Extreme Performance Bike Weekend
Santa Pod Raceway, 15th-16th October 2016

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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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                                   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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