New season-new challenge

The Beast team has decided to run the following events the coming season. We´ll start at Tierp Arena 25-26 of May during the first STB Nordic Challenge race. A perfect test before the FIA/UEM race at Tierp Arena the 14-17:th of June. We´ll be back at Tierp the 23-26:th of August for the second Swedish FIA/UEM round.

We also have the Gardemoen race as an alternative if we want some more runs. Our ambition is to continue the season in the United States where we aim to run the Manufacturers Cup at South Georgia Motorsport Park, Valdosta, the 8-11:th of November. We´ll let you know when a final decision has been made.

The work in the Bentec raceshop has started with improvements to get the Beast dragbike down the track faster then ever before. We will describe some of the different modifications and changes we have on the agenda in the next update. Stay tuned!

2012-02-01  


Season Greetings

Per and the Beast drag bike team wish all our friends, fans and associates a Merry Christmas and a good and exciting 2012! We will take a few days off and spend some quality time with friends and family. We´ll be back with more news about our plans for next season as soon as the new year starts. Take care!

2011-12-22  


Next season

The Beast team has decided to run all events at Tierp Arena the coming season. To be able to run as much as four events at the same concrete track gives us an unique chance to increase the performance to a new level. Two Championship rounds will be held at the Tierp track, one in June and another round in August.

That gives our fans and sponsors good possibilitys to visit the Arena and enjoy an excellent racing experience. We will post the racedates as soon as they are official. Stay tuned!

As mentioned earlier we have an ambition to race in the US during the fall next year and compete against the best in the business. We think that the events at Tierp Arena will give us the right conditions to be competitive at the other side of the pond.

2011-12-15  


Team celebration

Team owner Per and his wife Christina invited all team members for a celebration of the sucessful 2011 season over the weekend in their hometown of Klippan. After a ride through town with the teambus the whole gang went to the local pub for a fantastic dinner and continued to Pers place for a long night of memorys and storytelling.

Right now we are investigating the possibilities to run in the US during the fall next year and some selected races in Europe during the summer. We will make a decision as soon as the complete racecalender for next year is all set.

Our crewchief Putte Tydinger went through with an impressive analyse of the technical side of the season as well as some ideas to go even faster down the track next year.

The Beast team members together with the European Championship Super Twin Bike Trophy. The fourth title with the famous paralell twin.

2011-11-01  


Coming up

The coming week Speedgroup will publish Newsletter no 16 where this years Champions gives their view of the season. You`ll find it at www.speedgroup.eu under "Newsletter". The Beast teammembers will all gather during the coming weekend for a summary of the season and of course celebrate the Title victory! We will also discuss the plans for next year and we will let you know when decisions have been made. Stay tuned!

Since Per is known to manufacture most of his parts in his own workshop at Bentec Engineering this picture speeks for itself...

2011-10-23  


The Beast on TV

Have you checked out the TV-show from the European Finals at Santa Pod? If not you´ll find it at Speedgroups website www.speedgroup.eu. There you will also find Speedgroup newsletter no 15 where Per is interviewed about the Euro Finals win. If you look at SVT play Sportnytt Monday the 19:th September at 22.00 in the evening you´ll also get to see a quick summary of the Finals. Photo by Ivan Sansom.

Per warming up the rear tire during the Euro Finals. Photo by Ivan Sansom.

Cought on camera! For once our good friend and top notch photographer Stefan Boman was on the other side of the photo lens talking with Per and Christina during the prize ceremony party at Santa Pod.

2011-10-04  


Sweet taste of victory

A lot of media interest has been shown around the Beast Drag Bike Team after we came back to Sweden. Coverege in SVT sportchannel, local papers, motorsportsmedia and a lot of greetings from friends and partners. We want to say a big thank you to all our supporters! The photo above is taken by Stefan Boman.

All actionphotos in this news item is taken by our good friend and photojournalist Ivan Sansom who always support the sport in a good way.

It´s not very often you´re able to qualifay as number one....

....and to set Low ET of the event, clinching the Championship Title and win the race, all done during the same raceweekend. The team will for sure remember the European Finals 2011 for a long time.

Per in one of the hard launches during the event where we recorded a personel best 60 foot time in the final with 1,07 seconds!

The whole team will gather at the end of October for a summary of the season and to make some decisions for next year. We will let you all know when we have something to present. The Beast will be back at the racetracks again in some form that´s for sure.

2011-09-22  


Four time European Champions!

What a weekend for the Beast team! After earning the no 1 qualifaying spot with 6,60 seconds in the fastest Super Twin Bike ladder ever, (bump spot at a record level 6,77 seconds), we didn´t have much to rely on going in to the eliminations. The resurfaced startline was a big problem during qualifaying and we just had tyre shake and smoke on Saturday. Despite these issues we believed the track should improve for Sunday and after a lot of tuning discussions we went out and produced a 6,49 second run against Samu Kemppainen in the first round who lost with a 6.79

Just as we thought the track was back in normal Santa Pod shape again. In the semi we once again had a real nice side by side race against Australian Mark Ashelford which Per won with 6,53 against a loosing 6,73. On the other side of the ladder Koedam went out against Aasen and that meant that the Championship title was going to Sweden! The photo above is shot by Stefan Boman.

When we clinched the Championship title in the semifinal we gave a shot for the European record going in to the final against Ronny Aasen. The Beast left the startline with a storming 1,07 seconds 60-foot time (a new personel best) and was on to a recordpass but unfortenately the chain left the bike after about 80 metres. In the other lane Aasen blew his engine right after the 60-foot marker and Per rolled over the finishline first in a very unusal final.

After the final the whole team was entering the podium where Per got the winnergoblet for the European Finals 2011.

Here are the Super Twin Bike Champion together with the second man in the points Roel Koedam, who ended his career this weekend, and the third man Hans-Olav Olstad.

A very happy Beast team celebrating our fourth Super Twin Championship title! After all the problems we`ve had during the last races this was really a nice payback!

Per was also the winner of our internal Tent Championship between Olstad Racing and the Beast Team and received a present from our Norwegian friends. In return Hans-Olav got a Beast Team shirt signed by all crewmembers.

2011-09-14  


Update from the Pod

Through to the final with a 6,53 semiwin over Ashelford who ran 6,79. Ronny Aasen took out Koedam which means that we are 2011 Super Twin Champions! We'll meet Aasen in the final and we will take a shot against the European record.

2011-09-10  


The European Finals Qualifying

The Beast is number 1 qualifier after two sessions with 6,60seconds. We had a minor piston damage and decided to skip the second round to put in new cylindersleeves to increase the leakage. The track have a new surface on the startline which we think will improve for tomorrow.

2011-09-09  


The European Finals battle

The racebus is now on the ferry from Denmark heading for England and the European Finals at Santa Pod Raceway. Once again an impressive entrylist with eighteen bikes qualifaying for an eight bike ladder. Four teams are so close in points that the Championship title is an open battle.

A good guess is that it will take low 6,50 runs to be able to qualifay in the top half. And to make it to the final that´s where you need to be. We will definitely do everything in our power to bring home the trophy to Sweden! Follow our progress on Eurodragster.com who will have livereport coverege from the event. You´ll also find short reports from each day on this site. Stay tuned!

2011-09-07  


Well prepared for the Finals

The careful analyse of our earlier problems that has been with us for the last couple of races has resulted in the change of new ignitionparts, new pistons and some other items that will give results at the upcoming Finals at Santa Pod.

On top of that we will also add some new ideas to the tune up which we have not been able to do earlier this season. Now is the right time to launch these in the battle for the 2011 Championship title!

Per prepares the new pistons before they are assembled on the rods. We have new ones in the engine and several spares with us if we need to change between rounds.

Here Eric puts a final touch to the cylinder sleeves before new pistons are going back in to the engine. Set works with the updated ignitionsystem which includes new wires, new boxes and several spares to avoid problems during the coming race.

2011-09-06  


Trubleshoot and analyse

Since the Hockenheim race a lot of hours have been spent analyse almost every single run during the last two seasons to find a reasonable cause of the problems we suffered. We know we have a critical engine rpm at 6000 rpm where the fuelpressure tends to go up and down. Therefore we always leave the startline with a rpm at 5500-5800 and when the clutch has locked up we "drive through" the critical rpm and avoid problems.

When we now runs our three step clutch which works perfectly, we tends to land at 6000 rpm out from the startline which causes the fuelpressure to go up and down with a difference at 150 psi. The pressure peaks causes damage to both the pistons and the cylindersleeves and therefore we will now run the clutch a little differently to avoid the 6000 rpm range in the start. We will also change some settings in the fuel set up and to be absolutely sure we have full power in the ignition system we will change some of the ignition boxes and cables too.

After we´ve gone through what parts we need to order to be competitive during the Finals at Santa Pod we now wait for a delivery from Jarmo Pulkkinen. New pistons have been made for us and several parts in the ignition system is on it´s way to Sweden. We expect to have the parts in our shop at the beginning of the coming week.

Here you can clearly see unburned fuel coming out from the headers during the launch. That means the engine is running too rich on the fuelside and you loose power.

Per never miss an opportunity to compete and while waiting in the staging lanes he did show the German fans who´s the strongest man with a sledgehammer.

2011-08-28  


Big frustration in Germany

Despite engine problems the Beast was no 2 qualifayer with a 6,67 second run and we was up against Joachim "Acka" Riemer in the first round of eliminations who stood in for Jan Sturla Hegre which was forced to leave walk over after hurting the crank during the Friday.

Per left the startline straight as an arrow but drifted towards the centerline at halftrack and was forced to lift the throttle. Despite going for it again Acka reached the finishline first and took the win by six hundreds of a second! Big frustration in the team especially as first qualifayer and main contender for the Championship title Roel Koedam also went out in the first round. We are still in the pointslead but lost one point to Koeadam who now is just 14 points behind. This means a big pressure on us at Santa Pod and big entertainment for the fans.

The team suffered engine problems which caused us to change pistons after nearly each round since the engine runs too rich on the fuelside despite the right settings. We think that the problem is caused by the ignitionsystem giving too low power and we suspect it has been with us since the beginning of the race in Norway.

It´s not a good situation with just the European Finals left on the Championship tour and the whole team will meet later in the week to try to solve the issues and order the necessary parts to be able to run fast at Santa Pod in September.

The Hockenheim facility is an impressive site and the grandstands gives the quartermile a real stadium feeling. There are over 45 000 visitors during the NitrOlympX weekend. Unfortunately the time ran out on the Sunday which was effected by rain and the race was closed right after the semifinals.

Per is having a chat with Åsa and Aila from Speedgroup who do an outstanding job when it comes to promote and administrate the FIA/UEM European Championship.

2011-08-16  


Last qualifying rounds

The Beast holds the second spot with 6,67 and Koedam no. 1 with 6,56 when the qualifying was finished. We will race the 1st alternativ in Sundays first round. Stay tuned.

2011-08-13  


Hockenheim update

After a rainy morning and a long day of waiting the organizers managed to give us two rounds on Friday. The Beast hold the no. 3 spot with 6,79 which we hope to improve tomorrow. Stay tuned.

2011-08-12  


On our way to Hockenheim

After just a few days at home the Beast team are now on their way to Hockenheim in Germany for the 6:th round of the UEM Championship. Some of the crewmembers are already in Germany for some seightseeing before the raceweekend. The competition in the class is tougher than ever and we will do everything we can to keep our pointslead in the Championship. All photos in this news from Ivan Sansom.

Here is another great shot from Gardermoen with Australian Mark Ashelford right beside the Beast. The Aussie team have impressed so far with new personal best ET at almost every race.

NitrOlympX at Hockenheim Ring will have an online event coverege on the excellent newssite Eurodragster.com. We will also post short reports here after each raceday. Stay tuned!

2011-08-10  


Drag Challenge rained out

As the Friday was washed out the qualifications where down to three rounds on Saturday and included several upsets. Both Hegre and Olstad as well as Jäger where outside the ladder. But Swede Greger Johansson was no 5 qualifayer with a 6,86.

The Beast team where forced to change pistons, cyl head, grind the cyl sleeves, replace a sprag in the gearbox, change to a different fuel setup between the second and third round and still managed to get ready in time. The result was 6.60 pass, good enough for the no 1 spot. Sadly Sundays eliminations was rained out which was very frustrating as the air was good and the bike really where on the move.

Gerard Willemse, Super Twin Champion in 1998, is very much involved in Ian Kings new Top Fuel Bike and a long time friend to Per and the Beast team. He is except from Per the only one who built his own designed parallel twin nitro engine.

Our tentpartner Hans-Olav Olstad did not qualify in Norway but never went to bed as a hungry man.

2011-08-08  


Eliminations

Just when Super Twin eliminations where about to start the rain came back to Gardemoen and continued throughout the whole day, so the organizers were forced to cancel the eliminations. A big shame as we where on the move for some good numbers.

2011-08-07  


Update from qualifying rounds

After the third qualifying round The Beast holds the no. 1 spot with 6,60 second. That was done after a massive team effort between the second & third round as we changed pistons, grinded the cyl. sleeves, changed cyl. head and made a change in the fuel setup. Still ready in time and ended the day as no 1. Stay tuned for tomorrow!

2011-08-06  


Gardemoen

After one round of Junior Dragster and a Few Sportsman cars ther ain started to fall. Unfortunately it never stopped and the day was called off at 16:00. Tomorrow looks more promising and we will run at 10:00 & 14:00. Stay tuned!

2011-08-05  

Next stop Gardermoen Norway

The team are now on their way to Gardermoen Raceway in Norway, one of the fastest racetracks on the Championship tour. Once again 19 entrys in the class and very tough competition as the pointsrace tightens up. We have stepped up the power and will try to run real fast and hopefully lower our PB from last year which is 6,47 seconds. Short reports will be published over the weekend and don´t forget the racecoverege on Eurodragster.com

2011-08-04  


The Beast goes street racing

Straight after the Tierp race Per and part of the team went down to Poland and the Verva Street Race event in Warszawa. Together with all kind of motorsport stars Per made his first street race appearance during an amazing event.

The trip to Warszawa was done in cooperation with Malmgren Pro Stock Racing and Dragracing was represented by Micke Malmgren, Per Bengtsson and Pro Mod driver Micke Lindahl. All three of them ran a 2 kilometer long circle track in downtown Warszawa.

Christina, Mats and Kenta from Malmgren Racing chills out in the pits before the race started in front of a huge crowd. The event was visited by approximately 70 000 spectators!

The event had a large media coverege and the Beast certainly drew a lot of attention.

2011-07-29  


Dragracing on TV

Have you seen the excellent TV-coverege of the Championship? If not you will find them published one week after each race at the www.speedgroup.eu website. Make yourself comfortable, raise the volume and enjoy the action!

Speedgroup is doing an outstanding job for the sport of dragracing and here Åsa Kinnemar interviews Per after the win at Tierp Arena. You can read more about Speedgroup and their efforts at www.speedgroup.eu

2011-07-19  


Preparation for two in a row

The Beast team prepares for two race in a row as Gardermoen and Hockenheim is just a few weeks ahead. Everything on the bike is checked after the Alastaro race and we have ordered som more pistonrings and two cylinder sleeves from Jarmo Pulkkinen in California.

We damaged one cylinder in Finland when the oil pressure caused us some problems. The problem is solved and we want to replace one sleeve and keep one as a spare. Thanks to Ivan Sansom for the pictures in this news item.

Per in one of his "Funny Car-style" burn outs at the Alastaro circuit.

Three races still left on the Championship tour which will be decided on some of Europes fastest race tracks! With the high level of competition this will be an exciting battle for the Championship title. Dont´t miss it!

2011-07-12  


Hot Racing in Finland

The plan for the Alastaro race was to earn as much points as possible and that was accomplished as we now are the pointsleader in the championship. That gives us a good situation before going in to the next race at Gardermoen in August.

Nitro Nat´s could be compared to Greece when it comes to temperatures around 33 degrees during Saturday and Sunday leaving the teams to deal with extremely bad air.

The eliminations where delayed by thunderstorms which damaged the timing system on the track. The result was that the racing on Sunday did not start until 3 pm after a long day of waiting.

During the Main Event we lost a small bolt from the rocker arms stand on the cylinder head which we never found. Since that the oilpressure has decreased every run especially under hot weather. Saturday night we finally found it located in the oilpump. The oilpressure problem is now solved!

In the effort of producing more power we destroyed three sets of headers during the weekend.

2011-07-05  


Eliminations

Sundays eliminations started well with a winning 6,82 over a loosing Mark Ashelford that ran a 6,98. In the semi we raced against Roel Koedam. Despite a 6,74 Koedam won with 6,65 and was the winner of the event when he beat Salakari in the final. Even though we lost in the semi this weekend was a big step forward in the championship as we now are pointsleader.

2011-07-04  


Update from Finland

After the fourth qualifying round the Beast hold the no. 3 spot with 6,75. Kodeam is no. 2 and Jaska Salakari no. 1 with 6,69. For the second time in a row it's an all 6 ssecond ladder with the bumpspot at 6,95 seconds. Tomorrow we're up against Mark Ashelford from Australia in the first round. Still very hot conditions and all nitrotream are struggling to find power under this circumstances. Stay tuned!

2011-07-02  


Qualifying

The Beast is no. 1 qualifierwith 6,75 after Fridays two sessions. We got a puncture on the rear tyre on the first run and had to change to a new one. On the next run the bike went towards the centerline and Per had to shut off. Very hot weather and a sunny sky.

2011-07-01  


Preparations before Finland

The fourth race in the UEM-calender FHRA Nitro Nat´s at the Alastaro racetrack in Finland is closing up. After the finalrace at Tierp arena we discovered a severe burned out piston and a damaged cylindersleeve caused by fuelcavitation at a certain rpm.

We think this was a combination of high fuel pressure, a lot of rpm and hot weather. To avoid this we have lowered the fuel pressure and slowed down the fuelpump speed with 7%. We hope this will solve the problem and we aim to qualify at the top half of the list in Finland. Please follow our progress during the weekend on Eurodragster.com through their excellent event coverege. Stay tuned!

2011-06-28  


More action from Tierp Arena

We want to share some really nice action photos from Sweden Internationals at Tierp Arena with our racefans. All the photos are shot by our good friend Ivan Sansom.

Mats shove back the bike after the burnout.

Per in a nice launch with the front airborne.

The Beast with headerflames and the throttle wide open.

A very nice shot on the Beast leaving the startline with the front tyre in the air.

Per in front of the grandstands right after the final against Mark Ashelford from Australia.

2011-06-20  


Historical win at Sweden Internationals

In Sundays first elimination round per took out Lorenz Stauble with a 6,52 against Lorenz 6,74. In the semifinal we should have raced Jaska Salakari but he was forced to a walk over and we got a semi solo. We then put on some more clutch to see what the track could take, but the result was lost traction after the 60-foot.

In the final against Australian Mark Ashelford we tryed to repeat the 6,52 with just a little more power. Per was first out of the gate but after 100 meter the bike started to loose traction and immediately Per shifted to next gear and was lucky enough to hook to the track just to get hold of the win. The numbers where a winning 6,69 against a loosing 6,91!

The summary of Sweden Internationals at the impressive Tierp Arena is that we was no 3 qualifayer among 20 bikes with the bumpspot at 6,79 seconds. The quickest field in the class so far! We managed to handle the track and to take the first Super Twin trophy at this new track. We want to thank our sponsors and the people behind this new facility which will take European Dragracing to a new level.

A very happy driver in the winner circle during the prize ceremony together with Australian Mark Ashelford.

Per was interviewed just before the final and was asked what he thought of the outcome. The answer was "A swedish event needs a swedish winner!"

A very happy Beast dragbike team after we won the final in the toughest Super Twin Bike field ever in Europe. Set Pettersson is missing since he was forced to stay at home because of business commitments.

Here is our opponent in the final Mark Ashelford who has come all the way from Australia to compete in the European Championship!

After the finals all the winners cars and bikes where displayed in front of the grandstands.

Per and Jan at the grandstands together with our long time friend and US parts supplier Jarmo Pulkkinen.

2011-06-13  


Exciting start at Tierp Arena

Per and the team are now based on the the new fanstastic racingfacility Tierp Arena one hour north of Stockholm for the third round of the Championship. After two rounds of qualifaying the Beast team holds the no 6 spot with a 6,87 secong run. We have used a soft clutch setup today and for tomorrow we will step up both the clutch and power since we think the track will improve even more from today. Stay tuned.

The team waiting for the second round of qualifaying at the amazing Tierp Arena track.

2011-06-10  


Main Event rained out

The team are now back in Sweden after a rained out Main Event in England. We where no 3 qualifayer with a 6,72 second run before the eliminations was completely washed out.

We now just have a few days before the bus leaves for the next race at Tierp Arena. We will do some work in the shop over the weekend and the main focus is to add a third step in the clutch control management system. Then we will be able to engage the clutch in three steps during a run, instead of two. We hope to improve the performance and we all look forward to run on a brand new racing facility at Tierp. See you at the track!

Håkan Persson, the owner of Autoexperten Växjö, stayed with us over the weekend and was glad to give us a helping hand.

As mentioned the track at Santa Pod can take almost everything you throw at it and here you can see the reartyre after three runs on the track. We had to put on a new one for the next run.

Our tentpartner Hans-Olav Olstad shows how to work with a Harley Drag Bike.

2011-06-02  


Santa Pod update.

After the last round of qualifying The Beast hold the no 3 spot with a 6,72 second run. The track has been hard to get hold on and a lot of the teams have struggled. Unfortunately Mondays eliminations was rained off and the race was canceled late in the afternoon.

2011-05-30  


On our way to Santa Pod

Everything is now ready for the Main Event at Santa Pod this weekend. All spareparts and equipment are loaded in the racebus and like many other teams on the Championship tour we now hope the vulcanic ashes will not interfere the flights to the UK.

The ambition in the race is to qualify in the top half of the ladder. With 15 bikes on the entry list it will be tough but we will do everything we can to be able to bring home as much championship points as possible. You can follow our progress on Eurodragster.com

2011-05-25  


Successful test in Malmoe

The team spent this weekend at Malmoe Raceway for a testsession before the next race in England. The mission was to confirm the new Bentec clutch control system on a track with good traction. After three sessions the 60-fot time was set to 1,11 seconds and the G-force straight from the startline was 2,6 G! A new G-force record that was constant as long as Per hold the throttle down.

This is a big step in the right direction in our ambtition to step up the performance even further. After the three runs on Saturday we did all the maintenance on the bike and it´s now raceready for the Main Event at Santa Pod coming up next weekend. A big thank you to SRIF in Malmoe for giving us the opportunity to run on the track despite the Cramo Nationals large entry list.

2011-05-22  


Testing before going to Santa Pod

After the race in Hungary we discovered a malfunction with the air pressure regulator from Electrimotion that we use on the fuel management system. Besides that the Racepak display was also dead. Both units where immediately sent to the United States for repair with great help from our long time parts supplier Jarmo´s Custom Auto in Costa Mesa, California. We plan to attend this weekends Cramo Nationals at Autoexperten Malmö Raceway for some testruns if the parts arrive in time. Stay tuned!

2011-05-16  


The New Beast T-shirt

On request from our racefans we now have a brand new Beast T-shirt up for sale! Take the opportunity to show who you support in the Super Twin Bike Championship. The T-shirt is designed by Stefan Boman and is produced at Lindholms Reklam. It will be sold at the racetracks during the season to the very good price of £15 or 140SEK. We are looking forward to see you at the track!

2011-05-07  


Not according to plan

Despite the softest tune up ever on the Beast we still had problems with traction during the last day of qualifaying. With an ignition as low as 40 degrees and very little weight on the clutch we managed a 7,33 run on Saturday which was good enough for the no 9:th qualifaying spot. With two more runs to go the rain suddenly ended the action and the day was called off. The result was that we ended up as first reserve and not qualified for Sundays elimination! We made the bike ready for the first round on Sunday morning but nothing unexpected happened so all that was left was to load the equipment in the bus and start the long trip back to Sweden.

Big frustration in the team because we went down to Hungary for two reasons. Collect important Championship points and to test the new Bentec clutch control system. We got nothing in return and on top of that we also suffered from several electrical problems which effected our different timing systems. The team will now solve these issues in the workshop the coming days and the focus are already set on the next race Main Event at Santa Pod, where we know we can expect an excellent race surface.

2011-05-03  


Tricky track at Kunmadaras

The Beast Team are on site at the Kunmadaras Race track in Hungary for the first race of the season. Unfortenately the track is not in UEM Championship standard during the first day of qualifying and all the teams are struggling with traction problems.

The Beast Drag Bike produced a 7,70 run and we are now on the no 7 spot after three rounds of qualifaying. We will try to get down to the finish line tomorrow and are hoping for an improved track. Stay tuned.

2011-04-29  


Tech Issue NO1 Tire Shake

Click here to view graph from The Beast onboard racepak computer and read about the tire shake issue.

2011-04-19  


On sponsordisplay

In cooperation with AB Kalvsviks Bilverkstad we displayed the Beast dragbike outside the local store in the small village of Kalvsvik on Saturday 16:th of April. The public got a chance to get a close look on the bike and to buy products from Autoexperten with a 50% discount.

How do you sit on the bike when you´re driving is a common question among newcomers to dragbike racing. Above you can see the answer by a future driver.

Set and L-O where busy explaining the thrill about Super Twin Nitro racing and why you MUST witness it live to believe it.

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2011-04-17  


A look inside

For the first time we will give our racefans the opportunity to have an inside look at our 2 cyl engine block. It was manufactured at the Bentec workshop in 1992 and the fact that we now will run it for the 19:th season in a row speaks for it self.

The first picture shows the block case from below where you can see it`s been running for a while. This is the 19:th season without linehoning since the production. You also see the camshaft and lifter bearings which still holds standard size and same thing with the oil channels. The thickness of the cylinder sleeves gives a steady cylinder in the engine block.

This shot shows the incredible steady construction with the 3 bearing crankshaft in the block and with the "Donovan style" frame that works like a 4-bolt mainbearing cap. What also gives extra stability is of course the mittle bearing.

This picture shows the oil-inlet and also front side oil that helps to lubricate and chill the pistons, rods and piston pins.

Here you can see the block assembled and the camshaft position with sealings, sideoil backside and the crankshaft journal for the blowerdrive

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2011-04-12  


Nitro in the air

The pre season warmup went according to plan except for a fuelleak which was discovered on the fueltank. We ran through all the management systems both on the fuelside and on the clutch. And they worked out just as we wanted. Since the bike is a bit longer after the changes on the backhalf of the chassie, we also checked the space for loading in the bus. And it was just enough clearence to lock the backcover. We still have some work to do before going to Hungary but this weekend was a big step forward.

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2011-04-11  


Busy at the workshop

The whole team gathered over the weekend and did a lot of work both on the racebus and on the dragbike. Everything on the bus was cleaned and washed both on the in- and outside. We prepared for new sponsorlogos, more on that later on. The driverseat was changed and we manufactured a new grill to the front of the bus.

Mats spent most of the day in the shop working with the heads. He grinded the valveseats and assembled with new springs and valves. After a lot of workinghours over the past weeks we now plan to start the engine for a test warmup the coming weekend. We will also start to load up the bus with equipment since we will attend a sponsor display on the 16:th of April. Our ambition is to have as much as possible in raceready condition before Eastern.

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2011-04-04  


Expanded crew

With seven races on the tour time is a big factor when it comes to realize our Championship ambitions for this season. Therefore we´re all very glad to welcome Eric Frank as our new teammember. Eric will assist us with the transport to Kunmadaras, Tierp, Hockenheim and European Finals at Santa Pod. He will also be a helping hand on site when it comes to the work on the bike between rounds. Eric works as a consultant in the motorindustry. He has been involved in Dragracing since 2001 and started in the Harley Drags category. In 2007 he climbed up to the Super Twin Bike class and has accomplished four seasons on the racetracks. Best ET so far is 7,72 seconds and 171 mph. Eric has just sold his bike and plans to build a new one for the 2012 season. Welcome to the Beast team Eric!

2011-03-31  


New partner

The Beast Drag Bike Team welcomes Red Line Oil onboard as our new lubricant sponsor for the 2011 season. We will use Red Line Synthetic 70WT Nitro Drag Race Oil in the parallel engine and we know we can expect very good results with this product. Red Line Oil will also provide us with technical support as well as lubricant additions.

2011-03-28  


Chassie preparations

A lot of work has been done to the backframe of the chassie. We want to move the centre of gravity forward in the chassie construction and also strengthen up the backframe. The amount of power the paralelltwin engine produce puts a lot of stress on the chassie and this work is to prevent any problems that can occur during the season. The wheelbase is now increased +100 millimeters with a total measure of 97 inch and that will make the bike easier to handle in top speeds reaching 220 miles per hour! Per measured and produced the chassieparts and Mats, the team welder, put everything together with the TIG-machine in the best possible way.

2011-03-04  


Engine swap

Running the whole European Championship tour with seven races on the schedule means a lot of mileage on the highways. To prevent problems along the the road we bought a sparebus with a much fresher engine at the end of last year. We took the drivetrain and a lot of other spare parts away and has now swapped engines. We hope to have a more reliable and stronger racebus that will take us through the Championship tour in a safe way. The first race will be Kunmadaras in Hungary 28th April-1st May.

2011-02-27  


The Beast is on the move

The Beast dragbike team are working very hard to be prepared for the intense upcoming season. We will publish updates on a weekly basis so keep an eye on our website so you don´t miss anything important.

2011-02-16  


News 2010-09-01

The Beast Team had a very succesful run at Gardemoen which resulted in a new PB!.

It was a very good confirmation from all the test sessions during the summer and the Beast Team is now looking forward to a record breaking weekend at the Santa Pod.

Pictures taken by Ivan Sansom.


Testsession before going to Mantorp Park

Per and the team spend Friday and Saturday at the Veidec Raceway track in Malmö for some testruns with the new Mickey Thompson slick. After solving an oil leak (the crank shaft sealing) Friday evening the Beast produced four runs Saturday afternoon on a very good track.

We only ran about 100 meters since we are concentrating on lowering the numbers on the first part of the run. The team feels very confident going in to the fourth round of the Championship at Mantorp Park next week. And with an entry of twenty one Super Twin Bikes competing around just eight spots in the ladder it will be an interesting weekend!

We know that many of our friends and several sponsors will visit the Beast team at Mantorp and we are looking forward to meet them all. Welcome to Mantorp Park and stop by our pitarea!


News 2010-05-26

Our plan for 2010 is to try to run quicker and faster than anybody has done before in Europe. Our goal is to set  new ET records both over the 1/8-mile as well as over the 1/4-mile. We can see a huge potential in the combination we´re running and are still working on the first 100 meters where we should be able to go about 0,1 seconds faster.

If you're gonna succeed with this ambition both the bike and the track needs to hold absolutely top standards. That means that we will concentrate on the best tracks and therefore this year we will not run in Hungary and Finland. We´re sorry for the fans especially in Hungary where we got so well treated last year for not showing up this season but if we succeed with our goals we may be back for another full Championship-tour next year.

The whole team feels that this is a new level of challenge and as always the ambition is very high. Hopefully this season will bring the answer on how fast the Beast really can go down the strip.

Tomorrow the racebus will head for Santa Pod and the Main Event, see you there folks!


We are the champions!

Picture taken by Ivan Sansom



The Champ together with the event winner Job Hezen

The Beast Team put a lot of effort and managed to do one of the biggest repair ever on the bike during a race.

A very happy mats dehn


The beast team in Kunmadaras - Hungary

Which resulted in a new event win!
The Beast team now advanced to position nr1 in the championship series but is only in the lead with a few points so the final race at Santa Pod will certainly be exciting.


Alastaro 2009, first event win since 2003!

 

2009-01-01 The Beast team ready to
kick-off 2009 drag racing season
with some Motorcross

 

 Bahrain 2005-11-10 - 2005-11-11

 After a two year time-out is ’The Beast’ once again hot  news on the drag racing scene. The team has been  invited to the exhibition race in Bahrain together with  12 other European teams, all to all 6 bike- and 7 car  teams. The race is a Power Racing Promotion in  association with BIC who wants to introduce top level  drag racing in Bahrain. The track itself has potential of  becoming one of the best tracks in the world and ‘The  Beast’ team is looking forward to be one of the first  drag bikes in the world to give it a try. After hours of  planning and loading the bike with all accessories the  time has finally on the road. -“I’m looking forward to  meet this year’s European champion Ronny Aasen  during such perfect conditions”, says Per.

 ‘The Beast’ team wishes everyone a nice finish of the  race year in Bahrain!

 For updates and current information see;  www.eurodragster.com and www.bahraingp.com

 

 

 

 

2003

 After a long and intense season with a lot of hard  work the Beast-team is extremely glad and proud to  have become the European number one team and  reclaim the No 1 plate! The past season has been  unusually even and tensed with many ‘ups and  downs’.
 Some of the runs we remember especially;

 We would like to take the opportunity to thank our  competitors for a great season with extremely good  results; Ton, Ronny, Stefan and Rob to mention a  few…
 Moreover, special thanks to Lars Andersson and Peder  Eneroth at SVEMO/UEM, Stefan Bohman for all the  great reporting and pictures, Jarmo for his help with  US parts, Juden and Lörs for the cool paintwork and  finally all great supporters all over the world!

 Finally, special thanks to our sponsors:

Certex AB Sweden
Bentec Engineering
Valvoline
SKS Teknik AB
Stigs Autoshop
Hisservice AB
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ÅbyBil Elektriska
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