The first round of the 2025 FIA/FIM-E drag racing championship, the Main Event takes place at Santa Pod Raceway this weekend from Friday, 23rd May to Monday 26th May. The event brings you racers from all over Europe travelling to the UK. This hugely popular extravaganza features nearly 300 teams and 17 classes of cars and Bikes including the sports F1 class – 11,000bhp Top Fuel Dragsters accelerating 0-100mph in less than 1 second, making this event unrivalled for both the quality and quantity of racing.
Here is a quick preview on the Pro Classes:
- FIA Top Fuel Dragster has 4 entries with Susanne Callin, Liam Jones, Dennis Nilsson and Jndia Erbacher.
- FIA Top Methanol with 5 entries with Jonny Lagg, Tony Bryntesson, Sandro Bellio, Silvio Strauch and Tina Höst Nedregård.
- FIA/Motorsport UK Pro Modified has a 16 car entry: 2025 Pro-Doorslammers winner Andres Arnover, Jere Rantaniemi, Michael Winter, Mats Eriksson, David Vegter, Kim Kristiansen, Andy Robinson, Marck Harteveld, Jon Webster, Kevin Slyfield, David Smith, Bruno Bader, John Tebenham, Michel Tooren, Marcus Hilt and Norbert Kuno.
- The Nitro Funny Car Cup has 4 car field with Steve Ashdown, Terry Haddock, Andy Raw and Dale Leeks.
- FIA Pro Stock Car with a 7-car field with Jimmy Alund, Robin Noren, Michael Malmgren, Stefan Enryd, Larse Britsmar, Simon Ekengren and Henry Riehl.
- Nostalgia Funny Car 2 car field with Tony Betts and Tim Garlick.
- FIM-E Top Fuel Bike brings you 12 riders: Rikard Gustaffson, Jiri Lukes, Maarten Zijlstra, Samu Kemppainen, Mark Smith, Phil Crossley, Eric Richard, Rene Van Den Berg, Stuart Crane, Neil Midgley, Glenn Borg and Thomas Pettersson.
- FIM-E Super Twin Bike has a 6-bike field with Martin Buhler, Vesa Lipponen, Marcus Christiansen, Roman Sixta, Per Bengtsson and Chris Van Nimmen.
- FIM-E Pro Stock Bike see 6 riders with Martin Bishop, Karl-Heinz Weikum, Jorg Lymant, Alex Hope, Aswin Le Noble, Jerome Rougemont and Bertrand Maurice.
- FIM-E Super Street Bike with 21 bike ladder. Alan Morrison, Jake Mechaell, Kostas Giannopoulos, Luke Farrugia, Mogens Lund, Danny Cockerill, Martin Hallet, Dan De'ath, Ioannis Lampropoulos, Ioannis Martzaklis, Nikolaos Chrysanthopoilos, Rudi Zorzi, Erich Gruber, Daniel Donat Lencses, Clemens Walleit, Margot Schmidt, Jack Shook, Chris Reed, Ross Morrison and Brad Head.
- Finally, FIM-E Cup Eurodragster.com Junior Drag Bike has 12 bike field with Hollie King, Richard Willcox, Jaxon King, Leah Morrison, Brad Morrison, Harry Isaacs, Alia Lester, Declan Butt, Sophie Pollen, Maggue Smallman and Anouk Burgering.
Eurodragster.com's coverage page is at this link or go via Event Coverage in our main menu. We plan to post on-track and off-track photographs on each day and there will be also live reports. Our event coverage is supported by John Woolfe Racing.
