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17:45

Marc Taylor 10.415/142.93 vs Chris Waterhouse 10.656/132.16, Joe Bristow 9.0041/159.07. Ricardo Leite 11.5305/117.62 vs Karl Monks 11.7877/131.77, Mo Shoaib Younis 9.4533/148.58 vs Dave Henderson 9.1885/160.76, new PB for Dave, well done! Billy Gane 8.6383/154.14 vs Simon Gough 8.6349/155.79, pair of Plymouth Valiants Lee Chiles 10.283/130.14 vs Thomas Haas 8.292/163.65.

Dave Swift (AMX) 8.5011/144.86, John Tebenham (Crew Killer Pop) 9.118/144.74 vs Jordan Payne who lifted to 12.248/49.31.

17:30

Charlie Roberts in his 5 Up 13.064/103.58 vs Shaun Duthie 11.774/116.26 for a second new PB, well done again Shaun! Liam Rogan (Fiesta) 12.646/112 vs Carl Goldsmith 12.695/111.10, Ryan Scott (Civic Turbo) 12.205/109.11 vs Jorel Wells (Civic naturally aspirated) 10.040/136.54. Calvin Skerrett (Civic) 10.007/165.48, Nick Gay 14.317/98.19 vs James Willday (RX8) 7.5235/179.21, another PB, 1.206 to 60ft gentle launch. Oliver Hubajan (AWD Golf) another wayward 8.7268/172.40.

Dean Hyndman 11.519/105.54 vs Alex Leiserach 10.014/112.79 with chute out at 1000ft, Katie Booth 10.639/126.13 vs Pete Creswell 8.574/155.74, Dave Cherrett 10.224/123.05 (Dave here for three weekends in a row with the Dark Revenger) vs Ron Bartlett 8.368/164.22, Nic Williams 11.297/114.74 in his '69 Camaro. Ben Kennedy 10.382/125.44 vs Neil Lalouette 11.753/110.54.

Oklahoma Willy back at SPR after a visit to Melbourne Raceway, warming us up, on and off the throttle to 12.410/136.53. Great to see Joel Kerr back after a rebuild with a new engine in his Oldsmobile Starfire, 1.111 to 60ft and 4.9922/117.92 to 60ft then lifted to 8.696/121.09, well done Joel and the team! Darren Dewhurst with a 10.946/131.78 in his Corsa after replacing drive shafts following breakage at the Vauxhall Show.

17:15

Welcome back to Bruno Bader in a matchup with Andy Bond, running in different classes in eliminations, Bruno 6.0080/214.94, 0.986 to 60ft and 3.8998 to half track as Andy had problems spooling the turbos but left eventually to 7.0266/208.17. Then Ronnie Mercer pushed back against John Tebenham who went 9.130/144.80. Ronnie returned to 9.013/145.21. Then Christophe Burfeindt 8.742/154.67 vs John Bean 9.644/143.43. Thomas Bublitz 10.422/125.82 vs Adam Nowak 10.919/123.18.

Jon Turner 10.146/134.00 vs Collin Morrice 8.867/152.59, Neil Allouette's Chevy C10 11.839/111.91. Then Stephen Ray 10.526/138.99 vs Adam Skinner 10.385/139.89. Lee Connor 9.865/138.97 vs Robert Colquhon (Mitsubishi Evo) 12.727/113.35, big burnout for Thorsten Appel in his Chinky Nova 11.453/120.43 vs Dave Henderson 9.8118/159.08. Chris Todd 12.850/108.82 vs Dave Mace 8.222/163.69, nice first run for Dave.

16:45

Brett Featherstone 9.8418/135.61 vs Jordan Payne 7.5121/182.05, great first pass after a study break, Simon Gough 8.649/156.27 vs Jason Dodd 10.731/123.83. Mark Bailey (Barracuda) 8.849/151 vs Katie Booth (Pop) 10.665/125.87.

Billy Gane 8.675/154.13 vs Lee Chiles 10.179/130.96, Guy King 10.357/129.02 vs Keith Herbert 9.6222/136.96, Marc Huxley 10.220/129.39 vs Gary Carr who did a wheelie and straightened it out nicely on the landing, 9.202/147.14. Geoff Cowley 16.001/20.39 stopping just after the finish line, vs Jens Konnecke 8.129/165.36.

Tim Stanbury 9.189/148 vs Pete Lane 11.828/110.81, Dave Crowhurst 10.551/102.39 vs Matt Davison 10.418/150.57, Hubert Strengberger with a full tube chassis in his Audi TT to 8.5964/155.75 with much wheelspin off the line, watch out for him when he gets it dialled in.

Sam Young in the new immaculate Black Current 4 with Lithium Cobalt batteries, 1000NM of torque at a reported 1rpm! Their tow car has running gear from Black Current 3 which succumbed to a gearbox induced accident five years ago, 16.769/62.91 on its initial pass, well done. Jonny Marriage 15.051/84.42 vs Lucas Daglish 12.263.

16:30

Dave Smith with the Jaguar XKR seen in Comp Eliminator, 8.0044/171.10 including a pedal at 330ft when the car had started going left. Followed by Jan Ericsson. "It's a clutch car" emblazoned on the rear deck, and a Mike Janis supercharger atop the engine. 5.9062/242.53, 0.995 to 60ft and 3.8989/193.60, great starter for the 2019 PM champion.

Craig Evans ran a 10.0287/142.96 in his Corsa, then Luis Silva in his tube chassised Ibiza TDI, stopping after the startline then motioned back by Ian Marshall for a second attempt. Car went left after 60ft and ran a smoky 11.105/115.05. Then Oliver Hubajn in his Golf Mk2, wiggling down the track to 8.7332/171.80 definitely one to watch.

Shaun Duthie (Golf) 12.44/112 and Dean Hyndman (Fiesta) 11.325/116. Peter Cole in his event debut ran 14.927/129.51 vs a Honda Integra (Haider Jalal we think) 10.910/135.68. Ashad Jamshaid 11.6892/130.65, great first passes for these last two.

16:15

Kev Slyfield with a nicely controlled drifting burnout. Mike Lacey on the crew, staged him straight, 1.0996 and 4.1749 to half track, the blower belt off at 1000ft, 7.038/125.56 at the stripe. Next, sponsored by Ringwood Motor Co and Henderson Bearings, Tony Underhill and his immaculate newly painted Willys sedan, 1.009 to 60ft and feathering the throttle in the second half to 9.091/113.79. Then Jon Webster in Fast Company, Jon rolled the lights and then on boost it went left for the centre line, shut off to 10.0063/149.11.

Next the repaired Cortina Mk3 of Darren Peart, great effort by the team to rebuild it after the roll over at Melbourne Raceway, 9.410/147.22 without nitrous. Flying the flag for Estonia, Andres Arnover, long distance award. First time at SPR for the '67 Fastback Mustang which is Pro Mod legal. 1.19 to 60ft and chutes out at half track on his first run since transmission issues caused a fire at Tierp last August.

16:00

Kev Jenkins very close to the left wall to run 8.326/127.99, getting data on the new clutch so unwilling to lift. Ben Kennedy in his 2JZ turbo Pop went 10.252/127.98. Joe Bristow with a best yet 9.0147/159.04 in the Golvo, well done Joe! Then Tom Semper (100e) 12.77 vs Gary Semper (Firebird) 12.66. Dave Henderson to a 9.798/156 vs Dale Ryan 10.992/127.61.

Next a welcome return for Swiss Thomas Haas with wife Natalie on back-up duties as ever, slight hesitation then 9.106/164.83 opening pass. Ash Cooper's Transit van, entered in Pro Street but poster child for Transitmania, 11.042/138.17 with wheelspin. Chris Waterhouse 10.681/132.06. Brian Pateman 8.961/152.60 vs Carl Goldsmith 12.897/92.51, having borrowed tyres from Jacob Bailey after finding his own were worn.

15:45

Adam Skinner's Fiat 126 powered by Toyota went 10.599/121 as Jacob Turnock's VW Bay van did a 26s pass. Darren Scannell 10.069/135 (Escort) to Marc Taylor's Leon. Stuart Hodgson 15.217/90.87 (Beetle). James Willday's rotary RX8 7.6990/178.49 new PB, fantastic with a very gentle launch (1.353 to 60ft), well done James! Lisette de Koning, a very welcome visitor, 12.580/110.45 vs Ahmed Jamshaid 9.287/161.35, more to come as he said he is keeping the boost low.

Dave Swift in his AMX with a 3 stage nitrous system installed and looking fantastic in its new livery, double step off the launch to 8.741/142.54. Pete Creswell back for the first time in three years 8.5552/157.42, almost as if he had never left the track. Luke Hoskins 11.640/94.89 vs Pete Lane 12.005/110.82.

Adam Nowak in his Roadrunner 11.867/121.42 vs Jon Turner 10.108/134.47. John Bean 96304/143.42, John and Ronnie Mercer will be street-driving their cars to Clastres for the race there in June. No trailer, no carnet. Pel Norman with a careful launch to 9.001/164.85.

15:20

Ronnie Mercer NTR vs Jason Dodd 16.41/63.12 off-the-throttle. Collin Morrice 8.982/150 vs Geoff Cowley 9.658/133.32, a nice start for these BB cars. Next an all German pairup of Jens Konnecke 8.546/160.72 vs Thomas Bublitz 10.400/126.94. Good to see Tim Stanbury 9.725/117.59 out for the first time in over two years against Christian Burfeindt who wandered to a 10.5445/89.38.

Dean Hyndman's Fiesta 12.7113/133.37, then a lot of wheelspin for Simon Durrans in his Skyline who lifted. Jacob Kopasz om his Golf to 13.508/98.97. Fluid spotted in Simon's lane, pause for cleanup.

15:05

Just to confirm, today is a test day so times will not count towards qualifying. The extra time has been taken to ensure that all expansion gaps have been fully cleared of rainwater. To make up for lost time, the track will be open until 7pm.

First car out Lee Chiles in his Plymouth Valiant, 10.211/131.02. Then Chris Waterhouse 10.894/132.83 vs Wayne Waterhouse 12.522/108.20 (Audi S3s). Neil Lalouette in his Chevy Pickup 11.849/111.90. Ryan Scott (Civic) 10.675/135.22 on low boost, Ryan over from Northern Ireland. Robert Colquhoun 12.715/108.82 vs Dave Henderson 9.658/153.16 (roadgoing Audi RS3). Shaun Duthie 11.960/117.03 new PB, well done Shaun vs Terry Newton (in a Focus) 13.097/82.28, his 10s van suffering with clutch issues.

Next Joe Bristow with the Golvo vs Lee Connor with his Lotus Elise, Joe weaving to a 9.1772/157.43 and Lee not launching cleanly but going 12.869/133.73. Katie Booth 10.675/125.82 vs Marc Huxley 10.19. Dale Ryan's Corsa 11.214/127.99, new to the event and within a couple of tenths of his PB.

Next the six cylinder GTRs of Mark Moseley 14.531/54.55 vs Mo Shoaib Younis who feathered to 10.038/115.07. Good to see Nick Gay back, used to be a regular in Sportsman ET running his Metro pickup to an 18s pass.

13:45

Track drying is well underway and it is likely that racing will commence later in the afternoon. We will let you know when racers are called to the lanes, likely to be around 14:30.

12:30

There is still continual drizzle, when this stops the track crew will be able to start to dry the surface, until then we will be on hold.

10:30

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of day 1 of Doorslammers. We're at Santa Pod Raceway however there is currently precipitation and so there will be a delay in starting. The radar shows rain continuing until 3pm, so we hope that running can commence before the end of the day. Once the light rain stops, track drying will commence.

Greetings to all who follow our coverage, we will keep up with the times in RWYB and qualifying. There will be a drivers' meeting at the end of the day timetabled for 18:00 and will report plans for the remainder of the weekend.

If you're thinking of attending there are the additional attractions of VW Breakout show and Transitmania. In the evening there will be bands on the Live Stage on the bank side and also acts in the Fuelers Bar. So there is a lot of activity, we'll keep you up to date with the racing side of things when it starts.