2006 SPRC Summer Nationals
Saturday (qualifying)



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Splinter was on top of the Street Eliminator pile with an 8.177.

Jon Morton made a move from 12th to 2nd in the second round of Super Comp qualifying.

Mo Blackburn had an eventful weekend, being qualified 2nd in Pro ET and driving the S&K Super Pro car to a NPB of almost a second quicker than previously.

Wendy Clutterbuck took the top spot in Supertwin Top Fuel with a 9.412 in the last session.

Mark White from Hillingdon winning the Eurodragster.com/LA Racing Parts Perfect ET award.

Chris Hartnell qualified no. 1 in Wild Bunch action with a 9.008/144.65 from his picture-perfect slingshot.

Adrian Wigley was at a drag race for the first time, competing in VW Sportsman after encouragement from Spencer Tramm.

Rob Smallworth ran a best 7.741/175.13 in the first session, which was not bettered for the remainder of qualifying.

Joe Bond debuted his beautiful Topolino on crewman Martyn Hannis's birthday.

Ken Cooper is riding TJ O'Brien's this weekend and ran down close to the bike's best with a 7.5s time.

Kirsty Gibb is at the wheel of the freshly painted family junior dragster this weekend.

Nick Davies goes photographer hunting in the first session before carding a npb 7.155 in the 2nd session

After changes to the exhaust tips Turbo has been running much straighter and has a new personal best of 8.302 / 170.49mph.

John Hackney spent most of the day as top qualifier in Supertwin Top Fuel, only getting bumped down in the last session.

Reach for the sky! Steve Folds gets a little bit too much traction in Supertwin Street.

Tony Betts blasted to the first 6 second / 200mph pass in NFAA history with a 6.702 / 204.74mph run

Steve Bolton moved from 36th spot up to 6th in the third and final Pro ET qualifying session.

Gordon Appleton ran a bracket-like pair of 6.3/220mph passes in practice for the forthcoming Scandinavian Swing.

Laurie Craig made his debut in VW Alt Engine with the Cool Runnings Injected big block powered Funny Car.

Sarah Howells said she had been working on her burnout technique, it certainly seems to be paying off here.

Spencer Tramm had a good day on his Super Street debut, finishing up 3rd with a 10.907 at a huge 141.56mph!

Pat and Stephen Talbot had worked hard to install a new convertor before the meeting, which paid off with 7.0s times and a no. 3 qualifying spot in Super Pro.

Mark Watkins won the Eurodragster.com/Speedflow Perfect Light award.

Ivan Birch debuted his new bike in Super Street action.

Graham Dance returned to the top spot in Super Street Bike with a 8.090 / 178mph pass, the hot conditions seeming to favour his nitrous combination.

The entry list says Rob Jackson, the timing system says Matthew Wright - either way this Sierra made the Street Eliminator field.

Rob Turner drove through tyre shake and then had the car make a big move to the wall at 1000 feet.

Phil Pratt took the top qualifying position in 9.50 Bike with a 9.563.

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

Dennis Wratten debuted their Topolino Alky altered to a highly creditable 7.662/186.00.


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