Santa Pod Raceway, 22nd-25th May 2015
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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 22:40 We have posted today's gallery which consists of 210 shots courtesy of Julian and Patrik. As ever if you do not see the 210 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. 21:05 That's all the action for today. Stay tuned though as we are working on today's gallery. 21:00 Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 Peter Lane's first race with his new car and takes the round win. More than perfect ET for Joe Kellett in his win against Rene Meierhofer, 7.9000 on a 7.90 dial-in. Well done Joe and team! Jet Dragster pilot in waiting Brad Jackson not far behind +0.0043 on dial-in in his race against Mick Howling and Rod Harrison +0.0079 in his bye. Looked like sparks or a fire for Mark Adams in the shutdown area in his race against Ian Powell. Mark's rail crossed lanes in front of Ian Powell but from here it looked he kept a hold of it and got it back to his side. It transpires that one of the front wheels departed the dragster past the finish line and at time of writing the wheel is nowhere to be found. Given that, it must have been some driving job by Mark as that incident could have turned out a lot worse. Yet another perfect ET, this time by Paul Przybyl in his race against Barry Giles, +0.0003 in dial-in, well done Paul! However Barry won the race on a better RT. William van Baalen won his first race after licencing on Thursday.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
24/05/2015 21:00:42 22 SUPER PRO ET
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Foul 777 REINIER VAN SCHELT - 0.0205 8.3720 0.0120 08.36 159.59
Win 68 BRIAN PATEMAN + 0.0796 8.6762 -0.0538 08.73 156.92
Win 935 WOUTER VAN LEERSUM + 0.1132 7.2784 0.0384 07.24 183.60
881 PETE WALTERS + 0.0916 8.4026 0.0826 08.32 157.92
595 NICK SPENCE . -6.0000 06.00 0.00
Win 1969 DAVE TOWNSEND + 0.4403 7.2711 0.1611 07.11 177.06
782 DAVID RUSSELL + 0.2112 8.7456 0.0156 08.73 156.81
Win 154 ROY WILDING + 0.0215 8.2578 0.0578 08.20 150.08
90 BILLY GANE . -6.0000 06.00 0.00
Win 307 ROD HARRISON + 0.5025 6.0079 0.0079 06.00 225.45
Win 868 PETER LANE + 0.1287 9.0019 0.0219 08.98 150.04
429 RICK COOKE + 0.0948 8.3684 0.1284 08.24 158.50
Win 650 JOE KELLETT + 0.1311 7.9000 0.0000 07.90 159.58
974 RENE MEIERHOFER + 0.0474 7.4510 0.6010 06.85 192.06
Win 470 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0770 7.6943 0.0043 07.69 172.37
Foul 48 MICK HOWLING - 0.0046 8.8956 0.0756 08.82 152.07
Win 819 CHRIS PARKER - 0.0333 7.6724 0.0224 07.65 171.07
Foul 93 JAYNE KAY - 0.0677 8.4619 -0.0481 08.51 153.62
Foul 202 MARK ADAMS - 0.0023 7.2561 0.0261 07.23 193.02
Win 435 IAN POWELL + 0.0637 7.9331 0.0131 07.92 169.12
Foul 1 SCOTT HAUSER - 0.0358 7.6360 0.0360 07.60 169.76
Win 541 SIMON GOUGH + 0.0941 8.4804 0.0304 08.45 160.72
Win 263 BARRY GILES + 0.0412 7.5203 0.0503 07.47 162.45
640 PAUL PRZYBYL + 0.2210 7.4403 0.0003 07.44 179.87
22 MARCK HARTEVELD + 0.5394 8.0876 1.3076 06.78 196.29
Win 543 JACK BREWSTER + 0.2471 8.3637 0.1137 08.25 148.15
Win 453 MARTYN JONES + 0.0994 6.2926 0.2926 06.00 174.37
430 ROY WALKER + 0.2172 8.6343 -0.0557 08.69 154.17
Win 555 WILLEM VAN BAALEN - 0.0337 7.9803 0.0103 07.97 165.43
Foul 4 TOM ATKINSON - 0.1138 8.7103 0.0203 08.69 154.67
Win 65 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0896 8.3180 0.1680 08.15 164.82
Foul 944 MARC HENNEY - 0.0267 7.6314 -0.0186 07.65 175.67
* = Disqualified
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20:15 Pro ET eliminations round 1 Another nice RT by Glenn Pallant in his race against Paul Jackson, 0.0050, broke out though so his race done. 0.0076 RT for Geoff Cowley in his race against Rhiannon Bellenie, Rhiannon took the win.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
24/05/2015 20:14:16 23 PRO ET
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Foul 103 DEL SANDERSON - 0.1943 11.0353 -0.0647 11.10 122.05
Win 59 LAURA BAYNTON + 0.4332 10.3181 -0.0319 10.35 131.36
Win 371 PAUL JACKSON + 0.0213 10.0317 0.0817 09.95 133.61
118 GLENN PALLANT + 0.0050 9.9113 -0.0487 09.96 134.89
Bye . -9.0000 09.00 0.00
Win 542 KEITH HERBERT + 0.1041 9.8119 0.0419 09.77 137.33
757 DAVE BAILEY + 0.3564 9.0336 -0.0164 09.05 146.63
Win 833 JOHN DALRYMPLE + 0.2785 9.9342 0.0342 09.90 133.32
883 STEVE BOWEN . -9.0000 09.00 0.00
Foul Win 40 SEAN LAW - 0.0403 9.1640 0.1140 09.05 145.30
77 DAVID NAPIER + 0.1279 9.5609 -0.4391 10.00 144.33
Win 648 JON TURNER + 0.1335 9.8278 0.0278 09.80 137.76
Win 735 NIC WILLIAMS + 0.0125 9.8448 -0.1052 09.95 132.05
Foul 608 DAN WILLIAMS - 0.0633 10.3823 -0.0677 10.45 125.54
495 GEOFF COWLEY + 0.0076 9.1881 0.1381 09.05 147.10
Win 90 RHIANNON BELLENIE + 0.0111 9.4390 0.0590 09.38 139.00
Win 795 MIKE LACEY + 0.2027 9.3064 -0.0136 09.32 144.74
610 TIM STANBURY . -9.0000 09.00 0.00
Win 205 BOB MOLDEN + 0.4126 10.0402 0.1902 09.85 110.17
569 LEIGH MORRIS + 0.6162 10.9721 0.0721 10.90 120.55
79 DAVE CHERRETT + 0.1072 11.1656 0.2656 10.90 86.85
Win 626 LIZ MALCOLM + 0.0538 11.1157 0.0857 11.03 110.02
Win 723 GORDON NORTHWAY + 0.0758 9.7366 0.0366 09.70 140.68
256 ETHAN LISLE + 0.0516 10.0019 0.1019 09.90 136.92
358 SIMON INNES + 0.1684 10.9820 0.0820 10.90 121.39
Win 25 LEE HUXLEY + 0.0967 9.6733 0.1033 09.57 122.14
649 GINO BERNADINE . -9.0000 09.00 0.00
Win 351 JAMES FORSTER + 0.0961 12.0279 0.0379 11.99 114.71
Win 314 STEVEN HUDSON + 0.0111 9.1295 -0.0005 09.13 141.12
Foul 192 LEE GUY - 0.0328 10.6808 -0.0192 10.70 124.15
* = Disqualified
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20:00 Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a fantastic 5.7277/283.25 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 3.9455/207.94 at the eighth. Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 9 Holley Marshall up from #18 to #15 first pair. Thomas Cook-Abbott stayed in place but pleased to announce sponsorship from Cable Dynamics, Jon of the company in the grandstand with his family today. Charlotte Bradford up from #24 to #13 in the fifth pair. Next up the ladder Joe Holland Villa, up from #11 to #9.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
24/05/2015 19:59:39 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 25 JOE HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.0142 8.0502 0.1502 07.90 81.67
10 8 RUARIDH HART + 0.0150 9.1082 1.2082 07.90 67.95
11 4 SHANNON KIDDELL + 0.0157 8.0241 0.1241 07.90 81.22
12 9 ANNIE WALLACE + 0.0213 7.9408 0.0408 07.90 81.82
13 12 LOTTIE BRADFORD + 0.0252 9.1785 0.2785 08.90 69.30
14 11 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT + 0.0258 8.9753 0.0753 08.90 69.72
15 7 BILLY RINGER + 0.0258 9.3325 1.4325 07.90 68.62
16 23 HOLLEY MARSHALL + 0.0273 8.2100 0.3100 07.90 76.94
17 3 AARON FENSOME + 0.0275 8.0567 0.1567 07.90 80.36
18 21 CAITLIN WILSON + 0.0355 8.9312 0.0312 08.90 68.57
19 2 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0420 7.9495 0.0495 07.90 81.22
20 26 SAM HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.0493 7.9813 0.0813 07.90 81.11
21 14 BONNIE WALLACE + 0.0540 7.9076 0.0076 07.90 82.27
22 17 TYLER ASHDOWN + 0.0701 8.0674 0.1674 07.90 80.35
23 74 D. THOMAS-BRADLEY + 0.0836 14.3090 1.4090 12.90 43.05
24 42 JORDAN PAYNE + 0.0870 8.0971 0.1971 07.90 81.08
25 43 KAITLAN DEEVEY + 0.1342 14.4573 5.5573 08.90 42.93
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19:35 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Peter Adorjan 13.6582/148.19 bye; Graham Dance 9.0040/173.73, Knut Möller 8.5884/167.31; Jemma Venables 7.9013/151.57, Erich Gruber 7.8276/184.34; Danny Cockerill 7.6634/193.86, Mark Wells 7.6966/188.06; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.4527/184.37, Richard Hann 8.1250/188.17; Mogens Lund 7.2951/142.47, Pete Field 7.2208/201.47; Rick Stubbins 8.0813/174.39, Garry Bowe 7.1702/201.46; Steve Venables 7.1971/199.00, Dave Holland 7.0686/205.19 1.2151 sixty for Jemma Venables which is the quickest SSB sixty foot time I have ever seen. Another new European ET record for Dave Holland, 7.068, congratulations Dutch! One doesn't wish to plant ideas but that run would back up a 6.998. Final qualifying:
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
24/05/2015 19:35:47 16 FIM SUPER STREET
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 6 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.0450 7.0686 7.0686 00.00 205.19
2 2 GARRY BOWE + 0.1418 7.1702 7.1702 00.00 201.46
3 1 STEVE VENABLES + 0.0556 7.1842 7.1842 00.00 205.16
4 10 PETE FIELD + 0.1143 7.2208 7.2208 00.00 201.47
5 58 RICK STUBBINS + 0.2633 7.3073 7.3073 00.00 196.31
6 49 RICHARD HANN + 0.0216 7.3368 7.3368 00.00 196.39
7 5 MORGENS LUND + 0.1904 7.4480 7.4480 00.00 192.13
8 68 DANIEL LENCSES + 0.4025 7.4527 7.4527 00.00 184.37
9 14 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1328 7.4852 7.4852 00.00 196.30
10 9 JEMMA VENABLES + 0.0885 7.6253 7.6253 00.00 188.15
11 47 MARK WELLS + 0.1715 7.6966 7.6966 00.00 188.06
12 61 ERICH GRUBER + 0.1325 7.8276 7.8276 00.00 184.34
13 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.2642 7.9010 7.9010 00.00 182.82
14 52 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.5337 8.2286 8.2286 00.00 174.40
15 131 KNUT MOELLER + 0.5181 8.5013 8.5013 00.00 164.25
16 148 PETER ADORJAN + 0.8663 9.9111 9.9111 00.00 146.65
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19:30 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Oto Knebl 8.3360/135.67 bye; Nick Milburn shut off, Steve Woollatt 6.6025/197.97 bye; Filippos Papfilippou 6.7629/202.57, Rikard Gustafsson 6.3880/215.84 1.1211 to sixty for Otto but was already leaning the bike right to counter its desire to go left. Eventually had to feather the throttle for a couple of seconds, 4.9529/115.83 at the eighth, back on the gas but then shut off altogether by 1000 feet. Nick's motor was misfiring in the burnout and he shut off before staging. Steve's bike sounded lazy on the launch but picked up quickly, 1.1438 to sixty, 4.3299/176.44 at the eighth and up to third. Excellent match between Fil and Rikard, Fil was not hanging around but Rikard whupped him. 0.0900 to 0.0923 RT advantage in Rikard's favour, 1.0708 sixty to Fil's 1.0982, 4.1542/17.76 at the eighth to Fil's 4.3888/168.34. Final qualifying:
19:22 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Job Heezen 7.3978/202.55 bye; Much better run for Job and his first baseline pass of the weekend I'd say. 1.2437 to sixty, 4.9619/156.29 at the eighth, pretty much sraight down the middle of his lane. Final qualifying:
19:20 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Martin Newbury 8.4142/108.31 bye; Allan Davies shut off, Ray Debben 14.8480/49.93 bye; Len Paget shut off, Alex Hope 7.2987/181.40 bye; Martin Bishop 7.8821/153.16, Kenneth Holmberg 7.6392/184.32; Fredrik Fredlund 7.0853/185.12, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.2415/185.82 Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin out of the ladder going into this session. And going out of it but first alternate so a possible way back. 1.1426 to sixty, 4.7999/143.90 at the eighth but got very close to the guardrail and shut off in the second half. Allan shut off after his burnout. Ray took the bye, 1.2119 to sixty but headed for the centre line so shut it off. Len shut off before staging. Great run for Alex! 1.1131 to sixty, 4.6339/150.11 at the eighth, straight down the middle of the lane and back into the 7.2s. Improvement but stayed fifth. Similar run for Kenneth to the last round, the front end and motor note going up and down for the first thirty feet or so but then the bike settled down and really powered on. Martin's bike was approaching the centre line in the second half, shut it off a touch early. Consistent run for Fredde, Karl-Heinz off his previous pace. Lost the incrementals of the last two pairs but will retrieve them from the timing database at the end of today. Qualifying after this session:
19:10 Simon has posted his second set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index. The Fuel FCs were in the pairing lanes and ready to go but then went back to the pits, no word why. 19:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Tethys shut off (bye); Micke Kågered 5.3761/132.07 bye; Liam Jones 9.9365/60.78, Jari Halinen 4.1325/295.85; Stig Neergaard 6.9796/81.68, Anita Mäkelä no time Tet shut down on his return from his burnout, not obvious from here what the problem was; the motor didn't want to stop that's for sure. Looked like a planned early shut-off for Micke. 0.8621 to sixty, not much in the way of shake, 2.2423 to 330 feet and off the gas before the eighth 3.6943/147.56. Nice paired burnout by The Bomber and Jari, our office in Race Control pretty much saturated with nitro fumes into the bargain. 0.9146 to sixty for Liam and 0.8885 for Jari, Liam with shake and smoke and off it before 330 feet. Chute out past the eighth. 2.3132 to 330 feet for Jari, 3.3103/255.70 at the eighth, his header flames becoming more opaque orange but he got to the thousand before anything untoward happened. Jari up to fifth and will be seeing Liam again in tomorrow's E1. Anita's motor cut our pretty much at the hit and something came off the car. Pulled over and stopped at the eighth. 0.8608 to sixty for Stig and then appalling shake and shut off. Tet subsequently got in touch to let us know that he was shut off for a fuel leak. Final qualifying:
18:50 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Simon Gustafsson 6.7416/204.30 bye; Michael Malmgren no time, Magnus Pettersson 6.6681/208.03; Jimmy Ålund 6.5620/212.09, Thomas Lindström 6.6351/208.96 Clean-up of Norbert's leakage complete Simon opened the session with his bye. Nice run! 1.0027 to sixty, the Avenger made a move to the right but Simon held on to it. 4.3338/163.13 at the eighth. A new PB for Simon, well done Simon and the Samantha Racing team! Instant tyre spin at the hit for Michael, shut off about twenty feet out. 0.9924 to sixty for Magnus, 4.2900/164.57 at the eighth, improvement but stayed #3. Both Jimmy's and Thomas' crew pushed their respective cars round rather than the cars starting in the lanes and then driving round. Thomas strapped a visible 0.0327 to 0.1185 holeshot on Jimmy and had had the better sixty 0.9780 to Jimmy's 0.9843, then Thomas' car started to move towards the centre line but he stayed with it losing time however. Jimmy with the better eighth 4.2307/167.80 to Thomas' 4.2726/165.17, Thomas there first by 0.0127 by dint of the holeshot. Final qualifying:
18:20 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Peter Wacker 7.3572/193.85 bye; Andy Wright 8.4391/177.13 bye; Wayne Nicholson 7.7149/183.56 bye; Rick Garrett 6.3478/217.10, Chris Isaacs 11.7281/67.77; Tero Laukkanen 6.1550/248.22, Marco Maurischat 6.3098/221.23; Marcus Hilt 7.0386/204.42, Jean Dulamon 9.1120/101.44; David Vegter 6.2998/230.49, Andy Robinson 6.3667/213.83; Micke Gullqvist 5.8823/245.53, Roger Johansson 6.0007/231.21; Mats Eriksson no time DQ, Norbert Kuno 7.9056/127.68 Peter's last chance to get into the ladder. We were glad to see the promised return of the lithe crew girls. The car seemed to hesitate off the line, 1.2223 to sixty, sounded like a deliberately easy pass. 4.8277/155.21 at the eighth. Peter will be spectating tomorrow although as things stand he is first alternate. 1.0912 to sixty with shake for Andy W, then the Coupe's tyres started to smoke and the car did a hard left. Andy did a good job to keep it off the guardrail. Next up Wayne and his last chance to race tomorrow. Camp Stanley an interested spectator and then got involved in lining Wayne up. Very lazy launch, 1.2986 to sixty, motor sounded to be sturggling to pick the revs up. Off the gas for a second or two, 4.9419/138.23 at the eighth then stayed on the throttle most of the way. Kev Slyfield returned to the pits without running. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris had no reverse, pushed back to the start line after the burnout... as the car is so quiet we thought Chris had shut off but no, he staged for his run. 1.0444 to sixty and then did shut it off soon after. Safely in the field for tomorrow though. 0.9793 to sixty for Rick, 4.0940/174.28 at the eighth. An improvement but stayed in place. Great pair of runs from Tero and Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco. 1.0355 sixty for Tero, 0.9911 for Marco, the Vette picked up and ran. 4.1504/188.79 at the eighth for Tero, 4.1008/176.17 for Marco. Tero put on 60 mph in the second half. Both Tero and Marco up the ladder. Very wayward burnout by Jean followed by a wayward run. Marcus to sixty in 1.0604 and Jean in 1.0295, Jean's Camaro spitting flame as usual and then starting to move left and right, a hard move to the left at which point Marcus pedalled for a second or so - from here difficult to say whether he pedalled because he saw Jean or because of shske. Shut off 4.8730/111.96 at the eighth for Jean, pedalling 4.5869/156.21 for Marcus. 0.9835 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy R, 1.0399 for David. Andy hit shake and the Camaro went for the centre line, Andy kept on the gas and stopped it crossing the line although he ran very close to the line for a few hundred feet after. 4/1507/180.48 o the eighth for David, 4.0495/178.89 for Andy. Andy looked to shut it off before the stripe. fantastic match-up between Micke and Roger, the cars looked glued together although the numbers don't support it. 0.9561 to sixty for Micke to 0.9710 for Roger, slight shake for Roger, storming eighth for Micke 3.8735/192.06 to Roger's nott-a-slouch 3.9374/188.62. Micke getting close to European record territory. Mats hammered the throttle as Norbert staged, tyres up in smoke and motor zinging into the bargain. 1.0151 to sixty for Norbert and then a carbon copy of his earlier run as the car started to move about and fluid appeared from beneath. Norbert shut off as the Avenger approached the guardrail. Final qualifying:
17:50 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Jürgen Nagel 5.9904/239.04 bye; Steph Milam 6.4581/176.43, Leif Andréasson 9.2545/89.78 0.9670 to sixty for Jürgen, a brief pedal there and I mean brief - just barely noticeable. 3.9430/191.21 at the eighth. 0.9583 to sixty for Leif, shake marks in his lane, off the gas before the eighth 4,7564/110.81. 1.0980 to sixty for Steph, again the car looked to really get up and go 150 or so feet out. 4.0970/190.52 at the eighth and off the gas just after. Final qualifying:
