Micke Kågered Racing

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Photos published 2004
	Published on website February 2nd, 2004 Photos by team Kågered THE AUTOTEKNIK SHOW, JÖNKÖPING SWEDEN January 28-31: We placed the funny car body on the Bahco stand´s roof, which meant it could be seen from a far distance. The chassis caught the attention from most visitors passing the stand and the team Kågered crew performed "pit crew challenge" show twice daily.
	Our youngest crewmember, Jonas Aldén, is the "diver" mechanic on both race cars. Diving in this case, means taking care of the bottom part of the engine. Among other things, it is Jonas who checks the bearings etc. in between every run. That alone is an important task that tells us a great deal about the conditions of the engines.
	Mechanic Peter "Peppe" Gultheimer is one of our engine guys on the funny car. Here Peppe tries out some of the hand tools exposed in the Bahco stand at the Autoteknik show.
	Funny car crew chief Göran "Emil" Edman also participated at the Autoteknik show, here pictured in action during one of our crew pit challenge shows.
	Published on website January 19, 2004: Before the race season started 2003, we took the chance to show the race cars at Bahco Tools plant and head office in Enköping, Sweden. Media representatives as well as sponsors and Bahco:s staff were invited! Photo by team Kågered
TESTWEEKEND MAY 2003 AT SANTA POD RACEWAY, ENGLAND Published on website January 19, 2004 photos by Kent Karlsson of team Kågered
	This is a rare sight. Niclas Andersson almost alone on the strip at Santa Pod. No spectators and only a few cars on site. Each year some of the top teams rents the track and personnel the weekend before the first race of the season. In this case Niclas needed to testrun the funny car (a car that was completely new to him) and also to upgrade his license.
	Göran Edman, nicknamed Emil by all of us, is in charge of the methanol funny car piloted by Niclas Andersson. It is Emil, who ultimately decides on the overall setup of the car for Niclas next run (fuel system, clutch etc). Emil has been performing his task with Micke Kågered since 1995 and as statistics show with great success. The driver´s experience of the last run is always taken into consideration before decisions are made as well as data from the on board computer and the track- and weather conditions.
	Micke Kågered used some of his time to mount sponsor stickers on the top fuel dragster before the first race of the season. Normally a race car only keep the same design for one season, then we start all over again!
	.. and here is another team member on duty.. Mechanic Pär Evensson is specialised on preparing and maintaining the heads for both cars. Precautions are taken when we have the time in between races. When a race event is on, lack of time often means changing heads instead of reparing them on site if needed. However, normal maintenance is performed in between every run on both cars.
	Our mechanic Mika Laksela is the clutch man on the funny car. Here Mika is mounting a new back tyre on the wheel in preparation for the season opening event. Pictured rear right is one of our clutch men on the top fueler- Thomas and to the left is our funny car driver Niclas.
	During the races Thomas may be our clutch man on the top fueler, but in between races all crew members need to be all-round and perform any task needed.. so neither of us need to get bored as there is always plenty to do in a two car team.
	Belive it or not.. the team gets hungry once in a while.. Crew member Åsa Kinnemar prepares all meals in the combined kitchen and lounge area in the double deck trailer. Meals for 15 people and it takes both planning and a lot of time to manage the "housekeeping" both before and during the race events.
	The top fueler is well taken care of as you can see. Here four of our crew mebers are "pampering" the car. Front left - driver Micke Kågered. Front right-Mika Laksela Rear left- Thomas Ankarås and rear right- funny car pilot Niclas Andersson.
	Media relations is an important and frequent task for Micke Kågered. Here British TV-network Anglia News interviews Micke as a preview to the season 2003 opening event. The big question was of course how he had recovered after the bad crash he experienced at Santa Pod sept-02. The answer was.. luckily very well due to a lot of rest combined with many hours spent at the fitness center, building up muscles in his injured back.
	What do you do when you are in England, need to transport the top fueler a short distance, but can not use the truck and trailer? No problem.. look for yourself how our inventive crew solved the matter! However we do not want to recommend this technique if you are planning on driving on public roads!
	.. and so it was time for Niclas last upgrade license run. Here Thomas straps Niclas into the cockpit. The harness needs to be really tight and also the arms are strapped so they can not move outside the roll cage, which could mean a disaster in case of an accident. This is only one of the many safety regulations in drag racing.
	Now the time has come to fire up the engine. This is something the driver can not do himself as a loose starter is mounted on the engine every time, then taken off again as soon as the engine is running. Pictured are funny car mechanics Mika (left) and Kent (right) together with team manager Micke Kågered (center), who is monitoring the car and Niclas progess closely in order to advise Niclas in his driving task.
	It is finally time to go. Niclas has done the burnout, backed the car in the rubber traces from the burnout and is now ready to slowly move the car into prestage and stage position before launching.
	.. and the run was a good one completing Niclas funny car license! The elapsed time was 6.16 seconds. Here at the shut down area at the end of the track (approximately 1100 meters away from the startline) Niclas is out of the car, expressing his joy with the ride! Pictured left is mechanic Peter Gultheimer, who folds the chutes before we can tow the car back to the pits.
Photos published 2003 Published on website September 22, 2003
	Top fuel launch at Santa Pod, England May 2003. The flames from the headers indicate that the engine is working OK and that none of the 8 cylinders have dropped.
	Real nice race picture, where Niclas Andersson race our Bahco-Sandflex funny car against rookie Martin Lundqvist (also from Sweden) at Mantorp Park in july 2003.
	"In the eyes of a fire fighter.."- Amazing photo where you can see our funny car reflecting in one of the fire fighter´s safety helmets. Photo taken at the starting line on Mantorp Park.
	.."and the chutes came out perfect".. - Micke Kågered in the top fueler after the finish line. Photo taken at Hockenheim Ring, Germany august 2003 by Remco Scheelings.
	Micke´s helmet has been painted to look like a Speedglas welding helmet. Design and paint by Fredrik Pahlm at Billackeringen Mjölby.
	Getting ready.. The heat is sometimes tough on the drivers. This photo is from Mantorp Park july 2003 where temperatures were around 30 degrees celsius at daytime. Maybe it helps to have icecold nerves then..Photo by team Kågered.
	The top fueler is being pushed to the starting area at Mantorp Park. Tuner Alan Jackson to the right and chief mechanic Kenth Pettersson on the left side of the car. Hard to imagine that this machine will do about 470 km/h in a short while! Photo by team Kågered.
Published on website April 23rd, 2003
	From left- Micke, Kekka and Åsa discussing. Photo taken at Stockholms Bilsalongen april 2003 by Johan Kinnemar (Åsa´s brother). In the background team Kågered´s new logotype created by Newton Communications.Photo by team Kågered.

	The Bahco/Sandflex/Quaker State funny car design 2003. First shown to the public at Stockholms Bilsalong in april. Photo by team Kågered.

Photos published 2002 Published on website November 18th, 2002
	Micke and Olle admire the Bahco top fuel dragster replica! It looks like "the real thing".. just a bit smaller..

	Mechanics (from left) Peter and Jonas on duty..

	Mechanics (from left) Mika, Jonas and Peter works on the funny car..

	Mechanics Thomas posing .. He is the clutch specialist on the funny car!

	..and here collegue Robert is posing .. He is the clutch specialist on the top fueler!
Published on website October 16th, 2002
	"The Kågered fan club". Micke´s neighbours from Värna came to support team Kågered at Mantorp Park july 2002
	That´s what we call a real burnout.. The methanol funny car at Mantorp Park july 2002.
	Drag Racing by night.. Top fuel launch at Santa Pod september -02
	"Top fuel Launch" at Mantorp Park july 2002. Micke qualified number two with an elapsed time of 5.07 seconds/471 km/h
	Smoky burnout at Mantorp Park july 2002, where Micke qualified with an elapsed time of 5.90 seconds.
	"Another day at work" -may we present one of Micke Kågered´s offices.. the photo is taken at Mantorp Park july 2002.
	Our "clutch man" on the top fueler - Robert with one of the floaters that we used when running 4.93 sec/491 km in Piteå july 2002. The fastest speed so far in Europe!
Published on website June 2002
	Alastaro Raceway, Finland Winner Micke Kågered (right) together with runner-up Leif Andréasson. Two good friends off track AND bad enemies on it..
	SANTA POD RACEWAY Burning the tires with the top fueler..
	SANTA POD RACEWAY "Quaker State vs. Kaxig"- Micke and Leif Helander during the qualifications..
	SANTA POD RACEWAY The top fueler launching at the start line- one front wheel in the air and the back tires squeezed towards the ground by the forces.
	SANTA POD RACEWAY The final in methanol funny car at Santa Pod- Kagered vs. Andréasson where Micke came out as the winner..
Photos published 2001 Published on website May 31st, 2001
	We took these photos during the first FIA race event in England May 26-28 Our mechanic Robert spent so many hours renovating and adjusting the clucthes for the top fuel dragster that someone made fun of his placing a note on his back, saying "Dr. Demento - clutch expert"
	Roberts first event as a clutch mechanic caused the other team members laughter, since he was completely full with clutch dust all over. This was one of his cleanest moments..
	Robert and Bill - the apprentice and the master. Bill Schultz, who used to manage his own top team in top fuel in the U.S., came to help Knut Söderqvist tune the dragster Micke Kågered is driving in 2001.
	We do try to eat well when we are on the race track and in this case thanks to Olle doing the barbecue.
	Svecke is lending a helping hand to sort out the lines for the parachutes. There are two parachutes on each car, so four of them have to be packed before every run.
	We took theses photos during the test weekend in England before the first race event in May Emil is adjusting something on the top fuel dragster, while Micke is in the car. The body is taken off while maintenance is made. In the background is the funny car, also without body.
	..and this was just before starting the top fuel dragster for the first time. Left, Bill Schoultz who is the tuning expert, in the middle Dave who operate the start engine and right Knut, the owner of the car. Micke is in the car. All above photos taken by the team. Published on website May 31st, 2001
Photos published 2000 Published on website September 16th, 2000
	The oil pump on Micke´s truck broke on the way to the last race in England and had to be towed to a Volvo garage in Jönköping (Sweden). Photo taken by the team.
	Thomas (left) and Roland of team Kågered tried to scare all competitors while waiting in line before the semi-finals at Santa Pod. Photo taken by the team.
	Micke and crew member Thomas burned their worn-out shoes after the event was over. Photo taken by the team.
	They are the newest members in Micke Kågered´s fan club. Only five weeks old, Mark and John (right) from Yelverton, Devon enjoyed their first drag racing event at Santa Pod. We are sure it won´t be the last.. Photo taken by the team.
	There are plenty of different task that needs to be done within a team. Here crew member Roland is helping to prepare dinner in the kitchen. Photo taken by the team.
Published on website August 24th, 2000
	Micke Kågered runs against Urs Erbacher at Mantorp Park. Photographer: Remco Scheelings
	The air is filled with smoke after Micke Kågered´s burnout. Mantorp Park July -00. Photographer: Remco Scheelings
	Micke Kågered at the prizeceremony at Mantorp Park after winning the event. Photographer: Remco Scheelings
	Race car without the body.Waiting to be prepared in between two runs in the pit area at Mantorp Park. Photographer: Remco Scheelings
	The pit area of team Kågered´s at Mantorp Park. Photographer: Remco Scheelings.
	Team Kågered´s hospitality area at Mantorp Park, where we cared for our 400 guests during the event. Photographer: Remco Scheelings
Published on website July 7th, 2000
	Crew member Thomas grinds the discs for the clutch in between two runs in Finland june-00.
	New helmet?? Micke got bored of waiting and amused his team by turning the fruit bowl upside down and put it on his head... Picture taken by Dave Alexander in Finland june-00.
	One of these rare pictures of the race car with the parachutes out. Pictures taken at Santa Pod and used as a courtesy by eurodragster.com.
Photos published 1999 Published on website June 29th, 1999
	Interview with runner-up Mikael Kågered (left) and winner Leif Andréasson at the FIA event in Alastaro, Finland June-99. Photo by the team.
	Ready to go.. Micke Kågered dressed up in his 6-layer driver´s suit, neck collar and helmet with fresh air supply. Photo taken in June-99 by the team.
	Warming up the engine before a test session at Santa Pod, England in May-99. This procedure is done before app. one hour before every run. Photo taken by the team.
	Introducing: Circus Kågered.. Top row from left; Kenth, Roland and Lars-Erik. Bottom from left; Göran and Håkan. Picture taken by team in Finland while mounting the awning.
	First picture of both Micke´s race cars together. The new Camaro is in front of the Mustang. Photo taken by the team in June -99.
Published on website March 21st, 1999
	1997 Santa Pod, England. Micke Kågered in his Ford Mustang against fellow countryman Leif Helander in his SAAB. Micke makes his outmost to beat long-time friend Leif and the races are always tight between these two. Photo taken by Andy Rogers (Tog).
	1993 European Finals, Santa Pod in England. Micke is running the Ford Probe that now is in Dutchman Lex Joon´s possesion. Photo taken by Andy Rogers (Tog).
Published on website March 9th, 1999
	Ford Mustang funny car in a smoky burnout at Mantorp Park in july 1998, Sweden. Photo taken by photographer Remco Scheelings from the Netherlands.
	Transporters, race car and Mikael Kågered at Mantorp Park before the FIA race started in july 1998. Photo taken by Jarl Asklund.
	In the pit area in front of the trailer. Mikael Kågered (in the middle) is having a conversation with chassis builder Mats Eriksson (on the left) and crew member Håkan Löfgren. Photo taken by the team.
	The mechanics in action, working on the race car in between runs at a race. Photo taken by the team.
	Cockpit view with the race car body lifted. Mikael is waiting for his turn, securely strapped in his seat. Photo taken by the team.
	Ford Mustang funny car with the body lifted. Crew member Roland Forsberg is sitting in the drivers seat while the car is towed to the line up area before a run. This photo is taken at Santa Pod, England in 1998 by the team
	Side view of Ford Mustang funny car entering the starline area at Hockenheim, Germany in august 1998. This photo is a courtesy of Quaker State in Switzerland, who took the photo.
	Team Kågered gathered for a photo session at Santa Pod in England. Mikael Kågered is standing in front of the car and the rest of the crew behind it. From the left; Åsa, Rulle, Håkan, Emil, Kekka and Svecke. Photo taken by the team.
	Race car in action. Photo taken soon after Mikael has passed the starting line by Remco Scheelings. Once again the track is Santa Pod Raceway, northwest of London in England.
	Race car from behind with the body lifted. Note the bags the parachutes are packed in. Two "chutes" are required in the top methanol funny car class to reduce the speed quickly after the finish line. Also note the side wings that are needed to keep the car stable. Photo by Remco Scheelings.
	Ford Mustang version 1997. This photo is taken at the Alastaro circuit outside Turku in Finland. The body is the same as on the other pictures, but with a different design used in 1996 and 1997. Photo taken by Hans Alvermo.

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