2006 Shakespeare Nationals
Sunday (eliminations)
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 20:00 We have now posted today's pictures, which you can view via the Event Index page. If you don't see the pictures when you load today's Gallery then click on your Browser's Refresh key. That's the end of our coverage of the Shakespeare Nationals, thanks very much for tuning in. You can see a full list of Thank Yous on the Acknowledgements page which you can view via the Event Index. Eurodragster.com's next live coverage will be from the Peak Performance Day and Run What You Brung on 20th and 21st May, the pre-FIA Main Event test weekend. This weekend's event coverage was brought to you in association with American Car Imports. 17:35 Final results:
Super Modified: Kev Perkins 7.547/180.72 def. Andy Kirk 18.214/50.78
Top Fuel Bike: Stefan Iwanowitsch 13.999/54.72 def. Ian Turburville broke Sharkman is now working on today's pictures, stay tuned and we'll be back with those in a couple of hours. 17:00 Junior Dragster eliminations round 4 winners: Peter Walters (8.23) 8.300/79.79, Lottie Watts (12.58) 12.782/48.08 bye Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners: Lee Huxley (10.55) 10.557/121.00, Gary Springford (9.61) staged (bye) 16:55 Whilst we were collecting our finalists and the Pro ET and Junior Dragster semis Ian Turburville put in a 9.477/159.67 test pass on his Supertwin Fuel bike, his best pass so far on Mister Spokehead with a feather of the throttle at about 400 feet. Next up was Roger Goring in the Firestorm Jet Funny Car. A great flame and smoke show and then a stage foul so no time and speed, but from here it looked the equal of his earlier 6.240. We have Pro ET and Junior Dragster semis to come and then finals in all other classes, stay tuned. 16:45 Super Street eliminations round 3 winners: Neil Grant 10.827/132.95 bye, John Grant 10.897/127.28 Brothers in the Super Street final! Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners: Tim Adam 9.910/142.48, Matt Gatland 9.971/142.88 bye Super Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners: Rick Cooke (8.50) 8.531/150.12 bye, Barry Giles (7.67) 7.702/171.08 Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 3 winners: Steve Wells 9.972/130.45 bye, Paul Wright 8.286/164.32 16:35 Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners: Helen Smythe (9.80) 9.946/112.77, Sarah Howells (9.60) 9.714/141/03 Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners: Becky Evans (8.27) 8.319/79.79, Peter Walters (7.90) 8.289/79.37 bye, Lottie Watts (12.73) 12.586/49.61 Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners: Rick McCann (9.90) 10.081/130.09, Lee Huxley (10.52) 10.588/125.34 bye, Gary Springford (9.61) 9.624/132.43 Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners: Nick Gay (13.60) 13.757/89.11, Geoff Cowley (15.56) 15.672/89.19 bye 9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Fred Furlong 10.063/110.59, Andy Bird 9.9.702/129.00 16:25 Supertwin Street eliminations round 2 winners: Dave Jones 10.345/132.01 bye, Steve Ford 10.546/128.90 Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners: John Floyd 8.968/142.41, Jerry Collier staged (bye) Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners: Andy Irvine (12.00) 12.196/55.02 bye, Scott Collier (12.20) 13.342/43.56 14:55 Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners: Paul Wright 8.520/149.60, Steve Wells 10.022/132.75, Paul Hensher staged. In his match-up against Steve Wells, Ian Norman's Pop started to shake very hard off the line and the reason soon became clear as pieces of metal and fluid started to appear from under the car as the transmission broke. Judging by the amount of pieces on the track and the speed with which Ian got the door open or it was blown open I would imagine that was a pretty major failure. Ian was shaken but OK. Trackside conditions are 10.6 C, 50% humidity and 29.74 inches of air, track temperature on the start line is 17.6 C. 14:45 Super Modified eliminations round 2 winners: Andy Kirk 7.661/179.64, Kev Perkins 7.568/179.30 bye We think a new personal best for Andy Kirk, well done Andy! Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners: Sean Lathan 8.958/152.85, Paul Knight 8.947/153.48 Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Steve Venables 8.057/188.94, Jamie Sneddon 7.898/189.92 14:40 Super Street eliminations round 2 winners: Neil Grant 10.822/133.80, John Grant 10.945/119.80, Dave Cherrett 10.859/98.42 bye Pro Stock Bike final: Len Paget 7.746/167.82 def. Dave Beck 7.656/170.90 Len's win margin was 0.002 seconds, or 6.02 inches. Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners: Tim Adam 9.951/146.66, Matt Gatland 10.280/142.15, Brendan Clancy 9.999/126.36 bye Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners: Nick Spence (8.19) 8.228/150.87, Barry Giles (7.65) 7.696/171.78 bye, Rick Cooke (8.52) 8.654/146.09 Comp Bike final: Kev Charman 8.149/138.05 def. Phil Leamon 8.370/157.22 Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners: Colin Lazenby 8.622/179.42, Ian Hook 8.297/168.17 bye 14:20 Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Neil Midgley 6.910/192.21, Tim Blakemore 7.314/167.83 Sportsman ET eliminations round 2 winners: Geoff Cowley (15.56) 15.676/84.26, Nick Gay (13.30) 13.923/83.65, Ian Petrie (17.20) 117.302/76.03 bye 9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Graham Balchin 9.755/146.22, Fred Furlong 9.747/117.18, Martin Walker 9.632/134.84, Andy Bird 9.773/123.07 Supertwin Fuel final: Duncan Hocking 11.876/136.86 bye (Chris Stebbings no show) 14:05 Top Fuel Bike final: Stefan Iwanowitsch 13.999/54.72 def. Ian Turburville broke Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Jake Carruthers (12.50) 12.612/52.26, Scott Collier (13.20) 13.233/44.55 bye, Andy Irvine (12.00) 12.372/46.58 Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners: Becky Evans (8.26) 8.373/80.21 bye, Pete Walters (8.23) 8.232/80.65, Nick Mugridge (7.90) 7.982/82.87, Lottie Watts (12.68) 12.762/48.75, Holly Mitchell (9.73) 9.828/69.55 Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners: Tig Napier (10.10) 10.129/134.11 bye, Gary Springford (9.62) 9.612/137.15, Lee Huxley (10.55) 10.552/120.48, Rick McCann (9.90) 9.912/135.91, John Atkinson (9.25) 9.306/145.52 13:50 Roger Goring followed Super Street Bike with a 6.240/255.77 in the Firestorm Jet Funny Car. If you were tuned into Eurodragster News this week you will recall that Roger was working on the fire show, believe me it's working just fine and the afterburner is fierce! 4.276/191.48 at half track, a new half track best speed I think, and at the stripe one hundredth from Roger's personal best at 6.240/255.77. Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Jerry Collier 9.483/137.20, John Floyd 9.369/137.70 bye, Chris Stebbings 9.899/134.66 Supertwin Street eliminations round 1 winners: Steve Ford 10.580/128.85 bye, Dave Jones 10.008/133.39, Neil Dickson 11.101/121.96 Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners: Phil Sweeney (12.34) 12.307/88.05, Pete Yates (9.80) 9.964/138.29 bye, Sarah Howells (9.60) 9.660/141.71, Helen Smythe (9.80) 9.907/133.84 bye Tony Smith tells us that Pete Yates' 9.964 was a Personal Best, first time into the nines, well done Pete and the Ramraider team. 13:30 Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners: Paul Hensher 8.876/153.34 (after re-run v Dean White), Ray Guy 9.808/127.99, Steve Wells 9.921/128.51 bye, Ian Norman 9.380/144.80, Paul Wright 8.311/161.03 bye Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Jerry Charles 9.201/167.26, Ian Hook 9.568/159.61, Colin Lazenby 8.412/174.05 bye Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners: Steve Rawlings 7.822/173.16, Kev Perkins 7.615/180.48, Andy Kirk 7.749/178.44 Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners: Chris Johnson 8.902/133.38, Jon Morton 9.008/132.32, Shaun Lathan 9.073/148.03, Paul Knight 9.017/146.53 bye Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Steve Venables 8.040/188.98, Gary Drury 8.911/180.55, Nigel Barker 8.164/176.90, Jamie Sneddon 7.947/187.77 bye Trackside conditions at the end of Super Street Bike were 11.6 C, 46% humidity and 29.77 inches of air, track temperature at 250 feet was 18.8 C. 13:05 Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Brendan Clancy 9.897/119.77, Tim Adam 9.917/138.27, Lee Pike 9.908/117.49, Matt Gatland 9.946/142.84, Tethys 9.854/144.02 bye Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners: Rick Cooke (8.46) 8.730/150.66 bye, John Everitt (7.90) 8.292/132.24, Barry Giles (7.63) 7.683/171.93, Nick Spence (8.20) 8.308/136.64, Martyn Jones (7.62) 7.714/170.77 bye, Derek Flynn (6.80) 19.657/39.71 Trackside conditions at the end of Super Pro ET were 11.5 C, 47% humidity and 29.77 inches of air, track temperature at 250 feet was 20.5 C. 12:50 Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners: Ian Petrie (17.20) 17.373/75.13, Ian Jackson (13.88) 13.790/100.75, Nick Gay (13.30) 14.054/97.62 bye, Geoff Cowley (15.56) 15.650/89.91 bye, Keith Crampton (15.76) 15.861/83.40 Super Street eliminations round 1 winners: Mark Watkins 10.051/129.71 bye, John Grant 10.869/130.00 bye, Dave Cherrett 11.048/100.39, Neil Grant 10.809/134.04 bye, Leigh Morris 10.887/123.30 9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Martin Walker 9.719/135.59, Graham Balchin 9.787/143.66, Steve Coombs 9.577/134.84, Chris Jones 10.036/149.62, Fred Furlong 9.589/130.08, Dave Burfitt 9.862/147.41, Fast Harry 9.819/139.81 bye, Andy Bird 9.614/132.78 bye 12:30 Trackside conditions at the start of eliminations were 10.1 C, 50% humidity and 29.80 inches of air. Track temperature on the start line was 16.4 C. Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners: Joe Kellett (12.90) 13.214/38.76, Lottie Watts (12.65) 12.794/47.82, Holly Mitchell (9.63) 9.819/69.23, Anna Stanley (8.90) 8.963/72.35, Ross Norris (9.10) 9.176/67.77, Nick Mugridge (7.90) 7.963/82.57, Peter Walters (8.23) 8.279/80.07, Becky Evans (8.25) 8.310/80.07, Vicky Molden (15.50) 15.487/41.59 Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners: Lee Huxley (10.55) 10.544/124.50, Tig Napier (10.10) 10.111/130.82, Gary Springford (9.60) 9.609/137.15 bye, Rick McCann (9.93) 9.865/134.84, Ron Bartlett (9.90) 10.261/109.29, John Atkinson (9.28) 9.248/145.57 bye, Aidan Kenny (11.60) 11.732/113.41, Mike Lacey (10.08) 10.615/127.49, Paul Marston (9.20) 9.357/144.40 bye 9:30 Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway. It's race day at the Shakespeare Nationals and we're all set to bring you the news in association with American Car Imports. The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is already on line and broadcasting a picture every two minutes; you can view the webcam from the Event Index page. The weather is a little different today. We had some light rain between 5:00 and 6:00 this morning, but the track didn't suffer too badly and the sweepers are at work. Right now it is overcast, trackside conditions are 7.5 C, 62% humidity and 29.80 inches of air. The forecast is for brighter weather by lunchtime. Onto the greetings and the traditional Good Morning to Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman, Eurodragster.com's UC correspondents, who are tuned in from New Hampshire. Hope you are enjoying the coverage guys. A big Hello also to Gittli Koller, Libby Mottershead and Sean Bowe who have all been in touch; the answer to your question, Sean, is "Not about my person". We have a birthday here at the track today, a big Happy Birthday to Cath Napier whose husband Tig races in Pro ET. Tig says that he is hoping to give Cath a nine-second pass for her birthday. Good luck with that, Tig, and have a very Happy Birthday Cath. Congratulations also to Funny Bike racer Chris Hall and his partner Becky who have got engaged, here's to a long and happy future for Chris and Becky. No pit notes to speak of as Simon is busy on the timing crew but one interesting story is from Street Eliminator racer Ian Hook who disappeared after the first qualifying session yesterday. Whilst we all assumed mechanical woes, what actually happened was that Fatty was in agony with one of his teeth and went back to Cheltenham to have some emergency root canal work done. Luckily Fatty's sister-in-law is a dentist so she opened up the surgery just for him. "The injection into the nerve really hurt but after about five seconds the pain was gone", said Fatty. Meanwhile two of Fatty's crew have been to Yorkshire to get some new solenoids, which have been installed and Fatty says that they will be applying a very big stick to the tune-up. Eliminations are due to start at 11:00 so stay tuned and as soon as those engines start up you'll be the first to know. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |