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Volume XI, Issue 8 August 12, 2009Sverre Dahl spent a lot of time trying to chase down the problems that were causing a drop in oil pressure at theprevious meeting and reappeared during the first qualifying day at Mantorp. A third session 4.204/181 made theSunshine Express camp a lot happier and put Dahl second quickest behind Svensson. Sverre improved to a4.189/182 to defeat Rene van den Berg and then had a wild ride on an even quicker 4.169/179 to overcome IanKing’s holeshot and out run the reigning Euro champion’s 4.287/176 by three feet at the finishline.UEM SUPER TWIN BIKEThe 2009 points in Super Twin Bike isstarting to see Per Bengtsson and LorenzStauble gradually pull away from thenearest contenders, and the Mantorp finalwould have seen a rematch of that atAlastaro between these two. Bengtssongained a point on Stauble qualifying onespot ahead in third place with a 4.435 inwhat was another bumper 18 bike field.Bengtsson slowed slightly into the 4.5s ineliminations, but a pair at this pace wasgood enough to defeat Greger Johanssonand Samu Kemppainen in the quartersand semis and is now under two rounds ofeliminations behind the points lead with two events to go.Lorenz Stauble booked a spotin his third Euro final in a row,having won the Main Event atSanta Pod and thenrunner-upped at Alastaro atthe start of July and is nudgingcloser to a second Super Twintitle to add to that earned in2007. A 4.499 put the Swissrider in the top half of the eightbike field, and a 4.442defeated Svein Olaf Rolfstadin the first round ofeliminations and led to a semifinal bye when Matti Vahasaari was unable to make the call after blowing a motor inthe opening round. Stauble would have lane choice over Bengtsson having a 4.410/172 timing ticket.FIA/UEM European Championships Round Three, Veidec Festival, Mantorp Park, Sweden - Page 9 of 15 -DragRacingOnline.com