2007 Big Bang
Sunday (qualifying and eliminations)
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That's the last final of the event. We're now going to get to work on Peter's pictures so stay tuned for news of those. 17:25 Outlaw Anglia final:
VW Pro final:
VW Sportsman final:
9.50 Bike final:
17:20 Super Modified final:
17:10 9.50 Bike eliminations round 4 winners: Chris Jones 11.3830/78.54, Julian Harris 9.5818/141.51 bye 17:05 VW Alternate Engine final:
VW Sportsman eliminations round 4 winners: Graeme Freeman (14.21) 14.2316/91.15, Paul Herbert (13.30) staged 17:00 9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Chris Jones 9.5649/140.99, Julian Harris 9.8601/113.07, Dave Burfitt 10.3991/137.17 bye Real Steel Street Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners: Steve Nash 9.6414/170.86, Colin Lazenby 8.1461/181.48 A spectacular race between Splinter and Andy Frost, both racers' rear tyres went up in smoke, both went way out of shape, both eventually got off the gas and then realised that the other guy wasn't in front and both got back on the throttle simultaneously. 16:55 VW Alternate Engine eliminations round 2 winners: Laurie Craig (6.99) staged (bye), Paul Braithwaite (12.20) 13.3580/100.44 bye VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners: Graeme Freeman (14.20) 14.3327/83.67, Paul Herbert (13.30) 13.5242/92.99, Martin Ayton (18.99) 19.2687/71.42 bye #1 qualifier Paul Herbert has a bye to the final round, and he's on a £100 bonus from LA Racing Parts if he wins the event. 16:20 Martin Hill followed Outlaw Anglia with a cracking 6.1931/272.19 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. VW Pro eliminations round 2 winners: Glynn Morgan (12.30) 12.5539/98.86, Peter Christie (12.70) 13.1710/101.06 16:07 Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners: Mark Pointer 7.5289/182.18 bye, Paul Wright 7.8091/178.39 16:05 Super Modified eliminations round 2 winners: Andy Hone 7.6989/177.99, Tim Garlick 7.6540/175.13 Andy Chilton put in a test pass at the end of this session and clocked a PB 8.3200/165.36, well done Andy! 16:00 9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Chris Jones 9.5580/143.42, Julian Harris 9.6650/139.35, Fred Furlong 9.5190/151.05, Martin Walker 9.7040/140.22, Dave Burfitt 9.7498/132.38 15:55 VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners: Phil Norman (13.15) 13.5031/98.92, Harvey Smith (18.00) 18.1011/69.97, Martin Ayton (18.99) 19.2030/71.44, Paul Herbert (13.30) 13.5178/95.17, Graeme Freeman (14.21) 17.2461/67.88 bye 15:50 Real Steel Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners: Steve Nash 8.1971/179.09, Andy Frost 8.4538/169.85, Steve Pateman 8.6551/166.02, Colin Lazenby 8.2146/183.06 Lots of smoke from Jerry Charles' Capri at 1000 feet in his race against Andy Frost, and we had a clean-up for oil. Trackside conditions are 69.6 F, 63% humidity and 29.80 inches of air, track temperature on the start line is 90.2 F. 14:50 VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners: Glynn Morgan (12.30) 13.6539/84.59 bye, Peter Christie (12.00) 12.7601 bye, Martin Charles (11.40) 11.5251/101.99, Ian Dale (12.30) 15.0856/78.03 bye Martin Charles won his race over Simon Bailey by 9.44 inches. VW Alternate Engine eliminations round 1 winners: Laurie Craig (9.10) 9.9147/128.96 bye (Ian Huggan broke after burnout), Paul Braithwaite (12.20) 12.5372/108.96 bye We've now got a break for exhibition runs, stay tuned. 14:45 9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Jason Macan 9.4651/141.03 bye, Shaun Spiers 9.5518/120.29, Julian Harris 9.5890/140.56, Richard Sawatzki 9.7919/120.65, Chris Jones 10.1250/111.61, Fred Furlong 9.5820/145.50, Andy Haley 9.7070/122.69, Dave Burfitt 9.6972/128.94, Chris Reed 9.6911/136.81, Martin Walker 9.6662/137.50 There was a win margin of 12.99 inches in Chris Reed's win over Dave Warren. 14:35 VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners: Polly Naylor (17.70) 17.7810/77.07, Martin Ayton (18.99) 19.3729/69.42, Phil Norman (13.15) 13.4702/90.69, Harvey Smith (18.00) 18.3460/68.72 bye, Jacob Bailey (13.49) 13.7631/84.80, Graham Fairhead (14.80) 15.0159/75.76, Graeme Freeman (14.21) 14.5594/84.35, Paul Herbert (13.20) 13.4170/98.23 bye, Daniel Smith (16.00) 16.2959/84.91 bye 14:25 Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners: Tim Garlick 7.6277/176.59, Andy Kirk 7.6658/180.23, Craig Gibbs 7.7298/174.45, Andy Hone 7.7339/177.07 Paul Mander got into the sevens in his race with Andy Kirk, 7.9781 for the little Arrow, well done Paul! 14:20 Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners: Mark Pointer 7.5039/174.35, Paul Wright 8.1001/174.35, Ian Norman 9.1450/144.30 14:15 Martin Hill closed out the morning session with a 6.1720/274.34 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. Real Steel Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Colin Lazenby 8.2289/181.67, Andy Frost 8.5940/166.77, Alex McIntosh 8.9279/156.87, Ian Hook 9.3361/145.60 bye, Jon Webster 9.0319/164.21, Jerry Charles 8.3841/174.35, Steve Pateman 8.6412/167.25, Steve Nash 8.0750/180.72 bye A Personal Best for Jerry Charles, well done Jerry! Same story for Steve Nash, no tyre spin off the line and right on the class ET record, nice one Splinter! Ray Tucker asked us to say a big Thank You to fellow RSSE contestant Ron Haslett for his help during last night's Cruise. Wilf Stacey also has a Thank You, to sponsor Real Steel - see yesterday's pit notes for more. Trackside conditions are 63.7 F, 70% humidity and 29.80 inches of air. 12:55 9.50 Bike qualifying top five after session 9:
No changes to the top five in this session but Andy Haley's 9.506 was his third 9.50 in a row today. That's qualifying for all classes done and dusted: a big well done to the SPRC officials and racers for getting everything through. The first elimination will be Real Steel Street Eliminator which takes place very shortly, stay tuned. Trackside conditions are 55.9 F, 82% humidity and 29.80 inches of air. 12:45 VW Pro top five after qualifying session 6:
No changes to the top five in this session. VW Alternate Engine qualifying after session 6:
No changes to the top five in this session. VW Sportsman top five qualifiers after session 9:
Graeme Freeman came into the top five at #2. 12:30 Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 7:
Andy Hone improved but stayed in #3 spot. A bit of a hairy ride for Paul Mander as the Arrow effectively pulled another burnout at the hit then suddenly turned hard right. Paul kept hold of it no problem. Rob Smallworth has fixed everything and clocked 7.9752 in this session. Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 6:
Paul Wright into the top five at #2 with his first pass of the weekend after two shut-offs this morning. Real Steel Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 6:
Jerry Charles improved slightly but stayed in #3 spot. Another improvement for Steve Nash, the new Cougar's going quicker and quicker and again the tyres were spinning off the line. Steve Pateman moved into the top five at #4 in the penultimate pairing. 12:10 VW Sportsman top five qualifiers after session 8:
No changes to the top five in this session. 9.50 Bike qualifying top five after session 8:
No changes to the top five in this session. 11:15 9.50 Bike qualifying top five after session 7:
It's really closing up at the top, Andy Haley the fourth into the 9.50s and into #4 spot. We've now got seventeen of nineteen qualifiers in the 9.5s - that's got to be far and away the best-ever qualifying field in 9.50 Bike, well done guys! 11:10 VW Pro top five after qualifying session 6:
Another improvement for Simon Bailey, doubtless having the time of his life, #3 spot at his first competitive event. Peter Christie moved into the top five with the last pass of the session. 11:00 Outlaw Anglia qualifying after session 5:
Another improvement from Mark Pointer and I think a new PB to consolidate his #1 spot, well done Hooligan! Ray Guy improved but stayed in place. Real Steel Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 5:
Jon Webster did a great driving job in this session, the MG took a hard left turn at 300 feet but Jon calmly pedalled and pulled it straight. Congratulations to Alex McIntosh on a new PB, 8.9862/156.87 and into #5 spot at that point. There's more there because Alex was on the brakes in the traps. An improvement for Steve Nash holding on to #2 spot, more to come from the Cougar too since the tyres spun off the line. Another improvment for Colin Lazenby, quite some feat for these conditions, in the other lane Al Simms got into the eights and took over #5 spot. 10:40 Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 6:
Timmy G just goes quicker and quicker, a new PB and consolidating his #1 spot, well done Tim! An improvement from Andy Kirk, too, coupled with a 0.0010 reaction time, nice one Andy. Trackside conditions are 51.3 F, 85% humidity and 29.83 inches of air. 10:30 VW Sportsman top five qualifiers after session 7:
No changes to the top five in this session. 10:25 9.50 Bike qualifying top five after session 6:
No changes to the top five, but Richard Hann joined the Naughty Boys with a 9.3191 in this session. 10:20 VW Sportsman top five qualifiers after session 6:
No changes to the top five in this session. VW Pro top five after qualifying session 5:
No changes to the top five in this session. VW Alternate Engine qualifying after session 5:
Ian Huggan got the right side of his dial-in but stayed in #5 spot. 10:00 9.50 Bike qualifying top five after session 5:
Andy Burfitt returned dad Dave's compliment of yesterday, taking #2 spot whilst in the other lane Dave had problems and slowed. A couple of pairings later Fast Harry was next into the 9.50s and took over #3 spot. Finally, in the last run of the session, Jason Macan took over #1 spot. The top sixteen of nineteen qualifiers are in the 9.5s. 9:50 Real Steel Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 4:
Colin Lazenby improved still further and that was with a big pedal off the line, just about every car which ran in the session spun the tyres off the line - no wonder with a track temperature off 55.2 F which is only a few degrees above the air temperature of 50.2 F. 9:40 Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 5:
Nigel Payne improved slightly but stayed in place. Outlaw Anglia qualifying after session 4:
Ian Norman into #2 spot with his first run of the weekend. Paul Wright was shut off for a fluid leak on his first run of the weekend. Trackside conditions are 50.2 F, 83% humidity and 29.83 inches of air. 9:35 VW Sportsman top five qualifiers after session 5:
Congratulations to Paul Herbert on his perfect run to four decimal places which has put him into #1 spot and won him the Eurodragster.com/LA Racing Parts Perfect ET Award. VW Pro top five after qualifying session 4:
Neil Ellis moved up to #4 spot. A nice pass by Simon Bailey, just licenced yesterday, put him in #5 spot. VW Alternate Engine qualifying after session 4:
Paul Braithwaite straight into #2 spot with his first pass of the weekend. 8:45 Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway. It's day two of the Big Bang and we're here to bring you all the news in association with American Car Imports. The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is on-line and broadcasting a picture every sixty seconds. You can access the webcam via the Event Index page. A real difference in the weather conditions today. After a glorious day yesterday it is none too warm out there this morning, overcast and with a chilly tail wind. Trackside it's 49.3 F, 81% humidity and 29.83 inches of air. The traditional raceday greeting to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from Rye, NH. Hope you are having a great day guys and that you are keeping an eye out for low-flying Volvos. Greetings also to the several people who wrote yesterday and told me what "aegrotat" means. As it happens I do tend to choose words because I already know what they mean, but it's the thought that counts. It's going to be frantic today with four full cycles of qualifying this morning and then Eliminations today. The track is due to open at 9:00 with VW Sportsman qualifying so stay tuned and as soon as things start to move we'll bring you the latest. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |