2006 FIA European Finals
Friday (qualifying)
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Arvid Grødem ran a Personal Best of 5.894/241.98 in today's first TMFC qualifying session. |
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Håkan Fällström lifted the blower clean off the Pennzoil Top Fueller in qualifying session two. |
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Gunther Sohn is second in Supertwin wih a 6.731/206.21. |
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Peter Dahlin's 7.041 was a pretty good run but was only good for #7 spot in Pro Stock. |
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Bandits coming out of the sun... |
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Eric Teboul oiled the entire quarter mile in Top Fuel Bike session two |
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Father and son Aiden and Chris Kenny paired up in Pro ET qualifying. |
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Teresa Letchford took #5 spot in the last knockings of Sportsman ET qualifying +0.033 on her dial-in. |
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The Netherlands' Martin Hermus runs this hot rod-style altered in Super Pro ET. |
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Pat Talbot has been into the sixes and +0.004 and +0.007 on her dial-in today and is currently second in Super Pro ET. |
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Roger Goring ran a Personal Best ET of 6.212 in the Firestorm Jet FC. |
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Leif Helander's Starkotter Fuel FC struck the tyres at the hit. |
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Karsten and Per Andersen and Glenn Mikres checking out the track before today's Top Fuel qualifying. |
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Otto Knebl's Funny Bike comes all the way from the Czech Republic and is an eight-second runner. |
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Carla Pittau and Rick McCann had to go home yesterday to change an engine and Carla got within 0.015 of dial-in on her first Pro ET qualifying pass today. |
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Steve Venables' newly-and beautifully-painted Super Street Bike ran into the 7.6s in 9.50 Bike qualifying. |
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Kjell Sjöblom sideswiped the guardrail in the second TMFC qualifying session. |
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The McDonald brothers tuned Smax Smith to #2 spot in Top Fuel qualifying a 4.978/296.14. |
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Tom Tinndahn's Buell is on a European ET record of 7.228 and he has two more days to back it up. |
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Malcolm Motler is running in Super Gas for the first time this weekend in the Spellbound Morris Minor pick-up. |
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Michal Ponca topped up his suntan whilst the track crew cleaned up Eric Teboul's oildown. |
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Marko Lantto put the front down just in time to swipe the guardrail, but no harm done and he was back in Pro Mod session two. |
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Danny Cockerill is currently fourth in Pro Mod with a Personal Best 6.383/215.08. |
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Pro Mod racer Henri Joosten either forgot or declined to set his wheelie bars and we love him for it. |
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Michael Malmgren set new European Pro Stock records of 6.850/202.58. |
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Tim Adam is the first racer to do triple duty at a race: the roadster in Super Comp and Super Gas and the Falcon in Super Street. |
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Peter Schöfer ran a personal best speed of 260.41 mph in the second Top Methanol Dragster session. |
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Dave Bailey clocked a Personal Best of 7.127/185.33 during the first Top Fuel Bike qualifying session. |
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Finland's Kai Selkamaa has run into the sevens on his Funny Bike and it looks like there is more left yet. |
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Robert Joosten repeated last week's 6.4-second feat at Hockenheim with a 6.461 in Pro Mod qualifying. |
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The track crew were working on the track before 8:00 and as we type this caption at 21:30 they have just finished working on the track. |
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Guess which one of these is Tog's pit bike? |
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