2010-07-06

2010, second round, Alastaro Finland
Back from the US Tour

First race in Europe for Jimmy Ålund this year. The team showed up at Alastaro for the second round of the European Pro Stock Dragracing Championship. The J&J Performance Team joined forces with Futura Racing to try to score their first points of the year after having spent the first part of the season in the USA, racing in the NHRA Pro Stock Series.

This was the first race with this combination of car, engine and driveline. Having that in mind, the first round of qualifying turned out very satisfying. Jimmy Ålund ran an ET of 6.93 which put the team in the number three qualifying spot and ahead of some of the strongest Pro Stock teams in Europe. The second qualifying run netted almost as good an ET as the first, 6.97 seconds, but when the team returned to the pits they found that a connecting rod had broken right at the finish line. Unfortunately, that meant the end of the weekend for J&J Performance.

"We tried hard" say Jimmy, "the performance level of these Pro Stock motors is astounding and sooner or later things break". He continues, "the runs we got in were really promising but unfortunately it was all over after that second qualifying run". "We picked up points and are now part of this years European Pro Stock Championship". Jimmy sends thanks to the sponsors and obviously to Stefan Eriksson and Mats Olsson of Futura Racing who made the Alastaro race possible.

Next race is coming up at the end of July. The venue is Mantorp Park, Sweden, only a few miles from Jimmys shop. The team are waiting for their own car which is in transit from the US and it's all for picking up a maximum of points at round 3 of the championship.

2009-09-12

European Finals, Santa Pod, UK. September 12, 2009
New European ProStock Records: 6,6492/207,07 MPH!

We would like to congratulate Richard 'Nixxon' Sundblom to the race win, well deserved after running consistantly fast all weekend.

Jimmy and crew did it again during 1st round of qualifying for the 2009 FIA European Pro Stock Championship: The new ET record run in details: 0,0093 RT, 0,9871 60ft, 4,2785/164,00 MPH 1/8, 6,6492 1/4. Later Jimmy also captured the new speed record which now reads 207,07 MPH. Jimmy's # 1 GTO broke with a engine failure during the final run against Nixxon's Cobalt.

But the 2009 FIA European Pro Stock Champion is multiple champ and ace driver Jimmy Ålund and his JJ Performance crew of Petter Greborn (clutch), Mats Appelgren (engine) and Kalle Hrupa (rear end).

The team would like to say THANK YOU to all our great sponsors for their participation under 2009! Please use our sponsors if you need a product or service supplied by them.

2009-08-17

2009 Pro Stock Champion!
NitrOlympx, Hockenheim Germany

Jimmy Ålund and crew secured the 2009 FIA Pro Stock Championship early at Hockenheim on Sunday, August 16.

The Jerry Haas GTO performed good in the heat, with temperatures as high as 32C on Sunday with only 3,000 ft of air. The track was going away with the high temp's so it was a real challenge to adjust the setups.

Qualifying began on friday with a 6,804/204,4 MPH run, followed by 6,767/204,5 MPH, 6,784/205,4 MPH and a 6,768 205,0 MPH which put Jimmy in the No 1 qualifying spot.
Eliminations started with taking on the no 8 qualifyer Harry Sturhan from Germany, with a winning time of 6,772/204,6 MPH. Next round against Magnus Hansson produced a winning time of 6,80/204,02 MPH.

Richard Nixxon Sundblom, no 2 qualifier, made it to the final but ended up losing to Jimmy's better 6,812/204 MPH.

Congratulations to Jimmy, Petter, Mats and Kalle for making history in European Dragracing with 6 straight F.I.A European Championships!

Next stop on the 2009 FIA Pro Stock Championship tour is on September 10-13 at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK.

2009-07-27

2009 Veidec Festival Mantorp Park Sweden
Rain halted, record braking race

Tight qualifying with only 1/1000 sec separating No 1 qualifyer Richard Nixxon Sundblom at 6,791, from Jimmy's almost identical ET!
Bump spot in the 15 car field 6,91
New track record 6,773/203,90 mph by Jimmy Ålund's Klintberg & Way entry in the winning semi final run against Michael Malmgren's Lahega GTO

Jimmy's final race against Magnus Hansson was not possible due to heavy rain

2009-07-08

2009 FHRA Nitro Nationals, Finland
Swedish Pro Stock Victory!

Jimmy wins the finals with a bye run since Richard Sundblom and Michael Malmgren were disquilified due to crossing the line and hitting the wall in a wild semi final round.
Jimmy qualified at No 1 with 6,767/330,00 km/h, and raced Tommy Leindahl with a winning time 6,772 to 6,945 then defeating Magnus Hansson with a 6,786 to a 6,94. In the final bye run Jimmy ran a new trac record with 6,755/330,76 km/h (205,6 mph)

2009-06-01

Jimmy wins the season opener
2009 FIA Main Event Santa Pod UK

By defeating Jonas Dantanus with a 6,7858/204,06 to a 6,8777/201,53 Jimmy Alund took his first win in the 2009 European Pro Stock Championship. With Bob Ingels power he also ran a new European Pro Stock Record with 6,694/206,84! Next stop on the tour will be in Alastaro, Finland 2-5 July.

2009-05-25

6,6940/206,84 MPH
New European Pro Stock Record!

Jimmy Alund took his # 1 GTO to the top spot in qualification for the FIA Main Event in England at Santa Pod Raceway with a blistering 6,6940 at 206,84 mph which is the new European Pro Stock Record.
Stand by for the results of today's exiting finals.....

2009-05-18

Poker Wallenberg 50 år
Jimmy Ålund inbjuden....

Grattis Poker!
Tillsammans med andra specialinbjudna gäster hade Jimma sin Pro Stock GTO med sig. Poker fick en teknisk genomgång, och han fick lyssna på hur 1,400 HK låter live!

2009-05-14

Test: Jimmy Ålund Meca Test Event
May 2009

New personal best with 4,32/260 km/h at the 2009 season opening test event. FIA Pro Stock season premiere will be at the Santa Pod Main Event 22-25 May.

2009-03-04

Pro 1 på mässa i Oslo

Som representant för Klintberg & Way besökte team JJ Performance Automessen i Februari. Jimmy höll ett föredrag för Klintberg & Ways kunder i Norge om vad som är viktigt i dragracing…

2008-09-10

European Finals 2008
Victory in a rainy race

J&J Performance team with ace driver Jimmy Ålund managed to secure his 5th consecutive European Pro Stock Championship at Santa Pod Raceway in UK.
The weekend started out with rain on friday and saturday, with no qualification runs at all. Sunday started dry, so each team got just one qualification run. Jimmy kept cool and managed to qualify at the top with a 6,83 run. The following runs were winning runs at 6,82 and 6,80. Just before the final run the sky opened up again, and destroyed all chances to complete the race.
However, Jimmy was the winner in the overall points and the 2008 FIA Pro Stock Champion!
It's a great feeling - and a BIG thank you to the crew and all our sponsors for making our racing possible!

2008-07-28

Veidec Festival, Mantorp Park July 26-27
Semi final loss - struggling in the heat!

The heat was definitely on! Over 125 degrees in the track on Sunday....!



The racetrack gradually became really hard to cope with, as the heat was taking most of the traction out and making it very unpredictable and tricky for Petter to read.

After strong qualifying with some solid high 6,80 runs we clinched number 1 spot at 6,85. But it all ended for Jimmy in the semifinal round against Richard Nixxon Sundblom, who later defeated Michael Malmgren in the final. Winning time 7,24 says a lot about the track condition.

We are taking our hats of to Nixxon for his win, and by that making the run for the championship very tough.

Last round of the European Championship will be at the European Finals, Santa Pod Raceway September 4-7.

2008-07-08

FHRA Nitro Nationals, July 3-5 2008, Alastaro, Finland
On the winning streak!

The bumpspot was a record low 6,93! The quickest Pro Stock field in Europe, ever!

After qualifying second at 6,79@325 behind Richard 'Nixon' Sundblom (6,77@327*), the Klintberg & Way Pontiac GTO was unstoppable, winning the final over Tommy Leindahls new Cobalt at 6,881@322 vs 6,954@319.

Thanks to Jimmy for flawless driving, thanks Mats for nursing the motor between rounds, thanks Petter for reading the track and finetune the clutch and thanks to Kalle for doing all the hardwork under the car. And a big thank you to all our great sponsors who made it all possible!
As a result, we are now the new 2008 European Pro Stock Championship points leader.

Next stop Mantorp Park, Sweden July 25-27. See you all there!

By Lars, the PR-guy

PS We got a glitch in the website photo management. Therefore no new pictures yet....

* new european speed record at 329,93 km/h - congratulations Team Nixon!

2008-06-27

6,766 s / 204,95 mph
(329,76 kmh)
Jimmy sets new European Pro Stock Record at the Main Event, Santa Pod Raceway, UK.

The 2008 season opening race at Santa Pod could not be completed. Only two qualifying runs were possible on May 24, after that racing became impossible because of repeated rain. But Jimmy and the team managed to make two good runs in qualifying, backing up the new European Pro Stock record.

Next stop on the FIA European Championship tour is on 3rd-6th July: FHRA Nitro Nationals, Alastaro, Finland