Malta honours at Drag Racing championship

Maltese dragster team Kalanc Racing distinguished itself at the second FIA Drag Racing Championship which ended in Sweden yesterday at the Tierp Arena. Kalanc Racing Team managed to beat the MPH record with an impressive 272mph, which is now officially...

Maltese dragster team Kalanc Racing distinguished itself at the second FIA Drag Racing Championship which ended in Sweden yesterday at the Tierp Arena.

Kalanc Racing Team managed to beat the MPH record with an impressive 272mph, which is now officially considered as European's fastest top methanol dragster.

Kalanc racing team also won the event among the top eight in his class while Mr. Whippy Racing Team had placed third and also ran a very good elapsed time of 5.297 Sec.

In semi finals the two Maltese teams raced each other with Chris Polidano from Kalanc Racing Team coming out as the winner as Manty Bugeja from Mr. Whippy Racing Team suffered a very hard tyre shake and had to cut off the throttle.

Maksar Racing Team – a local drag racing diesel truck, also participated in this event with some exhibition runs as the world fastest diesel powered truck!

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.