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2011 FIA Main Event
Sunday

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22:50

Today's pictures have now been posted and can be checked out via the Event Index. There are 105 pictures in all; if you do not see all 105 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

That's all for today - we think a sixteen-hour working day is pretty much enough. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from eliminations.

21:20

We have posted Ed's pit notes, which you can view via the Event Index page. Ed managed to snatch a few notes first thing this morning before having to rush back to the start line to photograph.

We will post another update when we have posted today's pictures.

20:45

We're done for the day here. Well, the racing is done, the Eurodragster.com staff are not.

We're now going to work on today's pictures, and Ed has a tranche of pit notes for you. Stay tuned for an update about those. We will leave the webcam running for a while but it will be switched off eventually and most likely without warning; you can stay with the Nitro FM audio-only stream via our Event Index page.

20:40

Super Gas eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 20:41:22                              9  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   763     WAYNE HISCOCK       + 0.0677  9.9496  0.0496  09.90 129.77
      365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0474 10.0104  0.1104  09.90 123.20
 
Win   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.1713 10.2350  0.3350  09.90 131.29
Foul  1956    PAUL FOOTE          + 0.0612 10.1396  0.2396  09.90 131.05
 
      424     JON GILES           LB3A       .     -9.9000  09.90   0.00
Win   3       JON MORTON          + 0.2562 10.0515  0.1515  09.90 143.49
 
      10      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0766  9.8800 -0.0200  09.90 150.55
Win   1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0463  9.9258  0.0258  09.90 128.42
 
      162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.0758  9.8217 -0.0783  09.90 114.67
Win   1       DAN PAGE            + 0.0613 10.0139  0.1139  09.90 133.38

* = Disqualified 
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20:35

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 20:36:26                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   2       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.0406  7.7230  7.7230  00.00 179.92
 
      752     STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.0357  9.1418  9.1418  00.00 153.63
Win   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.0992  8.5086  8.5086  00.00 151.66
 
Win   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0804  8.9880  8.9880  00.00 164.24
      33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.1083  9.4227  9.4227  00.00 107.16
 
      666     ANDY BOND           + 0.3407 20.9510 20.9510  00.00  46.47
Win   69      STEVE PATEMAN       + 0.1860  7.8976  7.8976  00.00 177.79
 
Win   1       IAN HOOK            + 0.0806  9.1900  9.1900  00.00 164.25
      1969    BILL MACDERMID      + 0.0634  9.2269  9.2269  00.00 152.12

* = Disqualified 
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20:30

Super Street eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 20:32:40                              10  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   31      HALVOR OVERBY       + 0.1413 11.2271  0.3271  10.90 103.13
Foul  911     ANTONY WILKINS      - 0.0348 11.2715  0.3715  10.90 115.65
 
      41      SIMON GUSTAFSSON    + 0.0137 11.0221  0.1221  10.90 124.80
Win   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0596 10.9174  0.0174  10.90 126.62
 
Foul  271     CHRIS KENNY         - 0.0004 12.5776  1.6776  10.90  67.81
Win   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1191 10.7733 -0.1267  10.90  93.48
 
      162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.0807 11.6371  0.7371  10.90 120.15
Win   11      JENNIFER GUSTAFFSO  + 0.0487 11.0916  0.1916  10.90 111.66
 
Foul  569     LEIGH MORRIS        - 0.0108 11.0208  0.1208  10.90 116.70
Win   138     MARTIN SANGER       + 0.0554 11.3490  0.4490  10.90  97.91
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0253 10.9212  0.0212  10.90 125.03

* = Disqualified 
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20:25

Super Comp eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 20:26:33                              8  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0380  8.9242  0.0242  08.90 149.07
      1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0263  8.9697  0.0697  08.90 147.67
 
Win   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.0400  9.3371  0.4371  08.90 116.70
      645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0240  9.3750  0.4750  08.90 142.55
 
      40      PAUL SPIERS         + 0.0352  9.0449  0.1449  08.90 146.66
Win   456     SHAUN LATHEN        + 0.0414  8.9880  0.0880  08.90 141.68
 
Win   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.0833  8.8878 -0.0122  08.90 152.59
      2       JON MORTON          + 0.0717  8.8777 -0.0223  08.90 132.97
 
Win   381     NOAH STUTZ          + 0.0196  8.9268  0.0268  08.90 161.31
      1963    MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.0511  9.0536  0.1536  08.90 147.70
 
      24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.9093 16.1585  7.2585  08.90  58.81
Win   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0013  9.2911  0.3911  08.90 114.47
 
Win   33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.1120  8.9674  0.0674  08.90 132.07
      725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0404  9.1639  0.2639  08.90 143.02
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   4       PETE CRESSWELL      + 1.1911  8.8899 -0.0101  08.90 152.55

* = Disqualified 
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20:15

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 20:17:09                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  215     PATRIK KIVINUMMI    - 0.0069  8.4500  0.0300  08.42  76.15
Win   100     IVANA VAN DEN BERG  - 0.0280  8.2151  0.1151  08.10  78.54
 
Win   9       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.2412  9.4796  0.1796  09.30  66.51
      29      THALIAH GIBB        + 1.1493 15.0082 -0.4918  15.50  38.84
 
      22      BILLY RINGER        + 0.1479 19.4662  1.3162  18.15  29.63
Win   10      PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.2154  9.5280  0.0780  09.45  63.84
 
Win   27      HARRY ELLIOTT       + 0.2373  8.2738  0.0738  08.20  78.81
      26      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0772 16.6331 -1.0669  17.70  36.83
 
      20      AARON FENSOME       + 0.3021  9.4304  0.1304  09.30  67.51
Win   188     LIRO LAAKSONEN      + 0.1366  8.3668  0.1668  08.20  68.05
 
      28      GREGORY ROBINS      + 0.2230  9.3958 -0.0042  09.40  66.42
Win   23      STACEY REED         + 0.1034 11.2009  0.0509  11.15  48.79
 
Win   8       LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.0513  8.3250  0.0750  08.25  77.99
Foul  3748    MARCUS ANDERSSON    - 0.0166  8.1921  0.1921  08.00  79.51
 
Foul  211     PONTUS DANTANUS     - 0.1006  8.0079  0.0079  08.00  79.78
Win   5       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.0237  8.1209 -0.0491  08.17  79.79
 
      24      RACHEL GILES        + 0.0867  9.6929 -0.0071  09.70  65.55
Win   11      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.1166  8.1102  0.0102  08.10  79.11
 
Foul  3       ZAK JOHNSON         - 0.0184  8.1639  0.1639  08.00  79.09
Win   12      BILLY EVERITT       + 0.1130  9.2834  0.1134  09.17  61.91
 
      14      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.1350 10.7753  0.0753  10.70  53.63
Win   6       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0772  8.2680  0.0880  08.18  79.38
 
       Bye                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   7       BRAD JACKSON        + 0.1695  8.1216  0.0716  08.05  79.14

* = Disqualified 
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Harry Gibson followed Junior Dragster with an 8.4100/78.54 demo pass in his Junior Funny Car.

20:00

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 20:02:30                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.2670  9.1598  0.1698  08.99 140.73
Win   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.1055  7.4386  0.1386  07.30 156.29
 
      453     MARTYN JONES        LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Foul Win  166 ALAN DIDWELL        - 0.1030  8.2437  0.0437  08.20 153.10
 
Win   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.3940  8.9393  0.0493  08.89 148.06
      490     ANDY FROST          LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
Win   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.0224  7.0962  0.1162  06.98 178.52
      401     JOHN BRADSHAW       + 0.0821 16.8011 10.0811  06.72  46.77
 
      1934    ADAM GLEADOW        LB3A       .     -7.4700  07.47   0.00
Win   555     JOHN GERRITSON      + 0.1789  8.7067  0.0067  08.70 154.68
 
Win   154     ROY WILDING         + 0.0226  8.0921  0.0121  08.08 162.46
      258     DAVE WARD           + 0.0686  8.1615  0.0515  08.11 164.82
 
Win   435     IAN POWELL          + 0.3568  8.2125  0.1425  08.07 164.23
      307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.0168  7.3568 -0.0132  07.37 167.86
 
      816     THOMAS STIEFEL      + 0.2305  8.6190  1.6190  07.00 111.79
Win   1       BARRY GILES         + 0.0707  7.7136  0.0136  07.70 169.77
 
Win   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.0511 17.3015  9.6915  07.61  61.95
      91      BOB HAWKINS         + 0.4293  8.7458 -0.0742  08.82 150.58
 
      96      DAVE NELSON         LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Foul Win  474 ASHLEY BELL         - 0.0430 10.1374  1.1474  08.99 130.97
 
      570     VINCE GIBBS         + 0.1003  8.1845  0.7245  07.46 177.10
Win   2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0487  8.9799  0.1499  08.83 132.16
 
Foul  105     RON BARTLETT        - 0.0322 10.0150  1.1150  08.90  98.40
Win   81      ANDY RAW            + 0.0038  8.5217  0.0217  08.50 153.63
 
      782     DAVID RUSSELL       LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Foul Win  161 STEVE SAUNDERS      - 0.0533  8.7385 -0.1015  08.84 154.16
 
Win   45      CHRIS ORTHODOXOU    + 0.0334  7.9689  0.0689  07.90 170.42
      5       JOHN EVERITT        LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
Foul  604     RICK GARRETT        - 0.0637 10.2449  1.5449  08.70  89.25
Win   405     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.0608 11.2415  2.5415  08.70 109.20
 
Win   4       PETER WALTERS       + 1.1461   .     -7.8000  07.80   0.00
      315     BOB DOYLE           LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
* = Disqualified 
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19:35

Martin Hill followed Top Methanol Dragster with a 5.9415/271.40 from the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. Nice run, 4.069/206.00 at the eighth.

