Tierp drag strip

[Tierp Patrik]

robc3303 said:

Will the facility offer a site for camping during a large racing event ?

Yes, an area for camping will be available this summer. And the plan is to have a village with simple cottages to rent for the season 2012.

Rgds// Pat

[robc3303]

Congratulations Patrick on getting the sanction to run an FIA round. Hope the building works keep to schedule.

Bg news another FIA round official:

http://tierparena.com/page/

http://tierparena.com/page/event.php?id=7

Edited by robc3303 on Tuesday 8th February 16:27

[robc3303]

More information can also be found in the Tierp facebook site:

Patrik LarssonFebruary 8, 2011 at 8:34am
Subject: A dream coming true!
Hi.
Last night we finally got a positive answer, to our application to be one of the tracks i Europe to run a race in the European Drag racing Championship!

The date is 9-12 of june.

This is a very important step in the development of the whole arena and all of it's wide range of different activities.

At the same time yesterday, we introduced our new and handy homepage! Please visit http://www.facebook.com/l/c5f8dgaeZc0lgC6Ee6ROCJhA... and take a look.

Tierp Arena page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tierp-Arena/17407064...

Best regards// Tierp Arena Crew

[wicked fish]

robc3303 said:

Congratulations Patrick on getting the sanction to run an FIA round. Hope the building works keep to schedule.

Bg news another FIA round official:

http://tierparena.com/page/

http://tierparena.com/page/event.php?id=7

Edited by robc3303 on Tuesday 8th February 16:27

yeah and the other big news no mantorp official,

so there is no other fia round this year

[robc3303]

Hey WF that's big news. Some listings show both Swedish rounds, confusingly. Sort of takes the impact out of the news a bit.

"The Swedish Automobile Sports Federation (www.sbf.se) has made their decision to inform FIA, the international federation for motorsports, that they have approved Tierp Arena in Sweden to host the second of the total of six races in the prestigious European Drag Racing Championship 2011."

The above is from Tierp's press release. Bemused !

[wicked fish]

robc3303 said:

Hey WF that's big news. Some listings show both Swedish rounds, confusingly. Sort of takes the impact out of the news a bit.

"The Swedish Automobile Sports Federation (www.sbf.se) has made their decision to inform FIA, the international federation for motorsports, that they have approved Tierp Arena in Sweden to host the second of the total of six races in the prestigious European Drag Racing Championship 2011."

The above is from Tierp's press release. Bemused !

yep i admit its been reported both ways,

i saw that even though i heard saterday that mantorp is gone from the fia calender,
just shows that you dont beleive everything you read on the net

[robc3303]

Blimey, wonder what the inside story is around that then ? Thanks for the info and I note, as you say, Mantorp has disappeared from the listings on ED as an FIA round but remains UEM.

[WJM]

Also notice Tierp is over the full quarter, great news.

Bill

[Burndown]

Speedgroup website still has Mantorp listed.

[wicked fish]

Burndown said:

Speedgroup website still has Mantorp listed.

yep and it was the speedgroup ceo who i first heard that it will not be holding the fia race this year from,
in an official meeting,

its not happening for FIA at mantorp

[Burndown]

Interesting, has Mantorp for the cars been withdrawn by Mantorp?

Last year at the Speedgroup meeting there was an announcement that the Santa Pod events would be withdrawn unless an agreement on some sort of rights share was reached.

[wicked fish]

Burndown said:

Interesting, has Mantorp for the cars been withdrawn by Mantorp?

Last year at the Speedgroup meeting there was an announcement that the Santa Pod events would be withdrawn unless an agreement on some sort of rights share was reached.

aparently they notified the fia they would not be able to run the race this year, its all a bit political but mantorp diddnt do the work to get the track licence renewed is how i heard it.............i wouldnt speculate on open forum remember dragster world......

[robc3303]

"Ivan Sansom, DRO’s European correspondent, reports that Mantorp Park, the traditional Swedish stop on the European tour is rumored to have withdrawn its application for an FIA championship round this season with a plan to revise the drag strip at the facility for a 2012 return. Mantorp's UEM European drag bike championship round is still on the schedule. [02/08/11]"

From dragracingonline.com

5 rounds for cars it is then.

[ribaric]

.... "the traditional Swedish stop on the European tour is rumored to have withdrawn ....."

Nothing remotely concrete written here, interesting speling too!

[wicked fish]

ribaric said:

.... "the traditional Swedish stop on the European tour is rumored to have withdrawn ....."

Nothing remotely concrete written here, interesting speling too!

eurodragster yeaterday reported that it WILL NOT have fia but will still be uem,

Tog was at the speedgroup meeting as well as about 30 others and we all heard this together although some of then knew a few days previously,

this is 100% concrete
its just not being reported very well exept in eurodragster

Edited by wicked fish on Wednesday 9th February 20:42

[redvictor]

ribaric said:

.... "the traditional Swedish stop on the European tour is rumored to have withdrawn ....."

Nothing remotely concrete written here, interesting speling too!

Yes Paul,very interesting..
You also forgot DRO is an American site and as such their spelling is slightly different from ours..

Edited by redvictor on Thursday 10th February 08:21

[ribaric]

I've spent most of this morning removing my foot from my mouth.

[WJM]

Notice on ED that Top Fuel Bike at the meeting at Mantorp is to be run over 1/8th mile unlike all the other rounds. Mantorp has always had a short {and downhill} shut off area , is it this that has caused it's loss of the FIA round.

Bill

[Modernpics]

wicked fish said:

eurodragster yeaterday reported that it WILL NOT have fia but will still be uem,

Tog was at the speedgroup meeting as well as about 30 others and we all heard this together although some of then knew a few days previously,

this is 100% concrete
its just not being reported very well exept in eurodragster

Edited by wicked fish on Wednesday 9th February 20:42

Considering that both Speedgroup and Mantorp have yet to make an official announcement then "rumored" is the correct term

[wicked fish]

Modernpics said:

Considering that both Speedgroup and Mantorp have yet to make an official announcement then "rumored" is the correct term

may be a rumour to you but i have heard it officialy from speedgroup CEO and as a speedgroup shareholder I Know it to be true.........this is what i hate about this site everyone wants to split hairs and get one up on everyone else, Its in black and white on eurodragster do you think Tog would publish a rumour??
he knows it as a fact as do i..........the rest of you can debate it amoungs yourselvs in your usual style

PS eurodragster works very closly with speedgroup and when tog publishes speedgroup news or news relating to speedgroup as this does then you can accept it as the official speedgroup news and that speedgroup have sanctioned the articals release

Edited by wicked fish on Thursday 10th February 22:05