2008 Big Bang
Saturday (qualifying)
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Glynn Morgan's Beetle started to smoke and then there was a big flash fire in the engine compartment. |
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Mark Skeen lay in fifth place in VW Alternate Engine qualifying at the end of today. |
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Wheelies are becoming more and more commonplace with the VWs. |
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Tim Mugridge completed his Super Modified licencing today. |
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Ray Tucker's brother Rob took a turn in his B&H Automotive Street Eliminator 'Vette in today's RWYB. The 'Vette is now broken so we won't see it tomorrow. |
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Pete Smith had problems getting here and then trouble in RWYB but got a time on the board in Street Eliminator. Alas he too is broken so won't be running tomorrow. |
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Richard Sawatzki ended the day second in 9.50 Bike qualifying. |
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Super Street Bike racer Steve Venables is now the undisputed King of Naughtiness after running 7.44 in 9.50 Bike qualifying. |
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Fellow SSB racer and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jamie Sneddon is, would you believe, third in 9.50 Bike qualifying after backing off early. |
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Nigel Payne stormed into the 7.6s in Super Modified. |
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Tony Beadman is in his rookie year in 9.50 Bike... |
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...as, strictly, is Wayne Saunders although he has raced various other classes before now. |
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Ronnie Picardo's jet-equipped Beetle is reportedly street-legal. I wonder if he is ever tempted to take it to Tesco's? |
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Ian Hook is still building his new motor and is currently ninth in Street Eliminator on the existing incumbent. |
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Paul Wright has a huge advantage in Outlaw Anglia qualifying: nearly one and a half seconds. |
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Fellow Outlaw Anglia racer Paul Hensher is pulling some great wheelies. |
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The Giles and Hartley Super Pro ET team were testing in today's RWYB. |
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No visible race number from this angle made this VW difficult to identify but we think it is VW Pro racer Peter Christie. |
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Nigel Holland is currently fifth in Sportsman ET qualifying. |
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Check out what looks like a hinged rear end on Rosie Hunt's Junior Dragster. Bowing like a Top Fueller! |
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It's good to see Rob Stone back in Outlaw Anglia. |
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Richard Hann leads a Richard 1-2 in 9.50 Bike. Imagine the jokes we could have made with a Richard in third. |
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Ralph Young's first year in competition and he is second in Sportsman ET. |
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Don Harvey leads VW Pro qualifying and what a great name for a race car. |
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Junior Dragster rookie Harry Elliott acquitted himself very well today. |
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Rhiannon Bellenie started the day in a Junior Stock dragster then dad Pete went over to Rosie Hunt's pit and bought her previous car so Rhiannon is now in Junior Modified. |
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Hans Van Der Spek's Sportsman ET Trans Am was not in evidence. We are guessing that this is his daily drive at home in the Netherlands. |
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Jeff Meads was blazing the tyres on launch during Street Eliminator qualifying. |
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Not so Steve Nash who really has got a handle on the power and leads Street Eliminator with a seven-second pass. |
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Martin Ayton is ninth in VW Sportsman. D'oh! |
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