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Two groups did visit the ME Racing and ME Plat companys this week.

On Wednesday it was ME Racing Service and ME Plåtkonstruktioner turn to hoast The assosiation of small bussines. The purpos are to visit members companys in the assosiation and also to get knowing what resources there are in the comunity. In this group includes the managing people in the comunity as well. It get a relaxed conditions and a great oportunity to bring up a varity of questions during the lunch meeting. I guess this was something different for the visitors to visit a chassibuilding company that hoast a lots of different vehicles that not shown in daylife.

Relaxed lunch in realxing environm

The small bussines association on visi

At Tuesday came employees Klas Hägglunds son Alvin and hes classmates for a visit. Klas took the kids and the teachers for a tour. And the teacher got a seat in the Top Fuel dragster. Cool place to work at, was the kids opinion after the visit.

Cool place to work at, say the classmates of Alvin

Teacher in the Top Fuel

Last weekends race ended quite well. Runner Up is a good place to be, but Winner is the best so we congratulate Johan Lindberg for the good win this weekend. Mats did a good first qualifying round even that there was hard to find the settings for a new prepareated track that had been wett and was a bit cold due to the bad wether at friday and daturday morning. The team ended up as Q 9 and some problem with the engine occurred, but was fixed during saturday night. Sunday was sunny but cold and the track was a bit tricky. But Mats did good until he redlighted in the Final. But a good start for the season anyway. Next race are at Tierp again 14-17  June. Be there!

Johan Lindberg winner and Mats Eriksson Runner Up at EDRS Nationals 2012

EDRS Nationals 2012

The trailer is loaded and the season 2012 ison. Today friday we´r heading for Tierp Arena and the first race for the season. Its a EDRS and Swedish Championchip race, and we going to do our best to be in the top. The Green Goblin is fit for fight. This weekend we have a new trainee with us, Harley Bush from Tasmania. Its the first time at Dragracing but he have a great interests in racecars, so a big weekend for him. We also have Madde who is a close friend to Ludvig. Its her first time visit so we´ll se if we scare her of or if she get addicted. Now we hope for some really nice wether this weekend. We hope to see You at the grand stand now so get Your but out and go to Tierp Arena for some grate dragracing!!

Cheers

Team Green Goblin

The spring is waiting on itself so far, as snow still is in the air here in Sweden, at least in our area and further north. But a safe sign, as anything, is that the Green Goblin now have had taken it first breath this season. The team started him up and he was running just fine. So now the big test coming up next weekend 12-13 may at EDRS Nationals at Tierp Arena. That was the good news.

First start of Green Goblin, 3 May 2012

The bad news is that we had to take the sad decision not participate in Main Event this year, cause of many reasons. One of the main reasons is that Santa Pod now isn’t the safe and healthy track that we always have relied on. We had information, from track owner last autumn that the track should be rectified in some ways but haven’t heard anything about solving the problem during the winter; then we had to take this decision. We go for health and safety first of all. Green Goblin have major problem at finish line, with all four wheels in the air. At the 1/8 mile the suspensions is merge down as far as possible and at finish line the car is like a rubber boll bumping up and down until the parachutes straiten it up.

-        So I´m very concerned both for the car but most for my own safety, Mats says.

A statement came from Kieth Bartlett Friday 4 may, (last day to apply) that the finish line should be rectified during the upcoming weeks. But we want to know for sure that the track is OK before we spend money on the trip. We had to take the decision before this statement, as it came a bit late, due to the crew that has other jobs and interests to take in account, bookings and of course the economy.

That’s the second issue that we have to take into account. It cost loads of money to go to UK to race for the Northern Europe racers. But we have always solved the problem so far. But these days everything is racing in price, boat trips, flights, fuel and more and the income has not been going up at all. So we have to give every race a second thought. Main Event is one of the first to count out (sorry to say that) as the weather has been very unsteady recent years and now the track condition.

It´s always been our favorite track and we’ve ben racing there since 2002 every FIA event, and even the Easter Thunderbolt have been visited. So we really hope to be back in September at the favorite track to see spectators and fans. If we doing well in the Championship we´ll be back for sure to defend our points!

Another factor that we have to consider is that we now have six events in the Championship, one extra at Tierp, and we also have the Swedish Championship with two extra events upon that. That takes some extra money and effort to keep the Green Goblin in shape so we can stay in the top of Pro Mod both in Sweden and in Europe. The best economy for our team right now is to choose the closest, safest and best tracks to compete in both our Championships and EDRS this year. We are going to miss all our friends and fans and all the lovely crews at Santa Pod and Main Event this year. But keep you thumbs that we can show up in September and we will do whatever it takes to see you then.

Now back to the garage to do all the preparing’s for the rest of the season. See you all soon!

Mats & Team

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2012, March 24. SFI scruteneering at Jöran Persåker Speedshop.