The Main Event
Santa Pod Raceway, 22nd-25th May 2015

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21:00

Simon has posted his final set of pit notes for today and we have posted today's gallery which consists of 230 shots courtesy of Julian and Patrik. As ever if you do not see the 230 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

19:10

We're done for the day here at Santa Pod. The webcam will be stopped without further warning very shortly, if you want to stay tuned in to Nitro FM then follow the link on the Event Index.

That's our webcast done for the event, tomorrow and Monday the Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe free Web TV will be broadcasting. We have changed the Event Index link to take you to the relevant page on Santa Pod Raceway's web site.

We are about to start working on today's pictures and Simon is typing up more pit notes so stay tuned for those.

19:05

Super Gas qualifying session 8

First pair and a nice 0.0033 RT by Jon Giles and up to #2 +0.0082 on index. Another great RT by Collin Morrice next pair, 0.0028. 0.0098 RT by Stu Doignie in the last pair of the session. Eight cars ran in this session, six of them broke out.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 19:04:51                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   512     S REFFELTRATH       + 0.0300  9.9068  0.0068  09.90 147.18
  2   424     JON GILES           + 0.0033  9.9082  0.0082  09.90 152.66
  3   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0517  9.9084  0.0084  09.90 134.11
  4   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1833  9.9149  0.0149  09.90 135.23
  5   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0034  9.9199  0.0199  09.90 147.25
  6   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1750  9.9232  0.0232  09.90 127.34
  7   1       JON MORTON          + 0.0521  9.9530  0.0530  09.90 146.64
  8   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2301  9.9612  0.0612  09.90 107.81
  9   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0088  9.9627  0.0627  09.90 154.75
 10   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.7380 11.2545  1.3545  09.90 124.48
 11   11      RONALD VAN LET      - 0.1495  9.8126 -0.0874  09.90 148.61
 12   665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.1132  9.3269 -0.5731  09.90 157.42

* = Disqualified 
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Comp Eliminator qualifying session 8

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 19:05:33                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 1.3386  7.0377 -0.5223  07.56 188.89
  2   176     KEVIN PERKINS       + 0.2937  7.5218 -0.4782  08.00 179.86
  3   888     GUIDO UHLIR         + 1.3920  8.4633  0.3033  08.16 167.87

* = Disqualified 
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19:00

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 8

First pair and improvements for Alex McIntosh and Al McSweeney but both stayed in place. Next pair and an improvement for Andy Bond but he also stayed in place. Another PB for Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster next pair, well done Jon! Improvement for Dave Murdoch next pair, stayed #7. Big improvement for Steve Neimantas, up from #6 to #3.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 18:58:46                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.2090  7.3333  7.3333  00.00 195.44
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.1887  7.4226  7.4226  00.00 185.82
  3   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 2.0488  7.4380  7.4380  00.00 198.01
  4   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.2751  7.7362  7.7362  00.00 182.13
  5   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.1306  7.8157  7.8157  00.00 179.26
  6   1       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5817  7.8918  7.8918  00.00 181.41
  7   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.3348  7.9315  7.9315  00.00 173.05
  8   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.7551  8.0655  8.0655  00.00 167.90
  9   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.0184  8.3929  8.3929  00.00 169.18
 10   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2803  8.4314  8.4314  00.00 163.07
 11   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0306  8.6938  8.6938  00.00 160.77
 12   162     ALAN MCSWEENEY      + 0.1640  9.5117  9.5117  00.00 141.70
 13   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.2090 10.1978 10.1978  00.00 131.74
 14   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.7353 11.3342 11.3342  00.00 120.15
 15   524     NICK HALE           + 0.2088 12.0723 12.0723  00.00 111.39
 16   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.0585 12.0902 12.0902  00.00 110.04

* = Disqualified 
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18:50

Super Comp qualifying session 8

Ronald Huis up from #14 to #10 in the second pair. Next pair an improvement for Tom Margesson but stayed in place. Another big breakout and new PB for Paul Brown, 8.0877. Who will be first to the sevens, Paul or Richie Webb I wonder - Richie still to run in this session. Next pair and Conrad Stanley moved up from #14 to #12 and Martin Curbishley from #11 to #10.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 18:52:18                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   803     RENE KLOSS          + 0.0230  8.9001  0.0001  08.90 154.79
  2   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0344  8.9022  0.0022  08.90 145.71
  3   11      JON MORTON          + 0.1006  8.9028  0.0028  08.90 149.15
  4   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0100  8.9091  0.0091  08.90 155.79
  5   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0497  8.9133  0.0133  08.90 154.71
  6   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.1252  8.9158  0.0158  08.90 154.19
  7   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0857  8.9165  0.0165  08.90 105.52
  8   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0605  8.9178  0.0178  08.90 152.09
  9   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0373  8.9307  0.0307  08.90 149.64
 10   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.0888  8.9309  0.0309  08.90 150.17
 11   55      RONALD HUIS         - 0.0534  8.9396  0.0396  08.90 150.11
 12   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0605  8.9548  0.0548  08.90 148.09
 13   714     THOMAS MARGESSON    - 0.0363  8.9553  0.0553  08.90 155.81
 14   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1893  8.9619  0.0619  08.90 148.17
 15   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0212  9.0828  0.1828  08.90 157.93
 16   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1536  9.1748  0.2748  08.90 171.10
 17   424     JON GILES           + 0.0302  9.2141  0.3141  08.90 154.19
 18   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.1913  9.2717  0.3717  08.90 139.83
 19   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.4658  8.6809 -0.2191  08.90 137.32
 20   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0205  8.5669 -0.3331  08.90 128.67

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street qualifying session 8

Improvement for Dave Cherrett but stayed #2.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 18:53:44                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0008 10.9292  0.0292  10.90 128.79
  2   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1481 11.0503  0.1503  10.90  78.69
  3   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0019 11.3422  0.4422  10.90 117.47
  4   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0244 14.9653  4.0653  10.90  78.70

* = Disqualified 
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18:40

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 8

Thomas Cook-Abbott up from #20 to #13 in the third pair. Paige Wheeler next up the ladder, #20 to #8 in the eighth pair. Two pairs later Tyler Ashdown moved up from #25 to #21.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 18:39:02                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   33      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.0013  9.2573  0.3573  08.90  69.80
  2   30      HOLLY MOORE         + 0.0015  8.9496  0.0496  08.90  73.81
  3   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0021 13.5481  0.6481  12.90  47.81
  4   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0022  8.3103  0.4103  07.90  77.86
  5   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0063  8.3255  0.4255  07.90  78.57
  6   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0064  9.1726  0.2726  08.90  71.01
  7   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0065 12.9578  0.0578  12.90  47.74
  8   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0113  8.0275  0.1275  07.90  80.64
  9   8       RUARIDH HART        + 0.0150  9.1082  1.2082  07.90  67.95
 10   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0157  8.0241  0.1241  07.90  81.22
 11   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0203  8.0960  0.1960  07.90  81.37
 12   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0213  7.9408  0.0408  07.90  81.82
 13   7       BILLY RINGER        + 0.0258  9.3325  1.4325  07.90  68.62
 14   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0258  8.9753  0.0753  08.90  69.72
 15   3       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0275  8.0567  0.1567  07.90  80.36
 16   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0355  8.9312  0.0312  08.90  68.57
 17   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0420  7.9495  0.0495  07.90  81.22
 18   23      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0453  8.1880  0.2880  07.90  77.33
 19   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0493  7.9813  0.0813  07.90  81.11
 20   14      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.0540  7.9076  0.0076  07.90  82.27
 21   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0701  8.0674  0.1674  07.90  80.35
 22   74      D. THOMAS-BRADLEY   + 0.0836 14.3090  1.4090  12.90  43.05
 23   42      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0870  8.0971  0.1971  07.90  81.08
 24   12      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.0873  9.1493  0.2493  08.90  69.17
 25   43      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.1342 14.4573  5.5573  08.90  42.93

* = Disqualified 
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18:25

Super Pro ET qualifying session 8

0.0072 RT by Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters to open the session. Dave Townsend the first to make a move up the ladder, #26 to #13. Two pairs later Mick Howling moved up from #9 to #4. Martyn Jones shut off as one of his blower restraint straps was loose. Syd came back at the end of the session but no improvement on his previous best.

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                                                F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 14                              23/05/2015 18:22:13
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   881      S/PRO    PETE WALTERS         NORTH PETHERTON UK         DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.33    +  .0002   .0644  8.3302   160.17  
2   541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          BASILDON  UK               CAMARO                08.51    +  .0004   .1186  8.5104   160.72  
3   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.75    +  .0008   .1270  8.7508   155.27  
4   48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.85    +  .0029   .2018  8.8529   151.07  
5   543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.28    +  .0038   .2272  8.2838   167.27  
6   944      S/PRO    MARC HENNEY          GERMANY  DE                DRAGSTER   620 CI     07.61    +  .0046   .1645  7.6146   175.73  
7   640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.42    +  .0061   .0222  7.4261   179.86  
8   974      S/PRO    RENE MEIERHOFER      SWITZERLAND  CH            S & W      526 CI     06.85    +  .0064   .1283  6.8564   193.71  
9   4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.72    +  .0077   .0155  8.7277   155.19  
10  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           WRITTLE  UK                VICTOR     662 CI     08.28    +  .0149   .0849  8.2949   164.17  
11  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           RED RUTH  UK               HORTON     383 CI     07.87    +  .0168   .0443  7.8868   169.16  
12  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.32    +  .0171   .0540  8.3371   156.26  
13  1969     S/PRO    DAVE TOWNSEND        NORTHANTS  UK              MUSTANG    598 CI     07.60    +  .0186   .2736  7.6186   180.61  
14  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.77    +  .0188   .0798  8.7888   155.21  
15  430      S/PRO    ROY WALKER           WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         VENTORA    555 CI     08.80    +  .0204   .2338  8.8204   150.56  
16  935      S/PRO    WOUTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.25    +  .0206   .3286  7.2706   188.08  
17  1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.61    +  .0213   .1325  7.6313   172.32  
18  154      S/PRO    ROY WILDING          OLDBURY  UK                DRAGSTER   504 CI     08.10    +  .0226   .6210  8.1226   162.46  
19  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.69    +  .0226   .0475  7.7126   172.37  
20  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.78    +  .0238   .0578  6.8038   209.03  
21  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.64    +  .0245   .0572  7.6645   175.05  
22  263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.45    +  .0273   .0901  7.4773   176.41  
23  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     07.90    +  .0291   .0976  7.9291   166.66  
24  555      S/PRO    WILLEM VAN BAALEN    NETHERLANDS  NL            DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.99    +  .0473   .1475  8.0373   164.82  
25  65       S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             SLINGSHOT  555 CI     08.00    +  .0522   .0226  8.0522   171.07  
26  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.38    +  .0612   .0286  8.4412   157.35  
27  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    +  .1539   .3938  6.1539   187.30  
28  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   500 CI     06.10    +  .1557   .3551  6.2557   221.15  
29  202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           ALDRIDGE  UK               DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.30    +  .2200   .0686  7.5200   188.98  
30  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.98    +  .6587   .0137  9.6387   135.70  
31  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            TOTTINGTON  UK             T ALT      480 CI     08.32    +  .6769   .1588  8.9969   142.52  
32  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY                                                       08.80    +  .7021   .1051  9.5021   144.28  
33  595      S/PRO    NICK SPENCE          FENITON  UK                MIKE BOS   632 CI     07.60    + 5.0549   .2045 12.6549    55.34  
 Best R.T. was  TOM ATKINSON       +  .0155
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.1539
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        221.15
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18:00

Pro ET qualifying session 8

Big twisty wheelie by Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams, the Camaro headed for the guardrail but Nic kept it shiny side up and didn't hit anything including our photographer Julian. Dave Cherrett up from #26 to #18 towards the end of the session. Nice run for John Dalrymple to end the session, #27 to #9. 0.079 seconds on dial-in gets you into the top 23!

The below is subject to change (note the blank record).

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 18:41:37                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   542     KEITH HERBERT       - 0.0492  9.7806  0.0006  09.78 137.75
  2   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.0862  9.4712  0.0012  09.47 142.96
  3   118     GLENN PALLANT       + 0.1104  9.9616  0.0016  09.96 134.08
  4   59      LAURA BAYNTON       - 0.1786 10.3517  0.0017  10.35 130.14
  5   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0938  9.5445  0.0045  09.54 140.26
  6   40      SEAN LAW            + 0.0496  9.0875  0.0075  09.08 147.10
  7   90      RHIANNON BELLENIE   - 0.0138  9.4399  0.0099  09.43 138.18
  8   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.0760 11.0817  0.0117  11.07 116.53
  9   833     JOHN DALRYMPLE      + 0.1330 10.4221  0.0121  10.41 126.24
 10   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.0506  9.2028  0.0128  09.19 139.82
 11   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.0292 10.4045  0.0145  10.39 125.56
 12   648     JON TURNER          + 0.0340  9.9110  0.0210  09.89 136.08
 13   351     JAMES FORSTER       + 2.6055 12.0112  0.0212  11.99 114.75
 14   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.0636  9.9231  0.0231  09.90 137.37
 15   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0683  9.7348  0.0248  09.71 137.26
 16   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.4242  9.3756  0.0256  09.35 143.01
 17   371     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1791  9.9796  0.0296  09.95 133.25
 18   103     DEL SANDERSON       + 0.0257 11.0314  0.0314  11.00 122.05
 19   79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.1098 10.9442  0.0442  10.90  86.85
 20   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.2501 10.9621  0.0521  10.91 121.06
 21   883     STEVE BOWEN         + 0.3817  9.3237  0.0537  09.27 155.76
 22   495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.0411  9.1989  0.0589  09.14 143.83
 23   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.1923  9.2798  0.0798  09.20 145.68
 24   192     LEE GUY             - 0.0298 10.6791  0.0991  10.58 124.41
 25   735     NIC WILLIAMS        - 0.0316  9.9909  0.1009  09.89 131.27
 26   77      DAVID NAPIER        + 0.3024  9.6654  0.1154  09.55 141.16
 27   649     GINO BERNADINE      + 0.1733  9.7259  0.5259  09.20 133.29
 28   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.2157 18.2633  7.3633  10.90  66.80

* = Disqualified 
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17:50

Super Comp qualifying session 7

The index-bust match-up between Paul Brown and Richie Webb duly took place first pair, 8.2157/161.90 for Paul to Richie's 8.3213/142.09 off the gas early as the Beetle, you know what I'm going to say, got out of shape in the second half. Well, particularly out of shape, it quite often goes astray. Another gutsy drive for Richie whilst Paul's occasionally-wayward shorty looked from here to go arrow straght. Great entertainment from both Richie and Paul. Tom Margesson into the 8.9s in Andy Williams' rail after breaking out once or twice. Nice 0.0080 RT by Collin Morrice in the last pair.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 17:49:53                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   803     RENE KLOSS          + 0.0230  8.9001  0.0001  08.90 154.79
  2   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0344  8.9022  0.0022  08.90 145.71
  3   11      JON MORTON          + 0.1006  8.9028  0.0028  08.90 149.15
  4   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0100  8.9091  0.0091  08.90 155.79
  5   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0497  8.9133  0.0133  08.90 154.71
  6   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.1252  8.9158  0.0158  08.90 154.19
  7   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0857  8.9165  0.0165  08.90 105.52
  8   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0605  8.9178  0.0178  08.90 152.09
  9   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0373  8.9307  0.0307  08.90 149.64
 10   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   - 0.0219  8.9449  0.0449  08.90 149.12
 11   714     THOMAS MARGESSON    + 0.0184  8.9580  0.0580  08.90 156.82
 12   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1893  8.9619  0.0619  08.90 148.17
 13   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0348  8.9745  0.0745  08.90 147.66
 14   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0281  8.9952  0.0952  08.90 150.56
 15   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0212  9.0828  0.1828  08.90 157.93
 16   424     JON GILES           + 0.0302  9.2141  0.3141  08.90 154.19
 17   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.1913  9.2717  0.3717  08.90 139.83
 18   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1506  9.2736  0.3736  08.90 170.45
 19   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.4658  8.6809 -0.2191  08.90 137.32
 20   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0205  8.5669 -0.3331  08.90 128.67

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17:40

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 7

Holley Marshall and Annie Wallace side-by-side up the ladder, #24 to #16 and #13 to #10 respectively in the second pair. Improvement for Billy Ringer good for one place, #12 to #11. Another nice RT by #1 qualifier Roman Sixta this round, 0.0059. Sam Holland-Villa up from #23 to #17 two pairs later. Harley Coulsell up from #13 to #7 with the last run of the session.

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23/05/2015 17:42:25                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   33      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.0013  9.2573  0.3573  08.90  69.80
  2   30      HOLLY MOORE         + 0.0015  8.9496  0.0496  08.90  73.81
  3   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0021 13.5481  0.6481  12.90  47.81
  4   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0022  8.3103  0.4103  07.90  77.86
  5   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0063  8.3255  0.4255  07.90  78.57
  6   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0064  9.1726  0.2726  08.90  71.01
  7   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0065 12.9578  0.0578  12.90  47.74
  8   8       RUARIDH HART        + 0.0150  9.1082  1.2082  07.90  67.95
  9   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0157  8.0241  0.1241  07.90  81.22
 10   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0203  8.0960  0.1960  07.90  81.37
 11   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0213  7.9408  0.0408  07.90  81.82
 12   7       BILLY RINGER        + 0.0258  9.3325  1.4325  07.90  68.62
 13   3       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0275  8.0567  0.1567  07.90  80.36
 14   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0355  8.9312  0.0312  08.90  68.57
 15   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0420  7.9495  0.0495  07.90  81.22
 16   23      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0453  8.1880  0.2880  07.90  77.33
 17   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0493  7.9813  0.0813  07.90  81.11
 18   14      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.0540  7.9076  0.0076  07.90  82.27
 19   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0696  8.0812  0.1812  07.90  79.24
 20   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0831  9.0045  0.1045  08.90  69.40
 21   74      D. THOMAS-BRADLEY   + 0.0836 14.3090  1.4090  12.90  43.05
 22   42      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0870  8.0971  0.1971  07.90  81.08
 23   12      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.0957  9.1303  0.2303  08.90  69.79
 24   43      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.1342 14.4573  5.5573  08.90  42.93
 25   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       - 0.0667  7.9969  0.0969  07.90  80.80

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17:25

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 7

Improvement for Alex McIntosh but stayed in place. Mark Todd with another chance to back up his ET record and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster in the other lane had run a back-up if he went quicker... academic as Mark clocked 7.333 which is as quick as he could go to be backed up by his previous pass. Well done Mark! That was also the quickest pairing in Street Eliminator history, 7.4457/187.36 for Jon in the left lane and 7.3333/195.44 for Mark in the right lane.

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23/05/2015 17:27:14                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.2090  7.3333  7.3333  00.00 195.44
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.6433  7.4557  7.4557  00.00 187.36
  3   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.2751  7.7362  7.7362  00.00 182.13
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0963  7.8339  7.8339  00.00 178.55
  5   1       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5817  7.8918  7.8918  00.00 181.41
  6   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.9495  7.9010  7.9010  00.00 189.00
  7   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.5221  7.9884  7.9884  00.00 171.80
  8   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.7551  8.0655  8.0655  00.00 167.90
  9   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.0184  8.3929  8.3929  00.00 169.18
 10   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2803  8.4314  8.4314  00.00 163.07
 11   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0958  8.7816  8.7816  00.00 161.33
 12   162     ALAN MCSWEENEY      + 0.3590  9.5350  9.5350  00.00 141.58
 13   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.2090 10.1978 10.1978  00.00 131.74
 14   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.7353 11.3342 11.3342  00.00 120.15
 15   524     NICK HALE           + 0.2088 12.0723 12.0723  00.00 111.39
 16   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.0585 12.0902 12.0902  00.00 110.04

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17:20

Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with, we think, a PB ET of 5.7312/285.05 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 3.9511/207.96 at the eighth. Great pass!

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 6

Another improvement for Kev Perkins but stayed #2.

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23/05/2015 17:12:45                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 1.3386  7.0377 -0.5223  07.56 188.89
  2   176     KEVIN PERKINS       + 0.2937  7.5218 -0.4782  08.00 179.86
  3   888     GUIDO UHLIR         + 1.3920  8.4633  0.3033  08.16 167.87

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Super Gas qualifying session 7

Stefan Reffeltrath into #1 in the first pair, +0.0068 on index. Nice 0.0088 RT by Stu Doignie two pairs later and up from #10 to #8. Next pair and yet another Perfect Light, this time by Jon Giles, 0.0001, well done Jon!

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23/05/2015 17:16:46                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   512     S REFFELTRATH       + 0.0300  9.9068  0.0068  09.90 147.18
  2   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0517  9.9084  0.0084  09.90 134.11
  3   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1833  9.9149  0.0149  09.90 135.23
  4   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0034  9.9199  0.0199  09.90 147.25
  5   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1750  9.9232  0.0232  09.90 127.34
  6   424     JON GILES           + 0.1074  9.9411  0.0411  09.90 149.56
  7   1       JON MORTON          + 0.0521  9.9530  0.0530  09.90 146.64
  8   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2301  9.9612  0.0612  09.90 107.81
  9   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0088  9.9627  0.0627  09.90 154.75
 10   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.7380 11.2545  1.3545  09.90 124.48
 11   11      RONALD VAN LET      - 0.1495  9.8126 -0.0874  09.90 148.61
 12   665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.1132  9.3269 -0.5731  09.90 157.42

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Super Street qualifying session 7

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23/05/2015 17:18:24                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0008 10.9292  0.0292  10.90 128.79
  2   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0785 11.1595  0.2595  10.90  99.48
  3   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0019 11.3422  0.4422  10.90 117.47
  4   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0244 14.9653  4.0653  10.90  78.70

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17:00

Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Kevin Kent 5.3879/143.39, Gordon Smith 5.1862/181.37

0.9442 to sixty for Kevin, 1.0039 with shake for Gordon. Kevin going great guns, 2.4801 to 330 feet, then his tyres started to smoke and he shut off when the FC made a move to the right. A couple of pedals for Gordon then off the gas for a moment, back on the throttle past the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. John Spuffard 4.4033/282.12
  2. Gordon Smith 4.8650/190.53
  3. Kevin Kent 5.3879/143.39

16:55

FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Graham Dance 8.2286/174.40 bye; Rick Stubbins 7.4631/196.42, Peter Adorjan no time; Jemma Venables no time, Mark Wells 8.4356/161.36; Sandro Haldimann 8.5194/139.84, Erich Gruber 16.0750/48.59...

Big cloud of smoke and a long trail of fluid from Sandro Haldimann's bike. Last couple of hundred feet and most of the shutdown area of the left lane cleaned in about twenty minutes, great work by the track crew.

Danny Cockerill 7.4852/196.30, Richard Hann 7.3873/19.547; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.5554/188.24, Dave Holland 7.0959/202.51; Mogens Lund 7.4804/192.15, Pete Field 7.8652/192.86; Steve Venables 7.1950/203.49, Garry Bowe 28.2704/34.63

Congratulations to Steve Venables on backing up his earlier 7.184, but now Dave Holland is on a new record of 7.095, well done Dutch!

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23/05/2015 16:56:17                              16  FIM SUPER STREET  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1216  7.0959  7.0959  00.00 202.51
  2   1       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.0556  7.1842  7.1842  00.00 205.16
  3   2       GARRY BOWE          + 0.1452  7.1852  7.1852  00.00 198.10
  4   10      PETE FIELD          + 0.2760  7.2926  7.2926  00.00 199.02
  5   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.0650  7.3406  7.3406  00.00 195.53
  6   5       MORGENS LUND        + 0.1904  7.4480  7.4480  00.00 192.13
  7   58      RICK STUBBINS       + 0.4262  7.4631  7.4631  00.00 196.42
  8   68      DANIEL LENCSES      + 0.4305  7.4743  7.4743  00.00 188.91
  9   14      DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.1328  7.4852  7.4852  00.00 196.30
 10   12      SANDRO HALDIMANN    + 0.2642  7.9010  7.9010  00.00 182.82
 11   61      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.3522  7.9606  7.9606  00.00 179.97
 12   47      MARK WELLS          + 0.1428  8.0445  8.0445  00.00 177.84
 13   52      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.5337  8.2286  8.2286  00.00 174.40
 14   9       JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.1382  8.3891  8.3891  00.00 167.30
 15   131     KNUT MOELLER        + 2.0600  8.7235  8.7235  00.00 143.84

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16:20

FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Otto Knebl shut off (bye); Filippos Papafilippou 6.6322/203.48, Steve Woollatt 8.6613/96.68; Ian King 9.8727/78.14, Rikard Gustafsson 6.8518/197.16

Otto shut off for a fluid leak after his burnout. Fil and Steve meet again, doubtless you remember what happened last time. Steve's tyre didn't light in the burnout. Steve's run started OK considering, 1.0862 to sixty but the rear slick started to blackstripe then shake at about 300 feet and Steve got off the gas. 1.1140 to sixty for Fil, 4.2860/170.32 at the eighth, consistent run and consistent with his testing here this week. 1.0231 to sixty for Ian, then his rear slick started to smoke about 250 feet out and he shut it off. 1.0723 to sixty for Rikard, 4.4103/162.24 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ian King 6.0103/237.32
  2. Filippos Papafilippou 6.6322/203.48
  3. Rikard Gustafsson 6.7929/198.04
  4. Rene van den Berg 7.1712/198.11
  5. Nick Milburn 7.1844/185.07
  6. Otto Knebl 7.4735/166.06
  7. Bob Brooks 7.8000/132.05
  8. Steve Woollatt 8.0105/108.15

16:10

Simon has posted a second set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index.

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Roman Sixta no time (bye); Job Heezen 8.0458/175.76 bye; Martijn de Haas 6.7679/206.19 bye

Roman's motor hesitated at the hit, coughed and spluttered and then there was a bang and the motor stopped. Roman pulled over just past half track. Minor clean-up where the bike came to a stop. 1.2552 to sixty for Job, the bike was leaning to the right and Job held on as long as he dared before feathering the throttle. 5.0611/135.68 at the eighth. Great pass for Martijn, front wheel didn't come down until about half track. 1.2305 to sixty and 4.4905/174.40 at the eighth. #1 spot consolidated.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Martijn de Haas 6.8593/210.86
  2. Job Heezen 7.8467/177.80
  3. Ronny Aasen 11.2039/74.53

15:55

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Len Paget 7.6167/170.45, Ray Debben 8.2117/153.16; Mark Smith 8.2828/163.66, Kenneth Holmberg 7.4192/183.56; Allan Davies 7.6259/169.16, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1465/180.64; Fredrik Fredlund 7.0779/187.43, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.0565/188.90

1.1116 to sixty for Len, 4.7924/142.03 to the eighth, 1.1938 sixty for Ray, 5.1329/130.66 to the eighth, sounded like a misfire around half track. No improvements for Mark or Kenneth, Kenneth's motor hesitated a few feet out as the front wheel came down. Consistent run for Allan, 1.1751 to sixty and 4.8423/144.34 at the eighth, incremental improvemrnt for Gert-Jan, 1.108 to sixty and 4.5263/153.42 at the eighth. Fantastic match to end the session! Fredrik to sixty in 1.0695 to Karl-Heinz' 1.0802, Almost identical eighth ETs 4.4907/153.50 for Fredrik to 4,4908/155.49 for Karl-Heinz, new PB and #1 spot for Karl-Heinz, well done Karl-Heinz!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.0565/188.90
  2. Fredrik Fredlund 7.0779/187.43
  3. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1465/180.64
  4. Kenneth Holmberg 7.2766/184.37
  5. Alex Hope 7.3375/179.95
  6. Len Paget 7.6167/170.45
  7. Allan Davies 7.6259/169.16
  8. Martin Bishop 7.6759/167.32
  9. Mark Smith 7.7075/172.99
  10. Ray Debben 8.2117/153.16
  11. Martin Newbury 9.0991/137.80

15:45

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Liam Jones 4.1146/291.41 bye; Birgitte Bremnes 4.2607/238.50 bye; Micke Kågered 8.6904/68.64, Anita Mäkelä 3.9607/301.78; Tethys 5.9464/94.10, Duncan Micallef 10.0936/58.87; Stig Neergaard 6.5746/95.70, Jari Halinen 8.7302/71.17

Another go at the final licencing pass for Liam. Licence signed off and number one qualifier, fantstic run! 0.9047 to sixty, a brief pedal just before the eighth 3.2895/255.17 and on the gas all the way to the thousand. Congratulations Liam! Similar situation for Birgitte, a run over 260 mph required to complete licencing and the requisite run would stand as a qualifier. 0.9108 to sixty, 3.3320/243.61 to the eighth and looked to be off the gas just after the eighth, body language of the car suggested a broken blower belt but difficult to say at this distance. Fantastic run for Anita! 0.8451 to sixty, 2.1931 to 330 feet, 3.1565 at a big 264.69 at the eighth, blackstriping some and her tyre tracks suggested that Anita drove it out the back door and into #1 spot. 0.8602 to sixty for Micke and then hideous shake and shut it off about 1000 feet out. Tethys back from his burnout stopped very close to the start line and the crew dived in to push him back a bit further. 0.8827 to sixty for Tet and 0.8898 for Duncan, terrible shake for Duncan and shut it off, a chute deployed before the eighth. 2.3493 to 330 feet for Tet but then both slicks started to smoke and the car made a move to the right, Tet off the gas before the eighth. Horrible shake for Jari after a 0.8906 sixty and shut off. 0.8804 to sixty for Stig, then his tyres started to smoke but Stig stayed with it until the dragster did a hard right.

News came later that Birgitte had been awarded her licence so she is now in the ladder.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Anita Mäkelä 3.9607/301.78
  2. Liam Jones 4.1146/291.41
  3. Birgitte Bremnes 4.2607/238.50
  4. Jari Halinen 4.4228/191.30
  5. Tethys 5.9464/94.10
  6. Duncan Micallef 6.0844/91.81
  7. Stig Neergaard 6.5746/95.70
  8. Micke Kågered 8.6904/68.64

15:20

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Simon Gustafsson 29.5235/22.18, Magnus Pettersson 9.6734/93.48; Jimmy Ålund 6.5309/212.99, Thomas Lindström 21.046/37.13

Intant shake, step to the right and and shut off for Simon. 0.9860 to sixty for Magnus then bad shake, pedalled and got back on it but then sounded to have a transmission problem and shut it off. Instant shake for Thomas, sounded like the car jumped out of gear and Thomas shut off. 0.9830 to sixty for Jimmy, no sign of shake, 4.2134/167.79 at the eighth, straight as you like and the new European ET record of 6.527 backed up. Well done Jimmy!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.5278/212.90
  2. Thomas Lindström 6.6083/208.18
  3. Magnus Pettersson 6.6728/205.33
  4. Michael Malmgren 6.6967/205.15
  5. Simon Gustafsson 6.8303/202.44

15:15

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Micke Gullqvist 9.2008/99.26 bye; Peter Wacker 7.8593/180.69 bye; Kev Slyfield 8.8933/103.13, Norbert Kuno 6.0938/231.39; Andy Wright 6.9958/213.06, Jean Dulamon 6.8294/187.37; David Vegter 6.2337/230.49, Roger Johansson 6.2453/228.90; Tero Laukkanen 6.2716/234.07, Chris Isaacs 7.4950/216.93; Rick Garrett 6.4237/212.09, Marco Maurischat 8.9962/100.32; Marcus Hilt 6.2580/224.75, Andy Robinson 6.2925/228.94; Mats Eriksson 5.9564/244.06, Roger Moore 6.4182/214.85

Tyes spun a few feet off the line, Micke pedalled and the Camaro went out of shape, pedalled again, on the gas for a few seconds moving about the lane and then shut it off. Peter's run had all the appearances of another non-nitrous pass right down to sounding as if it were misfiring, but he purged the nitrous before running so the gas was in use at least at that point. 1.1181 to sixty, close to the centre line, pedalled and then ran along pretty much a fag paper from the centre line, 5.1168/141.60 at the eighth. 1.0221 to sixty for Kev and then shake and the car made a move to the right, looked like it was up on three wheels briefly. Stormer for Norbert to open his account. 1.0003 to sixty, 3.9907/184.05 to the eighth, very close indeed to the wall just past the stripe but pulled it away. 1.0473 to sixty for Andy W, a couple of pedals for shake, to the eighth in 4.5879/153.10, picked up after the eighth. Good launch for Jean, 1.0049 to sixty but then the exhaust started spitting flame and Jean was obviously on and off the throttle. To the eighth in 4.1423/164.01 and stayed with it most if th eway to the stripe. Two drivers tolerating shake in the next pair. 1.0017 to sixty for David and 1.0123 for Roger. Slight shake for both but stayed with it, 4.0985/181.93 to the eighth for David and 4.1021/181.75 for Roger. Instant shake and a pedal for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, 1.2695 to sixty. 1.0496 to sixty for Tero, looked to drive through shake, 4.1953/182.75 at the eighth to Chris' 5.1914/163.07. 1.0066 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco but hit bad shake and got off the gas past 330 feet as the car made a move for the centre line. Rick's front left wheel looked to be up to about 200 feet, 0.9785 to sixty and 4.1401/170.32 at the eighth. Another new PB for Marcus, well done Marcus, Camp and team! 1.0151 to sixty, 4.0741/177.70 at the eighth, a lot of smoke from the motor in the shutdown area though. 1.0357 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy R, clear shake marks on the track to about 120 feet. 4.1206/176.09 at the eighth. Fantastic run for Mats to take back #1 spot! 0.9991 to sixty, the Crown Victoria moved to the left but Mats stayed with it, 3.9305/192.81 at the eighth pulling it back to the middle of the lane. 1.0331 to sixty for Roger, 4.1616/174.14 at the eighth, a good straight run. Personal best ETs for both and a PB speed for Mats, well done guys!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Mats Eriksson 5.9564/244.06
  2. Norbert Kuno 6.0938/231.39
  3. David Vegter 6.2337/230.49
  4. Roger Johansson 6.2453/228.90
  5. Marcus Hilt 6.2580/224.75
  6. Tero Laukkanen 6.2716/234.07
  7. Andy Robinson 6.2925/228.94
  8. Rick Garrett 6.3610/203.27
  9. Roger Moore 6.4182/214.85
  10. Marco Maurischat 6.6670/198.12
  11. Bruno Bader 6.7242/152.59
  12. Jean Dulamon 6.8294/187.37
  13. Andy Wright 6.9958/213.06
  14. Chris Isaacs 7.0068/214.00
  15. Kev Slyfield 7.4174/148.20
  16. Peter Wacker 7.7360/181.28
  17. Micke Gullqvist 8.7045/140.79
  18. Wayne Nicholson 14.8910/65.27

14:50

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Jürgen Nagel 8.0267/123.88 bye; Steph Milam 6.4596/230.39, Leif Andréasson 5.7406/250.60

0.9773 to sixty for Jürgen and then shale to about 100 feet. Off the gas and then feathered the throttle for the rest of the way. 0.9980 to sixty for Leif, 3.8024/201.13 at the eighth with the car getting very close to the guardrail, Leif stayed with it and pulled it away. Gentle 1.2521 to sixty for Steph, 4.3456/184.37 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Leif Andréasson 5.7406/250.60
  2. Steph Milam 6.3511/222.22
  3. Jürgen Nagel 8.0267/123.88

14:45

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Dave Wilson 5.3918/261.14 bye; Timo Habermann 5.3321/262.68, Stefan Gunnarsson 6.1673/202.42

Great run for Grumpy! 0.9476 to sixty, 3.5775/221.38 at the eighth, straight as you like, some smoke from the left bank past 1000 feet but stayed with it and into #1 spot at that point. Stormer for Timo! Wheels up to about 120 feet, 0.9149 to sixty and 3.4912/214.95 at the eighth. 1.0591 to sixty for Stefan, 3.9869/194.25 at the eighth with cylinders out there and clearly out in the second half.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Timo Habermann 5.3321/262.68
  2. Dave Wilson 5.3918/261.14
  3. Jonny Lagg 5.4863/249.59
  4. Dennis Habermann 6.1056/164.87
  5. Stefan Gunnarsson 6.1673/202.42

14:30

Super Pro ET qualifying session 7

Mick Howling up from #21 to #7 in the first pair, +0.0086 on dial-in. Four pairs later Jack Brewster moved up from #24 to #4 +0.0038 on dial-in. Next pair and Marc Henney moved up from #19 to #5, +0.0046 on dial-in. The moves up the ladder weren't over as Ian Powell moved up to #11 from #22 next pair. Dave Russell 0.0052 on dial-in this round although small potatoes compared to his +0.0008 best. Martyn Jones pushed back before his burnout, next into that lane was Johan Oomen and exactly the same happened to him, pushed back before burning out. Perfect 0.0006 RT for Scott Hauser in the last pair, well done Scott! The top 24 are separated by 0.0612 seconds.


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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   881      S/PRO    PETE WALTERS         NORTH PETHERTON UK         DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.33    +  .0002   .0644  8.3302   160.17  
2   541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          BASILDON  UK               CAMARO                08.51    +  .0004   .1186  8.5104   160.72  
3   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.75    +  .0008   .1270  8.7508   155.27  
4   543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.28    +  .0038   .2272  8.2838   167.27  
5   944      S/PRO    MARC HENNEY          GERMANY  DE                DRAGSTER   620 CI     07.61    +  .0046   .1645  7.6146   175.73  
6   640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.42    +  .0061   .0222  7.4261   179.86  
7   974      S/PRO    RENE MEIERHOFER      SWITZERLAND  CH            S & W      526 CI     06.85    +  .0064   .1283  6.8564   193.71  
8   4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.72    +  .0077   .0155  8.7277   155.19  
9   48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.83    +  .0086   .9260  8.8386   152.57  
10  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           WRITTLE  UK                VICTOR     662 CI     08.28    +  .0149   .0849  8.2949   164.17  
11  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           RED RUTH  UK               HORTON     383 CI     07.87    +  .0168   .0443  7.8868   169.16  
12  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.32    +  .0171   .0540  8.3371   156.26  
13  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.77    +  .0188   .0798  8.7888   155.21  
14  430      S/PRO    ROY WALKER           WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         VENTORA    555 CI     08.80    +  .0204   .2338  8.8204   150.56  
15  935      S/PRO    WOUTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.25    +  .0206   .3286  7.2706   188.08  
16  1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.61    +  .0213   .1325  7.6313   172.32  
17  154      S/PRO    ROY WILDING          OLDBURY  UK                DRAGSTER   504 CI     08.10    +  .0226   .6210  8.1226   162.46  
18  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.69    +  .0226   .0475  7.7126   172.37  
19  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.78    +  .0238   .0578  6.8038   209.03  
20  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.64    +  .0245   .0572  7.6645   175.05  
21  263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.45    +  .0273   .0901  7.4773   176.41  
22  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     07.90    +  .0291   .0976  7.9291   166.66  
23  555      S/PRO    WILLEM VAN BAALEN    NETHERLANDS  NL            DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.99    +  .0473   .1475  8.0373   164.82  
24  65       S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             SLINGSHOT  555 CI     08.00    +  .0522   .0226  8.0522   171.07  
25  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.38    +  .0612   .0286  8.4412   157.35  
26  1969     S/PRO    DAVE TOWNSEND        NORTHANTS  UK              MUSTANG    598 CI     07.60    +  .1481   .0855  7.7481   179.16  
27  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    +  .1539   .3938  6.1539   187.30  
28  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   500 CI     06.10    +  .1557   .3551  6.2557   221.15  
29  202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           ALDRIDGE  UK               DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.30    +  .2200   .0686  7.5200   188.98  
30  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.98    +  .6587   .0137  9.6387   135.70  
31  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            TOTTINGTON  UK             T ALT      480 CI     08.32    +  .6769   .1588  8.9969   142.52  
32  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY                                                       08.80    +  .7021   .1051  9.5021   144.28  
33  595      S/PRO    NICK SPENCE          FENITON  UK                MIKE BOS   632 CI     07.60    + 5.0549   .2045 12.6549    55.34  
 Best R.T. was  TOM ATKINSON       +  .0155
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.1539
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        221.15
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14:00

Pro ET qualifying session 7

Del Sanderson up from #23 to #15 in the second pair. Congratulations to James Forster on his first eleven, 11.9699. Yet another perfect ET at the Main Event, this time by Keith Herbert who took over the lead from #1 spot, +0.0006 on dial-in. Well done Keith! Next pair and Ethan Lisle moved up from #21 to #13. Lee Huxley up from #10 to #5 next pair.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                QUALIFYING ROUND 7
23/05/2015 13:57:50                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   542     KEITH HERBERT       - 0.0492  9.7806  0.0006  09.78 137.75
  2   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.0862  9.4712  0.0012  09.47 142.96
  3   118     GLENN PALLANT       + 0.1104  9.9616  0.0016  09.96 134.08
  4   59      LAURA BAYNTON       - 0.1786 10.3517  0.0017  10.35 130.14
  5   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0938  9.5445  0.0045  09.54 140.26
  6   40      SEAN LAW            + 0.0496  9.0875  0.0075  09.08 147.10
  7   90      RHIANNON BELLENIE   - 0.0138  9.4399  0.0099  09.43 138.18
  8   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.0760 11.0817  0.0117  11.07 116.53
  9   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.0506  9.2028  0.0128  09.19 139.82
 10   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.0292 10.4045  0.0145  10.39 125.56
 11   648     JON TURNER          + 0.0340  9.9110  0.0210  09.89 136.08
 12   351     JAMES FORSTER       + 2.6055 12.0112  0.0212  11.99 114.75
 13   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.0636  9.9231  0.0231  09.90 137.37
 14   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0683  9.7348  0.0248  09.71 137.26
 15   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.4242  9.3756  0.0256  09.35 143.01
 16   371     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1791  9.9796  0.0296  09.95 133.25
 17   103     DEL SANDERSON       + 0.0257 11.0314  0.0314  11.00 122.05
 18   495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.0411  9.1989  0.0589  09.14 143.83
 19   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.2287 11.0050  0.0650  10.94 121.42
 20   883     STEVE BOWEN         + 0.5143  9.0670  0.0670  09.00 157.38
 21   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.1923  9.2798  0.0798  09.20 145.68
 22   735     NIC WILLIAMS        - 0.0316  9.9909  0.1009  09.89 131.27
 23   77      DAVID NAPIER        + 0.3024  9.6654  0.1154  09.55 141.16
 24   192     LEE GUY             + 0.1236 10.6960  0.1160  10.58 124.52
 25   833     KOHN DALRYMPLE      + 0.2272 10.4293  0.1293  10.30 125.90
 26   79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.0644 11.0690  0.1690  10.90  89.58
 27   649     GINO BERNADINE      + 0.1733  9.7259  0.5259  09.20 133.29
 28   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.2157 18.2633  7.3633  10.90  66.80

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13:40

Super Comp qualifying session 6

8.9048 from Paul Letchford in the first pair, a scant 0.002 off his previous best. Richie Webb oh so close to that seven, 8.0290 which hasn't done his Super Comp standing much good but I am not sure he is laying awake at night worying about that. Also obviously not worried right now is Paul Brown who clocked 8.1821 in the shorty dragster - we need to pair Richie and Paul up next session.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 13:42:30                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   803     RENE KLOSS          + 0.0230  8.9001  0.0001  08.90 154.79
  2   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0344  8.9022  0.0022  08.90 145.71
  3   11      JON MORTON          + 0.1006  8.9028  0.0028  08.90 149.15
  4   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0100  8.9091  0.0091  08.90 155.79
  5   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0497  8.9133  0.0133  08.90 154.71
  6   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0857  8.9165  0.0165  08.90 105.52
  7   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0605  8.9178  0.0178  08.90 152.09
  8   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0225  8.9199  0.0199  08.90 153.66
  9   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0373  8.9307  0.0307  08.90 149.64
 10   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   - 0.0219  8.9449  0.0449  08.90 149.12
 11   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1893  8.9619  0.0619  08.90 148.17
 12   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0281  8.9952  0.0952  08.90 150.56
 13   714     THOMAS MARGESSON    - 0.0219  9.0064  0.1064  08.90 156.89
 14   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0455  9.0130  0.1130  08.90 145.77
 15   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0212  9.0828  0.1828  08.90 157.93
 16   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.1913  9.2717  0.3717  08.90 139.83
 17   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1506  9.2736  0.3736  08.90 170.45
 18   424     JON GILES           + 0.0375  9.3542  0.4542  08.90 151.19
 19   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.4658  8.6809 -0.2191  08.90 137.32
 20   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0205  8.5669 -0.3331  08.90 128.67

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13:30

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 6

Holley Marshall and Charlotte Bradford have now joined the fray after attending school yesterday. Matthew Dowdy up from #21 to #2 in the second pair, 0.0021. Next pair and Bonnie Wallace moved up from #22 to #15 in her very pretty new dragster. Harley Coulsell would have moved up from #10 to #8 but went under the 12.90 index. Another 0.002 RT from Saskia Fensome Jell, only 0.0001 slower than yesterday's best. Next pair and Aaron Fensome's motor cut out about 100 feet out, Aaron pulled the car over to the side and awaited rescue. Next pair and Roman Sixta Jr took over #1 spot from #20, his RT a 0.0013.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 13:48:27                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   33      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.0013  9.2573  0.3573  08.90  69.80
  2   30      HOLLY MOORE         + 0.0015  8.9496  0.0496  08.90  73.81
  3   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0021 13.5481  0.6481  12.90  47.81
  4   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0022  8.3103  0.4103  07.90  77.86
  5   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0063  8.3255  0.4255  07.90  78.57
  6   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0064  9.1726  0.2726  08.90  71.01
  7   8       RUARIDH HART        + 0.0150  9.1082  1.2082  07.90  67.95
  8   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0157  8.0241  0.1241  07.90  81.22
  9   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0203  8.0960  0.1960  07.90  81.37
 10   3       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0275  8.0567  0.1567  07.90  80.36
 11   7       BILLY RINGER        + 0.0297  9.1819  1.2819  07.90  68.99
 12   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0345 13.2412  0.3412  12.90  45.78
 13   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0351  7.9341  0.0341  07.90  81.66
 14   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0355  8.9312  0.0312  08.90  68.57
 15   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0420  7.9495  0.0495  07.90  81.22
 16   14      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.0540  7.9076  0.0076  07.90  82.27
 17   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0696  8.0812  0.1812  07.90  79.24
 18   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0831  9.0045  0.1045  08.90  69.40
 19   74      D. THOMAS-BRADLEY   + 0.0836 14.3090  1.4090  12.90  43.05
 20   42      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0870  8.0971  0.1971  07.90  81.08
 21   12      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.1004  9.0490  0.1490  08.90  70.71
 22   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.1097  7.9011  0.0011  07.90  82.26
 23   43      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.1342 14.4573  5.5573  08.90  42.93
 24   23      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.2085  8.1278  0.2278  07.90  78.01
 25   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       - 0.0667  7.9969  0.0969  07.90  80.80

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13:15

Super Street qualifying session 6

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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23/05/2015 13:04:36                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0008 10.9292  0.0292  10.90 128.79
  2   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0785 11.1595  0.2595  10.90  99.48
  3   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0019 11.3422  0.4422  10.90 117.47
  4   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0244 14.9653  4.0653  10.90  78.70

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Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 6

Improvement for Martin Smith moved him up from #6 to #3 in the first pair. Next pair and Dave Murdoch moved up a spot to #7. Mark Todd's next chance to back up his ET record, but was shut off for a fluid leak. Improvements for Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster and Al McSweeney in the last pair but both stayed in place.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 13:14:04                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.7830  7.4061  7.4061  00.00 193.05
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.1634  7.5060  7.5060  00.00 185.88
  3   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.2751  7.7362  7.7362  00.00 182.13
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0970  7.8893  7.8893  00.00 178.52
  5   1       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5817  7.8918  7.8918  00.00 181.41
  6   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.2431  7.9619  7.9619  00.00 185.01
  7   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.5221  7.9884  7.9884  00.00 171.80
  8   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.7551  8.0655  8.0655  00.00 167.90
  9   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2803  8.4314  8.4314  00.00 163.07
 10   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.0910  8.4384  8.4384  00.00 162.47
 11   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0958  8.7816  8.7816  00.00 161.33
 12   162     ALAN MCSWEENEY      + 0.4497  9.5789  9.5789  00.00 141.70
 13   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.1367 10.2320 10.2320  00.00 129.82
 14   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.7353 11.3342 11.3342  00.00 120.15
 15   524     NICK HALE           + 0.2088 12.0723 12.0723  00.00 111.39
 16   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.0585 12.0902 12.0902  00.00 110.04

* = Disqualified 
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13:00

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 5

Robin Orthodoxou had a good go at taking the Tree with him in his burnout. Improvement for Kev Perkins but stayed #2. Guido Uhlir's Opel started to get out of shape at half track so he shut it off.

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 12:58:41                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 1.3386  7.0377 -0.5223  07.56 188.89
  2   176     KEVIN PERKINS       + 0.0760  7.6691 -0.3309  08.00 179.23
  3   888     GUIDO UHLIR         + 1.3920  8.4633  0.3033  08.16 167.87

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Super Gas qualifying session 6

Great to see Stu Doignie back on track after yesterday's problem which was caused by a broken steering arm. 8.783 for Paul Watson, wrong throttle stop setting I think!

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 13:02:57                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0517  9.9084  0.0084  09.90 134.11
  2   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1833  9.9149  0.0149  09.90 135.23
  3   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0034  9.9199  0.0199  09.90 147.25
  4   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1750  9.9232  0.0232  09.90 127.34
  5   512     S REFFELTRATH       + 0.0536  9.9400  0.0400  09.90 146.71
  6   424     JON GILES           + 0.1074  9.9411  0.0411  09.90 149.56
  7   1       JON MORTON          + 0.0521  9.9530  0.0530  09.90 146.64
  8   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2746  9.9854  0.0854  09.90 108.20
  9   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.7380 11.2545  1.3545  09.90 124.48
 10   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0145  9.8788 -0.0212  09.90 155.25
 11   11      RONALD VAN LET      - 0.1495  9.8126 -0.0874  09.90 148.61
 12   665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.1132  9.3269 -0.5731  09.90 157.42

* = Disqualified 
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12:50

Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a great 5.6223/260.46 in the Fireforce Jet Dragster. 3.7728/207.76 at the eighth and shut off before the stripe so plenty more left in there.

Next up was Eric Teboul on his Rocket Bike, 5.5414/245.08 and a nice clean burn. 3.6809/212.76 at the eighth.

12:35

FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 1

Garry Bowe and Steve Venables both on an ET record, well done guys!

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 12:35:02                              16  FIM SUPER STREET  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.0556  7.1842  7.1842  00.00 205.16
  2   2       GARRY BOWE          + 0.1452  7.1852  7.1852  00.00 198.10
  3   10      PETE FIELD          + 0.2760  7.2926  7.2926  00.00 199.02
  4   6       DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1121  7.3269  7.3269  00.00 204.30
  5   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.0650  7.3406  7.3406  00.00 195.53
  6   5       MORGENS LUND        + 0.1904  7.4480  7.4480  00.00 192.13
  7   68      DANIEL LENCSES      + 0.4305  7.4743  7.4743  00.00 188.91
  8   14      DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.0832  7.4860  7.4860  00.00 192.95
  9   12      SANDRO HALDIMANN    + 0.2642  7.9010  7.9010  00.00 182.82
 10   61      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.3522  7.9606  7.9606  00.00 179.97
 11   47      MARK WELLS          + 0.1428  8.0445  8.0445  00.00 177.84
 12   9       JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.1382  8.3891  8.3891  00.00 167.30
 13   131     KNUT MOELLER        + 2.0600  8.7235  8.7235  00.00 143.84
 14   148     PETER ADORJAN       + 0.7306 10.0078 10.0078  00.00 153.11
 15   58      RICK STUBBINS       + 0.3325 10.9476 10.9476  00.00  70.72

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12:25

FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Bob Brooks 7.8000/132.05, Nick Milburn 7.1844/185.07; Rene van den Berg 7.1712/198.11, Filippos Papafilippou 6.6541/197.08; Steve Woollatt 8.0105/108.15, Otto Knebl 7.4735/166.06; Rikard Gustafsson 6.7929/198.04, Ian King 6.0103/237.32

Pre-burnout from Bob as his rear slick went up in smoke as he chirped the bike forwards towards the bleach box. New PB for Nick, 1.1376 to sixty and 4.5862/148.15 at the eighth, the bike made a move for the guardrail and Nick was off the gas for a second or two to straighten it out so more to come there. 1.1144 to sixty for Bob, 4.6210/147.62 at the eighth, the bike moved towards the centre line in the second half and Bob looked to shut off before the stripe. Great run for Fil on the Funny Bike! 1.1031 to sixty, 4.2830/171.41 at the eighth, headed for the guardrail but pulled it back. Rene left the line with orange flame from one pipe, 1.2139 to sixty and 4.7753/160.78 at the eighth, stayed with it all the way. 1.0587 to sixty for Steve and 1.1079 for Otto, Steve was going great guns towards the eighth 4.3173/139.72 but then the bike started to head for the centre line. Meanwhile Otto had got to the eighth in 4.4613/145.31 and his bike too headed for the centre line, he shut off at about 1000 feet. Ian here on the back of a 6.137 pass in testing on Thursday and it paid off with the first half of a European speed record, well done Ian! Deep staged too which will have robbed Ian of some ET. 1.1240 to sixty and 4.0173/198.66 at the eighth. Rikard's run no slouch either, 1.0534 to sixty and 4.3600/163.52 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ian King 6.0103/237.32
  2. Filippos Papafilippou 6.6541/197.08
  3. Rikard Gustafsson 6.7929/198.04
  4. Rene van den Berg 7.1712/198.11
  5. Nick Milburn 7.1844/185.07
  6. Otto Knebl 7.4735/166.06
  7. Bob Brooks 7.8000/132.05
  8. Steve Woollatt 8.0105/108.15

12:15

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Job Heezen 7.8467/177.80 bye; Ronny Aasen 11.2039/74.53, Martijn de Haas 6.8593/210.86

1.3851 to sixty for Job, 5.1929/145.75 at the eighth, languid-sounding run. Great start for Ronny, 1.2028 to sixty but then the motor started to pop and bang and shut off in a big cloud of smoke which obscured the bike. Nice run for Martijn, 1.2556 to sixty and 4.5914/174.84 at the eighth, easy-looking pass. Clean-up in Ronny's lane.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Martijn de Haas 6.8593/210.86
  2. Job Heezen 7.8467/177.80
  3. Ronny Aasen 11.2039/74.53

12:10

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Martin Newbury 9.0991/137.80 bye; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1631/171.76, Len Paget 7.8104/169.15; Ray Debben 8.5076/151.61, Allan Davies 7.6941/175.07; Alex Hope 7.3375/179.95, Mark Smith 7.7075/172.99; Kenneth Holmberg 7.2766/184.37, Martin Bishop 7.6759/167.32; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1671/183.63, Fredrik Fredlund 7.1095/186.61

Good to see Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin back on track. Sounded like problems shifting gears, groaning noise from the motor in the furst couple of hundred feet. Great run for Karl-Heinz top open his account, 1.0910 to sixty anf 4.5391/154.05 at the eighth. 1.1963 to sixty for Len, smoke from his motor to begin with, 4.9677/139.98 at the eighth. New PB for Allan I believe, well done Gippy, Allan and the team! 1.2398 to sixty, 4.9430/145.76 at the eighth. Ray's motor sounded to struggle in the first half, 1.1995 to sixty and 5.3238/125.11 at the eighth. Effortless lookign run for Alex, 1.1253 to sixty and 4.6786/150.51 at the eighth. Noce opener for Msrk, 1.1761 to sixty anf 4.9245/142.53 at the eighth. Great pass for Kenneth! 1.1338 to sixty, 4.6526/152.56 at the eighth, looked very easy. 1.1689 to sixty for Bish, 4.8801/143.50 at the eighth. 1.1368 to sixty for Gert-Jan, 1.0707 for Fredrik, 4.5160/152.90 to the eighth for Frerdik and then close to the centre line at the stripe, 4.5690/155.63 for Gert-Jan.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Fredrik Fredlund 7.1095/186.61
  2. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1631/171.76
  3. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1671/183.63
  4. Kenneth Holmberg 7.2766/184.37
  5. Alex Hope 7.3375/179.95
  6. Martin Bishop 7.6759/167.32
  7. Allan Davies 7.6941/175.07
  8. Mark Smith 7.7075/172.99
  9. Len Paget 7.8104/169.15
  10. Ray Debben 8.5076/151.61
  11. Martin Newbury 9.0991/137.80

12:00

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

11:55

Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Kevin Kent 13.5262/60.05 bye; John Spuffard 4.4033/282.12, Gordon Smith 4.8650/190.53

Kevin blipped the throttle after rolling through the bleach box and that blip was all the burnout he got. Questioning look from his crew, body up and a crew member went sprinting off, came back empty-handed though. Not entirely unexpected after the non-burnout the tyres went up in smoke at the hit. A couple of blips and then idled through. Nice pair to close the session 0.9393 to sixty for Spuff, 0.9503 for Gordon, both cars looked to stick to the track, Spuff to the eighth in 3.5468/237.57 to Gordon's 3.7205/209.51 and then shut off. Spuff on new ET and speed records for 1000 feet, well done Spuff, Bob and the team!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. John Spuffard 4.4033/282.12
  2. Gordon Smith 4.8650/190.53
  3. Kevin Kent 13.5262/60.05

11:40

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

Liam Jones 5.1928/129.89 bye; Jari Halinen 4.4228/191.30, Tethys 10.2127/73.01; Anita Mäkelä 9.0142/61.21, Stig Neergaard 9.3395/83.97; Duncan Micallef 6.0844/91.81, Micke Kågered 10.9992/82.28

Final licencing pass for Liam, speed requirement of 260 mph at 1000 feet, if achieved then the run will stand as a qualifying pass. 0.9071 to sixty, 2.3352 to 330 feet, tyres started to smoke and motor revs went up just before the eighth 3.6163/167.84 and either the blower panel blew or Liam put the chutes out anyway. Tethys in one of the dragsters belonging to Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs Erbacher, Urs' tuner Robin Grice calling the shots. Tet's tyres up in smoke passing sixty feet 1.0193. 0.8714 to sixty for Jari, 2.2583 to 330 feet, off the throttle just before the eighth 3.2813/221.17. Looks like a Lagana or two on Anita's team. Consternation and head-shaking amongst the crew before Anita staged but then motioned her forward. What they were unhapy about I don't know but 0.8463 to sixty was pretty good - then shake, smoke, and flame on the left side of Anita's motor. 0.9472 to sixty for Stig with tyres blazing, off the gas pretty quickly. Micke reluctantly carrying the number one plate after some creative accounting subsequent to Thomas Nataas' disciplinary at the end of last season. 0.9012 to sixty for Duncan, 2.3619 to 330 feet then his tyres started to smoke about 300 feet out and the dragster made a move to the right, Duncan off the gas and chutes out at the eighth 3.9521/132.35. Micke's tyres up in smoke at the hit and he shut it off and idled through.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jari Halinen 4.4228/191.30
  2. Duncan Micallef 6.0844/91.81
  3. Anita Mäkelä 9.0142/61.21
  4. Stig Neergaard 9.3395/83.97
  5. Tethys 10.2127/73.01
  6. Micke Kågered 10.9992/82.28

11:20

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Simon Gustafsson 6.8303/202.44 bye; Thomas Lindström 6.6083/208.18, Michael Malmgren 6.6967/205.15; Magnus Pettersson 6.6728/205.33, Jimmy Ålund 6.5278/212.90

Nice run for Simon to open his account. 1.0291 to sixty, the car made a move towards the centre line but Simon pulled it back gently. 4.4016/160.67 at the eighth. Great theatrics by Michael's crew guy gesturing him out of the bleach box. Michael whacked Thomas at the Tree 0.1461 to 0.4741, Thomas with the better sixty 0.9702 to 0.9961 and visibly pulling it back by the eighth 4.2453/165.40 to Michael's 4.3115/164.01. How about Jimmy's start to the European season - the first half of a European ET record! Magnus to sixty in 0.9983 to Jimmy's 0.9877, Jimmy with the huge advantage at the eighth 4.2138/168.30 to 4.3015/164.13. Well done Jimmy!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.5278/212.90
  2. Thomas Lindström 6.6083/208.18
  3. Magnus Pettersson 6.6728/205.33
  4. Michael Malmgren 6.6967/205.15
  5. Simon Gustafsson 6.8303/202.44

11:10

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Peter Wacker 7.7360/181.28 bye; Marco Maurischat 6.6670/198.12, Kev Slyfield 7.4174/148.20; Wayne Nicholson 14.8910/65.27, Andy Wright 7.3836/195.43; Jean Dulamon 7.0771/203.48, Rick Garrett 6.3610/203.27; Chris Isaacs 7.0068/214.00, Marcus Hilt 6.3184/222.32; Roger Moore 6.4818/214.40, Mats Eriksson 6.1084/233.74; Andy Robinson 6.5228/225.84, David Vegter 6.4352/226.74; Bruno Bader 6.7242/152.59, Tero Laukkanen 6.3831/226.67; Roger Johansson 7.0101/157.37, Micke Gullqvist 8.7045/140.79

Great to see Peter back after a long, long break. He told me on Wednesday that he had told tuners Rob Loaring and Nick Davies of ICE Automotive that if he was to have a nitrous burp then he wanted a real big one after which he would end up sitting in a one metre deep crater on the start line. Looked like a no-nitrous pass this one. 1.1702 to sixty, 5.0185/143.48 at the eighth. Looked like Thomas Stiefel had problems starting, towed back to the pits. Another welcome return, in this case Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco who had a good test on Thursday. 1.0643 to sixty for Marco, 1.0331 for Kev. Kev hit shake and oedaled more than once as the car moved about its lane. 4.3496/172.20 at the eighth for Marco, 4.5531/145.18 for Kev. Marco shut it off and had the chutes out before the stripe. Wayne back after rapid repairs to the damage sustained at Easter. Tyres spun and motor zinged at the hit and Wayne was off the gas before the Tree. 1.1396 to sixty for Andy, pedal for shake, 4.8547/147.24 at the eighth, stayed with it pretty much to the stripe. Great run for ick, the usual rapid sixty of 0.9671, 4.0856/174.80 at the eighth, looked to shut it off a touch early but a new PB, well done Rick! Jean's motor sounded to be misfiring and it was spitting flame at each shift, 1.0623 to sixty and 4.6632/157.93 at the eighth. 1.0535 to sixty for Marcus to Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris' 1.0665, Chris pedalled for shake and then the Duster picked up. 4.1065/177.53 to the eighth for Marcus moving gently towards the guardrail but he had a hold of it. 4.6238/155.20 to the eighth for Chris. Very gutsy drive for Mats! 1.0101 to sixty to Roger's 1.0047, the Green Goblin started to move left and right towards the eighth 4.0372/186.25 to Roger's 4.2102/172.21, Mats' car was really swaying in the second half but he stayed with it and into #1 at that point. Next pair was one of those "Acceptable level of shake" pairs, both Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy and David driving through shake which propelled their respective mounts towards the centre line. 1.0308 to sixty for Andt, 1.0374 for David, David with the better eighth 4.2584/176.07 to 4.3170/170.32. 1.0020 to sixty for Bruno, 3.9822/177.69 at the eighth and then shut off. 1.0506 to sixty for Tero and 4.2537/178.23 to the eighth - good baseline pass. 0.9981 to sixty for Roger then shake, 1.2810 to sixty for Micke with shake. Micke got off the gas, stood on it again, more shake, off the gas before the eighth. Roger pedalled a couple of times, 4.2195/151.45 at the eighth, off the gas in the second half.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Mats Eriksson 6.1084/233.74
  2. Marcus Hilt 6.3184/222.32
  3. Rick Garrett 6.3610/203.27
  4. Tero Laukkanen 6.3831/226.67
  5. David Vegter 6.4352/226.74
  6. Roger Moore 6.4818/214.40
  7. Andy Robinson 6.5228/225.84
  8. Marco Maurischat 6.6670/198.12
  9. Bruno Bader 6.7242/152.59
  10. Chris Isaacs 7.0068/214.00
  11. Roger Johansson 7.0101/157.37
  12. Jean Dulamon 7.0771/203.48
  13. Andy Wright 7.3836/195.43
  14. Kev Slyfield 7.4174/148.20
  15. Peter Wacker 7.7360/181.28
  16. Micke Gullqvist 8.7045/140.79
  17. Wayne Nicholson 14.8910/65.27

10:45

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

Jürgen Nagel shut off, Steph Milam 6.3511/222.22 bye;

No Danny Bellio as his motor unfortunately reduced to rubble in testing on Thursday. A long trail of fluid from Jürgen's car as he pulled his burnout, track crew rushed to shut him off. 1.1744 to sixty for Steph, 4.2501/185.68 at the eighth, sounded to be feathering the throttle all the way as the car was moving left and right.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Steph Milam 6.3511/222.22

10:40

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

Dave Wilson 5.6018/211.83 bye; Stefan Gunnarsson 6.3319/207.12, Dennis Habermann 6.1056/164.87; Jonny Lagg 5.4863/249.59, Timo Habermann 5.5940/260.68

The Dave Wilson Retirement Tour continues into its third successful year. Great pass to start the season. 0.9601 to sixty, 3.5927/218.88 at the eighth and then gently off the throttle in the second half. Looked like a planned shut-off. Dennis here on the back of a successful test on Thursday. 0.9090 to sixty for Dennis to Stefan's relatively lazy 1.1329, Dennis pealled for shake, 3.5941/200.28 at the eighth, 4.2076/189.66 for Stefan whose motor sounded to be labouring. Dennis' blower relief panel blew with a flash of flame just past the eighth, interestingly no chute deployment when the panel blew. Great pair to finish the session. Visible holeshot for Timo 0.0178 to 0.1154 and the better sixty 0.9223 to Jonny's 0.9694, the tops of Timo's tyres were flapping about like crazy and looked like one brief pedal. Jonny with the better eighth 3.6057/215.87 to Timo's 3.7218/208.55, smoke from Jonny's motor in the second half and you could see his crew willing it all to hold together, which it did.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jonny Lagg 5.4863/249.59
  2. Timo Habermann 5.5940/260.68
  3. Dave Wilson 5.6018/211.83
  4. Dennis Habermann 6.1056/164.87
  5. Stefan Gunnarsson 6.3319/207.12

10:25

Super Pro ET qualifying session 6

Eurodragster.com brother-in-law Tom Atkinson up from #19 to #6 in the first pair, our Eurodragster.com colleague Kirstie who I believe chooses Tom's dial-ins had a little dance on the start line. Another nic RT for Paul Przybyl, 0.0072. Great run for Marck Harteveld, up from #26 to #15, took the long way round as the car headed left about 200 feet out but had a good hold of it. Frightening tyre shake for Rene Meierhofer, everything up here shook so I can't imagine what it must have been like for Rene. Next pair and Johan Oomen shut off after his burnout and was pushed back. Clean-up in Johan's lane.

On the restart his second perfect ET of the event for Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters, +0.0002 on dial-in. I don't think I have ever seen two perfect ETs by the same racer at the same event before. Well done Pete! Next pair and Billy Gane was pushed back from the bleach box. Great run for Rod Harrison even with a pedal past the Tree, up from #29 to #27.

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  1   881     PETE WALTERS        + 0.0644  8.3302  0.0002  08.33 160.17
  2   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.1186  8.5104  0.0004  08.51 160.72
  3   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.1270  8.7508  0.0008  08.75 155.27
  4   640     PAUL PRZYBYL        + 0.0222  7.4261  0.0061  07.42 179.86
  5   974     RENE MEIERHOFER     + 0.1283  6.8564  0.0064  06.85 193.71
  6   4       TOM ATKINSON        + 0.0155  8.7277  0.0077  08.72 155.19
  7   90      BILLY GANE          - 0.0849  8.2949  0.0149  08.28 164.17
  8   429     RICK COOKE          + 0.0540  8.3371  0.0171  08.32 156.26
  9   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0798  8.7888  0.0188  08.77 155.21
 10   430     ROY WALKER          + 0.2338  8.8204  0.0204  08.80 150.56
 11   935     WOUTER VAN LEERSUM  + 0.3286  7.2706  0.0206  07.25 188.08
 12   1       SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.1325  7.6313  0.0213  07.61 172.32
 13   154     ROY WILDING         + 0.6210  8.1226  0.0226  08.10 162.46
 14   470     BRAD JACKSON        - 0.0475  7.7126  0.0226  07.69 172.37
 15   22      MARCK HARTEVELD     - 0.0578  6.8038  0.0238  06.78 209.03
 16   819     CHRIS PARKER        + 0.0572  7.6645  0.0245  07.64 175.05
 17   944     MARC HENNEY         + 0.0816  7.6557  0.0257  07.63 175.04
 18   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.0901  7.4773  0.0273  07.45 176.41
 19   650     JOE KELLETT         + 0.0976  7.9291  0.0291  07.90 166.66
 20   435     IAN POWELL          + 0.0313  7.9623  0.0323  07.93 167.28
 21   48      MICK HOWLING        + 0.2553  8.8528  0.0428  08.81 152.09
 22   555     WILLEM VAN BAALEN   + 0.1475  8.0373  0.0473  07.99 164.82
 23   777     REINIER VAN SCHELT  - 0.0286  8.4412  0.0612  08.38 157.35
 24   543     JACK BREWSTER       + 0.6363  8.4202  0.0802  08.34 164.84
 25   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       - 0.0855  7.7481  0.1481  07.60 179.16
 26   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.3938  6.1539  0.1539  06.00 187.30
 27   307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.3551  6.2557  0.1557  06.10 221.15
 28   65      LAURA TURBURVILLE   - 0.0832  8.2057  0.2057  08.00 171.06
 29   202     MARK ADAMS          + 0.0686  7.5200  0.2200  07.30 188.98
 30   868     PETER LANE          - 0.0137  9.6387  0.6587  08.98 135.70
 31   723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.1051  9.5021  0.7021  08.80 144.28
 32   595     NICK SPENCE         + 0.2045 12.6549  5.0549  07.60  55.34

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09:45

Pro ET qualifying session 6

Dan Williams up from #12 to #7 first pair, in the other lane Sean Law moved up from #4 to #3. Big move up the ladder for James Forster, #23 to #10 and soooo close to the eleven-second pass. Two pairs later Tim Stanbury took over the lead from #17, +0.0012 on dial-in. We think a PB for Bob Molden, 9.739, well done Bob! Next pair and John Dalrymple pulled a perfect 0.0004 reaction, well done John! That will feel good after a few problems yesterday. 0.0043 RT for Keith Herbert next pair, in the other lane a PB of 9.3654 for Rhiannon Bellenie, well done Rhiannon! 0.0016 RT for Lee Guy next pair. At this point in the session 14 of 26 cars which had run had broken out.

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1   610      PRO ET   TIM STANBURY         ST GILES  UK               CAMARO     584 CI     09.47    +  .0012   .0862  9.4712   142.96  
2   118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.96    +  .0016   .1104  9.9616   134.08  
3   59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        COPTHORNE  UK              FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.35    +  .0017   .1786 10.3517   130.14  
4   40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 RED        355 CI     09.08    +  .0075   .0496  9.0875   147.10  
5   90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    MARDEN  UK                 DRAGSTER   1440 CC    09.43    +  .0099   .0138  9.4399   138.18  
6   626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         DRAGSTER   122 CI     11.07    +  .0117   .0760 11.0817   116.53  
7   314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        HERSHAM  UK                ALTERED    383 CI     09.19    +  .0128   .0506  9.2028   139.82  
8   608      PRO ET   DAN WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  CHEVELLE   396 CI     10.39    +  .0145   .0292 10.4045   125.56  
9   25       PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           WORCESTER  UK              MUSTANG    620 CI     09.66    +  .0149   .0017  9.6749   136.85  
10  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           MAIDSTONE  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.89    +  .0210   .0340  9.9110   136.08  
11  351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        HIGHAM FERRERS  UK         MUSTANG    347 CI     11.99    +  .0212  2.6055 12.0112   114.75  
12  542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               PLYMOUTH   500 CI     09.80    +  .0221   .1111  9.8221   136.84  
13  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           BICESTER  UK               CAMARO     555 CI     09.35    +  .0256   .4242  9.3756   143.01  
14  371      PRO ET   PAUL JACKSON         SOLIHULL  UK               68 CAMARO             09.95    +  .0296   .1791  9.9796   133.25  
15  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PEUG 205   410 CI     09.84    +  .0530   .2183  9.8930   134.81  
16  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.14    +  .0589   .0411  9.1989   143.83  
17  358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.94    +  .0650   .2287 11.0050   121.42  
18  883      PRO ET   STEVE BOWEN          PONTY PRIDD                MITS EVO   2300 CC    09.00    +  .0670   .5143  9.0670   157.38  
19  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          DUNSTABLE  UK              VALIANT    557 CI     09.20    +  .0798   .1923  9.2798   145.68  
20  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          WHITLEY BAY  UK            COMET      540 CI     10.10    +  .0882   .0207 10.1882   134.40  
21  735      PRO ET   NIC WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  CAMARO     454 CI     09.89    +  .1009   .0316  9.9909   131.27  
22  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 655 CI     09.55    +  .1154   .3024  9.6654   141.16  
23  103      PRO ET   DEL SANDERSON        NEWTOWN  UK                CHEV NOVA  421 CI     11.10    +  .1406   .0196 11.2406   119.29  
24  192      PRO ET   LEE GUY              AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.65    +  .1610   .3707 10.8110   122.74  
25  833      PRO ET   KOHN DALRYMPLE       WOBURN GREEN  UK           33 WILLYS  408 CI     10.25    +  .1634   .0004 10.4134   125.82  
26  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .4115   .0189 11.3115    89.06  
27  649      PRO ET   GINO BERNADINE       SOUTHALL  UK               ESCORT     2000 CC    09.20    +  .5259   .1733  9.7259   133.29  
28  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    + 7.3633   .2157 18.2633    66.80  
 Best R.T. was  KOHN DALRYMPLE     +  .0004
 Best E.T. was  STEVE BOWEN          9.0670
 Best MPH was  STEVE BOWEN         157.38
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09:00

Junior Dragster amended qualifying after session 5

A number of runs were disallowed from yesterday's Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying for index-busting. Qualifying is now as follows:

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                 F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2015 09:04:19                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   30      HOLLY MOORE         + 0.0015  8.9496  0.0496  08.90  73.81
  2   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0022  8.3103  0.4103  07.90  77.86
  3   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0063  8.3255  0.4255  07.90  78.57
  4   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0064  9.1726  0.2726  08.90  71.01
  5   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0157  8.0241  0.1241  07.90  81.22
  6   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0203  8.0960  0.1960  07.90  81.37
  7   3       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0275  8.0567  0.1567  07.90  80.36
  8   7       BILLY RINGER        + 0.0297  9.1819  1.2819  07.90  68.99
  9   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0345 13.2412  0.3412  12.90  45.78
 10   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0351  7.9341  0.0341  07.90  81.66
 11   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0355  8.9312  0.0312  08.90  68.57
 12   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0420  7.9495  0.0495  07.90  81.22
 13   8       RUARIDH HART        + 0.0467  9.3054  1.4054  07.90  66.07
 14   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0696  8.0812  0.1812  07.90  79.24
 15   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0831  9.0045  0.1045  08.90  69.40
 16   74      D. THOMAS-BRADLEY   + 0.0836 14.3090  1.4090  12.90  43.05
 17   42      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0870  8.0971  0.1971  07.90  81.08
 18   33      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.1100  9.1168  0.2168  08.90  69.60
 19   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.1122  8.5632  0.6632  07.90  79.66
 20   14      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.1535  7.9766  0.0766  07.90  79.79
 21   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.1909 13.8982  0.9982  12.90  45.32
 22   43      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.1951 13.9862  5.0862  08.90  46.53
 23   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       - 0.0667  7.9969  0.0969  07.90  80.80

* = Disqualified 
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08:00

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the Main Event brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will broadcast live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is open. Before our webcast starts you can listen to Nitro FM at www.eurodragster.com/nitrofm. Today is our last day webcasting this event as the excellent and also free Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe Web TV will be broadcasting tomorrow and Monday. We will change the link on our Event Index to suit so that you don't miss any of the action.

Currently overcast here at Santa Pod but not cold and I suspect that the overcast will burn off.

A big Good Morning to Herb Andrews who is tuned in and got in touch about yesterday's coverage. Thanks very much for the kind words Herb and we will do out best to keep it up. Indeed thanks to everyone who has taken the trouble to get in touch with kind comments, rest assured that it is appreciated even if we are too busy to reply. Whilst we are thanking people, a big Thank You to Nev and Libby Mottershead for dinner and hospitality last night.

We are due to start at 09:30 with Q6 of Pro ET and Super Pro ET and then into our first Pro qualifying round at 10:30. When the Pros are qualifying we will do our best to update the report after each pair - it is not always possible but if it can be done it will be done. So keep hitting Refresh!. Stay tuned and as soon as the first set of wheels starts to turn we'll bring you the news.


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