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19:30

Today's pictures have now been posted, you can view them from the event index page.

17:30

Simon has been beavering away all day to keep the points tallies up to date and here are the 2005 Champions, subject to ratification:

MSA British Top Methanol: Rob Turner (thanks to Dave Alexander for confirmation)
Pro Modified: Danny Cockerill
Super Modified: Ellis Racing
Super Pro ET: Ian Tubb
Pro ET: John Atkinson
Sportsman ET: Rick Denny
Super Comp: Chris Johnson
Super Gas: Frank Mason
Super Street: John Grant
Street Eliminator: Colin Lazenby
Junior Dragster: Jay Hauser
ACU Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt
ACU Funny Bike: Chris Hall
ACU Pro Stock Bike: Dave Beck
ACU Comp Bike: Gary Jones
ACU Super Street Bike: Steve Venables
9.50 Bike: Fred Furlong

NAST Supertwin Street: Chris Stebbings
NAST Supertwin Gas: John Floyd
NAST Supertwin Modified: Tony Legg
NAST Supertwin Street: Dave Jones

Wild Bunch Series: Mike Creswell
Outlaw Anglia: Paul Wright

VWDRC VW Pro: Glynn Morgan
VWDRC VW Sportsman: Paul Herbert
VWDRC VW Alternate Engine: Spencer Tramm

Sharkman is working on today's pictures, stay tuned.

16:45

Here are the final results in all classes:

MSA Top Methanol: Rob Turner 5.575/248.85 def. John Parkinson 10.236/81.20
Super Modified: Graham Ellis 7.634/179.27 def. Tim Garlick 7.856/149.93
Super Pro ET: Vince Gibbs (8.83) 8.837/149.05 def. John Everitt (7.95) 7.943/166.02 breakout
Pro ET: Lee Huxley (10.54) 10.474 def. Malcolm Motler (10.10) 10.221/131.21 red light
Sportsman ET: Rick Denny (13.08) 13.027/101.52 lesser breakout def. Nick Gay (14.70) 14.604/78.10
Super Comp: Jon Morton 9.046/133.17 def. Chris Isaacs 9.426/146.11
Super Gas: Brendan Clancy 9.924/108.70 def. Spencer Tramm 9.952/112.13
Super Street: John Grant 11.052/119.40 def. Paul Spiers 11.047/110.21
Junior Dragster: Jayne Kay (12.35) 12.555/50.27 def. Holly Mitchell (10.20) 10.010/67.64 red light
Street Eliminator: Steve Nash 8.317/175.69 def. Andy Frost shut off (fluid)
Wild Bunch: Phil Sweeney (13.40) 13.474/86.04 def. Tony Wynne Jones (10.90) 11.052/120.31
VW Pro: Glynn Morgan (11.55) 11.707/111.37 def. Simon Longman (12.80) 17.094/65.98 red light
VW Sportsman: Paul Herbert (14.80) 15.037/69.53 def. Aby Tether (21.50) 22.145/50.96
VW Alternate Engine: Spencer Tramm (9.75) 9.930/109.94 def. Simon Williams (15.29) 15.953/78.80

Top Fuel Bike: Roel Koedam 6.072/225.08 def. Steve Carey no time
Funny Bike: Shaun Branch 7.643/159.17 def. Tim Blakemore 8.546/115.17
Pro Stock Bike: Richard Gipp 7.688/169.20 def. Philippe Runget 8.061/159.48
Super Street Bike: Steve Venables 7.925/190.66 def. Mark Fisher 8.085/177.13
Comp Bike: Gary Jones 7.746/170.51 def. Phil Leamon 8.487/151.48
9.50 Bike: Richard Hann 9.556/143.75 def. Fred Furlong 9.573/144.67
Supertwin Gas: John Floyd 9.303/139.22 def. George Laycock 9.996/129.36 red light
Supertwin Modified: Chris Mott 9.978/137.20 def. John Hackney 10.019/138.43
Supertwin Street: Dave Jones 10.239/128.56 def. Rachael Prevett 10.775/126.70

Andy Marrs tells us that the track was open for 6 hours and 42 minutes today, 6 hours and 8 minutes of racing time and nine stops totalling 34 minutes.

Stay tuned and we will shortly bring you the 2005 UK National Champions.

15:40

Gordon Appleton was next up with another demo pass in the Wheelgame Racing Pro Mod, a 6.561/214.35 driving through shake again.

We're now on a fifteen minute stand-down to collect all of our finalists, stay tuned and we'll bring you all the results at the end.

15:32 Junior Dragster eliminations round 4 winners:

15:30 Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners:

15:25 Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners:

15:20

Martin Hill followed Roel Koedam with a tremendous 5.809/276.58 in the Fireforce 2 Jet Funny Car.

15:15

MSA Top Methanol final

Rob Turner 5.575/248.85 def. John Parkinson 10.236/81.20

John didn't get the tyres to light on the burnout. Rob got the jump off the line 0.179 to 0.271, 0.921 to sixty feet, driving through shake as the car moved about the lane. Jon was off the throttle very quickly.

Clayton Round followed up with a pass in Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association. Clayton lost fire after the burnout but restarted and clocked a superb 7.171/188.98, a new PB, well done guys!

Next up was Roel Koedam with a demo pass on his Top Fuel Bike The datalogger on his earlier 6.0 pass showed that Roel clicked off at 5.7 seconds and 231 mph. The team put more nitro into the bike and changed a number of settings to get the five-second pass this time around, 6.132/231.66 the result with a small amount of wheelspin which robbed Roel of some ET.

15:06 9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

15:05 Super Street Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

15:00 Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners:

14:55 Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners:

14:55 Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners:

14:45 VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners:

14:40 VW Pro eliminations round 3 winners:

14:38 Wild Bunch eliminations round 3 winners:

Tony Wynn Jones made it into the tens and set a new PB speed, well done Tony!

14:37 Super Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners:

14:36 Supertwin Street eliminations round 2 winners:

14:34 Supertwin Modified eliminations round 2 winners:

14:32 Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

John backed up his earlier 9.049 for a new record, well done Floydy!

14:30 Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners:

Wilf Stacey and Jon Webster matched up for a demo pass after this round, Wilf clocked 9.228/147.06 to Jon's 11.359/133.11

14:22 VW Alternate engine eliminations round 2 winners:

14:20 Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

A Personal Best ET for Philippe, well done Philippe!

14:15 Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

14:10 Funny Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

14:05 Super Modified eliminations round 3 winners:

Andy Hone and Rob Millward matched up for a demo race after this session, Rob left before the lights ran and Fred clocked 7.866/170.51. Simon Farmer followed up with a 10.525/83.35.

Next up was Gordon Appleton in the Wheelgame Racing Pro Mod, a far from straight 6.821/163.04, this time the tyre tracks described a W as Gordon got close to the guardrail.

14:00 Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners:

13:55 Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners:

13:50 VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners:

13:50 VW Pro eliminations round 2 winners:

13:47 Super Street eliminations round 2 winners:

13:45 Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners:

13:45 Sportsman ET eliminations round 2 winners:

The timing system showed a 0.000 win margin for Dave Nelson, Andy Marrs

13:40 Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners:

13:30

Gordon Smith's first pass of the day in the Shockwave Fuel Funny Car was a 12.174/66.96. 0.899 to sixty feet with shake from about thirty to about a hundred feet, then cylinders went out on the left side. Gordon pedalled it then got back on the throttle, there was a yello nitro cloud from the car and Gordon got off the throttle and idled through.

Next up was Clayton Round in the last member of the NFAA left standing. A great burnout and then wheels up off the start line, a couple of pedals and 8.295/179.85.

13:20

MSA Top Methanol eliminations round 2

John Parkinson 15.751/49.54 bye

John was on and off the throttle to half track and then idled to the top end.

Rob Turner 5.762/233.23 def. Trev Capewell 6.144/229.84

Rob Turner took his eighth 2005 MSA British Drag Racing Championship with this win, congratulations Rob and team! Rob took the long way round, driving through shake and his tyre tracks describe a long and graceful S down his lane. Another fine run for Trev, straight and again shake-free.

Dave Wilson and Steph Milam paired up for test runs after this race, Grumpy getting bulbed after taking a while to stage and Steph leaving gently but then picking up to clock 6.715/228.35.

13:10

Top Fuel Bike final

Roel Koedam 6.072/225.08 def. Steve Carey no time

An absolute stormer from Roel, the bike went straight down the middle of the lane. Roel's speed backs up the 217.50 of this morning for a new ACU speed record, well done Roel! Meanwhile Steve in the left lane headed for the left hand guardrail and had the bike leant right over to try to avoid it, from here it looked as if he just tagged the rail very gently on his left side, and then he fell sideways off the bike. Steve got off the deck and awaited the safety crews who were there in moments, he is A-OK.

