2004 Power Nationals
Sunday (eliminations)
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19:30
Today's pictures have now been posted. We have a start line gallery courtesy of Roger Gorringe, to whom huge thanks, which you can view by clicking here or via the Event Index page, and the usual top end gallery of Sharkman's pictures which you can also reach from the Event Index. If you don't see the link to Roger's pictures on the Event Index then just hit your Browser's Refresh button.
That's the end of our coverage of the Power Nationals. For their help this weekend we would like to thank Lee Child; Ozzy Ewing; Simon Day and Wayne and Janet Schreier; Simon Groves; Wendy Talbot; Richard Warburton; track announcer John Price; Roger Gorringe; SCR press officer Jerry Cookson; Scott Talbot and all the APIRA race officials; Darren Prentice; Jon Cross; Paul Venners; and John Hackney. Thanks for hospitality this weekend to Cath and Tig Napier, Mark Pointer and Sharon, Malcolm Francis, Roger Goring and Helen Rusling, and the Coffee Wagon; and thanks to all of you for tuning in.
Eurodragster's next Event Coverage will be from the SPRC Summernationals at Santa Pod Raceway in two weekends' time. See you then!
This weekend's coverage has been brought to you in association with American Car Imports.
16:55
Top Fuel match race 2
Andy Carter 6.416/139.95, Thomas Nataas no show
Thomas Nataas blackened the crank and damaged the block of the Batmobile Top Fuel Dragster so Andy Carter
takes the bye and a 2-0 match race win for GoTalk. A great-looking launch, 0.891 to sixty feet, then the tyres started to shake at
about 100 feet, Andy pedalled at about 250 feet then got back on it and the tyres went up in smoke. Andy got
off the throttle at half track where he was clocked at 184.46 mph, and rolled through. No new track record but Andy was trying very hard.
The last run of Power Nationals weekend was a 6.352/248.22 by Roger Goring in the Firestorm Jet FC.
Here are the final results in all classes:
Super Modified: Kev Perkins 7.884/164.96 def. Andy Hone 7.917/172.51
Super Comp: Shaun Lathan 9.112/151.16 def. Chris Johnson 9.620/147.01
Super Gas: Conrad Stanley 9.961/126.14 def. Frank Mason 10.020/138.00
Super Street John Grant 10.927/134.90 def. Mike Bentley 10.895/131.81 breakout
Super Pro ET: Barry Giles (7.73) 7.754/170.34 def. Ashley Bell (8.98) 9.032/153.62 red light
Pro ET: Brian Huxley (10.84) 10.975/121.34 def. Wayne Hiscock (10.75) 10.720/122.55 breakout
Sportsman ET: Nick South (13.83) 13.950/97.65 def. Linda Platt (12.71) 12.716/110.44
Junior Dragster: Nick Mugridge (8.22) 8.498/75.00 def. Collin Morrice (8.94) 9.130/71.77 red light
Custom Car Street Eliminator: Ian Hook 8.670/164.84 def. Steve Nash 8.658/170.51
Wild Bunch: Mark Coulsell (10.45) 10.669/124.58 def. Tony Smith (11.50) 11.572/110.82
Outlaw Anglia: Pete Ashworth 13.523/83.26 bye
VW Alternate Engine: Spencer Tramm (9.70) 9.830/139.60 def. Wayne Allman (12.25) 12.334/112.57 red light
VW Pro: Rob Bowler (11.70) 11.718/115.94 def. Russ Fellowes (10.70) 10.967/121.30
VW Sportsman: Graham Fairhead (15.45) 15.461/83.62 def. Mick Geraghty (15.30) 15.377/83.54
Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt 6.602/215.77 def. Steve Carey 8.553/116.33
Funny Bike: Neil Midgley 7.243/177.91 def. Stu Chamberlain 8.173/120.93
Pro Stock Bike: Dave Beck 7.362/181.44 def. Tony Clark 7.812/171.16
Comp Bike: TJ O'Brien 8.229/158.88 def. Phil Leamon 8.464/158.95
Super Street Bike: Steve Venables 8.230/176.44 def. Graham Dance 8.408/177.96
9.90 Bike: Richard Sawatzki 10.141/105.62 def. Fred Furlong 17.897/54.61 red light
10.90 Bike: John Hackney 10.917/112.86 def. Shaun Spiers 10.703/103.34 breakout
Supertwin Fuel: Ian Turburville 9.461/143.98 def. Chris Stebbings 9.357/129.43
Supertwin Gas: George Laycock 9.624/138.94 def. Andy Smith 9.837/135.48
Supertwin Modified: Simon Hodgson 9.703/143.10 def. Barrie Gregory 11.233/119.92
Supertwin Street: Mark Earrey 10.187/134.40 def. Chris Mott 10.977/127.92
Junior Drag Bike: Harry Steadman (10.10) 10.228/64.84 def. Dan Baldwin (11.55) 12.291/48.34
We're now working on today's pictures, stay tuned.