17:45 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Dennis Habermann 5.4612/264.06 bye; Dave Wilson 14.1990/68.43 bye; Timo Habermann 5.3657/261.01 bye, Stefan Gunnarsson did not start The Part-Time Photographers' Club reappear, look over my left shoulder and sure enough there are the Pros in the lanes. They peaked early though since Super Comp ran first. The front end of Dennis' dragster was in the air for about a hundred feet and was then skittering for another hundred or so. 0.9205 to sixty, shake and a pedal at about 200 feet, 3.5989/208.14 at the eighth. Again looked like consternation around the motor from Grumpy's crew before he ran. Tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.1604 to sixty and off the gas, idled along the track. Stefan's crew made several attempts to start the dragster but it was not having any of it. Eventually they conceded defeat and Stefan climbed out of the car. Nice pass for Timo, quite consistent too. 0.8835 to sixty, shake nicely contained to the top of the tyres flapping. 3.4975/211.92 at the eighth. Final qualifying:
17:30 Super Comp qualifying session 9 Another nice RT for Jon Giles, 0.0095 in the second pair. Yet another perfect ET, Brian Pateman up from #5 to #2 +0.0008 on index, well done Brian! Next pair and Richie Webb got the ultimate Super Comp breakout, his Beetle running the long-desired seven at 7.9739/169.17, congratulations Richie! Huge 172.39 speed for Neil Hunter's 9.0895 in the last pair.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
17:10 Pro ET qualifying session 9 Nice 0.0042 RT by Glenn Pallant in the third pair. Liz Malcolm up from #8 to #5 next pair. 0.0091 RT by Rhiannon Bellenie in the bike-motored dragster. Gordon Northway moved from Super Pro ET to Pro ET, in at #28.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING LIST
PRO ET THROUGH ROUND # 17 24/05/2015 17:11:33
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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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1 542 PRO ET KEITH HERBERT UXBRIDGE UK PLYMOUTH 500 CI 09.78 + .0006 .0492 9.7806 137.75
2 610 PRO ET TIM STANBURY ST GILES UK CAMARO 584 CI 09.47 + .0012 .0862 9.4712 142.96
3 118 PRO ET GLENN PALLANT CHELMSFORD UK CAPRI 476 CI 09.96 + .0016 .1104 9.9616 134.08
4 59 PRO ET LAURA BAYNTON COPTHORNE UK FORD CAPRI 383 CI 10.35 + .0017 .1786 10.3517 130.14
5 626 PRO ET LIZ MALCOLM HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK DRAGSTER 122 CI 11.07 + .0029 .0749 11.0729 117.08
6 25 PRO ET LEE HUXLEY WORCESTER UK MUSTANG 620 CI 09.54 + .0045 .0938 9.5445 140.26
7 40 PRO ET SEAN LAW HARLOW UK RED 355 CI 09.08 + .0075 .0496 9.0875 147.10
8 90 PRO ET RHIANNON BELLENIE MARDEN UK DRAGSTER 1440 CC 09.43 + .0099 .0138 9.4399 138.18
9 833 PRO ET JOHN DALRYMPLE WOBURN GREEN UK 33 WILLYS 408 CI 10.41 + .0121 .1330 10.4221 126.24
10 314 PRO ET STEVEN HUDSON HERSHAM UK ALTERED 383 CI 09.19 + .0128 .0506 9.2028 139.82
11 608 PRO ET DAN WILLIAMS FLORE UK CHEVELLE 396 CI 10.39 + .0145 .0292 10.4045 125.56
12 648 PRO ET JON TURNER MAIDSTONE UK BARRACUDA 512 CI 09.89 + .0210 .0340 9.9110 136.08
13 351 PRO ET JAMES FORSTER HIGHAM FERRERS UK MUSTANG 347 CI 11.99 + .0212 2.6055 12.0112 114.75
14 256 PRO ET ETHAN LISLE WHITLEY BAY UK COMET 540 CI 09.90 + .0231 .0636 9.9231 137.37
15 205 PRO ET BOB MOLDEN LEEDS UK PEUG 205 410 CI 09.71 + .0248 .0683 9.7348 137.26
16 795 PRO ET MIKE LACEY BICESTER UK CAMARO 555 CI 09.35 + .0256 .4242 9.3756 143.01
17 371 PRO ET PAUL JACKSON SOLIHULL UK 68 CAMARO 09.95 + .0296 .1791 9.9796 133.25
18 103 PRO ET DEL SANDERSON NEWTOWN UK CHEV NOVA 421 CI 11.00 + .0314 .0257 11.0314 122.05
19 79 PRO ET DAVE CHERRETT WORCESTER UK 'A' VAN 493 CI 10.90 + .0442 .1098 10.9442 86.85
20 358 PRO ET SIMON INNES NORTHANTS UK BARRACUDA 493 CI 10.91 + .0521 .2501 10.9621 121.06
21 883 PRO ET STEVE BOWEN PONTY PRIDD MITS EVO 2300 CC 09.27 + .0537 .3817 9.3237 155.76
22 495 PRO ET GEOFF COWLEY EVESHAM UK NOVA 540 CI 09.14 + .0589 .0411 9.1989 143.83
23 757 PRO ET DAVE BAILEY DUNSTABLE UK VALIANT 557 CI 09.20 + .0798 .1923 9.2798 145.68
24 192 PRO ET LEE GUY AYLESBURY UK SIERRA 383 CI 10.58 + .0991 .0298 10.6791 124.41
25 735 PRO ET NIC WILLIAMS FLORE UK CAMARO 454 CI 09.89 + .1009 .0316 9.9909 131.27
26 77 PRO ET DAVID NAPIER DARLINGTON UK CHALLENGER 655 CI 09.55 + .1154 .3024 9.6654 141.16
27 649 PRO ET GINO BERNADINE SOUTHALL UK ESCORT 2000 CC 09.20 + .5259 .1733 9.7259 133.29
28 723 PRO ET GORDON NORTHWAY WINDSOR UK CAVALIER 555 CI 09.00 + .7240 .1018 9.7240 139.85
29 569 PRO ET LEIGH MORRIS NUNEATON UK JAG E TYPE 3800 CC 10.90 + .8812 .5288 11.7812 115.02
Best R.T. was DEL SANDERSON + .0257
Best E.T. was SEAN LAW 9.0875
Best MPH was STEVE BOWEN 155.76
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16:55 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 9 In the first pair the quickest pass in Street Eliminator history by Mark Todd, 7.267, backed up for a new record by yesterday's 7.333, congratulations Mark! Another PB for Matt Smith we believe, well done Matt!
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
24/05/2015 16:58:38 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 65 MARK TODD + 0.7156 7.2672 7.2672 00.00 197.26
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 + 0.1057 8.3069 8.3069 00.00 169.17
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
15 321 RICHARD MERRIMAN + 0.1330 12.0450 12.0450 00.00 111.12
16 524 NICK HALE + 0.2088 12.0723 12.0723 00.00 111.39
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16:50 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Peter Adorjan 9.9111/146.65 bye; Knut Möller 8.5013/164.25, Jemma Venables 7.6253/188.15; Garry Bowe 7.6626/193.04, Graham Dance 9.9407/175.04; Erich Gruber 8.0791/177.83, Daniel Donat Lencses 7.4931/186.52; Mark Wells 7.8063/184.37, Danny Cockerill 7.5885/191.36; Pete Field 7.2404/196.39, Mogens Lund 9.0614/93.88; Richard Hann 7.3368/196.39, Richard Stubbins 7.3073/196.31; Dave Holland 7.1556/202.56, Steve Venables 7.2697/199.73 Dave Holland backs up his 7.095 for a new European ET record, well done Dutch!
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
24/05/2015 16:50:58 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 + 0.1201 7.2404 7.2404 00.00 196.39
5 58 RICK STUBBINS + 0.2633 7.3073 7.3073 00.00 196.31
6 49 RICHARD HANN + 0.0216 7.3368 7.3368 00.00 196.39
7 5 MORGENS LUND + 0.1904 7.4480 7.4480 00.00 192.13
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 9 JEMMA VENABLES + 0.0885 7.6253 7.6253 00.00 188.15
11 47 MARK WELLS + 0.2121 7.8063 7.8063 00.00 184.37
12 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.2642 7.9010 7.9010 00.00 182.82
13 61 ERICH GRUBER + 0.3522 7.9606 7.9606 00.00 179.97
14 52 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.5337 8.2286 8.2286 00.00 174.40
15 131 KNUT MOELLER + 0.5181 8.5013 8.5013 00.00 164.25
16 148 PETER ADORJAN + 0.8663 9.9111 9.9111 00.00 146.65
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16:40 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Otto Knebl 7.2479/195.35 bye; Bob Brooks 11.3308/74.91, Nick Milburn 7.9316/180.66; Steve Woollatt 8.3026/105.52, Ian King 5.8305/232.52; Rikard Gustafsson 6.5068/209.13, Filippos Papafilippou no time 1.1433 to sixty for Otto, looking good to start with, 4,5950/147.70 at the eighth with the bike heading determinedly for the centre line. Otto had to feather the throttle for a second to get the bike straight then got back on the gas. Improvement but stayed in place. 1.1477 to sixty for Bob and then the bike sounded to struggle, 5.9104/91.99 at the eighth, pretty much cruising by then. 1.3155 to sixty for Nick, a stab of flame from one pipe, Nick got off and on the throttle. 5.2589/141.20 at the eighth and stayed with it most of the way. Fantastic run for Ian! 1.0003 to sixty, 3.8129/201.13 at the eighth, the first half of a new European ET record and already on a speed record, third quickest Top Fuel Bike racer on Planet Earth, well done Ian! 1.1099 to sixty for Steve, motor sounded to be suffering and shut off by the eighth 4.4521/134.31. 1.1002 to sixty for Rikard, 4.2322/175.61 at the eighth, good for #2 spot. Bangs from Fil's motor and shut off before sixty, rolled to a halt before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
16:30 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Job Heezen 7.7421/193.76 bye; Ronny Aasen no time, Martijn de Haas 6.7358/208.04 1.2929 to sixty for Job, off the throttle for a second about the eighth 5.0553/137.82. Crew looked mystified. Smoke from Ronny's motor and cut out a few feet off the line. 1.2265 to sixty for Martijn, 4.4500/174.10 at the eighth, the wick turned up a little more. very straight pass, too. Qualifying after this session:
16:25 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Len Paget 7.6348/168.53 bye; Alex Hope 7.3749/179.97, Martin Bishop 7.3972/179.24; Ray Debben 8.7024/141.59, Mark Smith 9.2846/98.76; Kenneth Holmberg 7.6557/179.26, Allan Davies 7.7922/171.12; Gert-Jan Laseur no time, Martin Newbury 7.6959/152.15; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1674/185.90, Fredrik Fredlund 7.1538/185.83 Sounded like a languid launch for Len. 1.0976 to sixty, 4.7952/141.65 at the eighth, consistent with his previous best. 1.1305 to sixty for Alex, 1.1344 for Bish. Alex with the better eighth also 4.6981/148.56 to Bish's 4.7027/148.52. Bish a couple of places up the ladder. 1.2233 to sixty for Ray, 1.1529 for Mark, Ray's bike sounding to struggle towards the eighth 5.3930/122.10, Mark's motor groaning and he shut off around the eighth 5.0902/119.00. 1.2798 to sixty for Kenneth, front end pogoing up and down and the engine note going with it. 1.2369 to sixty for Allan. 4.9659/149.06 to the eighth for Kenneth to Allan's 4.9855/142.60. Gert-Jan's motor stopped before sixty feet 1.2344. 1.1780 to sixty for Martin, 4.8377/145.74 at the eighth, his motor made a groaning noise just before the stripe and he shut off. His ET good for a move up the ladder though. Great match-up to end the session. Fredde with the better sixty 1.0664 to Karl-Heinz' 1.0843, eked out a visible lead by the eighth 4.5297/151.89 to 4.5553/152.49. Qualifying after this session:
16:10 Martin Hill followed Fuel FC with a 5.6744/262.00 in the Fireforce 5 Jet Dragster. 3.8179/204.22 at the eighth. Eric Teboul was next up on his Rocket Bike, 5.6001/242.48. 3.7138/207.87 at the eighth. 15:55 Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) John Spuffard 4.5542/265.14 bye; Gordon Smith 6.6160/107.29, Kevin Kent 4.6228/205.97 Spuff's chance to back up yesterday's records. Motor was initially reluctnat to start and Crew Chief Bob Jarrett was shaking his head as the body was put down. Cylinder out at the hit but 0.9464 to sixty, 3.6325/225.42 at the eighth, blackstriping all the way to the thousand. Records not backed up this time but plenty more sessions left this weekend. Gordon almost back at the Tree returning from his burnout before Kevin pulled his burnout. 0.9584 to sixty for Gordon and then shake and smoke, off the gas before the eighth. 0.9370 to sixty for Kevin, 3.5432/232.08 to the eighth then the tyres started to turn and smoke. Kevin caught that very quickly, off the gas. Qualifying after this session:
15:25 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Duncan Micallef 4.0952/262.46, Micke Kågered 4.1373/244.64; Jari Halinen 4.2548/292.98, Stig Neergaard 4.0449/293.96; Birgitte Bremnes 4.2323/246.55, Tethys 4.9362/154.72; Anita Mäkelä 4.6455/169.13, Liam Jones 8.7238/66.38 Great paired burnout by Duncan and Micke made a lot of the VIPs on the balcony jump. Interestign pair of runs wth both motors looking like they wanted to go pop. Visible 0.1353 to 0.3193 holeshot for the Maltese Lion, Micke with the better sixty 0.8665 to Duncan's 0.9085, Duncan's motor was spitting orange flame as well as nitro flames. Duncan to the eighth in 3.2477/263.86 to Micke's 3.2415/257.20. Duncan's motor looked to quit just before the stripe, flash of flame from Micke's motor also and he was visibly slowing in the traps. Great match-up between Jari and Stig! Jari away first 0.1242 to 0.1604, Stig with the much better sixty 0.8666 to Jari's 0.9325 with a touch of shake. Stig visibly ahead by 330 feet 2.2454 to 2.3852 and pulling further away at the eighth 3.2228/258.68 to Jari's 3.4122/248.05. Jari put on a lot of speed between the eighth and the thousand. Birgitte's first Top Fuel pairing, Tethys away first 0.1861 to 0.3268 but Birgitte with the much better sixty 0.8812 to 0.9227. 2.2780 to 330 for Birgitte and 2.3304 for Tet. tet's tyres went up in smoke before the eighth and he shut it off 3.5453/186.23, Birgitte to the eighth in 3.3209/238.85 with smoke from her motor, off the gas before the stripe. Liam just away first 0.1434 to Anita's 0.1537, 0.8929 sixty to Anita's 0.8806. Liam's tyres went up in smoke before 330 feet and he shut off or was shut off as one of his chutes deployed so maybe the blower panel burst. Smoke from Anita's motor before the eighth 3.3594/199.64 off the gas by then, lots of smoke and then a fire on the right side as she passed under the gantry. Safety crews waited for Liam to get past and then chased after Anita but returned to station very quickly so hopefully all OK. Qualifying after this session:
15:10 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Michael Malmgren 6.7415/205.17 bye; Thomas Lindström 6.6502/201.69, Simon Gustafsson 13.5920/61.51; Magnus Pettersson 6.7549/195.54, Jimmy Ålund 6.5452/211.89 As you doubtless saw in Simon's pit notes, Michael and team had some work to do on his motor after a broken spark plug went for a walk. I don't know enough about Pro Stock motors to say whether the work effectively made it a new motor tuning-wise but this was a good bedding-in pass I'd say. 0.0731 RT, 1.0128 to sixty, car went for the centre line but Mihael stayed with it. 4.3387/162.99 at the eighth. Simon had his bell well rung by shake off the line, 1.0100 to sixty and a move to the left, shut it off. 0.9886 to sixty for Thomas, 4.2740/165.88 at the eighth, had the chutes out right on the stripe. 1.0079 to sixty for Magnus, 4.3480/162.94 at the eighth, off the gas and chutes out before the finish. 0.9763 stormer to sixty for Jimmy, then slight shake which he drove through, 4.2173/167.65 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
14:40 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Micke Gullqvist 6.0481/239.88 bye; Wayne Nicholson 7.5436/185.89, Kev Slyfield 6.4038/221.14; Bruno Bader 6.1824/222.51, Peter Wacker 7.1740/192.13; Marco Maurischat 7.1468/152.09, Andy Wright 6.8379/204.29; Chris Isaacs 7.8959/125.14, Rick Garrett 6.3950/210.91; Tero Laukkanen 6.2585/241.10 bye; Jean Dulamon 6.3050/213.08 bye; Andy Robinson 6.2635/229.34, Marcus Hilt 6.3727/220.18; Roger Johansson 6.3128/224.74, David Vegter 13.7038/64.29; Norbert Kuno 8.9256/108.82, Mats Eriksson 6.2988/214.82 After problems yesterday Micke pulls out the big one. 0.9882 to sixty, car headed towards the centre line but Micke stayed with it. 3.9655/186.48 at the eighth and quite a hard move left again but Micke stayed on the gas. Up from #17 to #2 at that point. Happy Birthday to Kev and how about that for a present - a new PB, well done Kev! 1.0519 to sixty, 4.1884/221.14 at the eighth, nice straight pass and up to #10. Wayne looked to drive through shake, 1.2252 to sixty, off the gas before the eighth 4.8289/135.64. 1.0191 to sixty for Bruno, shake marks past the Tree. 1.0702 for Peter, no shake marks. Bruno's Vette made a move to the right about 300 feet out but he stayed with it, 4.0372/184.16 at the eighth. 4.6173/150.94 to the eighth for Peter beginning to pull it all back together again after his long lay-off. Big start line advantage for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, 0.1242 to Andy's 0.4125. The better sixty for Marco 1.0670 to 1.0872, Andy with the better eighth 4.4321/165.43 to Marco's 4.4410/167.16. Marco off the gas early and chutes out before the stripe. Very straight pass for Andy, improvement but stayed in place. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris trying a new four-link set-up to get off the line, looked good from here with a 1.0440 to sixty. 0.9561 to sixty for Rick. A screech from Chris' tyres about 100 feet out. Rick to the eighth in 4.1066/171.40, Chris looked to be rolling off the throttle at the eighth 4.6134/145.64. Tero took a bye, Jean Dulamon held for clean-up in the lane just vacated by Chris. 1.0577 to sixty, brief shake which we felt up here. 4.2208/187.25 to the eighth, watching the run I expected a slightly quicker ET to come up on the board but a very consistent pass with Tero's previous best. Clean-up complete Jean took a bye. You could see this was a good one on the launch. 0.9961 to sixty, 4.0963/177.08 at the eighth, exhausts spitting flame all the way and then right on the stripe a bang and ball of flame and the scoop blew off. Safety crews moved instantly and chased Jean down. New PB by 0.3 seconds, well done Jean! Hopefully no damage. 0.9907 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, 1.0395 for Marcus. Andy drove through shake which pushed the Camaro to the right, maybe a brief pedal but either way his eighth 4.1015/177.70. Marcus to the eighth in 4.1430/174.12. Cloud of smoke from Maruc' motor in the shutdown area, track checked and all OK. Shake for David not far off the line, 1.1637 to sixty and then shut it off. 0.9830 to sixty for Roger, the Mustang starting to move to the left and getting very close to the guardrail just past the eighth 4.1128/172.28. Roger stayed on the gas and pulled the car away from the wall, it was close though. 1.0226 to sixty for Norbert, tyres looked to blackstripe and the car put down some fluid as Norbert shut off before the eighth 5.0113/106.29. 0.9739 to sixty for Mats, drove through shake past the Tree. 4.1106/176.09 at the eighth, very straight pass and again I was surprised at the ET since the run looked quicker. Qualifying after this session:
14:00 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jürgen Nagel 5.9636/227.00 bye; Leif Andrésson 5.6988/246.73, Steph Milam 5.9101/232.57 Great run for Jürgen. 0.9586 to sixty, 3.8914/188.96 at the eighth. A gentle bounce in the second half but no problem. Improvement and up to #2. Steph Milam and Leif Andréasson all set, one of them had just fired up when they were shut off for rain. On the restart a great match-up. Leif nailed Steph at the Tree 0.2192 to 0.5397, the better sixty 0.9359 to 1.0169, Steph's car was really powering on though. Leif to the eighth in 3.7326/198.84 and Steph in 3.8811/193.47. PB for Steph and second place reclaimed. Well done Steph, Dave and the team! Qualifying after this session:
12:25 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dennis Habermann 5.4646/263.57 bye; Jonny Lagg 5.8842/231.69, Dave Wilson 5.5681/256.13; Stefan Gunnarsson 6.6032/167.91, Timo Habermann 5.3806/265.18 0.0666 RT for Dennis, 0.9414 to sixty with shake, a pedal at 250 feet then hard on it, 3.6080/210.79 at the eighth and up into #3 spot at that point. Just for a moment as he went into the burnout Jonny's motor sounded as if it were running on one or two cylinders but the burnout was fine. Looked like Grumpy's team had a little trouble getting the plugs out of the injector before he was motioned forward to stage. Jonny away first 0.1141 to 0.1384, Grumpy had the better sixty 1.0338 to 1.0985 and the much better eighth 3.7219/256.13 to 3.9551/211.84. Grumpy's tyre tracks are visible to 1000 feet and they are absolutely straight, you could use his tracks as a ruler. Stefan's car was labouring from the hit, 1.1382 to sixty, off the gas at about half track 4.1742/188.85. Timo flew to sixty feet in 0.8995, car moved a little to the right but Timo had a hold of it, 3.5349/214.50 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
12:00 A big Good Morning to Carla Pittau and Rick McCann who are tuned in either on the way to or in Sweden. Safe journey guys and we wish you were here. A big Good Morning also to Andrew Minor of Andy Hone's crew who is unfortunately stuck in hospital reading this coverage. Get well soon Andrew and hopefully we'll see you back at the track very soon. Super Pro ET qualifying session 9 Very gutsy drive by Laura Turburville in the first pair as the slingshot was really fishtailing in the second half. Fantastic pass for Jayne Kay in the Pink Lady altered, up from #31 to #6 +0.0040 in dial-in. In the other lane Jayne's partner and Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters shut it off before half track, nothing visibly wrong. Next pair and Roy Wilding pulled a perfect 0.0002 RT, I am going to lose count of the perfect lights if this keeps up! Brian Pateman next to make a move, up from #15 to #11. Slotting in behind him a few pairs later was Roy Walker, up from #16 to #12. New PB and a breakout for Rod Harrison, 6.0478 on a 6.10 dial-in, well done Rod! That was with a pedal, too.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
08:00 Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the Main Event brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. No webcast from us today and tomorrow but the great news is that the Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe free Web TV will be broadcasting from now on. You will be able to tune in at www.santapod.co.uk/webtv. It's a nice day here at Santa Pod, it was a nice sunrise and right now just some high overcast and mild temperatures. We are due to start at 09:30 with Q8 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 again 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. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |