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14.03.07 

 

Εκτός Ευρωπαϊκού Πρωταθλήματος το Mantorp Park © Eurodragster.com.

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Εκτός Ευρωπαϊκού Πρωταθλήματος Drag Racing, για τις κατηγορίες Top Fuel Bike and Super Twin, τέθηκε το Mantorp της Σουηδίας εξ' αιτίας της αλλαγής της άδειας της πίστας. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, η νέα άδεια επιτρέπει στις κατηγορίες Top Fuel Bike and Super Twin να τρέχουν μόνο 200άρι, για λόγους ασφαλείας των αναβατών. Οι υπόλοιπες κατηγορίες μπορούν να τρέξουν κανονικά 400άρι.

Ως εκ τούτου ο Fredrik Strom εκπρόσωπος του Veidec Festival Event ανακοίνωσε ότι το Mantorp Park τίθεται εκτός πρωταθλήματος για τις συγκεκριμένες κατηγορίες και μέχρι να αποκτήσει ξανά η πίστα άδεια για 400άρι. Ακολουθούν οι ανακοινώσεις από το Eurodragster.com:

13th March: Mantorp returns to eighth for TFB, STF.
After a lot of thought the Swedish Drag Racing Committee, together with UEM representative and National and UEM Track Inspector Lars Andersson, have decided to change the National licence for Mantorp Park to an eighth of a mile for Top Fuel Bike and Supertwin. Pro Stock Bike will still be contested over the full quarter mile. The decision took effect last Friday (9th March) and reinstates a ruling last in force in the early 2000s before the start line was moved back.

"The reason for this change in the track licence is only due to safety of the riders", says Lars Andersson. "We do hope that this will make a safer race and let all of the riders use the full performance of their bikes."

14th March: Mantorp drops FIM/UEM Championship.
17:40 If you were tuned in to Eurodragster.com News on Tuesday you will have read that Mantorp Park's track licence had been changed and that FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike and FIM/UEM Supertwin were only able to run over the eighth mile. In a statement released this afternoon, Veidec Festival Event Director Fredrik Strom has announced that the FIM/UEM European Championship will not be contested at Mantorp Park until it can again be run over the quarter mile. The full statement reads as follows:

"Over last few weeks there has been an intense debate on the race distance for motorcycles at Mantorp Park in 2007."

As a result of this discussion, the Swedish Motorcycle Federation (SVEMO) issued, on Friday 9th March, a change of the licence for the track. The new licence states that Mantorp Park can only run Top Fuel Bike and Super Twin over 201 metres, but can still run Pro Stock Bike over 402 metres.

Due to the new licence, we have decided not to run the UEM European Drag Bike Championship at Mantorp Park until further notice. We will of course invite all affected teams back to Mantorp Park as soon as we can run 402 metres again. We apologise for the late notice of this decision, but as the new licence was not issued until last week we could not inform you any quicker.

Please note that this new track licence does not affect the race distance for any National motorcycle classes except Super Twin Top Fuel and Top Fuel Bike. Therefore will we invite the NDRS Bike classes (Super Gas and Super Comp Bike) as usual, and maybe some other national Bike classes which are allowed to run the full 402 metres under the new licence, to race at Mantorp Park and Veidec Festival this summer."