Per Andersen and Karsten Andersen are two men who need little introduction to anyone who follows European Drag Racing. The Danish duo have tuned top fuel dragsters to an incredible five FIA Championship titles and numerous European records.

This year Per and Karsten were awarded the James Edgar Memorial Trophy for outstanding performance by a crew member. Voted for by the readers of Eurodragster.com and selected by the SPRC committee the award has been presented since 1995. Per and Karsten join the famous names of Jeff Bull, Alan Jackson, Rune Fjeld and many more as winners of the trophy.

Per commented, "I'm honoured, to receive such a award, and we will do everything to take the performance even further!" Karsten added "I would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the readers of Eurodragster.com who voted for us. Thank you so much - it means a lot to us, that the work we do is noticed by the many people who love the sport just as much as us. It is also very important for me to stress, that we see this trophy as an award to all crew members on the Lucas Oil Team, as no team is better or stronger than the weakest member. So thank you - and we will do our very best to be worthy of yet another trophy next year. See you out there on the track."

The Lucas Oil Team during the 2008 championship winning season was Per, Karsten, Henrik, Markus, Jes, Martin, Peter, Richard, Dan, Sarah, Phil, Gary, Ian, Dave and Stu... and of course Andy Carter.

The Lucas Oil Team with Per and Karsten calling the shots will start their title defence at this years FIA Main Event at Santa Pod on the May Bank Holiday weekend.

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