Santa Pod Raceway, 19th-21st May 2023
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to return to the Event Index. 23:00 First round pairings (Kestrel Beer Lane first) VP Racing Fuels Pro Doorslammer Przemyslaw Sochack v Andres Arnover
Pro Street Justin Woolner v Paul Houston
True Street Simon Cooksey v Simon Paul
European FWD Front Wheel Drive Charles Roberts v Connor Devine
4 cylinder David Crowhurst v Chris Waterhouse
6 Cylinder Jeff Ludgate v Harvey Bhogel
20:10 Final Qualifying Those who have declared their cars broken will be excluded from the chip draw. Pro Doorslammer Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 PD1 JAN ERICSSON 0.0938 5.7680 249.25 2 PD1971 MICHEL TOOREN 0.0942 5.9741 245.03 3 PD911 ANDRES ARNOVER 0.06 5.9768 245.52 4 PD832 BRUNO BADER 0.0462 6.0223 226.7 5 PD101 ANDY ROBINSON 0.0604 6.0246 242.77 6 PD67 DAVID VEGTER 0.1254 6.0349 239.05 7 PD606 KEV SLYFIELD 0.1241 6.0392 238.61 8 PD692 DAVID SMITH 0.1687 6.918 200.76 9 PD666 JOEL KERR 0.3103 6.9329 185.82 10 PD89 WALTER STROBEL 1.7677 7.0328 196.4 11 PD365 DAVID SWIFT 1.8971 7.4405 182.83 12 PD222 MARCK HERTEVELD 0.1791 7.4765 122.43 13 PD777 PRZEMYSLAW SOCHACK 4.041 9.5075 140.27 14 PD1953 JOHN TEBENHAM 0.1605 10.3155 80.24 15 PD100 MATEUSZ BANKOWIAK 2.1511 10.4285 69.22 16 PD507 JON WEBSTER 1.5852 21.8899 48.23 Pro Street Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 PS666 ANDY BOND 0.2384 7.4560 200.78 2 PS6666 MARCIN BLAUTH 4.7623 7.8691 187.45 3 PS68 BRIAN PATEMAN 0.0652 8.0238 164.24 4 PS408 WOJCIECH ADAMCZYK 2.0153 8.2991 153.12 5 PS59 JUSTIN WOOLNER 0.1585 8.3238 163.66 6 PS162 ALAN MCSWEENEY 0.4488 8.5647 153.12 7 PS333 ALAN WILLIAMSON 0.3281 8.5827 160.75 8 PS12 MATTHEW SOUTHCOTT 0.804 8.7611 153.68 9 PS534 MARK SHERIDAN -0.0609 8.8696 191.31 10 PS63 JOE STEVENS 0.5646 8.8934 167.3 11 PS86 MICHAEL CASTLE 0.4632 8.9441 155.21 12 PS999 CONSTANTIN BLUMEL 3.2155 9.5813 142.13 13 PS226 ASHLEY COOPER 0.435 9.7391 143.85 14 PS555 PAUL HOUSTON 0.5826 10.7364 118.05 15 PS1000 DANIEL PYKA 4.8833 10.9179 129.89 True Street Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 TS63 STEPHAN KLASEN 0.5618 8.5616 173.08 2 TS43 SIMON COOKSEY 1.994 8.8038 161.89 3 TS420 THOMASZ DROZDZ 2.1471 9.059 156.32 4 TS501 PATRYK WALKE 0.555 9.1986 156.34 5 TS74 ARNIE PAMMENT 0.5362 9.2578 144.77 6 TS35 SIMON PAUL 1.0578 9.7666 149.07 7 TS53 DANNY WILSON 0.5494 10.0669 148.08 8 TS1001 CHRIS NASA 1.0301 10.6784 141.69 9 TS71 JON GAMBLE 0.8361 11.271 126.97 10 TS154 AARON BAKER 0.7235 11.4742 126.54 11 TS12 THOMAS HAMILL 0.6576 11.821 121.76 12 TS469 GARY SEMPER 0.4315 11.8379 117.61 13 TS69 HELDER PUTO 0.722 11.8575 113.23 14 TS19 LUKE LOUNDES 0.4682 12.144 133.23 European FWD Front Wheel Drive Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 FWD38 PETROS TAXOPOUILOS 0.6786 8.2848 185.08 2 FWD1 AHMED JAMSHAID 0.6293 8.5102 175.08 3 FWD23 DAWID LAMIK 0.7058 8.5404 169.18 4 FWD895 TERRY NEWTON 0.4931 8.9761 160.75 5 FWD53 ANDY NICHOLLS 1.9915 9.1821 163.66 6 FWD69 MACIEJ ZIOLKOWSKI 0.5764 9.4292 155.74 7 FWD88 PAWEL GRELICH 0.5513 9.518 159.65 8 FWD997 RAFAL KAKOL 1.4349 9.5937 149.62 9 FWD120 ANDRZEJ MAJCHRZYK 1.462 9.6251 143.84 10 FWD664 JOREL WELLS 0.345 9.6947 141.27 11 FWD83 CALVIN SKERRITT 0.4982 9.8334 144.45 12 FWD72 LEWIS SIMPSON 1.5057 9.8435 155.26 13 FWD404 BRAD MORGAN 1.4041 9.8846 141.13 14 FWD6 CONNOR DEVINE 0.8466 9.9949 141.58 15 FWD12 RICARDO LEITE 0.8019 9.9977 144.41 16 FWD420 MARTYN DAINTY 0.2014 10.0061 151.12 17 FWD114 ALLAN DUTHIE 0.4763 10.05 149.06 18 FWD13 PIOTR FORMELA 2.3043 10.1099 142.49 19 FWD660 PATRYCJUSZ DABROWS 3.4694 10.2303 134.16 20 FWD61 KARL MONKS 1.09 10.2423 148.58 21 FWD247 ANTHONY MINCHER 0.4563 10.2953 140.84 22 FWD14 CLARK APPLETON 1.0812 10.355 142.59 23 FWD488 JOSE LEITE 1.5541 10.3845 137.41 24 FWD60 STEPHEN RAY 1.8942 10.4058 141.23 25 FWD419 LUKE WHITE 0.3475 10.4282 136.49 26 FWD476 SCOTT LEWRY 0.4821 10.5302 147.12 27 FWD76 PHIL THOMAS 0.7852 10.5708 139.92 28 FWD110 JAROSLAW GEGNIEWIC 1.5169 10.5798 134.54 29 FWD901 LUKASZ RYCHLY 1.8638 10.6062 128.42 30 FWD15 CRAIG EVANS 0.437 10.6527 150.07 31 FWD22 GRANT MOORE 1.1495 10.6789 135.23 32 FWD331 SIMON CROWLEY 0.6933 10.7002 139.84 33 FWD28 LISETTE DE KONING 1.0654 10.7067 135.63 34 FWD19 HAIDER JALAL 0.4848 10.7876 137.36 35 FWD44 CAMERON BISHOP 0.2817 10.9248 122.21 36 FWD666 PAWEL JAN PEITRZAK 3.672 11.0341 126.15 37 FWD402 CHARLES ROBERTS 0.4284 11.1655 128.7 38 FWD619 HARRY LOCKWOOD 0.3855 11.282 127.6 39 FWD384 JAKE TIPPING 1.6445 11.4562 115.36 40 FWD6660 CONNOR EDWARDS 0.6333 11.4774 124.8 41 FWD988 DOMINIC CALLISTE 0.4491 11.5914 127.73 42 FWD100 AHSEN MAHMOOD 1.8161 11.6245 129.82 43 FWD16 MATT DAVISON 0.5464 11.6775 146.31 44 FWD333 ALAN KENYON 3.4798 11.7262 120.76 45 FWD846 DANIEL MALTON 0.5038 11.7483 112.5 46 FWD307 PAUL WALKLATE 0.3345 11.8363 117.95 47 FWD573 ANDREW BAMBRICK 0.8441 11.9737 112.49 48 FWD143 BEN FAGGETTER 1.1195 11.9978 114.63 49 FWD204 NICK SHOTTON 0.5643 12.174 126.86 50 FWD33 FRAN HERBERT 1.0327 12.4258 107.68 51 FWD93 LEWIS LAVENDER 0.6291 12.6306 103.52 52 FWD4 PAUL CONWAY 0.5306 12.9756 112.62 53 FWD170 JOEDIE VAN ASWEGEN 1.8458 14.393 92.34 54 FWD574 BECKY BAMBRICK 0.6776 15.3337 90.71 55 FWD17 DARREN DEWHURST 0.7062 15.6258 76.29 56 FWD94 DALE HOUSTON 1.0131 15.9914 84.73 57 FWD205 LIAM ROGAN 0.9441 17.828 75.05 58 FWD21 ROBERT COLQUHOUN 0.6554 18.3872 105.54 4 Cylinder Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 4C3718 JACK KRUGEL 0.6036 8.6845 157.41 2 4C70 CHRIS TODD 1.8646 8.7789 161.33 3 4C1 ALEX LEISERACH 0.2106 9.0547 150.56 4 4C59 ANDY HUGHES 1.4725 9.2313 163.1 5 4C404 M. FRIEDSCHROEDER 0.6365 9.263 148.09 6 4C100 JAMES WOTTON 0.8023 9.3483 148.11 7 4C11 DARREN SCANNELL 0.299 9.5778 142.98 8 4C624 CHRIS WATERHOUSE 1.815 9.6526 145.24 9 4C42 DANIEL MRZYGOLD 7.093 9.694 142.11 10 4C91 ROB LAUGHTON 0.5944 9.8367 146.73 11 4C28 JACK BOWLEY 0.8695 9.8603 147.17 12 4C281 DAVID CROWHURST 0.397 9.9025 144.81 13 4C31 BARTOSZ BRYGALA 0.8486 10.2032 134.12 14 4C403 DANNIE HIGHMAN 0.9548 10.4575 132.54 15 4C61 PETER SHATTOCK 1.151 10.9032 123.91 16 4C690 ANDREW BURTON 0.5995 11.0221 121.11 17 4C770 RICHARD WEBB 1.2323 11.034 134.17 18 4C101 BRANISLAV HUDECEK 0.4868 11.4856 117 19 4C77 MIKEE SINGH 0.9728 11.8119 137.74 20 4C25 JAN NIEMCEWICZ 0.7667 12.0088 113.5 21 4C69 JASON TURNOCK 2.3273 12.243 114.34 22 4C626 WAYNE WATERHOUSE 0.2748 12.4662 112.62 23 4C306 JONNY MARRIAGE 1.0751 13.6177 93.1 24 4C32 PHIL NORMAN 3.22 14.1662 100.07 25 4C646 JACK MARRIAGE 1.078 14.2123 89.27 26 4C999 JOSH WATERHOUSE 1.272 14.4186 98.84 27 4C432 ADAM PHILLIPS 0.6078 15.1992 88.54 6 Cylinder Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 6C483 HUBERT STRENGBERGE 0.5715 7.2525 190.52 2 6C266 GARY CAMILLERI 1.5184 7.2774 187.37 3 6C641 MARK MOSELEY 5.5656 8.6365 162.51 4 6C28 JEFF LUDGATE 0.4014 8.6486 159.08 5 6C1 JOE BRISTOW 4.2127 8.9814 161.92 6 6C412 MIKE WHITTAKER 1.5808 9.2469 146.17 7 6C787 KHURRAM RAUF 0.7526 9.8365 133.23 8 6C100 MARCUS DALEY 1.2777 10.1626 145.75 9 6C17 CHRISTOPHER SMIT 1.7164 10.2512 135.37 10 6C580 HARVEY BHOGEL 0.5397 10.7409 135.35 20:00 Heads-up classes open qualifying Darren Hussey who had head gasket problems, idled down track but failed to make the finish line before the timing system timed out, and so not in the show for tomorrow. Mikee Singh 11.8119/137.74 v Mart Dainty 10.0061/151.12, both improvements. Problems for Phil Norman in the left lane and he coasted across the finish line, as Mario Kapeller's engine cut out and he is a non-qualifier. Connor Devine 9.9949/141.58 v Haider Jalal 10.7876/137.36, Constatin Blumel 9.6464/142.55, no improvement. Mike Whittaker 9.2469/146.17 to improve. Alex Leiserach 9.0547/150.56 to improve, Patryk Walke 9.1986/156.34, improvement and best this event (PB is 8.60). Dawid Lamik 8.5404/169.18 improvement and close to his PB. Thomasz Drozdz 9.0913/156.28 v Pawel Grelich 9.5180/159.65 improvement the final pair. That's the end of qualifying. We'll post the qualifying lists shortly and pairings later this evening. Williams Bros Big Bracket eliminations round 5, final Thomas Haas (8.02) 8.3132/157.38 def. Jon Turner (8.79) 9.2572/148.56. Thomas wins £5,000, runner up Jon gets £2,000. Heads-up classes open qualifying Andy Hughes 9.2313/163.10 improvement. Lisette de Koning 10.7067/135.63 new PB, well done Lisette! Daniel Mrzgold 9.7014/141.15 v Richie Webb went right and idled down to 11.034/134.17 - and qualifies. Joe Bristow in the Golvo ran 8.9814/161.92, first eight of the weekend for Joe. Matt Davison on what looked like a test & tune pass to 11.6775/146.31. Allan Duthie 10.2831/148.68. Arnie Pamment 9.3905/145.78, no improvement for either. 19:30 Bruno Bader 0.9600 to 60ft, the right slick shook, the left gripped, car went right and Bruno off the throttle 11.2518/66.72. David Vegter 6.0349/239.05, quick pedal at 330ft, close to the wall in the second half and the shutdown area, 1.0200 to 60ft and 4.0082/190.52 to half track. Andres Arnover 5.9768/245.52, 0.9822 and 3.9767/192.87 incrementals v Kev Slyfield 6.0392/238.61, 0.9755 and 3.9589/187.74. Both runs a lot more improved with little tyreshake. John Tebenham 10.3155/80.24, JT launched to 1.0046 60ft, had shake, went left and lifted by 330ft. David Smith 6.9180/200.76, 1.0775 to 60ft and 4.4304/155.67, we believe that is David licensed for Pro Mod, great job David and team! 19:15 Dave Swift 7.4405/182.83, Walle Strobel 7.0778/182.88, 1.1018 to 60ft both improved but stayed in position. Pause for sledding the left lane. The pairing lanes are now closed to competitors, apart from Big Bracket finalists. 19:05 Williams Bros Big Bracket eliminations round 4 Dan Williams broke out against round 1 buy back Thomas Haas, Dan wins �1000.
Heads-up classes open qualifying 18:40 Thomas Hamill 11.821/121.76 v Marcin Blauth 8.4456/191.27, next a pair of Lupos with Maciej Ziolkowski 9.4292/155.74 PB, well done Maciej! v Daniel Malton 11.7483/112.50 improvement for Daniel. Helder Puto 11.9626/112.34 v Ricardo Leite 9.9977/144.41 improvement. Andrew Burton 11.227/111.54 v Chris Nasa 10.6784/141.69 improvement. Dannie Highman v Jake Tipping 11.11.4974/128.05 and the diesel Caddy came to a rest in the shutdown area with smoke coming from it and facing the wrong way. Tyre smoke on video indicates Jake got into a slide under braking and the car and driver appear unharmed. 18:30 Karl Monks 10.2423/148.58 improvement and new PB v Hubert Strengberger who lifted, Jose Leite 10.4586/136.16, Martin Friedschroeder 9.2678/152.09 in the beautiful Karmann Ghia. Dawid Lamik with 8.6469/167.31, close to his PB so repairs look effective. Simon Paul 9.7666/149.07 v Phil Thomas 10.5708/139.92 , both improved. Ahsen Mahmood 11.6245/129.82 first run v Thomas Drozdz 9.0590/156.32 new PB, well done Thomasz! Pawel Grelich 9.6525/156.28 v Patryk Walke 9.4453/155.31, both improvements, Brian Pateman ran 8.0238/164.28 despite off the throttle at the stripe. Jack Bowley 9.8603/147.17, first in nines for Jack, well done! v Constatin Blumel 9.6908/142.55. Matt Southcott 8.9723/150.55 v Stephan Klasen's Lamborghini who had trouble getting off the line. Andrzej Majchryzk 9.6973/143.85 v Chris Waterhouse 9.7697/146.24, Al Williamson 8.5827/160.75 v Jack Krugel wayward 8.6845/157.41 both improvements. 18:15 Harvey Bhogal 10.840/131.71 v Luke Loundes 12.1595/133.72, no improvement. Branislav Hudecek 11.4856/117.00 v Patrycjusz Dabrowski 10.2303/134.16, Jorel Wells 9.7714/141.66 new PB well done Jorel, Darren Scannell 9.5778/142.98 improvement v Dale Houston 15.99/84. . Calvin Skerrit 9.8334/144.45 improvement, Piotr Fomela 10.1133/142.05 v Lewis Lavender PB 12.6306/103.52. Rob Laughton 9.8367/146.73, new PB, well done Rob! Liam Rogan came to a halt at half track v Dave Crowhurst 9.9025/144.81. Currently with 58 qualified cars in FWD, 15 Pro Doorslammer, 15 Pro Street, 14 True Street, 26 in 4 Cylinder and 10 in 6 Cylinder. We will post final qualifying order shortly after 20:00. 17:00 John Tebenham with a borrowed cylinder head from sponsor Andy Robinson and much work with help from Luke Robinson. Tyreshake for JT and 14.0404/58.35 at the stripe. David Smith did a burnout in the Stranger Things '55 Chevy but the engine cut out. Sponsor Jon Webster with a couple of pops on the launch, 3.5343 to 60ft and 21.8899/48.23 so in the field for him. Another attempt for David Smith but a repeat of the engine cut out, possibly electrical. Jan Ericsson ran 5.8127/249.16, a slight wiggle at 330ft, 0.9685 and 3.8336/196.11, very impressive and consistent performance from Jan today. Andres Arnover 6.7079/196.40, 0.9842 and 4.1931/156.16 incrementals v Marck Harteveld 8.4297/109.80, 0.9882 60ft and 4.56064/121 as both lifted off after 330ft with tyre shake. Michel Tooren 5.9741/245.03, 1.0023 and 3.9559/191.86 incrementals lower revs on the launch but minimal wiggle and just a couple of hundredths improvements from earlier. Three for three from David Smith, and was pushed back to the pits for investigation. 16:20 Williams Bros Big Bracket eliminations round 3 Thomas Haas over Tim Stanbury who wins �250 as loser. Red light first for Ronnie Turner against Jon Turner. Dan Williams closer to dial as Billy Gane had a very wayward run, his first event of the season
Heads-up classes open qualifying 17:00 Wayne Waterhouse 12.4662/112.62 improvement v Lewis Simpson 12.3053/78.56. Michael Castle 8.9441/155.21, great pass for Michael and Spotted Motors, Stephan Klasen 9.5168/170.45, Jon Gamble improved with 11.2710/126.97. First runs for Mart Dainty 10.7225/144.76 and Anthony Mincher 10.2953/140.84, 54 cars qualified for FWD. Connor Devine 11.339/138.54 v Phil Norman 14.1662/100.07. Craig Evans 10.6527/150.07 Stephen Ray 10.4058/141.23, first run of the event for both. Rafal Kakol 10.9547/126.87 v Mark Sheridan 9.2144/198.91, Wojciech Adamczyk 8.5174/166.67 v Fran Herbert 12.4605/111.67 new PB, well done Fran! Jaon Turnock 12.243/114.34, Adam Phillips 15.1992/88.54, both improved. Pawel Peitrzak suffered a steering wheel come off and slightly grazed the wall, reversed back as Chris Nasa ran 10.8052/139.83. Mark Mosley 8.6365/162.51, Joe Bristow 9.0458/159.10 v Andrew Burton 11.2132/119.96. Andy Bond 11.0403/78.02 v Al McSweeney 9.4834/107.18 both with grip issues. Maciej Ziolkowski 9.5512/153.62 improvement Daniel Mrzyglod 9.6940/142.11, Brad Morgan 9.8846/141.13 new PB for the Renault 5, well done Brad! Gary Camilleri 7.7020/180.69 with smoke in the second half v Bartosz Brygala 10.2032/134.12, with NOS wizard Trevor Langfield in attendance, good to see Trevor back at the track. Andy Nicholls first run, 9.1821/163.66, nice run. Pause for sledding in left lane.
16:40 Jet car exhibition runs Perry Watkins (Oklahoma Willy VW Bus) 10.6040/156.92 Martin Hill (FireForce 3 Jet Funny Car) 5.8537/260.43, 1.0773 to 60ft and 4.0091/205.10 to half track. Heads-up classes open qualifying 16:30 Marck Harteveld 8.2788/109.64 v Andres Arnover 10.6452/82.43 both lost traction with tyre shake after 100ft. Dave Swift 9.0029/110.15 v Bruno Bader 6.0223/226.70 (0.9526 to 60ft and 3.9090/186.10 to half track) 16:20 Williams Bros Big Bracket eliminations round 2 Tim Stanbury holeshot Tom Atkinson, Kris Thoburn broke out against Jon Turner, Kirstie Tramm broke out against Dan Williams (with brother Spencer Tramm crewing), Thomas Haas holeshot Pete Creswell, Billy Gane holeshot Bob Molden, Ronnie Mercer over Marc Huxley.
Heads-up classes open qualifying 16:10 Arnie Pamment 9.2578/144.77 v Dominic Calliste 11.5914/127.73, Paul Conway 12.9756/112.62, Jack Bowley 10.268/144.83 in his MR2. Andrzej Majchryzk in his CRX 9.6251/143.84 PB, well done Andrzej! . 16:00 Simon Cooksey 8.8038/161.89 as Allan Dewhirst pushed back. Pause for sledding the track. Andy Robinson 6.0246/242.77 (1.0062 and 3.9978/190.36 incrementals) v David Vegter 6.1598/217.93 (0.9970 and 4.0638/189.32). First run of the day for Matt Davison, but pushed back after he staged as the track was checked for fluid. Matt Davison slowed mid track but ran 12.2704/136.95, Justin Woolner 8.3238/163.66 first run of the day v Daniel Pyka 10.9179/129.89. Gary Semper with a newly installed water pump left early so no time v Joe Stevens 9.2604/167.30, Jan Niemcewicz 12.9797/113.76 with a couple of on-the-bumper wheelies, Alex Leiserach 10.0462/143.92, Clark Appleton 10.4481/146.24, Simon Crowley came to a halt at 330ft, and towed up the track. 15:25 Petros Taxopoulos from Greece on his first run 8.2848/185.08 for a new PB and #1 qualifier, well done Petros! Oliver Berger in his blue Golf 3 R30T came to a halt in the other lane with broken half shafts clearly visible from race control. Brian Pateman 8.3962/157.38 v Tomasz Drozdz 9.6074/153.67, Luke Loundes 12.1440/133.23 improvement v Al Williamson who had the chutes shake out after spinning the tyres on the launch. Terry Newton 8.9761/160.75 v Dawid Lamik 8.9964/158.55, Dawid's first pass today, possibly the first side by side eight in Europe. Paul Houston 10.7364/118.05, Jaroslaw Gegniewicz 10.5845/139.41, James Wotton 9.3483/148.11, great near PB run v Jack Krugel 9.6621/153.67. Danny Wilson 10.0669/148.08 with more wheelspin v Ash Cooper 9.7536/145.37 15:00 Walle Strobel 7.9726/117.48 (1.0946 to 60ft, 4.636/144 to half track, then early shut off), Jan Ericsson 5.7680/249.25 (0.9559 to 60ft, 3.8003 to half track). Dave Swift shut off after getting out of shape to 9.5842/92.37 (1.1003 to 60ft).Paul Walklate 11.8363/117.95 to improve, Dan Malton 15.4711/70.36 v Liam Rogan 17.8280/75.05, both their first runs of the day but lifted with problems. Jonny Marriage v Matt Southcott 8.7611/153.68 to #5 in PS. Ben Faggetter improved with 12.0409/114.92 v Lewis Lavender who ran a new PB of 12.7182/104.46, Bartosz Brygala 11.3789/131.01, Branislav Hudecek 11.5042/118.70 improvement. Allan Duthie 10.0500/149.06 improvement, Nick Shotton 12.1740/126.86 v Marcin Blauth 7.8817/186.57 not getting off the throttle, Thorsten Mittendorf with a substitute Honda Civic we surmise to 11.7788/126.51. 14:45 Williams Bros Big Bracket eliminations round 2 Jon Turner over John Tebenham, Nic Williams broke out against Brian Huxley, Keith Bartlett red-lit against Tim Stanbury who ran another eight, Pete Lane broke out against Kris Thoburn, Dan Williams ran a bye, Collin Morrice broke out against Thomas Haas, Steve Matthews red lit against Pete Creswell, Ron Bartlett red-lit against Ronnie Mercer, Lee Chiles red-lit against Kirstie Tramm, Bob Molden over Ben Kennedy, Marc Huxley holeshot Brett Featherstone, Billy Gane closer to dial than John Bean.
Heads-up classes open qualifying. 14:30 Mateusz Bankowiak in his new ex David Smith Jag XKR got out of shape after 330ft, pulled his chute to correct and lifted to 10.4285/ 69.22. John Webster's Mustang launched rather than bump into stage, and no time recorded. Andres Arnover 7.7869/122.07 (0.9872 to 60ft) v Marck Harteveld 9.6917/91.76 (1.0007 60ft), both lost traction with tyre shake to half track when they lifted. Michel Tooren 5.9977/241.57 (1.0022 60 ft and 3.9639 191.97 to half track) v Przemyslaw Sochacki 10.2917.159.62. 14:15 Phil Thomas 11.2090 138.97 v Andy Hughes 9.4405 143.93. Ahmed Jamshaid new PB 8.5102/175.08, engine repairs worked, well done Ahmed, Gordon and team! Great to see Ash Lambert back in his Mk1 Cortina, but suffered breakage on the launch and pushed back by starter Ian Marshall and startline crew. Mike Whittaker improved to 9.2907/147.65, Dannie Highman 10.4575/132.54 with car moving around in the second half. Becky Bambrick 15.3337/90.71 v Jason Turnock 18.2892/103.73 14:00 Al McSweeney 8.5647/153.12, Jack Bowley 10.2808/140.27 v Constatin Blumel 9.6688/142.55, Josh Waterhouse 14.4186/98.84 v Darren Scannell 10.1124/132.20 with a wander, Dave Crowhurst no time (left before tree) v Karl Monks 11.5484/144.35, Thomas Hamill 13.3095/115.81 v Aaron Baker (both TS) 12.6932/122.22, Helder Puto 11.8575/113.23 P. Dabrows 10.7806/138.24, Rob Laughton 10.0395/149.13, Ricardo Leite 11.629/82.88 v Christopher Smit 10.2512/135.37. Mikee Singh a troubled 13.7665/132.17, Rafal Kakol 9.8660/145.33, Marcus Daley 10.1626/145.75, Daniel Mrzygold 9.8574/140.29 to improve, Luke White 10.7842/136.04 v Ben Lawless who is running with traction bars, 11.6861/118.00, Wojciech Adamczyk 8.2991/153.12 v Haider Jalal 11.7983/131.05. Jack Marriage 14.2123/89.27 v Andy Bond 10.5921/85.69. Kharam Rauf 9.8365/133.23. Cameron Bishop 10.9248/122.21 13:15 
13:05 Jet car exhibition runs. Perry Watkins (Oklahoma Willy VW Bus) 10.5517/156.34 Martin Hill (FireForce 3 Jet Funny Car) 5.8321/266.76, 1.0885 to 60ft and 4.0064/206.92 to half track. We're now on a lunch break and will post latest qualifying. 13:00 Williams Bros Big Bracket 1st round buy-backs. Steve Matthews broke out less than Simon Innes, Jason Darling holeshot John Bean, John Tebenham broke out by less than Jens Konnecke, bye run for Chris Thoburn. Nic Williams over Warren Watts, Thomas Bublitz broke out against Thomas Haas, Ben Kennedy over Simon Swarbrick with smoke at the top end. Dave Cherrett broke out against Ron Bartlett.
Heads-up classes open qualifying. 12:45 Darren Dewhurst 15.3258/76.29 v Tomasz Drozdz 9.5488 154.73, Luke Loundes 12.4986 129.08 v Lisette de Koning 11.3144 133.32, Martin Friedschroeder 9.2630 148.09 v Daniel Pyka 11.0990 129.94, Mark Moseley 9.5020 110.31 Chris Nasa 11.2177/137.71 v Mark Sheridan 8.8696/191.31, Lukasz Rychly 10.6062/128.42. Harry Lockwood 11.2820 127.60 v Maciej Ziolkowski 10.0018 140.36, Simon Paul 9.9235/150.06 v Jon Gamble 11.4515.126.65. Calvin Skerrit 10.353/106.52 v Jorel Wells 9.6947/141.27. Bartosz Brygala 10.5308/131.29 v Jaroslaw Gegniewicz 10.5798/134.54, Pawel Pietrzak 11.0341/126.15 v Fran Herbert 12.8064/111.94, Paul Conway 21.4000/38.21 v Lewis Simpson 9.8672/156.89, Joe Bristow 9.4054/154.69 v Branislav Huducek 11.7264/119.94 12:20 Kev Slyfield 6.5809/196.40 (1.0614 to 60ft and 4.2837/172.98), soft run for Kev and more to come. Then Andy Robinson, did his usual high rev burnout but shut off after reversing back, pushed back to see if he can be restarted. Jan Ericsson 5.7968/246.86, 0.9717 to 60ft and 3.8231/197.16 to half track, great pass! David Vegter spun the tyres on the launch 1.3041 to 60ft, tried to get back on it once and then lifted to 14.9032/47.00. Andy Robinson refired, car went sideways after 330ft from tyre shake in 2nd gear, 8.0643/109.51. David Smith in the Stranger Thing '55 Chevy, high revving burnout, licensing pass 6.7137/209.86, 1.1028 to 60ft and smoke at the top end, but much straighter than at the Festival of Power and one pass away from being a licensed PM racer. Mario Kapeller and Johannes Haginger (Golf Mk1) both broke on track, pause for clean-up in Slick Tricks right lane. 11:50 Hubert Strengberger 7.2525/190.52, new PB on mph, well done Hubert! v Clark Appleton 10.4463/144.42. Bruno Bader suffered a lack of drive and went 22.5042/45.57, Dave Swift's engine cut out and was pushed back v Walle Strobel who was shut off after a blower restraint pin came off after his burnout. Colin Millar 7.1518/196.31 with a pedal, 1.1069 to 60ft, new PB for speed, well done Colin! Joel Kerr 6.9329/185.82, 1.0900 to 60ft, well done to Joel on his first six after a huge effort over the winter to rebuild the car! Walle Strobel returned and ran 7.0328/196.40, 1.1313 to 60ft without chutes for a long way down the shutdown area. 11:30 Rafal Kakol 9.5937/149.62, Simon Cooksey 9.1501/161.31 v Michael Castle 9.2067/155.24 who has a rear axle movement issue and the car crabbed up the track. Przemyslaw Sochacki 9.5075/140.27 with a wobble v Constantin Blumel 9.5813/142.13 new PB, well done, Danny Wilson 10.7294/153.12 spinning the tyres after 60ft v Christopher Smit 11.1129/132.19, Andrew Burton 11.0221/121.11 v Stefan Klasen 9.2832/173.04, Oly Whitehouse 12.5919/105.52 v Jeff Ludgate (late entry for 6 cyl) 8.6486/159.08, Connor Devine (now using a Quaife seqeuntial gearbox) 10.2510/142.48 v Al Williamson spun the tyres and lifted to a 26s. Piotr Formela 10.1099/142.49 v Lewis Lavender 12.7521/104.70, new PBs apair, well done guys! Nick Shotton 14.3594/124.11 v Gary Camillieri a highly impressive 7.2774/187.37 from the rotary Mk1 Escort. Marcin Blauth 7.8691/187.45 v Mariusz Lejman whose Nissan 350Z shed a transmission boot and was towed off the top of the track. 11:15 Williams Bros Big Bracket eliminations round 1. Dan Williams closer to dial than Simon Swarbrick, Brian Huxley broke out against Jason Darling, Lee Chiles closer to dial than Nic Williams in a close race, Jens Konnecke broke out against Brett Featherstone, Warren Watts broke out with his first 8 against Billy Gane, Ben Kennedy redlit against Pete Lane who ran a perfect ET, well done Pete! 0.0013 or 2.7 inches between Simon Innes and winner Collin Morrice, Bob Molden over Ricky Hale, Thomas Haas broke out against Keith Bartlett, Kris Thoburn redlit against Jon Turner into the 8.7s, John Bean broke out against Marc Huxley, Ronnie Mercer broke out by less against Dave Cherrett, Steve Matthews broke out against Kirstie Tramm, Ron Bartlett broke out against Pete Creswell, Tim Stanbury broke out by less than Thomas Bublitz.
Heads-up classes open qualifying. 10:55 Pro Doorslammer runs Marck Harteveld 7.4765/122.43 (1.0166 to 60ft) v Andres Arnover 10.0092/87.34 (0.9825 60ft) 10:45 Justin Woolner 9.1204/152.10 v Carl Goldsmith 13.3544/127.94, Jack Krugel 10.4294/132.11 v 30 11.2568/142.99, Andy Bond 7.4560/200.78 v Harvey Bhogal 10.7409 135.35, Paul Walklate 13.6759/115.21 v Patick Walke 9.8410/154.71, Ash Cooper 9.7391/143.85, Joe Stevens spun tyres on launch to 8.8934/167.30. Kev Jenkins 7.9215/173.75 v Brian Pateman with nitrous wild wheelie to 9.5321/130.29, Paul Houston 12.9768/98.63, off the throttle after half track, v Lewis Simpson 9.8435/155.26. Jon Gamble 11.8883/123.77 v Bartosz Brygala 18.6037/59.02. Daniel Pyka 11.2290/128.31 v Lukasz Rychly 10.6523/127.37, Chris Todd 8.7789/161.33 v Jodie van Aswegen 14.3930/92.34, Paul Conway 13.3718/117.00 v Daniel Mrzygold came to a halt off he startline and restaged for 9.8814/140.35. Simon Crowley 10.7002/139.84 v Patrycjusz Dabrowski 10.4437/140.84, new PB, well done Patrycjusz! Andrzej Majchryzk 10.0881/66.33 v Bartosz Brygala 11.5976/120.23, Cameron Bishop 11.3909/130.95 v Jack Marriage 14.3481/89.77, Phil Norman 16.1856/84.58 v Matt Southcott 8.8792/151.67. Chris Waterhouse 9.6526/145.24 v Adam Phillips 15.9483/86.52. Robert Colquhoun with tyre spin 18.3782/105.54 v Jonny Marriage 13.6177/93.10. Pawel Grelich 10.6239/136.04 v Maciej Ziolkowski 9.8670/151.11, Charlie Roberts 11.1655/128.70, new PB, well done Charlie! v Lee Openshaw 11.7512/118.39. Allan Duthie 10.3348/139.83 v Wojciech Adamczyk (now in Pro Street) pushed back. Alan Kenyon 11.7262/120.76 new PB, well done Alan! Scott Lewry 10.5302/147.12. 10:15 Grant Moore 10.6789/135.23 v Pawel Grelich 10.4271/152.66, Luke Loundes 12.9104/114.92 v Simon Cooksey 9.2610/157.99, Craig Evans came to a halt off the startline, pushed back. Pause for sledding. Anthony Mincher (#247) 11.3085/131.30, Martyn Dainty broke off the startline v Mike Whittaker 9.3887/147.22, new PB, well done Mike! Joe Bristow 9.2877/157.95 v Peter Shattock 11.0126/121.88, Connor Edwards 12.1915/117.92 v Riccardo Leite (no race number) 10.0605/142.54, run DQ'd as he did not display FWD12. Jose Leite (CC888) 10.4275/135.63 v Constantin Blumel 9.6205/142.12, Golf WF660EW (Helder Puto) 11.9479/114.00 v Jake Tipping 12.6497/117.77, Thomasz Drosz 9.1538/154.68 (new PB, well done Thomasz!) v Dale Houston 16.7502/82.29, Stefan Klasen 8.5616/173.08, Peter Formela 10.1655/141.18 new PB, (well done Peter!) v Khurram Rauf (6 cyl Audi RS3) 11.5007/134.91. Ben Faggetter 13.45/113.75, pause for sledding. 09:55 Williams Bros Big Bracket test runs. Thomas Bublitz 10.2415/128.66 v Jon Turner 8.8242/154.70, Bob Molden 9.3797/140.73 v Peter Lane 11.5687/113.74, Marc Huxley 9.7119/136.43 v Tom Atkinson 8.3712/161.88, Tim Stanbury 9.0489/152.05 v Ben Kennedy 9.4814/138.59, Dave Cherrett 9.9348/134.80 v Lee Huxley who had a big wheelie, came down hard and pulled over to the right at 330ft. Pause to tow Lee's Mustang to the first turnoff. Simon Swarbrick 10.6481/132.04 v Kirstie Tramm 11.7937/117.73, pair of new PBs, well done both! Jason Darling in the mean looking Hellcat with 4MEN reg plate 10.3301/135.21 v Lee Chiles 9.7744/138.61, Kris Thoburn 10.2855/129.76 v Collin Morrice 8.6516/155.22, Billy Gane 8.3554/166.03 v Jens Konnecke 8.2988/164.83, Simon Innes 10.6290/123.38 v Dan Williams 10.8164/118.97, Thomas Haas 8.0635/168.52 v Warren Watts 9.0304/150.07, Ricky Hale 10.8662/130.93 v Steve Matthews 9.5028/138.18, Brett Featherstone 9.4106/141.16 new PB v Ron Bartlett spun the tyres off the startline 19.6402/39.27. Ronnie Mercer 10.4323/34.84 v Nic Williams 9.4861/137.31, near NHRA class record, John Bean 9.5872/136.43 v John Tebenham pushed back for a leak, Pete Creswell 8.4371/159.59 v Keith Bartlett 9.9838/134.08, KB's first run in the nines in Roarin' Rat, well done Keith! Nick Hale in the SE Mercedes suffered a small carb fire, restarted and went 11.0354/123.82. John Tebenham returned and went 9.0037/149.12, 09:00 Good morning and welcome to Santa Pod Raceway for the Doorslammers qualifying day. The weather is mostly sunny and warming up nicely, 10C forecast to rise to 16C. Wind is 13mph from the northeast (tail wind), and the air is again good, currently sea level density altitude and forecast to rise to around 500ft at the maximum. Great conditions for quick times! Your race reporter was unable to attend yesterday due to a family function, however he did get a chance to post a list of the best times thanks to the excellent ETSlips.co.uk (thanks Adam Bentley). There were several personal bests including some of the 22 Polish visitors who are a special feature of this year's event. Say hi to them in the pits, they have made a special effort to come and should be applauded. Commiserations to those who suffered mechanical damage. Eurodragster.com sponsor John Tebenham suffered a melted piston from a dropped valve on his Pro Mod Corvette and we understand repairs were under way last night to enable him to qualify today, also Polish star Dawid Lamik was on the hunt for a new VW R32 cylinder head for his VW engine (kindly supplied by Jacob Bailey). Good luck to any who need to repair, there will always be people in the drag racing family who can help! Check out our galleries from yesterday thanks to Diana and Julian. The plan tody is to have a Big Bracket test run at 09:30 for today's competition for a prize pot of £10,000, then open qualifying interspersed with rounds of the Big Bracket including the round 1 buy back. Big money will get paid to round 3 winners forward. Qualifying will finish at 20:00 with the heads-up class draw at 20:30. Hi to all Eurodragsterholics, Kirstie will be racing today and will be crewing for Andy Dibley tomorrow. Kieran will be crewing for dad Kev Jenkins, good luck to them in a tough field. Hi to those watching from home today, including Bob Roberts (here tomorrow), Kai Plathan from Finland with Otto, Mike Kraaij from the Netherlands and Lena Perés from Sweden both of whom will be here next weekend for the Main Event to assist with pit reporting. Have a great day all and come back for news from the track at 09:30. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |
