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17:10
2016 UK Bike Champions
Congratulations to this year's Drag Bike Champions:
ACU Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt
ACU Pro Stock Bike: Alex Hope
ACU Funny Bike: Phil Crossley
ACU Super Street Bike: Steve Venables
ACU UK Comp Bike: Eddy Smiley
UK National 8.50 Bike: Jay Roe
UK National 9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki
Junior Drag Bike: Liam Holgate
APIRA Supertwin Gas*: Robbie Dobbie
SPRC Supertwin Gas*: Alfie Udall
APIRA ET Bike*: Joe Elliott
SPRC ET Bike*: Wayne Bradley
*Not a National Championship class
17:10
Final results
Blade Dummer +0.0047 on dial-in in the Junior Drag Bike final, close to taking the Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award
in support of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, but Champion Liam Holgate took it on Reaction Time. Alfie Udall won the SPRC Supertwin Gas Championship
by winning his final and Wayne Bradley took the SPRC ET Bike Championship by winning his final, congratulations both!
8.50 Bike final to be re-run: first time round Jake Mechaell rolled through stage and Jay Roe launched as Jake rolled through,
the Tree had not been run so no-one to DQ. Dave Buttery's motor twice cut out in the burnout so Allan Davies took the bye, took the green for
the event win but had problems and shut off, pulled over to the guardrail and stopped at 330 feet.
Funny Bike: Allan Davies no time (bye), Dave Buttery broke
Super Street Bike: Garry Bowe 7.0926/205.19 def. Graham Balchin 7.8246/185.12
Comp Bike: Sean Mills 7.8144/186.50 def. Eddy Smiley 7.9283/173.74
9.50 Bike: Lewis Burgess 9.6872/123.74 def. Richard Sawatzki 9.7205/138.26
8.50 Bike: Jay Roe 8.6960/128.35 def. Jake Mechaell 9.0635/158.55
Junior Drag Bike: Liam Holgate (9.84) 9.9060/62.99 def. Blade Dummer (9.20) 9.2047/69.31
ET Bike: Wayne Bradley (9.10) 11.0540/91.01 def. Gary Hester (11.00) 15.5509/113.79
Supertwin Gas: Alfie Udall 9.3907/135.27 def. Scott Collier 9.5738/134.58 DQ red light
We will post today's pictures when we get back to base so tune back for those in a few hours.
16:10
Martyn Greathead has kindly given us an updated sheet of the best Straightliners times which you can check out
via the Event Index. You may need to refresh the index page for the link to become active.
Super Street Bike eliminations round 2
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 16:04:07 17 SUPER STREET BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 26 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0561 7.6939 7.6939 00.00 198.03
Foul 3 STEVE VENABLES - 0.1973 7.9541 7.9541 00.00 138.66
Win 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.0600 7.0911 7.0911 00.00 203.50
222 ROBERT NILSSON + 0.2208 7.2190 7.2190 00.00 199.77
* = Disqualified
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8.50 Bike eliminations round 2
Champion Jay Roe staged for his round win.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 16:05:15 19 8.50 BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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311 AUGY HARRISON + 0.1546 9.3691 0.8691 08.50 148.13
Win 1 JAKE MECHAELL + 0.1167 8.6711 0.1711 08.50 139.95
Bye . -8.5000 08.50 0.00
Win 2 JAY ROE + 0.8742 . -8.5000 08.50 0.00
* = Disqualified
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Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 16:06:59 21 JUNIOR DRAG BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 1 LIAM HOLGATE + 0.1107 9.8680 0.0280 09.84 62.82
9 JORDAN KENWAY + 0.1165 8.7420 0.0420 08.70 72.78
Win 5 BLADE DUMMER + 0.1987 9.1757 -0.1243 09.30 69.35
Bye . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
* = Disqualified
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That's all of our finals set. Champions after this session:
ACU Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt
ACU Pro Stock Bike: Alex Hope
ACU Funny Bike: Phil Crossley
ACU Super Street Bike: Steve Venables
ACU UK Comp Bike: Eddy Smiley
UK National 8.50 Bike: Jay Roe
UK National 9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki
Junior Drag Bike: Liam Holgate
16:05
Comp Bike eliminations round 2
Congratulations to 2016 ACU UK Comp Bike Champion Eddy Smiley.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 16:01:51 16 COMP BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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15 MARTIN WALKER + 0.1065 8.3496 8.3496 00.00 141.14
Win 6 SEAN MILLS + 0.1268 8.2497 8.2497 00.00 181.34
Win 2 EDDY SMILEY + 0.1127 7.8419 7.8419 00.00 175.08
4 MICK WINYARD + 0.2627 8.1624 8.1624 00.00 173.04
* = Disqualified
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Funny Bike eliminations round 2
Dave Buttery and Allan Davies both staged for their round wins.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 16:02:52 14 FUNNY BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 10 DAVE BUTTERY + 0.8875 . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Bye . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
22 PHIL CROSSLEY . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 42 ALLAN DAVIES + 0.9600 . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
* = Disqualified
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15:55
ET Bike eliminations round 3
Gary Hester through the first pair so Championship rival Wayne Bradley had to go through to keep his hopes alive...
job done! So the winner of the final wins the SPRC Championship (ET Bike is not currently a National class). Joe Elliott
is APIRA ET Bike Champion.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 3
16/10/2016 15:57:43 20 ET BIKE/NAST
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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201 CHRIS NEARY + 0.0174 8.9193 0.2193 08.70 157.91
Win 488 GARY HESTER + 0.0357 11.1246 0.1746 10.95 118.35
463 MICHAEL GOODING + 0.3002 12.0996 -0.0004 12.10 96.50
Win 247 WAYNE BRADLEY + 0.0944 9.1357 0.0357 09.10 138.60
* = Disqualified
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9.50 Bike eliminations round 2
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 15:58:48 18 9.50 BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 832 LEWIS BURGESS + 0.1433 9.5292 0.0292 09.50 139.40
864 BRETT CORDELLE + 0.2237 9.4176 -0.0824 09.50 138.63
Win 1 RICHARD SAWATZKI + 0.0795 9.6916 0.1916 09.50 139.42
169 DAVID BOWE + 0.0476 9.7470 0.2470 09.50 144.90
* = Disqualified
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15:10
ET Bike eliminations round 2
Dave Smart a no show for his race with Chris Neary - in E1 Dave's motor hesitated and some very small pieces
came off the bike. The 2016 title goes down to who goes furthest, Wayne Bradley or Gary Hester.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 2
16/10/2016 15:10:59 20 ET BIKE/NAST
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 463 MICHAEL GOODING + 0.6352 12.1761 2.1861 09.99 112.83
Bye . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
33 DAVE SMART . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 201 CHRIS NEARY + 0.2051 8.8741 0.1741 08.70 144.64
Win 488 GARY HESTER + 0.1871 11.0700 0.1200 10.95 118.83
71 JOE ELLIOTT + 0.1477 9.2328 0.1928 09.04 150.06
Win 247 WAYNE BRADLEY + 0.1786 9.3239 0.2239 09.10 129.39
59 LEO LESTER + 0.2324 9.6824 0.2324 09.45 143.01
* = Disqualified
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Now going into Straightliners, we'll be back soon with the rest of the second rounds of Championship eliminations.
Champions after this session:
ACU Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt
ACU Pro Stock Bike: Alex Hope
ACU Funny Bike: Phil Crossley
ACU Super Street Bike: Steve Venables
UK National 8.50 Bike: Jay Roe
UK National 9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki
Junior Drag Bike: Liam Holgate
15:05
9.50 Bike eliminations round 1
Steve Ashby a no show for his race with Brett Cordelle. Stacey Reed a no show for herrace with Dave Bowe.
Dave Hall a no show for his race with Champion Richard Sawatzki.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 15:04:37 18 9.50 BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 864 BRETT CORDELLE + 0.3570 9.4432 -0.0568 09.50 142.03
367 STEVE ASHBY . -9.5000 09.50 0.00
Bye . -9.5000 09.50 0.00
Win 832 LEWIS BURGESS + 0.2166 9.5151 0.0151 09.50 139.09
218 STACEY REED . -9.5000 09.50 0.00
Win 169 DAVID BOWE + 0.3688 9.5136 0.0136 09.50 145.28
82 DAVE HALL . -9.5000 09.50 0.00
Win 1 RICHARD SAWATZKI + 0.0898 9.7719 0.2719 09.50 137.40
* = Disqualified
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Next up was Neil Midgley with a great 7.4415/141.23 on Chris Hannam's Supertwin, shut ot off at half track and got very close to
the guardrail after the stripe. The target this weekend was a seven and Midgo's licence so part one of that done.
15:00
8.50 Bike eliminations round 1
Daniel Bergelin crossed lanes just before the eighth, don't know how he missed the 594 foot reflector. Jake
Mechaell pushed back after a few more spots of rain in the air, a brief hold but right now the radar is totally
clear following that cloud.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 15:01:50 19 8.50 BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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652 DANIEL BERGELIN + 0.1211 . -8.5000 08.50 0.00
Win 2 JAY ROE + 0.1731 8.7931 0.2931 08.50 125.58
Win 311 AUGY HARRISON + 0.1657 8.6137 0.1137 08.50 159.05
4 ANDY HALEY + 0.0832 8.9053 0.4053 08.50 155.80
Bye . -8.5000 08.50 0.00
Win 1 JAKE MECHAELL + 0.1344 8.6771 0.1771 08.50 159.63
* = Disqualified
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14:50
Supertwin Top Gas eliminations round 1
It's Scott v Alfie for the title in the final.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 14:45:30 4 S/TWIN TOP GAS
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 2 SCOTT COLLIER + 0.0393 9.5730 9.5730 00.00 134.42
586 TONNIE V D BERG + 0.4875 12.0205 12.0205 00.00 127.34
Bye . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 8 ALFIE UDALL + 0.0980 9.4485 9.4485 00.00 135.35
* = Disqualified
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Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1
0.0095 RT for Blade Dummer almost gets him the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award,
and knocks out Championship contender Louis Davies which makes Liam Holgate the 2016 Junior Drag Bike Champion.
Congratulations Liam!
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 14:50:03 21 JUNIOR DRAG BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 9 JORDAN KENWAY + 0.0936 8.7192 0.0192 08.70 70.14
6 JASMINE CORDELLE + 0.3876 8.4445 0.1345 08.31 77.50
Win 1 LIAM HOLGATE + 0.2181 9.8652 0.0552 09.81 62.91
11 MEGAN TALBOT + 0.3460 10.7938 0.1938 10.60 56.81
2 LOUIS DAVIES + 0.1216 8.3041 -0.0459 08.35 79.80
Win 5 BLADE DUMMER + 0.0095 9.3131 0.0131 09.30 66.57
* = Disqualified
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14:40
Super Street Bike eliminations round 1
Allen Jensen in as an alternate for Chris Reed who left the facility earlier. Charly Anasgasti in as an alternate for
Pete Field who also left earlier. Brief hold for a sprinkle of rain after the second pair.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 14:43:29 17 SUPER STREET BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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84 ALLAN JENSEN + 0.3162 7.7890 7.7890 00.00 177.13
Win 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.2241 7.3562 7.3562 00.00 175.03
27 CHARLY ANASGASTI + 0.0212 7.5783 7.5783 00.00 183.62
Win 222 ROBERT NILSSON + 0.1431 7.2434 7.2434 00.00 194.59
46 RUDOLFO MADURO + 0.1588 8.2933 8.2933 00.00 117.00
Win 26 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0888 7.3556 7.3556 00.00 197.20
844 MATHIAS BOHLIN + 0.1090 7.5972 7.5972 00.00 189.00
Win 3 STEVE VENABLES + 0.0337 7.0930 7.0930 00.00 202.43
* = Disqualified
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14:30
Funny Bike eliminations round 1
Filippos Papafilppou a no show for his race with Allan Davies. Allan was accompanied to the start line by two sharks...
no, not a heart med hallucination, more in the gallery later. Flash and a bang from Champion Phil Crossley's motor right
on the stripe, very close to the top end reflectors. Déjà vu for Lorcan Parnell, motor stopped after the burnout and
the transmission must have locked in some manner as the bike had to be picked up to get it off the track.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 14:33:08 14 FUNNY BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 10 DAVE BUTTERY + 0.1530 7.8555 7.8555 00.00 171.76
34 ERIC RICHARD + 0.1251 8.7787 8.7787 00.00 136.57
Win 42 ALLAN DAVIES + 0.1053 7.6220 7.6220 00.00 175.76
30 F.PAPAFILIPPOU . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
3 ROBERT BROOKS + 0.2532 12.9683 12.9683 00.00 58.51
Win 22 PHIL CROSSLEY + 0.0815 7.2980 7.2980 00.00 169.79
* = Disqualified
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14:25
Comp Bike eliminations round 1
John Mclean a no show for his race with eddy Smiley, Eddy staged for the round win. Mark Hope a no show for his race
with Sean Mills.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 14:27:43 16 COMP BIKE
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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163 MARGOT SCHMIDT + 0.3522 10.5483 10.5483 00.00 158.51
Win 15 MARTIN WALKER + 0.1048 8.4225 8.4225 00.00 165.47
Win 2 EDDY SMILEY + 1.1373 . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
237 JOHN MCLEAN . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
9 MARK HOPE . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 6 SEAN MILLS + 0.1109 7.6603 7.6603 00.00 188.13
8 PHILIP LEAMON + 0.1781 9.0790 9.0790 00.00 134.03
Win 4 MICK WINYARD + 0.1902 8.6381 8.6381 00.00 175.72
* = Disqualified
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14:20
ET Bike eliminations round 1
Phil Pratt a no-show for his race with Michael Gooding. Kevin Fuez a no show for his race with Chris Neary and
Duncan Barron a no show for his race with Dave Smart.
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Extreme Bike Weekend 2016. Santa Pod Raceway, England
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 1
16/10/2016 14:23:19 20 ET BIKE/NAST
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Win 463 MICHAEL GOODING + 0.7560 11.8145 2.0745 09.74 78.50
587 PHIL PRATT . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 201 CHRIS NEARY + 2.4925 9.1808 0.4808 08.70 164.75
906 KEVIN FEUZ . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
117 DUNCAN BARRON . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 33 DAVE SMART + 0.6880 19.1615 9.0415 10.12 69.73
333 CRAIG LEE BOULTON + 0.0830 9.9230 0.4230 09.50 138.11
Win 59 LEO LESTER + 0.2971 9.6280 0.1280 09.50 141.19
Bye . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
Win 71 JOE ELLIOTT + 0.1013 9.0685 0.0285 09.04 150.43
521 CHRIS MOTT + 0.1580 9.4493 0.3493 09.10 131.28
Win 488 GARY HESTER + 0.2704 11.0381 0.1581 10.88 119.91
11 PHIL CORDELLE + 0.3515 11.5117 0.1117 11.40 113.46
Win 247 WAYNE BRADLEY + 0.1254 9.2363 0.1363 09.10 114.45
* = Disqualified
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14:05
Simon tells us that after qualifying, and as we go into eliminations, the following Championships are already decided.
Congratulations to your 2016 Champions so far:
ACU Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt
ACU Pro Stock Bike: Alex Hope
ACU Funny Bike: Phil Crossley
ACU Super Street Bike: Steve Venables
UK National 8.50 Bike: Jay Roe
UK National 9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki
08:00
Good morning from Santa Pod Raceway and welcome to our coverage of the Extreme Performance Bike Weekend brought to you in association with
John Woolfe Racing.
The Webster Race
Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be on-line
broadcasting live video and commentary / trackside audio so long as the track is open (see below).
The traditional Raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman, although right now she is on the Indian
subcontinent. Hope you are having fun Kathy and don't forget the dirty postcards.
We could do with some Indian weather, or at least an Indian Summer, here as rain came in at the end of the racing day yesterday
and then after a few hours' relative calm overnight it is now falling down. The radar shows it clearing later on so fingers
crossed. We will keep you informed; of course we will not switch on the webcast until we are close to starting.
When we do get going the plan is live reports, results and stats from Your Reporter, Championship updates from Simon, and then a gallery at the
end of the day courtesy of Kirstie and Julian. Martyn Greathead of Straightliners is kindly giving us their Best Times which you can
check out via the Event Index.
If you would like something to look at in the meantime then, if you have not already done so, you can check out yesterday's
gallery which contains 255 pictures courtesy of Kirstie and Julian. You can take a look via the Event Index; if you do not
see all 255 updated thumbnails when you load the Gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.
Stay tuned and we will keep you apprised*.
*The last person to tell Your Reporter "Don't you mean "appraised"?" ended up wishing that they hadn't.
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