Tierp Arena Sweden
 

The first round of the Swedish championship is over, some problems were with the track, but it got better and better, they started working on for the arena eight months ago, it is absolutely fantastic. RU Per Fagerstrom to the left, W Tarmo Mikola

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Full lenght concrete track, well over 20 000 sitting spectators, still to be completed is asphalt pit for all competitors, racers and marshalls-only showers, etc. Spectators and racers will have several restaurants, etc. to choose from. It is an amazing arena, only in Europe. Within 120miles there is over 4 000 000 possible spectators. Here is a video from the round 1 in S/SS elimination on Sunday morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdDaG...&feature=share
(I had a 0.001 RL in the white Nova in the first round.)

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Thomas - WOW - I had no idea - your arena when finished will be nicer than a great many tracks we have here in the states - it looked like there were no traction issues and for a Stock / SuperStock deal there were at one time more than a dozen photogs snapping pictures . As for the 1st round on You Tube it was nice to see each run from several different angles - how many cameras were filming ? At first I thought there were just a few cars but they went on and on - how many in your Association ? And having several restaurants to choose from will make the wives / kids happy for sure .

PS- That mustard colored paint on the starting line 'gotta go ..............

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Wow... Nice track and good video...

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In car cam,the yellow Mach1.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ESA675?feature=mhum

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Great video. Is that one of the old Mark Klein/Jeff Taylor Camaros at the 3:46 mark?
Bob Rice

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Some of the S/SS cars at Tierp Arena.
427 Fairlane,283 Chevelle,351C Mustang
427 Camaro,454 Chevelle and a Pontiac GTO.

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Jack, there were 27 cars in S/SS at this race.

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Yes Bob it is the old Klein/Tayler car

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427 Camaro,351C Mustang,428 Mustang
327 Nova,427(?) Camaro and a 390 Fairlane.

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Was Sven Hallen there?

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No,he was not!

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Sven was home building on his sons car. Planned to debute on next race in Tierp.

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Q-List

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Great video. A nice variety of cars and a really first rate facility.

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Some videos from the race

http://forum.sssa.se/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1305286579

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More pics of S/SS cars.

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Nice! Ya'll have some really nice pieces over there. Particularly liked the challenger. Do you follow the NHRA-IHRA rules and specs for the cars? Do you have the typical bullsh*t problems that they experience here? Was just wondering? And what, no DP or Cobras to bitch and whine about?:rolleyes: Seriously, nice track and some really good looking cars.

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We follow the NHRA technical rules and specs with little problems.
No DP or Cobras,yet.

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This is the final three pictures i took.

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Hans - Nice shots -- I'd like to be the guy selling those checkered flag ground covers - seems like everyone bought ..................

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These guys rock. They are doing what we almost take for granted in countries where parts and skills to do it are almost non existant. Great job! I would love to know what the weather and the D/A was there. Plus does anyone know what motor is in Hakan Nordstrom's cuda? 9.87 @ 134 is a pretty good shot for a "real" car. I need one of those "SSSSA" stickers just to confuse people here :)

Kenny Newsome 7709 H/SA

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Yea, that is what really impressed me..I have never been there, but based on what I have heard, there are not a lot of old school american rides there, and for them to be building stockers and SS out of them is amazing..You are right Aspen..They Rock. And running some damn good numbers too. They take a lot of pride in what they are doing. I heard one of them has a DP in the works.

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Here is some in-car videos from this race I got from my friend Hank Nordstrom who races a AA/SA HemiCuda, it is the former Dave Schmitz B/SA. He said they had a 30.3 barometer that day, but in Sweden 30.3 is probably just a bit above average!
I liked the third one where the driver waved goodbye to his competition as he blew by at about 1100'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5smHkHhutmo


Bill Ringer

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I sold that car to Hank in November of 2005. Hank didn't want the Six Pack motor that was in it because he was having a hemi stocker built by another engine builder who shall go unnamed. Hank sold the Six Pack motor to Uffe Edwardson whose car is the first one you see on the video. Uffe has been the #1 qualifier at almost every race he has entered since 2006. I believe his best time is 10.21 @129.46 in B/SA. He also bought my back up motor which was in the car for this race. His best time at Tierp was 10.24 at 128.86 and he was the #1 qualifier again. After Hank's first hemi motor turned out to be a terrible mess, Don Little and I collaborated on another complete motor from carburetors to pan. Hank has completely redone the whole car since I had it with way more attention to detail than I ever did. Don and I work with both Hank and Uffe and I am really proud of both guys.
Regarding the barometer, what they had at Tierp was the best they have ever seen. The normal barometer is usually high 28's to mid 29. You would think it would be better than that, but such has not been the case.
Hank is currently the fastest stocker in Europe. I told him to enjoy it while he can because the Mustangs and the DP cars will be there shortly.
I sure miss my old car and the good times I had, but I know it is in good hands.

Dave Schmitz

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Thank you,Jack.

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Looking at the video, it seems, to be 'cool' in Sveden ya gotta have ya steering wheel on crooked !! ?? LOL

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Cool Videos Thank's for sharing them.

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These carpets was a part of a sponsor deal the Swedish Stock/Superstock Assn. had with a flooring manufacturer a couple of years ago, and was handed out to the teams for free.. Maybe not this time, at this provisional sportsman pit at Tierp, but we try to organize cars, etc. in the pit, to not be just a pit area, but a little like a car exhibition, and the carpets contribute to that.

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The barometer is not the only thing we have against us over here, there is also a ban within the European Union against leaded fuel. Most of us use Motorsport 109, CSP, etc. and it makes it hard to get the numbers you see.

Driver waving goodbye is Tarmo Mikkola, event winner and Nordic Drag Racing Series winner 2010. The driver he is waving to is 18 year old, 2010 Swedish S/SS champion, Daniel Nyling. The kid is more or less raised in a Junior dragster, and has by that a lot of routine. We old farts all wave and cheer if we manage to eliminate him...:D

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Not from Tierp, but a good example on how we try to expose the Stock/Super Stock class :-)