Maltese Champion competes in FIA Drag Racing event in Sweden
The second FIA Drag racing Championship took place in Sweden in the world class racing facility ‘Tierp Arena’ on the 14th-17th June 2012 which is the newest track in Europe and is compared to American class Drag racing tracks by many top European drivers.
Chris Polidano and crew
Kalanc Racing Team managed to beat the MPH record with an impressive 272mph, which is now officially considered as European's fastest top methanol dragster.
Kalanc racing team also won the event among the top 8 in his class while Mr. Whippy Racing Team had placed third and also ran a very good elapsed time of 5.297 Sec.
In semi finals the two Maltese teams raced each other with Chris Polidano from Kalanc Racing Team coming out as the winner as Manty Bugeja from Mr. Whippy Racing Team suffered a very hard tire shake and had to cut off the throttle.
Maksar Racing Team - a local drag racing diesel truck, has also participated in this event with some exhibition runs as the world fastest diesel powered truck!
The Maltese racers have once again managed to win and placed well to stamp Malta's name on the Drag racing scene
