2010 Extreme Performance Bike Weekend
Saturday


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18:25

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Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from the final qualifying session and eliminations.

16:45

Funny Bike qualifying after session 4

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 16:42:08                              14  FUNNY BIKE        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       TIM BLAKEMORE       + 0.3126  6.7604  6.7604  00.00 173.07
  2   9       STEVE FRENCH        + 0.2522  6.9999  6.9999  00.00 190.46
  3   2       GARY JONES          + 0.2511  7.2955  7.2955  00.00 189.00
  4   4       DAVE BAILEY         + 0.7313  7.4825  7.4825  00.00 174.38
  5   1       KEV CHARMAN         + 0.1152  7.8890  7.8890  00.00 173.05

* = Disqualified 
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That's qualifying finished for today; one more qualifying session has been added tomorrow morning. The track will be open for Straightliners for another hour and a quarter or so, so we will keep the webcam running for as long as the track is open. We will start work on today's pictures very shortly so stay tuned for those.

16:40

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 4

Thomas Granica up from #15 to #10 with a big improvement in the first pair. Next pair and an improvement for Wayne Saunders but he stayed in #5 at that point. Two pairs later and another improvement for Garry Bowe, a PB or close to it we think, well done Garry!

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 16:40:00                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.1671  7.3110  7.3110  00.00 196.23
  2   7       DAVE SMITH          + 0.3088  7.3152  7.3152  00.00 198.81
  3   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.1268  7.3686  7.3686  00.00 194.69
  4   28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1346  7.4108  7.4108  00.00 195.55
  5   27      WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.2337  7.4687  7.4687  00.00 198.12
  6   4       GARRY BOWE          + 1.3561  7.4779  7.4779  00.00 183.54
  7   8       CHRIS REED          + 0.3168  7.5914  7.5914  00.00 187.36
  8   16      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.3575  7.5996  7.5996  00.00 185.13
  9   21      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0991  7.6410  7.6410  00.00 187.30
 10   10      THOMAS GRANCIA      + 0.2832  7.6768  7.6768  00.00 186.54
 11   3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1747  7.6794  7.6794  00.00 189.01
 12   29      MARK WELLS          + 0.2872  7.8618  7.8618  00.00 188.14
 13   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1183  7.8650  7.8650  00.00 183.59
 14   22      PETE BELLENIE       + 0.2670  8.0018  8.0018  00.00 177.85
 15   11      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.1782  8.1476  8.1476  00.00 171.74
 16   39      MOGENS LUND         + 0.0307  8.3480  8.3480  00.00 183.62
 17   17      JAMIE SNEDDON       + 0.1522  8.7011  8.7011  00.00 161.92

* = Disqualified 
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16:25

Comp Bike qualifying after session 4

Bob Brooks up into #1 spot in the third pair of the session. Big improvement for John Hunt but only good for one place.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 16:28:13                              16  COMP BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       ROBERT BROOKS       + 0.6834  7.3179  7.3179  00.00 185.82
  2   1       IVAN BIRCH          + 0.2023  7.3355  7.3355  00.00 185.12
  3   2       STUART CRANE        + 0.2766  7.5698  7.5698  00.00 170.46
  4   3       DAVE PETERS         + 0.0870  7.5841  7.5841  00.00 169.17
  5   18      SHAWN RODMAN        + 0.4587  8.2610  8.2610  00.00 170.45
  6   7       PHIL CROSSLEY       + 0.0741  8.3327  8.3327  00.00 158.03
  7   9       PAUL WING           + 0.1647  8.4130  8.4130  00.00 165.46
  8   19      JOHN HUNT           + 0.1321  8.6999  8.6999  00.00 133.31
  9   16      LIZZ MCCARTHY       + 2.7862  8.9271  8.9271  00.00 143.39
 10   12      ALAN YOUNG          + 0.4818 11.0875 11.0875  00.00 120.44

* = Disqualified 
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16:20

8.50 Bike qualifying after session 4

Another great run by Dave Batcheler to consolidate his #1 spot. Improvement for Julian Harris in the last but one pair, good for a move up to #3 from #5.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 16:19:54                              2  8.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   635     DAVE BATCHELER      + 0.3050  8.5311  0.0311  08.50 161.33
  2   52      MARK WINDER         + 0.3983  8.5655  0.0655  08.50 163.68
  3   612     JULIAN HARRIS       + 0.0711  8.5754  0.0754  08.50 162.47
  4   616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.1930  8.6014  0.1014  08.50 164.86
  5   464     ANDY HALEY          + 0.2336  8.6472  0.1472  08.50 162.48
  6   751     MICK WINYARD        + 0.1681  8.7307  0.2307  08.50 169.16
  7   398     PETE AUSTIN         + 0.4237  9.0298  0.5298  08.50 168.54
  8   587     PHIL PRATT          + 0.1513  9.1091  0.6091  08.50 148.18
  9   216     KEVIN MARSHALL      + 0.5714  9.1297  0.6297  08.50 150.12
 10   750     SAM SYKES           + 0.2165  9.1453  0.6453  08.50 146.77
 11   465     MARTIN WILSON       + 0.2583  9.1463  0.6463  08.50 164.85
 12   576     ROB LEE             + 0.2807  9.2644  0.7644  08.50 146.18
 13   604     EDDY SMILEY         + 0.0685  9.3723  0.8723  08.50 151.10
 14   649     ROLAND CHAPLAIN     - 0.1010  9.7022  1.2022  08.50 158.48
 15   712     DAVE THOMAS         - 0.0769 10.0726  1.5726  08.50 148.66

* = Disqualified 
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16:10

9.50 Bike qualifying after session 4

Richard Sawatzki was #1 off the trailer until Augy Harrison came along at the end of Q1, and he ends the day by taking #1 spot.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 16:14:25                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       RICHARD SAWATZKI    + 0.0951  9.5097  0.0097  09.50 144.88
  2   5       AUGY HARRISON       + 0.0788  9.5130  0.0130  09.50 146.76
  3   295     JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.1417  9.5463  0.0463  09.50 146.64
  4   367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.1420  9.5464  0.0464  09.50 143.49
  5   7       RICHARD BECK        + 0.1117  9.5498  0.0498  09.50 140.27
  6   4       MARTIN WALKER       + 0.2143  9.5749  0.0749  09.50 148.65
  7   653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.1305  9.6019  0.1019  09.50 130.69
  8   9       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.1201  9.6252  0.1252  09.50 141.69
  9   3       SHAUN SPIERS        + 0.1030  9.6504  0.1504  09.50 146.18
 10   82      DAVE HALL           + 0.1730  9.6560  0.1560  09.50 147.14
 11   368     STEWART ASHBY       + 0.2305  9.7659  0.2659  09.50 140.78
 12   528     AARON SPARKS        + 0.2907  9.8134  0.3134  09.50 145.23
 13   56      MIKE AUSTIN         + 0.2765 10.2476  0.7476  09.50 144.76
 14   313     STEVE WHITING       + 0.1803 10.3670  0.8670  09.50 135.31
 15   14      JON WEBSTER         + 0.2752 10.7271  1.2271  09.50 139.50
 16   81      RICHARD BELL        + 0.3262 11.9135  2.4135  09.50 112.09

* = Disqualified 
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16:05

Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 4

A new Supertwin Gas speed record for Dave Smart backed up by his earlier 147.66 which in itself would have been a record. Well done Dave! Another improvement for Chris Mott to consolidate his #1 spot.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 16:10:14                              19  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       CHRIS MOTT          + 0.2882  9.1229  9.1229  00.00 144.37
  2   4       ANDY WATSON         + 0.0636  9.3435  9.3435  00.00 138.54
  3   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1194  9.4041  9.4041  00.00 149.14
  4   20      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.1263  9.4680  9.4680  00.00 139.84
  5   1       LES HARRIS          + 0.2663  9.4604  9.4604  00.00 135.68
  6   5       RIC NAYLOR          + 0.4356 10.2124 10.2124  00.00 136.95

* = Disqualified 
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14:45

Chris Hannam and Rene van den Berg paired up on their Supertwin and Top Fuel Bikes. Tremendous pairing especially for Cannon, on the throttle all the way with several feet of header flames up in the air and a new PB certainly on this bike of 7.1410/175.79, well done Cannon! 7.1468/181.42 for Rene. Word came back from the top end that Rene's bike has suffered some damage due to a broken chain, Rene is quite OK.