13:05 9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

13:00 Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

13:00 Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

12:55 Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

12:45 Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners:

12:45 Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

12:40 Supertwin Street eliminations round 1 winners:

12:37 Supertwin Modified eliminations round 1 winners:

12:35 Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Floydy's ET will be a record if he backs it up, well done Floydy!

Trackside conditions are 14.2 C, 54% humidity and 29.97 inches of air.

12:30

Martin Hill followed Street Eliminator with a thunderous 5.871/260.00 in the Fireforce 2 Jet Funny Car.

12:10 Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners:

12:05 VW Alternate Engine eliminations round 1 winners:

12:00 Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

11:50 Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

11:45 Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

11:40 Super Street eliminations round 1 winners:

11:35 Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners:

The win margin in Paul Webster's race against Keith Crampton came up on the timing system as 0.000.

11:20

MSA Top Methanol eliminations round 1

John Parkinson 8.915/119.64 def. Dave Wilson 12.212/58.65

Dave strapped a huge holeshot on John but there was a bang from the engine of the American Car Imports dragster at about seventy feet. John pedalled his dragster a number of times and passed the slowing Grumpy at about a thousand feet, at which point Grumpy was sidelining the car.

Rob Turner 5.534/252.82 def. Steph Milam 8.660/95.95

Rob was away first 0.174 to 0.366, drove through shake and went very close to his personal best. Steph clocked a good sixty foot time of 1.077 but the tyres started to shake at about seventy feet and Steph was off the throttle by about three hundred feet. Rob has a chance at the Championship and this combined with Grumpy's round one exit won't have hurt.

Trev Capewell 6.159/228.36 def. Lindsay Deuchar 6.935/204.78

Lindsay left first 0.174 to 0.517 but it was almost as if he rolled the lights, the sixty foot time of 1.395 shows a gentle launch then the tyres started to turn as he got further on the throttle. Trev was past Lindsay by sixty feet (1.009) and put in a very straight and shake-free pass, the chutes out right on the line.

11:10

Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Steve Carey 7.082/164.96, Roel Koedam 6.350/217.50

Another stormer from Roel, heading for the centre line again but staying with it all the way, sounded as if he had a bit of a misfire. A nice pass from Steve, too, he looked set for a six but at about 1000 feet there was a little puff if smoke from the engine, I am guessing he got off the throttle at that point. Roel's speed will be a new ACU record if he backs it up.

Qualifying after this session is as follows:

1. Roel Koedam 6.334/212.23
2. Steve Carey 7.082/164.96

11:00 Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners:

Congratulations to Andy Kirk on his new PB in this round, Rob Millward also ran a new PB of 7.826 in his race against Tim Garlick.

10:50

Gordon Appleton's first run of the day in the Wheelgame Racing Pro Mod was a storming 6.354/221.67. Gordon drove through the acceptable level of shake, headed for the centre line but stayed with it and gently guided it back to the middle of his lane.

10:45 Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners:

10:35 Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners:

Trackside conditions are 11.4 C, 69% humidity and 29.94 inches of air.

10:35 VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners:

10:30 VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners:

10:25 9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

10:20 Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Congratulations to Mick Payne who clocked a PB of 7.774/171.67 and broke out big time against Barry Giles!

10:10 Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

10:05 Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

9:55 Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners:

9:45 Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

7:45

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway on another beautiful crisp autumn morning. It's the last day of the UK National Championships, and we're here to bring you all the news in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is on-line and broadcasting a picture every two minutes.

Trackside conditions are currently 7.3 C, 84% humidity and 29.85 inches of air. The forecast is very good indeed and we're set for a great day's racing.

Andy Marrs tells us that the track was open for 9 hours 43 minutes yesterday, and that we had 5 hours 36 racing and sixteen sessions of downtime totalling 4 hours 17 minutes, almost all for rain. Hopefully it will all be racing and no downtime today.

Before we start, a quick Thank You to Nev and Libby Mottershead and Andy and Sharon Williamson for feeding and watering your reporter last night.

The traditional Raceday Hello to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from New Hampshire, I hope that you are having a great weekend guys. Hello also to our good buddy Jo Holland of Motorsport News who we know is tuned in, and Hi to Lex Joon and Gerda Dijkstra who are tuned in from Holland. Hope you're enjoying the coverage.

Simon will be with us today and he will be keeping track of the Championship developments so we should be able to bring you the list of Champions pretty quickly at the end of the day.

We are due to start at 9:15 with Pro ET eliminations, Top Fuel Bike has one more qualifier this morning but everyone else is in eliminations. As ever we will bring you the winners in each class.

Stay tuned and we will be back as soon as eliminations start.