GRABKO GP - News

Brunbergs Joins Forces with Grabko GP

12/11/2022

SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT

Grabko GP is very proud to annouce a collaboration with Brunbergs Entreprenad that will see the two organizations working together for the first time! The initial one year agreement will make Brunbergs an integral part of the team's branding during the 2023 racing season.

Brunbergs brings with it a stellar reputation in the commercial and private construction contracting industry. For Brunbergs, professionalism, continuous development, FairPlay, and sustainability are held in the highest regard. This is why they are the go-to name for all general contracting needs in the quad-city region and beyond. They are laser focused on sustainable and impactful building projects that include restoration, renovation, and new production. Specializing in complete project management, they leverage their expertise and large network of sub-contractors to make any dream a reality. There is no one better to entrust with your building project than Brunbergs Entreprenad!

Brunbergs has launched a new website - brunbergs.com - do not hesitate to contact them with any home or business project you’ve been putting off for too long! And tell them Grabko GP sent you!

Mickael, Deven and Kira celebrate!

It is really great to be able to establish this collaborative relationship with such a well respected name like Brunbergs. Super proud to have them on board, and we hope to be worthy of developing a long term relationship with them going forward. Want to thank Mickael Brunberg for the trust and the enthusiasm he has shown for our team and philosophy towards racing. As a team it feels good to know that you have solid working relationships off the track as well as on it.”
~ Dan Grabko, Team Principal

After initial discussions with the team, I knew it was a good fit for us to team up with them (Grabko GP) for 2023. We are really happy to be a part of it and are looking forward to seeing what they can do this coming season. Their driver, Deven, is a good lad, and looking at his speed, we hope that with our support it will be an exciting year.”
~ Mickael Brunberg, CEO and Founder

When I heard that Brunbergs might join up with us, I was so happy! The job they did on our house was amazing! It isn’t even recognizable, and I love it. I am super pumped about representing them at the race track and am going to do everything I can to make them proud to see their name on our stuff! Mickael is a super cool guy, too - thanks so much for the support!” ~Deven Grabko, race driver.

0 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT

11/8/2022

0 Comments

Deven Grabko to Drive for AD Motorsport in 2023

Grabko GP are to enter into a strategic partnership with the multiple trophy winning racing outfit AD Motorsport in a move that will see their young driver talent, Deven Grabko, step into a race seat for the Helsingborg based team for the 2023 season.

After a successful test day at the Kart Ring Klippan circuit last weekend, the groundwork for an agreement was put in place. The move means that 10 year old Deven Grabko, who raced in the Swedish Formula Mini class in 2022 with LK Racing and the Intrepid Driver Program Sweden, will move up to the Junior 60 category, also known as Mini 60, an FIA-CIK international kart racing class, with the preliminary race program to include entries in the SKCC, SKL, and KCV championships in 2023.

Grabko GP are really looking forward to joining forces with AD Motorsport, who are a young and ambitious race team, having established themselves as a one of the teams to beat on the national stage in only a few short years. In 2022 alone, they became Swedish Champions, with victory in the J60 category at the national championships in Kalmar, Sweden, with driver Melvin Kalousdian. In addition, they recorded dozens of race wins and won a further six national series driver championship titles and four additional overall podium spots, including series victories in multiple categories in the IAME Series Sweden, Swedish Kart League, and Southern Swedish Kart Champion Cup.

The driving force behind the success is former Energy Corse Racing Karts factory team driver, Alex Dahlberg, who, together with a core group of like-minded racers, founded the team in 2020, and maintains close ties with the Italian kart manufacturer. The main goal was to take the fight to the OTK chassis teams, and develop the Energy Corse chassis into a fearsome race winning machine.

After focused and determined chassis development in partnership with the Energy Corse engineers, in 2021 they started winning races, and in 2022 they had their breakthrough year. Now in 2023 they will attempt to go even further!

Alex Dahlberg and Deven Grabko in the AD Motorsport Workshop

Deven has been on our radar for a while and when the opportunity arose for us to bring him in, it was a pretty easy decision. He showed good pace his first time in one of our karts, and has shown more than a few flashes of proper natural talent during the 2022 season, so I am really looking forward to helping him unlock his potential."
~ Alex Dahlberg
Team Principal, AD Motorsport

This is so great! I'm so excited and happy! I cannot wait to get started working with Alex and the team. The atmosphere here has been amazing and everyone has been so nice. It is going to be tough moving up into such a competitive class, but I am going to work so hard to prove I am worthy of a seat here!"
~Deven Grabko
Racing Driver, AD Motorsport

We're really excited to be able to partner with AD Motorsport for next year to maximize our driver development, and we feel it is a great fit for both parties. Really want to thank LK Racing and Intrepid Kart, both of whom have been amazing to work with and we are going to miss them. Now, though, we move forward and are pumped to join forces with Alex and Energy Corse Racing Karts!
~Dan Grabko
Team Principal, Grabko GP

0 Comments

2022 GRANDE FINALE

10/25/2022

0 Comments

Full Attack Mode In The Wet

Suddenly It All Comes Together

Here we are, the final official race of the 2022 season for Grabko GP!

We couldn’t think of a better place to come to round off the year than the Åsum Ring International Circuit in Kristianstad, Sweden.

Only four weeks ago the team was here for the final round of the Southern Swedish Karting Championship Cup. It was our 5th race weekend in 6 weeks and it showed in disappointing fashion as back to back to back to back races left less and less time to recuperate, recharge the batteries, and get the material right for the next race. Now though, there would be no excuses as the 3 week break left both team and driver rejuvenated and raring to go, with everyone and everything in tip top shape leading up to the event. All of us were hungry for revenge and to show what we could do and what we were really made of.

Grande Finale has earned its name over the past 3 decades as the premier end of season event in Swedish karting, attracting entrants from all over the country, as well as internationally, to compete for victory at the raceway that is regularly host to both European and World Championship events. It is a challenging track that has everything, from tight technical sections to sweeping high speed corners, as well as demanding elevation changes and off camber corners that give it a little extra bite for the drivers. This season was the 30th anniversary of the prestigious event, and what an honor it would be to put our name on the record books near the top of the results list here.

The event format would mirror that of the international karting environment the race facilities have on offer. It would be 3 full days of racing, with a Friday Free Practice, Saturday Qualifying and Sprint Heats, and on Sunday a Super Heat followed by the Grande Finale itself for all the glory.

0 Comments

2022 SKCC Round 7 Race Report - Kristianstad

9/27/2022

1 Comment

The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back

This was it, the seventh and final round of the 2022 Southern Swedish Kart Championship Cup. It was hard to believe it had already been 5 months almost to the day when it all kicked off with a maiden top 10 finish at the first round in Helsingborg.

Then a long rough patch as the team threw away a second consecutive top 10 in round 2 in Växjö when going for slicks in mixed conditions and an ill-timed rain shower ruined the day.

A powerful salvage job in round 3 followed that, also in Växjö during a double race weekend, grabbing a handful of points in the final after starting from the back of the grid when the spark plug cover fell off during qualifying, and fighting our way back through the field in the sprint heats to come home 15th.

After that the disappointment of round 4 in Klippan, where the team let Deven down in qualifying, forgetting to fuel his kart and he had to start from the back again, this time after making up 12 places in the opening lap of the final, crashed out and limped home to 28th.

Round 5 in Jönköping saw phantom mechanical issues that were not discovered until the next round of the competition, giving Deven no chance of putting in a performance and he bravely fought on at the back of the field.

The redemption in round 6 at Malmö where even with the mechanical issues only partly repaired, he showed his grit and skill to take home his best result of the season, another top 10 finish and silverware to put in the trophy room.

And now this - what would the final round have in store for Deven?

1 Comment

2022 KCV Round 5 Race Report

9/20/2022

0 Comments

Final Showdown in Uddevalla

The decisive round of an ultra-competitive Kart Cup West series championship was upon us. It all comes down to this after a long and bumpy ride full of highs and lows. From a slow start in Borås way back in April, to the podium glory of Lidköping, another podium performance snatched away from us in Skövde, and undiscovered bent chassis woes of Gothenburg, now it was back home to the Glimminge Ring for the decider. Going into the final round Deven held a razor thin grip on 2nd in the driver’s championship, but was at a huge disadvantage due to having to remove the worst result in the series from your points tally, as he was most likely going to be forced to erase 8 more points than his rivals around him. He would basically have to win and have 2 of the 3 drivers around him not finish in the final in order to hang on to his position. A realistic result and one to be proud of for the season would be to take home 4th in the driver’s championship.

Free Practice Saturday
Our man Deven was in good form, driving well with excellent minimum speed and low engine rpms higher than those around him, but the top end was letting him down badly. Again almost a second off the pace of the leaders, all at the back end of the straights, but this time the cause was known. The race motor was making its return, newly serviced, and so was a little tight, and thus the team were running it all through the practice day to break it in for the race day tomorrow. It was accepted and expected behaviour, so the mood was still one of quiet confidence as they packed in the gear prepping for race day the next morning. Data points were not lying.

Race Day Sunday

Free Practice 1 & 2 | 5 & 10 minutes | P8 & P7
The early morning session was cold and damp, so representative times were not being put up on the timing sheets. Quiet session trying to run in the motor. No panicking yet. The second session was expected to be better, but still the engine was refusing to breathe and give Deven the power he needed down the straights, about 300 revs down on where it should be. Deven was again top of the charts on the data in the corners but getting mugged on the straights by almost everyone. Still finished one better in P7 going into qualifying, but too far off the pace to be comfortable at all.

0 Comments

<<Previous

LATEST NEWS

Brunbergs Joins Forces with Grabko GP

SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT

BREAKING NEWS: DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT

Deven Grabko to Drive for AD Motorsport in 2023

2022 GRANDE FINALE

Full Attack Mode In The Wet

2022 SKCC Round 7 Race Report - Kristianstad

The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back

2022 KCV Round 5 Race Report

Final Showdown in Uddevalla

Archives

Location

Our Vision

Contact Us

Subscribe Today!

LATEST NEWS

Brunbergs Joins Forces with Grabko GP

SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT

BREAKING NEWS: DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT

Deven Grabko to Drive for AD Motorsport in 2023

2022 GRANDE FINALE

Full Attack Mode In The Wet

2022 SKCC Round 7 Race Report - Kristianstad

The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back

2022 KCV Round 5 Race Report

​Final Showdown in Uddevalla

Archives

Location

Our Vision

Contact Us

Subscribe Today!

Final Showdown in Uddevalla