by wicked fish on Thursday 28th October 11:01
wicked fish said:
the money we save not doing any of the fia tour could easily ship the car to the US,
or of more use pay for private testing days for the turbo car, and if we need to run on a different track we can go and make 1/8 mile runs at Shakey, that track is as good as mantorp or alastaro when its prepped
True enough, hmmm.....I wonder if we've earnt enough grade points to enter the US Nationals? or of more use pay for private testing days for the turbo car, and if we need to run on a different track we can go and make 1/8 mile runs at Shakey, that track is as good as mantorp or alastaro when its prepped
We could run the 'Cuda at a test day for the Superbird as well anyway, get them both sorted out.
I'm sure I remember hearing stories from awhile back now about drag racing at Paul Ricard.
I think Tierp is a really promising prospect. The first purpose built (also all concrete) and government supported drag strip in Europe. Potential to be a real world class facility, the calender will no doubt need some tweaking but I can't believe people are complaining about another round when most people also complain about lack of track time??! More rounds is surely a positive, shows expansion and growth in European drag racing, and a bigger series promotes more competition, a better championship and ultimately those things can attract better coverage and more sponsorship.
I think Tierp is a really promising prospect. The first purpose built (also all concrete) and government supported drag strip in Europe. Potential to be a real world class facility, the calender will no doubt need some tweaking but I can't believe people are complaining about another round when most people also complain about lack of track time??! More rounds is surely a positive, shows expansion and growth in European drag racing, and a bigger series promotes more competition, a better championship and ultimately those things can attract better coverage and more sponsorship.
Edited by MotorPsycho on Thursday 28th October 17:37
[quote=MotorPsycho]I'm sure I remember hearing stories from awhile back now about drag racing at Paul Ricard.
I think Tierp is a really promising prospect. The first purpose built (also all concrete) and government supported drag strip in Europe. Potential to be a real world class facility, the calender will no doubt need some tweaking but I can't believe people are complaining about another round when most people also complain about lack of track time??! More rounds is surely a positive, shows expansion and growth in European drag racing, and a bigger series promotes more competition, a better championship and ultimately those things can attract better coverage and more sponsorship.
actuly this years dates have resulted in less track time.......santa pod and alastaro are too close together to be possible we normaly do them both.........i wonder just how many racers can afford a weekend trip to sweden with truck trailer crew flights hire cars ect ie over $5k just to come home and then go again two weeks later on the same journey......not many i can tell you.........complain...damn right You lot would soon complain if santa pod cancelled the summer nats due to lack of interest, you saying that we should forget our domestic championship??? "Not on this team Mate" oh and even if time and money was no object and we went to tierp came home and went to santa pod, it would be impossible to get to alastaro in time so wheres the extra track time?
anyway it dont matter were not doing the tour next year full stop
shakey will be seeing some pro mods next year,
I think Tierp is a really promising prospect. The first purpose built (also all concrete) and government supported drag strip in Europe. Potential to be a real world class facility, the calender will no doubt need some tweaking but I can't believe people are complaining about another round when most people also complain about lack of track time??! More rounds is surely a positive, shows expansion and growth in European drag racing, and a bigger series promotes more competition, a better championship and ultimately those things can attract better coverage and more sponsorship.
actuly this years dates have resulted in less track time.......santa pod and alastaro are too close together to be possible we normaly do them both.........i wonder just how many racers can afford a weekend trip to sweden with truck trailer crew flights hire cars ect ie over $5k just to come home and then go again two weeks later on the same journey......not many i can tell you.........complain...damn right You lot would soon complain if santa pod cancelled the summer nats due to lack of interest, you saying that we should forget our domestic championship??? "Not on this team Mate" oh and even if time and money was no object and we went to tierp came home and went to santa pod, it would be impossible to get to alastaro in time so wheres the extra track time?
anyway it dont matter were not doing the tour next year full stop
shakey will be seeing some pro mods next year,
Edited by wicked fish on Thursday 28th October 17:53
Edited by wicked fish on Thursday 28th October 17:56
Obviously there a pros and cons to the expansion of the championship but its a shame that attending all of the events may become more important than consistently fast performances. Peter Svennson is a good example of this in Top Fuel Bike.
There could come a time when a fast and consistent team stands no chance of winning, solely because of lack of funds to pay for travel.
A change in the points structure may help this of course.
There could come a time when a fast and consistent team stands no chance of winning, solely because of lack of funds to pay for travel.
A change in the points structure may help this of course.
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