2007 SPRC Summernationals
Peak Performance Day, Friday 15th June
Photos ©Roger Gorringe
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Germany's Peter Granica will be contesting Super Street Bike this weekend after Thomas Granica had to withdraw. |
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Neil Midgley got into the low sevens on his Funny Bike with the rear slick squealing. |
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Heide Page made her first couple of runs in the Panic Pro ET Firebird. |
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Kevin Long got his licence in his Toyota and will be competing in Sportsman ET this weekend. |
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Ken Cooper ran into the 8.0s on his Funny Bike. |
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John Tebenham ran a low eight in the world's quickest Cosworth-powered car even with an early 'chute deployment. |
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Steve Pateman's Street Eliminator Calibra was doing some serious skating on its first run today, Steve stayed with it as long as he dared. |
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Steve Mead pulling a burnout under the gaze of fellow Super Street Bike racer Pete Bellenie. |
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Conrad Skett rides Stephen Moon's Comp Bike. |
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Jason Weir's Street Eliminator Plymouth Suburban now has a Procharger and it sounds a lot different. |
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Tethys clocked a perfect 8.900 in Paul Marston Racing's Super Comp dragster. |
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Dan Page had a drive of Jon Morton's Super Comp/Super Gas Camaro and looked like he had always been driving it. |
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Both Paul and Teresa Letchford were testing here today, this is Paul in his Super Comp Camaro. |
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Ashley Bell has a new, bigger motor in his Cobra and the car seems to like the new powerplant, running very straight. |
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Steve Unsworth's very pretty Mustang will be racing in Sportsman ET this weekend. |
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Nick Mugridge clocked an 8.0 in his Junior Modified Dragster. |
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We thought that Mark Pointer's burnout ended a little abruptly, he didn't go to half track. Word on the track radio was that the blower belt broke. |
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Stuart Doignie was getting his BMW Super Gasser dialled-in before the rain came. |
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Pete Ashworth's Dayglo Twister Outlaw Anglia ran an 8.4289. |
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Shaun Spiers had both his Bandit and his Busa here today, both 9.50 Bikes. The Bandit ran tens and the Busa ran easy nines. |
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Steve Venables ran a 7.6278 on his Super Street Bike... |
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...and Graham Balchin had a go at the finish line reflectors on Steve's previous Super Street Bike. |
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Our 9.50 Bike narrator Chris Jones managed a 9.7320 before we were rained out. |
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Pete Bellenie pulled a big wheelie on his Super Street Bike and from Race Control it looked like a crunching landing. |
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Dave Crunkhorn aka Crunch has crewed with Martyn Jones since 1991 and is licencing to compete in Super Pro ET this weekend. |
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Ray Comer's Street Eliminator Camaro pulled a tiny wheelie on the way to a 9.444. |
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Mick Howling got in one pass in Grumpy's Dodge before the weather spoilt things. |
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Street Eliminator racer Colin Lazenby lost a bet with Race Reporter Tog, and not knowing that Tog has no conscience Colin only paid up after trying to claim that the fiver was coming out of son Bradley's money box. |
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Al Simms' Street Eliminator Cresta was in pre-stage when the rain started to fall. |
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Gordon Appleton put in a storming half pass in his Pro Mod and the incrementals looked very good. |
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Some of this weekend's MSA Pro Modified racers took part in a photo session at the end of the day. |
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Allan Sives' blown-methanol Firebird is likely headed for Super Pro ET when he has tested some more. You can find out more on today's news update. |
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