Arlanda, Sweden
September 29, 2001

The promoters of this once a year event had hoped for 15 female racers to attend the championship.  As the registrations closed and the girls headed for the starting line,  21 participants lined up ready to race in Arlanda this year.  This was a new record for female motocross competition in Sweden.  Riders experience varied from 2 months to 15 years - would a boy compete after only 2 months of practice?

Talk in the pits before moto 1 was about who would be on the podium later that day.  Most of the participants had an idea about who this would be.   The two top female competitors in Sweden during the past few years were Elin Mann and Johanna Mattsson.  On this day, Elin and Johanna had a fight for first place in moto 1 with Johanna taking first place at the checkered in front of Elin.  As the competition continued in moto 2, the tables turned as Elin won with Johanna taking second, creating a two way tie.  The best second moto finish are the tie breakers, giving Elin the overall and the title this year as she took home the trophy.  It was Marie Karlsson bringing in third place with Sandra Axell and Jessica Jönsson rounding off the fourth and fifth place positions.

Event Credit:  Results and Press Release provided by AMF Sweden (click here for Swedish version).
                    Translation by Johanna Mattsson and Elin Mann, Sweden.
                    Photos provided by TRPro.com.