2006 FIA European Finals
Thursday (Sportsman qualifying)
Photos ©Sharkman
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Martin Hill scared a couple of Race Control guests with a thumping flame and thunder show before a 6.4-second pass in Fireforce 3. |
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Both of the Perfect Awards went to Super Pro ET racers. The Eurodragster.com/Speedflow Award went to Steve Green... |
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...and the Eurodragster.com/LA Racing Parts Perfect ET Award to News sponsor Derek Flynn. |
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Jöran Persåker drove through horrible tyre shake but was probably laughing maniacally even as the world went blurry and sideways. |
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The fortieth anniversary celebrations continue and it's a great time for Al O'Connor's Super Gasser to recall its heyday. |
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Andy Haley ran one of today's three perfect runs and 9.50 Bike's first-ever 9.500. |
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John Everitt's new engine has all the poke the altered needs: hide-boiling burnouts and wheels up as far as he feels the need. |
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Burning out across the start line is not allowed in Pro ET but this is actually Jason Weir's launch so it's OK. |
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The Netherlands' Marck Harteveld broke into the eights for the first time in Super Comp qualifying. |
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This weekend we welcome four Swedish Super Gas Bike racers into 9.50 Bike and a couple are already dialled right on to the numbers. |
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Rubert Enjoem was straight into the top reaches of Pro ET qualifying on his first visit from The Netherlands. |
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Nick Davies provided demonstration action in the Havoc altered, hopefully the trail of oil the car left was nothing serious. |
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We're not quite sure why, but Max Croot assumed the crash position on his eight-second snowmobile. |
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Mike Bentley moves to Super Gas, and his longtime crew David White emigrates to Australia. Cause or effect? |
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Brendan Clancy led Super Gas after the first session of qualifying, and his crew went wild! |
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Pro ET racer Phil Toppin has a crew member whose specific duty is to advertise the car for sale. |
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Looks like Paul Webster put the hammer down a bit too hard in Sportsman ET qualifying. |
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Lena Perés documents every Junior Dragster run by son Ludvig. |
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Dave Nelson became the world's first Jaguar drifter with two three-sixties at the end of the shutdown area. |
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Pit notes contributor Chris Jones returned after damaging his engine at the FIA Main Event and forgot to stop at the 9.5s. |
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Jayne Kay took the lead in Junior Dragster with a 0.006 reaction time in the first run of session three. |
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Another appropriate vehicle for our fortieth anniversary is Money Hungry in the hands of Mick Smith and currently #3 in Sportsman ET. |
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Graham Dance kept alive the tradition of naughtiness with 8.0s in 9.50 Bike qualifying. |
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Bob Doyle is this evening enjoying his first ever Super Gas qualifying lead with a 9.904. |
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The Netherlands' Ful Lievaart has led Super Street qualifying all day and is showing good form with 10.91s and 10.92s. |
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We heard a loud bang from the collection area during Super Pro ET qualifying, this is Barry Giles' battery box, we think the two are connected. |
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Antony Wilkins has an unassailable lead in Pro ET with the third of today's perfect runs. |
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Matthew Eley had a hairy moment in Pro ET qualifying when his Pop went up on one wheel and sideways. Matt kept a good hold of it. |
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Sharkman and Tog are in a tug of love over who gets Roel van den Hout's Pro ET Plymouth Roadrunner. |
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Spencer Tramm ran personal bests in every session of Comp Eliminator qualifying, ending the day on 9.101, +0.981 on index. |
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