2006 FIA Main Event
Saturday (qualifying)
Photos ©Sharkman
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Anders "Charley" Karling made a welcome return to Supertwin and it was like he'd never been away as he qualified #1 in the first session. |
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Super Pro ET racer Mark Pointer's crew opted to sleep through the rain delay and left instructions on when to wake them. |
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Incessant rain dissolved three Super Pro ET dragsters, leaving only their outlines... |
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A Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight made a pass over Santa Pod during the long rain delay. |
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A lot of Ray Hill's time and effort has gone into the new paint job on Freddy Fagerstrom's Pro Mod truck. |
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Gordon Appleton's stunning Pro Mod ran under a beautiful evening sky. |
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Jens Riehl has made the trip from Germany to compete in Super Comp. |
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Joe Stevens lived up to his Smokin' Joe nickname in today's only Pro ET qualifying session. |
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Pro ET racer John Atkinson put his new Toyo tyres through their paces. |
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The teak effect paint on John Morris' new Probe is pretty unique. |
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John Parkinson ran a best for the Every Penny Top Methanol Dragster in today's qualifying session. |
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Lee Darby's pick-up is a credit to Pro ET. |
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Matthew Eley's classic-style Pro ET Pop is similarly a worthy representative of the popular class. |
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Micke Gullquist shut down the engine of his Pro Mod just before staging. |
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Michael Malmgren took a frightening trip into the guardrail in the Lahega Pro Stock but was quite OK (photo courtesy and ©Chris 'Bois' Reed). |
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Nigel from Nitro FM interviewed Top Fuel racers Smax Smith and Lex Joon during the rain delay. |
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Paul Davis is working on the fuel system of the Reaper Super Pro ET dragster. |
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Eurodragster.com sponsor Paul Watson missed recording a qualifying time today. |
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Rene Hersland made his first pass in FIA competition during Top Fuel Dragster qualifying. |
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Rich Gilbertson moved up into fourth in today's interrupted Super Pro ET session, which will be completed tomorrow. |
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Richard Sundblom's new Cobalt Pro Stock is the perfect advertisement for Tami Brander's race car construction. |
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There is plenty to do in the office of Robert Joosten's Pro Mod. |
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Roel Koedam has a great new paintjob on his Top Fuel Bike and made his #1 spot look effortless. |
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Seppo Saapola gave it everything he had during Pro Mod qualifying, driving through shake and heading for the centre line. |
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Smax Smith clocked 0.860 to sixty feet in Top Fuel Dragster qualifying. |
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Steve Woollatt looked to have packed a firework in Top Fuel Bike qualifying... |
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...as had Svein Olav Rolfstad in the Supertwin session. |
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Tim Blakemore's Kawasaki Funny Bike gave him a free flying lesson. |
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Tommy Möller currently sits on the Top Fuel bump spot with a 10.208. |
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This superbly-turned-out racing truck is on display in the pits to promote the UK Truck Show at Santa Pod on 19th-20th August. |
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Ulf Leanders' IronCAD Top Methanol FC had us all scratching our heads when it stopped dead off the start line. |
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Zane Llewellyn's faithful old Super Comp engine finally bowed out today when the crank broke and two rods exited the block. |
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