This years Grand National was held at the Swiss National Championships and attracted visiting teams from Germany and Slovenia. Claude Mermod and Ruedi Moser (SUI) claimed the 9 race series at Bevaix between 10th - 13th September. The Grand National was created in 1999 to give European fireballers another opportunity to meet and compete beside the annual European championship. Every year one national championship of three or more days is designated as the Fireball Grand National.