May 8th: A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN PARADISE..
The location of Micke Kågered Racings´s operation is at the countryside outside Linköping, in the small village of Värna. The environment of our home base is a great contrast compared to the trackside "asphalt jungle" we spent our race weekends on. Team coordinator Åsa decided to share some photos from our "base" surroundings (actually shot today).  


The lush setting of team Kågered´s home base seen from behind. The workshop is invisible due to all trees (it is to the right of Micke´s house on this photo)


.. here looking at house from the garden side..


The cat Pysen (one of two) spends most of his days at the front porch..


Looking to the right from the Kågered premises with the "Värna" lake seen from a distance..


.. and to the left..Simply a beautiful day in the village of Värna! Sorry Micke is in Trelleborg at the moment, so he could not pose at any of the photos (will save that for another report..)


May 2nd: .. AND SHIPMENTS KEEP ARRIVING..


Micke with the new supply of forged pistons from our sponsor JE Pistons


.. and fitting the new air compressor from Gelins KGK. To provide air hose connections needed in the pit work around the race car ( in a smoother way than before), Micke have also engaged the pros at Vacula/CEJN to deliver a special designed solution for team Kågered.


Another special designed solution are the fitted storage shelves from System Edström Bilinredningar, that Micke has mounted at the back of the trailer to carry heads for the top fuel dragster engines.




In the glove business since 2004..

April 30th: Team coordinator Åsa Kinnemar has launched a new website at www.handskar.net where she present hers and Micke´s side business of profile gloves. Åsa has been designing and importing mechanics gloves for team Kågered since 2004. Micke also contributed by designing one model that he personally uses for fine mechanics tasks. The mechanics gloves are naturally used by team Kågered mechanics. As the number of requests and orders for profile gloves have increased without any advertising, it was time to dedicate the profile glove concept with its own website (in swedish to start with). The plan is the website will be developed over time depending on client demand and the founders own ideas.

Åsa comments; "This is something I really enjoy working with as it is  fun watching my (and of course the clients) ideas for new designs be translated into real gloves, that are actually delivered  at my doorstep from my supplier Rose Gloves Specialist in Pakistan and sometimes only days later". She continues; "although models requested so far have included all from baby gloves to hunters gloves, the no#1 seller is the mechanics/allround workmans gloves. By use of different colour combinations and logoprints every client is presented with a unique design, that nobody else has". Future glove projects planned for the next year also include a collection of garden gloves out of the ordinary.

As for team Kågered´s mechanics gloves, the "heavy model" we use is offered in our webshop. Introduced at Santa Pod in May is also a new design of basic mechanics gloves including a wide range of adult and (for the first time!) children´s sizes. Don´miss to visit us in the pit area for a look if you are attending the race!



April 28th: What´s up? This is the last week of preparations at base before the transporters leave Värna. So what have we been up to the last weeks working at base?


Well, among other things we got a visit from our supplier of crew shirts, Lasse Söderquist from Woolrich (website dinskjorta.com) presented Micke with the new shirts team Kågered have ordered for the race season 2008. Above Micke posing in his new leather jacket designed by the same supplier.  



Micke and mechanic/truck driver Kenta pictured while servicing the Peugeot two seat dragster. They took it outside the work shop to test the engine (and the launch procedure on a nearby road.. (seems ok as far as we can tell!). Micke is certainly looking forward to test the dragster on a drag strip for the first time (due in mid-june at Hultsfred´s former airport where Peugeot will arrange a meeting for invited clients)

In general this and the past couple of weeks have included a lot of work with adjustments and servicing of all kinds of equipment, the top fuel dragster, our two double deck trailers, the two seat dragster and more..

On May 6th the racing trailer leave base and then await 4 days of roadshowing in the south of Sweden before continuing to the UK and Santa Pod for testing and the season opening FIA event. 


April 17th: The planned activities with Peugeot in Hultsfred next week have been rescheduled for mid-june. That provide us a few more days to prepare all equipment and it is needed. We have just got the tech inspections cleared for both race car and transporters and are currently working to prepare all equipment that we estimate we will need in England.

Transporters leave base on maj 6th and we perform a 4 day roadshow with Bahco in the south of Sweden before leaving with TT-line to Germany and further to the UK on may 11th.





April 14th: Team Kågered is happy to welcome Gelins KGK in Skara to our sponsor group. Gelins KGK was established already in 1942 and is a major supplier to the industry, farmers and automotive aftermarket. Product range include air compressors, fans, generators and more!  





April 7th: Micke spent all last week in Stockholm, attending the trade fair Nordbygg. Partners for the exhibition and sharing stand are System Edström Bilinredningar and SNA Europe/BAHCO. The Peugeot Expert was on display together with some selected Bahco Tools. A total of 54210 persons came to visit the exhibition in 4 days and 800 companies were among the exhibitors.









photo: On display the top fuel dragster in its altered design

March 23rd: We are satisfied with the 4 days the show have been opened. Great interest from the public for the top fuel dragster as well as the products on  display in our stand. One more day to go, expected to be a bit slower than the friday-sunday where in excess of 20.000 visitors/day showed up. We hope to load all equipment monday evening and return to base in Värna the same night.


photo: our clutch mechanic Edvin presented the Peugeot Expert and Bahco Tools at the show, beside talking about top fuel dragracing.




Mechanic Mika at the show by the "Expert"

March 21st: 2nd opening day at the show in Jönköping was busy and team Kågered had a great day with many visitors in our stand.

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We have taken time to add some new products to our online webshop- check out our 2008 racing t-shirts for adults, fine Peltor sunglasses, ear defenders and more..




photo: Team Kågered coordinator Åsa with Göran Persson from Bahco by the Peugeot Expert

March 20th: The BILSPORT Performance & Custom Motorshow opened thurdsay  for invited guests within the auto aftermarket. The show open its doors to the public friday and is open for four days, all Easter holiday.


photo: Jan Larsson from Gatorz Eyewear
displays fine sunglasses during the show


photo: Micke and Kenta in a meeting..


photo: part of our stand..


photo: Mickes top fuel chopper on display in BILSPORT´s stand



March 16th: The top fuel dragster has been repainted and prepared for the first show at Elmia, Jönköping, where it will be shown publicly for the first time in its new design. You will still recognise it, but we have brightened it up a bit with the help of the design and car paint pros at Billackeringen Mjölby. Photos from the stand will be published during the exhibition.    

We wish all our contenders that are racing at Santa Pod this Easter good luck!




Micke (far right) with some of the Ford Mustang owners visiting his workshop tuesday evening!

March 5th: Last evening Micke had a visit to his workshop by the local division of Mustang Club Sweden. It had been decided since months and around 25 persons had made the trip 25 km outside Linköping to Värna. A few hours was spent listening to Micke talking about drag racing, the car and his operation.

From participating tem Kågered crew members (Åsa, Max, Kenta and Micke) - Thank You all, it was a pleasure having you!
 



The special designed team Kågered Peugeot Expert. Only equipped with the best products..

February 25th: We have placed some more photos of the Peugeot Expert from Peugeot Transportfordon on the archive page. The great looking and well equipeed vehicle will be used by team Kågered as well as our  cooperating partners throughout the year.


KÅGERED ANNOUNCES COOPERATION WITH
US BASED TUNER LANCE LARSEN


Larsen and Kågered at the NHRA race at Pomona 

February 8th: Micke Kågered has signed up US based top fuel tuner Lance Larsen to help sort out Kågered´s setup this season.

Micke comments; "I met Lance the first time in 2006, when I went to the US to potentially buy a top fuel dragster from the team he worked with. For different reasons I later decided it was wortwhile buying the dragster I already rented, so that was it for the time being..

.. Now, my co-crew chief Göran Edman has been monitoring Lance´s work for years and been impressed with what Lance´s team (with Clay Millican as the pilot) have achieved in IHRA, running very consistent at tracks seemingly similar to our tracks in Europe", says Micke.

"With the poor results we produced during the race season 2007, among the first things we decided on  when the last race was over in september, was to contact Lance. To seek his advice and assistance", Micke tells and continues;" I want to make it perfectly clear that this is not a step towards replacing Alan Jackson in anyway. Lance will be working alongside Alan and co-crew chief Göran Edman in this and hopefully it will contribute in changing performance to the better for us this season. We are not naive enough to think we can buy success in any way, the competition is way too hard for that.. it may still be a long way and for sure filled with hard work from every single crew member. However Lance can definately improve our odds of running better than we have. We have also invested a lot in parts, necessary for the improvement plan to work. Meeting suppliers is my main reason for the trip to the US, where I am currently watching the NHRA top fuel teams battle at Pomona", Micke concludes.

Lance Larsen has a long history of tuning in both NHRA and IHRA top fuel racing and is for the time being working together with Johnnie West for the top fuel team of Clay Millican (also including new top fuel pilot Jessie Harris). 


February 7th: Hectic days for Micke in the US, where he is mainly meeting parts suppliers. He will also attend two days at the Pomona Racetrack for the NHRA race before flying to Atlanta on monday, for meetings with additional suppliers.

At the office in Sweden also hectic days as our agenda is quickly filling up with requests from sponsors and organisers for exhibitions, roadshows and exhibition runs throughout the year (in top fuel and the two seater dragster).

We got a call from Mikael Larsson, who acquired team Kågered´s methanol funny car in 2007. The teams website have been launched at
www.mlarssonracing.com  We wish them all the best for the seaon, where Mikael Larsson hope to have  completed his funny car license in time for the FIA event in Finland and further on race at Mantorp Park.




The stand at the automässan in Gothenburg

January 21st: Our office is open again after a 2 weeks vacation and the Automässan in Gothenburg closed saturday january 19th- the show was performed in cooperation with SNA Europe , Swelube/AMALIE Motor Oil/Peak Antifreeze, Peugeot and Sytem Edström Bilinredningar.


Shown at the automässan was the special designed Peugeot Expert which has been equipped by Qpax, System Edström Bilinredningar, SNA Europe/Bahco and Swelube/Amalie and BILSPORT. Design by Billackeringen Mjölby.  



PEUGEOT AND TEAM KÅGERED IN COOPERATION 2008

January 3rd: Micke Kågered Racing and the swedish transport vehicle division of Peugeot have reached an agreement to work together on a number of activities and projects througout 2008.
The first joint project between team Kågered, Peugeot and also involving sponsors SNA Europe, System Edström Bilinredningar, Billackeringen Mjölby, KAMA Fritid and new sponsor Qpax is a custom designed Peugeot Expert special equipped by the participating companies. The car will be used on tour througout the year and in connection with races as a service vehicle by team Kågered. The exhibition Peugeot car is being prepared at this time and will be shown at the Automässan in Gothenburg for the first time. 

Micke Kågered comments; "Peugeot is one of the strongest brands on the market and they have a lot in common with some of our other sponsors, finding customers in very similar consumer groups. We have seen a rapid development of synergi effects from the cooperation within our sponsor group during 2007. Adding Peugeot to the group will I am sure help to further improve the concept for all parties involved".


Micke by the Peugeot double dragster- crew members Max and Andreas help service it.

Interestingly enough the swedish double dragster, previously owned by team Callin/Hässler (and frequently piloted by Susanne Callin) was accquired by Peugeot staff during the autumn 2007 and currently stays with team Kågered for service at the home base in Värna. Plans are Micke is to pilot the Peugeot double dragster during activities that do not collide with the FIA events.     




January 2nd: We are happy to include a new brand in our promotion programme for 2008. PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant products features a patented, advanced organic acid technology that can be used in all automobiles worldwide, regardless of make, model, year or original antifreeze color. Distributor in Sweden is Swelube, that also manufacture AMALIE Motor Oil.
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Further information can be found at www.peakantifreeze.se (Sweden) or www.peakantifreeze.com (USA)


Check the archive page for information dating back further than the above..

Pictured; Micke with staff from SNA Europe/Bahco and System Edström Bilinredningar during the roadshow activity at Ahsell in Malmö on May 7th

May 7th-10th: Roadshow with SNA Europe/Bahco
locations: May 7th: Kristianstad-AD Center
May 8th: Malmö-Ahlsell
May 9-10th: Trelleborg-Optimera

May 11th: Transporters go with TT-line Trelleborg-Travemunde and further to the UK. Estimated arrival at Santa Pod on wednesday May 14th

FIRST SCHEDULED ON TRACK ACTIVITY 2008.. is in England, at Santa Pod Raceway May 17-18th where we plan to test run during saturday-sunday.

Parts of the team incl. Micke fly back to Sweden on May 19th to see that the exhibition trailer is transported to and rigged at the  MaskinExpo exhibition in Barkaby, Stockholm. Fly back to the UK on May 22nd.

FIRST RACE EVENT for team Kågered is the Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway, England May 24-26th

Equipment back at base  in Sweden on thursday May 29th. Team fly back on May 27th.
 

Local temperature and time at team Kågereds homebase Linköping, Sweden.

he sound of a top fuel dragster..
Needless to say, nothing beats the "real" thing of a live experience.. but here is at least a hint of what it can sound like.

The sequence is filmed in the pits at Alastaro, Finland during tests. Just a regular warmup of the engine, where Micke Kågered sits in the car and tuner Alan Jackson oversees the procedure. First the engine is started and run on pure methanol. When the sound changes, it has been switched over to nitro..

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"Must visit links"..

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Top Fuel Action!

A videoclip from the finals from Mantorp Park 2004. Micke Kågered (left) up against Jöran Persåker.Who won?

 

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Do you have talents when it comes to sketching and drawing? NO? Well, maybe you have a child who is good at it? Now, you have the chance to color team Kågered´s dragster, or more truthfully.. a blank photo of it! GOOD LUCK!


Our campsite now open for the season!

The Kågered family is not only into motorsports. We also run a nice family campsite summertime. It is situated by the sea on the Swedish east coast, 65 km north of Västervik. A sandy beach, shallow water perfect for kids. Cabins with seaview for rent weekly (high season) or per night!

To learn more, please visit www.hallmarehavsbad.se (presented in english, german and swedish)