2004 Power Nationals
Saturday (qualifying)
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22:30
Today's pictures have now been posted, you can view them via the Event Index.
As you can see from the timestamp above it is pretty late so we can't guarantee that tomorrow's pit notes are going to be particularly extensive (not least because your reporter has been up since 5:00 this morning and in addition to reporting on-line has at the same time been been track announcing alongside John Price for most of the day). But tune back in the morning and we'll let you know what we've found out, as well as bringing you all the news from eliminations.
21:30
As promised, here are the final top five qualifiers in each class now including ET and dial-in classes. Although a lot of this repeats what we have already reported below we figured it would be sensible to put them all in one place in class order.
We must say a big Thank You to everyone on APIRA's timing crew who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to do us the bike standings, especially in those classes which ran both quarter and eighth mile today since that has necessitated ploughing through the timing database to compare incrementals.
Top Fuel Bike final standings (eighth mile):
Funny Bike final standings (best eighth incremental on quarter mile or best eighth-mile):
Pro Stock Bike final top five (best eighth incremental on quarter mile or best eighth-mile):
Super Street Bike final top five (best eighth incremental on quarter mile or best eighth-mile):
Comp Bike final top five (eighth mile):
9.90 Bike final top five (best to-index of all runs, quarter and eighth)
10.90 Bike final standings (best to-index of all runs, quarter and eighth)
Supertwin Fuel final standings (eighth mile):
Supertwin Gas final top five (eighth mile):
Supertwin Modified final standings (eighth mile):
Supertwin Street final top five (eighth mile)
Junior Drag Bike final standings
Rebecca Puddle, Jordan Meakins and Johnny Walker have made observed runs on their Junior Drag Bikes today but have not yet completed their licencing and so are not in the standings.
We're still working on today's pictures...could be a late finish! Stay tuned.
19:50
Below are the top qualifiers in all car classes; because some bike classes have run over the quarter and the eighth the timing crew are still working on those so stay tuned.
Super Modified final top five
Super Pro ET final top five
Pro ET final top five
Sportsman ET final top five
Super Comp final standings
Super Gas final top five
Super Street final top five
Junior Dragster final top five
Custom Car Street Eliminator top five before Cruise
Supercharged Outlaw final standings
Wild Bunch final top five
Outlaw Anglia final top five
VW Pro final top five
VW Sportsman final top five
VW Alternate Engine final standings
Andy Carter and Thomas Nataas did not venture out onto the track today, but we understand that they will be running twice tomorrow (1:30 and 4:45).
18:35
Super Comp top qualifiers after session 3:
Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 3:
In this session Kev Perkins ran his first full pass since his crash, 8.571/156.85 and he will doubtless be very happy after his week's work.
Supertwin Fuel top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Top Fuel Bike top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Supercharged Outlaw top qualifiers after session 3:
Lindsay Deuchar ran a cracking 6.273/221.64 in this session.
Stay tuned and we will bring you the final qualifying standings and today's pictures.
17:55
Custom Car Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 3:
Al Simms' Cresta disappeared into a cloud of white smoke in the shutdown area, no word yet on the problem: there was some oil under the engine where Al stopped but none on the track. Steve Pateman is out for the weekend after taking out all eight pistons - his first DNQ in three years. Ian Hook returns to the eights after a horrible season so far.
Super Street top five qualifiers after session 3:
Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 3:
17:45
Comp Bike top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Super Gas top five qualifiers after session 3:
17:10
Supertwin Street top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Supertwin Gas top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Supertwin Modified top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
16:55
All bike classes are now running over the eighth mile because of a gusting side wind. We're going to give you the qualifiers as they stand after running over the eighth, with some classes having already run over the quarter things are going to get complicated so we'll stick with the eighth passes for now and then bring you the final standings at the end of the day.
Top Fuel Bike top qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):
Steve Carey, who is this weekend carrying new sponsorship from Mobil, was heading for the centre line and was off the throttle before half track, Steve Woollatt's rear slick went up in smoke off the line and then he lost a belt.
Supertwin Fuel top qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):
Comp Bike top five qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):
Supertwin Gas top five qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):
Dave Hirst is OK after parting company with his Supertwin Gas at about 200 feet. Dave was straight up on his feet and his bike stayed upright even after it stopped!
Funny Bike top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Supertwin Modified top qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):
Super Street Bike top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
Supertwin Street top five qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):
Pro Stock Bike top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):
15:35
Supercharged Outlaw top qualifiers after session 2:
Junior Dragster top five qualifiers after session 3:
15:10
Super Comp top qualifiers after session 2:
Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 2:
Rob Smallworth is not having a lot of luck after shutting off before the burnout in the first session, and then driving down the track and off after the burnout in this session. First time out for Steve Rawlings after the big breakage at the Easter Thunderball, and for Kev Perkins after his crash at the same race. Kev launched and stayed under power to about 250 feet.
14:40
Super Street top five qualifiers after session 2:
We had a stop for an oildown after Ron Haffenden's Capri dropped what looked like all of the liquid content of the sump on the start line. Ron probably got a bit of a shock as the car made a hard turn when he hit the oil, but he held on to it.
Super Gas top five qualifiers after session 2:
We noticed Spencer Tramm's Corrado twitch to the right on the finish line, Spencer tells us that a pheasant ran out in front of him! Spencer managed to miss the pheasant.
Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 2:
12:30
Junior Dragster top five qualifiers after session 2:
Custom Car Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 2:
12:25
Supercharged Outlaw top qualifiers after session 1:
Don't forget that we'll be bringing you the standings in ET/dial-in classes at the end of the day.
12:15
Super Comp top five qualifiers after session 1:
Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 1:
11:40
Super Street top five qualifiers after session 1:
Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 1:
Paul Wright's 9.447 was shut off way before the finish line!
11:30
Funny Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:
Dave Bailey took a spill from his Funny Bike in the shutdown area after his pass, he was straight up on his feet and is quite OK. No word on the bike as yet.
Super Gas top five qualifiers after session 1:
Malcolm Francis had his first run out in his very nice-looking Pontiac Grand Am, a 9.359/110.04 off the throttle at 1000 feet.
Custom Car Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 1:
10:55
Super Street Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:
Pro Stock Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:
10:05
9.90 Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:
10.90 Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:
This weekend is Shaun Spiers' first as a member of Team Breakout - vying with the Hyenas for biggest team!
Junior Dragster top five qualifiers after session 1:
9:15
Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway on a very pleasant summer's morning. It's qualifying day for the Power Nationals and we're here to bring you the action in association with American Car Imports.
The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is on-line and broadcasting a picture every two minutes.
Trackside conditions right now are 17.5 C, 58% humidity, and 30.21 inches of air pressure. The track is looking very good and action is scheduled to commence at 9:30.
A big good morning and Get Well Soon to Ally Gowlett who is at home with a bug, we're missing you already Ally.
Our coverage plan for today is to try to keep up with the qualifying heads-up and index classes as much as we can by hand, and then to bring in the ET and other dial-in classes at the end of the day when we get the official qualifying sheets on paper. Of course we will also let you know how Roger Goring gets on in the Firestorm Jet FC. On the other side of the scales, keeping track of the qualifying in such detail means that there will not be very many start line photographs in today's update but Sharkman is poised with his camera at the top end to get shots from there.
Stay tuned and we will start to bring you the qualifying news very shortly.