2010 FIA European Finals
Friday


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22:00

We have posted today's pictures, which you can view via the Event Index page. There are 110 pictures in all; if you do not see all 110 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

As you are aware we have really been struggling with network issues here today. The internet connection has been dropping out on a frequent basis. Re-starts of routers etc have made no difference. BT claim that the problem is with the phone line in to Santa Pod and that they will sort it out tomorrow. Diagnostics tell a different story, to whit a problem with a DNS server. Whatever the problem, hopefully it will be cured tomorrow and we can go back to the live webcam which seems to be an unqualified hit.

Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day three of qualifying.

19:40

Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin Hill rounded out the day with a 6.3588/214.81 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC, Martin 'pedalled' the afterburner about sixty feet out then shut off at about 1000 feet.

Stay tuned and we'll have tomorrow's pictures for you in a couple of hours. Thanks for your patience with the webcam this evening, as soon as things are fixed tomorrow we'll be live again.

19:30

UEM Funny Bike Cup qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Al Young no time bye; Tim Blakemore no time, Bob Brooks 7.4835/179.89; Robert Karlsson no time, Kev Charman no time; Steve French 7.4093/161.89, Otto Knebl 8.2943/158.56; Rikard Gustafsson 7.6654/126.16, Christian Jäger 7.6126/158.54

Al sounded to have trouble selecting gears, the bike turned hard right and he shut off at about 100 feet. Tim left before the tree ran. 1.1660 to sixty for Bob, 4.8037/149.61 at the eighth. Consternation as Robert got off his bike after the burnout but he got straight back on it again when he got back to the start line. Very short burnout for Kev. Kev rolled the beams before the Tree ran and Robert's motor cut out at the hit. 1.1509 to sixty for Steve, the bike moved left but he stayed with it, 4.6658/150.05 at the eighth. 1.3516 to sixty for Otto and 5.2819/132.58 to the eighth. Bit of a burndown between Rikard and Christian, Christian left first 0.1120 to 0.3107. 1.2017 to sixty for Christian to Rikard's 1.2298, Rikard had the much better eighth 4.4097/154.60 to 4.8476/147.17 but then Rikard shut off and Christian was there first by 0.2515.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Steve French 7.4093/161.89
  2. Bob Brooks 7.4835/179.89
  3. Christian Jäger 7.6126/158.54
  4. Rikard Gustafsson 7.6654/126.16
  5. Otto Knebl 8.2943/158.56

19:15

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Jöran Persåker 6.1530/145.33 bye; Janne Ahonen 4.9459/284.16, Micke Kågered 6.0656/150.11; Jari Halinen 5.3184/195.55, Stig Neergaard 6.5535/125.96; Andy Carter 4.6139/298.82, Anita Mäkelä 6.9277/112.20; Risto Poutiainen 4.7680/309.51, Urs Erbacher 4.9780/285.12

0.8560 to sixty feet for Jöran, then at about 200 feet his nitro flames went green, then there was a huge ball of flame from the back of the motor. The motor was still running until the eighth then there was a bang and the blower belt left the car and landed about 1000 feet out. During the hold for recovery and clean-up it started to rain.

Janne and Micke first on the restart. Janne away first 0.0968 to 0.2068 and had the better sixty foot time 0.9009 to 0.9260. Micke was blackstriping his lane and his header flames briefly turned green but it didn't lead to anything untoward. 3.3408/243.98 to the eighth for Janne and Micke was shut off just before the eighth 3.4287/203.82. Janne shut off at about 1100 feet. Very short burnout for Stig and then a brief blip of the throttle. 0.8826 to sixty feet for Stig and 0.9026 for Jari, both cars stuck to the track. Stig was off the throttle at about 500 feet and his blower belt flew high into the air. Jari got to half track in 3.3358/249.38 and then shut off, nothing visibly amiss so maybe a checkout pass. Fantastic run for Andy, the quickest ever TF pass in Europe. 0.0355 RT, 0.8436 to sixty feet, 3.1021/268.68 at the eighth, drifted to the right and got very close to the centre line, shut off at about 1200 feet with what looked like a flash of flame from the motor. The first half of a European ET record for Andy, well done Andy, Per, Karsten and the Lucas Oil / Landmeco team! 0.8665 to sixty for Anita, driving through shake and then having to pedal, 3.6080/170.16 at the eighth, 3.8939/304.84 at 1000 feet, and off the throttle again. Tremendous match-up between Risto and Urs. 0.8753 to sixty for Risto to Urs' 0.9237, 3.2236/256.33 to the eighth to Urs' 3.3421/245.92. The cars looked side-by-side until Urs shut off just before the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Andy Carter 4.6139/298.82
  2. Risto Poutiainen 4.7680/309.51
  3. Janne Ahonen 4.9459/284.16
  4. Urs Erbacher 4.9780/285.12
  5. Jari Halinen 5.3184/195.55
  6. Micke Kågered 6.0656/150.11
  7. Jöran Persåker 6.1530/145.33
  8. Stig Neergaard 6.5535/125.96
  9. Anita Mäkelä 6.9277/112.20

Out of interest here is the timing slip from Andy's and Anita's match-up:

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# 0427     Date 09/10/2010  19:06:53

  FIA TOP FUEL      QUALIFICATIONS  1
1               Car Number         5       
                                           
ANDY CARTER         Name ANITA MAKELA        
TF                 Class         TF      
00.00             Dial In          00.00
+0.0355           Reaction       + 0.1856  
  .8436            60 ft           .8665
 2.1628           330 ft          2.3212
 2.9347        ET AT 594 ft       3.3436
 3.1021           1/8 ET          3.6080
 268.68          1/8 MPH          170.16
 3.8939         1000' ET          5.1441
 304.84         1000' MPH         138.66
 4.6139          1/4  ET          6.9277
 298.82          1/4 MPH           112.20

1st Finish        2.4639                   

         timing by TSI RaceNet System  

18:45

We're on a five-minute call for drivers to strap back in.

18:00

It has now started to rain quite heavily so we are on hold.

17:45

You have probably noticed that the webcam has been up and down in the last hour or two. The problem is with the phone line outside Santa Pod. BT have been called to fix it but in the meantime we are running on a 3G stick so we will have to move to the one-minute webcam. As soon as things are back to normal we will reinstate the live webcam.

To pick up the one-minute webcam you will need to click on your Browser's Refresh button on the webcam page.

17:30

Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can view via the Event Index page.

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5590/251.00, Dave Wilson 5.9753/234.93; Krister Johansson 5.7036/208.17, Derek Flynn 5.5250/266.69; Peter Schöfer 5.5347/259.52, Fred Hanssen 5.6257/202.37; Dennis Habermann 5.5548/250.86, Timo Habermann 8.9689/90.31

0.0875 RT for Paul, 1.1732 for Grumpy. Paul Ingar had a much better sixty foot time 0.9181 to 1.0518 and was way on top at half track 3.6275/206.94 to Grumpy's 3.9842/197.16. Nothing visibly wrong for Grumpy, the car just looked off pace. Paul Ingar looked to have the chutes out a touch early. Krister seemed to back up from his burnout quite slowly but his team didn't hang about with their final checks when he got back. 0.9621 to sixty feet for Krister, 1.0004 for Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek, Krister had the better eighth mile ET at 3.6216 to 3.7033 but Derek had a huge speed advantage 215.48 to 206.94, Derek took the long way round but got there first by 0.1511. Fred's tuner and Eurodragster.com Blogger Will Hanna has changed to a white stetson, maybe to stand out better on the webcam. 0.9536 to sixty for Fred, 0.9577 for Peter; Fred quicker at the eighth 3.5608 at a huge 214.44 to Peter's 3.6431/208.96, Fred's dragster moved to the right but he stayed with it until from here it sounded as if the blower panel let go at about 1000 feet. Timo away first 0.0888 to 0.2544 and a much better sixty foot time 0.8979 to 0.9450, then Timo's blower burst plate blew at about 300 feet. 3.6254/204.22 to the eighth for Dennis.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Derek Flynn 5.5250/266.69
  2. Peter Schöfer 5.5347/259.52
  3. Dennis Habermann 5.5548/250.86
  4. Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5590/251.00
  5. Fred Hanssen 5.6257/202.37
  6. Krister Johansson 5.7036/208.17
  7. Dave Wilson 5.9753/234.93
  8. Timo Habermann 8.9689/90.31

17:15

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Dezsoe Krivan 6.1697/234.93 bye; Steph Milam 6.3602/199.00, Rob Turner 6.8432/175.73; Danny Bellio 14.7339/57.39, Arvid Grødem 5.9400/241.13; Jürgen Nagel 6.4707/147.12, Dan Larsen 5.9608/232.55

Trackside conditions at the start of this session were 20.3 C, 76% humidity and air pressure of 29.62 inches. 1.0231 to sixty for Dez, a pedal just before the eighth 4.0626/180.65. One of Dez's 'chutes came off as it opened but he got stopped no problem. Checkout pass for Steph on a new motor combination and Steph away first 0.4835 to 0.5166. Rob had the better sixty foot 1.0650 to 1.1670 but the Turner Motorsport FC started to take the long way round. Steph had the better eighth 4.1656/185.69 to 4.3094/160.14, Rob looked to shut off a touch early and Steph took the stripe by 0.5161. Big jump for Danny 0.1572 to 0.4171, 1.0194 to sixty and then hit shake which tried to catapult the car across lanes, Danny shut off at about 150 feet. 1.0687 to sixty for Arvid, 3.9157/192.62 to the eighth and into #1 spot at that point with a good baseline pass. Dan away first 0.0958 to 0.3496 and the much better siuxty foot time 0.9795 to 1.0800. Dan drove through shake and got to the eighth in 3.9052/191.71, 3.9309/195.39 to the eighth for Jürgen then a 'chute deployed at about 800 feet.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Arvid Grødem 5.9400/241.13
  2. Dan Larsen 5.9608/232.55
  3. Dezsoe Krivan 6.1697/234.93
  4. Steph Milam 6.3602/199.00
  5. Jürgen Nagel 6.4707/147.12
  6. Rob Turner 6.8432/175.73
  7. Danny Bellio 14.7339/57.39

16:50

UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Ian King 9.8038/86.54 bye; Steve Carey 8.2665/103.60, Eric Teboul 7.3166/194.61; Sverre Dahl 7.5247/124.78, Steve Woollatt 9.3319/84.27; Peter Svensson 6.3621/199.88, Petri Paljakka 6.7670/188.84; Rene van den Berg 17.9543/37.30, Kai Selkamäa 7.1505/183.57

1.1976 to sixty feet for Ian, smoke, shut off by about 400 feet and a long trail of oil from 100 feet.

Clean-up complete Steve C and Eric faced off. Great run to start with for Steve, 1.0547 to sixty and 4.402/131.61 at the eighth at which point his nitro flames started to go green then he shut off. 4.8135/160.17 at the eighth for Eric, on the throttle all the way. 1.0641 to sixty for Steve W to Sverre's 1.0929, Steve was off the throttle just before the eighth 4.7020/115.02, Sverre got to the eighth in 4.2630/156.16 and then shut off. Nice passes for Peter and Petri, 1.0720 to sixty for Peter to Petri's 1.1443, 4.1971/184.97 to the eighth for Peter to Petri's 4.4149/171.40, sounded as if Peter rolled off the throttle just before the stripe. Rene got to sixty feet in 1.1236 then lost drive about 300 feet out and shut off. Good-looking pass to begin with for Kai, 1.1867 to sixty feet and to the eighth in 4.6277/160.77, lots of smoke from the motor in the second half followed by a check of the track.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Peter Svensson 6.3621/199.88
  2. Petri Paljakka 6.7670/188.84
  3. Kai Selkamäa 7.1505/183.57
  4. Eric Teboul 7.3166/194.61
  5. Sverre Dahl 7.5247/124.78
  6. Steve Carey 8.2665/103.60
  7. Steve Woollatt 9.3319/84.27
  8. Ian King 9.8038/86.54
  9. Rene van den Berg 17.9543/37.30

16:15

UEM Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Chris Hannam 13.4157/63.31 bye; Martijn de Haas 9.0188/110.88 bye, Svein Olav Rolfstad shut off; Roman Sixta 8.9862/171.09, Per Bengtsson 9.0346/163.08; Samu Kemppainen 7.9142/183.62 bye, Jan Sturla Hegre shut off; Trond Høiberget 6.9024/193.91, Roel Koedam 7.3270/178.50; Ismo Mäenpää 14.4600/50.35, Hans Olav Olstad 6.8239/192.06; Job Heezen 9.4090/104.56, Lorenz Stäuble 6.6171/213.89

Thundering burnout by Cannon which tossed our webcam microphone into the air. Very lazy launch, 1.5741 to sixty feet and then off the throttle by about 150 feet. Svein Olav's motor cut out as he hit the throttle for the burnout, maybe a broken belt. 1.3226 to sixty for Martijn, 5.3277/129.78 at the eighth and looked to have a cylinder out, shut off before the eighth. Roman crept the beams lighting the red and adding a lot to his ET. 1.1235 to sixty feet for Per with huge nitro flames, riding through tyre shake but then shutting off at about 150 feet. Roman was on it most of the way, Per gave it another little stab in the second half. Jan Sturla's motor stopped as he rolled out of the burnout. Samu took the bye, 1.2223 to sixty feet, 5.2494/137.69 to the eighth, shut off a touch early. Nice match between Trond and Roel, Trond had the better numbers all the way but Roel had the better nitro flames. 101976 RT for Trond to Roel's 0.3052,1.1702 to 1.1990 sixty and 4.4769 to 4.7154 eighth, then Roel's nitro flames went green and he shut it off before the stripe. Lots of smoke and the smell of clutch dust from Ismo's bike. 1.3295 to sixty to Hans Olav's 1.1862, Hans Olav to the eighth in 4.4944/172.20 with a very straight run and Ismo shut off long before half track. Troubled run for Job, 1.2571 to sixty feet and shut off at the eighth, lots of smoke from the motor. 1.1511 to sixty for Lo, 4.3700/177.44 at the eighth, on it all the way but very, very close to the guardrail in the shutdown area.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Lorenz Stäuble 6.6171/213.89
  2. Hans Olav Olstad 6.8239/192.06
  3. Trond Høiberget 6.9024/193.91
  4. Roel Koedam 7.3270/178.50
  5. Samu Kemppainen 7.9142/183.62
  6. Roman Sixta 8.9862/171.09
  7. Martijn de Haas 9.0188/110.88
  8. Per Bengtsson 9.0346/163.08
  9. Job Heezen 9.4090/104.56
  10. Chris Hannam 13.4157/63.31
  11. Ismo Mäenpää 14.4600/50.35

16:00

UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Lazslo Papp 7.7233/166.69 bye; Richard Gipp 8.0909/163.64 bye; Harri Piensalmi 7.6247/155.80, Len Paget no time; Martin Bishop 7.6159/171.08, Gabriella Nikolovska no time; Dave Beck 7.3875/177.14, Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.0929/164.87; Stavros Svrachnos no time, Kalle Lyrén 7.3968/175.06; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.4581/175.07, Jesper Thiel 7.2756/177.14; Kenneth Vik 11.4501/65.46, Fredrik Fredlund 7.5344/174.37; Anders Abrahamsson 7.3478/179.24, Ulf Ögge 7.5094/172.42

1.6665 to sixty for Lazslo and 4.8612/142.03, big improvement on Wednesday's testing and a good baseline. Problmes launching and 1.4354 to sixty for Richard, 5.1897/140.79 at the eighth. Harri's team took a while to line him up for stage and Ian Marshall chivvied them along. Len's motor cut out at the hit; 1.1361 to sixty for Harri, 4.7446/142.06 at the eighth. Nice 0.0213 RT for Gabbi but then the motor cut out. 1.1651 to sixty for Martin and 4.8304/144.77 at the eighth. 0.0425 RT for Karl Heinz to Eurodragster.com Blogger Dave's 0.1140. 1.1130 to sixty for becky to Karl Heinz's 1.1826, 4.6727/148.52 at the eighth to Karl Heinz's 5.1272/130.69, sounded as if he had problems changing gear. Stavros lost fire after his burnout but re-started then left before the lights ran. Stavros pulled Kalle with him but right side of the button push. 1/1621 to sixty for Kalle and 4.6853/150.17 to the eighth. Nice match-up between Gert Jan and Jesper. Storming 1.0889 to sixty for Jesper to Gert Han's 1.1548, 4.5840/150.45 to the eighth to Gert-Jan's 4.7294/148.07. Problems in the burnout for Fredrik, the burnout lasted about half a second and then his motor was smoking but he made his run anyway. 1.1251 to sixty for Kenneth to Fredrik's 1.1718, 4.7922/147.19 at the eighth whilst Kenneth shut off before the eighth. Ulf's run looked quicker than it was, nice run for Anders, 1.1440 to sixty to Ulf's 1.1689, 4.6760/149.99 to the eighth for Anders to Ulf's 4.7732/148.63.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jesper Thiel 7.2756/177.14
  2. Anders Abrahamsson 7.3478/179.24
  3. Dave Beck 7.3875/177.14
  4. Kalle Lyrén 7.3968/175.06
  5. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.4581/175.07
  6. Ulf Ögge 7.5094/172.42
  7. Fredrik Fredlund 7.5344/174.37
  8. Martin Bishop 7.6159/171.08
  9. Harri Piensalmi 7.6247/155.80
  10. Lazslo Papp 7.7233/166.69
  11. Richard Gipp 8.0909/163.64
  12. Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.0929/164.87
  13. Kenneth Vik 11.4501/65.46

15:45

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Conrad Stanley 7.6916/161.35 bye; Sampsa Palos 6.8845/202.55, Jonas Engdahl 6.9250/199.66; Jonas Dantanus 6.9102/197.25 DQ, Tommy Leindahl 6.8348/198.80; Jimmy Ålund 6.7261/205.32, Jan Palmqvist 6.7956/201.52; Micke Callin 6.8522/200.76, Michael Malmgren 6.7700/202.42

Final licencing pass for Conrad who was in the pairing lanes for this last run on Wednesday when the rain came. 1.0704 to sixty feet, driving through the clutch some as there was a lot of dust, 4.8780/141.71 to the eighth and shut off a touch before the stripe. Not quite enough for his licence, we're told. First competitive pass for Sampsa after gaining his licence at Alastaro last weekend. Tremendous match-up between Sampsa and Jonas, 0.0833 RT for Sampsa to Jonas' 0.1631, Jonas had the better sixty foot time 1.0537 to 1.0612, Sampsa came back at Jonas at the eighth 4.4487/161.12 to 4.4605/158.28. Superb run for Sampsa and the first six-second Mopar Pro Stock run in Europe by Jonas, well done guys! Some last-minute work on Jonas' car just before pre-stage, Crew Chief Christer had the passenger side door open and was working on something before Chief Starter Ian Marshall signalled him to get Jonas into stage. 0.9924 to sixty for Jonas to Tommy's 0.9932, Tommy had the better eighth 4.3811/158.80 to 4.4156/157.27. Jonas' run was then DQ'd for a Blue Line violation. Lots of wheelie bar adjustment on Jan's Pontiac whilst Jimmy waited patiently. Jimmy away first 0.0407 to 0.1040, much better sixty foot time 0.9894 to 1.0206, 4.3210/161.75 to the eighth for Jimmy to Jan's 4.3638/161.06. It looked like Jan was coming back in the second half but Jimmy took the stripe by 0.1328. 0.9920 to sixty for Micke to Michael's 1.0018, better eighth time for Michael despite shake 4.3490/161.08 to 4.3835/159.42.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.7261/205.32
  2. Michael Malmgren 6.7700/202.42
  3. Jan Palmqvist 6.7956/201.52
  4. Tommy Leindahl 6.8348/198.80
  5. Micke Callin 6.8522/200.76
  6. Sampsa Palos 6.8845/202.55
  7. Jonas Engdahl 6.9250/199.66
  8. Conrad Stanley 7.6916/161.35

15:30

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Rolf Ammann 6.5226/214.09, Wayne Nicholson 6.9258/202.42; Ray White 7.1156/185.12, Kev Slyfield 7.6964/194.63; Roger Moore 6.9224/202.49, Bert Englefield no time; Jean Dulamon 6.6051/218.14, Henri Joosten 6.4249/211.92; Jöran Persåker 13.7664/125.10, Robert Joosten 6.5059/207.97; Marc Meihuizen 9.5009/93.91 bye; Graham Ellis 6.6077/210.14, Norbert Kuno 6.2850/226.63; Marco Maurischat 6.3561/221.46 bye; Freddy Fagerström 6.9601/214.09, Bruno Bader 6.2701/225.62; Andy Robinson shut off, Adam Flamholc 6.1435/230.07 bye; Micke Lindahl 6.2186/225.91, Roger Johansson 11.5932/69.22; Mats Eriksson 11.9292/75.53, Urban Johansson 6.2898/230.13; Johan Lindberg 11.4016/72.98, Micke Gullqvist 6.0879/233.76

Wayne sat on the line for a fair while after the green, 1.7736 RT. 1.0523 to sixty for Rolf, 4.2392/170.88 taking the long way round. Straight run for Wayne, 1.0805 to sixty feet and 4.4980/160.76 at the eighth. Decent out of shape Pro Mod burnout for Kev, hard right turn at the end of it. Now, could Doctor Evil repeat his six-second pass from testing? The Zephyr had to be pushed to get it into forward gear after returning from the burnout. Shake and a move to the right for Kev, 1.1027 to sixty feet, meanwhile Ray's Zephyr got to sixty in 1.0685 but drifted further and further left, getting quite close the the guardrail. A pedal for Kev, 5.1458/146.74 at the eighth, 4.5852/152.59 at the eighth for Ray taking a long way round. Bert rolled the beams before the lights ran, lighting the big cherry. 1.0872 to sixty for Roger, 4.4888/167.92. Superb match between Jean and Henri. Visible holeshot for Jean 0.3010 to 0.5786, 1.0180 to sixty feet for Henri to Jean's 1.0918, 4.1561/176.96 at the eighth to Jean's 4.3387/170.31. A big chunk out of both racers' PB, well done guys! Jöran just rolled the beams and then sat there with the red lit and the clocks running, Robert also redlit. 1.0075 to sixty for Robert, 4.1868/167.32 at the eighth, the car moved left and right and Robert shut it off and put the chute out before the stripe. Jöran eventually nailed it but shut off by the eighth. 1.0077 to sixty feet for Marc but the tyres were shaking and the car made a big move to the left, very close to the guardrail and shut off by about 300 feet. Marc should have been up against Patrick Wikström but there has been no sign of Patrick. First competitive run for Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham after a few test passes on Wednesday, what would the team make of Wednesday's data? 1.0126 to sixty for Graham to Norbert's 1.0732, Graham drove through shake and stayed with it as the Cuda made moves left and right, 4.1293/181.38 to the eighth for Norbert to Graham's 4.2655/166.47. Great first full pass for Graham and a baseline for the next round, close to a PB for Norbert. Bye for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco as Melanie troxel's car broke parts during the warm-up. 300-foot burnout then 0.9958 sixty foot, 4.1253/171.68 at the eighth, sounded like a late shift in the second half but into #2 spot. Freddy's truck showing little sign of its fire at Hockenheim, just some retouched paint, and Freddy announced his presence with an eighth-mile burnout. Shake and a hard move to the right for Freddy, 1.0153 to sixty feet, 1.0163 to sixty feet for Bruno, Freddy almost crossed the centre line just before helf track and even he had to pedal, 4.5691/150.51 whilst Bruno went straight and got to the eighth in 4.1108/180.96 and into #1 spot at the stripe. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy's blower panel blew as he came off the burnout. Adam took a fantastic bye. A storming 0.9795 to sixty feet, 4.0006/179.09 at the eighth and blasting his European PB into next week, taking #1 spot. Big shake and a move to the left for Roger after a 1.0106 sixty foot to Micke's 1.0012. Roger almost crossed the centre line and shut off. 4.0346/176.98 to the eighth for Micke L (thinking of you Benni) but the Camaro was visibly bouncing in the second half and you could hear it in the engine note. -0.1150 red light for Mats and 1.1043 sixty foot, into shake and a hard left move and off the throttle. 1.0243 to sixty for Urban, driving through shake, 4.1487/180.39 at the eighth and picking up a lot in the second half. This weekend's first encounter between the title contenders to close the session. Big visible holeshot for Johan, 1.0276 to sixty feet then shake and he shut off. 0.9975 to sixty for Micke, driving through shake, 3.9886/186.21 at the eighth, moving all over his lane but still taking #1 spot.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Micke Gullqvist 6.0879/233.76
  2. Adam Flamholc 6.1435/230.07
  3. Micke Lindahl 6.2186/225.91
  4. Bruno Bader 6.2701/225.62
  5. Norbert Kuno 6.2850/226.63
  6. Urban Johansson 6.2898/230.13
  7. Marco Maurischat 6.3561/221.46
  8. Henri Joosten 6.4249/211.92
  9. Robert Joosten 6.5059/207.97
  10. Rolf Ammann 6.5226/214.09
  11. Jean Dulamon 6.6051/218.14
  12. Graham Ellis 6.6077/210.14
  13. Roger Moore 6.9224/202.49
  14. Wayne Nicholson 6.9258/202.42
  15. Freddy Fagerström 6.9601/214.09
  16. Ray White 7.1156/185.12
  17. Kev Slyfield 7.6964/194.63;
  18. Marc Meihuizen 9.5009/93.91
  19. Johan Lindberg 11.4016/72.98
  20. Roger Johansson 11.5932/69.22
  21. Mats Eriksson 11.9292/75.53
  22. Jöran Persåker 13.7664/125.10

14:50

Super Pro ET qualifying after session 5

Bob Doyle up from #28 to #21 in the second pair of the session. Great side-by-side for Matt Glassup and Barry Giles, Matt moving up from #34 to #10 and Barry from #13 to #6. Next pair and Ashley Bell moved up from #17 to #9. Big move for Dave Townsend, #25 to #13 four pairs later. Rick Garrett next to move up the ladder, #24 to #8.

We had a hold for oil clean-up and then it started to rain. On the re-start a big breakout for Paula Atkin, 7.6382 on a 7.98 dial-in, that was her first full pass in the car. Next up was Brtendan Clancy, great to see him back after yesterday's fire. Only scorched bodywork betrays what happened, and in at #30.

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
10/09/2010 14:50:03                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   910     RENE EHRISMANN      + 0.1317  8.8518  0.0018  08.85 143.82
  2   2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0935  8.8238  0.0038  08.82 136.11
  3   803     DAVE CATTON         + 0.1980  8.4845  0.0045  08.48 156.29
  4   543     JACK BREWSTER       - 0.0320  8.5953  0.0053  08.59 156.30
  5   307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.1053  7.4559  0.0059  07.45 172.33
  6   1       JOHN EVERITT        - 0.0052  7.9572  0.0072  07.95 167.81
  7   4       BARRY GILES         + 0.0180  7.6596  0.0096  07.65 173.02
  8   604     RICK GARRETT        + 0.1013  8.4658  0.0158  08.45 158.48
  9   22      MARCK HARTEVELD     - 0.1035  8.1232  0.0232  08.10 166.03
 10   474     ASHLEY BELL         + 0.4171  9.0137  0.0337  08.98 141.23
 11   563     MATT GLASSUP        + 0.1483  7.3488  0.0388  07.31 178.52
 12   154     ROY WILDING         + 0.1082  8.1131  0.0431  08.07 165.44
 13   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.3097  8.0947  0.0447  08.05 161.87
 14   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      LB3A      7.7712  0.0512  07.72 176.29
 15   63      JOE STEVENS         + 0.1745  8.9420  0.0520  08.89 152.05
 16   555     JOHN GERRITSON      + 0.2548  8.6729  0.0529  08.62 155.74
 17   96      DAVE NELSON         + 0.3503  8.7044  0.0544  08.65 151.56
 18   312     CHRIS ISAACS        + 0.0266  8.9482  0.0582  08.89 149.12
 19   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.0873  7.2872  0.0872  07.20 182.79
 20   426     STEVE TAYLOR        + 0.1383  7.3378  0.0878  07.25 181.38
 21   881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.0715  8.4892  0.0892  08.40 152.06
 22   61      CHRIS HARTNELL      + 0.2120  9.0943  0.1043  08.99 143.36
 23   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.1010  8.9076  0.1276  08.78 151.55
 24   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.2108  7.0009  0.1509  06.85 188.09
 25   1962    NIGEL PAYNE         + 0.7464  7.6029  0.1529  07.45 178.51
 26   11      LEON GREEN          + 0.2415  7.5841  0.1641  07.42 179.89
 27   308     KARL HARRISON       + 0.2570  7.3802  0.1802  07.20 181.32
 28   551     MARK FLAVELL        + 0.0114  8.1052  0.2052  07.90 169.15
 29   53      BRENDAN CLANCY      + 0.6872  7.9418  0.2418  07.70 169.76
 30   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.1992  7.3280  0.2780  07.05 176.42
 31   1934    ADAM GLEADOW        + 0.1538  8.2585  0.3585  07.90 167.25
 32   58      PAULA ATKIN         +10.2924  9.4816  0.4916  08.99  94.67
 33   401     JOHN BRADSHAW       + 0.8934  7.8761  0.6061  07.27 133.21
 34   1993    JAYNE KAY           + 0.3573 14.1824  5.1924  08.99  57.08

* = Disqualified 
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Next up is the first round of Pro Mod qualifying.

Trackside conditions are 21.4 C, 74% humidity and air pressure of 29.65 inches.

13:40

Pro ET qualifying after session 5

Simon Innes moved into the ladder, up from #34 to #26 in the sixth pair of the session. 0.0048 RT for Nigel Green in his pairing with Terry Robins. Two pairs later and Pel Norman moved up from #31 to #19. Big move for Lee Huxley next pair, up from #20 to #3. next pair and Paul Marston moved from #33 to #26 followed up the ladder by Dave Rowlands who moved from #29 to #17.

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
10/09/2010 13:39:27                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0506  9.1007  0.0007  09.10 143.42
  2   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.1093  9.6810  0.0010  09.68 128.73
  3   25      LEE HUXLEY          - 0.0040  9.6121  0.0021  09.61 137.68
  4   6       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.0775  9.7482  0.0082  09.74 134.84
  5   795     MICHEAL LACEY       + 0.2080  9.4403  0.0103  09.43 142.46
  6   7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     + 0.2467 10.5524  0.0124  10.54 128.32
  7   700     PHIL TOPPIN         + 0.1545  9.1841  0.0141  09.17 143.41
  8   685     JOHN REEVE          + 0.5310 10.7183  0.0183  10.70 123.86
  9   723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.0423  9.8392  0.0192  09.82 140.25
 10   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.3296  9.3601  0.0201  09.34 144.28
 11   81      HANS VAN DER SPEK   + 0.1649 11.1313  0.0213  11.11 118.04
 12   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1861  9.8413  0.0213  09.82 133.60
 13   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.0508  9.2523  0.0223  09.23 143.86
 14   731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0228 11.3338  0.0238  11.31 119.18
 15   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.0593 10.9494  0.0294  10.92 118.33
 16   510     TERRY ROBINS        + 0.3523  9.9098  0.0298  09.88 136.02
 17   882     DAVE ROWLANDS       + 0.0705 10.0219  0.0319  09.99 136.10
 18   314     STEVE HUDSON        + 0.1024  9.7300  0.0400  09.69 134.07
 19   79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.0132 10.0402  0.0402  10.00 123.04
 20   77      DAVE NAPIER         + 0.0711  9.8132  0.0432  09.77 138.53
 21   449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.2887 10.1253  0.0453  10.08 130.22
 22   15      ANDREW GIBB         + 0.0258 11.2469  0.0469  11.20 117.63
 23   648     JON TURNER          + 0.0746  9.9592  0.0492  09.91 132.94
 24   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.0853  9.5514  0.0514  09.50 140.34
 25   144     DARREN LAW          + 0.0004  9.1554  0.0554  09.10 142.54
 26   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.3596 10.1055  0.0555  10.05 129.77
 27   90      BILLY GANE          - 0.0728 10.0871  0.0571  10.03 129.47
 28   365     MARTIN GREEN        + 0.1292 10.7575  0.0575  10.70 129.06
 29   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.1561 11.5990  0.0590  11.54 113.17
 30   306     CARL BURTON         + 0.0313 11.2820  0.0620  11.22 116.68
 31   9       RICK MCCANN         - 0.0610 10.2346  0.0646  10.17 130.14
 32   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0138  9.9053  0.0753  09.83 132.43
 33   299     AMANDA COX          + 0.0122 10.1056  0.1056  10.00 130.94
 34   713     SARAH HOWELLS       - 0.0624  9.3394  0.1194  09.22 141.65
 35   95      MARK RICHARDSON     + 0.1547  9.4850  0.1350  09.35 136.13
 36   544     NICK CURTIS         + 0.4201 10.0559  0.1659  09.89 132.12
 37   601     AL PLATT            - 0.0026 12.0563  0.2163  11.84 111.65
 38   509     ED BREEDVELD        + 0.1226 10.2415  0.2315  10.01 112.46
 39   315     NIGEL GREEN         + 0.0046 11.5909  0.2509  11.34 113.60
 40   542     KEITH HERBERT       - 0.0429 11.3677  0.3977  10.97  95.68

* = Disqualified 
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Trackside conditions are 20.8 C, 77% humidity and air pressureis 29.65 inches.

12:45

Pro ET have been called to the lanes.

12:00

The rain finally stopped and the track crew have got the racing surface pretty much dry save for the edges. As ever it is the shutdown area which needs the most attention. Stay tuned and we'll let you know when we're somewhere near.

10:00

Usual story, the track was starting to look dry and then a downpour came in. Stay tuned.

08:25

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/Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and will be streaming live video and trackside audio until the track closes.

We had some heavy rain in the small hours, either that or someone tipped a bucket of ball bearings on the roof of the caravan. The track was pretty wet but the crew have been hard at work getting it dried. Trackside conditions are 14.7 C, 98% humidity and air pressure of 29.68 inches.

We were due to start at 09:00 with Sportsman qualifying cycle five but I am guessing that we won't quite make that. We have two Pro sessions scheduled today, at 10:30 and 14:30.

Stay tuned and when we have a revised schedule or when the wheels start to turn we will be back with all the news.


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