2009 FIA European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway, 10th-13th September 2009
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 22:50 We have now posted today's pictures, which you can view via the Event Index page. There are 190 pictures in all; if you do not see all 190 thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. We are very privileged to include in today's gallery Sharkman's last set of top end photographs. As you may know Sharkman, Eurodragster.com's former Photo Editor, is hanging up his camera and very kindly offered us the best of today's output including a sequence of Ingo Rolla and David Vegter's accident. A huge Thank You to Sharkman, thanks for all the great memories, and we're very glad that we'll still be seeing you at the track. Qualifying re-starts to 09:00 tomorrow morning; tune back then and we'll bring you all the news. 20:05 That's qualifying done for today. We're now going to work on today's pictures, so tune back in a couple of hours for those. 20:00 Super Comp qualifying after session 8: Collin Morrice up from #4 to #2 in the last but one pair.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Comp Eliminator qualifying after session 8: No changes in this session.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2009 19:59:24 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 401 JOHN BRADSHAW 1.8053 8.4630 0.3630 08.10 122.38
2 621 ADELE WOODBRIDGE .6487 11.4039 1.0539 10.35 116.41
3 10 RUSS FELLOWS .5783 9.3417 1.2417 08.10 150.07
4 500 MARTIN TAYLOR 1.1481 9.8624 1.7624 08.10 142.53
* = Disqualified
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19:55 Junior Dragster qualifying after session 8: Joe Kellett up from #9 to #7 near the end of the session followed up the ladder by Clare Giles, #14 to #10 in the last but one pair and Anna Stanley from #12 to #7 in the last run of the session.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2009 19:53:01 20 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 5 ZAK JOHNSON .5002 10.8911 1.9911 08.90 51.08
2 8 ROSIE HUNT .5091 7.9582 0.0582 07.90 82.11
3 11 REBECCA EVANS .5093 8.2518 0.3518 07.90 79.94
4 4 MATTHEW SEAMARKS .5118 7.9486 0.0486 07.90 72.17
5 115 JESSICA GANTENBEIN .5121 7.7794 -0.1206 07.90 78.95
6 473 BIRGITTE BREMNES .5179 7.9087 0.0087 07.90 74.05
7 2 ANNA STANLEY .5232 7.9610 0.0610 07.90 83.17
8 3 JOE KELLETT .5242 9.0899 0.1899 08.90 70.93
9 25 ALEX BRETT .5286 12.4558 3.5558 08.90 49.37
10 24 JOSHUA WEBB .5327 10.8622 1.9622 08.90 59.88
11 16 CLARE GILES .5414 8.9612 1.0612 07.90 71.24
12 10 JOSH SAUNDERS .5460 7.8600 -0.0400 07.90 83.48
13 15 CHARLOTTE WATTS .5520 9.7646 0.8646 08.90 66.95
14 19 ANNALIEZE GIBB .5825 9.0279 0.1279 08.90 70.34
* = Disqualified
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Vennu Tukiainen preceded the Junior Dragster qualifying session with an 8.4921/78.54 in the Junior Funny Car. 19:45 Super Street qualifying after session 8: No changes in this session.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
19:40 B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator qualifying after session 8: Jeff Meads up from #7 to #5 in the last pair but two.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Sports Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2009 19:41:08 23 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 508 JOHN SLEATH .8626 7.7057 7.7057 00.00 192.99
2 56 COLIN LAZENBY .5583 7.7083 7.7083 00.00 188.94
3 34 IAN HOOK .5000 8.1692 8.1692 00.00 171.09
4 555 PAUL HOUSTON .6675 8.7663 8.7663 00.00 169.18
5 504 JEFF MEADS .5511 8.8571 8.8571 00.00 156.34
6 52 JASON WEIR .5757 9.0191 9.0191 00.00 160.74
7 22 ALEX MCINTOSH .5542 9.0993 9.0993 00.00 163.68
8 33 DAVID MURDOCH .6041 9.2693 9.2693 00.00 141.23
9 472 MATS ANDERSSON .5813 9.4041 9.4041 00.00 142.02
10 718 RON HASLETT 1.0841 9.5057 9.5057 00.00 146.69
11 706 JERRY CHARLES .5137 9.6580 9.6580 00.00 139.83
* = Disqualified
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19:35 Super Gas qualifying after session 8: Steve Dunn up from #6 to #3 in the last pair but two.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
19:30 Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can view via the Event Index page. Martin Hill followed Pro Mod with a cracking 5.8615/274.86 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. Super Pro ET qualifying after session 8: Big move for Norbert Schneider, up from #20 to #6 in mid-session. John Everitt up from #12 to #8 in the last but one pair of the session. Next pair and Rob Smallworth moved up from #22 to #16. Nice return run for Paul Marston in the PT Bruiser, 8.4944, although he broke out by 0.0056 seconds.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
19:00 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Graham Ellis 6.3831/223.31 bye; Roger Moore 7.8091/135.23, Robert Koper 9.8345/88.19; Norbert Kuno 13.3333/87.71, Kev Slyfield 9.5649/91.97; Marco Maurischat 6.7378/185.19, Bert Englefield 6.8321/207.04; Graham rolled the beams very slightly, reflected in the 1.1693 sixty foot time, so that run was even quicker than this. 180.49 at half track. Roger M brought the number of cars qualified up to seventeen, giving us a proper bump spot. Gentle-looking baseline run for Roger, spitting flame from the exhausts at each gear change. Robert got to sixty in 1.1049 but then hit shake and shut off. Instant, violent, all four wheels off shake for Norbert, one pedal and another jump so he got off it. 1.0451 to sixty for Kev but then hit shake about 120 feet out, the Willys made a hard right move and Kev shut it off. Marco and Bert both drove through shake, Bert very close to the centre line but stayed with it, Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco's 'Vette was on a good one but made a move right at about 900 feet and he shut off. Exhaust Coating Pro Mod Challenge round 1: Bruno Bader 6.1370/227.92 def. Micke Lindahl 6.3677/228.04
Andy Robinson 9.7149/103.11 def. Mats Eriksson 8.2308/115.07 DQ
Patrick Wikström 6.1618/231.38 def. Urban Johansson 19.8832/40.47 DQ
Roger Johansson 6.1559/228.15 def. Micke Gullqvist 6.6264/179.93
Qualifying after this session:
18:30 Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association session 1 (left lane first): Tony Betts no time, John Wright 6.4842/208.98; Dave Grabham 8.6641/120.44, Bob Glassup 7.4711/177.13 1.1207 to sixty feet for John, 1.0308 for Tony with front wheels up, when the front wheels came down they looked skewiff from here, one of Tony's rear tyres smoked and one hooked up pitching the car hard left into the guardrail. The body came off the car flying up into the air and the chassis bounced off the rail, continuing down the track and coming to rest at finish line. The safety crews got moving with astounding speed, letting John Wright come past yet still getting to Tony's car as it stopped, great job guys. Tony was taken to the Medical Centre to be checked out but is A-OK. 100-foot burnouts from Dave and Bob on the re-start. Nice straight run for Bob, 1.0909 to sixty feet and 4.6728/192.18 at the eighth, 1.1167 to sixty for Dave, his altered drifting to the right and ultimately taking out the eighth-mile reflector. Trackside conditions are 17.4 C, 54% humidity and 30.21 inches of air, track temperature is 16.1 C. 16:55 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Rob Turner 5.6219/227.77 bye; Dave Wilson 5.3562/279.94 bye; Derek Flynn 5.4710/264.04, Esko Raisvuo no time; Paul Ingar Udtian shut off, Peter Schöfer 5.4577/265.12 bye; Timo Habermann 5.3315/262.65, Fred Hanssen 7.2084/119.00 Nice run for Rob, driving through the acceptable shake. 0.9388 to sixty feet and 3.6311 at half track, nicely into the ladder at that point. Next to try to get in to the top eight was Grumpy, nice burnout and then doing the first half of blasting the European speed record into next week. 0.9591 to sixty feet, brief feather of the throttle for shake, 3.6366 at a huge 225.30 at half track. Into #1 spot and all set for a new speed record, well done Grumpy! Great pass for Derek, 0.9857 to sixty feet, 3.6511/214.94 to half track, looked to shut off just a touch early but up to #4 spot. Esko's motor expired off the line - it took him 4.0359 seconds to get to sixty feet. Paul Ingar got out of his dragster and jumped the guardrail after his burnout. Peter took the bye, 0.9245 to sixty feet, small amount of shake, 3.6068/210.66 at the eighth and up to #4 spot. Great run for Timo, 0.0720 RT, 0.9017 to sixty feet, 3.4825/214.93 at the eighth. 0.1607 RT for Fred, 0.9268 to sixty feet, a bang and flash of flame and thrown blower belt ended Fred's run. Qualifying after this session:
16:30 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Ulf Leanders 5.6874/245.52 bye; Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.8561/176.44, Danny Bellio 7.6068/144.40; Dan Larsen 5.8537/237.66, Steph Milam 6.4875/201.52 300-foot burnout for Eurodragster.com sponsor Ulf and what a stunning run! 0.9409 to sixty feet, the car making moves left and right but then a violent move but unbelievably Ulf stayed with it, 3.7295/198.93 at half track then into #1 spot and the first half of a European ET record, well done Ulf! Long burnouts for Jarmo and Danny too, then a shake and pedalfest. 0.9912 to sixty feet for Jarmo then shake, 1.0482 for Danny who was already shaking by that time. A couple of pedals for Jarmo and then stayed with it, Danny pedalled and then feathered the throttle. 0.9798 to sixty for Dan, 3.7903/192.17 at the eighth, some smoke in the second half and then a bug puff from the right bank. 1.2195 to sixty for Steph, a pedal for shake, 4.3028/181.22 at the eighth and then the blower panel blew and the relief panel flew into the air. Qualifying after this session:
16:15 Trackside conditions at the start of Top Fuel were 20.9 C, 43% humidity and 30.27 inches of air, track temperature was 29.1 C. FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Linda Thun Tønseth 7.9733/100.96 bye; Jon Webster 7.1664/113.78, Risto Poutiainen 5.9231/158.58; Anita Mäkelä 5.4170/185.14, Jöran Persåker 26.6448/12.50; Andy Carter 7.3275/110.42, Micke Kågered 9.4550/87.53 Very short burnout for Linda. 0.8723 to sixty feet, then hit shake about 100 feet out and shut off as the tyres started to smoke. 0.8667 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon, 0.8633 for Risto, both hit shake and both pedalled Jon once and Risto twice, Risto stayed with it a short while whilst Jon stayed off the gas. Something came off Jon's dragster at 300 feet, not clear what it was. 0.8887 to sixty for Anita, 0.8860 for Jöran and then his chutes came out - the shake didn't look that bad so maybe the blower panel went as I believe that Stig's cars are carrying the new shut-off devices. 3.2850/185.14 to the eighth for Anita and then from here the motor showed signs of a broken blower belt. 0.8466 to sixty feet for Andy to Micke's 0.8720 but then both hit shake simultaneously and both shut off at just about the same moment. Qualifying after this session:
15:55 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Kenneth Soderström 6.9146/193.88 bye; Jonas Dantanus 6.9004/199.88, Harald Sturhan 7.0381/198.00; Jan Palmqvist 6.8607/200.87, Magnus Hansson 7.1555/192.98; Eero Knihtilä 6.7869/204.32, Tommy Leindahl 6.8298/202.37; Richard Sundblom 6.7286/206.17, Micke Callin 6.8191/203.25; Jimmy Ålund 9.6563/93.52, Michael Malmgren 6.7395/204.19 No improvement for Kenneth but still a tidy pass, 1.0004 to sixty feet and 4.4230/157.32 to the eighth. An improvement for Harald good for three places and into the ladder at that point. 1.0123 to sixty feet for Lord Dante, 4.4288/158.84 at the eighth. Smoke from Magnus' car on each gear change, but good for one place in the ladder, no improvement for Jan. New PB for Tommy and into the ladder, well done Tommy! 0.9961 to sixty feet and 4.3910/159.89 at the eighth. Richard first with the chance at the European speed record and back it up he did, 0.9890 to sixty feet and 4.3326 at the eighth to Micke's 1.0004 and 4.3933. Then it was Jimma's turn at a record. Long, long burndown before staging, Michael M in first but Jimmy first away, 0.9851 to sixty feet the hit shake and veered right, plenty of chances to back up the record so shut off. 0.9872 to sixty feet for Michael and 4.3244/162.17 at the eighth, an improvement but stayed in #3. We now have the quickest-ever Pro Stock bump spot in Europe. Qualifying after this session:
15:40 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Gary Jones 7.2800/187.42, Eric Teboul 7.6986/123.55; Otto Knebl 8.1185/163.66, Michal Ponca 14.1345/118.70; Bob Brooks 8.0244/164.24 bye, Rene van den Berg shut off; Rikard Gustafsson 6.4712/213.08, Ian Carruthers 6.6839/179.21; Steve Woollatt 6.5398/212.09, Kai Selkamäa 7.0495/168.54; Ian King shut off, Sverre Dahl 6.2769/227.77; Peter Svensson 6.0248/222.53, Steve Carey 8.5506/167.31 Eric looked to have a cylinder out most of the way but stayed with it even as he approached the centre line. Nice baseline pass for Gary. No improvements for Otto or Michal, Michal shut off by about 330 feet and then just gave it a squirt in the second half. Rene punched the air after the burnout and then shut off and pulled over to the side. Bob took the bye and he had the bike leaned right over to the ;eft to keep it in his lane at the top end. Tremendous passes from Rikard and Rush, Rikard's is one of the quickest Funny Bikes on the planet already but this has cemented that. Great pass for Rush too, back into the sixes and more to come since he shut off early. 1.0756 to sixty feet for Kai, 4.3232/157.68 at the eighth and looked to shut off a touch early. Consistent run for Steve W. Ian shut off just beforee staging so Sverre took the bye, the bike fishtailing all the way, 1.0912 to sixty feet and 4.1678/186.56 at the eighth, into #3 spot. Congratulations to Peter on backing up the 5.978 for a new record, the bike still fishtailing as it did this morning. Steve shut off as the Princess hit shake and headed for the centre line. Qualifying after this session:
15:25 FIM/UEM Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Jaska Salakari 8.2857/111.26, Kari Rataja shut off; Trond Hoiberget 8.0964/128.68, Chris Hannam 10.9572/77.50; Per Bengtsson 6.7339/198.99, Samu Kempainnen 7.3731/175.72; Job Heezen 12.7636/95.90, Hans Olav Olstad 6.9846/207.06; Greger Johansson 7.8178/145.70, Lorenz Stäble 6.5552/216.92 Kari was shut off for a fluid leak after the burnout. A lot of smoke from Jaska's bike before staging but in he went and it started as a pretty good run, 1.1493 to sixty feet but then smoke from the motor and Jaska shut off. Trond's first run at Santa Pod. 1.2293 to sixty for Trond, then feathering the throttle and shutting off after getting close to the guardrail. Cannon had cylinders go out very early in the run. Consistent run for Samu and a big improvement for Per, 1.1609 to sixty feet and 4.4306/173.58 at the eighth. Job's tyre up in smoke at the hit and he very quickly shut off. Another tremendous pass for Lo, 1.1357 to sixty and 4.3188/177.48 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
15:15 Roger Goring preceded the second Pro session with a 6.1604/257.65 in the Firestorm Jet FC. Trackside conditions are 21.7 C, 43% humidity and 30.27 inches of air. FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Martin Newbury 11.5915/67.87 bye; Ulf Ögge 7.1695/185.12, Ray Debben 8.7104/107.94; Martin Bishop 8.5377/130.54, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.4735/178.45; Len Paget 7.3930/177.13, Fredrik Fredlund 7.2322/182.81; Dave Beck 7.2604/184.36, Anders Abrahamsson 7.1750/185.81 1.2040 to sixty feet for Martin, then the motor sounded as if it were grunting and Martin shut off. 1.0954 to sixty feet for Ulf, 4.5694 to half track. Ray was off the throttle just after the eighth. Improvement for Gert-Jan but he stayed in place, Martin B got close to the left guardrail so he shut off. Great runs for Len and Fredrik, Len stayed in place and Fredrik made up a place. Anders took it straight back in the next pair, Dave's bike sounded to hesitate for a moment on the second gear change. Qualifying after this session:
14:35 Fuel Funny Car session 1 (left lane first): Thomas Nataas 5.1367/268.79, Gordon Smith 5.4061/222.28; John Spuffard 5.2084/285.95, Gary Page 9.3022/71.96 Shockwave looking good with its new ex-Showtime Mustang body. 0.9325 to sixty for Thomas and 0.9635 for Gordon, 3.4681/236.33 to half track for Thomas to Gordon's 3.5487/223.25, a big cloud of smoke from Thomas' FC at the stripe but the track checked and all found to be OK. Personal Bests for both racers, in Thomas' case in a Funny Car, well done both! Gary's motor was idling very high after the burnout, crew member Mark rushed to help and sorted it out. 0.9313 to sixty for Spuff, 0.9676 for Gary in a huge cloud of clutch dust, 3.5439/230.16 at half track for Spuff, Gary had already clicked off by then and he stopped on the track just past the finish line, the safety crew rushed to help and there was a lot of smoke from the Mongoose FC as Gary came out of the roof hatch. Meanwhile there was a huge cloud of dust at the end of the track and Ed at the top end quickly reported that Spuff had gone into the field but that both Spuff and the car were OK. 14:25 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Roger Moore shut off (bye); Ingo Rolla no time, David Vegter no time; Kev Slyfield 7.7798/166.06, Jöran Persåker 7.6196/169.82; Bert Englefield 6.5830/218.24; Henri Joosten 10.2328/74.32; Robert Koper 12.9250/70.90, Marco Maurischat 7.8509/116.82; Graham Ellis 6.7757/206.28, Norbert Kuno 14.7563/82.60; Patrick Wikström 6.2402/228.16, Roger Johansson 6.6871/200.56; Bruno Bader 11.4170/74.90, Urban Johansson 7.3293/142.15; Micke Gullqvist 6.2201/228.16, Micke Lindahl 7.8241/137.38; Mats Eriksson 5.9880/241.59, Andy Robinson 6.0739/231.38 Roger M shut off after returning from his burnout. Drama in the next pair as David hit shake, the Camaro was making hard moves left and right, looked like it was up on two wheels at one moment but David pulled it straight and got back with it but then Ingo's Avenger suddenly crossed lanes and collided with David's Camaro. The cars stopped upright about 200 yards down the shutdown area. Word came back within a couple of minutes that both racers are A-OK. Recovery complete, Kev and Jöran paired up. Former Pro Stock racer Jari Konola is working with Jöran this weekend. Quick check under Jöran's car before staging but all OK. Kev's tyres blackstriped and he pedalled more than once, Jöran's car left the line very gently and just looked to flatten out. 1.0746 to sixty feet for Bert, 1.0186 for Henri, Henri had a nitrous burp at about 200 feet which threw a piece of bodywork. Meanwhile Bert was on a great run, 4.3004/168.40 at half track and a new Personal Best speed, well done Bert! Big -0.2340 red light for Robert, shut off before 200 feet. 1.0023 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, shake from about 100 feet and Marco shut off at about 300 feet. -0.3252 red for Graham, he rolled the beams too which added to his ET. 178.46 at half track for Graham. The back of Norbert's Avenger jumped up at the hit and he wasn't going anywhere so he shut off. 1.0528 to sixty for Patrick, 4.0892/181.25 at the eighth, 0.9878 for Roger but then driving through shake and having to pedal as the car headed right, 4.2923/153.95 at the eighth. Shake within feet for both Bruno and Urban, Bruno off it by about 150 feet whilst Urban tried to drive through it but had to shut off as the 'Vette started to make some hard moves. 1.0394 to sixty for Micke G and 1.0269 for Micke L, Micke L hit shake and feathered the throttle before shutting off, 4.0690/181.19 at half track for Micke G and into #1 spot. Historic pairing to close the session, 1.0393 to sixty for Mats to Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy's 1.0295, 3.9511/191.23 to half track for Mats to Andy's 3.9868/187.73 even after driving through shake. Well done Mats on the first-ever European Pro Mod five-second pass, and well done Andy on a new PB. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 20.4 C, 48% humidity and 30.27 inches of air, track temperature 29.1 C. 13:10 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Esko Raisvuo 5.6097/259.64, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.6916/216.98; Rob Turner 8.9604/88.91, Dennis Habermann 6.0232/189.64; Fred Hanssen 5.3856/265.77, Derek Flynn 16.5535/47.18; Peter Schöfer 5.4733/262.64, Krister Johansson 7.0165/129.55; Dave Wilson 8.1167/138.97, Timo Habermann 5.4638/259.19 0.0878 RT for Esko, 1.0007 to sixty to Paul Ingar's 0.1192 and 0.9188, a great pass for Esko with all the candles lit, 3.7619/211.90 at half track to Paul Ingar's 3.5888/200.02, then a big cloud of smoke from Paul Ingar's motor but he looked to stay with it. New Personal Best for Esko, well done Esko! Alas a big splat of oil in Paul Ingar's lane at the finish line. Clean-up complete Rob and Dennis faced off. 0.9235 to sixty feet for Rob and 0.9009 for Dennis, then shake for both, Dennis' dragster veered towards the centre line, Dennis pedalled and then got back on the throttle, sounded like the blower relief panel popped at about 1000 feet. Rob was off the throttle by about 250 feet. Fred was on his way back from the burnout before Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek appeared around the corner but Derek did back up very quickly from his own burnout so Fred not kept waiting. Derek's tyres up in smoke at the hit and the Gold RV dragster turned right so Derek got off the throttle. 0.9291 to sixty feet for Fred, driving through the acceptable level of Top Methanol shake, 3.5586/213.91 at half track and into #1 spot. A big Hello to Tim Read who is tuned in from the USA. 0.9563 to sixty feet for Krister, some shake and then tyres up in smoke at 300 feet and Krister shut off. 0.9491 to sixty for Peter, hardly any shake at all, 3.6265/211.90 at half track and into #2 spot. Very brief burnout for Grumpy, no obvious burnout so maybe he figured that the track and his tyres were warm enough already. Grumpy's tyres up in smoke at the hit, sounded like he tried to pedal bu he was off the hard pedal by the Tree. 0.8987 to sixty feet for Timo and 3.5882/209.50 at half track. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 20.6 C, 45% humidity and 30.27 inches of air, track temperature is 35.5 C. 12:10 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Steph Milam 7.5119/127.94, Jarmo Kuutniemi 8.4086/115.35; Danny Bellio 8.4077/99.93, Dan Larsen 6.4079/172.39; Leif Andréasson 5.7592/244.19, Ulf Leanders 9.7640/80.66 0.9506 to sixty feet for Jarmo and but then bad shake and a hard move left, taking out the 330 foot reflector. Gentle launch for Steph, 1.1628 to sixty feet, driving through shake then looked to be off the throttle before half track. 0.9550 to sixty feet for Danny to Dan's 0.9982, both hit shake and both drifted for the centre line and pedalled, Danny stayed off it but Dan got back on the gas and was looking good until there was a cloud of smoke from the motor at about 900 feet and Dan put the chutes out. Track checked and all found to be OK. 0.9790 to sixty feet for Leif, 0.9821 for Ulf, Ulf hit shake and then the engine revs went up and Ulf got off the throttle. 3.7631/195.38 to half track for Leif and the usual bounce but he stayed with it and went into #1 spot. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 21.7 C, 52% humidity and 39.27 inches of air. 11:50 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Anita Mäkelä 5.6968/163.06 bye; Jöran Persåker 11.0966/74.41, Stig Neergaard 4.7942/302.16; Micke Kågered 8.1854/99.93, Andy Carter 4.7894/310.58 Much better run for Anita than the test passes last week. 0.8907 to sixty feet, off the throttle just before half track, 3.3097/225.33. Jöran in Stig's ssecond dragster rather than his own car so we were expecting a familiarisation pass. shake for Jöran, 0.9256 to sixty feet and looked to have a cylinder or two out, the car moved left and Jöran shut off. 0.8634 to sixty feet for Stig, 3.2282/255.66 to the eighth, blackstriping all the way and a new PB, well done Stig! Andy already Champion going into this race but you can bet your life that he wants to write his name all over the event anyway. 0.8687 to sixty feet for Micke, 0.8442 for Andy, shake for Micke and he shut off before half track, 3.2447/251.39 at half track for Andy and staying with it, a big puff of smoke from the Lucas Oil car right on the finish line but track checked and found to be OK and another #1 spot for the multiple Champion. Qualifying after this session:
11:35 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Eero Knihtilä 6.7772/204.16 bye; Harald Sturhan 8.1010/117.30, Kenneth Soderström 6.9076/193.83; Micke Callin 7.1261/192.22, Jonas Dantanus 6.8930/199.67; Tommy Leindahl 7.4518/181.40, Jan Palmqvist 6.7843/205.10; Michael Malmgren 6.7740/203.47, Richard Sundblom 6.7248/207.04; Magnus Hansson 7.7720/133.23, Jimmy Ålund 6.6492/207.03 Great run for Eero, 0.9977 to sixty feet and 4.3615 at half track, new Personal Best ET, well done Eero! Kenneth;'s car carrying the words "For Sale" in shoe white, that's a real pity. Kenneth drove through shake, 1.0156 to sixty feet, 1.0945 for Harald, 4.4245/158.76 at the eighth for Kenneth, 4.6284 for Harald but he shut off at that point. Jonas due some good luck after a torrid season. Big holeshot for Jonas 0.0812 to 0.4392, 1.0316 to sixty feet to Micke's 1.0202, Jonas' motor was smoking all the way down the track but obviously nothing serious wrong from the ET. Micke's car just seemed to be lacking grunt from half track, 4.5628 to Jonas' 4.4285, but he has a time on the board. 1.0168 to sixty feet for Tommy but then the car looked to hesitate for a moment, maybe a missed gear, 0.0810 RT for Jan, 1.0290 to sixty feet and 4.3821/163.94 at the eighth. I'm guesing a new PB for Jan. Michael pulled up to the staging area and then reversed and lined up again. Great match-up between Michael and Richard and the first half of a European speed record for Richard, well done Richard! 0.9996 to sixty for Michael, 1.0194 for Richard, Richard had the better half track 4.3447 to 4.3511. What a stormer for Jimmy, 0.0093 RT, 0.9871 to sixty feet, 4.2785/164.00 at the eighth and the first half of new European ET and speed records, well done Jimmy! 0.0990 RT for Magnus, 1.0182 to sixty feet but shut off by half track. Qualifying after this session:
11:20 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Gary Jones shut off; Ian Carruthers 8.4518/150.07, Bob Brooks 7.9286/166.69; Steve Carey 7.0979/200.76, Steve Woollatt 6.5202/212.87; Michal Ponca 10.7425/132.06, Otto Knebl 8.0425/168.55; Sverre Dahl 7.3487/214.09, Peter Svensson 5.9787/232.45; Kai Selkamäa 7.6935/123.74, Rikard Gustafsson 6.8201/196.27; Rene van den Berg 8.9827/90.86, Ian King 6.1213/222.18 Gary lost fire after the burnout, one go at a re-start which didn't work then sent back. 1.0797 to sixty feet for Rush but the bike was heading for the guardrail so he had to feather the throttle a couple of times. Nice baseline for Bob, 1.1945 to sixty feet and 5.0215 to half track. Nice straight pass for Steve C, 1.1983 to sixty feet and 4.6680/161.33 at half track. Very clean and straight run for Steve W and into #1 at that point, 1.1176 to sixty feet and 4.2700/176.05 at the eighth. Michal's bike hesitated and sounded to be misfiring, a straight and undramatic pass for Otto, he'll be in the sevens before you know it. What a tremendous pass from Peter, the first five-second TFB pass in UEM competition. 1.0418 at sixty feet, 3.9673 at a huge 195.02 at the eighth, and the bike was fishtailing a lot and Peter really had his hands full, so when it goes straight there is more there. New European records set up, well done Peter and Sören! Sverre's rear slick went up in smoke after sixty feet, he feathered the throttle and got back with it. Kai was on and off the throttle after 1.1095 sixty foot, no such problems for Rikard who put down a good baseline, 1.1223 to sxty and 4.3687 at the eighth. Ian King your 2009 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike Champion having passed tech, congratulations Ian! Ian celebrated with a big PB ET, 1.0770 to sixty feet and 4.0364/195.03 at the eighth, well done Ian! Rene's slick went up in smoke and he had to feather the throttle. Qualifying after this session:
11:05 FIM/UEM Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Ian Turburville 7.7211/177.14, Roel Koedam 6.8576/198.81; Chris Hannam 7.7152/130.16 bye, Greger Johansson did not start; Samu Kemppainen 7.3609/194.73 bye, Roman Sixta did not start; Svein Olav Rolfstad 8.3604/121.40, Matti Vahasaari 7.3986/146.71; Hans Olav Olstad 6.7505/209.15, Job Heezen 10.8799/120.25; Lorenz Stäuble 6.5792/218.22, Per Bengtsson 20.2833/39.04; Greger Johansson 7.5083/177.77 bye Good baseline for Turbo, 1.3623 to sixty feet and 5.1418 at half track. Roel rode through very visible tyre shake and had to feather the throttle, 4.4854/167.91 at the eighth and a very happy crew. 1.1984 to sixty feet for Cannon, 4.5891/154.68 at the eighth and then starting to drift for the centre line, shut off at about 900 feet. Nice baseline for Samu, 1.2757 to sixty feet and 4.8674/157.39 at the eighth. Matt's crew looked to have a job on to push his bike back after the burnout. Matti got a big jump 0.2004 to 0.5821, 1.1587 to sixty feet to Svein Olav's 1.3563, 4.5412 to the eighth for Matti but then there was a bang and a body panel came off the bike at about 900 feet. Svein Olav had a cylinder go out and he shut off. Hans Olav was pumped, he positively slammed his visor down in pre-stage and then an absolutely picture-perfect pass, front wheel in the air for most of the run, 1.1638 to sixty feet and 4.4871 at half track. Nitro flames visible even in the sun. Not so good for Job, looked like a cylinder out, lots of vapour from the headers. Tremendous pass for Lo, 1.1517 to sixty feet, 4.3466/179.74 at half track, front wheel down in the second half. Per's slick went up in smoke at the hit. Two of the best Supertwin runs I have ever seen in two pairings! Having not started earlier Greger had another go, nice baseline pass, 1.2170 to sixty feet and 4.9326 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 19.9 C, 57% humidity and 30.30 inches of air, track temperature 26.3 10:45 FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5011/177.85, Dave Beck 7.1666/185.07; Ray Debben 7.8662/160.18, Len Paget 7.4391/176.44; Anders Abrahamsson 7.2665/183.62, Martin Bishop 7.4412/161.94; Fredrik Fredlund 7.3753/181.41, Ulf Ögge 7.4867/139.06 A great first run in UEM competition for Dave, a squeak from the European ET record and a great baseline pass! Nice first run at Santa Pod for Gert-Jan and plenty more to come there. 1.1644 to sixty feet for Ray, no sixty foot time showing for Len but a good baseline. New PB for Anders to open his account, nice one Anders! We think maybe a PB for Martin too, well done Bish! 0.0750 to 0.0897 RTs for Fredrik and Ulf, Ulf was feathering the throttle and shut off early so plenty more to come there. Qualifying after this session:
10:25 Pro ET qualifying after session 8: Charlie Chivers up from #15 to #10 in the first pair. Pel Norman up from #23 to #15 and in the other lane Hans van der Spek into the ladder at #30. At that point you had to be +0.0874 on dial-in to be racing in tomorrow's first round, and let's not forget that that is 32 cars! A couple of spots for Billy Gane, #28 to #26 next pair out. Heide Page next into the ladder at #31 from #39 and the magic number was now +0.0761 on dial-in. Joe Williams having been bumped out earlier came back in at #29, +0.0667 now what you need to do to be racing tomorrow evening. Carla Pittau and Rick McCann back from an overnight trip home to fix the rear end on Heaven and Hell As Well, Carla turning out in this session and pulling a 0.0028 RT, and what I think is a best for Heaven and Hell of 9.7218, well done Carla! An improvement for Marius Blackburn but he stayed in #2. Next pair and Liz Malcolm moved up from #21 to #3. Perfect Light for Matt Attwood next pair, 0.0005, in the other lane Kim Bishop moved up to #25 and the bump spot was then +0.0545.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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Trackside conditions are 17.8 C, 68% humidity and 30.27 inches of air. Next up is today's first Pro session. 10:00 Super Comp qualifying after session 7: Paul Letchford up from #8 to #6 in the third pair. An improvement for Pete Cresswell but he stayed in #2 spot at that point. Matt Eley made up a place, #10 to #9, in the next run. Next pair and Collin Morrice moved up from #8 to #2. Last pair of the session and Paul Marston took #1 spot and the £75 Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award with an 8.900, well done Paul!
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Comp Eliminator qualifying after session 7:
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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11/09/2009 10:02:19 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 401 JOHN BRADSHAW +1.3053 8.4630 0.3630 08.10 122.38
2 621 ADELE WOODBRIDGE +0.1487 11.4039 1.0539 10.35 116.41
3 10 RUSS FELLOWS +0.0783 9.3417 1.2417 08.10 150.07
4 500 MARTIN TAYLOR +0.6481 9.8624 1.7624 08.10 142.53
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09:55 Junior Dragster qualifying after session 7: Alex Brett up from #7 to #11 in the first pair. Josh Webb next to make a move, up from #12 to #8.
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11/09/2009 09:59:08 20 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
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1 5 ZAK JOHNSON +0.0002 10.8911 1.9911 08.90 51.08
2 8 ROSIE HUNT +0.0091 7.9582 0.0582 07.90 82.11
3 11 REBECCA EVANS +0.0093 8.2518 0.3518 07.90 79.94
4 4 MATTHEW SEAMARKS +0.0118 7.9486 0.0486 07.90 72.17
5 115 JESSICA GANTENBEIN +0.0121 7.7794 -0.1206 07.90 78.95
6 473 BIRGITTE BREMNES +0.0179 7.9087 0.0087 07.90 74.05
7 25 ALEX BRETT +0.0286 12.4558 3.5558 08.90 49.37
8 24 JOSHUA WEBB +0.0327 10.8622 1.9622 08.90 59.88
9 3 JOE KELLETT +0.0347 9.0158 0.1158 08.90 71.68
10 10 JOSH SAUNDERS +0.0460 7.8600 -0.0400 07.90 83.48
11 2 ANNA STANLEY +0.0518 8.1289 0.2289 07.90 81.81
12 15 CHARLOTTE WATTS +0.0520 9.7646 0.8646 08.90 66.95
13 19 ANNALIEZE GIBB +0.0825 9.0279 0.1279 08.90 70.34
14 16 CLARE GILES -0.0269 9.3872 1.4872 07.90 64.10
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09:50 Super Street qualifying after session 7: Neil Grant into #1 spot in the first pair, very close to the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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09:45 B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts qualifying after session 7: Alex McIntosh up from #11 to #6 in the first pair. Huge speed for John Sleath in the next pair and a new PB for Ron Haslett in the other lane, well done both!
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Sports Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2009 09:45:53 23 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 508 JOHN SLEATH +0.3626 7.7057 7.7057 00.00 192.99
2 56 COLIN LAZENBY +0.0583 7.7083 7.7083 00.00 188.94
3 34 IAN HOOK +0.0000 8.1692 8.1692 00.00 171.09
4 555 IAN HOOK +0.1238 8.8447 8.8447 00.00 166.08
5 52 JASON WEIR +0.0757 9.0191 9.0191 00.00 160.74
6 22 ALEX MCINTOSH +0.0542 9.0993 9.0993 00.00 163.68
7 504 JEFF MEADS +0.0467 9.1694 9.1694 00.00 148.63
8 33 DAVID MURDOCH +0.1041 9.2693 9.2693 00.00 141.23
9 472 MATS ANDERSSON +0.0813 9.4041 9.4041 00.00 142.02
10 718 RON HASLETT +0.5841 9.5057 9.5057 00.00 146.69
11 706 JERRY CHARLES +0.0137 9.6580 9.6580 00.00 139.83
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09:40 Super Gas qualifying after session 7: 0.0085 RT for Conrad Stanley in the first pair. Next pair and Dave Day moved up from #6 to #3. Great pass for Werner Zudrell, straight in at #2 having fixed the prop shaft!
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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09:35 Super Pro ET qualifying after session 7: As with Pro ET, very few moves to write about but still lots of breakouts! Nice big breakout for Karl Harrison, 7.9088 on an 8.90 dial-in although he got a big bounce on at the top end. Mark Bishop moved from #23 to #14 in the last but one pair.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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Trackside conditions are 17.3 C, 74% humidity and 30.27 inches of air. 09:20 Pro ET qualifying after session 7: Bob Molden clocked his first nine-second pass with a 9.9948, breakout but he won't be bothered. Next pair and Gino Bernadine blasted his PB with an 8.8102, well done the pair of you! No changes to the top 32 in this session.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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07:50 Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the FIA European Finals brought to you in association with American Car Imports. The Webster Race Engineering/Lex Joon Racing USA Tour 2009 webcam is on-line and is scheduled to post a picture every sixty seconds. It's another beautiful day here at Santa Pod. A bit of a morning chill but the sun is on its way up. Right now trackside conditions are 9.5 C, 92% humidity and 30.27 inches of air. We must say a big Thank You to Andy and Sharon Williamson and Nev and Libby Mottershead for hospitality late last night. That was probably the last evening this weekend on which we'll have even ten minutes to socialise, so thanks very much guys. A big Thank You also to Ray Comer for the box of doughnuts, which won't last long. Some more Eurodragsterholics have been in touch with us, so we are pleased to say a big Hello to Ulf 'Totte' Lindqvist in Sweden; Ivar Kolberg in Norway; Claire Meaddows in the West Country; Ful Lievaart in Naaldwijk, The Netherlands; Paul Castle in Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Liam, Mike and Sharon Holt in Goole; Shaun Saunders (the Shaun Saunders) in Arizona; and Magnus Cato in Sweden. A big Hello also to Class 9 of Denfield Park Junior School who Jeanette Webster tells us will be tuning in throughout the day and who can hear the racing from their classroom! Thanks for all the nice things you said guys and good to hear you are tuned in and enjoying the coverage. Another Hello to all those stuck at their day jobs today, we promise that we will do everything we can to make your day go better guys. Today's schedule has Sportsman qualifying commencing at 09:00-10:30, the first round of Pro qualifying at 10:30-13:00, Sportsman qualifying at 11:00-14:30, Pro qualifying at 14:30-17:00 and then Sportsman qualifying from 17:00-18:00. It's going to be an action-packed day so stay tuned and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll be back with you. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |