Event Coverage

2006 Open Sports Nationals
Sunday (qualifying)

	Jim Usher recovered from this out of shape burnout to storm to the top spot in NFAA qualifying with a npb 6.984 / 204mph blast.		Tim Blakemore sorted his handling problems out by changing the rear slick and then rode the wheelie bars to a 6.962 for the top spot in Funny bike.
	Ian Clark runs this unusual Fiat X19 in Outlaw Flat Four. A 10.851 was a npb and good enough for the 2nd qualifying spot.		With Colin Lazenby missing, it fell to Al Simms to lay down some huge rolling burnouts that the crowd have come to expect from Street Eliminator.
	John Parker's infamous shoe whitener had been out again, the Sportsman ET Mustang was carrying the "Eat my shorts Chevy Boy" legend in the rear window.		Richard Colby has been chipping away at his times all day in Outlaw Anglia and finished up in 2nd spot with a npb 9.567
	Neil Ward took his Wild Bunch slingshot to an 8 second pass on his first qualifier...		... while in the other lane Claire Meaddows was cheering on Chris Hartnell as he wheeled his Slingshot back into the 8's as well.
	Dave Peters emerges from the burnout smoke and solved his problems from yesterday to get a time on the board in Comp bike.		Steve Folds improved his ET during today's Supertwin Street qualifying but couldn't quite catch Dave Jones and had to settle for the 2nd spot.
	Paul King has battled a series of problems all weekend but managed to get a time on the board to qualify him for tomorrow's Pro Stock Bike field.		Chris Newsam made off with the Eurodragster.com / LA Racing Parts Perfect ET award with a 10.850 in the fourth session of Pro ET.
	Ady Lockley had the Super Street 'Busa start to come up on him in today's first run. It kept coming up as well, forcing Ady to roll off the throttle to get it back down.		The Heaven and Hell Pro ET Camaro was denitely giving Rick and Carla Hell today, the car steadfastly refusing to run near its dial in.
	Barrie Gregory will get a bye run in tomorrow's Supertwin Modified Eliminations, as Tony Legg broke his Cagiva on the first run yesterday.		John Floyd returned to his 8 second form from earlier in the year to dominate Supertwin Top Gas qualifying.
	Scott Collier snatched the top spot in Junior Bike in the penultimate pair, with a 13.364 on his 13.35 dial in.		Vicky Molden went into the top spot in today's first session of Junior Dragster, but finished up third by the end of qualifying.
	Ian Sewell is third of five in the final VW Alternate Engine qualifying standings.		Paul Knight ran an 8.907 to take the lead in the fourth session of Super Comp and nobody bettered it in the final round, leaving Paul in prime position for tomorrows eliminations.
	Alex McIntosh doesn't favour the long rolling burnout approach that some Street Eliminator drivers do, but a static smoker always looks good.		With his buddy Jon Morton over in Hockenheim, Mark White is having to fend for himself; it didn't seem to hurt, though, as a 9.902 took him to the top of the Super Gas pile.
	Bob Glassup fogs in the startline during the second NFAA qualifying session.		Ian Turburville's bike starts to smoke the rear tyre on his first pass in today's Top Fuel Bike qualifying.
	As usual Dave Cherrett spent most of qualifying breaking out in Super Street before getting his sights set properly with a 10.95		Duncan Hocking was another rider grateful to get a timing slip after a problem-filled weekend on his Supertwin Top Fuel bike.
	Rick Cooke maintained his top spot in Super Pro ET throughout the day, his run being 0.002 over index.		Sportsman VW qualifying was Vantastic!
	Andy Haley claimed biggest breakout of 9.50 bike qualifying with a 9.135 effort in the 3rd qualifying session.		Looks like Martin Charles was just practicing with yesterdays VW Pro wheelie as he launched this monster in today's first outing.

Click here to return to Event Index