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17:50

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15:00

Still raining and even if it stopped now there would be no prospect of getting the track ready to race so the Race Director has called the event.

Stay tuned as we still have today's gallery to bring you in a couple of hours.

14:40

Still raining here at Shakespeare County Raceway. Race officials will make a decision at 15:00.

13:50

We now have a wet track and racers have been sent back to the pits.

We are stopping the webcast until the rain stops; no point in wasting our limited data allowance to broadcast unchanging shots of a wet track. We will of course re-start in good time when racing recommences.

13:25

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners

Brief hold for rain after Aaron Fensome and Harry Redshaw raced and then two more holds before Joe Holland-Villa and Morgan Wilson raced. The timing system had a long think before the result of the race between Joe Holland-Villa and Morgan Wilson came up, Joe's speed showed as 43.80 which, it transpired, was his quarter mile speed.

Holley Marshall (8.14) 8.177/80.21 bye, Kaitlan Deevey (9.29) 9.180/72.46, Aaron Fensome (7.90) 7.959/81.37, Lottie Bradford (8.11) 8.097/80.84, Jack Gooding (7.90) 8.012/81.37, Joe Holland-Villa (7.95) 8.153/no speed

12:55

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners

Good driving job by Brad Jackson in his race against Jack Brewster, the Lucas Oil dragster made a hard right about 300 feet out but Brad kept a hold of it. Then had a brief hold for spots of rain. Peter Lane 0.005 off the Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC.

Jack Brewster (8.31) 8.357/161.83, Pete Walters (8.02) 8.047/165.44, Peter Lane (8.63) 8.635/158.82, Chris Parker (7.68) bye, 7.707/177.31

12:25

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners

James Forster (11.95) 12.056/111.20, Leigh Morris (10.90) 10.910/122.05, Paul Baynton (10.40) 10.482/122.77, Dave Nicol (9.05) 9.106/130.16, Geoff Cowley (9.10) 9.359/123.54

12:20

ET Bike / NAST eliminations round 2 winners

Wayne Bradley (9.00) 9.338/122.76, Fiona Moor (11.65) 11.522/118.43, Joe Elliott (8.88) 8.983/159.18

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Carey Wadey 10.462/130.70, Robbie Dobbie 10.336/138.38 bye

12:15

Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Blade Dummer 0.004 off dial-in, close to the Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC.

Blade Dummer (8.97) 8.974/72.00, Louis Davies (8.10) 8.230/79.93, Liam Holgate (9.52) 9.684/65.41

12:10

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners

Elaine Hancock (16.12) 16.191/85.36 bye, Jemma Hale (15.40) 15.773/82.51, Jan Lukes (12.00) 12.020/108.54, Ricky Hale (15.00) 14.961/93.83, Alan Medley (12.34) 12.368/112,72, Stephen Cherrett (19.20) 19.238/66.38

12:05

VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners

Carl Goldsmith (11.50) 11.768/124.77, Paul Herbert (11.80) 14.200/65.68, Sam Young (9.98) 10.225/100.14

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners

First round win at his first competitive event for Ryan McGrath.

Dave Lea (13.45) 13.549/99.65 bye, Ryan McGrath (14.45) 14.660/94.02, Luke Stevenson (13.80) 13.812/98.46, Ed Keech (13.20) 13.553/90.51, Russ Weir (14.35) 14.708/80.33, Adrian Solloy (14.90) 15.084/95.03, Adrian London (14.78) 14.958/87.45

11:55

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners

Leigh Morris 10.919/123.13, Dave Cherrett 10.802/91.67 bye

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners

Paul Brown 9.564/101.30, Andy Williams 8.980/148.83

11:45

Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners

Phil James 0.002 off dial-in, close to the Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC. Wayward run for Terry Clifford, car headed for the centre line at launch.

Dan Sharp (9.50) 10.437/135.77, Alan Loten (9.20) 9.260/140.32, Phil James (9.32) 9.322/141.69 bye (Darryl Howells did not start), Bob Hawkins (7.15) 7.713/146.15

11:35

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners

PB for Scott Crookston I think, well done Scott!

Phil Middleton 8.672/159.69, Scott Crookston 8.480/158.66, Matt Cooper 8.227/162.33, Cliff Griffin 7.768/185.48 bye

11:25

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners

Great burndown between Dave Murdoch and Stu Williams which went on long enough that Chief Starter Chris Schreier stepped forward and motioned them to go in. Dave cracked first. Excellent pass for Al Williamson, getting close to PB territory I think. Happy crew, that's for sure.

Matt Smith 8.082/182.95 bye, Martin Smith 8.690/152.98, Stu Williams 7.902/185.84, Al Williamson 8.341/170.14 bye (Gary Gooding no show)

11:15

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners

Peter Lane took advantage of his bye to run a big PB, well done Pete! Crew member and occasional Eurodragster.com Photographer Grace tells us that Pete's aim has been an ET equal to his race number which is 868... overcooked that slightly.

Ian Powell (8.01) 8.001/169.45, Pete Walters (8.05) 8.041/169.42, Peter Lane (8.75) 8.649/158.51 bye (Dave Russell no show), Brad Jackson (7.78) 7.872/168.65, Jack Brewster (8.33) 8.326/167.08, Chris Parker (7.70) 7.750/164.62, Billy Gane (8.24) 8.210/167.83 bye (Roy Wilding no show)

11:00

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Nigel Barker 7.814/188.93, Graham Balchin 7.766/187.99, Steve Venables 7.624/187.84 bye

10:55

Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Another PB for Phil Crossley, well done Phil!

Phil Crossley 7.281/181.04, Eric Richard 7.454/180.35, Allan Davies 7.576/179.43

Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners

We think maybe a PB for Ed Smiley, if so then well done Ed!

Ed Smiley 7.912/170.51, Mark Hope 8.032/182.43, Mick Winyard 8.135/182.92, Kev Osman 8.072/176.53

10:45

ET Bike / NAST eliminations round 1 winners

Wayne Bradley (9.00) 9.325/133.31, Dave Smart (9.55) 9.735/123.92, Joe Elliott (8.88) 8.907/157.17, Pete Austin (9.80) 9.879/117.04, Siobhan Moor (15.68) 15.675/82.53, Fiona Moor (11.65) 11.715/117.52

10:40

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Richard Sawatzki 9.680/132.12 bye, Jonathan Kasziba 9.520/155.88, Brett Cordelle 10.009/109.68

8.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Daniel Bergelin 9.096/146.19, Andy Haley 8.877/136.30

10:35

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners

Lottie Bradford (8.20) 8.099/80.65 bye, Kaitlan Deevey (9.14) 9.319/72.12, Jack Gooding (8.00) 7.821/83.80, Holley Marshall (8.20) 8.132/81.08, Morgan Wilson (7.90) 7.850/82.57, Harry Redshaw (14.79) 15.184/40.72, Luke Mugridge (13.00) 13.050/43.14, Aaron Fensome (7.90) 7.979/79.37, Jordan Payne (7.96) 7.953/81.08, Caitlin Wilson (8.90) 8.888/72.35, Joe Holland Villa (7.95) 8.006/76.14

10:20

Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners

Bob Molden +0.008 on dial-in in his race against Neil Hunter, a squeak off the Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC.

Mark White (9.81) 9.766/125.18 bye (Brian Huxley no show), Keith Hertbert (9.83) 9.872/138.23, James Forster (11.99) 12.007/108.41, Colin Felstead (9.95) 10.072/135.45, Geoff Cowley (9.09) 9.278/146.24, Dave Nicol (9.05) 9.193/126.49, Paul Baynton (10.38) 10.481/129.69, Neil Hunter (9.66) 9.721/128.26, Steve Hudson (9.09) 9.129/140.88, Leigh Morris (10.90) 10.958/121.09 bye (Lee Guy no show)

09:25

Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway for our coverage of the APIRA Springspeed Nationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be on-line broadcasting live video and commentary / ShakeySounds audio so long as the track is open. Thanks to Doyousee.me for the provision of streaming services. The webcast will commence as soon as the first classes appear in the pairing lanes. So far this weekend we have had 7,557 viewers of a webcam which, let's not forget, was this time last week being decried as useless.

For the third day in a row it's another very pleasant morning here at Shakespeare County Raceway, sun and high cloud and mild.

The traditional Raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman of Rye, NH who is tuned in from Canterbury, UK. Enjoy the pilgrimage Kathy and we'll see you soon. Hello also to all of the Eurodragsterholics and thanks for the continued support.

The plan today is again for live race reports and a gallery at the end of the day. As we are doing manual reporting we will be listing the winners in each pair. Eliminations are due to commence with Pro ET at 10:00 so stay tuned and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll bring you the news.