FIA / FIM European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway, 8th-11th September 2016

Friday


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22:55

We have now posted today's gallery, which can be checked out via the Event Index. There are 210 pictures in all, courtesy of Julian and a selection of Super Pro ET people shots by Kirstie. If you do not see all 210 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day three.

20:30

Jet Dragster 1000-foot match race

Martin Hill 4.6118/216.92 def. Julian Webb 6.1077/185.86

That's all the on-track action for today. Stay tuned and we'll have tomorrow's gallery for you in a couple of hours.

20:20

Nostalgia Fuel Car exhibition session 2

Randy Bradford 8.0915/120.20 def. Ron Hope 8.0831/134.84 DQ hit timing reflectors
Tim Garlick 6.5605/167.31 def. Nick Davies 6.9978/165.44 DQ hit timing reflectors

19:55

European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Kevin Kent 5.5304/128.68 bye, Gordon Smith shut off

Gordon's motor sounded close to zinging in the burnout as the car stood up on its tyres. Signalled to shut off for a fluid leak on the way back from the burnout. Kevin took the bye, 0.9152 to sixty, stuck to the track, 2.4173 at 330 feet then a pedal and off it before the eighth 3/8375/149.50.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Kevin Kent 5.5304/128.68

19:50

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

Tethys 5.1809/145.70, Duncan Micallef 9.2385/74.07; Steve Ashdown 8.7793/62.56, Urs Erbacher 7.4180/89.78; Anita Mäkelä 8.1720/80.22, Stig Neergaard 7.2789/83.19; Micke Kågered 6.5373/99.04, Liam Jones 4.1135/230.93

Tethys tells us that this morning's problem was a broken cable to one of the fuel pumps. teat away first 0.4057 to 0.5733, Duncan had the much better sixty 0.8634 to 0.9498. Duncan hit shake and shut off, Tet going great guns to about 500 feet then looked like cylinders mixed and the header flames went solid yellow rather than transparent orange, shut it off before the eighth 3.6760/166.54. Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs away first 0.1417 to Steve's 0.4295. Urs to sixty in 0.8637, shake and two pedals then off the gas. Steve to sixty in 0.9213 already shaking and off the pedal. Anita away first 0.1134 to Stig's 0.2755, storming 0.8418 sixty to Stig's 0.8576, looked from here like shake for both (difficult to tell as it is quite dark now), Anita off it about 150 feet out and Stig not long after with his flames turning green into the bargain. Micke just away first 0.1398 to Liam's 0.1411, one of the quickest sixturs we have seen in Europe at 0.8378 but he paid for it with shake and off the gas not much further on. 0.8499 to sixty for Liam, stuck to the track just fine, 2.2079 to 330 feet and still on the gas at the eighth, 3.1761/260.12 off it before the thousand.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Liam Jones 3.9890/306.91
  2. Stig Neergaard 4.0848/282.18
  3. Micke Kågered 4.1563/247.32
  4. Anita Mäkelä 4.5498/217.73
  5. Steve Ashdown 5.0086/188.15
  6. Tethys 5.1809/145.70
  7. Urs Erbacher 5.5768/104.57
  8. Duncan Micallef 9.2385/74.07

19:20

Attention Junior Dragster teams

Deputy Race Director Karl Birkenshaw tells us that a meeting of Junior Dragster drivers and their parent or guardian licence holders takes placein the Stewards' room next to Signing On at 08:30 tomorrow (Saturday). Attendance is mandatory.

19:00

Our webcast has now stopped. We have the Allard Chrysler, cheerleaders and other entertainment before the night qualifying session for FIA Top Fuel Dragster (19:30) and Fuel Funny Car plus the Fuel Altereds and Nostalgia Funny Car so stay tuned for the numbers.

18:50

Don't forget that our webcast will be stopping and the Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe Web TV will be commencing at 19:00. You can find the link to the Web TV on our Event Index.

Super Comp qualifying session 8

Lots of smoke from one bank on Tyler Ashdown's dragster in the first pair. Track checked and all OK so hopefully nothing serious. Paul Brown up from #8 to #5 next pair. Ronald Huis next to run but reversed and returned to the pits.

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2016 18:51:47                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   424     JON GILES           + 0.0701  8.9009  0.0009  08.90 150.56
  2   3       PETER CRESWELL      + 0.0268  8.9050  0.0050  08.90 151.16
  3   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0278  8.9135  0.0135  08.90 155.79
  4   69      JON MORTON          + 0.0818  8.9174  0.0174  08.90 147.68
  5   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0278  8.9184  0.0184  08.90 156.83
  6   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0805  8.9235  0.0235  08.90 151.06
  7   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.1771  8.9291  0.0291  08.90 144.86
  8   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0117  8.9504  0.0504  08.90 151.61
  9   309     TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.3804  8.9554  0.0554  08.90 147.23
 10   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0537  9.0088  0.1088  08.90 149.06
 11   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0615  9.0111  0.1111  08.90 111.54
 12   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0540  9.0274  0.1274  08.90 147.61
 13   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1390  9.0940  0.1940  08.90 152.14
 14   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.7822  9.1404  0.2404  08.90 121.11
 15   33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.2311  9.2324  0.3324  08.90 151.56
 16   323     PHILIP BENNETT      - 0.0224  9.2340  0.3340  08.90 139.11

* = Disqualified 
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18:45

Super Gas qualifying session 8

0.0070 RT by Stuart Doignie in the first pair. Dan Page answered that with a 0.0023 RT next pair.

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2016 18:45:02                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0237  9.9087  0.0087  09.90 147.61
  2   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0121  9.9141  0.0141  09.90 154.16
  3   424     JON GILES           + 0.0169  9.9224  0.0224  09.90 149.62
  4   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.0853  9.9291  0.0291  09.90 137.71
  5   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2186  9.9326  0.0326  09.90 121.41
  6   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.2244  9.9334  0.0334  09.90 123.19
  7   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1655  9.9369  0.0369  09.90 134.17
  8   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0591  9.9395  0.0395  09.90 146.27
  9   512     S.REFFELTRATH       + 0.0243  9.9453  0.0453  09.90 142.49
 10   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.2151  9.9540  0.0540  09.90 129.05
 11   69      DAN PAGE            + 0.0023  9.9952  0.0952  09.90 146.30
 12   777     NEIL HUNTER         - 0.1959 11.3169  1.4169  09.90 161.36

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street qualifying session 8

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2016 18:47:26                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0924 10.9357  0.0357  10.90 118.40
  2   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.1260 11.0111  0.1111  10.90 111.25
  3   252     SARA UNSWORTH       + 0.3535 11.0159  0.1159  10.90 122.73
  4   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1608 11.0371  0.1371  10.90  85.22
  5   104     DAVID WITHINGTON    + 0.4143 11.0621  0.1621  10.90 121.40

* = Disqualified 
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18:40

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 7

Paige Wheeler up from #7 to #5 at 0.0062. 0.0025 RT for Thaliah Gibb moved her up from #18 to #4.

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                                              F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                            QUALIFYING ROUND SHEET
JUNIOR DRAGSTER                                                   ROUND # 6                                  09/09/2016 18:40:39
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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   1        JM/A     LOTTIE BRADFORD      GNOSALL  UK                DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    +  .4150   .0002  8.3150    75.91  
2   33       JM       ROMAN SIXTA          CZECH REPUBLIC  CZ         DRAGSTER   480 CC     08.90    +  .1866   .0006  9.0866    70.01  
3   25       JM/A     JOE HOLLAND-VILLA    HURSTPIERPOINT  UK         DRAGSTER              07.90    +  .2047   .0013  8.1047    79.23  
4   15       JM/A     THALIAH GIBB         ROMFORD  UK                DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    +  .1621   .0025  8.0621    78.81  
5   36       JM/A     ADAM BENTLEY         WEST MIDLANDS  UK          HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    + 1.0354   .0040  8.9354    73.58  
6   801      JM/A     PAIGE WHEELER        WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .1815   .0062  8.0815    78.82  
7   11       JM/A     SHANNON KIDDELL      ESSEX  UK                  DRAGSTER   515 CC     07.90    +  .4236   .0097  8.3236    75.16  
8   12       JM/A     AARON FENSOME        WOLLASTON  UK              HALF SCALE 515 CC     07.90    +  .1485   .0121  8.0485    79.65  
9   38       JM       FRANKIE FORDHAM      LINCOLNSHIRE  UK           DRAGSTER   400 CC     08.90    + 1.2931   .0166 10.1931    66.56  
10  6        JM/A     BILLY RINGER         PETERBOROUGH  UK           DRAGSTER   298 CC     07.90    + 1.5603   .0167  9.4603    65.49  
11  8        JM/A     THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT   FLITWICK  UK               HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    +  .3430   .0172  8.2430    77.35  
12  37       JM/A     JACK GOODING         IPSWICH  UK                DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .1853   .0210  8.0853    78.68  
13  35       JS       HARRY REDSHAW        DARLINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   250 CC     12.90    + 3.6002   .0214 16.5002    35.03  
14  16       JM/A     RUARIDH HART         WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    + 1.7945   .0222  9.6945    63.65  
15  4        JM/A     S.FENSOME-JELL       WOLLASTON  UK              HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    +  .4118   .0283  8.3118    76.28  
16  19       JM/A     CAITLIN WILSON       SCARBOROUGH  UK            MIKE BOS   350 CC     07.90    + 1.0219   .0295  8.9219    69.73  
17  23       JM/A     JORDAN PAYNE         CHAWSTON  UK               DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .2346   .0296  8.1346    78.68  
18  34       JS       LUKE MUGRIDGE        MYTCHETT  UK               HALF SCALE 206 CC     12.90    +  .2271   .0305 13.1271    43.05  
19  20       JM       DYLAN BRADLEY        RUSHDEN  UK                DRAGSTER   405 CC     08.90    +  .9199   .0366  9.8199    66.51  
20  5        JM/A     MORGAN WILSON        SCARBOROUGH  UK            MIKE BOS   480 CC     07.90    +  .2237   .0417  8.1237    79.51  
21  9        JM/A     BONNIE WALLACE       BROMHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .2214   .0441  8.1214    78.95  
22  40       JS       DANIEL WEIR          PORTSMOUTH  UK             DRAGSTER   206 CC     12.90    + 1.7193   .0494 14.6193    40.03  
23  14       JM/A     HOLLEY MARSHALL      RUSHDEN  UK                HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    +  .8575   .0544  8.7575    70.06  
24  22       JM       KAITLAN DEEVEY       LONDON  UK                 HALF SCALE 350 CC     08.90    +  .4758   .0608  9.3758    68.12  
25  17       JM       MATTHEW DOWDY        WOOTTON  UK                HALF SCALE 480 CC     08.90    +  .0610   .0622  8.9610    72.28  
26  5336     JM       CASPER LJUNGDAHL     SWEDEN  SE                 DRAGSTER   350 CC     08.90    +  .7685   .0622  9.6685    67.31  
27  39       JS       LIAM MCDONALD        DUBLIN  IR                 DRAGSTER   206 CC     12.90    + 1.3226   .1086 14.2226    44.21  
 Best R.T. was  LOTTIE BRADFORD     +  .0002
 Best E.T. was  AARON FENSOME        8.0485
 Best MPH was  AARON FENSOME        79.65
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18:25

Super Pro ET qualifying session 8

Finally, father and son Barry Giles and Daniel Giles go head-to-head. Daniel spanked Barry at the Tree 0.0043 to 0.1446, Barry moved up from #26 to #25 and Daniel stayed #15. Marius Blackburn up from #29 to #24 next pair, in the other lane a lot of smoke from Dave Evans' Impala worsening as he went down the track. Shut it off at 1000 feet and put the chute out. Track checked and all OK, from here it looked like rubbing tyres so hopefully that's all it was. 0.0034 seconds or 9.72 inches between Paul Marston and Thomas Haas in their subsequent match-up. Scott Hauser +0.0099 on dial-in in the last run of the session.

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                                              F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 16                              09/09/2016 18:27:21
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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   640      S/PRO    JOHN PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.52    +  .0000   .0755  7.5200   176.42  
2   212      S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         ROMFORD  UK                PT CRUISER 540 CI     08.28    +  .0001   .0110  8.2801   159.58  
3   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.01    +  .0002   .2205  8.0102   166.64  
4   3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.58    +  .0018   .0284  7.5818   173.01  
5   66       S/PRO    IAN BROWN            CONNOCK  UK                '67 CAMARO 706 CI     08.50    +  .0026  .0259  8.5026   156.27  
6   7        S/PRO    JOE KELLET           BOLTON  UK                 DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.30    +  .0029  .0086  8.3029   162.46  
7   9        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.92    +  .0053   .0587  8.9253   150.54  
8   470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         YORK  UK                   DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.78    +  .0067   .0376  7.7867   169.16  
9   250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            NORFOLK  UK                DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.88    +  .0070   .2565  6.8870   191.26  
10  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.35    +  .0070   .0382  8.3570   163.04  
11  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.22    +  .0074   .0220  8.2274   162.45  
12  944      S/PRO    MARC HENNEY          GERMANY  DE                DRAGSTER   620 CI     07.70    +  .0075  .0824  7.7075   171.73  
13  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.28    +  .0075   .0292  8.2875   164.82  
14  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.61    +  .0161  .0143  8.6261   152.66  
15  263      S/PRO    DANIEL GILES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.37    +  .0187   .0043  7.3887   179.10  
16  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0188   .0853  8.3588   158.47  
17  935      S/PRO    WOUTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.29    +  .0189   .0945  7.3089   187.40  
18  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.71    +  .0191   .0991  7.7291   173.70  
19  99       S/PRO    CRAIG WRIGHT         EARLS BARTON  UK           MILLER     477 CI     08.45    +  .0205   .0277  8.4705   152.60  
20  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0233   .1411  6.0233   188.97  
21  5        S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.16    +  .0325   .0673  8.1925   160.74  
22  10       S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               RW         350 CI     08.24    +  .0327   .0860  8.2727   159.05  
23  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.76    +  .0411   .2454  7.8011   167.26  
24  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 ALTERED    468 CI     08.90    +  .0431   .1202  8.9431   147.57  
25  25       S/PRO    LEE HUXLEY           LWR BROADHEATH  UK         MUSTANG    560 CI     08.97    +  .0514   .0117  9.0214   146.19  
26  154      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   500 CI     08.28    +  .0521   .1446  8.3321   159.58  
27  56       S/PRO    NIGEL TURNER         MINSTER  UK                DRAGSTER              07.22    +  .0622   .0102  7.2822   182.77  
28  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         EAST ROUNTON  UK           FIREBIRD   6816 CC    07.20    +  .0878  .0256  7.2878   187.40  
29  1969     S/PRO    DAVE TOWNSEND        NORTHANTS  UK              MUSTANG    666 CI     07.55    +  .0947   .3331  7.6447   179.21  
30  896      S/PRO    AUSTIN JAQUES        EASTBOURNE  UK             FORD CAPRI 598 CI     08.85    +  .1060  .3425  8.9560   152.56  
31  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         ESSEX  UK                  DAT 260Z   423 CI     08.50    +  .1186   .1552  8.6186   155.20  
32  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    600 CI     07.14    +  .1230   .3646  7.2630   185.11  
33  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      7328 CC    07.00    +  .3310   .0245  7.3310   186.55  
34  582      S/PRO    DAVID GREENHALGH     BURGESS HILL  UK           NISSAN S15 3200 CC    06.80    +  .3872   .4064  7.1872   190.48  
35  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            '37 CHEVY  672 CI     08.40    +  .5448   .0086  8.9448   145.67  
36  327      S/PRO    JIM DRAPER           FOBBING  UK                T ALTERED  526 CI     07.50    +  .9983  .1516  8.4983   143.10  
 Best R.T. was  DANIEL GILES        +  .0043
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0233
 Best MPH was  NICK GOOD           191.26
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17:55

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

17:50

FIM Europe Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 2 re-run

Garry Bowe 7.4203/169.89 bye

Garry's re-run as predicted after Ven bonked the quarter mile stop in front of him in Q2. Bit of a wild ride for Garry with a wheelie downtrack so his previous best stands.

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2016 16:49:01                              16  FIM SUPER STREET  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.3235  7.0751  7.0751  00.00 204.28
  2   1       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2653  7.1364  7.1364  00.00 197.27
  3   75      GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1022  7.1612  7.1612  00.00 196.29
  4   83      SHAWN BUTTIGIEG     + 0.0657  7.1658  7.1658  00.00 201.52
  5   2       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.2057  7.1806  7.1806  00.00 199.87
  6   5       PETE FIELD          + 0.2031  7.2414  7.2414  00.00 195.54
  7   68      DANIEL LENCSES      + 0.3692  7.2944  7.2944  00.00 189.70
  8   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1221  7.4221  7.4221  00.00 193.04
  9   4       MOGENS LUND         + 0.1907  7.4581  7.4581  00.00 194.71
 10   52      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2594  7.5356  7.5356  00.00 170.48
 11   21      JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.2972  7.5978  7.5978  00.00 185.77
 12   6       THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2001  7.6741  7.6741  00.00 180.68
 13   56      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0781  7.8675  7.8675  00.00 169.82
 14   61      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.3384  8.0643  8.0643  00.00 181.40
 15   47      MARK WELLS          + 0.1492  8.1919  8.1919  00.00 138.97
 16   89      DAVE THOMAS         + 0.0243  8.4404  8.4404  00.00 177.15

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17:45

Pro ET qualifying session 8

Perfect ET for Brian Huxley in the second pair, #25 to #3 at +0.0008, well done Brian! 0.0086 RT by Simon Innes but a breakout to make up for it. -0.0005 breakout for Rick McCann next pair, had the race surface been 1.13 inches longer that would have been a Perfect ET. 0.0077 RT by Annie Wallace in the following pair. There must be something about the left lane: first Simon, then Annie, then in the next pair after Annie's Glenn Pallant pulled a 0.0030 RT.

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                                              F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
PRO ET                                                         THROUGH ROUND # 16                              09/09/2016 17:53:00
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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   735      PRO ET   NIC WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  CAMARO     427 CI     10.12    +  .0000   .0564 10.1200   128.29  
2   542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               '64 FURY   500 CI     09.95    +  .0008   .1018  9.9508   132.96  
3   1        PRO ET   BRIAN HUXLEY         CALLOW END  UK             MUSTANG    560 CI     09.52    +  .0008   .0237  9.5208   140.68  
4   648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           AYLESFORD  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.83    +  .0011   .0942  9.8311   136.43  
5   256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            COMET      524 CI     10.30    +  .0014   .0551 10.3014   132.90  
6   84       PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     400 CI     10.10    +  .0034   .0087 10.1034   129.77  
7   70       PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.76    +  .0038   .1845  9.7638   134.80  
8   610      PRO ET   TIM STANBURY         ST GILES  UK               '68 CAMARO 584 CI     09.28    +  .0042   .0646  9.2842   144.79  
9   2211     PRO ET   KAREN STEVENS        EVESHAM  UK                CHEV VEGA  502 CI     10.08    +  .0071   .2756 10.0871   128.40  
10  82       PRO ET   EDDY VAN DEN BOS     NETHERLANDS  NL            '70 NOVA   455 CI     09.62    +  .0074   .2600  9.6274   136.51  
11  358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.85    +  .0084   .0811 10.8584   120.75  
12  118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.45    +  .0124   .1764  9.4624   141.17  
13  649      PRO ET   GINO BERNADINE       SOUTHALL  UK               ESCORT     2000 CC    09.44    +  .0126   .0710  9.4526   138.95  
14  450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.08    +  .0155   .0936  9.0955   145.22  
15  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        400 CI     10.45    +  .0164   .4082 10.4664   126.49  
16  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          EATON BRAY  UK             VALIANT    557 CI     09.23    +  .0196   .0189  9.2496   144.84  
17  804      PRO ET   ANNIE WALLACE        BROMHAM  UK                FORD POP   355 CI     10.54    +  .0201   .1383 10.5601   124.53  
18  1420     PRO ET   WILL CLARK           CAMBERLEY  UK              DRAGSTER   61 CI      10.55    +  .0207   .0646 10.5707   124.40  
19  626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         DRAGSTER   122 CI     11.07    +  .0214   .1738 11.0914   117.30  
20  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        WEST SUSSEX  UK            FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.40    +  .0233   .0114 10.4233   126.88  
21  252      PRO ET   STEVEN UNSWORTH      REDCAR  UK                 MUSTANG    281 CI     10.75    +  .0247   .4223 10.7747   124.16  
22  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3200 CC    10.90    +  .0305   .5038 10.9305   119.46  
23  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.86    +  .0328   .1507  9.8928   134.12  
24  314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        HERSHAM  UK                FORD 23T   383 CI     09.18    +  .0376   .0745  9.2176   138.95  
25  315      PRO ET   NIGEL GREEN          SCARBOROUGH  UK            VW BEETLE  2165 CC    11.43    +  .0378   .0434 11.4678   109.74  
26  351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        RUSHDEN  UK                MUSTANG    347 CI     11.90    +  .0430   .0717 11.9430   113.59  
27  40       PRO ET   DARREN LAW           HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.13    +  .0458   .4343  9.1758   142.50  
28  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           EVESHAM  UK                CAMARO     555 CI     09.48    +  .0460   .3318  9.5260   139.43  
29  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.24    +  .0502   .1500  9.2902   138.52  
30  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .0509   .1684 10.9509    89.94  
31  888      PRO ET   DAVID NICOL          LEAMINGTON SPA  UK         DRAGSTER   182 CI     09.63    +  .0538   .0197  9.6838   133.60  
32  64       PRO ET   PAUL HERBERT         YARNTON  UK                VW CORRADO 2800 CC    11.99    +  .0621   .0031 12.0521   108.68  
33  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    KENT  UK                   DRAGSTER   1440 CC    09.60    +  .0826   .1001  9.6826   133.74  
34  192      PRO ET   LEE JAMES GUY        AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.20    +  .0863   .1218 10.2863   127.29  
35  281      PRO ET   DAVE CROWHURST       CRANBROOK  UK              VW BEETLE  2000 CC    10.25    +  .0961   .3021 10.3461   130.23  
36  104      PRO ET   DAVID WITHINGTON     CANNOCK  UK                OPEL MANTA 454 CI     11.00    +  .0969   .2571 11.0969   121.39  
37  777      PRO ET   NEIL HUNTER          CHESTERFIELD  UK           CAPRI      446 CI     09.30    +  .1766   .1154  9.4766   164.84  
 Best R.T. was  PAUL HERBERT        +  .0031
 Best E.T. was  MARK BAILEY          9.0955
 Best MPH was  NEIL HUNTER         164.84
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17:30

Super Comp qualifying session 7

Tyler Ashdown up from #9 to #8 with a his first competitive 8.9. Dave Day up from #9 to #7 on the following run. 0.0047 RT by Stu Doignie next pair, in the other lane Phil Bennett shut off by the Tree and rolled to a halt about 400 feet out. Retrieval called.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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09/09/2016 17:34:17                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   424     JON GILES           + 0.0701  8.9009  0.0009  08.90 150.56
  2   3       PETER CRESWELL      + 0.0268  8.9050  0.0050  08.90 151.16
  3   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0278  8.9135  0.0135  08.90 155.79
  4   69      JON MORTON          + 0.0818  8.9174  0.0174  08.90 147.68
  5   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0805  8.9235  0.0235  08.90 151.06
  6   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.1771  8.9291  0.0291  08.90 144.86
  7   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0117  8.9504  0.0504  08.90 151.61
  8   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.4600  8.9538  0.0538  08.90 155.85
  9   309     TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.3804  8.9554  0.0554  08.90 147.23
 10   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0537  9.0088  0.1088  08.90 149.06
 11   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0615  9.0111  0.1111  08.90 111.54
 12   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0540  9.0274  0.1274  08.90 147.61
 13   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1390  9.0940  0.1940  08.90 152.14
 14   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.7822  9.1404  0.2404  08.90 121.11
 15   33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.2311  9.2324  0.3324  08.90 151.56
 16   323     PHILIP BENNETT      - 0.0224  9.2340  0.3340  08.90 139.11

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17:20

Super Gas qualifying session 7

Ronald Huis up from #9 to #7 first pair. 0.0040 RT for Stefan Reffelrath next pair. Bob Molden next up the ladder, #10 to #6 in the last pair.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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09/09/2016 17:22:06                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0237  9.9087  0.0087  09.90 147.61
  2   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0121  9.9141  0.0141  09.90 154.16
  3   424     JON GILES           + 0.0169  9.9224  0.0224  09.90 149.62
  4   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.0853  9.9291  0.0291  09.90 137.71
  5   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2186  9.9326  0.0326  09.90 121.41
  6   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.2244  9.9334  0.0334  09.90 123.19
  7   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1655  9.9369  0.0369  09.90 134.17
  8   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0591  9.9395  0.0395  09.90 146.27
  9   512     S.REFFELTRATH       + 0.0243  9.9453  0.0453  09.90 142.49
 10   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.2151  9.9540  0.0540  09.90 129.05
 11   777     NEIL HUNTER         - 0.1959 11.3169  1.4169  09.90 161.36
 12   69      DAN PAGE            + 0.0127  9.8887 -0.0113  09.90 147.14

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Super Street qualifying session 7

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2016 17:24:07                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0641 10.9806  0.0806  10.90 118.89
  2   252     SARA UNSWORTH       + 0.3535 11.0159  0.1159  10.90 122.73
  3   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1608 11.0371  0.1371  10.90  85.22
  4   104     DAVID WITHINGTON    + 0.2438 11.1222  0.2222  10.90 122.06
  5   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.1136 11.1447  0.2447  10.90  98.98

* = Disqualified 
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17:15

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 7

Improvements for Jonny Smith and Nick Hale but both stayed in place. Jonny close to another nine. Looked like a deliberately gentle pass for Nigel Hale, hope all is OK. Matt Smith again into the sevens despite a pedal and getting on the brakes before the stripe. Good launch for Martin Smith in the Bentley but then a pop from the motor and stood on the brakes, stopped just past the finish line.

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               F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Sports Ladder   QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2016 17:16:29                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.1956  7.2891  7.2891  00.00 198.98
  2   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.2520  7.3895  7.3895  00.00 185.12
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0935  7.5875  7.5875  00.00 182.03
  4   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.2842  7.6383  7.6383  00.00 177.15
  5   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.0644  7.8141  7.8141  00.00 185.88
  6   3       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.2740  7.9542  7.9542  00.00 169.82
  7   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.1503  8.0580  8.0580  00.00 167.29
  8   534     MARK SHERIDAN       + 0.5863  8.2168  8.2168  00.00 170.45
  9   96      BEN BARNWELL        + 3.4862  8.5662  8.5662  00.00 155.78
 10   524     NICK HALE           + 0.2858  9.9755  9.9755  00.00 136.14
 11   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.0078 10.0089 10.0089  00.00 123.10
 12   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.4928 10.5789 10.5789  00.00 123.89

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17:10

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 6

Holley Marshall now in the Junior Funny Car which she drove last season. Shannon Kiddell up from #17 to #5 at 0.0097. Harry Redshaw up from #26 to #12 at 0.0214. Thaliah Gibb up from #21 to #18 at 0.0363.

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JUNIOR DRAGSTER                                                THROUGH ROUND # 6                              09/09/2016 17:10:29
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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   1        JM/A     LOTTIE BRADFORD      GNOSALL  UK                DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    +  .4150   .0002  8.3150    75.91  
2   33       JM       ROMAN SIXTA          CZECH REPUBLIC  CZ         DRAGSTER   480 CC     08.90    +  .1866   .0006  9.0866    70.01  
3   25       JM/A     JOE HOLLAND-VILLA    HURSTPIERPOINT  UK         DRAGSTER              07.90    +  .2047   .0013  8.1047    79.23  
4   36       JM/A     ADAM BENTLEY         WEST MIDLANDS  UK          HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    + 1.0354   .0040  8.9354    73.58  
5   11       JM/A     SHANNON KIDDELL      ESSEX  UK                  DRAGSTER   515 CC     07.90    +  .4236   .0097  8.3236    75.16  
6   12       JM/A     AARON FENSOME        WOLLASTON  UK              HALF SCALE 515 CC     07.90    +  .1485   .0121  8.0485    79.65  
7   801      JM/A     PAIGE WHEELER        WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .0822   .0145  7.9822    79.79  
8   38       JM       FRANKIE FORDHAM      LINCOLNSHIRE  UK           DRAGSTER   400 CC     08.90    + 1.2931   .0166 10.1931    66.56  
9   6        JM/A     BILLY RINGER         PETERBOROUGH  UK           DRAGSTER   298 CC     07.90    + 1.5603   .0167  9.4603    65.49  
10  8        JM/A     THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT   FLITWICK  UK               HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    +  .3430   .0172  8.2430    77.35  
11  37       JM/A     JACK GOODING         IPSWICH  UK                DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .1853   .0210  8.0853    78.68  
12  35       JS       HARRY REDSHAW        DARLINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   250 CC     12.90    + 3.6002   .0214 16.5002    35.03  
13  16       JM/A     RUARIDH HART         WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    + 1.7945   .0222  9.6945    63.65  
14  4        JM/A     S.FENSOME-JELL       WOLLASTON  UK              HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    +  .4118   .0283  8.3118    76.28  
15  19       JM/A     CAITLIN WILSON       SCARBOROUGH  UK            MIKE BOS   350 CC     07.90    + 1.0219   .0295  8.9219    69.73  
16  23       JM/A     JORDAN PAYNE         CHAWSTON  UK               DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .2346   .0296  8.1346    78.68  
17  34       JS       LUKE MUGRIDGE        MYTCHETT  UK               HALF SCALE 206 CC     12.90    +  .2271   .0305 13.1271    43.05  
18  15       JM/A     THALIAH GIBB         ROMFORD  UK                DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    +  .1954   .0363  8.0954    78.00  
19  20       JM       DYLAN BRADLEY        RUSHDEN  UK                DRAGSTER   405 CC     08.90    +  .9199   .0366  9.8199    66.51  
20  5        JM/A     MORGAN WILSON        SCARBOROUGH  UK            MIKE BOS   480 CC     07.90    +  .2237   .0417  8.1237    79.51  
21  9        JM/A     BONNIE WALLACE       BROMHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .2214   .0441  8.1214    78.95  
22  40       JS       DANIEL WEIR          PORTSMOUTH  UK             DRAGSTER   206 CC     12.90    + 1.7193   .0494 14.6193    40.03  
23  14       JM/A     HOLLEY MARSHALL      RUSHDEN  UK                HALF SCALE 480 CC     07.90    +  .8575   .0544  8.7575    70.06  
24  22       JM       KAITLAN DEEVEY       LONDON  UK                 HALF SCALE 350 CC     08.90    +  .4758   .0608  9.3758    68.12  
25  17       JM       MATTHEW DOWDY        WOOTTON  UK                HALF SCALE 480 CC     08.90    +  .0610   .0622  8.9610    72.28  
26  5336     JM       CASPER LJUNGDAHL     SWEDEN  SE                 DRAGSTER   350 CC     08.90    +  .7685   .0622  9.6685    67.31  
27  39       JS       LIAM MCDONALD        DUBLIN  IR                 DRAGSTER   206 CC     12.90    + 1.3226   .1086 14.2226    44.21  
 Best R.T. was  LOTTIE BRADFORD     +  .0002
 Best E.T. was  PAIGE WHEELER        7.9822
 Best MPH was  PAIGE WHEELER        79.79
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16:55

Super Pro ET qualifying session 7 after re-run

Tom Atkinson and Ian Powell offered a re-run after the timing system was set to Junior Dragster for their pair in the last session. Ian Powell up from #23 to #21 at +0.0325.

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                                              F.I.A. European Finals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 7                              09/09/2016 16:56:27
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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   640      S/PRO    JOHN PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.52    +  .0000   .0755  7.5200   176.42  
2   212      S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         ROMFORD  UK                PT CRUISER 540 CI     08.28    +  .0001   .0110  8.2801   159.58  
3   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.01    +  .0002   .2205  8.0102   166.64  
4   3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.58    +  .0018   .0284  7.5818   173.01  
5   66       S/PRO    IAN BROWN            CONNOCK  UK                '67 CAMARO 706 CI     08.50    +  .0026  .0259  8.5026   156.27  
6   7        S/PRO    JOE KELLET           BOLTON  UK                 DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.30    +  .0029  .0086  8.3029   162.46  
7   9        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.92    +  .0053   .0587  8.9253   150.54  
8   470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         YORK  UK                   DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.78    +  .0067   .0376  7.7867   169.16  
9   250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            NORFOLK  UK                DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.88    +  .0070   .2565  6.8870   191.26  
10  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.35    +  .0070   .0382  8.3570   163.04  
11  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.22    +  .0074   .0220  8.2274   162.45  
12  944      S/PRO    MARC HENNEY          GERMANY  DE                DRAGSTER   620 CI     07.70    +  .0075  .0824  7.7075   171.73  
13  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.28    +  .0075   .0292  8.2875   164.82  
14  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.61    +  .0161  .0143  8.6261   152.66  
15  263      S/PRO    DANIEL GILES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.39    +  .0188   .0394  7.4088   177.10  
16  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0188   .0853  8.3588   158.47  
17  935      S/PRO    WOUTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.29    +  .0189   .0945  7.3089   187.40  
18  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.71    +  .0191   .0991  7.7291   173.70  
19  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0233   .1411  6.0233   188.97  
20  99       S/PRO    CRAIG WRIGHT         EARLS BARTON  UK           MILLER     477 CI     08.45    +  .0287  .0090  8.4787   152.08  
21  5        S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.16    +  .0325   .0673  8.1925   160.74  
22  10       S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               RW         350 CI     08.24    +  .0327   .0860  8.2727   159.05  
23  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.76    +  .0411   .2454  7.8011   167.26  
24  25       S/PRO    LEE HUXLEY           LWR BROADHEATH  UK         MUSTANG    560 CI     08.97    +  .0514   .0117  9.0214   146.19  
25  56       S/PRO    NIGEL TURNER         MINSTER  UK                DRAGSTER              07.22    +  .0622   .0102  7.2822   182.77  
26  154      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   500 CI     08.25    +  .0792  .0292  8.3292   160.71  
27  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         EAST ROUNTON  UK           FIREBIRD   6816 CC    07.20    +  .0878  .0256  7.2878   187.40  
28  1969     S/PRO    DAVE TOWNSEND        NORTHANTS  UK              MUSTANG    666 CI     07.55    +  .0947   .3331  7.6447   179.21  
29  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 ALTERED    468 CI     08.90    +  .0996  .0669  8.9996   146.25  
30  896      S/PRO    AUSTIN JAQUES        EASTBOURNE  UK             FORD CAPRI 598 CI     08.85    +  .1060  .3425  8.9560   152.56  
31  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    600 CI     07.14    +  .1230   .3646  7.2630   185.11  
32  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         ESSEX  UK                  DAT 260Z   423 CI     08.55    +  .1785   .0111  8.7285   151.07  
33  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      7328 CC    07.00    +  .3310   .0245  7.3310   186.55  
34  582      S/PRO    DAVID GREENHALGH     BURGESS HILL  UK           NISSAN S15 3200 CC    06.80    +  .3872   .4064  7.1872   190.48  
35  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            '37 CHEVY  672 CI     08.40    +  .5448   .0086  8.9448   145.67  
36  327      S/PRO    JIM DRAPER           FOBBING  UK                T ALTERED  526 CI     07.50    +  .9983  .1516  8.4983   143.10  
 Best R.T. was  REINIER VAN SCHELT  +  .0086
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0233
 Best MPH was  NICK GOOD           191.26
-------------------------------------------------- END OF TSI RACENET SYSTEM QUALIFYING LIST ---------------------------------------

16:50

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

Steve Venables hit the quarter mile reflector invalidating his time and he was ahead of Garry Bowe so will have stopped his clock also. Garry's time will perforce have to be discounted. The below reflects that (excuse the pun) and I am guessing that Garry may be offered a re-run.

Mark Wells 8.1919/138.97, Graham Dance 7/5356/170.48; Erich Gruber 8.0643/181.40, Dave Thomas 8.6656/174.38; Thomas Granica 7.6741/180.68, Steve Mead 8.0450/175.03; Jemma Venables 7.7659/185.88, Mogens Lund 7.4851/192.07; Pete Field 7.2414/195.54, Richard Hann 7.4590/191.23; Rick Stubbins 7.1806/199.87, Daniel Donat Lencses 7.2944/189.70; Graham Balchin 8.3046/120.79, Shawn Buttigieg 7.1658/201.52; Steve Venables no time DQ, Garry Bowe no time

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Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.3235  7.0751  7.0751  00.00 204.28
  2   1       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2653  7.1364  7.1364  00.00 197.27
  3   75      GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1022  7.1612  7.1612  00.00 196.29
  4   83      SHAWN BUTTIGIEG     + 0.0657  7.1658  7.1658  00.00 201.52
  5   2       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.2057  7.1806  7.1806  00.00 199.87
  6   5       PETE FIELD          + 0.2031  7.2414  7.2414  00.00 195.54
  7   68      DANIEL LENCSES      + 0.3692  7.2944  7.2944  00.00 189.70
  8   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1221  7.4221  7.4221  00.00 193.04
  9   4       MOGENS LUND         + 0.1907  7.4581  7.4581  00.00 194.71
 10   52      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2594  7.5356  7.5356  00.00 170.48
 11   21      JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.2972  7.5978  7.5978  00.00 185.77
 12   6       THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2001  7.6741  7.6741  00.00 180.68
 13   56      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0781  7.8675  7.8675  00.00 169.82
 14   61      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.3384  8.0643  8.0643  00.00 181.40
 15   47      MARK WELLS          + 0.1492  8.1919  8.1919  00.00 138.97
 16   89      DAVE THOMAS         + 0.0243  8.4404  8.4404  00.00 177.15

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16:35

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

Glenn Borg 7.8703/170.46 bye; Bob Brooks 9.2649/140.26, Steve Woollatt 12.3856/75.05; Chris Reed 7.7629/166.69, Dale Leeks 7.6306/135.75;

Otto Knebl 7.1346/170.45, Phil Crossley 7.2615/175.04; Stuart Crane 8.0009/128.32 bye, Lorcan Parnell did not start; Rikard Gustafsson 6.5906/155.76, Flippos Papafilippou 6.8724/198.90; Ian King no time DQ, Rene van den Berg 7.7586/117.77

1.3260 to sixty for Glenn, 5.1218/147.15 at the eighth; I am guessing a non-nitrous pass. 1.0767 to sixty for Steve, looked like shake from here and shut off. Bob to sixty in 1.1660, to the eighth in 5.6995/114.92, sounded to be feathering the throttle. Flame from Bois' right pipe as he pushed forward from the burnout, adjusted the tutu so I guess it's not flameproof. Bois to sixty in 1.1888, Dale in 1.0991. Bois to the eighth in 4.9038/142.48, motor sounded to be struggling a little and a grunt from Dale's motor past the eighth 4.6093/145.36. Spots of rain in the air again after Bois and Dale went through the finish line so a brief hold.

1.0687 to sixty for Otto, 1.0628 for Phil. Otto to the eighth in 4.3780/164.84 but heading left and had to shut it off. 4.5390/146.45 to the eighth for Phil. Stu to sixty in 1.1116, the eighth in 4.7662/143.85 then sounded to run out of gears, shut it off. Great run for Fil! 1,1078 to sixty, 4.4645/166.53 to the eighth. Great run to start with for Rikard, 1.0735 to sixty, 4.0042/191.17 at the eighth then shut it off. When Rikard deployed his chute it could clearly be seen blowing to one side, wind starting to move round to a crosswind. Ian was bulbed by the Autostart. Rene to sixty in 1.0590, the eighth in 4.3445/143.76 rolling off the throttle. Ian hit the throttle anyway to get data, close to the centre line in the second half, shut off but still hit the 1254 foot reflector.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Rene van den Berg 6.1538/229.34
  2. Ian King 6.2509/182.02
  3. Rikard Gustafsson 6.5906/155.76
  4. Filippos Papafilippou 6.8724/198.90
  5. Otto Knebl 7.1346/170.45
  6. Phil Crossley 7.2615/175.04
  7. Lorcan Parnell 7.3993/174.40
  8. Stuart Crane 7.4061/176.32
  9. Dale Leeks 7.5842/172.42
  10. Chris Reed 7.7629/166.69
  11. Glenn Borg 7.8703/170.46
  12. Bob Brooks 8.3222/142.56
  13. Steve Woollatt 12.3856/75.05

16:05

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Petr Ceska 8.1627/140.33 bye; Chris Hannam 10.9553/80.65, Ronny Aasen 7.2681/166.69; Roman Sixta 7.2681/181.40, Martijn de Haas 6.7717/203.36

Petr to sixty in 1.2962, eighth in 5.1424/140.83, just sounded to run out of grunt in the second half. 1.1480 to sixty for cannon, 1.2372 for Ronny with nitro flames clearly visible. Cannon off the gas by the eighth, Ronny disapearing into the distance at the eighth 4.7452/171.08 then his nitro flames went green and he shut it off at about 1000 feet. Rman to sixty in 1.1646, Martijn in 1.2039. At the eighth one of the wheelie bar side panels came off Roman's bike, 4.7060/164.16 nevertheless. 4.4424/172.10 to the eighth fr Martijn, an improvement but stayed #2.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Samu Kemppainen 6.6089/202.46
  2. Martijn de Haas 6.7717/203.36
  3. Roman Sixta 7.0124/178.51
  4. Ronny Aasen 7.0960/149.55
  5. Petr Ceska 8.1627/140.33
  6. Chris Hannam 9.1647/109.79

15:55

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

Fredrik Fredlund 7.1755/185.89, Alex Hope 7.5388/174.35; Len Paget 7.5452/169.82, Mark Smith 20.5807/26.98; Get-Jan Laseur no time DQ, Maurice Bertrand 7.4873/172.38; Martin Bishop 7.4663/177.12, Martin Newbury 9.1556/91.40;

Nce run for Fredde, 1.0615 to sixty, 4.5564/150.97 at the eighth. 1.1724 to sixty for Alex, 4.7954/146.67 at the eighth. consistent pass for Len. 1.0916 to sixty to mark's 1.2022 with problems and quickly shut off. Len to the eighth in 4.7319/139.83. Gert-Jan left before the lights ran. 1.1024 to the eighth for Maurice, 4.7123/145.33 at the eighth and up to #3. 1.1381 to sixty for Bish, 1.1171 for Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin N. 4.7327/146.14 to the eighth for Bish but Martin N shut off as he got very close to the right guardrail.

Fredde's run subsequently DQ'd for bike under weight.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Martin Bishop 7.4663/177.12
  2. Maurice Bertrand 7.4873/172.38
  3. Martin Newbury 7.4901/171.10
  4. Len Paget 7.5422/171.12
  5. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5096/144.82
  6. Alex Hope 7.5388/174.35
  7. Mark Smith 7.8389/164.27
  8. Fredrick Fredlund 21.9921/21.55

15:50

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Stefan Ernryd 7.5880/149.06 bye; Magnus Pettersson 6.7761/203.47 bye; Jimmy Ålund 17.8711/44.94, Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6830/202.37

Stefan's motor again hunting similarly to a blown-alcohol motor as it did on the test day, but stayed lit this time. 1.0037 to sixty, 4.6660/148.58 at the eighth with the motor note wavering and shut off at 1000 feet. Nice run for Magnus. 0.9979 to sixty, 4.3503/160.72 at the eighth, on the gas all the way. Slight improvement and stayed #3. Instant hideous shake for Jimmy and off the gas. Bengt to sixty in 0.9812, the eighth in 4.2619/163.36, sounded like a long time in top gear so I guess an early last shift.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.6125/209.97
  2. Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6139/208.09
  3. Magnus Pettersson 6.7761/203.47
  4. Stefan Ernryd 7.5880/149.06

15:40

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Mick Payne did not start, Wayne Nicholson 6.8216/207.22 bye; Roger Moore 6.4464/214.08, Johan Lindberg 6.0046/238.58; David Vegter 6.3267/228.17, Marcus Hilt 6.7796/170.43; Jean Dulamon 6.3882/221.45, Marco Maurischat 6.3165/226.79; Bert Englefield 6.2803/224.64, Kev Slyfield 10.9551/76.84; Andy Robinson 6.1336/229.34, Norbert Kuno 11.6527/86.51; Marck Harteveld 15.6934/51.32, Thomas Stiefel 6.1896/229.06; Mats Eriksson 6.0936/231.55, Michel Tooren 6.2882/231.41; Micke Gullqvist 5.9172/242.87, Bruno Bader 6.0632/231.37

Mick due to run against Wayne but did not start and pushed out of the way of the queue. Wayne took the bye, 1.0764 to sixty, 4.4316/161.32 at the eighth, straight pass and no visible dramas. A big Hello to Roger's daughter and crew Lucy whom I am guessing is at school or college today. Roger away frst 0.0890 to Johan's 0.1256 and then Johan started to catch him 1.0115 to sixty to Roger's 1.0280. Roger to the eighth in 4.1597/172.27 but Johan visibly ahead by then 3.9512/190.22 and first to the stripe by 0.4052. David drove through shake to the Tree and visibly lost time there, 1.0988 to sixty to Marcus' 1.0397. Marcus with the better eighth 4.1804/170.82 to David's 4.1937/182.00, Marcus visibly in front when his blower panel blew past the eighth. Rain in the air as David and Marcus went through the top end became light rain and we went on hold.

On the restart 1.0149 to sixty for Jean and 0.9893 for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco who drove through a little shake past the Tree. Marco with the better eighth 4.1288/176.09 to Jean's 4.1785/175.63, clean run and improvements for both. Bert away first 0.1708 to Kev's 0.3301, the better sixty 0.9955 to Kev's 1.0132 with shake for both. Bert got through it but Kev had to back off after his car started to heard for the guardrail. 4.0794/177.63 to the eighth for Bert and a move up the ladder. I didn't hear Norbert go on the two-step, sounded like a foot launch if such a thing is possible in a Pro Mod, 1.1046 to sixty with shake and off the gas very quickly. 0.9951 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, 4.0013/183.42 to the eighth and up the ladder. Nice drifting burnout for Marck playing chicken with starter David Warren then instant shake and off the gas. Thomas to sixty in 1.0250 with clear shake marks but stayed with it, 4.0620/183.98 at the eighth. Mats spanked Michel at the Tree 0.0965 to 0.5206 and had the much better sixty 0.9919 to Michel's 1.0517 driving through shake which lost him a lot of ET. Mats to the eighth in 3.9930/185.00, Michel visibly a long way back at 4.1692/182.62. Great match to end the session. Bruno away first 0.0843 to Micke's 0.1203 then Micke started to pull it back, 0.9749 to sixty to Bruno's 0.9827 despite clear shake marks, Micke with a storming eighth 3.8913/191.25 to Bruno's 3.9472/184.77. Micke back into #1 spot.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Micke Gullqvist 5.9172/242.87
  2. Johan Lindberg 6.0046/238.58
  3. Mats Eriksson 6.0578/236.10
  4. Bruno Bader 6.0632/231.37
  5. Andy Robinson 6.1336/229.34
  6. Marck Harteveld 6.1814/226.67
  7. Thomas Stiefel 6.1896/229.06
  8. Michel Tooren 6.1972/232.87
  9. Bert Englefield 6.2803/224.64
  10. Norbert Kuno 6.3005/225.89
  11. Kev Slyfield 6.3132/221.42
  12. Marco Maurischat 6.3165/226.79
  13. David Vegter 6.3267/228.17
  14. Jean Dulamon 6.3882/221.45
  15. Roger Moore 6.4464/214.08
  16. Marcus Hilt 6.7796/170.43
  17. Wayne Nicholson 6.8216/207.22

14:50

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

Jonny Lagg 5.5919/265.61 bye; Dave Wilson 5.7510/255.26 bye; Dennis Habermann 5.4387/265.60, Jndia Erbacher 5.9461/246.50; Timo Habermann 8.8479/92.18, Rod Harrison 5.9016/230.10

Nice run for Jonny, wick turned up sufficiently for a place up the ladder. 0.9921 to sixty, 3.5736/212.95 at the eighth, nitro flames clearly visible all the way along. Grumpy's motor sounded to hesitate very slightly off the line. 1.0528 to sixty and 3.8622/207.06 at the eighth, stayed in place in the ladder. 0.9537 to sixty for Dennis, 1.0721 for Jndia again with a huge cloud of smoke from both banks at the hit. Dennis to the eighth in 3.5949/212.91, Jndia's motor sounded to be labouring past the eighth 3.9920/201.23 and a cylinder went out on the left side before the stripe. Timo away first 0.1166 to 0.3086 and the better sixty 0.9009 to 1.0341 but then shake for Timo and off tha gas past 330 feet 2.5440. Rod to the eighth in 3.8445/193.43 and back into the fives, well done Rod and team!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Timo Habermann 5.3380/263.74
  2. Dennis Habermann 5.4308/266.84
  3. Jonny Lagg 5.5919/265.61
  4. Dave Wilson 5.6059/256.12
  5. Rod Harrison 5.9016/230.10
  6. Jndia Erbacher 5.9461/246.50

14:35

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 7

Another improvement for Belinda Bull, stayed in #4.

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Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3764    JENS EKLUND         + 0.0915  7.1309 -1.0391  08.17 189.77
  2   490     ANDY FROST          + 1.1973  6.4527 -0.5773  07.03 234.80
  3   821     RENE EHRISMANN      + 0.2690  7.3508 -0.5092  07.86 181.32
  4   95      BELINDA BULL        + 0.0825  7.1208 -0.4392  07.56 184.99
  5   176     KEV PERKINS         + 0.1310  7.6541 -0.3459  08.00 176.42
  6   194     MICHAEL OATES       + 0.4866  8.5841  0.7441  07.84 151.58

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Next up is today's second Pro session minus Top Fuel Dragster and Fuel FC which will be running this evening.

14:20

Super Pro ET qualifying session 7

First pair of Tom Atkinson and Ian Powell likely to be offered a re-run as the timing system was set for Junior Dragster. Mark Flavell looks to be leaving his earlier problems behind, up to #28 at +0.0878. #36 to #25 for Nigel Turner at +0.0622, car owner and Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek Flynn again very pleased with that one.

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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   640      S/PRO    JOHN PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.52    +  .0000   .0755  7.5200   176.42  
2   212      S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         ROMFORD  UK                PT CRUISER 540 CI     08.28    +  .0001   .0110  8.2801   159.58  
3   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.01    +  .0002   .2205  8.0102   166.64  
4   3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.58    +  .0018   .0284  7.5818   173.01  
5   66       S/PRO    IAN BROWN            CONNOCK  UK                '67 CAMARO 706 CI     08.50    +  .0026   .0259  8.5026   156.27  
6   7        S/PRO    JOE KELLET           BOLTON  UK                 DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.30    +  .0029   .0086  8.3029   162.46  
7   9        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.92    +  .0053   .0587  8.9253   150.54  
8   470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         YORK  UK                   DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.78    +  .0067   .0376  7.7867   169.16  
9   250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            NORFOLK  UK                DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.88    +  .0070   .2565  6.8870   191.26  
10  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.35    +  .0070   .0382  8.3570   163.04  
11  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.22    +  .0074   .0220  8.2274   162.45  
12  944      S/PRO    MARC HENNEY          GERMANY  DE                DRAGSTER   620 CI     07.70    +  .0075   .0824  7.7075   171.73  
13  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.28    +  .0075   .0292  8.2875   164.82  
14  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.61    +  .0161   .0143  8.6261   152.66  
15  263      S/PRO    DANIEL GILES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.39    +  .0188   .0394  7.4088   177.10  
16  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0188   .0853  8.3588   158.47  
17  935      S/PRO    WOUTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.29    +  .0189   .0945  7.3089   187.40  
18  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.71    +  .0191   .0991  7.7291   173.70  
19  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0233   .1411  6.0233   188.97  
20  99       S/PRO    CRAIG WRIGHT         EARLS BARTON  UK           MILLER     477 CI     08.45    +  .0287   .0090  8.4787   152.08  
21  10       S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               RW         350 CI     08.24    +  .0327   .0860  8.2727   159.05  
22  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.76    +  .0411   .2454  7.8011   167.26  
23  5        S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.15    +  .0422   .0625  8.1922   161.29  
24  25       S/PRO    LEE HUXLEY           LWR BROADHEATH  UK         MUSTANG    560 CI     08.97    +  .0514   .0117  9.0214   146.19  
25  56       S/PRO    NIGEL TURNER         MINSTER  UK                DRAGSTER              07.22    +  .0622   .0102  7.2822   182.77  
26  154      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   500 CI     08.25    +  .0792   .0292  8.3292   160.71  
27  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         EAST ROUNTON  UK           FIREBIRD   6816 CC    07.20    +  .0878   .0256  7.2878   187.40  
28  1969     S/PRO    DAVE TOWNSEND        NORTHANTS  UK              MUSTANG    666 CI     07.55    +  .0947   .3331  7.6447   179.21  
29  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 ALTERED    468 CI     08.90    +  .0996   .0669  8.9996   146.25  
30  896      S/PRO    AUSTIN JAQUES        EASTBOURNE  UK             FORD CAPRI 598 CI     08.85    +  .1060   .3425  8.9560   152.56  
31  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    600 CI     07.14    +  .1230   .3646  7.2630   185.11  
32  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         ESSEX  UK                  DAT 260Z   423 CI     08.55    +  .1785   .0111  8.7285   151.07  
33  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      7328 CC    07.00    +  .3310   .0245  7.3310   186.55  
34  582      S/PRO    DAVID GREENHALGH     BURGESS HILL  UK           NISSAN S15 3200 CC    06.80    +  .3872   .4064  7.1872   190.48  
35  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            '37 CHEVY  672 CI     08.40    +  .5448   .0086  8.9448   145.67  
36  327      S/PRO    JIM DRAPER           FOBBING  UK                T ALTERED  526 CI     07.50    +  .9983   .1516  8.4983   143.10  
 Best R.T. was  REINIER VAN SCHELT  +  .0086
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0233
 Best MPH was  NICK GOOD           191.26
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14:00

Pro ET qualifying session 7

Nice 0.0056 RT by Laura Baynton in the first pair. Next pair and Carla Pittau up to #3 at +0.0038, one place behind husband Rick McCann. Hold for rain before the next pair pulled their burnouts. Next pair and Ethan Lisle went from #30 to #2 #2 +0.0014 on dial-in. Glenn Pallant up from #12 to #9 at +0.0124. Brian Huxley on the bump first thing moved further out of danger #26 to #20 at +0.0363. Next pair, Rhiannon Bellenie pushed back before staging. Rick McCann on the first run with the replacement transmission went +0.0181. Keith Herbert up from #12 to #2 at +0.0008. Next pair and a great 0.0030 RT by Dave Cherrett. In the last pair Jon Turner +0.0011 to move up from #29 to #3

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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   735      PRO ET   NIC WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  CAMARO     427 CI     10.12    +  .0000   .0564 10.1200   128.29  
2   542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               '64 FURY   500 CI     09.95    +  .0008   .1018  9.9508   132.96  
3   648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           AYLESFORD  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.83    +  .0011   .0942  9.8311   136.43  
4   256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            COMET      524 CI     10.30    +  .0014   .0551 10.3014   132.90  
5   84       PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     400 CI     10.10    +  .0034   .0087 10.1034   129.77  
6   70       PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.76    +  .0038   .1845  9.7638   134.80  
7   610      PRO ET   TIM STANBURY         ST GILES  UK               '68 CAMARO 584 CI     09.28    +  .0042   .0646  9.2842   144.79  
8   2211     PRO ET   KAREN STEVENS        EVESHAM  UK                CHEV VEGA  502 CI     10.08    +  .0071   .2756 10.0871   128.40  
9   82       PRO ET   EDDY VAN DEN BOS     NETHERLANDS  NL            '70 NOVA   455 CI     09.62    +  .0074   .2600  9.6274   136.51  
10  358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.85    +  .0084   .0811 10.8584   120.75  
11  118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.45    +  .0124   .1764  9.4624   141.17  
12  649      PRO ET   GINO BERNADINE       SOUTHALL  UK               ESCORT     2000 CC    09.44    +  .0126   .0710  9.4526   138.95  
13  450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.08    +  .0155   .0936  9.0955   145.22  
14  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        400 CI     10.45    +  .0164   .4082 10.4664   126.49  
15  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          EATON BRAY  UK             VALIANT    557 CI     09.23    +  .0196  .0189  9.2496   144.84  
16  804      PRO ET   ANNIE WALLACE        BROMHAM  UK                FORD POP   355 CI     10.54    +  .0201   .1383 10.5601   124.53  
17  1420     PRO ET   WILL CLARK           CAMBERLEY  UK              DRAGSTER   61 CI      10.55    +  .0207   .0646 10.5707   124.40  
18  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        WEST SUSSEX  UK            FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.40    +  .0233   .0114 10.4233   126.88  
19  252      PRO ET   STEVEN UNSWORTH      REDCAR  UK                 MUSTANG    281 CI     10.75    +  .0247   .4223 10.7747   124.16  
20  626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         DRAGSTER   122 CI     11.05    +  .0256   .0920 11.0756   115.52  
21  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3200 CC    10.90    +  .0305   .5038 10.9305   119.46  
22  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.86    +  .0328   .1507  9.8928   134.12  
23  1        PRO ET   BRIAN HUXLEY         CALLOW END  UK             MUSTANG    560 CI     09.51    +  .0363   .0058  9.5463   139.82  
24  314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        HERSHAM  UK                FORD 23T   383 CI     09.18    +  .0376   .0745  9.2176   138.95  
25  351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        RUSHDEN  UK                MUSTANG    347 CI     11.90    +  .0430   .0717 11.9430   113.59  
26  40       PRO ET   DARREN LAW           HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.13    +  .0458   .4343  9.1758   142.50  
27  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           EVESHAM  UK                CAMARO     555 CI     09.44    +  .0470   .0328  9.4870   140.33  
28  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .0509   .1684 10.9509    89.94  
29  888      PRO ET   DAVID NICOL          LEAMINGTON SPA  UK         DRAGSTER   182 CI     09.63    +  .0538   .0197  9.6838   133.60  
30  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.24    +  .0586   .1948  9.2986   139.39  
31  64       PRO ET   PAUL HERBERT         YARNTON  UK                VW CORRADO 2800 CC    11.99    +  .0621   .0031 12.0521   108.68  
32  315      PRO ET   NIGEL GREEN          SCARBOROUGH  UK            VW BEETLE  2165 CC    11.60    +  .0804  1.4774 11.6804   111.63  
33  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    KENT  UK                   DRAGSTER   1440 CC    09.60    +  .0826   .1001  9.6826   133.74  
34  192      PRO ET   LEE JAMES GUY        AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.20    +  .0863   .1218 10.2863   127.29  
35  281      PRO ET   DAVE CROWHURST       CRANBROOK  UK              VW BEETLE  2000 CC    10.25    +  .0961   .3021 10.3461   130.23  
36  104      PRO ET   DAVID WITHINGTON     CANNOCK  UK                OPEL MANTA 454 CI     11.20    +  .1151   .2093 11.3151   120.77  
37  777      PRO ET   NEIL HUNTER          CHESTERFIELD  UK           CAPRI      446 CI     09.30    +  .1766   .1154  9.4766   164.84  
 Best R.T. was  PAUL HERBERT        +  .0031
 Best E.T. was  MARK BAILEY          9.0955
 Best MPH was  NEIL HUNTER         164.84
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13:35

Super Gas qualifying session 6

Great +0.0026 RT for Jon Giles in the fourth pair.

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  1   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0237  9.9087  0.0087  09.90 147.61
  2   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0121  9.9141  0.0141  09.90 154.16
  3   424     JON GILES           + 0.0169  9.9224  0.0224  09.90 149.62
  4   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.0853  9.9291  0.0291  09.90 137.71
  5   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2186  9.9326  0.0326  09.90 121.41
  6   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1655  9.9369  0.0369  09.90 134.17
  7   512     S.REFFELTRATH       + 0.0243  9.9453  0.0453  09.90 142.49
  8   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.2151  9.9540  0.0540  09.90 129.05
  9   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.1880  9.9546  0.0546  09.90 145.22
 10   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.2145  9.9847  0.0847  09.90 132.93
 11   777     NEIL HUNTER         - 0.1959 11.3169  1.4169  09.90 161.36
 12   69      DAN PAGE            + 0.0127  9.8887 -0.0113  09.90 147.14

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13:30

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 6

Great run for Mark Sheridan, blew away his PB, well done Mark! Improvemnent for Mark Todd to consolidate his #1 spot and not far off his class record. In the other lane Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster shut off and had the anchors out before the eighth. Stu Williams back in action after an epic trip to Leicester and back, good work guys. Side-by-side sevens for Stu and Gary Gooding, well done both! Martin Smith had to pedal in the Bentley but still a 7.8. Matt Smith's tyres up in smoke at the hit in the last run of the session.

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Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.1956  7.2891  7.2891  00.00 198.98
  2   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.2520  7.3895  7.3895  00.00 185.12
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0935  7.5875  7.5875  00.00 182.03
  4   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.2842  7.6383  7.6383  00.00 177.15
  5   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.0644  7.8141  7.8141  00.00 185.88
  6   3       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.2740  7.9542  7.9542  00.00 169.82
  7   534     MARK SHERIDAN       + 0.7917  8.0578  8.0578  00.00 171.75
  8   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.1503  8.0580  8.0580  00.00 167.29
  9   96      BEN BARNWELL        + 3.4862  8.5662  8.5662  00.00 155.78
 10   524     NICK HALE           + 0.3265  9.9847  9.9847  00.00 135.32
 11   8000    JONNY SMITH         - 0.0977 10.1410 10.1410  00.00 128.31
 12   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.4928 10.5789 10.5789  00.00 123.89

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13:20

Super Street qualifying session 6

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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0641 10.9806  0.0806  10.90 118.89
  2   252     SARA UNSWORTH       + 0.3535 11.0159  0.1159  10.90 122.73
  3   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1608 11.0371  0.1371  10.90  85.22
  4   104     DAVID WITHINGTON    + 0.4750 11.1343  0.2343  10.90 119.30

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13:15

Super Comp qualifying session 6

Dave Day up from #9 to #8, improvement for Paul Letchford but stayed #5. Richie Webb's Beetle back in business after rear axle problems, 8.6376. Jon Morton up from #6 to #4 at +0.0174. Billy Gane in at #11 with his first pass of the event in Super Comp. 0.0042 RT for Stu Doignie next pair.

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Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   424     JON GILES           + 0.0701  8.9009  0.0009  08.90 150.56
  2   3       PETER CRESWELL      + 0.0268  8.9050  0.0050  08.90 151.16
  3   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0278  8.9135  0.0135  08.90 155.79
  4   69      JON MORTON          + 0.0818  8.9174  0.0174  08.90 147.68
  5   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0805  8.9235  0.0235  08.90 151.06
  6   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.1771  8.9291  0.0291  08.90 144.86
  7   725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.4600  8.9538  0.0538  08.90 155.85
  8   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0471  8.9843  0.0843  08.90 149.08
  9   309     TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0905  9.0000  0.1000  08.90 146.17
 10   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0537  9.0088  0.1088  08.90 149.06
 11   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0540  9.0274  0.1274  08.90 147.61
 12   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1390  9.0940  0.1940  08.90 152.14
 13   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.7822  9.1404  0.2404  08.90 121.11
 14   33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.2311  9.2324  0.3324  08.90 151.56
 15   323     PHILIP BENNETT      - 0.0390  9.3431  0.4431  08.90 141.23

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13:00

Exhibition session

Julian Webb (Jet Dragster) 7.1660/221.22
Martin Hill (Jet Funny Car) 5.9363/260.44
Eric Teboul (Rocket Bike) 5.5020/242.32

12:45

FIM Europe Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

0.0031 seconds or 11.13 inches between Garry Bowe and Steve Venables in their qualifying match-up

Dave Thomas 8.4404/177.15, Mark Wells 24.7715/37.68; Graham Dance 14.7044/143.38, Jemma Venables 7.5978/185.77 Pete Field 7.2777/180.65 bye; Steve Mead 7.8675/169.82 bye; Richard Hann 7.4221/193.04, Graham Balchin 7.1612/196.29; Mogens Lund 7.4581/194.71, Erich Gruber 8.3514/172.36; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.3163/189.01, Thomas Granica 7.6769/184.29; Garry Bowe 7.1364/197.27, Steve Venables 7.0751/204.28; Shawn Buttigieg 7/2587/198.99, Rick Stubbins 7.2437/193.74

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  1   3       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.3235  7.0751  7.0751  00.00 204.28
  2   1       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2653  7.1364  7.1364  00.00 197.27
  3   75      GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1022  7.1612  7.1612  00.00 196.29
  4   2       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.0666  7.2437  7.2437  00.00 193.74
  5   83      SHAWN BUTTIGIEG     + 0.1080  7.2587  7.2587  00.00 198.99
  6   5       PETE FIELD          + 0.2466  7.2777  7.2777  00.00 180.65
  7   68      DANIEL LENCSES      + 0.4264  7.3163  7.3163  00.00 189.01
  8   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1221  7.4221  7.4221  00.00 193.04
  9   4       MOGENS LUND         + 0.1907  7.4581  7.4581  00.00 194.71
 10   21      JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.2972  7.5978  7.5978  00.00 185.77
 11   6       THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.7666  7.6769  7.6769  00.00 184.29
 12   56      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.0781  7.8675  7.8675  00.00 169.82
 13   61      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.3506  8.3514  8.3514  00.00 172.36
 14   89      DAVE THOMAS         + 0.0243  8.4404  8.4404  00.00 177.15
 15   52      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.0670 14.7044 14.7044  00.00 143.38
 16   47      MARK WELLS          + 0.1762 24.7715 24.7715  00.00  37.68

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12:35

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

Bob Brooks 8.3222/142.56 bye; Phil Crossley 7.4327/178.48, Chris Reed 7.7661/166.08; Dale Leeks 7.5842/172.42, Otto Knebl 7.4985/178.56; Lorcan Parnell 7.3993/174.40 bye, Glenn Borg shut off; Steve Woollatt 12.9427/54.22, Stuart Crane 7.4061/176.32; Filippos Papafilippou 7.1089/195.55, Rikard Gustafsson 6.7976/148.17; Rene van den Berg 6.1538/229.34, Ian King 6.2509/182.02

1.1213 to sixty for Bob, feathered the throttle as the bike headed right then shut it off in the second eighth. 1.1194 to sixty for Phil, 1.1571 for Bois on Richard Gipp's Funny Bike. Phil visibly ahead at the eighth 4.7210/147.08 to Bois' 4.8979/140.39 but Bois' team happy with that. 1.1396 to sixty for Dale, 1.1427 to Otto who had to feather the throttle a couple of times as the Top Fuel Bike headed for the centre line. Dale to the eighth in 4.7180/138.17, Otto in 4.7841/140.39, the bikes 0.009 apart at the stripe. Glenn shut off just before staging. 1.0873 to sixty for Lorcan, 4.6561/145.23 at the eighth, sounded to be feathering thr throttle a little. 1.0743 to sixty for Steve but shut off before the eighth and the bike was heading for the centre line. 1.1268 to sixty for Stu, 4.7114/176.43 at the eighth. Rikard to sixty in 1.0442, feathred the throttle as the front wheel came down, feathered again at the eighth 4.0710/163.95, off the gas and chute out before the stripe. 1.1694 to sixty for Fil, 4.6918/161.88 at the eighth, solid baseline pass. Great match between Rene and Ian! Rene to sixty in 1.0730 to Ian's 1.0184, Ian with the better eighth too 3.9359/196.72 to Rene's 4.0815/189.63, Ian shut it off before the stripe as the bike started to drift off-centre and Rene overhauled him. Rene into the field at the end of the shutdown area, he and the bike quite OK.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Rene van den Berg 6.1538/229.34
  2. Ian King 6.2509/182.02
  3. Rikard Gustafsson 6.7976/148.17
  4. Filippos Papafilippou 7.1089/195.55
  5. Lorcan Parnell 7.3993/174.40
  6. Stuart Crane 7.4061/176.32
  7. Phil Crossley 7.4327/178.48
  8. Otto Knebl 7.4985/178.56
  9. Dale Leeks 7.5842/172.42
  10. Chris Reed 7.7661/166.08
  11. Bob Brooks 8.3222/142.56
  12. Steve Woollatt 12.9427/54.22

12:20

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Petr Ceska 9.7481/132.06, Chris Hannam 9.1647/109.79; Ronny Aasen 7.0960/149.55, Roman Sixta 7.0124/178.51; Martijn de Haas 6.9617/199.79, Samu Kemppainen 6.6089/202.46

Cannon on a good one but the bike headed for the centre line and he shut off by the eightht. Petr plain lacking power. Good baselines for both Ronny and Roman and Ronny especially will be happy with a drama-free pass. More to come from Martijn as he shut it off a touch early. The usual consistent stormer from Samu.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Samu Kemppainen 6.6089/202.46
  2. Martijn de Haas 6.9617/199.79
  3. Roman Sixta 7.0124/178.51
  4. Ronny Aasen 7.0960/149.55
  5. Chris Hannam 9.1647/109.79
  6. Petr Ceska 9.7481/132.06

12:15

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

Maurice Bertrand 7.6426/174.40, Martin Bishop 7.4843/177.11; Mark Smith 7.8389/164.27, Len Paget 7.5422/171.12; Martin Newbury 7.4901/171.10, Fredrick Fredlund 21.9921/21.55; Alex Hope 7.9229/136.46, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5096/144.82

A good pair of baseline runs for Maurice and Bish. Mauric to sixty in 1.1574 to Bish's 1.1422, to the eighth in 4.8922/144.76 to Bish's 4.7561/145.75. 1.1234 to sixty for Mark, 1.1070 for Len, Mark's motor groaned briefly. 4.916/137.75 at the eighth to Len's 4.7346/143.52. Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin to sixty in 1.1529, Fredde in 1.0744 then he shut off. 4.7635/148.04 to the eighth for Martin. Alex to sixty in 1.2013 to Gert-Jan's 1.1412, to the eighth in 4.8695/146.17 rolling off the gas by then, Gert-Jan in 4.6154/152.42 then he shut off also.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Martin Bishop 7.4843/177.11
  2. Martin Newbury 7.4901/171.10
  3. Len Paget 7.5422/171.12
  4. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.5096/144.82
  5. Maurice Bertrand 7.6426/174.40
  6. Mark Smith 7.8389/164.27
  7. Alex Hope 7.9229/136.46
  8. Fredrick Fredlund 21.9921/21.55

12:05

Thanks for the alerts about the Goodyear freckles on the webcam lens. We are cleaning as and when we are able between runs - we nwo have quite a strong headwind which is blowing all manner of rubbish through the porthole.

Nostalgia Fuel Car exhibition session 1

Tim Garlick 6.5711/176.40 bye
Nick Davies 6.5704/218.98 def. Randy Bradford 6.6013/224.75

12:00

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

European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Kevin Kent 12.6044/61.20 bye;

1.0489 to sixty with tyres spinning then shaking, the back of the car jumped up and Kevin got off the gas, turned left as Kevin got off the gas but he had a hold of it.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Kevin Kent 12.6044/61.20

11:55

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

Tethys no time, bye; Urs Erbacher 5.5768/104.57, Steve Ashdown 5.0086/188.15; Liam Jones 3.9890/306.91, Micke Kågered 4.1563/247.32; Stig Neergaard 4.0848/282.18, Anita Mäkelä 4.5498/217.73

Nice burnout by Tethys. Weirdness on the green, car only barely edged out of stage, 9.1122 RT. Starter Ian Marshall stayed clear for a good few seconds then walked into Tet's eye line and signalled him to shut off. Then the team faced the task of shutting off a fuel motor which really didn't want to shut off. Impossible to say from here what happened, throttle linkage looks intact. 0.8727 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs, 0.9150 for Steve. Urs wasoff the gas and chute out by the eighth 3.7044/147.50, looked from here as if that was the safety cut-out so maybe the blower plate. Some shake for Steve which he drove through but the car just looked to be down on power, 3.8327/191.05 at the eighth and off the gas before the stripe. Fantastic run for Liam, his first three. 0.8562 to sixty to Micke's 0.8697, Micke looked to have a cylinder out momentarily. Liam visibly just ahead at the eighth 3.1863/259.44 to Micke's 3.2626/252.88, Liam drove it out the back door whilst Micke shut it off a touch before the stripe. With a tight Champiponship the baby points are going to count here, first blood to Stig although Liam gets the #1 points. Stig to sixty in 0.8443 to Anita's 0.8716 and was clearly in the lead by the eighth 3.2303/249.26 to 3.5239/221.83, Anita's nitro flames more and more transparent as she went down the track, off the gas before the eighth and smoke from both banks.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Liam Jones 3.9890/306.91
  2. Stig Neergaard 4.0848/282.18
  3. Micke Kågered 4.1563/247.32
  4. Anita Mäkelä 4.5498/217.73
  5. Steve Ashdown 5.0086/188.15
  6. Urs Erbacher 5.5768/104.57

11:35

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Stefan Ernryd shut off, bye; Magnus Pettersson 6.7966/203.33 bye; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6139/208.09, Jimmy Ålund 6.6125/209.97

Stefan's motor stopped before the burnout. Restarted and then stopped again, restarted and reversed, went back to the pits. Nice opener for Magnus, 1.0212 to sixty and 4.3740/161.24 at the eighth, chutes out right in the traps. Great match between Bengt and Jimmy. Bengt with the better sixty 0.9603 to 0.9969 and the better eighth 4.2236/164.13 to Jimmy's 4.2637/167.00 but Bengt's car was rocking left and right whilst Jimmy's car was straight as an arrow and he got past Bengt by the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.6125/209.97
  2. Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6139/208.09
  3. Magnus Pettersson 6.7966/203.33

11:25

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Mick Payne shut off, Wayne Nicholson 6.8303/206.01 bye; Marco Maurischat 6.4781/218.26, Roger Moore 6.5342/213.90; Marcus Hilt 6.8304/210.10, Andy Robinson 6.2072/231.27; Kev Slyfield 6.3132/221.42, Bert Englefield 6.4194/219.09; Michel Tooren 6.1972/232.87, Jean Dulamon 6.4658/216.98; Norbert Kuno 6.3005/225.89, Marck Harteveld 6.1814/226.67; Thomas Stiefel 6.2031/229.31, David Vegter 6.5084/228.91; Johan Lindberg shut off, Mats Eriksson 6.0578/236.10 bye Bruno Bader 6.1235/230.37, Micke Gullqvist 6.0291/238.63

A big Hello to Camp Stanley who is tuned in from the USA. 250-foot burnout by Wayne, I think he was using spotter Bob Day as a marker since he shut off as he got to Bob. Mick shut off on returning from his burnout, a small fluid leak, drops not trail. Wayne took the bye, 1.0630 to sixty, 4.4215/161.92 at the eighth, close to the centre line in the second half. Good baseline pass and the team very happy with that. Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco to sixty in 1.0539, Roger in 0.9955 and off the top of my head that's the quickest sixty I can remember seeing for Roger. Shake for Roger and the Viper headed to the right, looked like a brief pedal and the pipes spat flame. Roger with the better eighth 4.2375/170.13 to Marco's 4.2664/174.27, Marco straight down the middle of his lane whilst Roger took the long way round. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy with the better sixty 0.9999 to Marcus' 1.1112, Andy's Camaro hit shake and started to move right, Andy tried to drive through it but a brief pedal before the eighth 4.0738/182.57, chute out on the stripe. Marco to the eighth in 4.5092/168.44, smoke from his motor approaching the stripe. Kev to sixty in 0.9983, Bert in 1.0642 with shake marks clearly visible on the track. Kev clearly ahead by the eighth 4.0903/177.63 to Bert's 4.1859/174.73 heading left, pulled it straight though. New PB ET for Kev, well done Kev and team! Michel rolled the beams which will have affected his ET. 1.1062 to sixty to Jean's 1.0454, Jean's Camaro was intent on going to the centre line however much he pulled it back. Michel down the middle of his lane and to the eighth in 4.0969/185.06, Jean to the eighth in 4.2553/176.93 fighting to keep it in his lane. Great match between Norbert and Marck! Marck with the better sixty 0.9921 to Norbert's 0.9969, Marck drove through high-frequency shake which moved the Bird to the left but he had a hold of it, clear lead at the eighth 4.0143/179.59 to Norbert's 4.1137/176.31. Screaming 330-foot burnout by David went down well with the crowd. Thomas to sixty in 1.0308 to David's 1.1594, not much shake to speak of. Thomas down the middle of the lane and to the eighth in 4.0768/184.91, David lacking at 4.3515/179.59 but not obvious what the problem was. Johan shut off before leaving the pairing lanes. Great bye for Mats, 0.9939 to sixty, drove through shake passing the Tree, our first three at the eighth 3.9722/186.49. Another great pair between Bruno and Micke! Bruno had to driuve through thumping shake passing sixty 1.0009, no such problems for Micke at 0.9763, Micke with a visible lead at the eighth 3.9567/185.02 to Bruno's 3.9990/184.22.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Micke Gullqvist 6.0291/238.63
  2. Mats Eriksson 6.0578/236.10
  3. Bruno Bader 6.1235/230.37
  4. Marck Harteveld 6.1814/226.67
  5. Michel Tooren 6.1972/232.87
  6. Thomas Stiefel 6.2031/229.31
  7. Andy Robinson 6.2072/231.27
  8. Norbert Kuno 6.3005/225.89
  9. Kev Slyfield 6.3132/221.42
  10. Bert Englefield 6.4194/219.09
  11. Jean Dulamon 6.4658/216.98
  12. Marco Maurischat 6.4781/218.26
  13. David Vegter 6.5084/228.91
  14. Roger Moore 6.5342/213.90
  15. Wayne Nicholson 6.8303/206.01
  16. Marcus Hilt 6.8304/210.10

10:55

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

Dave Wilson 5.6059/256.12 bye; Dennis Habermann 5.4308/266.84 bye; Jndia Erbacher 6.9461/141.14, Timo Habermann 5.3380/263.74; Rod Harrison 6.0821/216.13, Jonny Lagg 5.8156/249.10

Great run for Grumpy to open his account. 0.9948 to sixty, drove through what Grumpy unforgettably called "An acceptable level of shake", 3.7309/209.82 at the eighth and visibly accelerating hard in the second half. 0.9440 to sixty for Dennis, visible shake and a brief pedal passing the Tree, 3.5883/213.71 at the eighth with a slight move left and right. Brief consternation arouund Jndia's motor before staging, fluid check and all OK. Timo away first 0.0608 to 0.0984, Jndia to the eighth in 1.0873 with a huge cloud of smoke from both banks, car looked to be struggling and Jndia was off the gas before the eighth. Timo long gone, 0.9005 to sixty, driving through the usual high-frequency shake, huge speed at the eighth 3.5042/215.51. Rod to sixty in 1.0046, Jonny in 0.9805, Jonny with shake and had to pedal, Rod got ahead of him heading for the eighth 3.9100/184.98 to Jonny's 3.9449/207.60, Jonny had to pedal again as the dragster started to move left and right but the car visibly picked up in the last few hundred feet.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Timo Habermann 5.3380/263.74
  2. Dennis Habermann 5.4308/266.84
  3. Dave Wilson 5.6059/256.12
  4. Jonny Lagg 5.8156/249.10
  5. Rod Harrison 6.0821/216.13
  6. Jndia Erbacher 6.9461/141.14

10:40

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 6

Belinda Bull up to #4 with a nice trouble-free run, -0.3674 on index. 7.1713 for Jens Eklund in the other lane. Screaming motor, briefly, and smoke from Andy Frost's Vauxhall, shut it off very quickly. In the other lane Mike Oates got on a serious bounce on the stripe and the slingshot made a big move to the left, looked like Mike had his hands full. Instant shake for Rene Ehrismann, shut off.

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Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3764    JENS EKLUND         + 0.0915  7.1309 -1.0391  08.17 189.77
  2   490     ANDY FROST          + 1.1973  6.4527 -0.5773  07.03 234.80
  3   821     RENE EHRISMANN      + 0.2690  7.3508 -0.5092  07.86 181.32
  4   95      BELINDA BULL        - 0.0782  7.1926 -0.3674  07.56 188.98
  5   176     KEV PERKINS         + 0.1310  7.6541 -0.3459  08.00 176.42
  6   194     MICHAEL OATES       + 0.4866  8.5841  0.7441  07.84 151.58

* = Disqualified 
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Part-time photographers are in place so I guess that means we can start with the Pros now.

10:30

Super Pro ET qualifying session 6

Nice 0.0018 RT by Daniel Giles in the third pair, tyres didn't light in the burnout so maybe that's the trick although I guess it's more likely Dan's long experience and pretty obvious driving skills. Next pair and #1 qualifier John Przybyl went +0.0066 on dial-in. "Hi Mal" on the back of Mark Flavell's Funny Car, we second that, Hi Mal. Soft launch but no bounce this time and the car picked up past about 330 feet. Trouble-free run for Barry Giles also, up from #28 to #24 at +0.0792. Martyn Jones shut off after returning from his burnout, crew noticed something amiss, didn't look like fluid and certainly no clean-up. Jack Brewster took the bye and moved up from #22 to #13 at +0.0075. So right now that's three cars +0.000, ten cars +0.00, and another twelve cars +0.0, awesome! Big nitrous burp for Johan Oomen, blew off the scoop which dangled on its tether, Johan rolled to a halt about 400 feet out. On the restart a great 0.0061 RT for Gordon Northway, in the other lane Scott Hauser +0.0018 on dial-in. Rick Cooke up from #24 to #16 at +0.0188. First outing of the weekend for Jim Draper in the blown-alcohol altered, one chute deployed pulling forward to stage, shut off. Bernard Saz took the bye, in at #29 +0.1665. First outing of the race for Nigel Turner in the blown-alcohol dragster belonging to Derek Flynn of Eurodragster.com sponsor Gold RV although not the first outing as Nigel put in a test pass here on Wednesday. 7.2308 breakout on a 7.32 dial-in, Derek very happy with that.

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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   640      S/PRO    JOHN PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.52    +  .0000   .0755  7.5200   176.42  
2   212      S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         ROMFORD  UK                PT CRUISER 540 CI     08.28    +  .0001   .0110  8.2801   159.58  
3   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.01    +  .0002   .2205  8.0102   166.64  
4   3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.58    +  .0018   .0284  7.5818   173.01  
5   66       S/PRO    IAN BROWN            CONNOCK  UK                '67 CAMARO 706 CI     08.50    +  .0026   .0259  8.5026   156.27  
6   7        S/PRO    JOE KELLET           BOLTON  UK                 DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.30    +  .0029   .0086  8.3029   162.46  
7   9        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.92    +  .0053   .0587  8.9253   150.54  
8   470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         YORK  UK                   DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.78    +  .0067   .0376  7.7867   169.16  
9   250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            NORFOLK  UK                DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.88    +  .0070   .2565  6.8870   191.26  
10  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.35    +  .0070   .0382  8.3570   163.04  
11  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.22    +  .0074   .0220  8.2274   162.45  
12  944      S/PRO    MARC HENNEY          GERMANY  DE                DRAGSTER   620 CI     07.70    +  .0075   .0824  7.7075   171.73  
13  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.28    +  .0075   .0292  8.2875   164.82  
14  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.61    +  .0161   .0143  8.6261   152.66  
15  263      S/PRO    DANIEL GILES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.39    +  .0188   .0394  7.4088   177.10  
16  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0188   .0853  8.3588   158.47  
17  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.71    +  .0206   .1087  7.7306   172.35  
18  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         SOUTHAMPTON  UK            DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0233   .1411  6.0233   188.97  
19  99       S/PRO    CRAIG WRIGHT         EARLS BARTON  UK           MILLER     477 CI     08.45    +  .0287   .0090  8.4787   152.08  
20  10       S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               RW         350 CI     08.23    +  .0375   .0393  8.2675   160.15  
21  935      S/PRO    WOUTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.26    +  .0386   .0504  7.2986   186.56  
22  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.76    +  .0411   .2454  7.8011   167.26  
23  5        S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.15    +  .0422   .0625  8.1922   161.29  
24  154      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   500 CI     08.25    +  .0792   .0292  8.3292   160.71  
25  1969     S/PRO    DAVE TOWNSEND        NORTHANTS  UK              MUSTANG    666 CI     07.55    +  .0947   .3331  7.6447   179.21  
26  896      S/PRO    AUSTIN JAQUES        EASTBOURNE  UK             FORD CAPRI 598 CI     08.85    +  .1060   .3425  8.9560   152.56  
27  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 ALTERED    468 CI     08.85    +  .1088   .0587  8.9588   143.89  
28  25       S/PRO    LEE HUXLEY           LWR BROADHEATH  UK         MUSTANG    560 CI     08.98    +  .1239   .0294  9.1039   144.75  
29  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    600 CI     07.14    +  .1665   .4368  7.3065   184.28  
30  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         ESSEX  UK                  DAT 260Z   423 CI     08.55    +  .1785   .0111  8.7285   151.07  
31  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      7328 CC    07.00    +  .3310   .0245  7.3310   186.55  
32  582      S/PRO    DAVID GREENHALGH     BURGESS HILL  UK           NISSAN S15 3200 CC    06.80    +  .3872   .4064  7.1872   190.48  
33  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         EAST ROUNTON  UK           FIREBIRD   6816 CC    07.20    +  .4901   .1044  7.6901   179.85  
34  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            '37 CHEVY  672 CI     08.40    +  .5448   .0086  8.9448   145.67  
35  56       S/PRO    NIGEL TURNER         MINSTER  UK                DRAGSTER              07.32    -  .0892   .0143  7.2308   184.19  
 Best R.T. was  REINIER VAN SCHELT  +  .0086
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0233
 Best MPH was                      192.08
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09:55

Pro ET qualifying session 6

News from the Pro ET pits is that Rick McCann had to change transmission overnight as the team found that the bellhousing had cracked. That was on top of changing the water pump in Carla Pittau's car earlier in the day and nowadays the Heaven & Hell team don't have the option of going home and doing stuff overnight. There will be more in the pit notes. Tim Stanbury up from #6 to #2 in the first pair at +0.0042. Squeaker -0.0009 RT for Rhiannon Bellenie. James Forster up from #20 to #20 at +0.0430. #32 to #22 for Brian Huxley next pair, +0.0460. Jon Turner into the ladder, #36 to #27 at +0.0556. A casual look at the bump spot towards the end of the session and hell's bells it's now +0.0804 for a 32-car field! Dave Bailey up from #25 to #12 in the last pair but two, +0.0196.

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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   735      PRO ET   NIC WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  CAMARO     427 CI     10.12    +  .0000   .0564 10.1200   128.29  
2   84       PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     400 CI     10.10    +  .0034   .0087 10.1034   129.77  
3   610      PRO ET   TIM STANBURY         ST GILES  UK               '68 CAMARO 584 CI     09.28    +  .0042   .0646  9.2842   144.79  
4   2211     PRO ET   KAREN STEVENS        EVESHAM  UK                CHEV VEGA  502 CI     10.08    +  .0071   .2756 10.0871   128.40  
5   82       PRO ET   EDDY VAN DEN BOS     NETHERLANDS  NL            '70 NOVA   455 CI     09.62    +  .0074   .2600  9.6274   136.51  
6   358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.85    +  .0084   .0811 10.8584   120.75  
7   542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               '64 FURY   500 CI     09.94    +  .0100   .0547  9.9500   133.61  
8   649      PRO ET   GINO BERNADINE       SOUTHALL  UK               ESCORT     2000 CC    09.44    +  .0126   .0710  9.4526   138.95  
9   450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.08    +  .0155   .0936  9.0955   145.22  
10  118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.49    +  .0163   .1552  9.5063   139.45  
11  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        400 CI     10.45    +  .0164   .4082 10.4664   126.49  
12  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          EATON BRAY  UK             VALIANT    557 CI     09.23    +  .0196   .0189  9.2496   144.84  
13  804      PRO ET   ANNIE WALLACE        BROMHAM  UK                FORD POP   355 CI     10.54    +  .0201   .1383 10.5601   124.53  
14  1420     PRO ET   WILL CLARK           CAMBERLEY  UK              DRAGSTER   61 CI      10.55    +  .0207   .0646 10.5707   124.40  
15  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        WEST SUSSEX  UK            FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.40    +  .0233   .0114 10.4233   126.88  
16  252      PRO ET   STEVEN UNSWORTH      REDCAR  UK                 MUSTANG    281 CI     10.75    +  .0247   .4223 10.7747   124.16  
17  626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         DRAGSTER   122 CI     11.05    +  .0248   .2058 11.0748   117.63  
18  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3200 CC    10.90    +  .0305   .5038 10.9305   119.46  
19  314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        HERSHAM  UK                FORD 23T   383 CI     09.18    +  .0376   .0745  9.2176   138.95  
20  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.88    +  .0388   .0095  9.9188   133.30  
21  70       PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.72    +  .0397   .1166  9.7597   134.40  
22  351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        RUSHDEN  UK                MUSTANG    347 CI     11.90    +  .0430   .0717 11.9430   113.59  
23  40       PRO ET   DARREN LAW           HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.13    +  .0458   .4343  9.1758   142.50  
24  1        PRO ET   BRIAN HUXLEY         CALLOW END  UK             MUSTANG    560 CI     09.47    +  .0460   .0935  9.5160   139.89  
25  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           EVESHAM  UK                CAMARO     555 CI     09.44    +  .0470   .0328  9.4870   140.33  
26  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .0509   .1684 10.9509    89.94  
27  888      PRO ET   DAVID NICOL          LEAMINGTON SPA  UK         DRAGSTER   182 CI     09.63    +  .0538   .0197  9.6838   133.60  
28  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           AYLESFORD  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.83    +  .0556   .3462  9.8856   134.92  
29  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.24    +  .0586   .1948  9.2986   139.39  
30  64       PRO ET   PAUL HERBERT         YARNTON  UK                VW CORRADO 2800 CC    11.99    +  .0621   .0031 12.0521   108.68  
31  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            COMET      524 CI     10.25    +  .0668   .2097 10.3168   132.12  
32  315      PRO ET   NIGEL GREEN          SCARBOROUGH  UK            VW BEETLE  2165 CC    11.60    +  .0804  1.4774 11.6804   111.63  
33  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    KENT  UK                   DRAGSTER   1440 CC    09.60    +  .0826   .1001  9.6826   133.74  
34  192      PRO ET   LEE JAMES GUY        AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.20    +  .0863   .1218 10.2863   127.29  
35  281      PRO ET   DAVE CROWHURST       CRANBROOK  UK              VW BEETLE  2000 CC    10.25    +  .0961   .3021 10.3461   130.23  
36  104      PRO ET   DAVID WITHINGTON     CANNOCK  UK                OPEL MANTA 454 CI     11.20    +  .1151   .2093 11.3151   120.77  
37  777      PRO ET   NEIL HUNTER          CHESTERFIELD  UK           CAPRI      446 CI     09.30    +  .1766   .1154  9.4766   164.84  
 Best R.T. was  PAUL HERBERT        +  .0031
 Best E.T. was  MARK BAILEY          9.0955
 Best MPH was  NEIL HUNTER         164.84
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07:30

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod to our coverage of the FIA / FIM European Finals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcast will start shortly before qualifying commences (scheduled for 09:30) and will continue until 19:00 when the Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe Web TV takes over at www.santapod.co.uk/webtv.php. If you have not seen the Web TV before then you have a treat coming; it offers full TV production values with multiple camera angles, replays etc and is broadcast in High Def. And all for free! We will put out the occasional reminder during the day and we will update the Event Index to remove the link to our own webcast but my advice is to bookmark the Web TV link now.

It is another beautiful day here at Santa Pod, beautiful sunrise and very little cloud, and mild.

The reporting plan for today is the full service of live report, pit notes and end-day gallery.

A big Good Morning to all of the Eurodragsterholics with the usual special wave to our faithful coverage fans Ivar Kolberg and Kai Plathan. Also a big Hello and Thank You to Carla Pittau, Rick McCann and the Heaven & Hell Pro ET team for hospitality on the last two evenings. Finally a big Hello to those of you tuned in from your day jobs; we will do our best to bring you all the news as soon as possible. Just don't get yourselves fired. Tog does the firings (Eurodragster.com in-joke - Ed).

At the time that we were told about this it was hush-hush but seeing as the man himself has posted on Facebook we can now tell you that we are down one Pro Mod as Hussain Al Shammari did not have the correct visa to enter the UK.

Pro ET are first out of bed again this morning and will start qualifying at 09:30. As you all know Eurodragster.com is proud not to obsess on the Pros but the Pro sessions are due at 10:30 and 14:30, the latter with the exception of FIA Top Fuel Dragster whose Q2 takes place during the night session at 19:15 together with the Fuel Altereds, Nostalgia FC and other treats. Again that will be on the Web TV so set your bookmarks.

During the Pro sessions we will endeavour to update the race report after every pair. As regulars know it is not possible in some classes but we will do out best so keep hitting Refresh.

Stay tuned and we'll be back with all the news at 09:30.


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