We're back into Straightliners and RWYB, the final Championship qualifying session is scheduled for 16:00.

14:40

Funny Bike qualifying after session 3

It all came together spectacularly well for Tim Blakemore on this pass and he has surely earned it. Well done Tim and Wendy! There's more to come from the Kawasaki-backed bike, too, as Tim feathered the throttle not far off the line and also sounded to back off a touch early.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:41:30                              14  FUNNY BIKE        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       TIM BLAKEMORE       + 0.3126  6.7604  6.7604  00.00 173.07
  2   9       STEVE FRENCH        + 0.2522  6.9999  6.9999  00.00 190.46
  3   2       GARY JONES          + 0.2511  7.2955  7.2955  00.00 189.00
  4   4       DAVE BAILEY         + 0.7313  7.4825  7.4825  00.00 174.38
  5   1       KEV CHARMAN         + 0.1152  7.8890  7.8890  00.00 173.05

* = Disqualified 
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14:35

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 3

Fantastic run from Dave Smith to open the session, into #1 spot and a new PB of course, and the 198.81 is a new SSB speed record backed up by his earlier 197.17. Well done Dave! An improvement for Wayne Saunders but he stayed in place. As he did last session Ven just came straight back at the new #1 qualifier with an even better pass to take #1 back again. Big move for Chris Reed in the last pair, up from #16 to #8. Definitely one of the best SSB qualifying sessions I have ever seen!

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:38:02                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.1671  7.3110  7.3110  00.00 196.23
  2   7       DAVE SMITH          + 0.3088  7.3152  7.3152  00.00 198.81
  3   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.1268  7.3686  7.3686  00.00 194.69
  4   28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1346  7.4108  7.4108  00.00 195.55
  5   27      WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.2850  7.4790  7.4790  00.00 196.20
  6   4       GARRY BOWE          + 0.1387  7.5640  7.5640  00.00 184.34
  7   8       CHRIS REED          + 0.3168  7.5914  7.5914  00.00 187.36
  8   16      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.3575  7.5996  7.5996  00.00 185.13
  9   21      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0991  7.6410  7.6410  00.00 187.30
 10   3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1747  7.6794  7.6794  00.00 189.01
 11   29      MARK WELLS          + 0.2872  7.8618  7.8618  00.00 188.14
 12   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1183  7.8650  7.8650  00.00 183.59
 13   22      PETE BELLENIE       + 0.2443  8.0090  8.0090  00.00 176.44
 14   11      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.1782  8.1476  8.1476  00.00 171.74
 15   10      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2465  8.2877  8.2877  00.00 156.86
 16   39      MOGENS LUND         + 0.0307  8.3480  8.3480  00.00 183.62
 17   17      JAMIE SNEDDON       + 0.1522  8.7011  8.7011  00.00 161.92

* = Disqualified 
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14:25

Comp Bike qualifying after session 3

Improvement for Shawn Rodman, up from #8 to #5. Big spurt of flame from Dave Peters' bike as he went to launch, Dave is quite OK.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:26:26                              16  COMP BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       IVAN BIRCH          + 0.2023  7.3355  7.3355  00.00 185.12
  2   5       ROBERT BROOKS       + 0.7152  7.3671  7.3671  00.00 184.34
  3   2       STUART CRANE        + 0.2766  7.5698  7.5698  00.00 170.46
  4   3       DAVE PETERS         + 0.0870  7.5841  7.5841  00.00 169.17
  5   18      SHAWN RODMAN        + 0.1973  8.2635  8.2635  00.00 171.10
  6   9       PAUL WING           + 0.1647  8.4130  8.4130  00.00 165.46
  7   7       PHIL CROSSLEY       + 0.0886  8.5810  8.5810  00.00 155.22
  8   16      LIZZ MCCARTHY       + 2.7862  8.9271  8.9271  00.00 143.39
  9   19      JOHN HUNT           + 0.1691  9.0373  9.0373  00.00 145.23
 10   12      ALAN YOUNG          + 0.4818 11.0875 11.0875  00.00 120.44

* = Disqualified 
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14:20

Supertwin ET qualifying after session 3

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:17:29                              20  SUPERTWIN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   66      DAVID SHORTHOUSE    + 0.1724 10.9574  0.0574  10.90 131.00
  2   5       MIKE NELTHORPE      + 0.3167 12.6908  0.0908  12.60 111.92
  3   6       PETER HARRISON      + 0.2086 11.8232  0.2232  11.60 113.77
  4   21      TIM BOUTLE          + 0.5396 12.9295  0.2295  12.70 108.17

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 3

Dave Smart on a new Supertwin Gas speed record if he can back it up, well done Dave!

