2005 FIA European Finals
Saturday (qualifying/Sportsman eliminations)
Photos ©Sharkman
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Whilst the track crew worked to dry the track, Andy Carter was busy signing autographs for delighted fans. |
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Urban Johansson's Pro Mod crew had a job on their hands backing him up after a wayward burnout. |
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The bow wave off the tractor unfortunately tells today's story. |
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This is the potent Cosworth power plant which took John Tebenham's Ford Probe to what he tells us is a new world record of 7.79. |
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Sharkman discovers that a 10mm lens at two feet has enough field of view to get in the whole Eurodragster.com coverage team. |
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Dave Wilson is far from grumpy tonight after unofficially clinching the FIA European Top Methanol Dragster Championship. |
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Gordon Appleton's was one of the six Pro Mods which finished last night's qualifying session this morning. |
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Håkan Fallström's Ford Fairlaine Pro Mod is now sporting this superb airbrush work. |
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Mark Pointer + pit bike + puddle = inevitable outcome! |
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The jet dryers could have flown to the USA and back today. |
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Joachim Riemer's bike fishtailed down the track but he held onto it and went into the sixes and into fifth place. |
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Job Heezen was here with his seven-second European Top Gas bike, hoping to sneak into the Supertwin field. |
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Top Fuel Dragster racer Lex Joon in classic Hero Card pose. |
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Lex is currently carrying the number TF 7, tomorrow the team are hoping to cut along the dotted line. |
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Unless you knew, you would not believe that third-placed Lorenz Staüble was a Supertwin rookie at the start of this year. |
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Martin Bishop improved to a 7.807 today which was good for sixth place in Pro Stock Bike. |
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Not the sort of bike we are used to seeing Neil Midgley on. Not too sure about the L plates either! |
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Andy Robinson and Freddy Fagerström's Pro Mod teams shoot the breeze before this morning's qualifying session. |
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Ray Debben ran three 8.1s in a row and is seventh in Pro Stock Bike. |
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Roel Koedam shakes the excess water off his Top Fuel Bike's cover. |
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Ronny Aasen is hoping to ride the wheelie bars all the way to the Supertwin Championship tomorrow. |
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Sune Andersson's stunt bikes in the obligatory rain reflection shot. |
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Sverre Dahl smoked the tyre for the third time in three qualifying passes and missed out on the Top Fuel Bike field. |
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Ton Pels' Team Zodiac Supertwin pit is always popular with spectators. |
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Kawasaki works-backed Tim Blakemore tending to his Funny Bike which is fifth in Top Fuel Bike. |
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This qualifying pass put Ton Pels sixteen points behind Ronny Aasen in the Supertwin Championship. |
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Ian King is another racer celebrating tonight after unofficially clinching a European Championship, in this case Top Fuel Bike. |
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There was no shortage of effort to get the track dry today... |
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....but ultimately Mother Nature won out. |
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