Top Fuel Dragster Exhibition, Bahrain International Circuit
Wednesday
Photos ©Tog
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Top Fuellers as far as the eye can see - and this is with one missing on promotional duty with Harlan Thompson at a US Navy base. |
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This is Knut Söderquist's new Carbon By Design Top Fuel Dragster, built to the usual immaculate standards by Mats Eriksson. |
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Barry Sheavills will be driving Rune Fjeld's new Top Fuel Dragster, this week sporting a design by Chris Parker. |
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Micke Kågered and crew did some sightseeing this morning then came along this afternoon to clean the car (see below). |
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Siw Nystad's dragster is sporting Sunoco decals: Siw told us that she is working on a deal for 2007. |
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Next pit bay along is the Batmobil driven by Thomas Nataas - but will he be in the car next year? Check out today's pit notes. |
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The Speedghost Top Fueller driven by Patrik Pers is imaculately turned out with a beautiful paint job... |
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...and this is the eponymous ghost. |
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Ali Aryan came along this afternoon to make his first pass in the Bahrain Express Top Fueller. |
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Ali doesn't look as nervous as we would be before jumping into a Top Fuel car. |
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Norway's Siw Nystad is delighted to be here: she told us that she loves Bahrain and its people and that she loves the Bahrain International Circuit. And the food! |
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Siw shimmied around an oscillating fan to keep cool. At least one other fan was oscillating close by. |
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Becky and Chris Parker applied the classic Stagecoach name to the car driven by Barry Sheavills. |
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A nice touch is the Union flag to stop the i. |
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Harlan Thompson made it back from the US Navy base in time to put in a checkout pass. |
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Looking for parts for one of Rune Fjeld's cars. |
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The smile on Barry Sheavills' face says it all - "Great to be back". |
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Rune and the team fired the car up to check that all was well. Barry had evidently forgotten how loud it can get. |
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We wouldn't know where to start with this maze of timer piping... |
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...luckily Kenneth Lorenzton knows what he is doing. |
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Rune Fjeld checking the timing on Siw Nystad's motor during a fire-up. |
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Gary Page and Animal working on Patrik Pers' motor. |
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Gary later went into his stand-up comedy routine for tuner Alan Jackson. |
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Tongue-in-cheeck we asked Micke Kågered if he had an auto polish sponsor, and after consulting with Team Manager Åsa Kinnemar he said that he has more than one. |
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Siw Nystad and team member Leon applied Rune Fjeld Motorsport decals to Siw's car. |
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There is a certain irony in a Post It Note sticker being held on by racer tape. |
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His labours temporarily complete, Gary Page relaxed whilst in the background others worked... |
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...similar story with Åsa Kinnemar supervising Micke Kågered. |
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Ali Aryan made his début Top Fuel pass and put in a very solid sixty foot squirt, the car stuck to the track beautifully. |
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Same story for Harlan Thompson, all the traction he needed for a sixty-foot checkout pass in the new CBD dragster. |
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