16:00
Beetlemania VW Sportsman eliminations round 4 winners: Graham Fairhead (15.45) 15.451/82.44, Mick Geraghty (15.30) 115.388/83.43 bye
Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners: Linda Platt (12.66) 12.723/110.48, Nick South (13.75) 14.101/83.40
10.90 Bike eliminations round 2 winners: John Hackney 11.571/81.87, Shaun Spiers 10.298/134.25 bye
Supertwin Street eliminations round 2 winners: Mark Earrey 10.176/134.14, Chris Mott 10.621/126.16
Custom Car Street Eliminator round 2 winners: Steve Nash 9.238/168.79 bye, Ian Hook 9.327.162.63
Ian Hook did a great job of holding onto the FB Racing '34 Ford after it turned hard right at about 150 feet, obviously unaware that Ian Jackson had redlit he got back onto the throttle and chased after Ian.
9.90 Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Richard Sawatzki 10.111/108.23, Fred Furlong 9.988/114.03
We're now up to the finals in all classes, plus we have the second Top Fuel match race and Roger Goring's second pass of the day inthe Firestorm Jet FC. Stay tuned.
15:40
Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners: Collin Morrice (8.88) 9.188/67.37, Nick Mugridge (9.15) 8.289/76.01
15:35
Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners: Barry Giles (7.70) 7.789/174.49, Ashley Bell (8.95) 9.025/154.51
Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners: Frank Mason 9.982/137.98 bye, Conrad Stanley 9.924/130.82
Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Dan Baldwin (11.00) 12.125/48.81 bye, Harry Steadman (10.10) 10.501/67.06
Super Modified eliminations round 2 winners: Andy Hone 15.360/87.68, Kev Perkins 8.025/177.10
Andy Hone cruised through after Paul Brooks left on the stage light, and Kev Perkins won a great match-up with Rob Smallworth, winning on a 0.1 second-plus holeshot.
Jon Rathbone Race Cars VW Pro eliminations round 3 winners: Russ Fellows (10.58) 11.067/123.86, Rob Bowler (11.70) 12.178/105.35
If you're wondering where Neil Davies went, he was disqualified after being push-started in the previous round.
Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners: Brian Huxley (10.80) 10.862/122.00, Wayne Hiscock (10.68) 10.743/127.46 bye
Outlaw Anglia final: Pete Ashworth 13.523/83.26 bye
Wild Bunch eliminations round 3 winners: Tony Smith (11.50) 11.605/110.74 bye, Mark Coulsell (10.60) 10.468/118.41
Super Street eliminations round 3 winners: John Grant 11.045/129.08, Mike Bentley 11.011/131.55
15:05
Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners: Ian Brown (10.82) 10.911/112.72, Wayne Hiscock (10.67) 10.689/127.99 bye, Brian Huxley (10.80) 10.994/121.70 bye
Beetlemania VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners: Mick Geraghty (15.30) 15.369/70.89, Cath Bishop (14.65) 14.855/81.72, Graham Fairhead (15.45) 15.445/85.32 bye
Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners: Nick Mugridge (8.05) 8.225/76.92, Collin Morrice (8.87) 9.065/68.60, Charlotte Watts (14.40) 14.536/41.82, Ross Norris staged (bye)
Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Dave Beck 7.417/174.60, Tony Clark 7.877/170.62
A personal best for Tony Clark as he wins on a huge holeshot over Richard Gipp who ran in the 7.6s.
Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Steve Venables 8.113/188.77, Graham Dance 8.196/178.77
Steve Venables backs up his earlier 185.97 for a provisional ACU speed record, resets his own track speed record, and still has one more chance to back up this pass for another ACU record, well done Steve!
Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Phil Leamon 8.386/156.99, TJ O'Brien 8.311/155.95
Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners: Andy Smith 9.774/133.72, George Laycock 9.821/138.63
14:40
Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners: Tony Smith (11.56) 11.560/108.86, Mark Coulsell (10.80) 10.566/109.07, John Munday (12.18) 12.224/108.23 bye
Congratulations to Tony Smith who won the �50 Eurodragster.com/Curbishley Automotive Perfect ET Award with his 11.560 on an 11.56 dial-in.
Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners: Paul Hensher v Paul Wright both disqualified, Pete Ashworth 8.985/147.56
Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Harry Steadman (10.10) 10.249/67.98, Dan Baldwin (12.26) 11.555/62.82, Jake Carruthers (11.50) 11.929/56.04
10.90 Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Shaun Spiers 11.078/87.75, John Hackney 11.027/101.37 bye, Andy Grant 11.486/123.77
Supertwin Modified eliminations round 1 winners: Barrie Gregory 11.705/120.26, Simon Hodgson 10.052/140.74
Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners: Shaun Lathan 9.072/151.61, Chris Johnson 11.334/85.78 bye
14:15
Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Ian Worthington 10.695/122.39, Les Harris 10.470/129.99, George Laycock 9.864/138.70, Andy Smith staged (bye)
Supertwin Street eliminations round 1 winners: Mark Earrey 10.423/132.90 bye, Pete Harrison 11.569/111.50, Chris Mott 10.985/113.82, Ian Radanke 11.058/125.41
Jon Rathbone Race Cars VW Pro eliminations round 2 winners: Scotty Evison (11.79) 12.041/109.89, Steve Roberts (12.99) 13.161/109.84 bye, Neil Davies (12.65) 13.699/94.84, Russ Fellows (10.75) 10.608/125.65
9.90 Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Geoff Connor 9.958/126.07, David Warren 9.966/143.11, Fred Furlong 10.119/125.96, Richard Sawatzki 10.164/111.34 bye
Super Street eliminations round 2 winners: Mark Pointer 10.878/122.15 bye, Mike Bentley 11.206/132.56, John Grant 10.862/135.33
13:55
Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Matt Nixon 8.648/165.34, Richard Stubbins 8.504/177.30, Steve Venables 8.205/185.97, Graham Dance 8.159/178.27
Steve Venables on the first half of a new ACU speed record and sets a new track speed record, well done Steve!
Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Neil Midgley staged (bye), Stu Chamberlain staged (bye)
Supertwin Fuel eliminations round 1 winners: Ian Turburville 9.313/144.09, Chris Stebbings 10.434/113.92 bye
Custom Car Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Steve Nash 8.533/170.52, Ian Hook 8.680/167.47, Ian Jackson 9.124/155.95
Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners: Kev Perkins 7.991/173.28, Rob Smallworth 7.926/173.75, Andy Hone 8.064/170.46, Paul Brooks 8.010/171.44
We think that this will be the quickest-ever semi-final field in Super Mod, two sevens and two 8.0s. New bests for Kev Perkins and Paul Brooks.
Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Spencer Tramm 10.154/113.54, Frank Mason 10.002/138.30, Conrad Stanley 9.904/136.71
13:20
Roger Goring followed up the Top Fuel Bikes and Top Fuellers with a 6.300/252.07 in the Firestorm Jet FC.
Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners: Mark Flavell (7.52) 7.497/179.00, Ashley Bell (8.93) 8.966/157.13, Steve Saunders (8.86) 8.856/151.78 bye, Barry Giles (7.60) 7.739/170.45
Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners: Pete Ashworth 8.987/148.22, Paul Hensher 9.827/148.65, Al O'Connor 9.715/134.78, Paul Wright 9.377/130.01, 9.775/134.78
Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners: Tig Napier (10.20) 10.558/115.76, Clive Cox (10.32) 10.317/133.75, Wayne Hiscock (10.60) 10.690/127.78, Brian Huxley (10.85) 10.903/109.25, Ian Brown (10.82) 10.774/121.77
Beetlemania VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners: Graham Fairhead (15.45) 15.579/71.56, Steve Lee (13.85) 13.946/85.53, Cath Bishop (14.65) 15.087/85.75, Mick Geraghty (15.30) 15.803/66.15, Amy Homewood (19.50) 20.153/64.21 bye
Trackside conditions are 29.1C, 31% humidity, 30.50 inches of air pressure.
12:40
Top Fuel Dragster match race 1:
Andy Carter 6.533/148.49 def. Thomas Nataas 7.566/110.53
There was no hanging around in this one, Andy and Thomas both pulled short burnouts in the
heat of the day. On the green Andy got a big jump on Thomas 0.118 to 0.318, 0.876 sixty foot. Andy's tyres went up in smoke
at about 200 feet and he pedalled. Meanwhile Thomas got a good launch, 0.902 to
sixty feet, but his tyres went up in smoke at about 250 feet and he pedalled. Andy's tyres then went up in smoke again
at half-track, he pedalled again and stayed on the throttle long enough to ensure that
he stayed in front of Thomas who was off the throttle at half-track. 1-0 to Andy and GoTalk.
Top Fuel Bike test and tune: Steve Woollatt 6.929/186.85, Steve Carey 7.339/181.36. The two Steves will be back for their elimination later this afternoon.
12:20
Super Street eliminations round 1 winners: Mark Pointer 10.950/108.71, John Grant 10.945/133.15, Mike Bentley 11.174/129.62, Lee Huxley 10.956/122.35 bye, Bob Lees 10.875/127.53
Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Dave Beck 7.334/175.88 bye, Richard Gipp 7.619/174.52, Paul Watson 7.626/175.53 bye, Tony Clark 8.037/162.47
Dave Beck sets a new track record for ET, well done Dave!
Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners: TJ O'Brien 8.059/159.55, Vaughan Foster 8.546/142.43, Phil Leamon 8.420/158.08
Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners: Chris Hartnell (9.20) 9.330/136.39, Tony Smith (11.60) 11.564/111.52 bye, Mark Coulsell (10.80) 10.745/103.84, Joe Stephens (9.98) 10.063/125.74, John Munday (12.30) 12.359/91.96
Next up is the first Top Fuel match race, stay tuned.
12:00
Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners: Nick Gay (15.60) 15.667/82.51, Linda Platt (12.65) 12.687/110.81, Nick South (13.83) 13.841/91.59, Harrison Brown (19.00) 19.339/56.90
9.90 Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Martin Walker 10.501/134.21, Richard Sawatzki 10.031/102.15, Dave Baker 10.075/138.64, Fred Furlong 9.875/135.59, David Warren 10.103/121.88, Geoff Connor 13.330/69.45, Ady Reade 10.050/106.73
Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners: Nick Mugridge (8.07) 8.096/77.56 bye, Collin Morrice (9.04) 8.941/70.87, Charlotte Watts 14.462/41.98, Ross Norris (8.90) 8.938/63.83 after re-run, Andrew Herron (15.50) 15.716/38.96, Hazel Mitchell (9.75) 9.836/65.89, Tom Watts (11.00) 11.097/53.32
Jon Rathbone Race Cars VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners: Neil Davies (12.70) 12.949/99.72, Russ Fellowes (10.75) 11.111/111.38, Rob Bowler (11.70) 12.029/115.01, Ken Blomer (9.30) 9.291/143.04 bye, Scotty Evison (12.49) 12.780/91.70, Steve Roberts (12.70) 13.825/104.72 bye, Timothy Moores (12.99) 18.522/66.03 bye
Trackside conditions 25.1 C, 37% humidity, 30.50 inches of air.
11:30
Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners: Tig Napier (10.20) 10.192/133.20, Clive Cox (10.32) 10.329/131.44, Steve Richards (11.40) 11.545/122.35, Brian Huxley (10.87) 10.924/108.83, John Atkinson (9.28) 9.274/145.58, Rich Davies (11.85) 11.934/108.01, Wayne Hiscock (10.60) 10.784/109.60, John Morris (11.10) 11.099/120.59 bye, Dave Baldwin (11.36) 11.541/117.52 bye, Ian Brown (10.83) 10.915/109.23
Beetlemania VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners: Conor LaGrue (20.00) 20.460/65.31, Johnny Grigg (14.15) 14.570/89.48, Richard Merriman 15.669/87.35 after re-run, Graham Fairhead (15.50) 15.486/85.07, Simon Funnell (17.50) 18.776/67.26, Steve Lee (13.95) 13.879/93.29, Cath Bishop (14.65) 14.779/87.38, Any Homewood (20.00) 19.874/66.06, Mick Geraghty (15.30) 16.427/65.52
9:30
Good morning and welcome again from Shakespeare County Raceway on a beautiful 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 19.3C, 53% humidity, and 30.53 inches of air pressure.
The usual raceday Good Morning to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman in Rye, NH. A big Hello also to all the good people of Volkszone who are tuned in to see how their friends get on, and finally good morning and Get Well Soon to Kirstie Tramm who has been unwell and who we understand may not make it to the track today; hope you feel better soon Kirstie, we're missing your brightening up our day.
Super Comp/Super Gas racer Malcolm Francis asked us to say "Hi, we miss you" to fellow racer Tim Adam.
When we left you last night it was quite late and we were not sure that we would be able to bring you any pit notes; by the time we had sorted ourselves out and hit the pits it was way past eleven o'clock and just about everyone had finished for the night so we called it a day.
The plan for today is to bring you the round winners in all classes, plus of course the results of the Top Fuel match races - two are scheduled, at 13:30 and 16:45 - and Roger Goring's runs in the Firestorm Jet FC. Roger was not able to put in a pass yesterday afternoon as we ran out of time. We will also have start line pictures today courtesy of our good friend, legendary photographer Roger Gorringe.
Eliminations start at 11:00 so stay tuned and we'll bring you all the news as soon as we can.