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:20:13                              19  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       CHRIS MOTT          + 0.1102  9.2403  9.2403  00.00 141.60
  2   4       ANDY WATSON         + 0.0636  9.3435  9.3435  00.00 138.54
  3   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1094  9.4170  9.4170  00.00 147.66
  4   1       LES HARRIS          + 0.2663  9.4604  9.4604  00.00 135.68
  5   20      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.1263  9.4680  9.4680  00.00 139.84
  6   5       RIC NAYLOR          + 0.4356 10.2124 10.2124  00.00 136.95

* = Disqualified 
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14:15

8.50 Bike qualifying after session 3

Excellent run for Julian Harris, up from #12 to #2 in one fell swoop. Kev Marshall in at #7 with his first run of the day. Next to make a big move was Andy Haley, up from #9 to #2 followed by Dave Batcheler who took over #1 spot in the last pair.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:15:58                              2  8.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   635     DAVE BATCHELER      + 0.4434  8.5420  0.0420  08.50 154.69
  2   52      MARK WINDER         + 0.3983  8.5655  0.0655  08.50 163.68
  3   464     ANDY HALEY          + 0.2336  8.6472  0.1472  08.50 162.48
  4   612     JULIAN HARRIS       + 0.1093  8.6979  0.1979  08.50 157.39
  5   616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.1276  8.7026  0.2026  08.50 165.45
  6   751     MICK WINYARD        + 0.1681  8.7307  0.2307  08.50 169.16
  7   587     PHIL PRATT          + 0.1513  9.1091  0.6091  08.50 148.18
  8   216     KEVIN MARSHALL      + 0.5714  9.1297  0.6297  08.50 150.12
  9   750     SAM SYKES           + 0.2165  9.1453  0.6453  08.50 146.77
 10   465     MARTIN WILSON       + 0.4114  9.2966  0.7966  08.50 145.29
 11   398     PETE AUSTIN         + 0.2956  9.4415  0.9415  08.50 164.84
 12   604     EDDY SMILEY         + 0.1282  9.5261  1.0261  08.50 149.57
 13   576     ROB LEE             + 0.4448  9.5423  1.0423  08.50 144.76
 14   649     ROLAND CHAPLAIN     - 0.1010  9.7022  1.2022  08.50 158.48
 15   712     DAVE THOMAS         - 0.0769 10.0726  1.5726  08.50 148.66

* = Disqualified 
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14:05

9.50 Bike qualifying after session 3

Robert Field up from #7 to #4 in the first pair of the session. Shaun Spiers in at #6 after leaving before the lights in the two previous sessions.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 14:09:11                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       AUGY HARRISON       + 0.0788  9.5130  0.0130  09.50 146.76
  2   1       RICHARD SAWATZKI    + 0.1132  9.5210  0.0210  09.50 140.70
  3   295     JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.1417  9.5463  0.0463  09.50 146.64
  4   367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.1420  9.5464  0.0464  09.50 143.49
  5   653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.1305  9.6019  0.1019  09.50 130.69
  6   3       SHAUN SPIERS        + 0.1030  9.6504  0.1504  09.50 146.18
  7   82      DAVE HALL           + 0.1730  9.6560  0.1560  09.50 147.14
  8   7       RICHARD BECK        + 0.0356  9.6690  0.1690  09.50 137.42
  9   9       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.1010  9.7210  0.2210  09.50 131.77
 10   368     STEWART ASHBY       + 0.2305  9.7659  0.2659  09.50 140.78
 11   528     AARON SPARKS        + 0.2907  9.8134  0.3134  09.50 145.23
 12   313     STEVE WHITING       + 0.1803 10.3670  0.8670  09.50 135.31
 13   56      MIKE AUSTIN         + 0.4116 10.7112  1.2112  09.50 143.98
 14   14      JON WEBSTER         + 0.2752 10.7271  1.2271  09.50 139.50
 15   81      RICHARD BELL        + 0.3262 11.9135  2.4135  09.50 112.09
 16   4       MARTIN WALKER       + 0.2400  9.4472 -0.0528  09.50 149.64

* = Disqualified 
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12:15

2010 ACU UK Top Fuel Bike Champion Rene van den Berg followed Funny Bike. Slight embarrassment as his petrol bottle turned out to be empty when he went to fire the motor. After a quick refill from the start line crew Rene put in a 7.1032/206.26, sounded as if the motor ran out of puff a bit in the second half.

We're now back to Straightliners and then lunch, the next Championship qualifying session is due at 14:00.

12:10

Funny Bike qualifying after session 2

Great run for Gary Jones, good for #2 spot in the first pair. Big improvement also for Dave Bailey in the other lane, up from #4 to #3.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 12:09:55                              14  FUNNY BIKE        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   9       STEVE FRENCH        + 0.2522  6.9999  6.9999  00.00 190.46
  2   2       GARY JONES          + 0.2511  7.2955  7.2955  00.00 189.00
  3   4       DAVE BAILEY         + 0.7313  7.4825  7.4825  00.00 174.38
  4   1       KEV CHARMAN         + 0.1152  7.8890  7.8890  00.00 173.05

* = Disqualified 
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12:05

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 2

New PB for Wayne Saunders in the second pair, well done Wayne! Leisurely sixty foot time, too, so plenty more in that bike. Big improvement for Graham Balchin, #16 to #9 next pair, after suffering a huge half-track wheelie in session one. Next pair and Rich Stubbins blasted into #1 spot, I think a PB to boot, well done Rich! A brief stop for moisture in the air and then on the restart another PB for Dave Holland with a big speed, well done Dutch! Mark Wells' crew were very happy with his run so I guess a PB, #13 to #11 on that pass as well. Great to see Eurodragster.com sponsor Jamie Sneddon back on the track where he belongs, very squirrely pass though. Ven last to run, could he answer Rich Stubbins' improvement? Yes he could, back into #1 spot with a great pass. Quickest sixty foot of the day too at 1.2735.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 12:07:27                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.3553  7.3431  7.3431  00.00 192.20
  2   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.0540  7.3798  7.3798  00.00 195.43
  3   28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1346  7.4108  7.4108  00.00 195.55
  4   27      WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.2664  7.4925  7.4925  00.00 198.12
  5   7       DAVE SMITH          + 0.1121  7.5701  7.5701  00.00 197.17
  6   16      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.3575  7.5996  7.5996  00.00 185.13
  7   21      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0991  7.6410  7.6410  00.00 187.30
  8   4       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2193  7.6749  7.6749  00.00 182.10
  9   3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1747  7.6794  7.6794  00.00 189.01
 10   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1183  7.8650  7.8650  00.00 183.59
 11   29      MARK WELLS          + 0.2607  7.8749  7.8749  00.00 184.29
 12   22      PETE BELLENIE       + 0.2443  8.0090  8.0090  00.00 176.44
 13   11      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.1066  8.1844  8.1844  00.00 173.72
 14   10      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2465  8.2877  8.2877  00.00 156.86
 15   8       CHRIS REED          - 0.0376  8.3149  8.3149  00.00 128.67
 16   39      MOGENS LUND         + 0.0307  8.3480  8.3480  00.00 183.62
 17   17      JAMIE SNEDDON       + 0.1522  8.7011  8.7011  00.00 161.92

* = Disqualified 
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11:55

Comp Bike qualifying after session 2

Ivan Birch in at #1 in the first pair and a squeak below the class speed record. Great to see Lizz McCarthy get down the track after all of the previous problems. Improvement for Dave Peters even with tyre shake but he stayed in #3 at that point. Excellent run for Bob Brooks moved him up from #6 to #2. Shaun Rodman and John Hunt moved to Comp Bike for this weekend and opened their accounts in this session. John's bike dropped something, looked like a wheelie bar side panel, both got close to the centre line.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 11:54:17                              16  COMP BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       IVAN BIRCH          + 0.2023  7.3355  7.3355  00.00 185.12
  2   5       ROBERT BROOKS       + 0.7152  7.3671  7.3671  00.00 184.34
  3   2       STUART CRANE        + 0.2766  7.5698  7.5698  00.00 170.46
  4   3       DAVE PETERS         + 0.0870  7.5841  7.5841  00.00 169.17
  5   9       PAUL WING           + 0.1647  8.4130  8.4130  00.00 165.46
  6   16      LIZZ MCCARTHY       + 0.3630  9.0137  9.0137  00.00 148.70
  7   18      SHAWN RODMAN        + 0.1170  9.0945  9.0945  00.00 154.69
  8   19      JOHN HUNT           + 0.3155  9.1495  9.1495  00.00 146.26
  9   12      ALAN YOUNG          + 0.4818 11.0875 11.0875  00.00 120.44
 10   7       PHIL CROSSLEY       + 0.1468 11.3753 11.3753  00.00 115.07

* = Disqualified 
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11:45

Supertwin ET qualifying after session 2

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 11:43:16                              20  SUPERTWIN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       MIKE NELTHORPE      + 0.6110 12.6603  0.1603  12.50 111.91
  2   21      TIM BOUTLE          + 0.5396 12.9295  0.2295  12.70 108.17
  3   66      DAVID SHORTHOUSE    - 0.1285 11.3151  0.3151  11.00 112.47
  4   6       PETER HARRISON      + 0.0671 11.6872 -0.0128  11.70 114.46

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 2

Les Harris up from #5 to #3 in the second pair.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 11:45:10                              19  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       CHRIS MOTT          + 0.0992  9.2609  9.2609  00.00 142.56
  2   4       ANDY WATSON         + 0.0636  9.3435  9.3435  00.00 138.54
  3   1       LES HARRIS          + 0.2663  9.4604  9.4604  00.00 135.68
  4   20      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.1263  9.4680  9.4680  00.00 139.84
  5   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1743  9.4689  9.4689  00.00 138.64
  6   5       RIC NAYLOR          + 0.4356 10.2124 10.2124  00.00 136.95

* = Disqualified 
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11:40

8.50 Bike qualifying after session 2

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 11:41:13                              2  8.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   52      MARK WINDER         + 0.3983  8.5655  0.0655  08.50 163.68
  2   616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.1276  8.7026  0.2026  08.50 165.45
  3   751     MICK WINYARD        + 0.1681  8.7307  0.2307  08.50 169.16
  4   587     PHIL PRATT          + 0.1942  9.1111  0.6111  08.50 150.06
  5   635     DAVE BATCHELER      + 0.3882  9.1176  0.6176  08.50 127.62
  6   464     ANDY HALEY          + 0.5303  9.2883  0.7883  08.50 161.35
  7   398     PETE AUSTIN         + 0.2956  9.4415  0.9415  08.50 164.84
  8   465     MARTIN WILSON       + 0.4185  9.4572  0.9572  08.50 164.87
  9   750     SAM SYKES           + 0.4032  9.4788  0.9788  08.50 160.78
 10   612     JULIAN HARRIS       + 0.1108  9.5424  1.0424  08.50 149.13
 11   576     ROB LEE             + 0.4158 10.3472  1.8472  08.50 137.28
 12   712     DAVE THOMAS         + 0.3300 10.6495  2.1495  08.50 147.60
 13   604     EDDY SMILEY         + 0.1698 12.3990  3.8990  08.50 130.95
 14   649     ROLAND CHAPLAIN     + 0.2035  8.3151 -0.1849  08.50 158.53

* = Disqualified 
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11:30

9.50 Bike qualifying after session 2

Rob Field up from #12 to #6 and Jake Mechaell up from #13 to #7 in the first pair.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 11:33:13                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       AUGY HARRISON       + 0.0788  9.5130  0.0130  09.50 146.76
  2   1       RICHARD SAWATZKI    + 0.0968  9.5305  0.0305  09.50 144.83
  3   367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.1420  9.5464  0.0464  09.50 143.49
  4   295     JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.1692  9.6040  0.1040  09.50 147.69
  5   82      DAVE HALL           + 0.1730  9.6560  0.1560  09.50 147.14
  6   7       RICHARD BECK        + 0.0356  9.6690  0.1690  09.50 137.42
  7   653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.1593  9.7054  0.2054  09.50 127.26
  8   9       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.1010  9.7210  0.2210  09.50 131.77
  9   368     STEWART ASHBY       + 0.2305  9.7659  0.2659  09.50 140.78
 10   528     AARON SPARKS        + 0.2907  9.8134  0.3134  09.50 145.23
 11   313     STEVE WHITING       + 0.0184 10.5561  1.0561  09.50 134.42
 12   56      MIKE AUSTIN         + 0.3123 10.7293  1.2293  09.50 137.42
 13   81      RICHARD BELL        + 0.0641 12.2196  2.7196  09.50 108.32
 14   4       MARTIN WALKER       + 0.2400  9.4472 -0.0528  09.50 149.64

* = Disqualified 
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10:15

Funny Bike qualifying after session 1

He said he'd do it, and he did it off the trailer! Congratulations to Steve French on his six-second pass and that was with tyre shake so more to come yet. Kev Charman on what looks like Richard Gipp's bike, great first run.

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 10:16:47                              14  FUNNY BIKE        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   9       STEVE FRENCH        + 0.2522  6.9999  6.9999  00.00 190.46
  2   1       KEV CHARMAN         + 0.1152  7.8890  7.8890  00.00 173.05
  3   2       GARY JONES          + 0.1012  8.1163  8.1163  00.00 188.16
  4   4       DAVE BAILEY         + 0.2943  9.2540  9.2540  00.00 134.82

* = Disqualified 
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We're now going into an hour or so of Straightliners and RWYB. We'll be back in an hour with qualifying session 2.

10:10

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 1

A Personal Best (for Super Street Bike) for Dave Holland, well done Dave! We think a PB for Graham Dance too, well done G!

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 10:12:16                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.1713  7.3875  7.3875  00.00 194.59
  2   28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1181  7.4361  7.4361  00.00 192.93
  3   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.0845  7.5110  7.5110  00.00 193.85
  4   7       DAVE SMITH          + 0.1121  7.5701  7.5701  00.00 197.17
  5   16      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.3575  7.5996  7.5996  00.00 185.13
  6   21      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0991  7.6410  7.6410  00.00 187.30
  7   4       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2193  7.6749  7.6749  00.00 182.10
  8   27      WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.2098  7.9773  7.9773  00.00 175.74
  9   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1317  8.0221  8.0221  00.00 182.12
 10   22      PETE BELLENIE       + 0.1945  8.1409  8.1409  00.00 174.38
 11   29      MARK WELLS          + 0.2503  8.2377  8.2377  00.00 182.07
 12   39      MOGENS LUND         + 0.0307  8.3480  8.3480  00.00 183.62
 13   11      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.4424  8.6894  8.6894  00.00 169.81
 14   17      JAMIE SNEDDON       + 0.1671  8.9105  8.9105  00.00 154.67
 15   10      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.3650  9.4507  9.4507  00.00 125.49
 16   3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1885  9.9349  9.9349  00.00  94.85
 17   8       CHRIS REED          + 0.4488 14.7374 14.7374  00.00 112.51

* = Disqualified 
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10:00

Comp Bike qualifying after session 1

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 10:03:11                              16  COMP BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STUART CRANE        + 0.2766  7.5698  7.5698  00.00 170.46
  2   3       DAVE PETERS         + 0.3195  8.1376  8.1376  00.00 157.94
  3   9       PAUL WING           + 0.3486  8.9852  8.9852  00.00 157.46
  4   1       IVAN BIRCH          + 0.1734  9.1451  9.1451  00.00 103.99
  5   5       ROBERT BROOKS       + 0.5946 10.0710 10.0710  00.00 130.57

* = Disqualified 
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9:50

Supertwin ET qualifying after session 1

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                QUALIFYING ROUND 1
09/10/2010 13:35:17                              20  SUPERTWIN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       MIKE NELTHORPE      + 0.6110 12.6603  0.1603  12.50 111.91
  2   21      TIM BOUTLE          + 0.5396 12.9295  0.2295  12.70 108.17
  3   66      DAVID SHORTHOUSE    - 0.1285 11.3151  0.3151  11.00 112.47
  4   6       PETER HARRISON      + 0.0671 11.6872 -0.0128  11.70 114.46

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 09:48:18                              19  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       CHRIS MOTT          + 0.1107  9.2666  9.2666  00.00 138.55
  2   4       ANDY WATSON         + 0.0636  9.3435  9.3435  00.00 138.54
  3   20      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.1263  9.4680  9.4680  00.00 139.84
  4   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1743  9.4689  9.4689  00.00 138.64
  5   1       LES HARRIS          + 0.3381  9.5090  9.5090  00.00 137.36
  6   5       RIC NAYLOR          + 0.4356 10.2124 10.2124  00.00 136.95

* = Disqualified 
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9:40

8.50 Bike qualifying after session 1

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 09:43:20                              2  8.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1   52      MARK WINDER         + 0.3983  8.5655  0.0655  08.50 163.68
  2   751     MICK WINYARD        + 0.1681  8.7307  0.2307  08.50 169.16
  3   587     PHIL PRATT          + 0.1942  9.1111  0.6111  08.50 150.06
  4   616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.0752  9.1760  0.6760  08.50 161.34
  5   464     ANDY HALEY          + 0.5303  9.2883  0.7883  08.50 161.35
  6   750     SAM SYKES           + 0.4032  9.4788  0.9788  08.50 160.78
  7   612     JULIAN HARRIS       + 0.1108  9.5424  1.0424  08.50 149.13
  8   398     PETE AUSTIN         + 0.2333  9.9241  1.4241  08.50 147.12
  9   576     ROB LEE             + 0.4158 10.3472  1.8472  08.50 137.28
 10   712     DAVE THOMAS         + 0.3300 10.6495  2.1495  08.50 147.60
 11   604     EDDY SMILEY         + 0.1880 15.0977  6.5977  08.50 103.84
 12   649     ROLAND CHAPLAIN     + 0.1688  8.2328 -0.2672  08.50 160.75

* = Disqualified 
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9:35

9.50 Bike qualifying after session 1

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                Extreme Bike Weekend 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/10/2010 09:38:17                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       AUGY HARRISON       + 0.0788  9.5130  0.0130  09.50 146.76
  2   1       RICHARD SAWATZKI    + 0.0968  9.5305  0.0305  09.50 144.83
  3   367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.2221  9.5726  0.0726  09.50 135.37
  4   295     JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.1692  9.6040  0.1040  09.50 147.69
  5   82      DAVE HALL           + 0.1730  9.6560  0.1560  09.50 147.14
  6   7       RICHARD BECK        - 0.0133 10.0326  0.5326  09.50 137.71
  7   368     STEWART ASHBY       + 0.7447 10.1407  0.6407  09.50 138.31
  8   528     AARON SPARKS        + 0.2277 10.2687  0.7687  09.50 144.30
  9   313     STEVE WHITING       + 0.0184 10.5561  1.0561  09.50 134.42
 10   56      MIKE AUSTIN         + 0.3923 11.8341  2.3341  09.50 132.57
 11   81      RICHARD BELL        + 0.0641 12.2196  2.7196  09.50 108.32
 12   653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.2206  9.4991 -0.0009  09.50 135.69
 13   9       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.0877  9.4460 -0.0540  09.50 137.83
 14   4       MARTIN WALKER       + 0.5238  9.2240 -0.2760  09.50 149.67

* = Disqualified 
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9:00

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the Extreme Performance Bike Weekend brought to you in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and will be streaming live video and, to begin with, trackside audio. We will be experimenting with the commentatry stream at some point during today.

Right now it's overcast with a very light mist, but I'd say that visibility is a mile so it won't be an issue here. Once the sun gets up a bit more this should all burn off anyway.

Qualifying is due to start with 9.50 Bike at 9:30. There are four qualifying sessions scheduled today, with Straightliners and RWYB in between. Stay tuned and as soon as the bikes start to move we'll bring you the numbers.


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