Kenni Neergaard posted on Facebook early this morning this heart breaking news of Stig passing away last night.

(GB - topfuel.eu) Born in 1961, Stig developed a passion for mechanics at a relatively early age. As a teenager he soon became involved with improving the  erformance of mopeds, motorcycles and then cars, something that led him to an involvement in the straight-line sport driving a Chevrolet Corvette  which he constructed using components from sundry sources and the body of which was formed by him using a friend’s ’Vette as a buck and molding fiberglass on top of that. From small beginnings in drag racing, the innovative competitor moved up the ranks to a point where in 1988 he campaigned a Top Methanol Dragster prior to joining the elite Top Fuel class in 1995 with an entry which he raced throughout Europe with more than a modicum of success through the millennium.

We at Eurodragster.com send our deepest condolences at this sad time to Stig's family and friends.