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19.10

Run What Ya Brung

Harvey Dallibar 12.8014/105.03, Ricky Hale with passenger 12.8567/120.74 v Ash Symons 13.8189/104.19, Mark Sheridan lost traction at 100ft after boost came in to 12.288/89.43 v Oly Whitehouse 13.062/95.10. Pause for track inspection.

That's the end of today's track action, thanks for looking in. Come back later for Julian and Diana's galleries.

19.00

Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 2

Kevin Kent 5.1229/155.75 v Steve Ashdown 5.8364/122.51, red for Kevin but no matter as it is qualifying. Kevin 0.9569 to 60ft and 3.7048/175.68 to the eighth, Steve 0.9897 to 60ft, 4.0584/141.98. A great pair of passes.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Kevin Kent 5.1229/155.75
2. Steve Ashdown 5.8364/122.51
3. Jason Phelps 6.1617/114.08

18.45

Run What Ya Brung

Billy Everitt half pass 11.6740/67.10 in the Slick Tricks dragster. Christine McKinney 13.3314/103.59, Paul Bate 11.0462/121.56.

18.45

VW Pro vs VW Sportsman Q&E Combo 1

Philip Jones def. Graham Fairhead (red), Chris Poyner def. Morgan Wilson, Daniel Boucher def. Dave Crowhurst, Laurence Clark def. Robert Carter, Thomas Circuit def. Jake Fronda, Tom Herbert def. Phil Blogg broke off line, Steve Metcalf def. Ian Dale, Jon Crawford def. Jacob Bailey, Stacey Fenton def. Simon Crowley, Marc Taylor def. Hazel Carter, Ed Keech def. Danny Bean, Jerry Sadler def. Jonathan Newell, James Hodson def. Connor Jones, Paul Jackson def. Sam Young (huge wait for Sam Young), Rhys Finney bye, Jon Gallant def. Charles Roberts.

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Q & E COMBO    RND# 1          VW PRO VS SPORT                   07/22/2022
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Run #      Car #   Class     R/T    Index  1/8    1/8     1/4    1/4    Result
Time                                       E.T.   MPH     E.T.   MPH
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# 207    L VWSP354         + .0395  14.44 10.0432  76.02 15.2206  93.10 WINNER 
18:24:56 R VWPRO16         - .2487  11.20  7.5770 100.26 11.8105 102.76  Foul  

# 208    L VWSP326         + .7373  17.70 11.2384  60.70 17.9133  71.68        
18:25:58 R VWPRO274        + .6176  11.77  7.8216  94.02 11.9497 119.29 WINNER 

# 209    L VWPRO281        + .6922   9.51  7.0066 108.58 10.7271 123.71        
18:27:09 R VWSP511         + .2916  12.60  8.1774  85.34 12.8742 104.93 WINNER 

# 210    L VWSP454         + .3950  13.68  8.8397  77.86 13.9453  95.48 WINNER 
18:28:18 R VWPRO72         - .0757  12.97  8.6227  83.15 13.1808 109.21  Foul  

# 211    L VWPRO220        + .6420  11.30  7.8208  95.89 11.9280 119.78        
18:29:27 R VWSP264         + .1414  18.30 11.8146  57.37 18.5469  73.69 WINNER 

# 212    L VWSP981         + .1345  11.60                                      
18:30:53 R VWPRO33         + .2295  13.90  9.0776  75.41 14.2103  92.88 WINNER 

# 213    L VWSP487         + .2267  16.70 10.6947  63.97 17.2160  67.91 WINNER 
18:32:14 R VWPRO63         +1.5652  12.10  7.7060  92.31 12.0763 109.74        

# 214    L VWPRO121        + .2557  11.50  9.0290  68.64 15.4756  66.41        
18:33:42 R VWS748          + .1817  14.98 10.0332  69.95 15.9793  69.93 WINNER 

# 215    L VWSP393         + .6600  15.90 10.4883  69.48 16.1347  87.19 WINNER 
18:34:31 R VWPRO331        + .3520  10.00  7.3528 108.69 10.9795 134.12        

# 216    L VWPRO515        + .4318  10.90  7.0092 109.08 11.1680 101.04 WINNER 
18:35:32 R VWSP172         + .3071  15.10 10.3569  73.21 15.6625  94.44        

# 217    L VWSP482         + .2030  15.00 10.8584  70.23 16.2328  93.89        
18:36:27 R VWPRO27         + .0957  12.00  8.2143  87.82 12.8298  93.08 WINNER 

# 218    L VWPRO304        + .5017  12.00  8.1806  96.50 12.2218 123.05        
18:37:10 R VWSP623         + .1592  15.90 10.3803  67.66 16.3140  76.81 WINNER 

# 219    L VWPRO1          + .1791  10.75  7.1597 101.27 10.9896 121.44 WINNER 
18:38:03 R VWSP355         + .2395  16.20 10.3051  66.17 16.4176  79.67        

# 220    L VWPRO4          + .1670  10.20  7.9440 107.27 11.6293 121.39        
18:39:37 R VWSP156         + .2790  23.50 15.2907  42.58 24.7000  50.47 WINNER 

# 221    L VWSP255         + .3102  16.90 11.2608  64.48 17.4310  78.91 WINNER 
18:40:36 R NONE                                                                

# 222    L VWSP493         + .1197  17.20 11.2339  64.06 17.3438  79.93 WINNER 
18:41:28 R VWPRO402        + .0452  11.60  7.8153  94.63 11.8282 122.18        


Eurodragster.com data with thanks to Santa Pod Raceway
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18.25

Exhibition runs

Wayne Allman (Mental Breakdown VW Type 2 Twin Cab): 7.1511/196.26 Fantastic pass for him, well done to Wayne on a new PB for both ET and speed! 1.1892 to 60ft and 4.6637/158.53 to half track. Nicely controlled run, however some fluid in shut down area. Pause for cleanup.

Perry Watkins (Oklahoma Willy VW Type 2 pickup): 10.8155/151.12.

Martin Hill (FireForce 3 Jet Funny Car): 5.8998/253.20, 1.0746 to 60ft and 4.0332/202.39 to half track.

17.40

Top Fuel Dragster exhibition run

Susanne Callin 6.1622/99.22. 300ft click off for Suzanne, into tyre shake after 60ft which she reached in 0.8569, 4.0232/122.44 to the eighth.

Run What Ya Brung

17.00

First run today for Harvard Dallibar in the NED Bug recreation, 14.941/71.82. Gary Lake 14.558/98.61 v Georgina Smith 15.705/89.75. Test run for Jack Marriage's new build Beetle, 18.116/77.11 with the turbo engine producing more boost this time. Holley Walters 15.609/90.51 first v Georgina Smith 15.760/89.74. Charlie Roberts (VW Pro VW Up!) 11.802/121.53.

Dinner break now, nitro action and jets at 17:30 when we return.

16.30

Connor Jones in his VW Sportsman Beetle 16.322/80.79 vs Holley Walters 15.932/90.84, greetings to brother Pete Walters who can't be here. Followed by Christine McKinney's Outlaw Flat Four Beetle on a checkout pass 20.521/68.23. Then Ricky Hale in the Street Eliminator Chevy C30 pickup, staged to the left, some wheelspin and a slight wander mid track, 11.199/121.77. Debbie Taylor (SPET Mustang) 13.439/100.59 v Ash Symons 15.043/103.74.

Next run for Fredrik Coene from Belgium, nice wheelie and 11.766/112.74, quickest of the day for him. Husband v wife Golf match up between Andrew and Becky Bambrick, Andrew drove off in the distance to 13.466/100.26. Jake Fronda's rapid Audi TT 11.624/118.84. Then the Junior Dragsters of Lola-Belle Kent 11.915/54.08 and Ted Sullivan 8.235/78.27, followed by Jacqueline Bartlett who lost drive off the startline and was pushed back.

Next run for Dave Wheatley from Armagh 10.582/136.04 v Paul Henshall 11.046/131.40, great runs for them.

15.55

Sam Young 10.273/122.05, best so far for the car, and less wheelspin off the line. Jake Fronda (Audi TT) 11.342/121.81 first v Phil Blogg (VW Caddy) 11.764/116.09, Charlie Roberts (Up!) 12.025/126.53.

Tom Atkinson 11.367/120.75 v Andy Dibley 12.530/110.81 Rd 2, Tom with nitrous to one of his best runs yet in the Wagon. Then Billy Everitt in the ex NG Motorsport dragster half pass 11.653/65.07, followed by Luke Stevenson who had two tries with the bump button, high revs and smoke at half track to a 9.0338/142.53. Track check in Luke's lane.

15.30

Andy Dibley 14.029/95.69 v Ash Symons 13.684/106.90. The Outlaw Flat Four of Jon Rathbone, a multi coloured tube chassis Beetle, great looking car, first time out in a few years, however pushed back as it would not go into gear after the burnout. Ed Keech 12.580/104.53, a good run for Ed. Oly Whitehouse first run in his VW Pro Beetle 13.200/84.89. Marc Taylor 10.634/142.01.

15.00

Fredrik Coene (OFF Beetle) 11.902/111.82, Ricky Hale with wheelspin to 11.027/130.52 v Holley Walters 15.3837/91.92. Vito Versluys 10.587/128.38, great run for him. Then Junior Dragsters Jacqieline Bartlett 8.002/80.93 v Lola-Belle Kent 11.935/54.15. Simon Crowley 10.246/136.05. Paul Bate 17.181/64.65 (OFF Beetle), gearchange issues along the track.

James Wotton (OFF Beetle), car made moves to the left and the right to a 11.399/94.43. Another couple of boost tests for Andy Bond, followed by a gentle checkout pass.

14.30

Sam Young's second run also had a lot of wheelspin on the launch, 13.206/114.34, car builder Jon Webster at the startline. Ian Dale's first run today with the Strip Burner Beetle went 13.888/89.80. First run for Hazel Carter in her Passat against husband Rob's Golf, 15.578/95.41 to Rob's 13.427/108.55.

Dave Crowhurst in his Subaru powered Beetle went 9.813/133.28 with a wander at the end.

Andy Dibley 12.2692/111.81 first v Tom Atkinson 12.3541/99.18, great matchup with Andy first off the line 0.054 to 0.1025. Followed by Luke Stevenson who spun the wheels on the launch of his dragster and came to a halt 150ft out, pushed back and towed to the pits.

14.10

Funny Car Cup qualifying session 1

Jason Phelps (Gladiator) 6.1617/114.08 v Steve Ashdown (Undertaker) 5.9743/115.09. Both shut off at 330ft, incrementals 0.8926 and 4.2252/127.49 for Jason, 0.9676 and 4.083/134.28 for Steve. Testing rather than a race, strong launches for both and both going into tyre shake after 100ft or so, Steve's tyre tracks going into an hourglass shape a few feet before he lifted.

Kevin Kent (West 10 Motorsport) 9.4955/75.68 Strong nitro fumes, 0.9795 to 60ft, then lifted after the car made a move to the right. Kevin's engine sounded strong.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Steve Ashdown 5.9743/115.09
2. Jason Phelps 6.1617/114.08
3. Kevin Kent 9.4955/75.68

Andy Raw (Nitro Bug Nostalgia FC) shut off. Andy drove into a burnout but the engine shut off just as the throttle was floored. Wayne Allman joined Colin Theobald in the tower explaining that Andy was doing a test run in Nitro Bug, and sending best wishes to Wayne's team member Mark who has hurt his foot following a starter dropping on it, and is going to hospital for an X-ray. Best wishes to Mark.

Next nitro action is at 17:30.

13.30

Run What Ya Brung

Jonathan Newell (VW Pro Leon) 12.296/118.55, Ash Symons (SPET Skyline) 14.087/105.03 Georgina Smith (Supra) 15.830/88.88, Darren Walsh (VW Sp Golf) 16.610/80.64, Marc Taylor 10.668/143.44, Ed Keech (VW Pro Golf) 16.432/83.80.

The two OFF Beetles of Vito Versluys 13.338/109.91 and Darren Shephard 11.683/115.38, Darren close to a PB speed.

Simon Crowley 10.223/136.13 in his FWD Comp Eliminator Golf, followed by Billy Everitt in a Slick Tricks Racing dragster with a relicensing launch, great to see verteran racer John Everitt back on the startline as crew.

Paul Robinson (VW Sp Audi TT) 14.756/92.72, then Andy Bond (Street Eliminator Chevy 210) getting up to full boost then a gentle run down the track 14.228/80.08. Charlie Roberts (Up!) 12.186/121.06, Jake Fronda (VW Pro Audi TT) 11.758/122.55, Ash Symons (Skyline) 14.670/101.04.

13.00

Steve Metcalf (Baja Bug) 16.846/75 v Rhys Finney (Lupo) 16.723/80, then Jack Marriage's new build Beetle on a checkout pass. Then Paul Walklate in his Caddy 13.721/103.27, Dave Wheatley in his OFF Beetle (last year's winner) to 11.188/123.55 driving through the clutch in all gears. Georgina Smith (SPET Supra) 15.789/89.09 v Jonathan Newell (VWPro Leon) 12.808/119.64. Rob Carter's second run 13.090/108.71 in the Golf, his rebuilt Passat not quite ready.

Welcome Frederik Coene from Sint-Amands 12.681/79.39, Dave Crowhurst in his Subaru powered Beetle 9.665/144.29. Paul Bate (OFF Beetle) 11.616/118.53, Marc Taylor (Leon) 10.681/142.93.

12.40

Steve Mellors 15.842/85.35 followed by Michelle Walker in the SPET Cortina 16.102/90.14, Justin Folley (SPET Audi TT) 15.304/90.16, Phil Blogg (VW Caddy) 11.923/113.02.

Then VWDRC Chair Luke Stevenson 8.691/153.2 against Jacob Bailey 10.745/142.03, Sam Young (BC4 New Beetle) 12.993/104.33 with a lot of wheelspin off the line v Danny Bean 14.854/99.24, Jane McCready (Escort Van) 16.079/81.08, Debbie Taylor (Mustang) 14.120/97.98 v Ricky Hale (Chevy Pickup) with a bit of a misfire 11.561/123.89, Becky Bambrick (VWS Golf) 16.488/77.73, Charlie Roberts (Up!) 11.874. Thomas Circuit (Lupo) ran 18.537/73.67.

12.20

Steve Mellors in the first pair with Hulk MX5, will be racing in Sportsman ET when qualifying starts tomorrow afternoon, runs a 15.819/86.67. Tom Atkinson with his LS Nova Wagon ran 11.513/123.19, using nitrous, which he will switch off for Sportsman ET. Andy Dibley with the Fifty Shades Camaro, the car back after some modifications, went 12.251/110.95, the new engine working a treat.

Junior Dragster demos from Lara Bartlett (JMA) 7.956/81.50 and Lola-Belle Kent (JM) 11.851/54.41. Jon Gallant 18.112/76 and Danny Bean 19.030/49 in VW Sportsman entries. Rob Carter in a Golf 13.397/106.27 v Debbie Taylor's Mustang 13.624/100.53, Ben Mace (Audi TT) 11.557/128.68 v Bruce Harvey 14.612/94.26. Then Gary Lake 13.983/93 v Troy Attree 13.899/98 in their SPET Camaros. Lowri Anslow in a Skoda Octavia 17.074/81.

12.05

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of Day 1 of Bug Jam 35 from Santa Pod Raceway. The weather is cloudy with temperature of 18C rising to 23C and wind of 9mph from the south east.

We will start with Funny Car Q1 and the first of a series of match races between Andy Raw in Nitro Bug and Wayne Allman in Mental Breakdown, then there will be RWYB, Funny Car Q2 and jet demos until 7pm.

Hi to Eurodragsterholics who are tuned in, especially to Perfect Award sponsors Andy and Hayley Hadfield, with Cath and Tig Napier as we will have both awards in place this weekend. Hi also to Bob Roberts and Kieran who sent a gallery from last week's Ford Show. Happy Birthday for today to future NSS racer Micky Churchill, Super Comp racer Richard Tunstall, Outlaw Street racer Russ Pursley, VW Sportsman racer Ethan Lisle and from Sweden, Old '51 team owner Magnus Petersson. Have a great day guys.

Folks not already here and coming from the M1 northwards at Junction 14, note that there is a road closure on the A508 towards Newport Pagnell, follow the diversion signs turning left after the motorway exit and they will direct you to the correct route.

We'll return when action is under way.