Santa Pod Raceway, 23rd-26th May 2014
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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 Today's pictures have now been posted and can be viewed via the Event Index page. There are 260 pictures in all; if you do not see all 260 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Sixteen-hour day working today, time for sane journalists to go to bed. Tune back in the morning for all the news from eliminations. 20:55 European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Gordon Smith 4.7960/211.10 bye; Kevin Kent shut off, Jason Phelps 5.0106/189.01 bye Nice run for Gordon. 0.9389 to sixty, looked to get off it just before the eighth 3.7437/209.94. Clean run under power but a puff of smoke from the motor as the car passed under the top end gantry. Track checked and found to be OK. Kevein Kent's motor started then shut off. After a brief hold Jason's crew were given the order to fire up, Kevin was towed back to the pits. 1.0242 to sixty for Jason, nice high header flames, off the gas before the eighth 3.8588/208.07. Word came back from the top end "This Funny Car is covered in oil". Qualifying after this session:
That's qualifying and racing done for today, stay tuned as we have today's gallery to bring you. A big Thumbs Up to the race officials, track and safety crews, and of course to the racers for getting through so much today. None of us can remember the last time there were three Pro sessions in one day and we managed first rounds of the larger Sportsman classes as well. Great job all. 20:45 FIM European Super Stret Bike Cup qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Sandro Haldimann 9.9979/138.62 bye; Mark Wells 7.8703/187.33 bye; Dennis Junge 9.5349/156.29, Peter Granica 7.6716/182.10; Stefan Schmidt 8.3598/178.55, Thomas Granica 7.6006/192.12; Erich Gruber 8.4509/179.25, Nigel Barker 7.8025/175.07; Richard Hann 9.8505/129.07, Daniel Lencses 7.7306/187.36; Luke Farrugia 7.3710/194.61, Jemma Venables 7.6649/187.37; Steve Venables 7.4894/176.44, Mogens Lund 7.4966/192.04; Danny Cockerill 7.5007/196.39, Garry Bowe 7.2420/194.55; Dave Holland 7.2149/199.88, Graham Balchin 7.6541/184.32; Pete Field 9.1333/95.49, Shawn Buttigieg 7.2769/192.14 Qualifying after this session:
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2014 20:47:37 16 FIM SUPER STREET
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 2 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1015 7.2149 7.2149 00.00 199.88
2 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.5891 7.2420 7.2420 00.00 194.55
3 83 SHAWN BUTTIGIEG + 0.0896 7.2769 7.2769 00.00 192.14
4 10 PETE FIELD + 0.1273 7.3590 7.3590 00.00 198.01
5 82 LUKE FARRUGIA + 0.0940 7.3710 7.3710 00.00 194.61
6 6 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1148 7.4297 7.4297 00.00 192.14
7 5 STEVE VENABLES + 0.1020 7.4894 7.4894 00.00 176.44
8 3 MOGENS LUND + 0.1745 7.4966 7.4966 00.00 192.04
9 7 DANY COCKERILL + 0.1561 7.4986 7.4986 00.00 192.97
10 4 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.5998 7.6006 7.6006 00.00 192.12
11 21 JEMMA VENABLES + 0.0071 7.6632 7.6632 00.00 187.44
12 9 PETER GRANICA + 0.0906 7.6716 7.6716 00.00 182.10
13 68 DANIEL LENCSES + 0.4916 7.7306 7.7306 00.00 187.36
14 50 NIGEL BARKER + 0.1085 7.8025 7.8025 00.00 175.07
15 11 MARK WELLS + 0.2224 7.8703 7.8703 00.00 187.33
16 49 RICHARD HANN + 0.1878 8.0262 8.0262 00.00 178.43
17 61 ERICH GRUBER + 0.2406 8.2496 8.2496 00.00 180.65
18 16 STEFAN SCHMIDT + 0.2353 8.3598 8.3598 00.00 178.55
19 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.3597 9.4618 9.4618 00.00 143.91
20 67 DENNIS JUNGE - 0.0132 9.5349 9.5349 00.00 156.29
* = Disqualified
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20:35 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Filippos Papafilippou 9.9879/81.67 bye; Rikard Gustafsson 6.4257/213.08, Otto Knebl 6.8063/160.75 1.0990 to sixty for Fast Fil, 2.8801 to 330 feet, when the front end of the bike came down it seemed to unload the back end and Fil shut it off. Otto to sixty in 1.0886 to Rikard's 1.0937 and had the better eighth 4.1492/163.94 to Rikard's 4.1819/177.68 still with the front wheel in the air. Otto's bike started to move to the right after the eighth and he shut it off, very close to the guardrail in the shutdown area. Rikard straight down the middle of his lane all the way. Rikard improved but stayed second, Otto improved and moved up one place. Qualifying after this session:
20:30 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Chris Isaacs 7.0687/198.99 bye; Rick Garrett 6.6878/198.82 bye; Norbert Kuno 8.6979/121.41, Marc Meihuizen 5.9811/241.25; Andy Wright 7.2395/213.08, Andy Robinson 6.3388/228.92; Tero Laukkanen 6.7581/181.40, David Vegter 7.9633/113.34; Roger Moore 11.8415/69.28, Bruno Bader 6.1066/227.95; Mattias Wulcan 9.8476/84.11, Roger Johansson 7.2323/131.06; Robert Joosten 6.1179/234.09, Micke Gullqvist 8.6131/102.13 Last Chance Saloon for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris' licencing and thus further participation this weekend. And gain the licence he did, well done Chris! 1.1235 to sixty, a brief pedal as the Duster moved around its lane, 4.6310/161.32 at the eighth. Another strong sixty for Rick, 0.8923, 4.2234/158.57 at the eighth, looked to be off the gas just before the stripe. An improvement but stayed in place. Fantastic run for Marc to take #1 spot! 1.0260 to sixty, some shake but nothing he couldn't handle, storming eighth 3.9418/190.95. 1.0142 to sixty for Norbert but the car seemed to be ailing towards 330 feet, a bit like a clockwork toy winding down. Looked like problems for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy R both getting the tyres to light and then selecting reverse after the burnout but got there. 0.9648 to sixty for Andy R, driving through what looked like bad shake, the Camaro weaving left and right but he wasn't getting off it. 4.1411/173.45 at the eighth and on it all the way. 1.2151 with shake for Andy, 4.8625/158.48 to the eighth. 1.0147 to sixty for tero, 1.0173 for David. Both hit shake but David particularly badly, the car moving left and right and then coming close to the centre line as Tero's car also made a move for the centre. 4.3523/135.23 at the eighth for David off the gas at that point, Tero at 4.3192/169.75 looked to pedal briefly to get it away from the line and from David, gave it some more wellie and then shut it off. Very gutsy drive by Bruno. 0.9906 to sixty and then hit shake which he drove through even though the Vette came within a gnat's of the centre line at 330 feet. 3.9701/183.22 at the eighth and into #3 spot. Roger M hit shake off the line and shut it off. 1,0062 to sixty for Mattias, shake and shut it off as the car got close to the centre line. 0.9789 to sixty for Roger J, driving through shake, a hard right move and the car looked from here almost to be up on two wheels, 4.1036/153.92 at the eighth and off the gas. Great driving job saved Roger's car. 0.9924 to sixty for Robert, 0.9582 for Micke, 2.6666 to 330 feet to Micke's 2.6691 trying to drive through shake. Micke off the gas at about 400 feet, Robert's Camaro weaving left and right and getting close to the left guardrail but stayed with it, 4.0186/183.43 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
20:15 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Martijn de Haas 6.7878/207.22, Vesa Lipponen 7.4062/186.60; Samu Kemmpainen 8.5078/106.53, Christian Jäger 7.5272/161.99 Martin blasts his PB into next week, well done Martijn! 1.2478 to sixty to Vesa's 1.2631, front wheel still in the air at the eighth 4.4874/174.32, Vesa to the eighth in 4.8950/157.99. Vesa's bike seemed to run out of grunt in the second half. 1.1835 to sixty for Samu, 1.1089 for Christian, both bikes' front wheels high in the air. Christian had the better eighth 4.6133/145.33, Samu's exhaust flames stopped right on the eighth 4.6843/132.01. Christian backed off in the second half but moved one place up the ladder. Qualifying after this session:
20:10 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Mark Smith 7.7171/168.57 bye; Allan Davies no time DQ, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2199/175.03; Martin Bishop no time DQ, Fredrik Fredlund 7.0626/186.59 1.1596 to sixty for Mark, 4.8826/142.09 at the eighth, no improvement so stayed #4. 1.2937 to sicty for Allan, 1.0899 for Gert-Jan. Gert-Jan going great guns by the eighth 4.5609/151.51 to Allan's 5.1088/136.45 approaching the centre line. Gert-Jan made it to the stripe 0.7234 ahead of Allan, just as well as Allan hit the quarter mile refector DQing his own run. Improvement for Gert-Jan but stayed #2. 1.1193 to sixty for Bish to Fredrik's meteoric 1.0525, Fredrik to the eighth in 4.4771/153.37 some way ahead of Bish's 4.7028/146.12 and just as well since Bish's bike went right and crossed lanes after the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
19:55 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Duncan Micallef 4.1674/228.18 bye; Micke Kågered 4.7062/167.93, Jari Halinen 6.0974/104.70; Urs Erbacher 7.9534/76.06 bye; Anita Mäkelä 4.1406/268.57, Stig Neergaard 4.5025/204.92 Duncan the Maltese Lion in the Last Chance Saloon for tomorrow. Micke next to run and lined up right behind Duncan, no more interested spectator than him. Great run! 0.8490 to sixty, 2.2119 to 330 feet, smoke from the motor towards the eighth 3.2151/246.87 and then a huge ball of flame and the car made a step to the right. Duncan had a hold of it and he is safely in the ladder now. Micke and Jari next, potential here for one to put the other in the trailer for the rest of the event, or of course for both to pull out the big one and can Noah Stutz who is not running this session. 0.8847 to sixty for Micke to Jari's 0.8729, Jari drove through shake and then his tyres started to haze then blaze about 200 feet out, Jari stayed with it and the dragster made a hard right turn, off the gas at about 400 feet and not racing tomorrow. Micke's motor in distress by the eighth, smoking at 3.4183/199.63, and a huge ball of flame right in the eighth mile speed trap. Safety crews followed Micke's dragster down the shutdown area, looked from here as if there was still a small fire. Shutdown area clean-up ensued. Tethys towed back to the pits during the clean-up, safely in the ladder, leaving Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs with a bye. 0.8748 to sixty, looked like bad shake passing the Tree, off the gas. Stig away first 0.1502 to Anita's 0.1825, Anita with the better incrementals after that, 2.2442 to 330 feet to Stig's 2.3592 and 3.2661/245.35 to the eighth to Stig's shut off 3.4528/228.60. Anita's motor was smoking at the eighth and there was a flash of flame and huge cloud of smoke before the stripe. Track checked and all OK. Qualifying after this session:
19:10 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Michael Malmgren 6.7684/204.16 bye; Magnus Pettersson 6.6976/205.36 bye, Jan Palmqvist shut off; Thomas Lindström 6.7168/205.34, Jimmy Ålund 6.5357/210.93 First full pass for Michael in this car. 0.9988 to sixty, 4.3544/161.23 to the eighth, went for the centre line in the second half but stayed with it. Jan was shut off for a fluid leak. Magnus took a great bye, 0.9930 to sixty, running just to the left of centre of his lane, 4.3106/163.11 at the eighth and into second place at that point. Another great match between Thomas and Jimmy to close the session. Thomas away first 0.0486 to 0.0721, Jimmy had the better sixty 0.9677 to 0.9994 and the much better eighth 4.2027/167.04 to Thomas' 4.3246/162.35. Jimmy 0.001 off the European ET record. Qualifying after this session:
18:50 Simon has posted his second tranche of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 Billy Ringer 0.001 off the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award in his race against Thaliah Gibb.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
25/05/2014 18:49:21 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 17 THOMAS COOK ABBOTT + 0.0361 8.9809 0.0309 08.95 71.34
23 TYLER ASHDOWN + 0.1507 7.9738 0.0538 07.92 76.69
801 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.2115 8.0121 -0.0079 08.02 78.41
Win 11 CLOE RINGER + 0.1190 9.5230 0.2230 09.30 65.31
21 RUARIDH HART + 0.0752 8.5940 0.4740 08.12 80.07
Win 24 BONNIE WALLACE + 0.0997 8.0279 0.0279 08.00 79.79
Win 119 KARIN WINTER + 0.0138 8.9282 0.1282 08.80 70.12
30 ANNIE WALLACE + 0.2050 8.0127 0.0327 07.98 80.08
Win 12 BELLE WHEELER + 0.1192 9.0618 0.0318 09.03 71.34
118 MARCEL WINTER + 0.3615 13.2636 1.6636 11.60 44.74
Win 42 KATIE ELLIS + 0.1856 13.4000 0.0800 13.32 46.32
Foul 15 MORGAN WILSON - 0.0282 7.9759 0.0259 07.95 80.07
8 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.1111 10.3405 2.0405 08.30 35.98
Win 27 SAM HOLLAND -VILLA + 0.0418 8.1909 0.2209 07.97 69.41
18 CAITLIN WILSON + 0.1298 9.2710 -0.1490 09.42 68.95
Win 3 JOE KELLETT + 0.1333 8.0395 0.0795 07.96 80.21
14 CHARLOTTE BRADFORD + 0.0854 9.1868 -0.0132 09.20 69.26
Win 26 SHANNON KIDDELL + 0.1798 8.0926 0.0926 08.00 80.22
Win 6 SASKIA FENSOME JEL + 0.1725 8.1989 0.0489 08.15 79.37
52 HOLLEY MARSHALL + 0.0528 10.8646 -0.3454 11.21 57.37
19 THALIAH GIBB + 0.1307 9.2084 -0.0016 09.21 71.79
Win 16 BILLY RINGER + 0.1485 9.3711 0.0011 09.37 67.04
32 ROMAN SIXTA LB3A . -8.9000 08.90 0.00
Foul Win 2 BILLY EVERITT - 0.0013 8.0128 0.0328 07.98 81.08
Foul 25 JOE HOLLAND-VILLA - 0.0495 10.3840 0.3940 09.99 68.22
Win 4 AARON FENSOME + 0.1208 8.1995 -0.0005 08.20 78.41
Win 31 HARLEY COUSELL + 0.0272 15.0939 -0.2861 15.38 39.21
Bye . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
* = Disqualified
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18:20 Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a 6.9492/191.26 in the new Fireforce 5 Jet Dragster, looks great in its St George livery. Shut off about 1000 feet. Car still checking out but very promising pass, had Race Control rocking. Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 Check out the RTs in the race between Birthday Girl Laura Turburville and Alan Didwell. Alan won on a lesser breakout but a big Happy Birthday to Laura. Billy Gane 0.006 off taking the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award, £100 still up for grabs.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
25/05/2014 18:19:25 22 SUPER PRO ET
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Foul 154 ROY WILDING - 0.0347 8.1239 0.0539 08.07 162.44
Win 700 PHIL TOPPIN + 0.0596 9.4268 0.5368 08.89 147.14
3 PETER WALTERS + 0.0838 8.7309 0.1309 08.60 139.00
Win 251 DAVE CATTON + 0.0271 7.7321 0.0821 07.65 157.38
449 PEL NORMAN + 0.1562 8.6708 0.1308 08.54 160.72
Win 541 SIMON GOUGH + 0.2047 8.4361 0.0361 08.40 151.62
Win 470 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0465 7.8003 0.0703 07.73 163.04
944 MARC HENNEY + 0.1302 7.6011 0.0311 07.57 175.70
640 PAUL PRZYBYL LB3A . -7.3400 07.34 0.00
Foul Win 161 STEVE SAUNDERS - 0.0305 8.5549 0.0549 08.50 155.74
366 LIAM JONES + 0.2817 7.6951 0.1451 07.55 172.39
Win 68 BRIAN PATEMAN + 0.0291 8.8960 0.1560 08.74 131.37
Win 782 DAVID RUSSELL + 0.1336 8.7408 -0.0392 08.78 157.93
Foul 595 NICK SPENCE - 0.0226 9.6281 1.9581 07.67 96.02
2 PAUL MARSTON LB3A . -8.8600 08.86 0.00
Win 202 MARK ADAMS + 0.2780 7.3832 -0.1468 07.53 186.48
65 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0078 8.0785 -0.0215 08.10 155.72
Win 166 ALAN DIDWELL + 0.0093 7.6054 -0.0046 07.61 174.99
Win 430 ROY WALKER + 0.1696 9.2700 0.5200 08.75 114.64
Foul 543 JACK BREWSTER - 0.1344 8.3551 0.0351 08.32 163.63
Win 435 IAN POWELL + 0.1360 8.0745 0.1145 07.96 152.57
4 BARRY GILES + 0.1925 7.5472 -0.0028 07.55 175.01
453 MARTYN JONES + 0.2136 6.2759 0.2759 06.00 220.32
Win 90 BILLY GANE + 0.2038 8.9261 0.0061 08.92 150.13
307 ROD HARRISON + 0.2096 6.8885 0.1685 06.72 203.37
Win 221 TOM ATKINSON + 0.1052 8.8272 0.0272 08.80 148.12
Win 984 THOMAS HAAS + 0.0814 8.0827 0.0427 08.04 164.23
429 RICK COOKE + 0.0993 8.3497 0.0397 08.31 157.37
Foul 258 DAVE WARD - 0.0373 8.1088 0.0888 08.02 166.03
Win 15 FRANK EJSKOOT + 0.0407 8.5460 -0.0040 08.55 151.12
666 SHARI OOMEN + 0.9326 9.2904 0.4904 08.80 148.55
Win 3001 SCOTT HAUSER + 0.0383 7.7561 0.1761 07.58 143.88
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17:35 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Superb 0.0071 RT from Jemma Venables showing dad Steve in the other lane how it's done, taking the father-daughter match-up on a holeshot. Mogens Lund 7.6622/188.21 bye; Sandro Haldimann 9.4908/139.40 bye; Mark Wells 8.4002/160.17, Dennis Junge 9.7026/146.27; Peter Granica 18.667/46.75, Richard Hann 8.0262/178.43; Thomas Granica 8.2912/170.45, Erich Gruber 8.2496/180.65; Daniel Lencses 7.7619/181.40, Stefan Schmidt 11.5597/141.27; Nigel Barker 7.8768/171.10, Luke Farrugia 8.2576/123.85; Jemma Venables 7.6632/187.44, Steve Venables 7.5953/186.60; Garry Bowe 7.4330/193.04, Pete Field 7.3590/198.01; Graham Balchin 7.5534/191.33, Danny Cockerill 7.4986/192.97; Shawn Buttigieg 7.6552/144.30, Dave Holland 7.4115/171.08 Qualifying after this session:
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2014 17:35:15 16 FIM SUPER STREET
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 83 SHAWN BUTTIGIEG + 0.0938 7.3008 7.3008 00.00 182.12
2 10 PETE FIELD + 0.1273 7.3590 7.3590 00.00 198.01
3 2 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1548 7.4115 7.4115 00.00 171.08
4 6 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1148 7.4297 7.4297 00.00 192.14
5 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.1812 7.4330 7.4330 00.00 193.04
6 7 DANY COCKERILL + 0.1561 7.4986 7.4986 00.00 192.97
7 5 STEVE VENABLES + 0.0912 7.5943 7.5943 00.00 186.60
8 3 MOGENS LUND + 0.2385 7.6622 7.6622 00.00 188.21
9 21 JEMMA VENABLES + 0.0071 7.6632 7.6632 00.00 187.44
10 68 DANIEL LENCSES + 0.4987 7.7619 7.7619 00.00 181.40
11 50 NIGEL BARKER + 0.3603 7.8155 7.8155 00.00 182.09
12 82 LUKE FARRUGIA + 0.2762 7.9722 7.9722 00.00 175.09
13 4 THOMAS GRANCIA + 0.4826 7.9997 7.9997 00.00 171.75
14 49 RICHARD HANN + 0.1878 8.0262 8.0262 00.00 178.43
15 61 ERICH GRUBER + 0.2406 8.2496 8.2496 00.00 180.65
16 9 PETER GRANICA + 0.1453 8.3039 8.3039 00.00 177.80
17 16 STEFAN SCHMIDT + 0.1420 8.3977 8.3977 00.00 170.44
18 11 MARK WELLS + 0.1643 8.4002 8.4002 00.00 160.17
19 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.3597 9.4618 9.4618 00.00 143.91
20 67 DENNIS JUNGE + 0.1844 9.5860 9.5860 00.00 148.08
* = Disqualified
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17:25 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Otto Knebl 7.2723/136.90, Filippos Papfilippou 6.7721/192.13; Ian King 6.0605/193.05, Rikard Gustafsson 6.4338/208.99 1.1057 to sixty for Otto, 1.0700 for fast Fil, Gil had the advantage at the eighth 4.2966/163.99 to Otto's 4.3316/172.85. Otto had to shut it off as the bike got very close to the centre line. Improvements for both, both stayed in place. Storming run for Ian, 1.0115 to sixty to Rikard's handy 1.0910, the Gulf Oil bike straight and true to a spectacular eighth 3.8743/197.09, Rikard also on a Funny Bike stormer 4.1794/178.14. Ian's bike got close to the centre line and he had to shut it off right at the last moment, so close to another five. Qualifying after this session:
17:15 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Chris Isaacs 8.1692/123.21 bye; Bruno Bader 6.1382/224.76 bye; Marc Meihuizen 6.3871/217.22 bye; Micke Gullqvist 5.9908/240.31, Roger Moore 6.8251/192.98; Jean Dulamon 7.6436/153.10, Tero Laukkanen 6.8448/169.23; Rick Garrett 8.0240/175.78, Mattias Wulcan 6.3166/198.88; Roger Johansson 6.1222/224.75 bye, Andy Wright shut off; Andy Robinson 6.4209/219.29, Robert Joosten 6.1088/236.14; David Vegter 6.2183/231.66, Norbert Kuno 7.5220/138.66 1.1473 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, a ton of tyre shake out to about 250 feet then a pedal. 4.7770/144.83 at the eighth then shutting off as the car got close to the guardrail. 2.1605 RT for Bruno to make sure of it, 1.0033 to sixty, a little shake past the Tree but stayed with it. 4.0043/183.63 at the eighth and into #1 spot. Clean-up in the shutdown area after Bruno's run. 1.0244 to sixty for Marc, hit shake past the Tree and pedalled it about 200 feet out. 4.1964/173.01 at the eighth, big jump up the ladder even with the pedal. 1.0008 to sixty for Micke then visible shake to about 150 feet, 1.0313 for Roger. Micke's Camaro really picked up about 300 feet out, storming 3.9591/188.87 at the eighth. 4.3518/161.74 at the eighth for Roger, Micke up to #1. Shaking 1.4161 to sixty for Jean, 1.0199 for Tero, Teri tried to drive through shake to 300 feet and then pedalled. 