Event Coverage

2006 FIA European Finals
Peak Performance Day

	'Monkey Boy' is a regular in the Street Racer Saturday series, running down into the nine-second zone.		We also discovered what had become of Monkey since he got his P45 from ITV Digital - he is now co-pilot for Monkey Boy.
	The Taz boys were out in strength for the Street Racer Series and most of them were launching wheels up.		Eurodragster News Editor Tog was wheelstanding his way to a string of 10.0s and a PB speed in Carla Pittau and Rick McCann's Pro ET Camaro.
	Thanks to Spencer Tramm we know that this is Paul Lay making first runs in the ex-Cliff Watkins Bugcatcher car.		Al Platt got some seat time in the family Sportsman ET Camaro.
	Ian King made one 330 foot pass on the immaculately turned out Top Fuel bike.		Jon Webster has a new and bigger turbo fitted to the MG and after laying down some huge rolling burnouts at the Parade of Power last night was catching air off the start line today
	Also lifting the wheels was this turbocharged rod that is another Street Racer Series regular.		Steve Harrington managed a couple of runs in between the showers, the first one a 9.9 second pass, not bad for his first run since Easter 2003.
	Blower sticking through the bonnet and fat slicks certainly gave this Chevy pick-up an aggressive attitude.		Gino Bernadine worked his way into the nines with the turbocharged four-cylinder Ford.
	David Warren was getting re-aquainted with the family's race bikes after a meeting or two on a Super Street Bike.		Paul Webster made several passes before handing over the Mini to another driver later in the day.
	It was also a day for nervous fathers, with Steve Good watching on as daughter Stacey ran down into the twelves...		...whilst Ian Warren was supervising son Stephen's very first passes up the track.
	This very tidy and stock-looking Jag turned a few heads by dipping into the thirteens.		We have brought you so many photos of the Taz Fiats on their back bumpers we thought we would show you one of them coming back to earth for a change.
	Danny Cockerill made one pass today netting a 6.7/209 and taking honours for quickest and fastest of the day.		Matthew Eley was testing out the car after having it rewired by Tim Garlick; the wiring is in preparation for the nitrous going on.
	Dave Evans had Coco Connection launching hard, but a trail of smoke which started at sixty feet and carried on all the way to the finish line signalled all was not well and a quarter mile of oil was the result.		Nick Griffin was one of the first racers to take to the track after a monumental drying effort by the track crew.
	Spencer Tramm was trying to get the car dialled-in for the European Finals, but a headwind gusting up to 46 mph was really hurting the mph at the top end.		Paul Wing looked to be still having issues with the supercharged combination in his Super Street Bike.
	Gordon Appleton and crew pose with the US' Carl Spiering before his first run, the crew having worked like Trojans for two days to get the car ready...		...testing the new set-up proved a painful experience as the third pass resulted in the worst tyre shake we have seen this year, shaking off the passenger door about a hundred feet out.

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