Pro ET eliminations round 1

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
29/05/2011 19:36:33                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     LB3A     10.6562  1.3562  09.30 142.95
Win   5       PAUL BROWN          + 0.4282  9.3163  0.0263  09.29 139.87
 
      1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.1996 12.4655  0.4755  11.99 108.83
Win   314     STEVE HUDSON        + 0.0657 10.0280  0.1180  09.91 121.23
 
Foul  608     DAN WILLIAMS        - 0.0744 10.4924  0.5424  09.95 109.07
Win   731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0507 11.4895  0.0695  11.42 116.81
 
Win   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0098 10.2040  0.1040  10.10 120.13
      358     SIMON INNES         + 0.0758 11.5848  0.1248  11.46 112.76
 
Foul  4       CARLA PITTAU        - 0.1295  9.8545  0.0045  09.85 133.61
Win   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.1127 10.0800 -0.0200  10.10 129.15
 
Win   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.0363  9.6397  0.0597  09.58 130.90
      648     JON TURNER          + 0.1643  9.9865 -0.0335  10.02 133.73
 
Foul  550     DAN PAGE            - 0.0004 10.0442  0.1442  09.90 131.31
Win   723     GORDON NORTHWAY     - 0.0044  9.6232  0.1532  09.47 134.50
 
      610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.1430  9.8228  0.1228  09.70 137.73
Win   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0598 10.0800  0.0900  09.99 119.92
 
      36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.4378 16.8106  5.8206  10.99  43.46
Win   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.2376 10.2186  0.9986  09.22  92.49
 
Win   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0644 10.3316 -0.1784  10.51 127.21
Foul  777     NEIL HUNTER         - 0.0520 10.7095  0.8895  09.82 126.97
 
Win   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1194 10.1730  0.0530  10.12 113.17
      430     ROY WALKER          + 0.5152  9.6359 -0.0141  09.65 138.17
 
Foul Win  1   RICK MCCANN         - 0.0193 10.1860 -0.0140  10.20 129.06
      315     NIGEL GREEN         LB3A       .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
 
Foul  713     PETE YATES          - 0.1234  9.5855  0.1655  09.42 132.04
Win   48      PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0801  9.1759  0.0759  09.10 146.17
 
Win   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0377 10.9195  0.2195  10.70  93.88
Foul  700     PHIL TOPPIN         - 0.0110  9.2328  0.1328  09.10 139.91
 
      626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.1143 11.3429  0.2129  11.13 115.79
Win   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.1208 10.4135  0.1335  10.28 120.23
 
Foul  450     MARK BAILEY         - 0.1225  9.3690  0.0190  09.35 142.46
Win   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0472 10.4396 -0.1604  10.60 126.64
* = Disqualified 
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19:10

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Derek Flynn 5.4447/260.97 bye; Paul Ingar Udtian 5.7176/252.36, Oliver Azzopardi no time; Dave Wilson shut off, Dennis Habermann 25.4076/43.13 bye; Timo Habermann no time, Fred Hanssen no time

Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek goes into #2 spot with a fantastic clean run. 0.971 to sixty, 3.630 at a huge 219.15 at the eighth, all of the candles lit all the way. Oliver's last chance to make tomorrow's ladder and it didn't happen, Chief Starter Ian Marshall signalled Oliver to put his visor down then the rolled through stage as he went up on the revs. 1.114 to sixty for Paul, 3.796/207.24 at the eighth, stayed #8. Short burnout for Grumpy and a bang as he got off it, shut off after returning from the burnout. Dennis' tyres went up in smoke at the hit, shut off and idled through. Timo left before the Tree activated and Fred went with him as Ian was stood off to one side signalling him to put his visor down. Fred hit shake and his tyres smoked, then he shut off and put the chutes out.

Qualifying after this session:

Timo Habermann 5.4216/258.18
Derek Flynn 5.4447/260.97
Fred Hanssen 5.4460/262.69
Dave Wilson 5.4727/268.76
Monty Bugeja 5.5007/263.52
Dennis Habermann 5.5089/253.80
Krister Johansson 5.5370/252.24
Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5383/253.81

18:50

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

David Vegter 6.5059/207.90 bye; Marcus Hilt 7.3025/182.82 bye; Nick Davies 23.7315/54.16, Robert Joosten 8.7570/134.50; Mats Eriksson 6.8188/209.14, Bert Engefield 6.8268/209.87; Marc Meihuizen 6.8493/218.24, Graham Ellis 8.0602/119.96; Roger Moore 6.9420/203.38, Marco Maurischat 6.6681/218.03; Adam Flamholc 7.9202/119.16, Urban Johansson 6.3198/219.09; Andy Robinson no time, Micke Gullqvist 6.0856/234.83; Johan Lindberg 6.2462/212.08, Bruno Bader 6.6773/212.88

David's last chance to make tomorrow's ladder and boy did he make it! 1.036 to sixty feet, 4.226/172.17, bit of a move to the left but stayed with it, in at #8 bumping out Marcus Hilt who was next to run. And Marcus goes in! 0.979 to sixty feet, pedal for shake and back on it, 4.7715/150.14 at the eighth, a bang and a puff of smoke at 1000 feet and the car made a move to the left, but through the stripe in a timely fashion bumping Robert Joosten out. Robert in the next pair. -0.025 red, 1.092 to sixty, shake and a pedal, back on it, 5.615/127.71 at the eighth and shut off and chutes out at about 1100 feet, spectating tomorrow. Nick's tyres up in smoke and he shut off and idled down the track. Great match between Mats and Bert, 0.992 to sixty for Mats and 1.077 for Bert, both hit shake and both pedalled briefly, 4.375/149.93 to the eighth for Mats and 4.437/162.19 for Bert, Mats and Bert both getting close to the centre line but neither getting off it for anything. Shake and pedalfest for Marc and Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham, similar sixty foot times 1.007 for Marc and 1.008 for Graham, Marc went close to the wall whilst Graham's 'Cuda made hard moves left and right and he was off it by half track. 4.5381/162.33 to the eighth for Marc. Wheels-up and shake for Roger but he stayed with it, 1.174 to sixty, 1.021 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco. Marco drove through shake and got to the eighth in 4.377/164.59, 4.532/170.29 for Roger. Improvement for Marco good for a couple of places. Adam and Urban held before staging for a track check and waiting for a car to clear the top end. 1.001 to sixty for Adam, 1.003 for Urban, Urban managed to keep it straight through shake and got to the eighth in 4.107/177.44, Adam took a very long way round, driving job of the day as he kept his shaking Camaro in his own lane by inches. Improvement for urban but stayed in place. Quick check of Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy's wheelie bars before staging then his Stude jumped the lights going up on the two-step. Andy stopped on the track about 200 feet out. 0.965 to sixty for Micke, 3.979/182.64 at the eighth, into #1 spot. 0.9765 to sixty for Bruno, shake marke clearly visible fromthe Tree out to about 200 feet. 1.020 to sixty for Johan and then the carreally picked up, 4.067/179.80 at the eighth to Bruno's 4.318/155.52 which had included a pedal. Bruno's Vette was moving about the lane but he stayed with it, Johan was off it and had the chutes out just before the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

Micke Gullqvist 6.0856/234.83
Bruno Bader 6.1165/226.75
Johan Lindberg 6.1392/229.03
Andy Robinson 6.1524/229.32
Per Svedberg 6.1570/221.13
Adam Flamholc 6.3039/227.00
Urban Johansson 6.3198/219.09
David Vegter 6.5059/207.90
Marco Maurischat 6.6681/218.03
Wayne Nicholson 6.7160/210.87
Roger Moore 6.7344/204.25
Marc Meihuizen 6.7538/223.27
Mats Eriksson 6.8188/209.14
Graham Ellis 6.8237/196.31
Bert Englefield 6.8268/209.87
Marcus Hilt 7.3025/182.82
--- DNQ ---
Robert Joosten 7.9545/127.22
Linda Thun Tønseth 8.0327/110.57
Jean Dulamon 8.5993/141.73
Norbert Kuno 10.8129/65.61
Robert Koper 13.8506/66.53
Nick Davies 21.6503/53.77

18:00

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Steph Milam 6.0723/232.87, Rob Turner 6.0365/226.75; Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.5476/221.34, Arvid Grødem 5.8431/242.50; Danny Bellio 5.8753/224.73, Ulf Leanders 5.7271/246.41

Steph on her way back from her burnout before Rob appeared around the corner. Nice side-by-side run, 1.054 to sixty for Rob to Steph's 1.068, Rob had the better eighth also 3.956/188.60 to 3.991/189.55. 0.027 between them at the stripe, improvements for both but no change in position. 0.947 to sixty for Jarmo then bad shake which made the escape hatch flap about, a pedal, meanwhile Arvid got to sixty in 0.988, no shake at all then 3.812/193.63 at the eighth, an improvement but stayed in third. Jarmo was back on the gas and had a good top end charge but stayed fourth on his previous best. Big burnout for Danny with a hard right turn as he got off it. Consternation as Danny went to stage with one of his chute safety pins in, Dave Warren of the start line crew removed it then signalled him in. 0.929 to sixty for Ulf, 0.969 for Danny, Ulf drove through shake to the eighth and got there in 3.752/199.32 to Danny's 3.811/196.15, Danny got very close indeed to the wall at the top end but just stayed off it, then irony of ironies his chutes didn't open, you could see his brakes smoke from here but he got it stopped and turned off no problem. Clean-up in Danny's lane in the shutdown area.

Qualifying after this session:

Ulf Leanders 5.6370/249.19
Danny Bellio 5.8317/242.50
Arvid Grødem 5.8431/242.50
Jarmo Kuutniemi 5.8985/239.04
Rob Turner 6.0365/226.75
Steph Milam 6.0723/232.87
Dezsoe Krivan 6.1951/225.92
Jürgen Nagel 6.3468/124.23

17:25

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Andy Carter 6.3087/179.91 bye; Lex Joon 10.3005/76.06 bye; Jari Halinen 6.8352/121.41 bye; Micke Kågered 10.8764/77.87, Timo Lehtimäki 6.3696/143.04; Anita Mäkelä 5.2126/198.99, Risto Poutiainen 4.7097/317.06

Andy left the line with a cylinder out, 1.173 to sixty feet, car looked to be labouring, 4.095/202.51 to the eighth, looked like cylinders out both sides after the eighth then shut off at about 1000 feet. Andy DNQs so is first alternate tomorrow. Eurodragster.com Blogger Lex next up, propping up the eight-car field at that point but maybe planning to pull out the big one. 0.883 to sixty feet and then shake, shut off past the Tree. 0.972 to sixty for Jari, 2.377 to 330 feet then shut it off. 0.920 sixty for Micke, looked like shake past the Tree and shut off. Timo got to sixty in 0.886, tried to drive through shake, then tried to pedal it, but shut it off just before the eighth. Great pass by Risto, 0.852 to sixty, 3.207/260.07 to the eighth, and a new European speed record of 317.06 mph backed up by his previous pass, well done Risto! Exactly the same speed as TJ ran earlier, what are the odds? 0.949 to sixty for Anita, 3.281/253.57 to the eighth, smoke from the motor getting more pronounced in the second half and shut off at about 1000 feet. Clean-up in Anita's lane.

Qualifying after this session:

Tommy Johnson Jr 4.6604/317.06
Risto Poutiainen 4.7097/317.06
Urs Erbacher 4.7220/284.13
Anita Mäkelä 4.9667/247.89
Micke Kågered 5.1411/214.11
Jari Halinen 5.5679/192.14
Timo Lehtimäki 5.7733/171.07
Lex Joon 6.0792/150.56
--- DNQ ---
Andy Carter 6.3087/179.91

17:05

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Conrad Stanley 6.9478/197.27 bye; Micke Callin 7.0311/179.78, Jan Palmqvist 21.8356/62.26; Jonas Dantanus 6.8851/199.00, Tommy Leindahl 6.9107/198.89; Richard Sundblom 6.8644/202.58, Sampsa Palos 6.8414/199.78; Michael Malmgren 6.8332/203.47, Jimmy Ålund 6.7817/203.24

1.024 to sixty for Conrad, 4.463/156.75 to the eighth, slightly long way round. Conrad is first alternate tomorrow. Jan's car stopped off the line, maybe out of gear as he eventually got moving and idled down the track. 1.018 to sixty for Micke, 4.474/156.69 to the eighth and shut off before the stripe. 0.990 to sixty for Dante, 0.996 for Tommy, both cars moving around their lane a little, 4.405/157.24 at the eighth for Jonas and 4.434/156.60 for Tommy. Improvement for Dante but he stayed in place. 1.028 to sixty for Richard, 0.9947 for Samposa, 4,423/159.98 at the eighth for Richard then his motor started to smoke. 4,380/158.80 at the eighth for Sampsa. Richard improved but stayed in place, lots of smoke from the motor in the shutdown area but track checked and all OK. Great run between Michael and Jimmy, 0.983 to sixty for Jimmy to Michael's 1.035, Jimmy visibly ahead at the eighth 4.352/161.01 to Michael's 4/413/160.03, 0.051 between them at the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

Jimmy Ålund 6.7468/204.40
Michael Malmgren 6.7489/204.40
Sampsa Palos 6.7891/203.36
Tommy Leindahl 6.8133/200.65
Jan Palmqvist 6.8532/200.64
Richard Sundblom 6.8644/202.58
Jonas Dantanus 6.8851/199.00
Micke Callin 6.9105/200.77
--- DNQ ---
Conrad Stanley 6.9163/197.11

16:55

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 9

Steve Mead improved further, up from #12 to #10.

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               F.I.A Main Event 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
29/05/2011 17:22:12                              16 SUPER STREET BIKE  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.0454  7.3521  7.3521  00.00 190.50
  2   6       CHRIS REED          + 0.2181  7.4251  7.4251  00.00 196.18
  3   7       WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.1705  7.4990  7.4990  00.00 194.61
  4   14      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2190  7.5006  7.5006  00.00 191.42
  5   9       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.4104  7.5361  7.5361  00.00 193.88
  6   5       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2061  7.5396  7.5396  00.00 185.13
  7   34      PETE FIELD          + 0.1323  7.6891  7.6891  00.00 182.83
  8   16      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.1842  7.6992  7.6992  00.00 187.42
  9   20      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2988  7.7395  7.7395  00.00 174.38
 10   10      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.1731  7.7777  7.7777  00.00 169.17
 11   4       DAVE SMITH          + 0.4062  7.7790  7.7790  00.00 183.64
 12   8       MARK WATKINS        + 0.1487  7.7855  7.7855  00.00 180.62
 13   26      NICHLAS SVERIN      + 0.3655  7.8790  7.8790  00.00 177.10
 14   35      DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.0948  7.9574  7.9574  00.00 183.56
 15   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1472  7.9727  7.9727  00.00 179.25
 16   25      MOGUNS LUND         + 0.1987  8.1065  8.1065  00.00 172.39
 17   11      MICK TEMPLEMAN      + 0.1360  8.1362  8.1362  00.00 182.86
 18   21      STEVE WOOD          + 0.1763  8.2557  8.2557  00.00 157.38
 19   27      IAN COTTON          + 0.3480  8.7373  8.7373  00.00 164.85
 20   18      MARK WELLS          + 0.2731  9.2486  9.2486  00.00 147.70

* = Disqualified 
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16:45

UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Kev Charman 25.9757/18.79 bye; Ian King 6.5264/210.62 bye, Petri Paljakka shut off; Steve Woollatt 6.4380/208.16, Steve Carey 7.0227/168.52

1.1991 to sixty for Kev but then the front end of the bike thumped down to earth and the motor zinged, no drive, the bike behaved as if a drive belt had broken. Shock as the reigning Champion is shut off on the line for a fluid leak and does not qualify. Ian took the bye, 1.188 to sixty feet, 4.300/180.67 at the eighth, improvement but stayed in second. another nice run for Steve W, 1.088 to sixty and 4.188/176.22 to the eighth, another storming start for Steve C, 1.065 to sixty and 4.342/160.78 at the eight with a yellow nitro cloud above the bike in the second half, looked like a cylinder out, the bike started to move towards the guardrail and Steve shut it off about 1100 feet out.

Qualifying after this session:

Steve Woollatt 6.4107/207.05
Ian King 6.5264/210.62
Kev Charman 7.1153/198.99
Steve Carey 7.4843/164.28

16:30

UEM Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Chris Hannam 7.7522/167.93 bye; Samu Kemppainen 7.2365/186.67, Hans Olav Olstad 7.0173/177.11; Job Heezen 7.1158/174.40, Martijn de Haas 9.3733/150.13 Jan Sturla Hegre 7.2345/149.07, Trond Høiberget 15.730/42.65; Per Bengtsson 6.8872/197.26, Roel Koedam 7.2525/141.63; Christian Jäger 6.8440/160.74, Lorenz Stäuble 9.9392/89.08

Good effort from Cannon, a full pass. 1.328 to sixty feet, 5.033/147.24 to the eighth, a few places up the ladder but not enough to race tomorrow. Great pass for Hans Olav, up to fifth from the bottom of the field. 1.149 to sixty for Samu, 1.160 for Hans Olav riding through shake. 4.662 to the eighth for Samu, 4.532 for Hans Olav. Samu on the bump. Good run for Job moved him up the ladder, 1.152 to sixty feet and 4.458/161.81 at the eighth. 1.115 to sixty for jan Sturla, 1.1221 for Trond, huge flash of flame and a bang from Trond's motor (maybe the snap in the Christmas Cracker leathers) and that was the end of his qualifying chances. 4.451/161.84 to the eighth for Jan Sturla but shut it off at about 1000 feet. 1.365 to sixty for Per, 1.136 for Roel, 4.587/174.27 at the eighth for Per and a quicker 4.360/173.03 for Roel, but Roel had to shut it off as the bike came close to the centre line. Both safely in tomorrow's ladder though. 1.1048 to sixty for Christian, 1.147 for Lo, his bike again tried to throw him off and he was off it before the eighth. 4.304/161.80 to the eighth for Christian but shut it off at about 1000 feet.

Qualifying after this session:

Christian Jäger 6.6407/206.01
Lorenz Stäuble 6.6824/123.07
Per Bengtsson 6.7270/182.79
Roel Koedam 6.9894/199.80
Hans Olav Olstad 7.0173/177.11
Job Heezen 7.1158/174.40
Jan Sturla Hegre 7.1260/170.43
Samu Kemppainen 7.2365/186.67
--- DNQ ---
Trond Høiberget 7.3697/180.67
Martijn de Haas 7.7402/185.89
Chris Hannam 7.7522/167.93
Greger Johansson 8.0571/152.08
Svein Olaf Rolfstad 8.2702/119.17
Joachim Riemer 8.4014/164.26

16:15

Martin Hill followed Pro Stock Bike with a storming 5.9569/268.12 in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car. 4.0715/198.75 at the eighth.

16:05

UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Martin Newbury no time DQ (bye); Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5446/169.18 bye; Elvira Karlsson no time, Mark Smith 7.7566/165.45; Karl-Heinz Weikum 17.0652/33.75 DQ, Len Paget 7.7121/167.30; Ray Debben shut off, Kalle Lyrén 7.4942/178.45 bye; Martin Bishop 7.4943/174.41, Rasmus Olesen 7.5409/169.84; Jesper Thiel 7.4065/179.26, Fredrik Fredlund no time;

1.215 to sixty for Martin, bike drifting to the left wanting to cross the centre line and eventually hit one of the 1000-foot reflectors. Gert-Jan into the ladder with this nice run, 1.136 to sixty, 4.735/144.32 at the eighth. Elvira revved the motor a few times but didn't move when the lights ran. 1,142 toi sixty for Mark, 4.878/140.84 at the eighth and into tomorrow's top half as things stood at that point (sixteen-bike field tomorrow). 1.137 to sixty for Karl-Heinz, 1.150 for Len, Karl-Heinz' bike moved to the right and then hit the 330-foot reflector. Len well ahead at that point, 4.860/141.66 at the eighth and into the top half of the ladder. A big Thank You to Eurodragster.com sponsor Fred Furlong for popping up earlier to point out to your reporter that our earlier qualifying lists featured Ray Debben no less than twice - my mistake for which apologies. This time around Ray shut off after the burnout, Kalle took the bye. 0.098 RT, 1.139 to sixty feet, 4.766/145.73 at half track. That run good for three places on the ladder. Consistent run for Martin especially in these conditions, 1.125 to sixty and 4.736/143.85 at the eighth. Rasmus got to sixty in 1.103 and the eighth in 4.740/144.29, moving to the right all the way down the track. Fredriks' motor cut out off the line. 1.252 to sixty for Jesper, relatively pedestrian sixty foot time that was, 4.751/151.52 at the eighth, ended the day in #1 spot with his previous best.

Qualifying after this session:

Jesper Thiel 7.2518/174.39
Fredrik Fredlund 7.3475/179.96
Rasmus Olesen 7.4251/174.39
Martin Bishop 7.4551/177.13
Kenneth Vik 7.4610/173.04
Kalle Lyrén 7.4942/178.45
Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5446/169.18
Mark Smith 7.7566/165.45
Len Paget 7.7121/167.30
Ray Debben 7.9273/159.09
Chris Stebbings 8.0727/159.12
Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.2164/159.09
Elvira Karlsson 10.4973/99.19
Martin Newbury 13.0711/122.07

15:45

Eric Teboul followed the TMD re-run with a 5.4682/231.33 on his Rocket Bike. Great pass, 3.583/219.96 at the eighth.

Looks like we are going straight into today's second, and the final, Pro qualifying session.

15:40

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Timo Habermann 5.5336/254.64 bye; Monty Bugeja 7.7200/152.67 DQ bye; Krister Johansson shut off , Derek Flynn shut off; Dennis Habermann 5.5840/248.22, Dave Wilson 5.5948/251.82; Fred Hanssen 5.4460/262.69, Paul Ingar Udtian 6.0154/174.34

Krister Johansson 5.5370/252.24, Derek Flynn 5.6564/253.26

Looked like cylinders out and very brief shake at the hit for Timo. Shake gone by the Tree, 0.913 to sixty feet. 3.617/205.91 at the eighth, straight run, no improvement on his previous best. Oliver Azzopardi was expected alongside Monty but didn't appear around the corner. Bizarre run for Monty, 1.003 to sixty with shake and tyre smoke but then the car started to weave around its lane, swinging left and right with the motor screaming and tyres shaking - I am guessing from the car's behaviour that the throttle was stuck open. The car went further and further under power getting more and more out of shape, taking out the 1000 foot and top end reflectors and then Monty got the motor stopped and the chutes out. Taking a hand off the wheel to kill the motor when the car was going all over the place must have taken a lot of courage.

On the restart we had Krister and Derek pulling in to stage when they were signalled to shut off for rain. Both went back to the pits. After twenty five minutes' or so rain delay next up were Dennis and Dave. 0.919 to sixty for Dennis, 0.982 for Grumpy, 3.622/203.22 to the eighth for Dennis, Grumpy to half track in 3.717/210.45 with a cylinder out from there to the stripe. Chutes out right on the line for Grumpy. 200-foot burnout for Paul Ingar and stopped rolling out at half-track. Fred deep-staged and then Paul Ingar visibly moved before him 0.043 to 0.227. 0.949 to sixty for Paul ingar and 0.954 for Fred, Fred had the better eighth 3.595/211.89 to Paul Ingar's 3.650/204.75, Paul Ingar's blower belt came off and landed on the track right after the eighth. Improvement for Fred but he stayed in place.

Krister and Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek returned after forty five minutes or so to turn the cars around. 0.970 to sixty for Krister, 0.997 for Derek and looked like he had a cylinder out from 200 feet or so for the rest of the pass. 3.677/213.90 to the eighth for Krister, 3.756/209.48 for Derek. Looked like Krister shut it off a touch early, chutes were out bang on the stripe. Krister moved a couple of places up the ladder

Qualifying after this session:

Timo Habermann 5.4216/258.18
Fred Hanssen 5.4460/262.69
Dave Wilson 5.4727/268.76
Monty Bugeja 5.5007/263.52
Dennis Habermann 5.5089/253.80
Krister Johansson 5.5370/252.24
Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5383/253.81
Derek Flynn 5.5431/263.61

15:30

Fuel Funny Car session 2

Gordon Smith 5.4491/236.09 bye

Another nice run for the Shockwave FC. 0.997 to sixty, 3.650/229.85 to the eighth, blackstriping all the way.

15:25

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Bert Englefield 7.9418/198.12 bye; David Vegter shut off (bye); Marcus Hilt 7.9749/133.27 bye, Norbert Kuno shut off; Robert Joosten 7.9545/127.22, Nick Davies no time; Robert Koper 13.8506/66.53, Per Svedberg 6.1570/221.13; Marco Maurischat shut off, Roger Moore 8.9798/100.08 bye; Graham Ellis 8.9035/104.80, Marc Meihuizen 6.7538/223.27; Wayne Nicholson 7.3728/183.62, Mats Eriksson 7.1708/193.79 Urban Johansson 6.9329/161.90, Adam Flamholc 10.851/77.10; Micke Gullqvist 6.1804/231.66, Johan Lindberg 6.1392/229.03; Bruno Bader 6.1978/224.74, Andy Robinson 6.1782/228.90

Spin at the hit for Bert, 1.286 sixty betrays the fact. Bert on and off the throttle and then stayed on it in the second half hence the speed. Two goes at the burnout for David and then shut off. Marcus' team all wearing Henri Joosten T-Shirts in support of Henri after yesterday's events, a gesture which deeply touched Henri. Norbert shut off before the burnout, Marcus took the bye. 1.016 to sixty for Marcus and then on and off the throttle as the Vette moved about its lane. Puff of smoke from the right side every time he got off the throttle. 4.789/134.06 to the eighth and into the ladder as things stand. Can't get over how quiet the turbo Superbird is in the burnout! The 'Bird jumoed through stage going up on the three-step so no time. 0.9976 to sixty for Robert, great looking run but then shake and a pedal about 300 feet out, on and off the throttle but in tomorrow's ladder as things stand. Nice run for Par, 0.994 to sixty feet, big 3.994/182.50 at the eighth but then smoke from the Demon and the car disappeared into a big white could at the stripe. 1.5649 to sixty for Robert when the car moved, which was not for some time, very early shut off. All seems OK with Per, safety crews chased him down the shutdown area but returned within moments. Improvements for both but neither moved from their previous ladder positions. Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco shut off on the way back from the burnout, Roger took the bye. Wheels up and shake at the hit, up to the top of second gear and shut it off. Screaming high-rev burnout for Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham. 0.990 to sixty for Graham, 1.015 for Marc, Graham hit shake past the Tree and had to pedal it, same story for Marc who hit shake past the Tree. 4.965 to the eighth for Graham and 4.520 for Marc who got into the ladder. Wayne v Mats was a contest to see who could go the furtheest out of shape, 1.003 to sixty for Mats and 1,055 for Wayne, Mats' Crown Victoria veered towards the centre line and Mats stayed with it as long as he could but eventually had to pedal. 4.481/136.76 to the eighth for Wayne and 4.445/131.55 for Mats, Mats back on the throttle as Wayne's 'Vette went for the centre line and he had to shut it off. 0.990 to sixty for Adam and 1.039 for Urban, Adam hit shake past the Tree and got off the throttle as the Camaro started moving about its lane, 5.410/90.31 at the eighth. 4.285/168.40 at the eighth for Urban and he was off the throttle just after. Long wait on the start line for Micke and Johan whilst the previous pair cleared the shutdown area. Great match between Micke and Johan, Micke away first 0.160 to 0.191, storming 0.978 to sixty for Micke and 1.008 for Johan. Micke's Camaro shook and went right and I think I heard a brief pedal, the car looked to be skating at the eighth 4.052/182.64 to Johan's 4.020/184.68. Micke pulled the car back to the middle of his lane and Johan put the chutes out just a touch early. Fine match between Bruno and Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy. Andy away first 0.059 to 0.149, 0.999 to sixty for Andy to Bruno's 1.024. Andy drove through shake, an acceptable level I guess, 4.030/181.71 at the eighth to Bruno's 4.038/181.99. Consistent 6.1s from both but no changes in position.

Qualifying after this session:

Bruno Bader 6.1165/226.75
Johan Lindberg 6.1392/229.03
Micke Gullqvist 6.1462/232.44
Andy Robinson 6.1524/229.32
Per Svedberg 6.1570/221.13
Adam Flamholc 6.3039/227.00
Urban Johansson 6.4242/217.19
Wayne Nicholson 6.7160/210.87
Roger Moore 6.7344/204.25
Marco Maurischat 6.7396/217.98
Marc Meihuizen 6.7538/223.27
Graham Ellis 6.8237/196.31
Mats Eriksson 7.1708/193.79
Bert Englefield 7.9418/198.12
Robert Joosten 7.9545/127.22
Marcus Hilt 7.9749/133.27
Linda Thun Tønseth 8.0327/110.57
Jean Dulamon 8.5993/141.73
David Vegter 9.1070/105.26
Norbert Kuno 10.8129/65.61
Robert Koper 13.8506/66.53
Nick Davies 21.6503/53.77

14:50

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Qualifying after this session:

Timo Habermann 5.4216/258.18
Fred Hanssen 5.4460/262.69
Dave Wilson 5.4727/268.76
Monty Bugeja 5.5007/263.52
Dennis Habermann 5.5089/253.80
Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5383/253.81
Derek Flynn 5.5431/263.61
Krister Johansson 5.5465/257.70

12:25

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Dezsoe Krivan 6.7955/167.91, Steph Milam 6.1497/232.55; Rob Turner 6.0409/225.77, Jürgen Nagel 6.3468/124.23; Arvid Grødem 6.0442/217.20 DQ, Danny Bellio 5.8317/242.50; Ulf Leanders 5.9865/245.41, Jarmo Kuutniemi 7.1330/167.32

Hello to Steve Wilson tuned in from Switzerland following the progess of Eurodragster.com sponsor Dezsoe. 1.104 to sixty for Steph to Dez' 1.2505, Steph well ahead by the eighth 4.052/187.75 to 4.247/183.46, Dez then shut it off past half track whilst Steph stayed with it. Long, Last Photographer burnout for Jürgen. Jürgen was really on one there, 0.959 to sixty feet, 3.664/201.10 at the eighth where his blower panel blew, the body panel flew into the air and the chutes deployed. 1.083 to sixty for Rob, 3.969/189.64 at the eighth, up a couple of places on the ladder. We encountered Arvid in the pits last night and asked after the piece of metal bent around his right thumb and - if you are squeamish you may prefer to avoid the next bit - it transpired that Arvid had tried to drill a hole in his thumb, a thumb with which he has to hit a shift button. To protect against agony when he hit the shift Arvid taped a strip of metal around his thumb and shifts with that. Anyway back to the run and a superb run for Danny and a great driving job. 0.952 to sixty to Arvid's 1.123, the FC started to move left and right with successively more violent swings, Danny stayed with it though. 3.810/193.44 to the eighth for Danny, 3.995/192.78 for Arvid, as soon as Danny got his FC straight Arvid's Mustang started to move to the right and hit the 1000 foot speed and both top end reflectors. Arvid wasn't happy with his tyres yesterday and his team changed both tyres and inners last night. Ulf on a European ET record, would this be the back-up run? No, but another candidate for driving job of the weekend. Storming 0.947 to sixty feet for Ulf, then driving through shake with the car swaying left and right so violently that we saw both sides of it. Ulf wasn't bothered, just pedalled it and got it straight, 3.884/192.78 at the eighth. 0.9585 to sixty for Jarmo, hitting shake and pedalling, 4.497/153.20 at the eighth and then shut off as the car started to move around.

Qualifying after this session:

Ulf Leanders 5.6370/249.19
Danny Bellio 5.8317/242.50
Arvid Grødem 5.8540/242.37
Jarmo Kuutniemi 5.8985/239.04
Rob Turner 6.0409/225.77
Steph Milam 6.1497/232.55
Dezsoe Krivan 6.1951/225.92
Jürgen Nagel 6.3468/124.23

12:10

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Lex Joon 15.9415/75.91, Jari Halinen 9.9781/75.33; Andy Carter 6.6236/155.75, Anita Mäkelä 4.9667/247.89; Risto Poutiainen 4.8251/315.97, Tommy Johnson Jr 4.6604/317.06; Timo Lehtimäki 6.8943/117.64, Micke Kågered 5.3625/198.04

New motors for both Eurodragster.com Blogger Lex and Jari since yesterday's first session. Instant spin for Lex and off the throttle. 0.8912 to sixty for Jari, shake past the Tree and shut off. 100-foot burnout for Anita and revs after the burnout fine this time. -0.072 red for Andy, 1.169 to sixty with cylinders out. 0.893 to sixty for Anita, 3.282/250.24 at the eighth, blackstriping all the way then shut off before 1000 feet as the car started to move towards the line. 4.155/200.67 at the eighth for Andy. Fantastic pair for Risto and Tommy. 0.855 to sixty for TJ, 0.962 for Risto, 3.1623/263.09 at the eighth for Tommy to Risto's 3.398/257.79, then 3.965/301.68 at 1000 feet for Tommy to Risto's 4.122/300.78. Tommy's car started to move around towards the stripe and then there was smoke and flame from the motor in the traps. Risto's car was blackstriping in the second half but he had a lot straighter ride that TJ. TJ into #1, Risto stayed #3. Both TJ and Risto on a European speed record if they back it up this weekend, well done guys! 0.876 to sixty feet for Timo, 0.940 for Micke, looked like Timo's blower belt came off before the eighth 3.587/162.92, 3.383/243.28 at the eighth for Micke and shut it off at about 1000 feet.

Qualifying after this session:

Tommy Johnson Jr 4.6604/317.06
Urs Erbacher 4.7220/284.13
Risto Poutiainen 4.8251/315.97
Anita Mäkelä 4.9667/247.89
Micke Kågered 5.1411/214.11
Jari Halinen 5.5679/192.14
Timo Lehtimäki 5.7733/171.07
Lex Joon 6.0792/150.56
Andy Carter 6.3998/177.82

11:55

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Jonas Dantanus 6.8918/198.78 bye; Jan Palmqvist 7.2296/184.36, Conrad Stanley 6.9163/197.11; Tommy Leindahl 6.8755/197.25, Micke Callin 8.0519/123.22; Sampsa Palos 8.2926/117.91 bye; Jimmy Ålund 6.7468/204.40, Michael Malmgren 15.3249/52.84

Good morning again to Magnus Hansson, hope you are enjoying the coverage Magnus.

Great run for Jonas. 0.993 to sixty feet, a little move to the left at 100 feet but had it well covered. 4.420/157.81 at the eighth and up to #7. Conrad got the jump on Jan 0.095 to 0.125, the better sixty foot time 1.006 to 1.022, visibly ahead by the eighth 4.432/157.09 to 4.585/149.47. Jan shut off a little early and Conrad had the chutes out right on the stripe. An improvement for Conrad but stayed in place. 0.075 RT for Micke but that was his last better time to Tommy's. Tommy to sixty in 1.000 to 1.030, Tommy to half track 4.407/158.29 by which time Micke had shut it off 4.589/136.35. Tommy shut it off early and had the chutes out before the stripe...sandbagging? 1.0125 to sixty for Sampsa, a couple of gears in then there was a puff of smoke from under the car and he shut it off. Meanwhile Richard Sundblom was towed back to the pits. Long staging duel between Jimmy and Michael. Huge shake at the hit for Michael and shut off. 1.0004 to sixty for Jimmy, front wheels up and driving through shake, 4.3409/162.97 to the eighth and into #1 spot.

Qualifying after this session:

Jimmy Ålund 6.7468/204.40
Michael Malmgren 6.7489/204.40
Sampsa Palos 6.7891/203.36
Tommy Leindahl 6.8133/200.65
Jan Palmqvist 6.8532/200.64
Richard Sundblom 6.8688/201.67
Jonas Dantanus 6.8918/198.78
Micke Callin 6.9105/200.77
Conrad Stanley 6.9163/197.11

11:40

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 8

Graham Dance up to #4 in the first pair. Dave Smith next to make a move, up from #13 to #10. Steve Mead back into the sevens, up from #15 to #12. Stout 0.007 RT for Pete Field on his pass.

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29/05/2011 11:42:17                              16 SUPER STREET BIKE  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.0454  7.3521  7.3521  00.00 190.50
  2   6       CHRIS REED          + 0.2181  7.4251  7.4251  00.00 196.18
  3   7       WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.1705  7.4990  7.4990  00.00 194.61
  4   14      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2190  7.5006  7.5006  00.00 191.42
  5   9       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.4104  7.5361  7.5361  00.00 193.88
  6   5       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2061  7.5396  7.5396  00.00 185.13
  7   34      PETE FIELD          + 0.1323  7.6891  7.6891  00.00 182.83
  8   16      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.1842  7.6992  7.6992  00.00 187.42
  9   20      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2988  7.7395  7.7395  00.00 174.38
 10   4       DAVE SMITH          + 0.4062  7.7790  7.7790  00.00 183.64
 11   8       MARK WATKINS        + 0.1487  7.7855  7.7855  00.00 180.62
 12   10      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.1766  7.8594  7.8594  00.00 173.67
 13   26      NICHLAS SVERIN      + 0.3655  7.8790  7.8790  00.00 177.10
 14   35      DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.0948  7.9574  7.9574  00.00 183.56
 15   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1472  7.9727  7.9727  00.00 179.25
 16   25      MOGUNS LUND         + 0.1987  8.1065  8.1065  00.00 172.39
 17   11      MICK TEMPLEMAN      + 0.1360  8.1362  8.1362  00.00 182.86
 18   21      STEVE WOOD          + 0.1763  8.2557  8.2557  00.00 157.38
 19   27      IAN COTTON          + 0.3480  8.7373  8.7373  00.00 164.85
 20   18      MARK WELLS          + 0.2731  9.2486  9.2486  00.00 147.70

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11:30

UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Steve Woollatt 6.4107/207.05 bye; Petri Paljakka no time, Ian King 6.5840/212.90; Steve Carey 9.0028/93.32, Kev Charman 7.4246/187.36

Superb run for Steve W. 1.054 to sixty, 4.145/176.20 to the eighth, absolutely straight run as is usual for the Dealer, into #1 spot. Great stuff. Championship leader Ian King sat right behind Steve waiting to run, how would he respond to that? Nice pass, big step up from yesterday's best, 1.167 to sixty, 4.343/177.08 at the eighth, yellow nitro cloud above the bike in the second half. Petri's motor grunted at the hit, no drive, rolled to a stop at half track. The Champion has one more chance to get in. Steve C was on a good one to start with, a storming 1.068 to sixty, but then off the throttle before half track - I think that may have been planned. 1.293 to sixty for Kev, 4.777/156.35 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

Steve Woollatt 6.4107/207.05
Ian King 6.5840/212.90
Kev Charman 7.1153/198.99
Steve Carey 7.4843/164.28

11:20

UEM Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Hans Olav Olstad 8.5622/185.90, Samu Kemppainen 7.6673/132.20; Chris Hannam 21.9272/43.98, Job Heezen 13.8112/51.63; Martijn de Haas 7.7402/185.89, Svein Olaf Rolfstad 11.9954/65.52; Trond Høiberget 7.5539/178.55, Greger Johansson 17.0830/39.90; Roel Koedam 6.9894/199.80, Jan Sturla Hegre no time; Lorenz Stäuble 15.0361/46.56, Per Bengtsson 6.7270/182.79; Christian Jäger 6.6407/206.01 bye;

Hans Olav got to sixty in 1.143, the bike headed for the centre line and he had to feather the throttle, 5.727/110.97 at the eighth. Straight run for Samu, 1.116 to sixty, 4.567/150.62 at the eighth then the motor started to hesitate and he shut it off. Synchronised loss of traction for Cannon and Job, Job was a bit further out though - 1.174 to sixty to Cannon's 1.673. Best run of the weekend for Martijn, 1.343 to sixty and 5.072/147.13 with a hesitation from the motor at about half track and a trip towards the centre line. Good for a few places up the ladder. 1.160 to sixty for Svein Olaf and then a bang and flash of flame from the motor at about 300 feet. 1.246 sixty for Trond, 1.164 for Greger, all eyes then on Greger as there was a huge bang and flash of flame and an exhaust pipe and some smaller pieces came off the bike. Greger is quite OK. Jan Sturla jumped the beams and shut off, nice run for Roel in the other lane, 1.140 to sixty, a brief feather of the throttle about 500 feet out, 4.658/169.18 at half track and into second place. Lo gets wild ride of the weekend, the bike making violent moves left and right and over at quite some angle. Great pass for Per, 1.156 to sixty, 4.372/176.73, and shutting off early as the bike got very close to the centre line. Fantastic run for Christian, into #1 spot and blowing away his PB. 1.103 to sixty, 4.337/171.71 at the eighth, rode out a fishtail and straight down the middle of his lane. Well done Christian and the Black Seven guys!

Qualifying after this session:

Christian Jäger 6.6407/206.01
Lorenz Stäuble 6.6824/123.07
Per Bengtsson 6.7270/182.79
Roel Koedam 6.9894/199.80
Jan Sturla Hegre 7.1260/170.43
Job Heezen 7.3121/164.26
Trond Høiberget 7.3697/180.67
Samu Kemppainen 7.6673/132.20
Martijn de Haas 7.7402/185.89
Greger Johansson 8.0571/152.08
Svein Olaf Rolfstad 8.2702/119.17
Joachim Riemer 8.4014/164.26
Hans Olav Olstad 8.5622/185.90
Chris Hannam 8.6330/97.75

11:00

UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Fredrik Fredlund 7.3475/179.96, Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.2164/159.09; Gert-Jan Laseur 8.8302/102.87, Elvira Karlsson no time; Mark Smith no time, Ray Debben 11.7874/115.95; Kalle Lyrén 7.7797/172.40, Martin Bishop 7.4551/177.13; Len Paget 7.9340/164.85, Chris Stebbings 8.0727/159.12; Rasmus Olesen 7.6064/170.45, Jesper Thiel 7.3063/181.37; Martin Newbury 13.0711/122.07 bye;

Let's see what the headwind does to the ETs and speeds. Decent run for Fredrik, improvement on his previous best. 1.228 to sixty and 4.669/149.51 at the eighth. 1.156 to sixty for Karl-Heinz but shake and headed for the guardrail, lost time steering it away but an impprovement in ET. 1.167 to sixty for Gert Jan, got about three gears in then shut it off. Elvira rolled the beams and stopped a few feet out. Mark's motor cut out off the line, Ray's bike went left off the start line and he had to get off the throttle to straighten it out. martin up one spot, 1.1217 to sixty and 4.731/145.73. Kelle's motor sounded as if it hesitated at the first shift, 1.169 to sixty and 5.004/140.75 at half track. Chris up a couple of spot even though the bike hesitated momentarily at the launch. 1.273 to sixty and 5.120/136.53 at the eighth. Len's bike looked down on power, 1.223 to sixty and 5.035/139.82 at the eighth. No improvements for Rasmus or Jesper, nice 1.144 sixty foot time for Rasmus to Jesper's 1,206, Jesper had the better eighth 4.665/152.51 to 4.799/144.30. Martin's lovely-looking bike stopped off the line, Martin kept it lit and got back on the throttle and ride it gently up the track.

Qualifying after this session:

Jesper Thiel 7.2518/174.39
Fredrik Fredlund 7.3475/179.96
Rasmus Olesen 7.4251/174.39
Martin Bishop 7.4551/177.13
Kenneth Vik 7.4610/173.04
Kalle Lyrén 7.7134/143.93
Len Paget 7.7443/167.92
Ray Debben 7.9273/159.09
Mark Smith 8.0576/146.70
Chris Stebbings 8.0727/159.12
Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.2164/159.09
Gert-Jan Laseur 8.7028/106.68
Elvira Karlsson 10.4973/99.19
Martin Newbury 13.0711/122.07

10:30

Super Gas qualifying after session 7

Another huge breakout for Wayne Hiscock, 9.040, could a move to Super Comp be far away? Stuart Morrice up into #2 spot next pair.

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QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
29/05/2011 10:29:02                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       JON MORTON          + 0.0695  9.9021  0.0021  09.90 146.78
  2   1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0405  9.9110  0.0110  09.90 142.54
  3   365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0955  9.9227  0.0227  09.90 134.41
  4   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2677  9.9250  0.0250  09.90 135.68
  5   1       DAN PAGE            + 0.0221  9.9387  0.0387  09.90 124.88
  6   424     JON GILES           + 0.0485  9.9403  0.0403  09.90 142.14
  7   763     WAYNE HISCOCK       + 0.8336 10.0038  0.1038  09.90 119.49
  8   10      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0480 10.0062  0.1062  09.90 149.57
  9   1956    PAUL FOOTE          + 0.1175 10.0545  0.1545  09.90 131.77
 10   162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.1331 10.9622  1.0622  09.90 142.12

* = Disqualified 
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10:25

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 7

Fantastic run for Brian Payne, into the sevens, into #1 spot, and kicking his Personal Best into next week. Well done Brian! PB also for Dave Murdoch in the next pair, up from #7 to #5, well done Dave! In the other lane Steve Pateman pulled a big wheelie but had it all under control.

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QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
29/05/2011 10:25:06                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.0424  7.8006  7.8006  00.00 179.13
  2   69      STEVE PATEMAN       + 0.1486  7.8972  7.8972  00.00 182.14
  3   1       IAN HOOK            + 0.1663  8.2011  8.2011  00.00 162.48
  4   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.1897  8.3518  8.3518  00.00 166.07
  5   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.7438  8.4917  8.4917  00.00 157.42
  6   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0371  8.7655  8.7655  00.00 166.06
  7   752     STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.3333  8.7999  8.7999  00.00 154.73
  8   1969    BILL MACDERMID      + 0.2666  9.0042  9.0042  00.00 156.92
  9   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0307  9.1913  9.1913  00.00 153.63

* = Disqualified 
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10:20

Super Street qualifying after session 7

0.007 RT by Antony Wilkins in the second pair. Improvement for Bob Lees but he stayed in place.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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29/05/2011 10:20:22                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0196 10.9002  0.0002  10.90 125.61
  2   11      JENNIFER GUSTAFFSO  + 0.0546 10.9060  0.0060  10.90 129.45
  3   271     CHRIS KENNY         - 0.0127 10.9062  0.0062  10.90 125.11
  4   911     ANTONY WILKINS      + 0.5237 10.9093  0.0093  10.90 119.48
  5   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0373 10.9133  0.0133  10.90 120.27
  6   41      SIMON GUSTAFSSON    + 0.1947 10.9209  0.0209  10.90 127.37
  7   162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.0006 10.9275  0.0275  10.90 144.40
  8   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0733 10.9445  0.0445  10.90  93.52
  9   31      HALVOR OVERBY       - 0.1260 10.9471  0.0471  10.90 107.02
 10   138     MARTIN SANGER       + 0.0887 10.9478  0.0478  10.90 107.70
 11   409     BOB LEES            + 0.2564 10.9501  0.0501  10.90 127.39

* = Disqualified 
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10:15

Super Comp qualifying after session 7

Shaun Lathan up from #11 to #7 in the second pair. Jon Morton took over the just-vacated #11 spot next pair. Improvement for Nicky Frost but stayed in #4 at that point.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
29/05/2011 10:14:40                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   4       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0525  8.9008  0.0008  08.90 153.63
  2   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0373  8.9044  0.0044  08.90 149.56
  3   1963    MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1241  8.9071  0.0071  08.90 155.75
  4   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.0825  8.9095  0.0095  08.90 153.64
  5   33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.0634  8.9199  0.0199  08.90 133.64
  6   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0402  8.9250  0.0250  08.90 160.73
  7   456     SHAUN LATHEN        + 0.0782  8.9316  0.0316  08.90 147.21
  8   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.1426  8.9340  0.0340  08.90 147.59
  9   3       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1033  8.9495  0.0495  08.90 154.80
 10   381     NOAH STUTZ          + 0.0515  8.9500  0.0500  08.90 173.72
 11   2       JON MORTON          + 0.0755  8.9759  0.0759  08.90 147.18
 12   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0437  8.9933  0.0933  08.90 145.77
 13   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0798  9.0687  0.1687  08.90 144.84
 14   40      PAUL SPIERS         + 0.1774  9.1196  0.2196  08.90 150.05
 15   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.3570  9.1532  0.2532  08.90 147.19

* = Disqualified 
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10:05

Junior Dragster qualifying after session 7

Our second Perfect Light of the day, this time by Brad Jackson to take #1 spot. Well done Brad!

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29/05/2011 10:05:37                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   7       BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0008  8.1503  0.2503  07.90  78.41
  2   6       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0015  8.1101  0.2101  07.90  81.08
  3   215     PATRIK KIVINUMMI    + 0.0015  8.2687  0.3687  07.90  78.13
  4   12      BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0024  8.9088  0.0088  08.90  71.26
  5   5       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.0033  8.0921  0.1921  07.90  80.65
  6   3748    MARCUS ANDERSSON    + 0.0116  7.9272 -0.9728  08.90  80.23
  7   27      HARRY ELLIOTT       + 0.0165  8.2082  0.3082  07.90  79.37
  8   188     LIRO LAAKSONEN      + 0.0198  8.1933  0.2933  07.90  79.38
  9   9       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0201  9.4837  0.5837  08.90  69.30
 10   10      PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0231  9.4816  0.5816  08.90  66.61
 11   23      STACEY REED         + 0.0244 11.0091  2.1091  08.90  55.55
 12   11      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0305  8.2018  0.3018  07.90  79.65
 13   14      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0348 10.3567  1.4567  08.90  60.03
 14   100     IVANA VAN DEN BERG  + 0.0465  8.0737  0.1737  07.90  79.09
 15   3       ZAK JOHNSON         + 0.0521  7.9545  0.0545  07.90  81.95
 16   211     PONTUS DANTANUS     + 0.0543  8.0974  0.1974  07.90  78.40
 17   8       LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.0565  8.3708  0.4708  07.90  77.87
 18   26      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0886 15.8667  2.9667  12.90  38.60
 19   20      AARON FENSOME       + 0.1055  9.5615  0.6615  08.90  65.40
 20   29      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.1470 16.1117  3.2117  12.90  36.59
 21   22      BILLY RINGER        + 0.1563 21.7117  8.8117  12.90  24.02
 22   28      GREGORY ROBINS      + 0.1606  9.5582  0.6582  08.90  64.12
 23   24      RACHEL GILES        - 0.0109  9.7476  1.8476  07.90  65.40

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Harry Gibson followed with an 8.5163/76.42 demo pass in his Junior Funny Car.

9:50

Super Pro ET qualifying after session 7

Big move for Barry Giles in the first pair, up from #19 to #3. Chris Orthodoxou up from #5 to #3 in the next pair, alongside him Steve Saunders went from #20 to #15. Big move for Nick Good, #19 to #6 towards the end of the session. Full pass for Al Didwell's new dragster and a tiny break-out but Al will I'm sure be pleased with the run. 0.007 RT by Andy Raw next pair. Great to see Vince Gibbs back on track with the Nosferatu Firebird, 7.25 dial-in for the first run and in to #23 spot with a 7.468. Great 7.696 run for Rob Smallworth in the other lane, a break-out but the team looked happy enough. Last in this session was Martyn Jones with his rebuilt dragster, Martyn told us last night that there were problems with the brakes. Not happy with something on the way back from the burnout and shut off.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
29/05/2011 09:51:33                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   258     DAVE WARD           + 0.0225  8.1218  0.0018  08.12 166.04
  2   96      DAVE NELSON         + 0.1451  8.9063  0.0063  08.90 139.37
  3   45      CHRIS ORTHODOXOU    + 0.0647  7.9099  0.0099  07.90 170.40
  4   1       BARRY GILES         + 0.0525  7.7603  0.0103  07.75 170.40
  5   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.0854  7.3337  0.0137  07.32 181.96
  6   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.1325  7.0198  0.0198  07.00 186.63
  7   2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0887  8.8236  0.0236  08.80 150.53
  8   4       PETER WALTERS       + 0.1425  8.0755  0.0255  08.05 161.87
  9   91      BOB HAWKINS         + 0.0292  8.8818  0.0318  08.85 148.06
 10   435     IAN POWELL          + 0.2808  8.1923  0.0323  08.16 165.43
 11   105     RON BARTLETT        - 0.1378  8.9378  0.0378  08.90 148.07
 12   555     JOHN GERRITSON      + 0.5068  8.7095  0.0395  08.67 153.13
 13   604     RICK GARRETT        + 0.0173  8.7965  0.0465  08.75 152.10
 14   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.2178  8.8504  0.0504  08.80 150.06
 15   166     ALAN DIDWELL        + 0.1396  8.5510  0.0510  08.50 121.11
 16   161     STEVE SAUNDERS      + 0.0800  8.8516  0.0516  08.80 153.61
 17   154     ROY WILDING         + 0.3764  8.0903  0.0603  08.03 166.01
 18   474     ASHLEY BELL         + 0.0303  8.8841  0.0641  08.82 142.01
 19   5       JOHN EVERITT        + 0.0431  8.0515  0.0915  07.96 167.34
 20   816     THOMAS STIEFEL      + 0.4670  7.1241  0.1241  07.00 193.77
 21   793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.7465  9.1491  0.1591  08.99 139.92
 22   401     JOHN BRADSHAW       + 0.1617  6.8481  0.1781  06.67 203.27
 23   570     VINCE GIBBS         + 0.1006  7.4682  0.2182  07.25 184.34
 24   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.0375  9.0767  0.2267  08.85 145.68
 25   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.0254  8.0677  0.2677  07.80 178.52
 26   307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.1205  7.5708  0.3708  07.20 175.72
 27   81      ANDY RAW            + 0.1381  9.2749  0.4749  08.80 134.48
 28   1934    ADAM GLEADOW        + 0.0526  8.3543  0.8843  07.47 175.00
 29   405     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.4097 11.4867  2.9867  08.50 110.44
 30   490     ANDY FROST          + 0.3966  9.9261  3.1561  06.77  88.87
 31   453     MARTYN JONES        + 3.2928 11.4232  5.4232  06.00 100.26
 32   782     DAVID RUSSELL       - 0.1708 15.6093  9.6093  06.00  52.39
 33   58      PAULA ATKIN         + 0.0937  6.9190 -0.0310  06.95 196.23

* = Disqualified 
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9:20

Pro ET qualifying after session 7

0.0000 RT for Rick Denny in the first pair of the session, well done Rick! Steve Hudson up from #21 to #15 in the third pair.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
29/05/2011 09:21:30                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0915 10.2803  0.0003  10.28 124.92
  2   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.0632  9.6948  0.0048  09.69 139.39
  3   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1534  9.9748  0.0048  09.97 135.21
  4   4       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.0933  9.7654  0.0054  09.76 134.51
  5   48      PAUL MARSTON        + 0.1162  9.0075  0.0075  09.00 149.13
  6   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.2565 11.4502  0.0102  11.44 111.53
  7   5       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0757  9.1624  0.0124  09.15 143.42
  8   430     ROY WALKER          + 0.1253  9.5142  0.0142  09.50 140.32
  9   731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0603 11.4045  0.0145  11.39 118.03
 10   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.0028  9.3354  0.0154  09.32 144.29
 11   723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.0515  9.4875  0.0175  09.47 142.02
 12   700     PHIL TOPPIN         - 0.0108  9.3285  0.0185  09.31 140.25
 13   1       RICK MCCANN         + 0.0681 10.2092  0.0192  10.19 129.02
 14   777     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.0344  9.7604  0.0204  09.74 136.12
 15   314     STEVE HUDSON        + 0.0864  9.9534  0.0334  09.92 129.87
 16   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.1844  9.2556  0.0356  09.22 144.28
 17   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.1482 11.0963  0.0363  11.06 117.94
 18   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.3092  9.9784  0.0384  09.94 130.90
 19   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.0427  9.5284  0.0384  09.49 140.76
 20   713     PETE YATES          + 0.3803  9.3708  0.0408  09.33 141.19
 21   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0870  9.9424  0.0424  09.90 134.87
 22   7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     + 0.0904  9.2897  0.0497  09.24 144.82
 23   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.0601 10.1275  0.0575  10.07 134.00
 24   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0158  9.9730  0.0630  09.91 131.79
 25   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.0537  9.6641  0.0641  09.60 135.71
 26   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0306 10.3946  0.0646  10.33 127.21
 27   550     DAN PAGE            - 0.0154  9.9787  0.0787  09.90 132.04
 28   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0448 10.0998  0.0998  10.00 120.77
 29   315     NIGEL GREEN         + 0.0344 11.3963  0.1163  11.28 114.92
 30   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.4027 10.5231  0.1231  10.40 126.17
 31   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0549 12.3132  0.3232  11.99 110.13
 32   81      HANS VAN DER SPEK   + 0.3376 11.2433  0.3233  10.92 110.97
 33   62      MARIUS BLACKBURN    - 0.0973  9.3757  0.3257  09.05 135.61
 34   299     AMANDA COX          + 0.2651 10.3977  0.3477  10.05 122.74
 35   36      LUKE STEVENSON      - 0.0096 13.0290  1.0390  11.99 108.43

* = Disqualified 
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8:20

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the FIA Main Event brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car.

The Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and will be broadcasting live video and commentary/Nitro FM audio as long as the track is open.

Another overcast day here at Santa Pod although brighter than yesterday. We still have a very stiff headwind with the occasional gust which is making Race Control rock back and forth.

We have received a number of very nice E-Mails about our coverage this weekend. We hope that their authors will understand that we can't answer them right now but they are very much appreciated and the whole team gets to see them.

We are due to start at 9:00 with Sportsman qualifying cycle 7; the Pro sessions are due at 10:30 and 14:30. Ed is already on his way to the pits to get some notes and Roger has polished his lenses (that is not a euphemism) and has put on several layers of clothing. We're all set, so tune back at 9:00 and we'll have all the news for you.