2010 FIA European Finals
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 23:00 Simon has some more pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. We have also posted today's pictures, which you can also view via the Event Index page. There are 200 pictures in all; if you do not see all 200 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from eliminations. 20:40 Junior Dragster qualifying after session 6
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2010 20:36:36 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 18 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0076 7.9857 0.0857 07.90 79.37
2 7 ZAK JOHNSON + 0.0081 8.0205 0.1205 07.90 81.67
3 17 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0198 8.1098 0.2098 07.90 80.22
4 3 JOE KELLETT + 0.0195 8.4349 0.5349 07.90 75.02
5 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0171 8.0041 0.1041 07.90 80.79
6 9 CLARE GILES + 0.0143 9.0219 1.1219 07.90 70.37
7 330 MAJA UDTIAN + 0.0367 8.5713 -0.3287 08.90 75.15
8 1 ANNA STANLEY + 0.0468 7.9733 0.0733 07.90 81.37
9 21 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0662 9.3133 0.4133 08.90 67.81
10 16 PAIGE WHELLER + 0.0874 9.1566 0.2566 08.90 70.12
11 119 KARIN WINTER + 0.2109 10.3899 1.4899 08.90 61.42
* = Disqualified
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Mico Ahonen and Harry Gibson faced off again in their Junior Stock Dragster and Junior Funny Car respectively. Mico took the win 14.4039/48.31 as Harry redlit away an 8.2695/80.36. Qualifying is now finished for today. Stay tuned and we will have today's pictures and some more pit notes for you later on. 20:30 Super Comp qualifying after session 6 0.0037 RT for Pete Cresswell in the last run of the session.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
20:25 Super Street qualifying after session 6 Dave Cherrett up from #10 to #6.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Comp Eliminator qualifying after session 6 An improvement for Roland Bolleter but he stayed in place.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2010 20:24:38 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 810 ROLAND BOLLETER + 0.5563 7.3065 -0.2635 07.57 174.33
2 401 JOHN BRADSHAW + 0.5097 7.6966 -0.0034 07.70 171.72
3 823 STEFAN WINTER - 0.0844 8.3662 0.0462 08.32 149.62
4 36 LUKE STEVENSON + 0.2475 12.0248 2.8648 09.16 111.36
* = Disqualified
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20:20 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 6 0.0077 RT for Colin Lazenby and another seven for him as he returns to the sevens and takes #2 spot.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2010 20:16:46 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 508 JOHN SLEATH + 0.1634 7.7354 7.7354 00.00 189.73
2 56 COLIN LAZENBY + 0.0077 7.8486 7.8486 00.00 183.62
3 574 BRIAN PAYNE - 0.0419 8.2340 8.2340 00.00 171.08
4 34 IAN HOOK + 0.0425 8.2939 8.2939 00.00 161.89
5 507 JON WEBSTER + 0.0143 8.4894 8.4894 00.00 161.33
6 504 JEFF MEADS + 0.3367 8.5147 8.5147 00.00 167.93
7 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.0815 8.5572 8.5572 00.00 163.06
8 555 PAUL HOUSTON + 0.0906 8.6084 8.6084 00.00 161.35
9 1000 RICHARD BILLINGS + 0.6600 8.6715 8.6715 00.00 159.08
10 406 MARK TODD + 0.2508 8.8357 8.8357 00.00 159.62
11 33 DAVID MURDOCH + 0.0317 9.0680 9.0680 00.00 150.06
12 1969 BILL MACDERMID + 0.0466 9.1866 9.1866 00.00 153.63
13 472 MATS ANDERSSON + 0.3363 9.3473 9.3473 00.00 145.77
14 752 STUART WILLIAMS + 5.8784 9.6672 9.6672 00.00 137.70
* = Disqualified
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20:05 Super Gas eliminations round 1
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
11/09/2010 20:07:53 9 SUPER GAS
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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2 JON EVANS + 0.0540 9.9100 0.0100 09.90 134.02
Win 1 JON MORTON + 0.0140 9.9063 0.0063 09.90 137.79
Win 365 MARK WHITE + 0.5827 9.8517 -0.0483 09.90 134.01
151 PAUL HUDSON LB3A . -9.9000 09.90 0.00
694 DAVE RAPER LB3A . -9.9000 09.90 0.00
Win 461 DAVE DAY + 0.2618 9.9588 0.0588 09.90 143.95
1969 STUART MORRICE + 0.0971 9.8941 -0.0059 09.90 129.80
Win 424 JON GILES + 0.0173 10.0340 0.1340 09.90 140.82
1956 PAUL FOOTE LB3A . -9.9000 09.90 0.00
Win 550 DAN PAGE + 0.1664 9.9981 0.0981 09.90 130.29
Win 704 STUART DOIGNIE + 0.0491 10.2460 0.3460 09.90 112.63
140 KIM BISHOP + 0.3715 10.0052 0.1052 09.90 125.94
404 NICK GRIFFIN + 0.1260 10.0257 0.1257 09.90 123.77
Win 25 BRIAN HUXLEY + 0.1382 9.9141 0.0141 09.90 108.72
Foul 360 CHRIS BISHOP - 0.2175 15.4728 5.5728 09.90 41.74
Win 21 AL O'CONNOR + 0.0301 10.2665 0.3665 09.90 113.63
Foul 23 WOUTER VAN LEERSUM - 0.0003 9.9389 0.0389 09.90 145.70
Win 50 BRIAN PATEMAN + 0.0431 9.7835 -0.1165 09.90 149.60
Win 162 JOHN GRANT + 0.0670 9.9458 0.0458 09.90 140.32
164 PETE CRESSWELL + 0.0076 10.0255 0.1255 09.90 147.21
* = Disqualified
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19:55 Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 Huge bang at the hit, bonnet blown upwards and parts thrown out of Leon Green's Supra in his race against Ashley Bell. Leon is quite OK.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
11/09/2010 19:54:48 22 SUPER PRO ET
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 312 CHRIS ISAACS + 0.0268 9.0188 0.0688 08.95 144.75
2 JOHN ATKINSON + 0.1308 8.8034 0.0034 08.80 153.11
Win 551 MARK FLAVELL + 0.2787 7.9158 -0.0242 07.94 174.38
154 ROY WILDING LB3A . -8.0700 08.07 0.00
Foul 11 LEON GREEN - 0.0688 . -7.1500 07.15 0.00
Win 474 ASHLEY BELL + 0.0228 9.0220 0.0720 08.95 139.48
881 PETER WALTERS + 0.0642 8.5325 0.1625 08.37 148.56
Win 307 ROD HARRISON + 0.0782 7.4840 0.0340 07.45 162.46
Foul 1962 NIGEL PAYNE - 0.0127 13.0015 5.4515 07.55 88.90
Win 22 MARCK HARTEVELD + 0.0294 8.2356 0.0956 08.14 158.48
Win 910 RENE EHRISMANN + 0.0158 8.8752 0.0252 08.85 143.82
96 DAVE NELSON + 0.3818 8.5992 -0.0808 08.68 151.58
Foul 727 ROBIN ORTHODOXOU LB3A 8.0436 0.8636 07.18 175.73
Win 55 ROB SMALLWORTH + 0.1142 7.7351 -0.0349 07.77 175.67
Win 555 JOHN GERRITSON + 0.4816 8.8848 0.2348 08.65 142.91
Foul 58 PAULA ATKIN - 0.0582 8.8676 1.3076 07.56 129.89
Win 315 BOB DOYLE + 0.0186 8.8430 0.0930 08.75 152.06
Foul 4 BARRY GILES - 0.1072 7.8220 0.1720 07.65 139.47
Win 61 CHRIS HARTNELL + 0.0110 9.1822 0.1922 08.99 142.92
1 JOHN EVERITT + 0.1255 . -7.9500 07.95 0.00
308 KARL HARRISON + 0.2490 7.4376 0.2376 07.20 183.59
Win 563 MATT GLASSUP + 0.0876 7.3510 0.1010 07.25 159.57
Win 803 DAVE CATTON + 0.0274 8.5249 0.0049 08.52 154.13
Foul 200 STEVE JOHNSON - 0.1143 11.7629 4.5129 07.25 83.63
401 JOHN BRADSHAW + 3.6321 . -6.9300 06.93 0.00
Win 543 JACK BREWSTER + 0.4223 8.6397 0.0297 08.61 156.82
Win 63 JOE STEVENS + 0.1654 9.0633 0.1533 08.91 128.33
1934 ADAM GLEADOW + 0.1117 9.2793 1.4793 07.80 96.42
250 NICK GOOD LB3A . -6.9400 06.94 0.00
Foul Win 604 RICK GARRETT - 0.1109 8.4285 0.0085 08.42 159.60
Win 53 BRENDAN CLANCY + 0.3830 8.0835 0.2835 07.80 166.04
Foul 1969 DAVE TOWNSEND - 0.0726 8.0041 0.0041 08.00 166.64
* = Disqualified
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19:05 Pro ET eliminations round 1
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
11/09/2010 19:04:49 23 PRO ET
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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735 NIC WILLIAMS + 0.3397 12.7168 1.7168 11.00 98.39
Win 510 TERRY ROBINS + 0.4994 10.3044 1.3044 09.00 108.95
Win 6 CARLA PITTAU + 0.0732 9.8008 0.0108 09.79 134.40
Foul 77 DAVE NAPIER - 0.0830 9.7702 -0.0198 09.79 137.32
Foul 306 CARL BURTON - 0.0216 11.2697 0.0697 11.20 117.90
Win 731 RICK DENNY + 0.1406 11.2714 -0.0686 11.34 118.31
Win 723 GORDON NORTHWAY + 0.0547 9.8944 0.0944 09.80 129.77
Foul 144 DARREN LAW - 0.0319 9.1944 0.1444 09.05 142.07
Win 314 STEVE HUDSON + 0.1265 9.8738 0.1438 09.73 131.27
Foul 608 DAN WILLIAMS - 0.1287 9.8875 0.2475 09.64 116.82
Win 365 MARTIN GREEN + 0.0595 10.7720 0.0220 10.75 127.56
Foul 205 BOB MOLDEN - 0.0147 10.0369 0.0869 09.95 132.11
Win 7245 DEBORAH LAUGHER + 0.3086 11.0710 0.4910 10.58 114.35
15 ANDREW GIBB LB3A . -1.12100 11.21 0.00
685 JOHN REEVE + 0.2436 . -1.07000 10.70 0.00
Win 610 TIM STANBURY + 0.1048 9.8267 0.2767 09.55 121.53
79 DAVE CHERRETT + 0.0685 10.1371 0.1371 10.00 124.44
Win 25 LEE HUXLEY + 0.0666 9.6469 0.0769 09.57 131.40
Win 1 PAUL MARSTON + 0.0386 10.0858 -0.0642 10.15 130.14
Foul 450 MARK BAILEY - 0.2414 10.9692 1.6092 09.36 83.46
Win 449 PEL NORMAN + 0.2197 11.0176 0.9076 10.11 88.21
Foul 795 MICHEAL LACEY - 0.1887 9.3939 -0.0461 09.44 142.06
90 BILLY GANE + 0.1466 10.5651 0.0651 10.50 125.13
Win 81 HANS VAN DER SPEK + 0.0875 11.2149 0.1049 11.11 117.74
358 SIMON INNES + 0.5351 11.6306 -0.0694 11.70 113.77
Win 757 DAVE BAILEY + 0.1378 9.3265 0.0765 09.25 127.31
Win 648 JON TURNER + 0.0344 10.0372 0.0372 10.00 130.90
700 PHIL TOPPIN + 0.2902 9.0989 -0.0811 09.18 142.51
Win 9 RICK MCCANN + 0.0313 10.1398 0.0098 10.13 119.78
626 LIZ MALCOLM + 0.0637 11.0476 0.0676 10.98 117.73
Foul 882 DAVE ROWLANDS - 0.0180 10.0941 0.0941 10.00 136.85
Win 725 PAUL BROWN + 0.1361 9.1131 -0.0169 09.13 143.88
* = Disqualified
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18:45 Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin Hill followed the Pro session with a fierce-sounding 6.0451/266.58 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. Junior Dragster qualifying after session 5 Brad Jackson in at #6 with his first run of the weekend.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2010 18:46:54 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 18 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0076 7.9857 0.0857 07.90 79.37
2 7 ZAK JOHNSON + 0.0081 8.0205 0.1205 07.90 81.67
3 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0171 8.0041 0.1041 07.90 80.79
4 9 CLARE GILES + 0.0143 9.0219 1.1219 07.90 70.37
5 3 JOE KELLETT + 0.0195 8.4349 0.5349 07.90 75.02
6 17 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0198 8.1098 0.2098 07.90 80.22
7 330 MAJA UDTIAN + 0.0367 8.5713 -0.3287 08.90 75.15
8 1 ANNA STANLEY + 0.0468 7.9733 0.0733 07.90 81.37
9 21 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0662 9.3133 0.4133 08.90 67.81
10 16 PAIGE WHELLER + 0.0874 9.1566 0.2566 08.90 70.12
11 119 KARIN WINTER + 0.2109 10.3899 1.4899 08.90 61.42
* = Disqualified
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Mico Ahonen (Junior Dragster) and Harry Gibson (Junior FC) had a match-up after JD qualifying. Harry got there first 8.3054/79.38 to Mico's 15.5658/45.52. 18:20 Fuel Funny Car match race 2 Gordon Smith 5.2550/272.02 def. John Spuffard 5.3121/234.92
18:15 UEM Funny Bike Cup qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Al Young 12.4075/110.69 bye; Tim Blakemore 10.8792/71.14 bye; Robert Karlsson 9.0650/128.31, Otto Knebl 8.5473/159.08; Steve French 7.6274/139.43 bye; Rikard Gustafsson 6.5777/194.69, Bob Brooks 20.0218/34.60 Al's bike headed for the centre line and he shut off and idled through. Tim had problems changing gear and shut off but he has a time on the board now. Robert got very close to the left guardrail after going too far right last run but he has a time on the board. No improvement for Otto, again the bike stuttered off the line. Steve was on a good run but was then on and off the throttle in the second half; in the other lane Kev Charman didn't make it to the burnout. First half of a new Funny Bike Cup ET record for Rikard and he took a long way round and looked to shut off early so more to come there. In the other lane Bob was off the throttle after sixty feet. Final qualifying:
18:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Anita Mäkelä 5.3308/177.13 bye; Micke Kågered no time bye; Andy Carter 4.5728/320.19, Urs Erbacher 4.8437/298.28 Anita's revs were very high after the burnout and she was sat out at about 150 feet a long time whilst it was being attended to. Still sounded high on the return....had she burned up too much fuel for the run? 0.8720 to sixty feet, drove through shake, 3.1689/254.66 at the eighth, blackstriping all the way to about 900 feet where the dragster moved to the left and Anita shut it off, but the run was good enough to get her into tomorrow's ladder. Micke's blower belt broke at the hit and the car stopped at about half track. The final pair had the makings of a classic, and a classic pair it was, the quickest TF pair in European history. 0.8464 to sixty feet to Urs' 0.8570, 3.1059/267.09 at the eighth to Urs' 3.2405/250.03, some haze from Andy's car in the second half, 3.8867/309.19 at 1000 feet and looks like he was off it just a touch early, a new European ET record for Andy and the first half of a new European speed record, well done Andy, Per, Karsten and the Lucas Oil / Landmeco team! Final qualifying:
Timing slip from Andy and Urs' run:
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# 0579 Date 09/11/2010 17:59:14
FIA TOP FUEL QUALIFICATIONS 3
1 Car Number 111
ANDY CARTER Name URS ERBACHER
TF Class TF
00.00 Dial In 00.00
+0.0458 Reaction + 0.1735
.8464 60 ft .8570
2.1726 330 ft 2.2331
3.1059 1/8 ET 3.2405
267.09 1/8 MPH 250.03
3.8867 1000' ET 4.0967
309.19 1000' MPH 282.86
4.5728 1/4 ET 4.8437
320.19 1/4 MPH 298.28
1st Finish .3986
timing by TSI RaceNet System
Trackside conditions are 20.9 C, 46% humidity and air pressure of 29.59 inches. 17:50 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Krister Johansson 5.9423/212.08, Timo Habermann 5.3562/257.75; Paul Ingar Udtian 5.4563/256.72, Derek Flynn 18.7641/36.13; Dennis Habermann 5.6184/203.50, Dave Wilson 11.1611/95.23; Peter Schöfer 6.3547/160.74, Fred Hanssen 5.3550/266.61 0.9938 to sixty feet for Krister, a cylinder out by half track 3.8307/197.01 and then more cylinders out and off it before the stripe. 0.8881 to sixty for Timo, driving through shake which made the top of his tyres flap around, 3.4854/211.53 at the eighth and into #1 spot. Great run for Paul Ingar, 0.9440 to sixty feet, no shake to speak of, 3.5735/209.93 at the eighth and into #3 spot. not such a great run for Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek, tyres up in smoke at the hit, shut off and idled through. Same story for Grumpy as for Derek, tyres up in smoke at the hit and shut off as the car headed left, thought I heard a bang too. 0.9137 to sixty for Dennis, 3.5423/208.94 at the eighth then the blower panel blew at about 1000 feet and it was one almighty bang - hopefully no damage done. Superb run for Fred, 0.9452 to sixty, 3.5307 at a big 215.48 at the eighth and back into #1 spot. 0.9378 to sixty for Peter, a slowing 3.6760/179.09 at the eighth after hitting shake. Final qualifying:
17:20 Simon has posted today's second set of pit notes, which you can view via the Event Index page. 17:20 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Rob Turner 6.0462/225.62 bye; Dezsoe Krivan 9.7492/88.73 bye; Steph Milam 6.4079/185.13, Arvid Grødem 5.8356/221.23; Jürgen Nagel 5.8284/244.20, Dan Larsen 6.2475/175.06 Nice run for Rob. 1.0392 to sixty feet, shake for about the first 100 feet but drove through it, 3.9754/188.76 at the eighth and into #4 spot. 1.0135 to sixty for Dez, front wheels up and rear tyres shaking, a pedal when the front end came down and the car made a hard move to the left so Dez shut it off. Great run for Arvid, 0.9749 to sixty, driving through a little shake, pretty straight run too, 3.7842/195.02 at the eighth. Steph's FC looked to roll the beams very slightly before Steph hit it, 1.1750 to sixty feet and 4.1255/186.58 at the eighth where one chute dropped out and opened. Arvid up into #2 spot...but only for a moment, tremendous pass for Jürgen. 1.0034 to sixty, 3.8315/196.24 to the eighth and into #2. 0.9845 to sixty for Dan, driving through very visible shake, 3.9021/194.19 at the eighth then a big bang and the blower relief body panel sailed high into the air. Final qualifying:
Trackside conditions are 21.0 C, 44% humidity, air pressure of 29.59 inches. 17:05 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Rene van den Berg 6.9914/203.50 bye; Peter Svensson 6.2031/216.13, Steve Woollatt 6.8583/192.96; Sverre Dahl shut off, Petri Paljakka 6.7047/194.64 bye; Rene from bottom to fourth in one run. 1.1739 to sixty feet and 4.6414/166.69 to the eighth, th won't do his Championship chances any harm at all. Great run for Peter, 1.0882 to sixty and 4.1196/189.64 at the eighth. Much improved run for Steve, 1.1154 to sixty, 4.4026/164.61 at the eighth but some smoke from the bike by then and looked like Steve shut it off a touch early but still up the ladder to fourth. Sverre shut off after the burnout. 1.1489 to sixty for Petri, 4.3824/172.46 at the eighth, a nice straight pass and an improvement but he stayed in place. Final qualifying:
17:00 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Ismo Mäenpää shut off (bye); Roman Sixta 8.4589/171.11, Chris Hannam 9.0582/103.04; Samu Kemppainen 7.1316/185.11, Svein Olav Rolfstad 13.4274/56.46; Job Heezen 7.1399/193.87, Hans Olav Olstad 6.7851/180.62; Martijn de Haas 7.7206/151,57, Per Bengtsson 25.9188/25.80; Trond Høiberget 7.0109/185.90, Lorenz Stäuble no time; Ismo shut off after his burnout. Great run to start with for Cannon, 1.2236 to sixty and then shut off at about the eighth 5.0482/123.89. 1.6224 to sixty for Roman which was relatively lzay, 5.6325/139.87 at the eighth, a new PB for Roman but spectating tomorrow alongside Cannon. All eyes on Svein Olav in the next run as his bike's motor faltered and then there was a bang and a big flash of flame. The safety crews chased Svein Olav down and he is quite OK. 1.1504 to sixty for Samu, 4.5036/156.34 to the eighth and safely into the ladder tomorrow - however he bumped title contender Job Heezen out of the top eight so that could have been a crucial qualifying run. Jon was next up and knew what he had to do, could he deliver? And the answer is yes, looked like soft settings as a banker run, 1.2103 to sixty and 4,6783/160.73 at the eighth but job done. 1.1364 to sixty for Hans Olav, 4.4081/194.18 at the eighth. 1.1444 to sixty for Martijn, 4.6871/142.90 at the eighth, not enough to get him into tomorrow's ladder but first alternate. huge burnout from Per but then his motor banged about sixty feet out and he idled through. Lo's motor cut out at the hit. 1.1838 to sixty for Trond, 4.5354/162.86 at the eighth, the run looked like a six from here but not quite. Hans Olav and Job meet in round one tomorrow the result of which will end one of their Championship hopes. Final qualifying:
16:45 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Laszlo Papp 8.5504/139.40, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.7639/166.69; Harri Piensalmi no time, Gabriella Nikolovska 7.8393/167.31; Martin Bishop 7.6457/172.07, Len Paget 7.5871/165.48; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.8214/170.46, Fredrik Fredlund 7.3670/176.45; Stavros Svarachnos 7.3200/174.40, Ulf Ögge 19.5576/29.57; Dave Beck 7.3760/179.23, Kalle Lyrén 7.3988/173.69; Anders Abrahamsson 7.3633/176.47 bye, Jesper Thiel shut off How Laszlo stayed on that bike I'll never know, the bike tried to throw him off and one of his legs was wavig in the air as he missed just about every timing reflector by a fag paper and stayed under power. 1.1968 to sixty for Karl-Heinz, 4.8983/166.69 at the eighth, an improvement in ET but no improvement in place. Harri's motor cut out at the hit. 1.1870 to sixty for Gabbi and 4.9571/139.07 at the eighth, it turns out that the smoke on the last run was Gabbi's front tyre going flat right on the finish line. Nice side-by-side between martin and Len, no improvement for Martin but Len up a couple of places in the ladder, 1.1522 to sixty and 4,7526/144.77 at the eighth. Sluggish (relatively) run for Gert-Jan, 1.3035 to sixty and 5.0-260/142.94 to the eighth. An improvement for Fredrik good for a couple of places up the ladder, 1.1024 to sixty and 4.6487/148.13 at the eighth. 0.0076 RT for Ulf, 1.1169 to sixty feet and then shut off at about 100 feet. Stavros up to third with a great pass, 1.1265 to sixty feet and 4.6293/150.55 at the eighth. Nice side-by-side by Eurodragster.com Bloggers Dave and Kalle, 1.1522 to sixty for Dave to Kalle's 1.1422, 4.6822 at the eighth to Kalle's 4.6692, Dave there first by 0.0363. jesper shut off before his burnout. 1.1313 to sixty for Anders, 4.6428/149.50 at the eighth. Final qualifying:
16:30 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Conrad Stanley 7.2151/184.38 bye; Jonas Dantanus 6.8741/198.10 bye; Micke Callin 6.8664/201.67, Tommy Leindahl 6.8591/200.63; Sampsa Palos 6.9181/198.12, Jan Palmqvist 6.8198/200.57; Jimmy Ålund 6.7394/204.40, Michael Malmgren 6.7785/203.31 Nice run for Conrad. 1.0548 to sixty, clean gear changes and less clutch dust, 4.6030/151.03 to the eighth and another PB. Well done Conrad! Good run for Jonas, too. 1.0035 to sixty, the car made a move to the left but Jonas pulled it straight, 4.4033/158.41 at the eighth and up a spot. Great side-by-side between Micke and Tommy. 1.0131 to sixty for Micke to Tommy's 1.0243, Tommy just had the better eighth 4.4124/159.35 to 4.4165/159.46. No improvements so both stayed in place. 1.0995 to sixty for Sampa, 1.0282 to Jan. 4.4634/159.52 to the eighth for Sampsa to Jan's better 4.3882/161.17. Sampsa looked to shut off a touch early then no chutes, lots of smoke from the car as Sampsa tried to get it stopped but he did the right thing, kept it straight and just nosed into the field at the end of the track. Both Sampsa and the car are A-OK. The otugoing and incoming Champions in the final pair. Long burndown then 0.0620 to 0.0649 RTs in Jimmy's favour, 0.9947 to sixty for Jimmy to Michael's 1.0282, 4.3393/162.34 at the eighth for Jimmy to Michael's 4.3655/161.06 taking a slightly more long way round, 0.0420 in it at the stripe. Final qualifying:
16:10 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first): Jöran Persåker no time (bye); Andy Robinson 6.2647/230.49, Kev Slyfield 7.4071/197.15; Marc Meihuizen 6.1815/231.54 bye; Mats Eriksson 6.0552/234.07, Bert Engefield 7.2726/197.14; Ray White shut off, Robert Joosten 9.0298/105.43 bye; Henri Joosten 6.4659/212.79 bye; Roger Moore 6.8284/205.33, Melanie Troxel 6.0271/241.22; Rolf Ammann 6.5397/217.21, Roger Johansson 6.2867/223.25; Graham Ellis 10.6347/80.37 DQ, Urban Johansson 6.2850/234.88; Johan Lindberg 7.7882/104/06, Norbert Kuno 6.4791/211.83; Marco Maurischat 6.6828/207.22, Bruno Bader 6.1452/230.12; Freddy Fagerström 6.3526/223.66, Adam Flamholc 6.0428/236.10; Micke Lindahl 6.4256/229.32, Micke Gullqvist 10.1019/111.13 Trackside conditions at the start of this session were 22.4C, 43% humidity and air pressure of 29.59 inches. Jöran at the bottom of the list going into this run. He'll be spectating tomorrow, sane as the last run, shake and then a bang by the Tree. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy and Kev also in the Last Chance Saloon. Last Photographer burnouts from both which equates to about 200 feet. Andy out of the Saloon and into the show at #4, 0.0746 Rt to Kev's 0.0983, 1.0261 to sixty to Kev's 1.2105 with shake, Andy drove through shake and stayed with it as the Stude moved around its lane, 4.1144/181.91 at the eighth to Kev's shaky 4.9655/158.00. Marc next to exit the Saloon, the car squatted down and clocked 0.9975 to sixty feet, no shake at all, 4.0475/181.24 at the eighth and into third spot. Next run and Mats the next out of the Saloon and into #1 spot. 0.0823 RT, 0.9980 to sixty feet, 3.9647/186.42 to the eighth, no shake to speak of and straight as you like. 1.1683 to sixty for Bert, driving through shake but losing time, 4.7883/152.66 at the eighth. Ray shut off before staging for a fluid leak. Instant shake for Robert then a pedal, back on the throttle and the Camaro started to go out of shape and Robert shut it off. Consistency for Henri, 1.0414 to sixty, tiny bit of shake which he drove through, 4.1996/174.85 at the eighth. Melanie into #1, 0.9696 to sixty feet, 3.9737/187.73 at the eighth, and taking the long way round as the tyres shook some, close to the centre line but staying with it. 1.1417 to sixty for Roger, 4.4424/179.95 at the eighth, an improvement but spectating tomorrow. Rolf spectating tomorrow after 1.0950 to sixty, out of shape near the eighth, 4.2800/171.60 to half track. 1.0334 to sixty for Roger, 4.1043/178.20 at the eighth and good for one place up the ladder. Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham's Cuda headed left from the launch, 1.0316 to sixty and then tagged the wall about 250 feet out. 1.0071 to sixty for Urban, 4.1604/181.70 at the eighth and up a spot in the ladder. 1.0085 to sixty for Johan and then bad shake, Johan pedalled and tried again, 4.3182/151.89 at the eighth but then shut off and put the chute out as his bird moved around, 1.0653 to sixty for Norbert, then the Avenger hit shake and started to drift towards the guardrail. Norbert hung on to it but pedalled once and then shut off just ahead of the stripe. Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco just rolled the beams very slightly which may have affected his ET, 1.1006 to sixty, driving through shake which lost him some time, 4.3246/166.53 at the eighth. 1.0063 to sixty for Bruno, driving through shake, 4.0164/183.93 to the eighth and up to fifth at that point. Half-track burnout for Freddy. Tremendous pass from Adam, the car just squatted down and went. 0.9893 to sixty feet, superb 3.9596/186.97 at the eighth, and into #2 spot. 1.1239 to sixty for Freddy, a litle shake, off the pace by the eighth 4.3099/173.51. Shakefest for Micke L and Micke G, Micke G shut it off at the Tree and Micke L pedalled then got back on it after pulling the car away from the guardrail. Final qualifying:
15:30 Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin Hill followed the Pro session with a 6.0473/263.50 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 4.1311/195.41 at the eighth. Eric Teboul followed with a fantastic 5.3077/246.31 on his Rocket Bike. 3.5058/226.60 at the eighth. 15:15 UEM Funny Bike Cup qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Tim Blakemore shut off (bye); Al Young no time bye; Kev Charman 8.0481/124.77, Robert Karlsson no time DQ; Otto Knebl 8.3863/155.75, Rikard Gustafsson 6.7524/201.52; Bob Brooks 13.8000/57.83, Steve French 7.2313/176.44 Tim's motor cut before the burnout twice, then Tim made a burnout and the motor cut out afterwards and he pushed back. Al's motor cut at the hit. 1.2891 to sixty feet for Robert then the bike crossed lanes and hit the 330 foot reflector. As he pulled the bike back into his own lane he took out the eighth mile reflectors which reduced colour commentator PiPPi to tears of laughter - in fact PiPPi is helpess even now. 1.2190 to sixty for Kev, 4.8463/140.71 to the eighth and shut off a touch early. Great run from Rikard, 1.2403 to sixty but no eight mile numbers. 1.2934 to sixty for Otto with the motor stuttering, 5.3109/130.17 to the eighth. 1.1240 to sixty for Steve, 4.5656/152.44 at the eighth, nice run. Bob's motor was hesitating and he shut off before the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
14:50 Fuel Funny Car match race 1 John Spuffard no time def. Gordon Smith no time DQ
14:45 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Anita Mäkelä 4.7465/275.49 bye DQ; Stig Neergaard 4.8514/268.92, Jari Halinen 4.9445/300.29; Jöran Persåker 8.7963/85.71, Janne Ahonen 4.9109/294.35; Micke Kågered 8.1554/99.47, Risto Poutiainen 5.1427/214.93; Urs Erbacher 4.9180/295.29, Andy Carter 4.8223/259.14 Great run to begin with for Anita. 0.8915 to sixty feet, straight down the lane middle of the lane, 3.1969/265.53 at the eighth then the dragster started to move to the right. 4.0012/297.12 at 1000 feet, the car moved further to the right and Anita shut off but the dragster crossed lanes just before the finish line and took out both timing reflectors DQing the run. Stig and Jari next on the restart. 0.8801 to sixty feet for Stig to Jari's 0.8850, very close at the eighth 3.2444/253.58 for Stig to 3.3254/243.28 for Jari, Stig looked to shut off just before the stripe then one of his rear slicks blew. Stig kept it straight and got it stopped and it quite OK after what must have been a wild ride. Jari's first 300 mph pass I believe, well done Jari! Jari's run good for a couple of places too. Storming 0.8578 to sixty for Jöran and 0.8972 for Janne, looked like Jöran's blower lifted at about 250 feet. 3.3157/245.91 at the eighth for Janne, off the throttle at about 1100 feet. Janne up a place. Jöran and Janne next up. 0.8994 to sixty for Micke, 0.8729 for Risto, Micke off the throttle by about 250 feet. 3.2964/241.98 at half track for Risto, smoke then a bang and a ball of flame from Risto's motor at about 800 feet. The fire crews chased Risto down, he is quite OK. Bizarre staging in Andy's lane as the Lucas Oil car moved backwards out of pre-stage. 0.8698 to sixty feet for Andy to Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs' 0.9208. Andy had the better eighth 3.2057/257.10 to 3.3170/248.01 but was off the throttle at about 1100 feet. Clean run for Urs, shut off just before the stripe but up one place in the ladder. Qualifying after this session:
14:00 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Timo Habermann 5.5407/252.38, Krister Johansson 21.4329/28.60; Dave Wilson 5.4850/258.04, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5633/251.95; Fred Hanssen 5.4127/264.08, Dennis Habermann 5.5296/252.00; Derek Flynn 5.5015/261.14, Peter Schöfer 5.4761/256.09 Krister's tyres went up in smoke at the hit. 0.9158 to sixty for Timo, a puff of smoke before the eighth, 3.6042/204.22 at the eighth and then smoke from the motor all the way through the second eighth. Fluid was found in Timo's lane in the shutdown area. On the restart Grumpy just slightly rolled the beams so his ET would have been even quicker. 0.9787 to sixty to Paul Ingar's 0.9571 with shake, 3,6432 at a big 215.86 at the eighth for Grumpy to Paul Ingar's 3.6470/207.54. A puff of smoke from grumpy's motor and chute started to come out in the traps. A consistent run for Paul Ingar but Grumpy from eighth and bottom to first place. Big Stars and Stripes on Fred's tow vehicle in tribute to the victims of 9/11 who will never be forgotten. Visible 0.0563 to 0.1823 holeshot for Dennis and the quicker sixty foot time 0.9493 to 0.9721 but Fred had the better eighth 3.5748/214.83 to Dennis' 3.6153/208.51. Straight runs for both with no more than the routine shake, Fred into #1 spot and Dennis up to #4. Big 100-foot burnout by Peter. Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek away first 0.1122 to 0.1803, Peter had the better sixty foot time 0.9178 to 0.9852, faster 3.6726/214.93 at the eighth for Derek to Peter's quicker 3.5789/209.49, Peter up into #2 spot and Derek stayed in place despite the improvement. Qualifying after this session:
Bright and sunny here at Santa Pod now, I bet all of those those listened to the forecast and insisted on telling it to me feel pretty stupid now. 22.5 C, 58% humidity and air pressure of 29.56 inches. 13:30 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Rob Turner 6.4194/179.25 bye; Dezsoe Krivan 10.8640/61.11, Danny Bellio 5.7939/247.70; Dan Larsen shut off, Jürgen Nagel 6.1459/237.44; Arvid Grødem shut off, Steph Milam 6.3202/216.86 bye; Dan Larsen 5.9212/241.55 1.0432 to sixty for Rob, 4.0313/172.35 at the eighth and then a little out of shape. Rob pedalled and then shut off at about 900 feet. 0.9938 to sixty for Dez and then bad shake and the car turned hard right, Dez had his hands full but held on to it and put the chutes out to stabilise the car. 0.9690 to sixty for Danny, driving through a little shake, 3.8021/195.96 at the eighth and into #1 spot at that point. Dan was shut off although the reason was not immediately obvious but which we were later told was broken glass on the track, maybe a broken gauge from Dezsoe's FC. Jürgen took the bye. The back end of Jürgen's FC sat up at the hit and lost him some time, 1.1484 to sixty feet, 4.0796/189.71 at the eighth, the run good for a couple of places on the ladder. Arvid shut off and was pushed back from his burnout. Steph took the bye, 1.1833 to sixty feet, 4.1655/185.70 at the eighth, full pass and looking good although from the engine note it sounded as if the car was bouncing in the shutdown area. Dan back for a bye, 1.0211 to sixty feet, 3.9075/194.66 to the eighth and into second spot. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 21.1 C, 64% humidity and air pressure of 29.56 inches. 13:10 Looks like we have our internet service back so the webcam is back on live streaming. To pick up the live webcam you will need to click on your Browser's Refresh button on the webcam page. 13:05 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Steve Woollatt 8.6103/95.30 bye; Eric Teboul no time, Rene van den Berg 23.1379/42.01; Kai Selkamäa 7.2544/163.65, Sverre Dahl 6.3471/219.07; Petri Paljakka shut off, Peter Svensson 15.3520/47.08 bye 1.0953 to sixty feet for Steve, shut off in second gear. An improvement but off his usual excellent pace. Simultaneous drive failures for Eric and Rene. Eric stopped at 330 feet and Rene idled through. Drama in the next pair as a puff of smoke from Kai's bike was followed by a huge ball of flame, the bike still on fire as it stopped. Kai got off the bike pretty sharpish and is OK. 1.0824 to sixty feet for Sverre, 4.1651/182.44 at the eighth and into #1 spot. A belt broke on Petri's motor during the burnout, Peter took the bye. 1.0591 to sixty for Peter and then the rear tyre went up in smoke and he shut off. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 21.6 C, 61% humidity and air pressure of 29.56 inches. 12:35 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Jan Sturla Hegre 7.5324/130.92 bye; Svein Olav Rolfstad 7.9125/163.08, Ismo Mäenpää 8.3881/120.26; Chris Hannam 18.5683/37.61, Job Heezen 7.8046/167.91; Per Bengtsson 6.6209/197.27, Martijn de Haas 7.6657/142.55; Roel Koedam 7.4356/178.52, Roman Sixta 9.3220/115.07; Hans Olav Olstad 6.7459/208.16, Samu Kemppainen 7.8288/160.18; Lorenz Stäuble 6.6727/210.09, Trond Høiberget 7.9064/126.62 Jan Sturla had a real fishtail on, the bike weaving left and right all the way to about 700 feet where the blower plate blew. 4.5198/158.47 at the eighth and took a long way round through the speed trap there too. The weirdest thing next pair as both Svein Olav and Ismo got within a hair's breadth of the guardrail, Svein Olav in the left lane and Ismo in the eight. Both riders OK but Ismo's run possibly to be DQ'd - from here it was very difficult to tell whether he actually touched the wall. very gentle launch for Cannon and he shut off at about 100 feet. 1.2000 to sixty for Job, good-looking pass until just the eighth 4.7287/142.51 when there was a bang and a puff of smoke and the front of the bike thumped down to Earth. Nice run for Per, 1.1706 to sixty and 4.3426/177.70 to the eighth, shut off just before the stripe. 1.2225 to sixty for Martijn and 4.7509/155.77 at the eighth, also looked to be off it before the stripe. Roel's run looked a lot quicker than the time which came up on the board; 1/1956 to sixty and 4.7548/153.11 at the eighth, straight and clean run but some smoke in the shutdown area. 1.6656 to sixty for Roman and a slowing 5.7411/132.95 at the eighth. Great run for Hans Olav, 1.1359 to the eighth and 4.4684/172.28 to the eighth, did the front wheel ever come down? 1.2010 to sixty for Samu, 4.8472/143.05 at the eighth and up a couple of places. Nice run for Lo to begin with, 1.1514 to sixty but then drifting further and further left, 4.3893/176.29 at the eighth then a puff of smoke and off the throttle at about 1000 feet. Trond was fighting the bike most of the way down, 1.1897 to sixty and 4.6478/144.32 at the eighth then shut off. Qualifying after this session:
12:15 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Gabriella Nikolovska 7.7294/167.29, Stavros Svrachnos 7.4316/171.07; Len Paget shut off, Laszlo Papp shut off; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.9007/167.90, Harri Piensalmi no time; Fredrik Fredlund 8.0251/124.43, Martin Bishop 7.5851/167.93; Ulf Ögge 7.3828/177.82, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5034/171.72; Kalle Lyrén 7.3666/176.45, Dave Beck 7.3340/177.11; Jesper Thiel 7.5420/158.48, Anders Abrahamsson 7.2894/177.83 Len Paget 7.7291/170.45, Laszlo Papp 8.9641/99.19 1.1212 to sixty for Stavros to Gabbi's 1.1572, 4.6616 to the eighth to Gabbi's 4.8892, lots of smoke from Gabbi's motor in the shutdown area but the track was checked and found to be OK. Len and Laszlo were shut off as Gabbi's bike was stuck on the shutdown area. 0.0580 RT for Karl-Heinz, 1.1960 to sixty feet, sounded like a slight problem selecting gear at mid-track, 5.0146 at the eighth. Harri hit shake and then drew to a halt at about 400 feet. 1.1623 to sixty for Martin to Fredrik's 1.2218, Fredrik was off the throttle by thte eighth 4.8142 to 4.7714. Iprovement for Martin but he stayed in place. Great match between Ulf and gert-Jan. 1.1351 to sixty for Ulf and 1.1795 for Gert-Jan, 4.6790 to the eighth for Ulf and 4.7550 for Getr-Jan, 0.0770 at the stripe. 1.1343 to sixty for Becky, 1.1369 for Kalle, Becky had the better eighth mile 4.6423 to 4.6579, 0.0033 between them at the line. 1.0812 to 1.0876 to sixty in Jesper's favour, 4.6007 to 4.6161 at the eighth in Anders' favour, Jesper took a very long way round and Anders was there first. 1.1718 to sixty for Len, 1.1615 for Laszlo, 4.8829 to the eighth for Len and Laszlo shut off just at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
11:55 Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can view via the Event Index page. FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Conrad Stanley 7.2315/189.66 bye; Jonas Dantanus 6.9741/196.28 bye; Tommy Laindahl 6.8938.198.92, Sampsa Palos 6.8321/201.53; Jan Palmqvist 6.8570/198.12, Micke Callin 6.8440/200.61; Michael Malmgren 6.7606/202.58, Jimmy Ålund 6.8671/181.38 Great run for Conrad, 1.0749 to sixty feet, again lots of clutch dust. 4.6241/150.62 to the eighth and that run certainly within the licencing requirements. Well done Conrad! Nice run for Jonas although a very long way round, close to the centre lein. 0.9860 to sixty feet and 4.4710/156.71 at the eighth. Great side-by-side btween Tommy and Sampsa. 0.0654 RT for Sampsa to 0.1052, Tommy had the better sixty foot time 1.0178 to 1.0232, then Sampsa had the better eighth 4.3903/161.07 to 4.4182/158.90. Micke C away first 0.0407 to 0.0624, the much better sixty foot time 4.3953/159.87 to 4.4211 at a fast 161.17. An improvement for Micke but he stayed in place. Long staging duel between Michael and Jimmy, Jimmy in first and away first 0.0723 to 0.1446, 0.9966 to sixty for Jimmy to Michael's 1.0020, Michael had the better eighth mile 4.3416 to 4.3697, then Jimmy shut it off and had the chutes out a touch early. Subject to official ratification Michael Malmgren is 2010 FIA European Pro Stock Champion, well done Michael! Qualifying after this session:
11:45 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Mats Eriksson 7.5004/209.91 bye; Melanie Troxel 6.3514/235.29, Andy Robinson 12.4935/66.96; Bert Englefield 6.8593/212.08, Jöran Persåker 18.6400/38.81; Roger Johansson 6.3149/223.56, Johan Lindberg 6.3962/224.46; Kev Slyfield 7.1590/203.49 bye; Wayne Nicholson 7.7895/126.16, Ray White shut off; Robert Joosten 13.8892/64.71, Roger Moore 8.1224/120.56; Henri Joosten 16.3915/47.00, Freddy Fagerström 6.3466/185.83; Urban Johansson 7.9339/140.27, Graham Ellis 6.5100/216.99; Norbert Kuno 12.1705/68.03, Jean Dulamon no time; Bruno Bader 6.2836/224.76 bye; Adam Flamholc 6.1283/226.88 bye; Rolf Ammann 7.1517/151.60 bye; Marco Maurischat 18.0729/51.12 bye; Micke Gullqvist 6.1570/232.76, Micke Lindahl 10.4026/90.12 The sun came out just as Mats moved forward to stage, it's an omen I tell you. -0.0446 RT and bad shake for Mats, 1.0374 to sixty feet then the Green Goblin turned hard right and Mats had to back off. Pulled the car straight and got back on it but still not in the top sixteen. First runs for Melanie and Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy. 1.1057 to sixty for Andy then his blower panel blew. 0.9704 to sixty for Mel, a pedal for shake, 4.2322/177.68 at the eighth, the car bouncing some in the second half. 0.0425 for Bert, 1.2096 to sixty feet with a little shake, 4.5201/165.31 showing time lost to shake. Looked like Jöran's run was DQ'd for a Blue Line violation. Jöran got to sixty feet in 1.1159 then he hit shake and there was a bang which on a blower car would have been the burst panel but this is a turbo car. Shake and pedalfest between Roger and Johan. 1.0454 to sixty for Roger, 0.9914 for Johan, both his shake by the Tree, both pedalled at more or less the same time. 4.1219/179.01 at the eighth for Roger and 4.2045/176.09 for Johan, Championship contender Johan into the ladder now. 1.1272 to sixty for Kev, a brief pedal for shake and some haze in the second half. Ray took two goes at a burnout after the tyres didn't light first time - a short burnout so as not to keep Wayne waiting. Ray was then shut off on the line. Wayne took the bye, 1.0852 to sixty feet then a puff of smoke from the left bank at the eighth, then a huge cloud of smoke from the motor at about 1000 feet. The track was checked and found to be OK, hopefully nothing untoward for Wayne. 1.2386 to sixty for Robert, bad shake and he shut it off. 1.1615 to sixty for Roger, 4.7278/146.63 at the eighth and already off the throttle by then. 1.0652 to sixty for Henri and then shake, Henri shut it off. 0.9824 to sixty for Freddy, a pedal for shake and then back on it, 4.0562/180.99 at the eighth, chutes out at about 1100 feet and into the ladder. 1.0166 to sixty for Urban and off the throttle by the eighth. 0.9979 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham, a pedal for shake, 4.1900/170.74 at the eighth. Then drama as Graham had no chutes, smoke from the brakes and the Cuda got into a bounce, great driving job and an amazing handbrake turn at the very end of the shutdown area, car upright and Graham OK. 1.1331 to sixty feet for Norbert then bad shake and he shut off. Big nitrous burp for Jean and he stopped by the Tree as the start line crew ran to his aid. A trail of fluid too from Jean's motor. Looked like a gentle launch for Bruno, 1.0268 to sixty feet, 4.1257/179.89 at the eighth, straight run but no improvement on yesterday's pass. Another superb run for Adam, 0.9662 to sixty feet and our first three-second eighth-mile time 3.9872/181.25, an improvement but Adam stayed in place. Out of shape burnout for Rolf as you'd expect. 1.0447 to sixty, driving through shake, 4.4154/161.84 at the eighth with the Coupe moving all over its lane, shut off and chutes out before the stripe. 1.1266 sixty foot and then horrible shake for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, he shut off and probably played no further part in proceedings. Same story for Micke L, 1.0707 to sixty then the Camaro hit shake and turned hard right. 1.0054 to sixty feet for Micke G, 4.0516/184.96 at the eighth.
Qualifying after this session:
10:45 Super Comp qualifying after session 5 Dave Raper into #1 spot on the fourth decimal place. Next pair and Eric Pellegrom moved up from #8 to #3. Last but one pair and Jon Morton took #1 spot and the Eurodragster.com/AFP Services Perfect Numbers Award with an 8.9005, well done Mort!
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
10:35 Comp Eliminator qualifying after session 5 Improvements for Roland Bolleter and Stefan Winter in the first pair but both stayed in place.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2010 10:34:38 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 810 ROLAND BOLLETER - 0.0304 7.3112 -0.2588 07.57 185.10
2 401 JOHN BRADSHAW + 0.5097 7.6966 -0.0034 07.70 171.72
3 823 STEFAN WINTER - 0.0844 8.3662 0.0462 08.32 149.62
4 36 LUKE STEVENSON + 0.2475 12.0248 2.8648 09.16 111.36
* = Disqualified
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10:30 Super Street qualifying after session 5 0.0062 RT for John Grant in the first pair. The Very Rev'd Sir Neville Mottershead ODE into the 10.9s and up from #9 to #7 two pairs later.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
10:25 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 5 Drama for Mats Andersson in the first pair as there was a flash of flame and cloud of smoke from the Opel at half track, a trail of fluid which must have got under the tyres as the car turned left and spun into the guardrail. The safety crews started moving as Mats' car turned left and were there as the car stopped. Mats is A-OK. In the other lane Richard Billings got into the ladder with his first competitive pass in his ex-Steve Kellett Mustang. On the re-start a new PB for Stuart Williams, into the nines at 9.6939 on a stock motor, well done Stuart! Colin Lazenby up from #4 to #3 and Mark Todd up from #12 to #11 two pairs later. Next pair and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster moved from #7 to #5. Jeff Meads up from #10 to #6 in the last run of the session.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
11/09/2010 10:27:05 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 508 JOHN SLEATH + 0.1634 7.7354 7.7354 00.00 189.73
2 574 BRIAN PAYNE - 0.0419 8.2340 8.2340 00.00 171.08
3 56 COLIN LAZENBY - 0.1517 8.2671 8.2671 00.00 182.16
4 34 IAN HOOK + 0.0425 8.2939 8.2939 00.00 161.89
5 507 JON WEBSTER + 0.0143 8.4894 8.4894 00.00 161.33
6 504 JEFF MEADS + 0.3367 8.5147 8.5147 00.00 167.93
7 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.0815 8.5572 8.5572 00.00 163.06
8 555 PAUL HOUSTON + 0.0906 8.6084 8.6084 00.00 161.35
9 1000 RICHARD BILLINGS + 0.6600 8.6715 8.6715 00.00 159.08
10 33 DAVID MURDOCH + 0.0317 9.0680 9.0680 00.00 150.06
11 406 MARK TODD + 0.1713 9.1532 9.1532 00.00 151.61
12 1969 BILL MACDERMID + 0.0466 9.1866 9.1866 00.00 153.63
13 472 MATS ANDERSSON + 0.3363 9.3473 9.3473 00.00 145.77
14 752 STUART WILLIAMS + 3.8121 9.6939 9.6939 00.00 138.61
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Trackside conditions are 19.0 C, 86% humidity and air pressure of 29.56 inches. 09:45 The internet service is still down - as we guessed it is down because the BT engineer is on-site fixing the problem we have had the last couple of days. In the meantime we have reverted to the static (one-minute) webcam. To pick up the one-minute webcam you will need to click on your Browser's Refresh button on the webcam page. Obviously as soon as the internet service is back we will put the live webcam back on. 09:30 As those tuned in to the webcam will have worked out, we have lost the internet service again. Right now we are having to use a 3G stick to post reports. We'll give the service a few minutes to come back before we change the webcam back to static via the 3G stick but be warned we may have to do so. 09:20 Super Gas qualifying after session 5 Brian Pateman up from #20 up to #13 in the fifth session. Next pair and Jon Morton moved from #16 to #12.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Trackside conditions are 17.0 C, 95% humidity and air pressure of 29.53 inches. 08:00 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. As you know we had a lot of problems with the internet connection here at Santa Pod yesterday. Right now everything appears to be working OK so the webcam has reverted to the live stream as mentioned above. Obviously if the problems return then we may have to change it back to the static service but let's not worry about that unless it happens. It's overcast but dry here at Santa Pod; despite dark warnings to the contrary it didn't rain overnight. We do however have quite a stiff headwind. Conditions outside are 16.6 C, 94% humidity and air pressure is 29.50 inches. We have a number of Thank Yous this morning. Firstly thank you to Team Nutritionist Syd McDonald for breakfast, lunch and dinner each day. Much appreciated Syd. Thanks also to Anita Mäkelä, Dezsoe Krivan and Paul Vrind for chocolates, confectionery and T-Shirts, and from Ed to Andy Willsheer for the use of a camera battery charger. The usual thanks also to Darren Prentice for the use of his caravan at a very reasonable fee. We are due to start at 09:00 with Sportsman qualifying. Stay tuned and when the first motors fire up we'll be back with the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |