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Mopar EuroNationals
Santa Pod Raceway, 29th-31st July 2016

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22:00

Today's gallery from Kirstie has now been posted and can be checked out via the Event Index. There are 100 pictures in all; if you do not see all 100 updated thumbnails when you load the Gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

16:05

Final results

MSA Pro Modified: Bert Englefield 6.2824/226.90 def. Michel Tooren 9.9729/67.46 DQ red light
Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race: Belinda Bull 7.0295/190.53 def. Rene Ehrismann 8.3695/155.22
Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Fast Bracket: Lee Huxley (9.40) 9.4892/131.02 def. Darren Peart (8.14) 8.0978/163.65 DQ breakout

Today's gallery will be posted when we get back to base this evening.

16:00

MSA Pro Modified final

Bert Englefield 6.2824/226.90 def. Michel Tooren 9.9729/67.46 DQ

Michel briefly went up on the revs as soon as he went into stage, then off the revs and back on when Bert was in stage. I suspect that may have thrown his routine as he pulled a -0.0102 red handing the win to Bert. Bert to sixty in 1.0351 and the eighth in 4.1005/177.79. Michel's blower relief panel blew and the safety device put one chute out before the eighth then it sounded as if Bert's blower panel blew right on the stripe.

15:45

Simon has posted today's second and final set of pit notes including a chat with Roger Johansson.

15:30

Gasser Circus session 8

Great 0.0037 RT by Brian Gibson in this session.

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4

31/07/2016 15:27:22                              19  GASSER CIRCUS     
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   55      RAY TURNER          + 0.0329 12.2709  0.0509  12.22 106.72
      NONE                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Foul  5       KATIE BOOTH         - 0.0309 10.5266 -0.0234  10.55 127.96
Win   1       LEE PIKE/JERRY DENNI+ 0.0157  8.8266 -0.0734  08.90 152.07
 
      64      BRIAN GIBSON        + 0.0037 11.5950  0.2750  11.32 114.93
Win   63      JOHN GRANT/NICK BARN+ 0.0856 11.3548  0.0348  11.32 118.04
 
Win   47      SEAN MILSON         + 0.0240 10.7023  0.6123  10.09 130.14
Foul  66      JOHN GIBSON         - 0.0214 11.9556  0.0556  11.90 110.54

* = Disqualified 
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15:25

Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race final

Belinda Bull 7.0295/190.53 def. Rene Ehrismann 8.3695/155.22

14:10

Gasser Circus session 7

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3

31/07/2016 14:09:55                              19  GASSER CIRCUS     
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      5       KATIE BOOTH         + 0.0680 10.9795  0.1695  10.81 114.34
Win   55      RAY TURNER          + 0.1362 12.3179  0.0979  12.22 106.64
 
Foul  1       LEE PIKE/JERRY DENNI- 0.0335  8.9416  0.0416  08.90 151.04
Win   63      JOHN GRANT/NICK BARN+ 0.0600 11.3685  0.0485  11.32 117.73
 
Win   210     JOHN GIBSON         + 0.2275 11.0548  0.0548  11.00 122.73
Foul  64      BRIAN GIBSON        - 0.0969 11.2926  0.0926  11.20 115.96
 
Win   47      SEAN MILSON         + 0.1312 10.1600  0.0700  10.09 131.27
      13      RAY IRISH           + 0.0677 10.9198 -0.2302  11.15 119.93

* = Disqualified 
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14:00

MSA Pro Modified Test and Tune (left lane first)

Marck Harteveld 6.2320/221.44, Kev Slyfield 12.7601/65.04
Wayne Nicholson 6.7221/209.15 bye
Steve Rawlings 7.6470/195.52 bye
Mick Payne 6.9967/203.48, Bobby Wallace 6.7674/208.00

No chutes for Mick Payne, handbrake turn and a 180 at the end of the shutdown area. Mick and car quite OK.

13:50

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Michel Tooren 6.4291/228.16 def. Andy Robinson no time DQ

Michel got away first 0.1187 to Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy's 0.2108, Michel to sixty in 1.0193 and Andy in 1.0218 with tyres shaking then smoking, Andy's Camaro started to move right and then did a hard left, up on two wheels, taking out the 330 foot reflector and crossing lanes behind Michel. Michel had driven through shake himself and looked like a brief pedal, either way he had lost a little time to the eighth 4.2291/172.26. Andy still had his hands full as the Camaro was skating across the left lane but he managed to get a hold of it and kept it off the guardrail.

Bert Englefield 6.2677/226.90 def. Roger Moore 6.3904/214.93

Superb race! Roger just away first 0.0734 t0 0.0813 and had the better sixty 1.0126 to Bert's 1.0412. Roger drove through shake to about 200 feet whilst Bert started to edge out a lead, 2.7194 to 330 feet to Roger's 2.7258. Bert to the eighth in 4.0875/178.38 to Roger's 4.1358/174.69, Viper made a move to the right in the second eighth, Bert to the stripe first by 0.1148. New PB ET for Roger, well done Roger, Dave and team!

13:40

Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race eliminations round 3

Belinda Bull back into the sixes, well done Belinda and Jeff!

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3

31/07/2016 13:40:41                              10  TOP SPORTSMAN D2  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      25      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.1037  8.0510  8.0510  00.00 171.74
Win   26      BELINDA BULL        + 0.0915  6.9912  6.9912  00.00 193.76
 
      12      NICK CURTIS         + 0.0384  8.2032  8.2032  00.00 167.29
Win   14      RENE EHRISMANN      + 0.1884  7.4182  7.4182  00.00 177.81

* = Disqualified 
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12:10

Gasser Circus session 6

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2

31/07/2016 12:11:09                              19  GASSER CIRCUS     
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul Win  55  RAY TURNER          - 0.0283 12.2525 -0.0475  12.30 107.80
      NONE                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Win   5       KATIE BOOTH         + 0.1538 10.8829  0.0829  10.80 116.71
      63      JOHN GRANT/NICK BARN+ 0.1394 11.4113  0.1113  11.30 118.65
 
      7       NERVOUS NICK        + 0.0990 11.9412  0.1912  11.75 114.32
Win   66      STEVE DIXON         + 0.1833 11.9588  0.0588  11.90 111.08
 
Win   47      SEAN MILSON         + 0.0104 10.1611  0.0711  10.09 131.66
Foul  1       LEE PIKE/JERRY DENNI- 0.0735  9.1073  0.2073  08.90 150.12
 
Win   64      BRIAN GIBSON        + 0.0140 11.3663  0.1663  11.20 115.72
      NONE                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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11:35

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

Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race eliminations round 2

Bye for Rene Ehrismann after Tim Mugridge suffered head gasket damage in E1.

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2

31/07/2016 11:34:12                              10  TOP SPORTSMAN D2  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      15      TIM MUGRIDGE                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   14      RENE EHRISMANN      + 0.1238  7.4177  7.4177  00.00 181.35
 
      18      BOB DOYLE           + 0.1234  8.8960  8.8960  00.00 152.07
Win   26      BELINDA BULL        + 0.0671  7.0316  7.0316  00.00 190.53
 
      17      DARREN PEART        + 0.1056  8.1206  8.1206  00.00 169.17
Win   25      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0753  7.9554  7.9554  00.00 169.83
 
Win   12      NICK CURTIS         + 0.0696  8.2717  8.2717  00.00 166.07
      28      DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.2875 10.3351 10.3351  00.00  69.43

* = Disqualified 
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11:05

Gasser Circus session 5

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

31/07/2016 11:06:23                              19  GASSER CIRCUS     
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   55      RAY TURNER          + 0.0324 12.3528  0.0528  12.30 107.26
      1       LEE PIKE/JERRY DENNI+ 0.3767  8.9265  0.0265  08.90 151.57
 
      47      SEAN MILSON         + 0.0432 10.2150  0.1250  10.09 130.91
Win   63      JOHN GRANT/NICK BARN+ 0.1010 11.3365  0.0365  11.30 116.23
 
Win   5       KATIE BOOTH         + 0.0808 10.8188  0.1688  10.65 123.08
      64      BRIAN GIBSON        + 0.1022 11.5354  0.3354  11.20 115.63
 
Win   7       NERVOUS NICK        + 0.0464 11.8670  0.2070  11.66 107.01
      210     JOHN GIBSON         + 0.2127 11.5006  0.2006  11.30 118.35
 
      13      RAY IRISH           + 0.2453 10.9070 -0.2430  11.15 114.61
Win   66      STEVE DIXON         + 0.1374 12.0114  0.1114  11.90 110.55

* = Disqualified 
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10:35

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Andy Robinson 6.1211/232.87 def. Kev Slyfield 6.4554/219.05

Kev away first 0.0654 to 0.0815 for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy. 1.0022 to sixtyf or Andy, Kev in 1.0218 with shake starting to kick in passing the Tree. Kev's 'Bird started to drift left with tyres still shaking, a brief pedal to get it bacck in line but Andy visibly ahead at the eighth 4.0107/184.89 to 4.2237/173.37. Kev stayed on it all the way but Andy had the stripe by 0.3182.

Bert Englefield 6.2470/228.05 def. Wayne Nicholson 6.8471/205.18

Long burndown befoe this race, Bert visibly got the jump on Waybe 0.1800 to 0.2382 and had the better sixty 1.0397 to 1.0978. Wayne's tyres clearly shaking but he drove through it and hung on to the Vette as it made a gentle move left but he was vsibly losing time to Bert. Bert visibly ahead at the eighth 4.0821/180.48 to Wayne's 4.4505/162.35 and the stripe for Bert by 0.6583.

Roger Moore 6.5572/213.88 def. Bobby Wallace 7.2090/206.19

Our two Nitrous cars matched up. Roger away first 0.0742 to 0.1480, drove through shake passing sixty 1.0472 to Bobby's 1,0331 also with shake. A pedal for Roger and a pop from the exhausts about 150 feet out, meanwhile Bobby's Willys was headed left and then went up on three wheels as he corrected and had to pedal. 4.2819/173.35 to the eighth for Roger with motor popping, 4.7183/147.59 for Bobby. 0.7256 at the stripe in Roger's favour.

Michel Tooren 6.0746/236.41 def. Mick Payne 6.7816/208.88

Fantastic race with two PB ETs! Michel in killer form, got the jump on Mick 0.1125 to 0.2967 and a storming 0.9936 but Mick's 1.0519 was no slouch. Mick drove through shake as the Camaro made moves left and right, I thinkI saw one brief pedal. No such issues for Michel, blasting into the threes at the eighth 3.9830/185.73, Mick's Camaro still making moves at the eighth 4.4027/159.47 but he hung on to it. 0.8912 at the strip and yet another PB ET for Michel, Mick on the gas all the way through the second half and into the sixes, blasting his PB ET nd spoeed into next week. Well done Michel, Mick and teams!

Steve Rawlings followed with an observed run in his Vette. Wheels up, shake and a hard left turn at the hit, had to pedal then off it altogether. 1.2071 at sixty having a good go at taking the reflector. 13.3286/66.58 at the stripe. Marck Harteveld followed with a stunning checkout pass in his Supebird. 1.0273 to sixty, drove through shake liek it wasn't there, something came off the car just before the eighth 4.1239/178.46, on it all the way through to a new PB ET and speed 6.2969/220.35. Well done Marck and team!

10:05

Gasser Circus session 4

Brian Gibson's Dart stood up on its bumper, put it down relatively gently considering and made it to the other end under his own power.

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
31/07/2016 10:04:06                              19  GASSER CIRCUS     
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   55      RAY TURNER          + 0.1342 12.4174  0.0074  12.41 106.53
  2   66      STEVE DIXON         - 0.0705 11.9076  0.0076  11.90 110.82
  3   5       KATIE BOOTH         + 0.2070 10.6120  0.0120  10.60 127.20
  4   210     JOHN GIBSON         + 0.1816 11.0689  0.0489  11.02 121.52
  5   63      JOHN GRANT/NICK BARN+ 0.1093 11.4384  0.0584  11.38 117.42
  6   1       LEE PIKE/JERRY DENNI+ 0.0241  9.1302  0.0702  09.06 149.58
  7   13      RAY IRISH           + 0.1178 11.3923  0.0723  11.32 117.90
  8   64      BRIAN GIBSON        + 0.4608 11.3810  0.1110  11.27 114.64
  9   7       NERVOUS NICK        + 0.1485 11.7129  0.1629  11.55 114.76
 10   47      SEAN MILSON         - 0.0588 10.3322  0.2422  10.09 130.52

* = Disqualified 
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10:00

Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race eliminations round 1

New PB ET for Bob Doyle I believe, well done Bob and Tracey! Peter Lane also close to PB form. First ever seven-second pass for Paul Letchford, nice one Paul! I believe a PB ET for Rene Ehrismann, well done Rene and team! Dave Townsend next with a PB and there is more to come there since there was some shake in the first thirty feet or so, well done Dave and team!

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                 Mopar Euro Nationals 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.     
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

31/07/2016 09:58:32                              10  TOP SPORTSMAN D2  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      27      GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.0807  8.5157  8.5157  00.00 157.38
Win   18      BOB DOYLE           + 0.0847  8.4688  8.4688  00.00 159.64
 
Win   17      DARREN PEART        + 0.2480  7.9942  7.9942  00.00 169.80
      1       DAVE GIBBONS        + 0.1024  8.7914  8.7914  00.00 150.67
 
      19      PETER LANE          + 0.1140  8.6852  8.6852  00.00 156.29
Win   12      NICK CURTIS         + 0.0741  8.2654  8.2654  00.00 166.68
 
      21      MARK BAILEY         + 0.1744  8.9809  8.9809  00.00 149.56
Win   25      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0821  7.9439  7.9439  00.00 170.42
 
      5       LEE HUXLEY          + 0.1713  9.1152  9.1152  00.00 145.69
Win   14      RENE EHRISMANN      + 0.1476  7.3629  7.3629  00.00 181.37
 
      2       MICK PUSEY          + 0.3610  9.6394  9.6394  00.00 134.42
Win   26      BELINDA BULL        + 0.1676  7.0476  7.0476  00.00 185.84
 
      20      CLIFF TURNER        + 0.5981  9.5213  9.5213  00.00 106.29
Win   28      DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.3846  7.0018  7.0018  00.00 195.46
 
      23      JOEL KERR           + 0.1490  8.7783  8.7783  00.00 158.48
Win   15      TIM MUGRIDGE        + 0.0998  7.8590  7.8590  00.00 175.01

* = Disqualified 
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08:00

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

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcast will be on-line from about 09:30 broadcasting live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is open.

It's a nice day here at Santa Pod, sun and high cloud.

The plan for today is for real-time reports and stats on MSA Pro Modified, the Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race and Gasser Circus eliminations, pit notes through the day, and a photo gallery at the end of the day.

The traditional Raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman of Rye NH who is preparing to visit foreign climes. Hope you are all set Kathy. A big Good Morning also to our faithful coverage fans Ivar Kolberg, Kai Plathan and James Humphreys and to all of the Eurodragsterholics. Thank you again for your support.

The track is due to open at 09:45 with round one of the Gearhead Garage UK Top Sportsman Heads-Up Race so stay tuned and when the last pair crosses the stripe we'll be back with the results.