European dragster championship

European dragster championship
Vehicle type	Dragster
Country or region	Europe
Current name	FIA European Drag Racing Championship
First season	1996
Official website	Official website of the European Championship 2017

The FIA - European Dragster Championship (German for European Drag Racing Championship ) is the championship series for dragsters advertised by the FIA , which races exclusively in Europe.

The European Dragster Championship is the result of the collaboration between the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and the FIA, and the first championship has been held since 1996. The FIA ​​rules applicable in Europe for the professional classes have largely been adopted by the NHRA.

The runs of the NitrolympX event, which takes place in Germany, are part of the European Dragster Championship.

vehicles

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The vehicles start in the professional classes Pro Stock, Pro Modified, Top Methanol Funny Car, Top Methanol Dragster and Top Fuel.

Course of the race weekend

The races of the Dragster European Championship are carried out in the knockout system , also called " Elimination ", on a drag strip . The number of starting places for the respective class will be announced in advance. If there are more participants than starting places, the race weekend for some teams may already be over after the qualification.

On a race weekend, Friday and Saturday are available for the qualification runs. Between 2 and 4 qualification runs are carried out in order to be able to create a ranking of the achievements.

The elimination will take place on Sunday. The best placed driver in the qualification drives against the last placed driver, the second best against the penultimate, etc. If there are fewer participants than advertised starting places, some participants drive in the first race lap, out of sporting fairness against themselves.

Point system

Start of a Top Fuel Dragster (Jndia Erbacher, Switzerland) in a race at the Rico Anthes Quartermile 2019.

Championship points are awarded not only to participants who finish the elimination, but also to participants who successfully qualify for the race.

Qualification points

In addition to the points key listed below, all participants who have successfully completed a qualifying round receive 10 points.

Distribution of points for qualification
space	1	2	3	4th	5 & ​​6	7 & 8	9-12	13-16
Points	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Since 2013 there have been extra points according to the times (Elapsed Time, ET) for the fastest times in the Pro Modified, Pro Stock & Top Fuel classes:

• 3 points for the fastest elapsed time
• 2 points for the second fastest elapsed time
• 1 point for the third fastest elapsed time.

In the top methanol class there are extra points for times as close as possible to the given index:

• 3 points for the shortest time close to the index.
• 2 points for the second shortest time close to the index.
• 1 point for the third shortest time close to the index.

Elimination points

Distribution of points Elimination
Field size	Loser 1st round	Loser 2nd round	Loser 3rd round	Runner up	winner
1-2	-	-	-	20th	40
2-4	20th	-	-	40	60
5-8	20th	40	60	60	80
9-16	20th	40	60	80	100

Overall winner

year	Top fuel class	Pro Modified Class	Pro stick class	Top methanol dragster class	Top Methanol Funny Car Class
1996	Jens Nybo	-	Tomi Laine	Anita Mäkelä	-
1997	Rico Anthes	-	Tomi Laine	Peter Beck	-
1998	Barry Sheavills	-	Niclas Andersson	Peter Beck	Leif Andreasson
1999	Gordie Bonin	-	Niclas Andersson	Jarmo Roivas	Mikael Kågered
2000	Anita Mäkelä	-	Niclas Andersson	Eero Kilpeläinen	Leif Andreasson
2001	Anita Mäkelä	-	Michael Malmgren	Robert Turner	Leif Andreasson
2002	Kim Reymond	-	Michael Malmgren	Peter Schöfer	Mikael Kågered
2003	Smax Smith	-	Michael Malmgren	Dave Wilson	Urs Erbacher
2004	Andy Carter	-	Jimmy Ålund	Dave Wilson	Urs Erbacher
2005	Lex Joon	-	Jimmy Ålund	Dave Wilson	Urs Erbacher
2006	Håkan Nilsson	Urban Johansson	Jimmy Ålund	Dave Wilson	Ulf Leanders
2007	Urs Erbacher	Michael Gullqvist	Jimmy Ålund	Dave Wilson	Fredrik Fagerstrom
2008	Andy Carter	Mikael Lindahl	Jimmy Ålund	Peter Schöfer	Ulf Leanders
2009	Andy Carter	Mats Eriksson	Jimmy Ålund	Timo Habermann	Ulf Leanders
2010	Urs Erbacher	Johan Lindberg	Michael Malmgren	Timo Habermann	Dan Larsen
2011	Urs Erbacher	Michael Gullqvist	Jimmy Ålund	Fred Hanssen	Ulf Leanders
2012	Risto Poutiainen	Michael Gullqvist	Thomas Lindström	Monty Bugeja	Leif Andreasson
2013	Thomas Naatas	Michael Gullqvist	Jimmy Ålund	Jonny Lagg	Jonnie Lindberg
2014	Mikael Kagered	Mattias Wulcan	Jimmy Ålund	Chris Polidano	Jonnie Lindberg
2015	Mikael Kagered	Michael Gullqvist	Thomas Lindström	Dennis Habermann	Leif Andreasson
2016	Anita Mäkelä	Michael Gullqvist	Jimmy Ålund	Jonny Lagg	Johnny Oksa
2017	Duncan Micallef	Michael Gullqvist	Bengt Ljungdahl	Timo Habermann 1
2018	Anita Mäkelä	Jimmy Ålund	Bengt Ljungdahl	Dennis Habermann
2019	Anita Mäkelä	Jan Ericsson	Jimmy Ålund	Sandro Bellio
2020	Season canceled 2

¹ - For the 2017 season, the Top Methanol & Top Methanol Funny Car classes were merged.
² - The 2020 season was canceled by the FIA due to the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic .

Web links

• Official website of the European Championship 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sports regulations of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2017 on fia.com
2. ↑ Sports regulations of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2013 in the Internet Archive
3. ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1996 in the Internet Archive
4. ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1996 in the Internet Archive
5. ^ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1996 in the Internet Archive
6. ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1997 in the Internet Archive
7. ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1997 in the Internet Archive
8. ^ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1997 in the Internet Archive
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1998 in the Internet Archive
10. ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
11. ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
12. ^ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
13. ^ Result of the Top Methanol Funny Car Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
14. ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
15. ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
16. ↑ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
17. ^ Result of the Top Methanol Funny Car Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
18. ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
19. ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
20. ↑ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
21. ^ Result of the Top Methanol Funny Car Class of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
22. ↑ ^{a b c d} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2002 in the Internet Archive
23. ↑ ^{a b c d} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2003 in the Internet Archive
24. ↑ ^{a b c d} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2004 on eurodragster.com
25. ↑ ^{a b c d} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2005 on eurodragster.com
26. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2006 on eurodragster.com
27. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2007 on eurodragster.com
28. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2008 on eurodragster.com
29. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2009 on eurodragster.com
30. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2010 on eurodragster.com
31. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2011 on eurodragster.com
32. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2012 on eurodragster.com
33. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2013 on fia.com
34. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2014 on fia.com
35. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2015 on fia.com
36. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Results of the FIA ​​European Drag Racing Championship 2016 on fia.com
37. ↑ ^{a b c d} Standings . In: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . January 22, 2015 ( fia.com [accessed September 10, 2017]).
38. ↑ ^{a b c d} Standings . In: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . November 11, 2018 ( fia.com [accessed November 1, 2018]).
39. ↑ ^{a b c d} Standings . In: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . September 21, 2019 ( fia.com [accessed September 21, 2019]).
40. ↑ Remco Scheelings: FIA European Drag Racing Championship Season Canceled. In: dragracingeurope.eu. June 26, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 .