TIAINEN RACING

1999 SEASON
Last updated March 14th. 2000

This was our previous car a SUPERGAS ’68 CAMARO




This year our Camaro was in top shape with new paint.

The engine was rebuilt and we were ready for a great season.


Our first race of the season was at Mantorp Park in Sweden.
The trip there goes through the forests and we pass many beautiful small lakes.
To bad we don't have time for a swim!


The purpose of this race was to test the car, so we were quite happy even if we were beat in the second round.
Since it was last years Champion Peter "Mora" Johanson who beat us it was not to bad.



Then it was time for the first race at our home track, Gardermoen


Unfortunately, this was also our last race of the season, as the car made a sharp right turn at mid-track into the guard-rail.



We couldn't keep away from the dragstrip, so we acted as crew for fellow Norwegian Super Gas racer Øyvind Marheim who races an AMC AMX

Nordic Drag Racing Series 1999

FINAL POINTS STANDINGS 1999

FI=Finland, SE=Sweden, NO=Norway, DK=Denmark, DE=Germany
Super Gas Cup


Rank Driver		Country Car	     	Points	


 1 Vesa Raiski		FI 	Ford 5WCoupe 34	527	
 2 Jari Jurvelin	FI	Nova 69		467	
 3 Harri Laukkanen 	FI	ChevyII 64	405
 4 Jan Danielsson 	FI	Beretta 89 	375
 5 Peter Johansson 	SE	NovaSS 66	349
 6 Peter Abrahamsson	NO	Chev. Sedan 34	325
 7 Arto Hautamäki	FI			280
 8 Marko Mäkinen	FI	TransAm 86	276
 9 Pasi Korhonen	FI	Camaro 70	259
10 Håkan Mattsson	SE	Nova 70		242		

11 Linda Axeldal	SE	Volvo 480 88	219
12 Per Noren		SE	Nova 65		213
13 Jari Hongisto	FI	Ford Capri 69	211
14 Öyvind Marheim	NO	AMC AMX		209
15 Jan Dahlbom		FI	Roadster 28	206
16 Daniel Håkansson	SE	Escort 88	190
17 Roy J Ödegård	NO	Camaro 81	182
18 Heikki Niemi		FI	(Corolla)	164
19 Richard Nordström	SE	Mustang 67	163
20 Ari Hongisto		FI	Ford Capri	156

21 Jari Paren		FI	Corvette 82	155
21 Mats Lindkvist	SE	Volvo 142	155
23 Jan Rohdin		SE	Nova 63		150
24 Petter Sukkestad	NO	Mustang 79	146
25 Bosse Hall		SE	Anglia 67	144
26 Åke Hedberg		SE	Volvo 245 88	137
27 Hjalmar Scheibler	DE	Nova 70		102
28 Martin Sjöström	SE	Anglia 51	100
29 Pål Nilsen		NO	Nova 66		 83		
30 Morten Tiainen	NO	Camaro 68	 68	

31 Tom Johansson	SE	Coronet R/T 69	 66
31 Jan-Erik Hellem	NO	Nova 66		 66
33 Olav A Øvstetun	NO	Camaro 69	 65
34 Konrad Ree		NO	Chevelle 65	 64
35 Geir Ström		NO	Cuda 70		 63
36 Ralf Ertle		DE	Camaro 67	 60
37 Per-Arne Kvarnström	SE	Vega		 57
38 Björn Terje Nordin	NO	AMC Javelin 71	 54
39 Anti Kivinummi	FI	Anglia 48	 51
39 Hans Nylen		SE	Opel Kadett	 51		

41 Kjell Skrede		NO	Firebird 67	 49
42 Tore Graneggen	NO	Chevelle 65	 48
43 Andreas Homburg	DE	Nova 67		 46
44 Jens Zimmermann	DE	Nova 70		 43
44 Gerhard Johansson	SE	Herald		 43
46 Erik Jansson		SE	Charger		 41
47 Pontus Libers	SE	Open Kadett	 40
47 Frank Gudmundsen	SE	Monza		 40
49 Jan Haderkopf	DE	Malibu 80	 35
50 Rolf Nyzell		SE	Volvo P1800	 34			
51 Leif Nyström		SE	VW Typ. 1	 33
52 David Norgren	SE	Nova 62		 32
53 Anders Brändström	SE	Fairline 64	 30
54 Kjell-Åke Mattsson	SE	Nova	         29
55 Gunnar Boll		DE	Nova 66		 26
56 Morten Dalen		NO	Corvette 63	 25
56 Dennis M Jensen	DK	Nova 66		 25
56 Lennart Gustavsson	SE			 25
59 Jaaskelainen		FI			 24
59 Klaus Romahn		DE	Savoy 62	 24			

61 Peter Thau		DK	Nova 64		 23
62 Ronnie Södergren	SE	Ford Taunus	 22
62 Johnny Kofod		DK	Charger 71	 22
64 Christer Forsman	SE	Vega		 21
64 Stein Christiansen	NO	Thunderbolt 64	 21
66 Per-Anders Norrbom	SE	(GTO 66)	 20
66 Joacim Ljungberg	SE	Ford Capri 73	 20			
66 Jöran Sördal		NO			 20
66 Per-Olof Eriksson	FI			 20
66 Viggo Nordgård	NO			 20


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