Micke Kågered Racing

MICKE KÅGERED RACING is based in Sweden, Scandinavia within easy reach of most of central Europe. Our home base is located outside Linköping, two hours drive south of Stockholm. Among our merits are five European Championship titles in methanol funny car (a car we sold in 2007). Since 2001 we operate in the top fuel dragster category- the Formula 1 in dragracing. Team activities consist of participation in the FIA European Championship mixed with exhibitions, road shows and events.. Most of our crew members have long time experience in drag racing and part of the current crew constellation goes back as far as to 1995.

TEAM KÅGERED CONSTELLATION 2011

Mikael Kågered TEAM OWNER Top Fuel Dragster Pilot		"Micke" as he is mostly nick named, started his drag racing career in 1983. He had a few years off to compete in rally as a co-pilot, but returned to drag racing in 1989 and chose to compete in the top methanol funny car class. After five European champion titles, Micke felt it was time to try something new. Therefore, in 2001 he also took on the task of piloting a top fuel dragster. At first Micke doubled as a pilot in both funny car and dragster for the seasons 2001 and 2002, before he signed up Niclas Andersson to pilot the funny car the seasons 2003-2005. Micke is a trained technician on office equipment by profession and also owned and ran a marine service company, before he decided to focus and work with drag racing and team activities on a fulltime basis. That was in 1996 and his company is currently busy on an all year round basis, working with a number of leading companies when it comes to different aspects of market communication. In between races Micke often gets the chance to prove he is a skilled and allround mechanic. He also holds licences to drive our transporters and occasionally double as a truck driver. At the race track however, his main concerns are to pilot the Bahco Express top fuel dragster and to represent the team. When he has a chance to relax, Micke enjoys to assemble and ride motorcycles- preferrably his chopper!

CREW:

Göran"Emil" Edman
tuning top fuel dragster

Emil, was initially in charge of tuning the methanol funny car, but since 2006 he dedicates his "racing" time fully to the top fuel dragster. It is Emil, who together with Rob Inglis and Micke works out the strategy for every run Micke makes, no matter if it is a test run or a final. Emil is in charge of ordering most parts from the US. Besides taking an active part in the team, Emil runs his own business manufacturing steel and glass parts for the building industry.

In the team since 1995

Maria Ljunggren
Cylinder Heads Top Fuel Dragster

Maria, who lives with Micke. She makes the cylinder heads between the races at the racestrack. She also does all the booking of travel for the team and make all the food to the races. She also working as a truck mechanic high school teacher and she is very proud of her three children.

In the team since 2009

Mika Laksela
diver top fuel dragster

Mika is our "diver" and service the bottom part of the engine in between runs- quick and efficiently and in close cooperation with "upper engine" mechanics Max and Jocke. Mika is a heavy duty vehicle mechanic by profession. Mika also play an important role in the off season work around the race car, where he does so much more than his duties at the race track.

In the team since 2001

Max Nilsson
engine mechanic top fuel dragster

Max is a heavy duty vehicle mechanic by profession. 2011 will be his 6th season as a top fuel mechanic.
During the races Max service and prepare the rods and pistons. Between the runs his an engine mechanic.

In the team since 2006

Mark Turner
clutch top fuel dragster

Mark is our profession clutch mechanic. He started dragracing in 1998 as clutch mechanic trained by Alan Jackson. He has worked for many different teams in that role on top fuel dragsters and funny cars. In more recent year he managed the mongoose fuel funny car as well as his clutch service duties. In 2011 he joined team kågered and there have enjoyed a great years racing with a great team around him.
Day to day his a project manager for Ad coach systems a company which coverts luxury high end coaches which are used for football teams and other high end clients.This has gained him air conditioning and auto electrical qualifications as well as engineering and fabrication in many different material types.

In the team since 2011

Joakim Andersson
engine mechanic top fuel dragster

Joakim"Jocke"is ours youngest and just like Mika, Max´s profession is in maintenance of heavy duty trucks. He´s doing one side of the engine between the racer.

In the team since 2010

Fredrik Levstad Allround mechanic top fuel dragster

In the Team since 2010

Rob Ingels
engine top fuel dragster

Rob has been working on nitro cars since 2000, originally for "King" Knut Soderqvist who ran many cars and drivers this last number of years. He started out as the diver, doing the same job as Mika, but quickly became involved with the tuning side of the cars with mentor and tuner Alan Jackson. Rob started working with Team Kagered at the start of 2009, after Knut retired from drag racing and sold all his equipment. Rob can do most jobs on the car, but usually assists with getting the car onto the Pro-Jacks and helping remove the blower, then looking at the Racepak data from the run with crew chief Emil and deciding what changes to make for the next run. Rob has a bachelors degree with honours in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) and has run his own oil and gas drilling consultancy business the last 6 years from Aberdeen in Scotland where he lives, so he also takes care of all the electrics/ignition and air systems on the car.

In the team since 2009

Robert Eriksson
clutch top fuel dragster

Robert is our clutch mechanic and divide his time between running his own rally team (!) and helping out Micke. A specialised turbo engineer by profession and his knowledge has proved useful many times. Robert joins team Kågered when his rally schedule allows it.

In the team since 2000

Kent Karlsson
truck driving
allround top fuel dragster

Kenta or "Gotland" as many call him, drives the transporters (with its valuable cargo) safely to and from the race tracks and is in charge of the loading and unloading of everything. He arrives early at the track and makes our pit space "race ready" with all equipment we carry before the rest of the crew arrives! During races Kenta handles a bit of everything and is also invloved in sponsor contacts and planning when it comes to exhibitions and road shows.

In the team since 2001

Terry Giles

engine+heads top fuel dragster

Just like Mika, Max and Jocke Terry´s profession is in maintenance of heavy duty trucks. When working with team Kågered, his main task normally is to prepare the heads and he is so good at it. Thorough and with many year´s experience as Gary Page´s crew chief and mechanic!

Although Gary is piloting a nitro funny car for some races in 2008, Terry sticks with the tasks ans stays on as a team Kågered mechanics.

In the team since 2006
photo: Richard Stirling-
www.topnitro.co.uk

BACKUP MECHANICS:

Pär Evensson

allround mechanic

Pärra as we call him, has been an engine mechanic in the team on and off, when time allows it. Pärra also has a career in drag racing piloting a drag bike.

In the team since 2001

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