In terms of the number of competitors, Sweden always has the best result and this year was no exception. 34 cars in total were entered for this meeting, out of this included two turbo cars which have recently been allowed to race in Pro Modified.
With such a big entry list and such a long way from home the pressure is always on to get a good number down the track.
Unlike some of the other cars who struggled with the track conditions our first run was very successful with a lovely straight 6.18 off the trailer. As you can imagine we were thrilled as this gave us a chance to play around with the set up of the car andtry to go faster.

On our second and third qualifying pass after trying different clutch set ups, and launch RPM’s we hadn’t managed to put down another full pass. By this point we had been bumped down to no. 2 - (still a very respectful position.)
Coming up to the last qualifying run we decided to put in the setting we started with to get a good number on the board again foreliminations the next day.
We were at back of the field and saw some outstanding runs by Micke G, and Freddy who both dipped into the mid 6.1’s.
And although we improved on our time and ran a 6.17, it still wasn’t quite enough and at the end of qualifying we ended up 4th. (Which out of 34 cars is definitely a great achievement)

Second pair on the track first thing Sunday morning, we were ready for the first round of eliminations, matched up against Norbert Kuno. Watching the pair before us, it was probably a sign when Adam Flamholc who had been running smooth all weekend in the 6.2’s shook the tires quite violently. At this point we maybe should have swapped lanes, however we didn’t and continued with the left lane. After a good burnout both cars went to into stage. Immediate tireshake meant that Andy had lost alot of time and unfortunately the car never really hooked up, therefore Norbert took the win with a respectable 6.3 to a 6.7 from the Robinson Race Cars team.

It would be a lie to say we weren’t absolutely gutted to have lost the race, after doing so well at the Main event and Finland we felt this would really damage our championship chances. After much analysis the crew just could not understand why the same clutch tune didn’t act the same as the night before, however after speaking with one of the Top fuel teams it became clear that the left lane had changed dramatically overnight. It also didn’t help that we needed to borrow a clutch from another (very kind) Pro Mod racer between these rounds. It seems like a mix of these two may have been the reason for the car not reacting as we expected. On the positive side, the engine and car are in perfect order for the next round and car will be coming home so that it can be stripped down and rebuilt so it’s fresh for Germany (round 4).
Another positive note is that as Sweden has many competitors that had not raced at the other meetings but were successful. This meant that the points had been spread about leaving us at the top of the championship. Although we are only leading by a small margin, it does mean we are still at the top of the class and with a good round 4 and 5 we hopefully will hold on to this lead.

Concentrating on the future, our crew member Jerry will be back with us in Germany after missing two meetings. We have missed him very much and are really looking forward to having him back. Our stand in member Scott did an excellent job in both Finland and Sweden and without him it would have been a great struggle so we would also like to thank him for his hard work.

Round 4 in Germany is in approx 2-3 weeks time, just enough time for us to get the Stude ready and in ‘arse kicking mode’

See you then!