TIAINEN RACING

Street Challenge 2000
August 26th - 27th Gardermoen Dragstrip
Last updated August 31th. 2000

A very tight qualification. Our 9.901 was only good for 3rd qualifier!
Two other drivers ran 9.901 also. And none of them have throttlestops either!
We also adjusted the four-link before this race, and 60-foot times are now down to 1.26.
Qualification SUPER GAS

Place

No

 Name Car Engine

E.T.

1

1383

 Konrad Ree Chevrolet Chevelle '65 Chev. BB

9.901

2

1200

 Olav Asle Øvstetun Chevrolet Camaro '69 Chev. BB 436

9.901

3

1290

 Morten Tiainen Pontiac Firebird '85 Chev. 461

9.901

4

1224

 Petter Sukkestad Ford Mustang '79 Ford 514

9.909

5

1206

 Roy Johnny Ødegård Chevrolet Camaro '81 Chev. 461

9.913

6

1498

 Eddie Apel Chevrolet Chevelle '69 Chev. 558

9.923

7

1207

 Bjørn Terje Nordin AMC Javelin '71 AMC 401 Blown

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8

1205

 Petter Szlagor Ford Mainline '56 Ford 514

9.930

9

1324

 John Amundsen Jeep '67 Chev. SB N2O

9.977

10

1484

 Terje Håkonsen Dodge Challenger '74 _

10.042

11

1585

 Richard Bugge Andersen Ford Mustang '67 Ford Boss 460

10.082

12

1291

 Roger Skansen Volvo 142 '71 Chev. 355

10.134

13

1325

 Tom W. Nilsen Chevrolet Corvette '74 Chev. BB

10.538

Eliminations was again a dissapointment. We got a first round walk-over against John Amundsen in his strange nitrous-fed Jeep.
Second round was against Roger Skansen in his Chevy powered Volvo. After breaking out in the previous solo-run Morten braked to much and the Volvo sneaked by in the last meters.
A strange thing happened in the semi-final between Roy Johnny Ødegård and Roger Skansen. Both drivers left before the starter even had touched the button! And both of them were disqualified leaving a solo run for Bjørn Terje Nordin in the final.
It was a very deserved win for Bjørn Terje even if he had a very easy way through the eliminations. He ran two perfect 9.900's during the eliminations.
Eliminations SUPER GAS

1st round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Winner
Ree
Ree
BYE
Ødegård (DQ)
Ødegård
Ødegård
Bugge Andersen
NO ONE !
Tiainen
Tiainen
Amundsen (N.S.)
Skansen (DQ)
Apel
Skansen
Skansen
Nordin
Øvstetun
Øvstetun
Szlagor
Øvstetun (N.S.)
BYE
BYE
BYE
Nordin
Sukkestad
Sukkestad
Håkonsen
Nordin
Nordin
Nordin
Nilsen (N.S.)
N.S.=No Show DQ=Disqualified RL=Red light

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