16.06.2016 13:45:00
The new season of the Russian Drag Racing Championship kicks off in Krasnoyarsk at the autodrome "Red Ring" on June 25-26.
It has already become a tradition for the autodrome «Red ring» to host the first stage of Russian Drag Racing Championship (RDRC) in Krasnoyarsk. This year more than thirty drivers are planning to take part in three classes: FWD (front wheel drive), AWD (all wheel drive) and RWD (rear-wheel drive). Twenty six sportsmen applied for the entire season, including current champions - Dmitry Matveev (AWD) and Andrey Mulenko (RWD). FWD class champion of 2015 Igor Baranov has become the head of the team and he won’t take part in the season, but his car is driven by Oksana Yakovleva (Krasnoyarsk). Fighting in FWD class flares up with renewed vigor.
The competitions on the autodrome "Red Ring" are held according to a traditional schedule: Saturday will be dedicated to qualifying heats, on Sunday they will be completed, and the final races take place in the afternoon.
The organizer of the championship, Dragtimes Company, will prepare a drag strip in a special way as before: several layers of special glue will be applied on the first 200 meters of asphalt coat to improve the adhesion to the road bed. Perhaps it will help to establish new track records. Now the current record holder is Vadim Timashev from Krasnoyarsk: he covered a distance of 402 meters in 7.955 seconds during the RDRC competition in 2015.
Tigran Seferyan, chairman of drag racing committee of the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF): "The new season will give us a new fight for the champion’s title. Over the last winter many participants prepared their cars evenbetter, some of them changed the vehicles completely. Therefore, we are ready for unexpected results, fight for split seconds and new records, this time in Krasnoyarsk.
A new dragster of Pro Modified class, which is driven by Dmitry Samorukov (RWD class) in 2016, can be considered one of the main contenders for the record. Last year, Dmitry had a similar car, but for the new season, he has decided to change for a newer and more powerful vehicle. In early tests in Sweden Samorukov overcame the 1/8 mile in 4.18 seconds on this dragster.
We are glad that the first stage of the Championship takes place in Krasnoyarsk once again: RDRC has been held on the track "Red Ring" for several years, and here there is always an exciting competition. The staff of the autodrome is helping us a lot and does its job perfectly. "
The first stage of the Russian Drag Racing Championship in Krasnoyarsk will be accompanied by drag racing competitions of Russian Automobile Federation Cup. Races will take place together with RDRC, so the audience will be able to see more starts for various cars.
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