2006 FIA European Finals
Saturday (qualifying and Sportsman eliminations)
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Urs Erbacher took #1 spot in Top Fuel Dragster and reset the track TF speed record in the process. |
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Shoe-whited on the back of Sven Zijlstra's car was a Pacman munching the number 38...if you don't get it then check the other lane. |
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Top Fuel Championship contender Thomas Nataas was in the last chance saloon, only qualifying in the final session. |
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Jon Morton's beautiful Camaro is doing double duty in Super Comp and Super Gas. |
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Ian King qualified fourth with a 6.536 and faces Championship leader Rikard Gustafsson in tomorrow's first round of Top Fuel Bike. |
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Nigel Payne's Super Mod is running in Super Pro ET this weekend and has run into the 7.8s. |
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Rebecca Evans has made it through the first round of Junior Dragster. |
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Bruno Bader and Robert Joosten with the chutes out in today's first Pro Mod qualifying session. |
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Steve Carey kicked his Personal Best into next week with a 6.889 in Top Fuel Bike qualifying. |
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Top Methanol FC racer Dan Larsen's parachutes complete a line of Xs with the big one on the bonnet. |
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Anders Envall went out in round one of Pro ET, but he is delighted with his otherwise successful weekend. |
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Ulf Leanders made the first exit after hitting shake on a Top Methanol FC qualifying pass. |
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Lorenz Stäuble's Supertwin wanted to go in one direction and he wanted it to go in another. |
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Smax Smith lost the clutch in spectacular style during today's first Top Fuel qualifying session. |
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Anders Jakobsson ran consistent 7.3s in Pro Stock Bike qualifying. |
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Paul Vrind's nine-second Chevette has made it into the third round of Pro ET so far. |
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Fred Furlong made a very welcome return to 9.50 Bike competition after his accident at the FIA Main Event. |
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It was great to see a P51 Mustang, one of the "little buddies" which used to escort the B17s out of USAF Podington. |
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Urban Johansson finished the day with the first run into the 6.1s, a new European ET record, and the first FIA Pro Modified Championship. |
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Kristoffer Kadi's Junior Dragster has an Abdul Kareen wing. |
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Rob Turner made it into the 5.4s in Top Methanol Dragster qualifying, brother Steve almost cleared the guardrail jumping for joy. |
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Joachim Reimer started his run in the left hand lane, punted the finish line reflector and then hit the guardrail. The only damage was scuffed leathers. |
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Richard Sundblom's trailer and car were in Holland yesterday whilst his rebuilt engine waited for them here. The team's hard work paid off with Richard's first six. |
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Andy Frost is competing in Comp Eliminator this weekend and qualified +0.002 over index with a 7.802 in full street trim. |
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Jean Freese's very nice pick-up made the trip from The Netherlands to compete in Sportsman ET. |
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Mick Payne's manic Super Pro ET Coronet didn't even threaten to hit anything this weekend. |
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Ray White's wild Zephyr now has headlights, grille and signwriting on top of the stealth paint. |
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Job Heezen's beautiful Top Gas Bike was in the Supertwin ladder until the very last moment. |
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Italy's Luigi Chinarello ran a Personal Best of 7.658 in Pro Stock Bike qualifying. |
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The fire crew at Exit One swung into action as Tommi Haapanen's car arrived still smouldering. |
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Micke Gullquist shocked us all and handed Ubbe the Pro Mod title by failing to qualify. |
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Belinda Bull made it as far as round two of Super Comp. |
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