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Top Fuel Fights of 2013 (6th May 2013)
The up-coming events for the 2013 FIA European Drag Race Championship is soon to come, and RF Motorsport enters the competitions as defending champions with Norwegian teamowner and crewchief Rune Fjeld in charge. We will participate in all six championship rounds with 3 race cars, and feeling stronger than ever. All 3 dragsters have gone through serious inspections and Rune has been working hard throughout the winter to make…
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Video from the Festival of Power (8th Apr 2013)
During the event last weekend we got to do a little testing on how to make fast and easy videos for the website. The quality is as expected from a smartphone but you get to see some clips from our point of view..
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Cold n´wild (31st Mar 2013)
The first race of the year took place at the Festival of Power at Santa Pod Raceway, one hour north of London. Since easter started early this year so did our race season, maybe a bit to early... Before rolling out the dragsters from the workshop we had to clear some snow out of the way! It was 4 degrees and not for the faint hearted, but the crew digged…
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The future of European drag racing (16th Mar 2013)
As a preview of what the 2013 season might bring we thought it could be fun to show you this picture! Plans are in the making and there is still much to come but we can already now reveal that RF Motorsport is getting bigger, faster and stronger every day and that we also will take our responsebility for the future of European drag racing!
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The New Generation (1st Mar 2013)
RF Motorsport is always looking for ways to improve and as one part of that the norwegian Polly Magnussen will be a permanent part of the RFM administration in 2013. We thought it might be a good idea to give you a short presentation of the whole team this year so we might as well start with him. Polly Magnussen is not a newbie in the world of drag race,…
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Workshop days (28th Feb 2013)
Winter is soon to be a distant memory and as the days pass by RF Motorsport is working hard to be prepared for the FIA 2013 European Drag Race Championship. As defending champions we have to get ready for battle and this means getting a whole lot of gear in perfect condition before entering the battle field. In this pictures you see some of it!
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Festival of Power (11th Feb 2013)
The Festival of Power at Santa Pod is the first race RF Motorsport will attend to this season. Take your kids and enjoy a weekend packed with action both on the drag strip and outside.
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How a Top Fuel Dragster works (8th Jan 2013)
Kalitta Motorsport have made this video where you can learn a bit about how our dragsters work.
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Track Record in Malta (25th Nov 2012)
Duncan Micallef and his crew made a new track record at Hal-Far Raceway with the time 4.175@265,58.mph. Rune was his tuner this weekend in the TF 1199 dragster and they did improve at almost every run. The maltesian crowd loved every second they could get and Duncan gave great value all weekend. See video: Jari were also present at Hal-Far this weekend but had some problems to get the power…
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Top Fuel Practice (19th Nov 2012)
Junior Dragster driver Gabrielle McDonald is planning to step up for next season and the 19 year old girl from Dublin took one of our dragster out for a spinn on the Flame & Thunder Show. Safely guided by Rune she had 4 runs at Santa Pod and this is what she says about it herself. «Well it was the best experience in my life. I had the best time…
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2013 Sporting Regulations FIA Drag Racing (27th Oct 2012)
The sporting regulations for the FIA Drag Racing European Championship 2013 is made public and you can read all about the rules and the changes of rules in the coming season of the championship. Read the SR by following this link: Sporting Regulation FIA Drag Racing 2013
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The 2013 FIA Provisional calendar (1st Oct 2012)
24th-27th May: Santa Pod, England 13th-16th June: Tierp Arena, Sweden 4th-7th July: Alastaro, Finland 9th-11th August: Hockenheimring, Germany 22nd-25th August: Tierp Arena, Sweden 5th-8th September: Santa Pod, England
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TV Coverage from FIA Championships last round (19th Sep 2012)
TV Coverage from FIA Championships last round at Santa Pod 2012.
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A successfull RFM year (10th Sep 2012)
At the end of the 2012 season RF Motorsport is more than pleased with this years result. All three cars within top 4 of the European Drag racing Championship is even better than predicted. And this is not possible without three great drivers, Risto, Jari and Antti who are so dedicated to the sport, and able to put together the best three crews out there. Risto ended as many already…
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FIA European Champions 2012 (9th Sep 2012)
Risto Poutiainen and RF Motorsport is the new FIA European Top Fuel Champions of 2012. Risto started racing in the early 80’s in several different classes. Including Top Alcohol Funny Car. He also ran his own Top Fuel car for some years. He rejoined RF Motorsport in Mantorp 2008, and since 2009 he has competed in all the FIA meetings and many match races. And after three years as a…
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Saturday Qualifications (8th Sep 2012)
Qual 3 Antti 4.086@296 mph VS Risto 5.590@110 mph Jari 5.576@121 mph VS Anita 6.141@100 mph Antti runs consistent and steady. Risto overpowered at half way and went up in smoke. Jari also went up in smoke half track. Qualification list after Q3: 1 Thomas Nataas 4.018 2 Anita Mäkelä 4.025@287 3 Antti Horto 4.085@298 4 Risto Poutiainen 4.120@275 5 Chris Andrews 4.127@280 6 Jari Halinen 4.220@263 7 Stig…
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Friday qualifications (7th Sep 2012)
Qual 1: Antti 4.08@298 mph VS Anita 4.18@263 mph Jari 7.52@83 mph VS Risto 4.12@275 mph Qualification list after Q1: 1 Antti Horto 4.08 (RFM) 2 Risto Poutiainen 4.12 (RFM) 3 Anita Mäkelä 4.18 4 Chris Andrews 4.22 5 Stig Neergaard 4.37 6 Thomas Nataas 5.57 7 Jari Halinen 7.52 (RFM) Qual 2: Jari 4.22@263 mph VS Anita 4.02@287 mph Risto 4.18@275 VS Stig 4.82@157 mph Antti DNS…
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FIA European finals 2012 (5th Sep 2012)
The event is the concluding race in the 2012 European drag racing championships. It is round 6 and the final round for the FIA European Drag Race Championship. FIA and UEM qualifications are on friday and saturday and the grand finale, elimination day is on sunday sept 9th. RF Motorsport is of course present with all 3 cars and ready as 8 teams enters for an 8 car elimination ladder. Risto in Tierp.…
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FIA Point standings after R5 at Tierp 2012 (29th Aug 2012)
The FIA European Dragrace Championship score board after round 5 at Tierp.
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Rained out (27th Aug 2012)
The weekend's Scandinavian Internationals at Tierp Arena was rained out with Pro classes at finals and RF Motorsport missed the internal battle with Jari VS Antti. The championship is closing in now and we are looking foreward to the finals at Santa Pod where we are aiming for the number 1,2 and 3 spots. As soon as the FIA score results is published we will update you on the points…
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Result from E1 at Tierp (26th Aug 2012)
Antti and Jari is through to the semi-finals and Risto sadly had a problem with the safety shut-off program and did not start. Jari`s time-slip: Jari runs through in E1 Antti`s time-slip: Antti VS Urs Jari will meet Anita Mäkelä in the semi and Antti is up with Mikael Kågered.
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Qualification result from Tierp (25th Aug 2012)
After 4 qual runs RF Motorsport got all 3 cars into tomorrows eliminations. 1: Janne Ahonen 4,044@473 km/h 2: Risto Poutiainen 4,093@469 km/h 3: Anita Mäkelä 4,099@444 km/h 4: Antti Horto 4,124@451 km/h 5: Urs Erbacher 4,145@465 km/h 6: Patrik Pers 4,174@475 km/h 7: Jari Halinen 4,198@465 km/h 8: Mikael Kågered 4,244@387 km/h Risto is number 2 into the eliminations Antti is number 4 into the eliminations. Jari is number…
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Q3 done at Tierp (25th Aug 2012)
It has been a good weekend here at Tierp Arena in Sweden so far for RF Motorsport. After 3 qualification runs we have got the number two spot with Risto, the number four spot with Antti and the number six spot by Jari. All 3 cars are in good condition and we might try to push even a bit harder in the last Q. Down below you can see…
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NitrOlympx eliminations cancelled (12th Aug 2012)
Unfortunately for all those involved, the eliminations today (Sunday 12th August) have been cancelled. The cancellation was due to track surface being unsafe for competitive racing, which became apparent to most, if not all pro classes during qualification. The Hockenheim track crew worked to try to create a safe track surface, which had been pressure blasted to remove rubber before the Formula 1 event in July. Despite these efforts, the…
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Remembering Ten Years On! (19th May 2012)
“The Main Event June 2nd 2002 By Barry Sheavills Wow, is it really 10 years since we ran Europe’s First 300 mph Pass, for me it only seems like yesterday, what a day it was, up against Andy Carter! Me in the left hand lane and Andy in the right hand lane! Both of us psyched up and both knowing we had cars capable of running 300 mph, but neither…
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Multilotto.com Press Release (20th Apr 2012)
RF Motorsport announces strategic sponsorship agreement with Multilotto.com RF Motorsport, a top competitor in European Drag Racing for more then 20 years and with several European Championship victories in the Top Fuel category is welcoming it’s newest sponsor; Multilotto.com in the hunt for the 2012 Championship title. RF Motorsport currently run three Top Fuel dragsters in the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, at the moment holding a second spot. Competitions…
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RF Motorsport has got a new sponsor, Multilotto (17th Apr 2012)
RF Motorsport proudly presents our new sponsor, multilotto.com. Here all our visitors and followers can go and play on different games worldwide. Just log in here and set up your account and give it a go. Use multilotto@rfmotorsport.com as your invitation code to receive 2 free lines on the Mega Millions draw
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Risto at the Easter Thunderball 2012 (15th Apr 2012)
Risto's debut at the Easter Thunderball was not as we hoped for, with serious tire shake every run. The track was very cold and the adjusted altitude was a mere 150 ft. Crew chief Rune Fjeld was struggling to find any setup that worked, and tried everthing to get the car down the track. This is what tire-shake may look like
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Jari at the Easter Thunderball 2012 (15th Apr 2012)
Jari had a good weekend at Santa Pod trying out all the updates that the crew had done over winter. It looked like it worked pretty good. Some early shake runs, but finishing with a great half pass. Monday was a total wash out, so they only made 3 runs.
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Duncan at the Easter Thunderball 2012 (15th Apr 2012)
I didn't know what it would take to drive a Top Fueller but John told me that it would be tough. Some people thought that I was crazy, but I kept calm and I trained very hard before Easter. On the first run my aim was to keep calm and in fact that really works because I had no one to instruct me for the burnout and also the car…
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About RF Motorsport
Welcome to RF Motorsport - Professional European Drag Racing since 1978 and 8 times European Champions.
RF Motorsport currently runs 3 Top Fuel Dragsters in FIA competition throughout Europe, competing in the UK, Finland, Sweden,Germany and Norway. RF Motorsport also makes regular non-competition appearances to help raise the profile of Drag Racing in Europe.
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