2009 UK Truck Show
Santa Pod Raceway, 27th-28th June 2009
Saturday


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20:15

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18:40

Super Modified qualifying after session 3

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 18:30:51                              9  SUPER MODIFIED    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1962    NIGEL PAYNE         +0.2221   7.6572  7.6572  00.00 179.22
  2   95      BELINDA BULL        -0.0029   7.6719  7.6719  00.00 179.86
  3   68      TIM MUGRIDGE        +0.0748   7.7163  7.7163  00.00 177.85
  4   69      CRAIG GIBBS         +0.1784   7.7212  7.7212  00.00 177.09
  5   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      +0.1477   7.7688  7.7688  00.00 176.44
  6   1963    MARTIN CURBISHLEY   +0.0254   8.7060  8.7060  00.00 116.71

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 3

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 18:31:52                              11  S/TWIN TOP GAS    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       RIC NAYLOR          +0.2031   9.4424  9.4424  00.00 136.04
  2   3       LES HARRIS          +0.2742   9.7654  9.7654  00.00 136.46
  3   10      BRIAN UDALL         +0.6722   9.8263  9.8263  00.00 135.79
  4   14      ANDY WATSON         +0.0753   9.8902  9.8902  00.00 132.85
  5   4       DAVE JONES          +0.3104   9.9568  9.9568  00.00 132.55
  6   1       CHRIS MOTT          +0.5604  10.0712 10.0712  00.00 134.47

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin ET qualifying after session 3

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 18:32:38                              12  S/TWIN E.T.       
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       JOHN HACKNEY        +0.0386   9.7915  0.0215  09.77 142.02
  2   13      DAMIAN WATERHOUSE   +0.2503  11.8367  0.0367  11.80 119.79
  3   11      BEV RILEY           -0.0204  12.3884  0.0384  12.35 118.32
  4   999     BEV BATSFORD        +0.3146  15.7680  0.0680  15.70  84.57
  5   20      JOE ELLIOTT         +0.1270  10.1783  0.0783  10.10 136.15
  6   278     NIGEL BATSFORD      +0.3348  14.4680  0.1680  14.30  87.51
  7   33      DAVE SMART          +0.1567  10.2241  0.1741  10.05 131.39
  8   6       SIMON CLAMP         +0.3377  11.3149  0.2149  11.10 117.75
  9   66      DAVID SHORTHOSE     +0.2947  11.2510  0.2510  11.00 121.52
 10   8       PETER HARRISON      +0.2888  12.2730  0.3730  11.90 110.82
 11   21      TIM BOUTLE          +0.7778  13.2053  0.4553  12.75 107.78
 12   64      BARRIE GREGORY      +1.1947  11.9270  0.4770  11.45 118.65
 13   666     STEVE PARTRIDGE     +0.2131  11.6207  0.6507  10.97 119.50
 14   30      MARTIN BROOKES      +0.2310  19.6396 11.1396  08.50 114.93
 15   39      JOHN MUNDAY         +0.8702  20.0119 11.5119  08.50  42.67

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street Bike Cannonball qualifying after session 3

Graham Balchin 14.8076/48.36, Rich Stubbins 7.7474/182.10, Mick Templeman 8.1400/175.08, Graham Dance 8.3635/160.25, Dave Smith 7.7654/191.40, Steve Mead 14.4203/55.29, Brad O'Connor 7.7149/187.43, Garry Bowe 7.6577/182.84

Cannonball standings: 

--------------------------------Session 1 Session 2          Session 3    Session 4  Session 5  Cumulative ET
								
1	Rich Stubbins	7.8794	7.6488		7.7474	0.0000	0.0000	23.2756
2	Dave Smith		7.8827	7.8488		7.7654	0.0000	0.0000	23.4969
3	Garry Bowe		7.7868	8.0582		7.6577	0.0000	0.0000	23.5027
4	Brad O'Connor	7.9519	8.6193		7.7149	0.0000	0.0000	24.2861
5	Graham Dance	9.0643	8.4599		8.3635	0.0000	0.0000	25.8877
6	Mick Templeman	10.4529	8.2845		8.1400	0.0000	0.0000	26.8774
7	Steve Mead		7.7174	8.6193	*	14.4203	0.0000	0.0000	30.7570
8	Graham Balchin	7.9159	8.5491		14.8076	0.0000	0.0000	31.2726

* timed out so awarded the slowest run of the session.

Supercharged Outlaws session 2

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
27/06/2009 18:33:40                              21  S/CHARGED OUTLAWS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   7       ROY WILDING         +0.6012   8.4268  8.4268  00.00 158.53
  2   274     TRACE FROOME        +0.0596   9.5078  9.5078  00.00 131.44
  3   51      PAUL WATTS          +1.4457   9.6163  9.6163  00.00 146.73
  4   9       STEVE GOODE         +0.1268   9.6274  9.6274  00.00 103.11
  5   771     RICHARD DAVIS       +0.2231  10.3466 10.3466  00.00 132.60
  6   34      ALEX COE            +0.1662  10.8468 10.8468  00.00 121.40
  7   75      DAVE MCKENZIE       +0.8838  15.0412 15.0412  00.00  53.52
  8   13      JON BEST            +0.8258  15.7406 15.7406  00.00  49.17

* = Disqualified 
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British Truck Racing Association Sprint Cup qualifying after session 3

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 18:39:31                              23  BTRA SPRINT CUP   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   69      DAVID JENKINS       +0.3934  13.9343 13.9343  00.00  99.85
  2   68      JAMES JENKINS       +0.0434  14.3903 14.3903  00.00 102.54
  3   84      MATT SOMERFIELD     +0.7190  15.1020 15.1020  00.00  98.81
  4   58      ANDY LOVENBERRY     +0.4196  15.2602 15.2602  00.00  91.58
  5   61      DAVE BALL           +0.5130  15.2985 15.2985  00.00  90.87
  6   37      ROB GIBBON          +0.6302  15.7180 15.7180  00.00  97.95
  7   98      ANDREW HARDY        +1.0050  16.2472 16.2472  00.00  83.78
  8   15      STEVE TAYLOR        +0.6548  16.4214 16.4214  00.00  85.20
  9   96      RICK COLLETT        +0.1173  17.1785 17.1785  00.00  82.71
 10   10      OSCAR CLARKE        +0.6433  19.3553 19.3553  00.00  71.38
 11   3       GARETH DENIS        +0.4770  21.2230 21.2230  00.00  58.64

* = Disqualified 
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We're now working on today's pictures, stay tuned.

16:00

Super Modified qualifying after session 2

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 15:45:03                              9  SUPER MODIFIED    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1962    NIGEL PAYNE         +0.2221   7.6572  7.6572  00.00 179.22
  2   95      BELINDA BULL        +0.2270   7.6750  7.6750  00.00 179.87
  3   68      TIM MUGRIDGE        +0.0748   7.7163  7.7163  00.00 177.85
  4   69      CRAIG GIBBS         +0.1173   7.7348  7.7348  00.00 176.45
  5   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      +0.1063   7.8509  7.8509  00.00 175.76
  6   1963    MARTIN CURBISHLEY   -0.0058   9.4699  9.4699  00.00  95.88

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 2

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 15:51:41                              11  S/TWIN TOP GAS    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       RIC NAYLOR          +0.2798   9.4844  9.4844  00.00 134.53
  2   10      BRIAN UDALL         +0.6722   9.8263  9.8263  00.00 135.79
  3   3       LES HARRIS          +0.3251   9.8809  9.8809  00.00 130.16
  4   14      ANDY WATSON         +0.0753   9.8902  9.8902  00.00 132.85
  5   4       DAVE JONES          +0.1614  10.0062 10.0062  00.00 128.83
  6   1       CHRIS MOTT          +0.5604  10.0712 10.0712  00.00 134.47

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin ET qualifying after session 2

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 15:52:36                              12  S/TWIN E.T.       
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       JOHN HACKNEY        +0.0386   9.7915  0.0215  09.77 142.02
  2   13      DAMIAN WATERHOUSE   +0.2503  11.8367  0.0367  11.80 119.79
  3   999     BEV BATSFORD        +0.3146  15.7680  0.0680  15.70  84.57
  4   20      JOE ELLIOTT         +0.1270  10.1783  0.0783  10.10 136.15
  5   278     NIGEL BATSFORD      +0.3348  14.4680  0.1680  14.30  87.51
  6   33      DAVE SMART          +0.1567  10.2241  0.1741  10.05 131.39
  7   6       SIMON CLAMP         +0.3377  11.3149  0.2149  11.10 117.75
  8   66      DAVID SHORTHOSE     +0.2947  11.2510  0.2510  11.00 121.52
  9   8       PETER HARRISON      +0.2888  12.2730  0.3730  11.90 110.82
 10   21      TIM BOUTLE          +0.7778  13.2053  0.4553  12.75 107.78
 11   64      BARRIE GREGORY      +1.1947  11.9270  0.4770  11.45 118.65
 12   11      BEV RILEY           +0.2830  12.8824  0.5324  12.35 113.89
 13   666     STEVE PARTRIDGE     +0.2143  14.1263  3.1263  11.00  62.72
 14   30      MARTIN BROOKES      +0.2310  19.6396 11.1396  08.50 114.93
 15   39      JOHN MUNDAY         +0.8702  20.0119 11.5119  08.50  42.67

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street Bike Cannonball qualifying after session 2

Rich Stubbins 7.6488/190.60, Dave Smith 7.8488/189.95, Graham Dance 8.4599/163.07, Graham Balchin 8.5491/no speed, Garry Bowe 8.0582/182.88, Brad O'Connor 8.6193/170.45, Steve Mead no time, Mick Templeman 8.2845/160.23

Cannonball standings: 

--------------------------------Session 1 Session 2          Session 3    Session 4  Session 5  Cumulative ET
								
1	Rich Stubbins	7.8794	7.6488		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	15.5282
2	Dave Smith		7.8827	7.8488		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	15.7315
3	Garry Bowe		7.7868	8.0582		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	15.8450
4	Steve Mead		7.7174	8.6193*		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	16.3367
5	Graham Balchin	7.9159	8.5491		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	16.4650
6	Brad O'Connor	7.9519	8.6193		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	16.5712
7	Graham Dance	9.0643	8.4599		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	17.5242
8	Mick Templeman	10.4529	8.2845		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	18.7374

* timed out so awarded the slowest run of the session.

British Truck Racing Association Sprint Cup qualifying after session 2

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 15:33:51                              23  BTRA SPRINT CUP   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   69      DAVID JENKINS       +0.3934  13.9343 13.9343  00.00  99.85
  2   68      JAMES JENKINS       -0.0918  14.9196 14.9196  00.00 100.97
  3   84      MATT SOMERFIELD     +0.7190  15.1020 15.1020  00.00  98.81
  4   61      DAVE BALL           +0.5130  15.2985 15.2985  00.00  90.87
  5   58      ANDY LOVENBERRY     +0.6285  15.5939 15.5939  00.00  84.25
  6   37      ROB GIBBON          +0.6302  15.7180 15.7180  00.00  97.95
  7   15      STEVE TAYLOR        +0.6548  16.4214 16.4214  00.00  85.20
  8   98      ANDREW HARDY        +0.6547  16.5315 16.5315  00.00  83.01
  9   96      RICK COLLETT        +0.1173  17.1785 17.1785  00.00  82.71
 10   10      OSCAR CLARKE        +0.3067  19.4460 19.4460  00.00  66.95
 11   3       GARETH DENIS        +0.4770  21.2230 21.2230  00.00  58.64

* = Disqualified 
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Supercharged Outlaws qualifying session 1

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 15:54:00                              21  S/CHARGED OUTLAWS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   11      LEE GALLIMORE       +0.5555   7.5045  7.5045  00.00 179.14
  2   7       ROY WILDING         +0.2341   8.5332  8.5332  00.00 160.84
  3   9       STEVE GOODE         +0.3850   9.1998  9.1998  00.00 101.28
  4   51      PAUL WATTS          +0.7981   9.4449  9.4449  00.00 144.77
  5   771     RICHARD DAVIS       +0.4400  10.4667 10.4667  00.00 129.46
  6   274     TRACE FROOME        +0.8656  10.9130 10.9130  00.00 127.37
  7   34      ALEC COE            +0.1798  12.4229 12.4229  00.00 107.21

* = Disqualified 
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12:20

Super Modified qualifying after session 1

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 12:13:15                              9  SUPER MODIFIED    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   69      CRAIG GIBBS           .5173   7.7348  7.7348  00.00 176.45
  2   55      ROB SMALLWORTH        .2614   7.8521  7.8521  00.00 172.38
  3   1963    MARTIN CURBISHLEY     .3942   9.4699  9.4699  00.00  95.88
  4   95      BELINDA BULL          .4443  11.1210 11.1210  00.00  77.07
  5   1962    NIGEL PAYNE           .5684  11.3062 11.3062  00.00  86.52

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 1

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 12:14:15                              11  S/TWIN TOP GAS    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       LES HARRIS            .7251   9.8809  9.8809  00.00 130.16
  2   5       RIC NAYLOR            .9773   9.9541  9.9541  00.00 132.84
  3   4       DAVE JONES            .5614  10.0062 10.0062  00.00 128.83
  4   10      BRIAN UDALL           .8001  10.1374 10.1374  00.00 114.50
  5   14      ANDY WATSON           .5836  10.4752 10.4752  00.00 128.72
  6   1       CHRIS MOTT            .5584  10.4884 10.4884  00.00 134.16

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin ET qualifying after session 1

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 12:16:47                              12  S/TWIN E.T.       
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       JOHN HACKNEY          .5386   9.7915  0.0215  09.77 142.02
  2   20      JOE ELLIOTT           .6270  10.1783  0.0783  10.10 136.15
  3   33      DAVE SMART            .6567  10.2241  0.1741  10.05 131.39
  4   66      DAVID SHORTHOSE       .7947  11.2510  0.2510  11.00 121.52
  5   6       SIMON CLAMP           .6027  11.6351  0.2851  11.35 116.22
  6   8       PETER HARRISON        .7888  12.2730  0.3730  11.90 110.82
  7   21      TIM BOUTLE           1.1918  13.0523  0.5023  12.55 109.88
  8   13      DAMIAN WATERHOUSE     .9040  12.3346  0.5346  11.80 117.62
  9   278     NIGEL BATSFORD        .7428  14.6096  0.6096  14.00  84.26
 10   64      BARRIE GREGORY        .6030  12.2741  0.8241  11.45 114.90
 11   11      BEV RILEY             .7083  13.4325  1.0825  12.35  91.40
 12   999     BEV BATSFORD         1.0050  16.8221  1.8221  15.00  77.07
 13   666     STEVE PARTRIDGE       .7143  14.1263  3.1263  11.00  62.72
 14   30      MARTIN BROOKES        .7310  19.6396 11.1396  08.50 114.93
 15   39      JOHN MUNDAY          1.3702  20.0119 11.5119  08.50  42.67

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Street Bike Cannonball qualifying after session 1

  1. Steve Mead 7.7174
  2. Garry Bowe 7.7868
  3. Rich Stubbins 7.8794
  4. Dave Smith 7.8827
  5. Graham Balchin 7.9159
  6. Brad O'Connor 7.9519
  7. Graham Dance 9.0643
  8. Mick Templeman 10.4529
  9. Jamie Sneddon 15.4529*
*Penalty time for no-show

British Truck Racing Association Sprint Cup qualifying after session 1

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                    UK TRUCK SHOW 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/06/2009 12:24:04                              23  BTRA SPRINT CUP   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   69      DAVID JENKINS         .8934  13.9343 13.9343  00.00  99.85
  2   84      MATT SOMERFIELD      1.2190  15.1020 15.1020  00.00  98.81
  3   68      JAMES JENKINS         .8136  15.1711 15.1711  00.00  99.48
  4   61      DAVE BALL             .6675  15.3258 15.3258  00.00  88.03
  5   58      ANDY LOVENBERRY      1.1285  15.5939 15.5939  00.00  84.25
  6   37      ROB GIBBON           1.1302  15.7180 15.7180  00.00  97.95
  7   15      STEVE TAYLOR         1.1548  16.4214 16.4214  00.00  85.20
  8   98      ANDREW HARDY        LB3A     16.6945 16.6945  00.00  82.71
  9   96      RICK COLLETT          .3777  17.6047 17.6047  00.00  77.21
 10   10      OSCAR CLARKE        LB3A     20.2443 20.2443  00.00  68.53
 11   3       GARETH DENIS          .9770  21.2230 21.2230  00.00  58.64

* = Disqualified 
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The next drag racing session is scheduled for 13:45.

8:20

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the UK Truck Show 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 posting a picture every sixty seconds.

It's very humid here, you can just about see the end of the track in the mist but that will I'm sure burn off as the sun rises. It's not unpleasant and once that mist goes we're all going to cook up here in Race Control.

The plan for today is for almost-live reports. The way the UK Truck Show works is that there are various things going on around the site (Live Action Arena and pits) and then there are drag racing sessions at regular intervals during the day. Today's drag racing sessions are at 10:00, 13:45 and 16:15 and those incorporate Super Modified and Supertwin Championship qualifying as well as Super Street Bike Shoot-out, Supercharged Outlaws, and demonstrations, plus of course the British Truck Racing Association Sprint Cup. As your reporter is also commentating this weekend we will post the results of each session as soon as we can after it finishes.

Stay tuned and keep an eye on the webcam and when the first session is finished we'll have all the numbers for you.


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