2008 Big Bang
Sunday (qualifying and eliminations)


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16:45

Final results

Super Modified: Nigel Payne 7.7999/178.08 def. Andy Kirk 7.7054/177.44
B&H Automotive Street Eliminator: Steve Nash 7.8029/183.90 def. Steve Pateman 11.4007/79.83
Sportsman ET: Nick Gay (14.60) 14.7745/80.37 def. Don Brittain (13.72) 15.2851/96.13
Junior Dragster: Dan Giles (9.00) 9.0365/70.04 def. Scott Hauser (8.00) 8.0306/81.28
9.50 Bike: Phil Pratt 9.5424/132.97 def. Wayne Saunders 9.5684/146.48
VW Pro: Paul Herbert (12.80) 13.0152/92.00 def. James Hodson (10.60) 11.2946/126.72
VW Sportsman: Paul Day (16.30) 16.4443/63.52 def. Russ Weir (18.95) 19.3117/66.40
VW Alternate Engine: Spencer Tramm (8.75) 9.1443/117.15 def. Mark Skeen (14.15) 15.4069/81.93
Outlaw Anglia: Rob Stone 9.6794/136.57 def. Simon Barlow 9.5469/145.25

We're now working on today's pictures and Kirstie has some more pit notes. Stay tuned.

15:55

VW Pro eliminations round 3 winners: Paul Herbert (12.80) 12.9018/99.89 bye, James Hodson (10.55) 10.6179/no speed

VW Sportsman eliminations round 4 winners: Russ Weir (18.85) 18.9316/68.77, Paul Day (16.15) 21.9201/56.82 bye

15:50

9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Wayne Saunders 9.4962/147.39, Phil Pratt 9.6524/130.93

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners: Dan Giles (9.03) 9.0368/68.33, Scott Hauser (7.99) 8.0105/81.28

15:35

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 3 winners: Simon Barlow 9.5083/143.22, Rob Stone 9.6421/137.61 bye

B&H Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners: Steve Nash 7.8129/183.90, Steve Pateman 8.4784/172.01 bye

VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners: Adrian Wigley (16.80) 18.1393/62.06, Russ Weir (18.85) 21.1562/49.42 bye, Paul Day (16.15) 16.6185/62.71

15:15

VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners: Stuart Hinds (14.80) 148319/91.64, Adrian Wigley (16.80) 16.6403/78.23, Paul Day (16.15) 16.3395/80.37, Chris Bray (16.10) 16.6155/84.38 bye, Russ Weir (18.85) 18.7994/68.23

Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners: Nick Gay (14.60) 14.7699/83.19, Don Brittain (14.00) 13.7267/99.89

VW Alternate Engine eliminations round 2 winners: Mark Skeen (14.15) 14.3396/84.33, Spencer Tramm (8.75) 8.8279/142.36

15:00

9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Phil Pratt 9.9303/115.32, Chris Jones 10.0889/138.84, Andy Haley 9.9152/112.21, Wayne Saunders 9.5909/164.91

14:55

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners: Jordan Keelan (8.10) 8.1970/79.73, Rosie Hunt (7.93) 7.9348/80.63, Scott Hauser (7.98) 8.0372/81.02, Dan Giles (9.00) 9.1460/69.52

Super Modified eliminations round 2 winners: Nigel Payne 7.7420/178.00 bye (Rob Smallworth shut off), Andy Kirk 7.6948/177.37 bye

Tim Mugridge followed this session with his final licencing pass, 8.5388/159.69, well done Tim!

VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners: James Hodson (10.55) staged (bye), Colin Jardine (11.70) 12.2602/110.16 bye, Paul Herbert (12.85) 12.9677/93.71

14:30

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners: Simon Barlow 10.5083/97.33 bye, Mark Bracking 11.5487/116.31 bye, Rob Stone 9.5041/138.08

B&H Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners: Steve Pateman 9.1454/170.90, Jon Webster 8.5466/173.21 bye (Ron Haslett shut off), Steve Nash 8.0418/181.96

14:20

Sportsman ET eliminations round 2 winners: Don Brittain (13.94) 14.5154/93.71, Steve Woodbridge (19.75) 20.1306/60.50, Brian Huxley (15.74) 15.5827/85.92 bye, Nick Gay (14.60) 14.6347/85.92

14:15

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners: Jordan Keelan (8.10) 8.2186/79.85, Scott Hauser (7.95) 7.9949/81.15, Anna Stanley (8.42) 8.4416/77.37, Rosie Hunt (7.90) 7.9681/80.76, Annalieze Gibb (8.90) 9.1065/68.47, Josh Saunders (9.21) 9.3485/70.96, Dan Giles (9.00) 9.0383/70.12, Zak Johnson (9.25) 9.4756/68.38

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Chris Jones 9.6931/134.05, Martin Walker 12.1380/74.29, Phil Pratt 9.8260/115.35, Richard Beck 9.6364/137.61 bye (Steve Venables no show), Tony Beadman 10.1234/141.15 bye (Jamie Sneddon no show), Andy Haley 9.6988/119.42, Fred Furlong 9.5898/131.27, Wayne Saunders 9.5729/138.46

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners: Stuart Hinds (14.80) 15.0769/75.60, Shane Rae (18.30) 18.3491/68.41, Abi Tether (19.50) 19.8172/59.34, Adrian Wigley (16.80) 16.8247/74.91, Brett Mann (19.10) 19.0593/69.16, Martin Ayton (14.80) 15.3864/91.61, Chris Bray (16.10) 16.2151/77.36, Russ Weir (18.85) 18.9007/68.22, Paul Day (16.20) 16.2070/80.50

13:50

VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners: James Hodson (10.55) 10.6141/131.42, Colin Jardine (11.70) 11.9303/110.18 bye (Glynn Morgan no show), Paul Herbert (12.99) 12.8989/98.55 bye (Toby Wright no show), Danny Wharton (12.99) 13/3491/97.59 bye (Donald Harvey no show), Russ Fellows (9.80) 13.0093/89.74 bye (Justin Rivett no show)

VW Alternate Engine eliminations round 1 winners: Scotty Evison (11.90) 11.9705/110.13, Mark Skeen (14.15) 14.6054/85.63, Matt Attwood (13.48) 13.6756/99.93, Spencer Tramm (8.72) 8.7976/151.00 bye

13:35

Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners: Rob Smallworth 8.0996/169.74, Nigel Payne 7.6900/177.99, Andy Kirk 7.6549/176.81

13:30

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners: Mark Bracking 10.3931/132.54 bye (Paul Hensher broke), Simon Barlow 9.5710/143.17, Rob Stone 9.5026/137.32, Dave Sidaway 10.5330/124.82 bye (Richard Colby no show)

B&H Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Steve Nash 7.9724/181.25 bye, Ron Haslett 11.1268/120.64 bye (Colin Lazenby no show), Jon Webster 8.4224/173.81, Steve Pateman 8.5382/175.02, Mark Perkins 9.6071/153.22, Ian Hook 10.3773/128.61 bye (Ray Tucker no show)

13:13

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners: Don Brittain (13.78) 14.0454/99.33, Brian Huxley (15.68) 15.6992/82.37, Nigel Holland (15.00) 15.1491/91.09, Steve Woodbridge (19.85) 19.7696/66.63, Nick Gay (14.60) 15.6004/87.75 bye, Kev Long (15.30) 15.7039/77.97, Ian Petrie (14.85) 15.3682/89.01

12:30

Here are the final top five qualifiers in each class:

Super Modified

  1. Andy Kirk 7.6331/178.15
  2. Andy Hone 7.6571/174.35
  3. Tim Garlick 7.6665/173.34
  4. Nigel Payne 7.6716/176.81
  5. Rob Smallworth 7.8195/175.08
  6. Craig Gibbs 7.9449/169.81

B & H Automotive Street Eliminator

  1. Steve Nash 7.8812/182.55
  2. Steve Pateman 8.1027/175.57
  3. Colin Lazenby 8.3120/179.42
  4. Jon Webster 8.4112/170.39
  5. Ray Tucker 9.3310/153.69

Sportsman ET

  1. Nick Gay +0.0069 14.6069/93.01
  2. Geoff Cowley +0.0205 15.4205/89.82
  3. Ralph Young +0.0430 13.0430/106.13
  4. Martin Lewis +0.0656 14.7156/89.33
  5. Nigel Holland +0.0806 15.0806/90.79

Junior Dragster

  1. Clare Giles 0.0144
  2. Becky Evans 0.0160
  3. Josh Saunders 0.0162
  4. Anna Stanley 0.0164
  5. Dan Giles 0.0326

9.50 Bike

  1. Carl Atkinson 9.5021/132.62
  2. Andy Haley 9.5192/140.84
  3. Richard Hann 9.5220/144.46
  4. Richard Sawatzki 9.5240/144.00
  5. Jamie Sneddon 9.5297/105.90

VW Pro

  1. James Hodson +0.0593 10.6593/130.88
  2. Donald Harvey +0.0744 11.5744/112.13
  3. Jason Aldred +0.0970 10.5790/137.19
  4. Russ Fellows +0.1318 9.8118/141.06
  5. Peter Christie +0.1391 11.5391/116.85

VW Sportsman

  1. Chris Bray +0.0014 16.0014/85.79
  2. Craig Allen +0.0045 15.2545/84.84
  3. Jacob Bailey +0.0052 15.9052/85.48
  4. Adrian Wigley +0.0066 16.8066/87.07
  5. Mark Malone +0.0067 19.3067/63.49

VW Alternate Engine

  1. Spencer Tramm +0.0191 8.7691/151.46
  2. Andy Raw +0.0330 9.4330/129.42
  3. Scott Evison +0.0708 11.9708/110.03
  4. Laura White +0.0949 16.6949/82.11
  5. Matt Attwood +0.1692 13.4992/99.29

Outlaw Anglia

  1. Paul Wright 7.5949/180.65
  2. Paul Hensher 8.3926/159.01
  3. Richard Colby 8.7904/153.95
  4. Rob Stone 9.4363/137.31
  5. Simon Barlow 9.5502/140.40

Eliminations commence in about half an hour, stay tuned for live results.

08:30

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of day two of Big Bang in association with American car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is on-line and is broadcasting a picture every sixty seconds. Youc an view the webcam via the Event Index page.

It's a very nice morning here at the Pod, 16.3 C, 64% humidity and 1002 mb of air.

A big raceday Good Morning to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from Rye, NH. The doughnuts are under control, Ed, I'll save yours until we see you in Sweden.

Today's schedule has qualifying until lunchtime and then eliminations commencing at 13:20. We will bring you the final top five qualifiers in each class as soon as qualifying finishes at lunchtime, and then once eliminations commence we will bring you live round-by-round results. Kirstie will again be working on pit notes so stay tuned for those, you can view the pit notes via the Event Index page.

We'll be back at lunchtime with the final qualifying top fives.


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