4.8595/166.07 to the eighth for Jean after a pedal, 4.2908/171.55 for Tero and then off the gas. Safety crews chased Tero down the shutdown area, not immediately apparent what the problem was but they were quickly back on station. Clean-up at the bottom of the shutdown area. Huge burnout for Rick then 1.0715 to sixty feet, 0.9862 for Mattias driving through shake just past the Tree. Launguid looking run for Rick almost like a second gear launch if that's possible in a Pro Mod. Mattias to the eighth in 4.0262/181.03 and shut it off and chute out before the stripe. Andy shut off before staging, not immediately obvious what was wrong. 0.9952 to sixty for Roger, great 3.9913/183.56 at the eighth, car got a little close to the guardrail in the second half but he stayed with it. Roger up to #2. 0.9896 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, 0.9906 for Robert. Andy hit shake and had to pedal before the eighth 4.1024/178.34, no such trouble for Robert who hit the eighth in 4.0147/182.57. Sounded as if Andy pedalled again in the second half and looked to shut off a touch early. Any damage suffered by David's car repaired! 1.0431 to sixty to Norbert's 0.9568, David drove through shake and got to the eighth in 4.0911/180.55 to Norbert's shut off 4.4223/142.87. Qualifying after this session:
16:25 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Martijn de Haas 7.1130/182.09 bye; Vesa Lipponen 9.2588/153.11, Job Heezen 7.0681/188.91; Christian Jager shut off, Samu Kemppainen 6.6115/217.01 bye Great run for Martijn, 1.2584 to sixty and 4.6427/164.26, leaning off the bike to keep it straight. Up to second place. 1.1485 to sixty for Job, 1.5164 for Vesa, Job was really on one this time, 4.5898/157.99 at the eighth but then started to get close to the guardrail and the motor was smoking, feathered the throttle towards the stripe. Vesa off the gas at half track 6.0678/121.42. Christian shut off after his burnout. Samu took the bye, 1.1120 to sixty, 4.3635/157.83 at the eighth, a PB and consolidating his #1 spot, well done Samu! Qualifying after this session:
16:15 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Mark Smith 7.6368/173.74 bye; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3014/174.40, Allan Davies 7.7622/166.09; Fredrik Fredlund 7.3715/156.83 Martin Bishop 7.4282/169.79 1.1897 to sixty for Mark even with a slight hesitation. 4.8693/144.82 to the eighth and a new PB, well done Mark! Improvement but stayed in place. 1.1191 to sixty for ert-Jan, 1.2511 for Allan. Gert-Jan had the much better eighth 4.6166/150.52 to 4.9285/143.82, improvement for Allan but stayed in place. 1.1040 to 1.1038 sixtied in Bish's favour, Fredde had the better eighth 4.5970/147.98 to 4.4801, Fredde shut it off before the stripe. Similarly an improvement for Bish but stayed third. Qualifying after this session:
16:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Stig Neergaard 4.0786/291.33 bye; Jari Halinen 5.3339/129.42, Duncan Micallef 13.6056/52.29; Noah Stutz 4.3329/242.57, Micke Kågered 6.0902/108.20; Thomas Nataas 3.9101/309.23, Anita Mäkelä 4.0116/293.92; Urs Erbacher 4.6838/173.04, Tethys 8.6340/63.85 Great run for Stig, made up for the last session. 0.8689 to sixty, no shake to speak of, blackstriping his way down the track. 3.2417/252.21 at the eighth and then the motor started to smoke, Stig stayed on it to the thousand and there was a dull bang and a huge cloud of smoke from the motor right on the stripe. Clean-up in the shutdown area, possibly an expensive run but into #1 spot. 0.8969 to sixty for Jari, tyres started to blackstripe and then his blower belt broke and departed the car. Duncan's car pretty much idled off the line and groaned its way down the track, same kind of motor note as if the burnout clip was still on the throttle linkage. Noah away first 0.0953 to 0.3458, Micke had the much better sixty 0.8508 to Noah's 0.9330. Micke better to 330 feet 2.2914 to 2.4045 then shut it off. Noah stayed with it, 3.4245/249.41 at the eighth with puffs of smoke and flashes of flame from the motor which got worse and then a bang and smoke and the chutes deployed. Fantastic pairing between Anita and Thomas! Wheels-up launch for Thomas, stunning 0.8261 sixty to Anita's 0.8611, thundering eighth 3.1194/266.99 to Anita's 3.1914/261.66, two clean runs with no sign of shake or smoke, a pop from someone's motor in the shutdown area. Thomas on European ETs and speed records, well done Thomas, Per, Karsten and the Andersen Racing team! Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs away first 0.1284 to 0.1705, Tet had the better sixty 0.8916 to 0.9061. tet hit bad shake and then his tyres blazed, shut it off. Urs to the eighth in 3.4217/201.43, looked from here as if he pedalled, the car lurched to the left and the blower belt broke. Qualifying after this session:
15:25 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Michael Malmgren 6.9433/175.75 bye; Jan Palmqvist 7.0328/194.70, Magnus Petterson 6.7615/204.29; Jimmy Ålund 6.5576/211.97, Thomas Lindström 6.7073/207.06 1.0235 to sixty for Michael, shake marks from about twenty feet to eighty feet but he stayed with it. 4.4087/162.43 at the eighth, shut it off and chute out before the stripe. Big start line advantage for Jan 0.1256 to 0.5091. Jan had the better sixty 0.9888 to 1.0187 but from then on Magnus was visibly catching up. Jan to the eighth in 4.4974/155.06 to Magnus' 4.3546/161.91, Jan shut it off and had the chutes out before the stripe. Magnus stayed with it all the way and moved up to #3. Thomas away first 0.1143 to 0.1265, no sixty foot time for Jimmy, 1.0313 for Thomas. Jimmy with the big advantage at the eighth 4.2231/167.17 to Thomas' 4.3408/165.18. Jimmy getting close to European record form, Thomas close to his previous run. Qualifying after this session:
15:15 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Danny Bellio no time DQ, Gareth Ellis 5.9128/246.37; Steph Milam 6.0041/221.44, Johan Lindberg 5.7252/247.87 Gareth visibly away first 0.1346 to 0.3846, the quicker to sixty 0.9564 to Danny's 1.0296. Danny hit shake and the FC started to drift to the right but he stayed on it. Gareth's FC also drifted right but he guided it back to the centre of the lane. Gareth to the eighth 3.9100/191.03 to Danny's 3.9120/197.11, Gareth to the top end 0.2729 ahead of Danny and just as well since Danny took out the top end reflectors disqualifying his own run. 0.9858 to sixty for Steph, 0.9571 for Johan, sounded from here as if Steph pedalled at around 330 feet, she got to the eighth in 3.9049/186.52. Johan way ahead at the eighth 3.7520/196.85. Qualifying after this session:
15:05 Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.6060/250.60 bye; Chris Polidano 5.5830/264.21, Manty Bugeja 5.4570/262.05; Timo Habermann no time, Dennis Habermann 5.3147/266.60 0.9670 to sixty for Grumpy and then a cylinder out on the right side. 3.7029/206.95 at the eighth, car wanted to move right in the second half, down to the dead pipe I'd imagine. Improvement for Grumpy but stayed in place. 1.0074 to sixty for Chris with one cylinder out on the right side, 0.9491 for Manty. Chris' dead cylinder lit about 100 feet out, the vapour just stopped dead, and it made s visible difference to the car as is accelerated harder from that point. Manty to the eighth in 3.5955/210.62 ti Chris' 3.7623/214.96. Manty up a place. Could Timo back up his ET record? No he couldn't as he rolled through stage. Backed up but the lights ran. 0.8956 to sixty for Dennis, 3.4865/215.66 at the eighth, very consistent with his earlier pass. Qualifying after this session:
14:40 Martin Hill followed the Pro Modified re-run with a 5.9661/266.56 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. Pro ET eliminations round 1
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
25/05/2014 14:42:55 23 PRO ET
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 118 GLENN PALLANT + 0.0098 9.9235 0.0235 09.90 134.80
542 KEITH HERBERT + 0.1178 9.8184 0.0184 09.80 135.67
735 NIC WILLIAMS + 0.0454 10.6636 -0.0264 10.69 122.38
Win 409 BOB LEES + 0.0195 9.9046 -0.0154 09.92 128.74
Foul 569 LEIGH MORRIS - 0.0237 10.9344 0.0344 10.90 120.45
Win 25 LEE HUXLEY + 0.1080 9.7572 -0.0928 09.85 132.12
Foul Win 79 DAVE CHERRETT - 0.1767 10.7807 -0.1193 10.90 92.34
314 STEVE HUDSON LB3A . -9.0000 09.00 0.00
Foul 93 RICH EACOCK - 0.0228 11.4803 0.0603 11.42 115.78
Win 648 JON TURNER - 0.0067 10.0292 -0.0108 10.04 125.55
Foul 205 BOB MOLDEN - 0.0939 9.9003 -0.0397 09.94 133.99
Win 795 MIKE LACEY + 0.0760 9.3136 -0.0564 09.37 143.86
84 RICK MCCANN + 0.0505 10.0059 -0.0141 10.02 131.66
Win 610 TIM STANBURY + 0.0441 9.2827 0.0527 09.23 143.92
626 LIZ MALCOLM + 0.2326 11.1855 -0.0445 11.23 114.90
Win 351 JAMES FORSTER + 0.0682 11.2778 0.2878 10.99 119.26
77 DAVID NAPIER LB3A . -9.0000 09.00 0.00
Win 9 PAUL MARSTON + 0.0210 9.7100 -0.0300 09.74 134.47
288 JENS KONNECKE + 0.0794 11.1572 1.7772 09.38 120.77
Win 450 MARK BAILEY + 0.2253 9.2964 0.0464 09.25 131.39
Foul 315 NIGEL GREEN - 0.0549 11.2556 0.2956 10.96 114.06
Win 70 CARLA PITTAU + 0.1418 10.2757 0.4957 09.78 127.69
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14:25 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 after re-run Robert Joosten 6.2080/209.14 bye; Re-run for Robert after the ET clock tripped whilst he was still on track. 0.9976 to sixty, car headed for the centre line but Robert stayed under power, 4.0790/182.83 at the eighth and then the Camaro made a big move, Robert got off it at about 1100 feet and put the chutes out. Qualifying after this session:
14:20 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 1
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2014 14:20:45 16 FIM SUPER STREET
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 83 SHAWN BUTTIGIEG + 0.0938 7.3008 7.3008 00.00 182.12
2 6 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1148 7.4297 7.4297 00.00 192.14
3 2 DAVE HOLLAND - 0.2230 7.4638 7.4638 00.00 199.01
4 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.8311 7.5069 7.5069 00.00 163.07
5 7 DANY COCKERILL + 0.2035 7.5143 7.5143 00.00 193.04
6 21 JEMMA VENABLES + 0.1565 7.7829 7.7829 00.00 185.80
7 10 PETE FIELD + 0.1863 7.8017 7.8017 00.00 144.30
8 50 NIGEL BARKER + 0.3603 7.8155 7.8155 00.00 182.09
9 5 STEVE VENABLES + 0.2192 7.8468 7.8468 00.00 167.92
10 68 DANIEL LENCSES + 0.5723 7.9058 7.9058 00.00 179.94
11 82 LUKE FARRUGIA + 0.2762 7.9722 7.9722 00.00 175.09
12 4 THOMAS GRANCIA + 0.4826 7.9997 7.9997 00.00 171.75
13 9 PETER GRANICA + 0.1453 8.3039 8.3039 00.00 177.80
14 16 STEFAN SCHMIDT + 0.1420 8.3977 8.3977 00.00 170.44
15 61 ERICH GRUBER + 0.3864 8.4296 8.4296 00.00 173.07
16 11 MARK WELLS + 0.2147 8.7063 8.7063 00.00 191.27
17 49 RICHARD HANN + 0.2905 9.0640 9.0640 00.00 135.64
18 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.3597 9.4618 9.4618 00.00 143.91
19 67 DENNIS JUNGE + 0.1844 9.5860 9.5860 00.00 148.08
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14:05 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Rene van den Berg 7.1950/204.41, Steve Woollatt 6.5621/167.32; Filippos Papafilippou 6.9415/188.21, Otto Knebl 8.4186/135.73; Rikard Gustafsson 6.5313/209.13, Ian King 6.2607/189.64 Steve in pre-stage a long while before Rene pulled forward. 1.1559 to sixty for Rene to Steve's 1.0441, Rene's rear tyre started to haze but he stayed with it. Steve way ahead at the eighth 4.1096/178.93 to Rene's 4.7832/157.93, Steve off the gas before the stripe. Smoke from Rene's motor all the way down the shutdown area, safety crews followed him down to the end of the track. Clean-up ensued. 1.0461 to sixty for Otto, 1.0999 for Fil, Otto's bike started to head towards the guardrail and he had to feather the throttle and ultimately shut off. Fil to the eighth in 4.4062/160.17. Very close sixties for Rikard and Ian 1.0550 to 1.0597 respectively, Ian pulling away by the eighth 3.9970/194.20 but there was a huge yellow nitro cloud behind the bike which sometimes leads to a bang but luckily not this time, Ian feathered the throttle and then shut it off. 4.2238/182.73 to the eighth for Rikard and on the gas all the way. Qualifying after this session:
13:40 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Roman Sixta 8.0123/173.71 bye; Martijn de Haas 8.0955/166.66, Christian Jäger 8.6219/104.47; Job Heezen 8.0760/174.41, Vesa Lipponen 9.6259/151.13; Samu Kemppainen 6.7520/197.26, Ronny Aasen 10.6638/79.68 1.3811 to sixty for Roman, 5.2821/145.84 to the eighth. Straight run with no drama. Christian with the better sixty 1.1414 to Martijn's 1.2266, Martijn was visibly catching him up but was headed for the centre line. Both shut off before the eighth but Martijn gave the gas a couple of stabs to get the bike away from the reflectors. 1.1972 to sixty for Job to Veas's 1.6519, Vesa was off the gas before the eighth, Job was on a good run but the bike got closer and closer to the cenre ine and he had to back off to get it straight. Got back on the gas in the second half. 1.1741 to sixty for Samu to Ronny's 1.2104, Ronny really on one then a cloud of smoke and his motor went to zing, a pop and something came off the bike. Samu with front wheel high in the air, 4.4309/197.26 to the eighth and into #1 spot by a long way. Qualifying after this session:
13:30 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Allan Davies 9.6504/125.84, Mark Smith 8.1483/167.31; Martin Bishop 7.4934/175.77, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2475/172.40; Karl-Heinz Weikum broke, Fredrik Fredlund 7.0668/185.82 bye 1.2662 to sixty for Allan, 1.2020 for Mark. Both bikes headed right and Allan only just missed the eighth mile reflectors, off the gas by then 5.5640/97.14 to Mark's 5,2295/132.94 then shut off before the stripe. 1.1394 to sixty for Bish, storming 1.0995 for Gert-Jan, Gert-Jan weay ahead at the eighth 4.5786/151.90 to Bish's 4.7588/146.16> Kar-Heinz broke after the burnout so Fredrik took the bye. 1.0638 to sixty, 4.4813/153.55 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
13:25 European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Kevin Kent 4.8282/239.05, Gordon Smith 4.8472/251.89 DQ; Jason Phelps 4.8035/239.06 bye Some consternation as Gordon appeared to have trouble getting reverse but found it just as everyone started to sprint to his aid. Gordon just away first 0.2280 to Kevin's 0.2461. Kevin left with a cylinder out, 1.0155 to sixty to Gordon's quicker 0.9444. Both Kevin and Gordon blackstriped their lanes all the way, Gordon's car making moves left and right. Kevin to the eighth in 3.8155/208.97 to Gordon's 3.8656/207.67, 0.0019 seconds between them at the stripe which equates to 8.42 inches. Gordon's run subsequently DQ'd for a Blue Line violation. Brief clean-up at the far end of the track. 0.9806 to sixty for Jason, cyliner out on each side after that, car straight down the middle of its lane but the acceleration didn't match the engine note, car looked slightly lazy - down to the dead pipes I guess. 3.7964/211.13 at the eighth with orange flame from each side, looked to shut it off not long after. Qualifying after this session:
13:00 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Tethys 4.1745/245.45 bye; Jari Halinen 4.8688/156.31 bye; Noah Stutz 4.8090/157.98 bye; Duncan Micallef 6.2993/86.52, Urs Erbacher 4.1298/277.73; Micke Kågered 5.3002/126.89, Stig Neergaard 8.1588/81.54 DQ; Anita Mäkelä 4.7307/160.74, Thomas Nataas 4.3925/174.04 4.70 or quicker gets Tethys his licence. Storming run, licence acquired! 0.8760 to sixty feet, tyres blackstriping past sixty, the car was fishtailing a little towards the eighth 3.2756/249.52 then started to make bigger moves and got close to the guardrail. Tethys stayed with it as long as he dared but shut it off just before the stripe, had his hands full for a moment there by the look of things. Great driving job. Jari deputising for the injured Chris Andrews, his first run in this particular car. A long time working on the wheelie bar before Jari was called forward to stage. Familiarisation pass I think. 0.8916 to sixty, looked smooth with not much in the way of shake, off the gas just past 330 feet 2.3217, a slowing 3.4837/185.72 at the eighth. Great burnout by Noah, huge amount of smoke and off it precisely on sixty feet. 0.089 RT but a cylinder out at the it, 0.9302 to sixty, cylinder stayed out all the way. 2.4168 to 330 feet then smoke from the motor, a ball of orange and green flame and a bang as the blower relief panel burst and the chutes deployed. Slowing 3.5290/206.88 at the eighth. Safety crews chased Noah down as a precautionary after the fire. Storming 0.8330 to sixty for Duncan, that is one of the quickest sixties I have ever seen. 0.8770 for Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs. Duncan to 330 feet in 2.2678 to Urs' 2.2748 but then Duncan's tyres went up in smoke and his blower belt broke. Urs to the eighth in 3.2768/250.06 with bright orange flame from the left bank. Urs into #1 spot but maybe at a cost. New cars for Micke and Stig so I would not be surprised to see short passes. John Smith as ever supervising Stig's car. Weirdness as Stig blipped the throttle before the lights ran, the car moved out of stage pointing at the centre line and promptly stopped and staged on the rear wheel, the lights ran, Micke left and Stig got back on the throttle briefly. 0.8631 to sixty for Micke and off the gas before 330 feet in 2.2353. New cars also for Anita and Thomas. Storming 0.8534 to sixty for Thomas, Anita's 0.8863 was no slouch either. Thomas to 330 feet in 2.1875 then a flash and a bang and a puff of smoke and Thomas' chutes deployed just before the eighth 3.2085/219.72. 2.2781 to 330 feet for Anita driving through shake and off the gas before the eighth 3.3959/194.56. Qualifying after this session:
12:20 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Jan Palmqvist 6.9286/185.83 bye; Magnus Pettersson 9.7911/88.22, Michael Malmgren 10.1417/86.68; Thomas Lindström 6.7056/208.16, Jimmy Ålund 6.6106/208.95 1.0014 to sixty for Jan, not much shake, 4.3997/157.36 at the eighth. Got a bounce on in the second half and you could hear the engine note matching the bounce, Jan shut it off and put the chutes out before the stripe. 0.9946 to sixty for Magnus and 1.0018 for Michael, synchronised shake and both cars went towards their respective guardrails, both off the gas before 330 feet. Thomas away first 0.1247 to 0.1942, Jimmy had the better sixty 0.9845 to Thomas' 1.0173. Both drove through a little shake, both moved for the centre line but stayed with it. Thomas to the eighth in 4.3365/164.73 to Jimmy's 4.2532/165.22. Qualifying after this session:
12:15 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Chris Isaacs 7.8031/193.88 bye; Roger Moore 11.8846/69.17, Andy Robinson 6.6640/231.89; Tero Laukkanen 7.9013/121.11, Rick Garrett 6.7931/194.62; Andy Wright 7.4553/215.13, Jean Dulamon 6.8761/202.35; Roger Johansson 6.7170/173.04 bye; Bruno Bader no time DQ (bye); Norbert Kuno 6.2010/231.55, David Vegter 6.6449/222.31; Robert Joosten no time, Marc Meihuizen 6.9630/233.80; Mattias Wulcan 7.8394/124.11, Micke Gullqvist 7.3669/149.11 1.1705 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, driving through shake and then pedalling as the Duster made a move. 5.2040/145.24 at the eighth. Not yet licenced as 7.4 needed so not in the qualifying list. Roger to sixty in 1.0301 and then hit shake and shut it off. 1.0331 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, carbon copy of yesterday's annulled run hitting shake and pedalling, hitting more shake and pedalling, the car picked up some towards the eighth 4.4806/172.93 and Andy stayed on it all the way from there. Tero to sixty in 1.0397 to Rick's very rapid 0.8811, Tero was on one until there was a puff of smoke from the right side and then the left tyre blackstriped and the car turned right, Tero off the gas about 500 feet out and 4.4384/138.92 at the eighth. 4.2783/157.44 at the eighth for Rick and looked to be off it a touch before the stripe. Andy to sixty in 1.0778 with tyres shaking, a couple of pedals and then back on it, pulling the Coupe away from the centre line. 1.1086 to sixty for Jean, driving through very evident shake but on his best run in a while. Jean to the eighth in 4.5021/164.28 and Andy there in 5.0733/157.38. Some clean-up in both lanes after this pair. Roger took the bye on the re-start,scheduled to run against Mats Wicktor but no sign of Mats after yesterday's rough-sounding run. Move to the right at the hit but Roger stayed with it, 0.9632 to sixty but something didn't sound right with the gear shifts, actually sounded like a clutch-and-stick manual shift. 4.1653/162.51 to the eighth and shut off not long past. Bruno left before the lights ran so no time. 0.0917 RT for David to Kuno's 0.7490, Norbert had the better sixty 1.0272 to David's 1.0833, David hit shake past the Tree and sounded like one pedal and back on it. Norbert to the eighth in 4.0551/181.40 to David's 4.3718/163.43 but all eyes on David in the shutdown area as his chutes didn't deploy and the car did a flat spin at the end of the track in a huge cloud of dust. Word is that David is quite OK, although from here it didn't appear that the car hit anything we were later told that a rear quarter hit the guardrail. Thanks to MSA Championship PR Robin Jackson for letting us know that Norbert's ET is a new Personal Best, well done Norbert! Robert to sixty in 1.1770 and Marc 1.3422, both bit bad shake which made their motors scream, Robert got off the gas and stayed off it whilst Marc pedalled and gave it another go. Marc to the eighth in 4.8252/177.66, Robert's time came up as 6.593 but he was nowhere near the stripe at the time, something in the top end lights I guess. 0.9935 to sixty for Mattias and 0.9877 for Micke then both hit shake. Both off the pedal and on it again at the same time, 4.4024/138.44 eighth for Mattias and 4.5571/157.41 for Micke. Mattias off the gas past the eighth and Micke not long after. Qualifying after this session:
11:25 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Gareth Ellis 6.0494/240.16 bye; Jurgen Nagel 5.8400/245.51, Steph Milam 5.9893/235.04; Johan Lindberg 5.7535/231.66, Danny Bellio no time 0.9447 to sixty for Gareth, front end up and heading for the centre line. Had to pedal it to get it away from the line, 4.0210/186.60 at the eighth. Jurgen into #1 and in the other lane a new PB for Steph, her first five, well done Steph! Steph got a visible jump on Jurgen 0.3674 to 0.6252 and the better sixty 1.0008 to 1.0039. Jurgen to the eighth in 3.8415/195.41 to Steph's 3.9266/190.15. I think a new PB for Jurgen also or close to it, well done Jurgen! Looked like a Guard Beam violation for Danny, -0.2382 red and ridiculous 0.6186 sixty foot. 0.9486 to sixty for Johan, getting a serious bounce on at the eighth 3.7509/198.94, all four wheels off by the look of it. Johnny shut it off and had the chutes out at about 1100 feet but still took #1 spot. 5.3813/246.40 came up as Danny's ET and speed, the speed was good but the ET not. Qualifying after this session:
11:15 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.6882/246.86, Chris Polidano 5.5506/262.02; Manty Bugeja 5.5799/262.52, Johnny Lagg 6.3215/154.20; Dennis Habermann 5.3186/267.33, Timo Habermann 5.2425/269.83 Chris' tyres didn't light on the burnout. Didn't harm the run though, 0.9272 to sixty after a 4.2186 RT. 0.9991 to sixty for Grumpy, straight run and looked like all cylinders lit. Grumpy to the eighth in 3.7589/206.98, Chris pedalled just before the eighth 3.6815/204.21 and then back on it all the way. Chris in at #3, improvement for Grumpy but stayed in place. Manty deep-staged which will have robbed him of some ET. 1.0014 to sixty to Johnny's 0.9492, Jonny with the better 330 foot time 2.4852 to 2.5190, then Johnny's motor started to smoke. Meanwhile Manty was going great guns at the eighth 3.7074/208.98 to Johnny's engine-smoking 3.7080/194.26, Johnny getting off the gas at that point I think. Improvement for Manty but stayed in place. Storming match-up between Timo and Dennis. Timo away first 0.0580 to 0.960 and the quicker sixty 0.8676 to Dennis' 0.8964 with shake, 3.4304/217.59 to the eighth for Timo, the dragster making moves left and right, Dennis to the eighth in 3.4996/214.94. Timo's run the quickest ever in European Top Methanol Dragster but too quick to be backed up by yesterday's best. Plenty of time to back it up for a record though. Simon has done some rapid research and Jim Whiteley has run the world's quickest blown-alcohol TAD pass at 5.178/277.43; Shaun Cowie was previously the second-quickest at 5.243, so Timo's run is the second quickest-ever blown-alcohol TMD pass on the planet. Well done Timo! Qualifying after this session:
11:00 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 3 A big Hello to our good buddy Thorsten Appel who is tuned in from Germany, hope you are enjoying the coverage Skorpion. 300-foot burnout by Robin Orthodoxou before his match-up with Neil Hunter. Robin into #1 spot at that point going under the 7.72 index. Next pair and a great driving job by Stefan Winter as the Gullwing Merc got a wiggle on and then into a serious pendulum effect making particularly hard turns about 500 feet out, Stefan got off the gas and held onto it. Per Simon's pit note Eurodragster.com Blogger Andy Frost now running in Comp Eliminator as it does not have the Electrimotion shut-off device. Blasted into #1 with a 6.786 on a 7.03 index. Nice-looking half pass for Kev Perkins in the Olds.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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25/05/2014 11:00:01 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 490 ANDY FROST + 0.8356 6.7869 -0.2431 07.03 223.60
2 727 ROBIN ORTHODOXOU + 0.1263 7.6654 -0.0546 07.72 181.31
3 51 DAVID JAMES + 0.2438 7.7610 0.0410 07.72 175.00
4 988 GUIDO UHLIR + 3.6911 8.3024 0.1424 08.16 167.89
5 197 NEIL HUNTER + 0.6326 8.3882 0.6682 07.72 164.83
6 176 KEVIN PERKINS + 1.0932 9.1619 1.1619 08.00 103.00
7 55 ROB SMALLWORTH + 1.7290 9.2605 1.2605 08.00 113.77
8 823 STEFAN WINTER + 0.3568 10.9328 2.6128 08.32 72.17
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That's Sportsman Q3 done, we are now going into the first of today's three planned Pro qualifying sessions. 10:25 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 3 Big move for Shannon Kiddell first pair, up from #24 to #5. Saskia Fensome Jell into ninth next pair. Harley Coulsell into top spot from #17, in testing last week Harley's every RT was a 0.0 and two of them were 0.00s, let's not forget that his is a Junior Stock Dragster and they don't react so quickly. Looks like we have a natural there. Ruaridh Hart now in what was Shannon Kiddell's dragster, the car still pink so dad Ian wearing a pink shirt in solidarity. Belle Wheeler next to make a move, #15 to #10. Annie Wallace up from #9 to #6 next pair. Katie Ellis up from #23 to #16 last pair. That's Junior Dragster qualifying done, eliminations next time round.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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25/05/2014 10:26:18 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 31 HARLEY COUSELL + 0.0044 15.3793 2.4793 12.90 38.30
2 2 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0052 8.1115 0.2115 07.90 80.36
3 15 MORGAN WILSON + 0.0070 8.0601 0.1601 07.90 79.79
4 4 AARON FENSOME + 0.0086 8.2447 0.3447 07.90 78.55
5 8 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0093 8.2952 0.3952 07.90 77.34
6 30 ANNIE WALLACE + 0.0123 8.0101 0.1101 07.90 80.37
7 26 SHANNON KIDDELL + 0.0136 8.1542 0.2542 07.90 79.37
8 16 BILLY RINGER + 0.0190 9.2984 1.3984 07.90 68.32
9 3 JOE KELLETT + 0.0207 8.0985 0.1985 07.90 79.79
10 12 BELLE WHEELER + 0.0453 9.0680 0.1680 08.90 71.04
11 6 SASKIA FENSOME JEL + 0.0464 8.2172 0.3172 07.90 78.54
12 24 BONNIE WALLACE + 0.0532 8.0042 0.1042 07.90 80.50
13 17 THOMAS COOK ABBOTT + 0.0540 8.9036 0.0036 08.90 72.48
14 801 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0547 8.0550 0.1550 07.90 80.08
15 32 ROMAN SIXTA + 0.0586 9.1692 0.2692 08.90 61.03
16 42 KATIE ELLIS + 0.1107 13.6876 0.7876 12.90 24.64
17 25 JOE HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.1122 10.6482 2.7482 07.90 68.16
18 27 SAM HOLLAND -VILLA + 0.1123 8.0728 0.1728 07.90 79.93
19 119 KARIN WINTER + 0.1277 8.8941 -0.0059 08.90 71.49
20 14 CHARLOTTE BRADFORD + 0.1311 9.9799 1.0799 08.90 66.12
21 19 THALIAH GIBB + 0.1323 9.2273 0.3273 08.90 70.82
22 18 CAITLIN WILSON + 0.1634 10.7411 2.8411 07.90 59.81
23 118 MARCEL WINTER + 0.1764 . -8.9000 08.90 0.00
24 52 HOLLEY MARSHALL + 0.2806 11.2097 2.3097 08.90 55.27
25 21 RUARIDH HART + 0.3121 8.5616 0.6616 07.90 80.36
26 23 TYLER ASHDOWN - 0.0079 7.8716 -0.0284 07.90 81.52
27 11 CLOE RINGER - 0.0922 9.4350 1.5350 07.90 69.91
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10:10 Super Gas qualifying session 3 Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award winner Glenn Pallant into #1 spot in the first pair, terminal speed of 90.34 mph shows just how early he shut off and thus how finely-judged the ET was. 0.0038 RT and into #1 spot for Stu Doignie, 0.0050 off the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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10:00 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 3 A big Thank You to Vinnie and the guys at Eurodragster.com Topspeed Automotive for the team T-Shirt. Huge, more than 45-degree wheelie for Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster, front end didn't come down until about 200 feet. Jon pulled across to the side of the track but then drove the Comet back to the pits so hopefully that means no damage to the front end, that the clean-up was almost non-existent hopefully confirms it. Matthew Smith now racing the very pretty Mustang formerly owned by Phil Peck. Great to see Steve Pateman back on track, tiny wheelie from the Calibra and then a wicked left turn as the power kicked in. Fantastic PB for Alex McIntosh on his return, his first seven to boot at 7.943, well done Alex! Big sidestep by Steve Neimantas' Bentley as he passed the Tree, back on the gas and 179.96 at the stripe. Stu Williams took #1 spot back with the last run of the session.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2014 10:03:20 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 4 STUART WILLIAMS + 0.0212 7.8925 7.8925 00.00 179.25
2 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.1282 7.9430 7.9430 00.00 171.07
3 507 JON WEBSTER + 0.1995 8.0182 8.0182 00.00 167.30
4 572 STEVE NEIMANTAS + 0.2615 8.1153 8.1153 00.00 174.40
5 69 STEVE PATEMAN + 0.2182 8.5722 8.5722 00.00 174.40
6 537 MARTIN SMITH + 0.4482 9.1231 9.1231 00.00 114.80
7 666 ANDY BOND + 0.0872 9.6573 9.6573 00.00 157.97
8 479 MATTHEW SMITH + 0.1083 10.4557 10.4557 00.00 131.02
9 63 DAMIAN HALLIWELL + 1.0831 10.7675 10.7675 00.00 124.21
10 333 ALAN WILLIAMSON + 0.2775 11.1938 11.1938 00.00 136.54
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09:50 Super Street qualifying session 3 Mark White up from #3 to #2 first pair. Bob Lees next up the ladder, #6 to #4. Improvement for Dave Cherrett but stayed #6.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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09:45 Super Comp qualifying session 3 In the first pair a huge wheelie by Jon Giles, even by his own fine standards. Photographer Julian stood right there so a spectacular picture or two to come I'd imagine. Stuart Doignie up from #14 to #4 in the second pair. Jeremy Prince backed up way off his (spectacular) burnout tracks, Chief Starter Ian Marshall stepped in and directed him a bit closer to centre. 8.5161 breakout by Richie Webb in his Beetle weaving left and right all the way down the track, that ET without his usual spectacular sixty foot, calmed the launch down some. Next pair and Dave Day moved up from #16 to #2. Nicky Frost also moved up from #16 next pair, up to #8.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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08:10 Today's provisional running order is now available and can be viewed via the Event Index. Please note that the running order is provisional and subject to change due to weather or track conditions or for any other reason deemed necessary by race officials. 07:20 Good morning and welcome to our coverage of FIA / FIM European Championships Round 1 brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car. We have a fair bit of sun here at Santa Pod this morning. It did rain overnight but now there is a lot more sun than there is cloud, the track is already visibly drying and the track crew are already working on helping it along. This weekend's webcast is provided by Santa Pod Raceway, and continues to be free. There is a link on the Event Index page or go to www.santapod.co.uk/webtv.php. A large number of people seem to have had problems with the following simple clause in the last couple of days but if we bang on about it enough then maybe it will go in: if you should have any queries or comments including praise regarding the webcam at this event then please address them to Santa Pod Raceway. Hopefully that's clear, these computers don't allow for Braille. We will have today's provisional running order shortly but, roughly, the plan is as follows. We will not be picking up where we left off yesterday, as yesterday's partially-completed Pro Modified qualifiying session has been annulled. We will be starting with the remainder of Sportsman Q3, and then the first of today's three planned Pro qualifying sessions. Super Pro ET and Pro ET will commence their eliminations in between today's first and second Pro sessions. Should we have a third Pro qualifying session today then Top Methanol Dragster and Top Methanol FC will not participate because they both completed their Q1 yesterday. A big Good Morning to Andy and Jennifer Bissett who are tuned in from Fiji which as Andy says must qualify for some kind of distance award. Great to hear from you Andy and hope that you are enjoying the coverage. We are due to start at 9:30 and it could be one busy day. Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fire up we'll start to bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |