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18:30

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Final results

Super Modified: Nigel Payne 7.475/181.33 def. Tim Mugridge 7.580/180.61 red light
Super Pro ET: Barry Giles (7.52) 7.585/166.92 def. Rick Cooke (8.14) 8.140/169.77
Pro ET: Carla Pittau (9.86) 9.810/135.37 bye, Tig Napier no show
Sportsman ET: Ralph Young (12.98) 13.108/99.57 def. Nick Gay (13.60) 13.527/101.92
Super Comp: Jon Morton 8.942/150.78 def. Brian Pateman 8.896/152.65
Super Gas: Jon Evans 9.944/137.59 def. Rich Davis 10.047/136.44
Super Street: John Grant 10.838/127.84 def. Bob Lees 10.903/132.77 red light
Junior Dragster: Anna Stanley (8.02) 8.019/82.72 def. Charlotte Watts (9.93) 9.847/67.08
Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association: Frank Bennett 7.201/187.93 bye, Dave Grabham shut off
B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator: Colin Lazenby 7.957/187.19 def. Jeff Meads 8.394/170.64
VW Sportsman: Chris Bray (15.70) 15.700/71.71 def. Luke Stevenson (14.75) 15.133/84.12
Wild Bunch: Roy Wilding (8.20) 8.248/163.13 def. Ed Yates (9.20) 9.177/143.52
Outlaw Anglia: Richard Colby 8.167/168.15 def. Cliff Griffin 8.504/162.13
Outlaw Flat Four: Matt Keene 10.520/133.03 def. Adele Woodbridge 12.337/113.76

Perfect run from Chris Bray in the VW Sportsman final, well done Chris. Perfect run too from runner-up Rick Cooke in the Super Pro ET final, well done Rick. Well done also to Street Eliminator racer Colin Lazenby on his first seven-second pass. Finally, a big Personal Best for Richard Colby we think in the Outlaw Anglia final, well done Richard!

Pro Stock Bike: Dave Beck 7.235/181.94 def. Ray Debben 8.096/168.82
Funny Bike: Gary Jones staged (bye), Chris Hall no show
Comp Bike: Ivan Birch 7.711/173.64 def. Stu Crane 7.616/178.13
Super Street Bike: Graham Balchin 7.503/194.77 def. Rich Stubbins 7.581/194.28
9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki 9.531/145.34 def. Richard Beck 9.548/122.82
Supertwin Gas: Chris Mott 9.479/138.28 def. Dave Jones 10.555/101.19
Supertwin ET: Nigel Batsford (13.25) 13.257/98.93 def. Dave Smart (9.80) 9.906/135.73
Junior Drag Bike: Jorden Bissell (10.30) 10.397/62.15 def. Brett Cordelle (11.00) 11.401/67.69
8:50 Bike: Mark Winder 8.748/163.11 def. Rob Lee 10.972/142.91

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association 3rd-4th place run-off:

John Wright 6.773/181.29 def. Clayton Round 7.097/no speed

15:40

Super Street eliminations round 3 winners:

John Grant 10.926/125.83, Bob Lees 10.903/131.90

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 3 winners:

Matt Keene 10.371/134.90, Adele Woodbridge 11.801/115.65 bye

VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners:

Luke Stevenson (14.80) 14.767/90.97, Chris Bray (15.70) 16.133/83.02

Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Ralph Young (12.98) 13.063/106.62, Nick Gay (13.60) 13.726/96.98

We're now on hold to collect our finalists, stay tuned.

15:30

Pro Stock Bike final

Dave Beck 7.235/181.94 def. Ray Debben 8.096/168.82

Dave told us that if he ran a 7.1 he would enter the FIA European Finals. You weren't far off Dave, you know you want to, and you know we all want you to...

Junior Dragster eliminations round 4 winners:

Charlotte Watts (9.01) 9.953/66.67 bye (Annalieze Gibb did not start), Anna Stanley (7.99) 8.043/82.12 bye

Supertwin ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Dave Smart 9.882/137.46, Nigel Batsford (13.20) 13.296/98.73

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 3 winners:

Chris Mott 9.538/142.90, Dave Jones staged (bye)

15:20

Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners:

Carla Pittau (9.80) 9.887/134.55, Tig Napier (9.65) 9.725/140.72 bye

Carla Pittau beats husband Rick McCann on his red light, I wonder if he'll hear anything about that at the breakfast table tomorrow?

9.50 Bike eliminations round 4 winners:

Richard Beck 9.998/113.01, Richard Sawatzki 9.654/145.12 bye

Super Street Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

Graham Balchin 7.442/197.48, Rich Stubbins 9.111/140.24 bye (Scott Baldwin no show)

Historic 200.07 mph terminal for Dave Smith in his race against Graham Balchin, the first ever 200 mph terminal by a UK Super Street Bike, well done Dave!

15:00

Super Modified eliminations round 2 winners:

Nigel Payne 7.461/181.38, Tim Mugridge 7.609/181.76 bye

Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Jorden Bissell (10.00) 10.317/62.85, Brett Cordelle 11.447/57.99

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners:

Richard Colby 8.413/162.44, Cliff Griffin 8.461/159.80 bye

Going on what Paul Wright kindly told us earlier I guess that's Richard Colby the 2009 Outlaw Anglia Champion, well done Richard!

14:55

Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Ivan Birch 7.455/174.72, Stu Crane 7.695/178.98

Wild Bunch eliminations round 3 winners:

Ed Yates (9.20) staged (bye), Roy Wilding (8.20) 8.483/145.02

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Barry Giles (7.52) 7.586/179.99, Rick Cooke (8.12) 8.150/162.95

B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners:

Jeff Meads 8.429/170.54, Colin Lazenby 8.031/186.34

Trackside conditions are 25.0 C, 47% humidity and 29.77 inches of air.

14:25

Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Carla Pittau (9.83) 9.792/135.87 bye, Rick McCann (10.03) 10.042/130.69, Tig Napier (9.65) 9.703/138.80

We're ahead of schedule so we're on a ten-minute break, stay tuned.

14:20

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

Rich Davis 10.012/137.10 bye, Jon Evans 9.901/145.62

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners:

Anna Stanley (7.98) 8.051/81.37, Annalieze Gibb (8.95) 9.089/62.85, Charlotte Watts (9.88) 9.937/66.47

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 2 winners:

Pete Englezos 10.908/120.90, Matt Keene 10.473/135.71, Adele Woodbridge 11.652/114.96

14:10

Supertwin ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Dave Smart (9.80) 10.007/126.00, Joe Elliott (10.00) 10.163/140.30 bye, Nigel Batsford (13.20) 13.278/97.66, Dave Shorthose (10.90) 10.765/130.68

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

Dave Jones 9.989/124.33, Les Harris 9.906/135.16, Chris Mott 10.177/133.16 bye

VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners:

Holly Baldwin (15.00) 15.178/79.71, Chris Bray (15.70) 15.815/80.97, Luke Stevenson (14.70) 14.854/82.55, Polly Naylor (16.70) 17.155/77.93 bye

14:00

Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners:

Darren Law (9.10) 9.488/131.53 bye, Roy Wilding (8.20) staged (bye), Ed Yates (9.20) 9.257/136.61

9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

Richard Sawatzki 9.551/145.40, Richard Beck 9.872/113.64 bye, Fred Furlong 9.505/143.84

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Scott Baldwin 7.805/187.99, Graham Balchin 7.467/192.41, Rich Stubbins 7.628/189.71 bye, Dave Smith 7.607/190.37

13:45

B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners:

Colin Lazenby 8.090/185.49 bye, Paul Houston 8.928/151.79, Jeff Meads 8.564/166.14, Ian Hook 8.524/160.66 bye (Dave Murdoch no show)

Jason Weir's Suburban threw a part at 300 feet, from here it looked like part of the induction system or maybe a muffler. Paul Houston quickly into the eights in SE competition, well done Paul!

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners:

Brian Pateman 8.965/155.28, Jon Morton 8.942/137.15

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners:

John Grant 11.057/135.26 bye, Bob Lees 10.986/132.04, Neil Grant 10.912/131.22, Harrison Brown 10.989/101.71

13:30

Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Jorden Bissell 10.371/63.03, Brett Cordelle (10.90) 11.214/58.29, Scott Collier (9.80) 10.295/55.62

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Spencer Tramm (15.93) 15.980/85.72 bye (John Parker no show), Ralph Young (12.96) 12.984/106.93 bye, Nick Gay (13.40) 13.786/97.40, Ian Petrie (14.25) 14.276/90.33

A brief break now for track grooming and then into B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator.

13:15

Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Dave Beck 7.307/179.29 bye, Ray Debben 7.854/165.02 bye (Paul King no show)

8.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Rob Lee 11.171/144.71, Mark Winder 9.014/158.11 bye

9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Fred Furlong 9.473/146.75 bye, Richard Sawatzki 9.566/145.58, Richard Beck 9.477/136.28, Martin Walker 9.728/127.83, Dave Hall 9.556/145.42

13:05

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association session 2 (left lane first):

Jim Usher 8.075/127.26, John Wright 8.928/119.16; Tony Betts 6.902/182.70, Frank Bennett 7.420/136.21; Bob Glassup 7.116/173.09, Joe Bond 7.130/190.61; Dave Grabham 7.583/160.43, Clayton Round 8.261/161.58

Jim sounded to be driving through the clutch and shut off early, Chaos had a cylinder out at about 330 feet then its tyres started to smoke at half track and the altered made a hard left turn. John came close to crossing the centre line so shut off. Long (distance not time) track check of Jim's lane after the run but all OK. Front left wheel up for Tony, then caterpillar tracks where the front wheel came down, Tony pedalled and the tyres hooked up then Venom started to make hard moves about its lane, Tony pedalled and got back on it again. Frank drove through shake and one of the 'chutes deployed and he stayed on the throttle. Bob's motor misfired on start-up and shut down almost immediately, a couple of plug leads swapped and the motor started up just fine. Nice passes for Bob and Joe, huge holeshot for Joe, then a big cloud of dust in the shutdown area as Bob's altered got a bounce on and the front suspension collapsed and Bob lost front steering, from that point Bob was a passenger as the Xtreme altered turned right across the shutdown area in front of Joe who pulled up very quickly. Both Bob and Joe are OK. Wild ride for Dave, headed for the guardrail and then making big moves left and right but Dave stayed with it until about 1200 feet then put the chute out. Straight run for Clayton, the altered just seemed to lack its usual punch.

Trackside conditions are 24.4 C, 53% humidity and 29.80 inches of air.

12:25

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners:

Cliff Griffin 8.535/156.11, Simon Barlow 9.286/145.99, Richard Colby 8.620/158.19

A big Hello and thank you to Paul Wright who got in touch to let us know that Dave Sidaway's run of 9.476 yesterday was a new PB. Well done Dave! Paul also tells us that if Richard Colby makes today's final then he is 2009 Outlaw Anglia Champion.

Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners:

Tim Mugridge 7.591/181.96, Belinda Bull 7.630/181.02, Nigel Payne 7.452/182.81 bye

12:10

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Charlie Chivers (10.50) 10.529/124.22, Nigel Green (11.30) 11.392/118.42, Carla Pittau (9.82) 9.841/135.03 bye (Joe Stevens broke), Rick McCann (10.03) 10.026/130.24 bye, Tig Napier (9.65) 9.700/135.56

Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Ivan Birch 7.374/179.62, Dave Peters 11.755/76.05, Bob Brooks 8.061/165.30 bye (Paul Wing broke), Stu Crane 7.600/176.22

Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Gary Jones 7.174/192.85, Chris Hall 8.328/119.54

We think a new PB for Gary Jones, well done Gary!

11:55

Supertwin ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Mike Nelthorpe (12.60) 12.690/111.14, Dave Smart (9.90) 9.917/135.98, Dave Shorthose (10.90) 11.989/127.12, Joe Elliott (10.15) 10.277/134.28 Tim Boutle (12.60) 12.325/114.95, Bev Riley (12.35) 12.883/97.54, Nigel Batsford (13.20) 13.379/97.73 bye

Two of the above races may be subject to re-run after dubious red lights on the Tree.

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Andrew Watson 9.806/134.57, Chris Mott 9.689/140.18, Les Harris 9.754/139.02, Ric Naylor 9.446/138.39 bye, Dave Jones 12.268/80.75

His first round defeat against Andrew Watson was Don Irvine's last competitive run at SCR as he is to return to New Zealand later this year. Our very best wishes to Don and his wife for the future.

11:40

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Rich Davis 9.958/137.84, Jon Evans 9.900/145.75 bye (Conrad Stanley broke), Jon Morton 9.961/146.91 bye

Perfect run for Jon Evans, well done Jon!

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Scott Baldwin 7.812/188.43, Rich Stubbins 7.720/190.14 bye (Graham Dance no show), Steve Venables 7.614/191.81, Garry Bowe 7.838/181.34, Nigel Barker 7.998/186.91, Dave Smith 7.716/191.34 bye (Paul Hambidge broke), Graham Balchin 7.485/196.83 bye

11:30

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 1 winners:

Dave Dinning 10.711/129.14, Matt Keene 10.620/135.20, James Wootton 10.738/133.45, Adele Woodbridge 11.646/115.38, Pete Englezos 11.650/102.52, Jim Smith 18.338/56.87 bye (Bernie Newbury no show)

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Barry Giles (7.52) 7.674/153.55, Vince Gibbs (6.98) 7.053/196.46, Rick Cooke (8.17) 8.116/162.04 bye (Simon Cooper no show), Dave Catton (8.37) 8.419/159.29 bye (Pete Walters no show)

11:10

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Wayne Saunders 9.500/147.35 bye, Jake Mechaell 9.573/136.27, Fred Furlong 9.531/128.75, Pete Austin 9.625/126.92, Martin Walker 9.525/129.13, Richard Beck 10.161/116.70 bye (Paul Coombs broke), Augy Harrison 9.692/125.64, Dave Hall 10.665/93.16, Richard Sawatzki 9.545/142.74

Perfect run for Wayne Saunders, well done Wayne!

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners:

Charlotte Watts (9.80) 9.926/66.57, Gabrielle McDonald (8.20) 8.113/77.99, Anna Stanley (8.02) 7.998/82.87, Annalieze Gibb (9.03) 8.977/70.75, Joe Kellett (8.93) 8.958/72.35, Josh Saunders (7.90) 7.948/76.40

Trackside conditions are 23.1 C, 59% humidity and 29.83 inches of air

10:55

Volkswagen Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners:

Polly Naylor (16.70) 17.052/69.69, Dean Clatworthy (16.65) 17.206/78.51, Chris Bray (15.50) 16.060/68.47, Luke Stevenson (14.80) 14.888/84.84, Lucy Matthews (23.30) 23.958/56.62, Helen Williams (18.69) 19.486/67.12, Holly Baldwin (15.10) 14.955/87.93 bye

Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners:

Neil Ward (8.64) 8.837/148.36 bye (Phil Sweeney broke), Darren Law (9.10) 9.341/123.07, Ed Yates (9.24) 9.200/144.88, Roy Wilding (8.20) 8.693/129.24

10:40

Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Mick Howling (9.55) 9.665/128.13, Charlie Chivers (10.50) 10.625/122.35, Rick McCann (10.04) 10.141/116.87, Nigel Green (11.20) 11.403/116.96, Carla Pittau (9.85) 9.855/127.72, Tig Napier (9.65) 9.674/140.55, Bob Molden (10.05) 10.417/131.53 bye (John Reeve no show), Neil Hunter (9.80) 10.058/134.98 bye (Brian Huxley no show), Joe Stevens (9.50) 9.542/140.95

Huge cloud of smoke from Dave Russell's Marina van right on the finish line after a 9.380/153.14 test pass. Track crew are checking the surface as I type.

9:30

Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway for our coverage of the Open Sport Nationals brought to you in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/Lex Joon Racing US Tour 2009 webcam is on-line and is scheduled to post a picture every sixty seconds until the track closes on Sunday.

It's another nice morning at Shakespeare County Raceway, sun and some cloud. Trackside conditions are 21.9 C, 65% humidity and 29.85 inches of air. Alas there will be no track temperatures today as the battery has drained on our temperature gun and due to crass incompetence and alarming ineptitude on your reporter's part there is no spare. It'll be back for the FIA European Finals.

The left lane is looking good this morning. The track crew worked from 6:30 until gone 10:00 last night washing the lane to rid it of the oil and anti-freeze which kept coming back up through the surface, and were then up again early to carry on with the job.

The traditional Raceday Hello to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from Rye, NH. Charlie Cong wouldn't be sitting at a VDU reading drag racing results, young man. Hope you are having a good weekend guys and Ed we'll see you in a couple of weeks.

Racing is due to start at 10:30 with the first round of Pro ET. Stay tuned and as soon the the motors fire up we'll be back with the results.