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20:55

No end-day gallery for you today but Simon and Roger put in a titanic effort with the pit notes and Kirstie has just popped up to see us with a few fun shots so check out the 20:55 update of the Pit Notes to see what has been going on pitside today. Today's pit notes are available via the Event Index page; if you don't see the 20:55 update then click on your Browser's Refresh key.

Tune back in the morning and we'll have another go at the Auto Trader Easter Thunderball.

15:35

The light rain got harder and harder and the rain radar shows no let-up so Race Director Darren Prentice has called a halt for today.

Simon and Roger are still out in the pits getting notes so there will be more from us later on, stay tuned.

15:00

This really is not fair, light rain has started again. Simon and Roger have returned to the pits to get some more notes.

14:20

Simon has posted today's first tranche of pit notes, which you can view via the event index page.

14:00

The timing crew are checking the roll-out on the start line on a dry track whilst the track crew still work on the shutdown area. The track has yet to be sledded and sprayed but we're not too far off.

12:45

The track crew have started prep work on the first 330 feet of the track, whilst the shutdown area is being dried.

In the meantime the Showtime Fuel FC team have unveiled the new colour scheme on the new Mustang body and you can check that out on the team's web site at www.showtimeracinguk.com.

12:00

The rain has stopped and it is brightening up slowly but surely. The track is still very damp but the track crew have already removed the worst of the standing water. We're a way off yet but it's looking promising. Stay tuned.

8:10

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the 2009 Auto Trader Easter Thunderball in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/Lex Joon Racing USA Tour 2009 webcam is on-line and is posting a picture every sixty seconds.

As you have probably seen from the webcam we have had some more rain overnight. Right now it is drizzling some but the track crew are out working hard and have been since before 6:00. The forecast is for an improvement today, so we should be racing later, and then tomorrow and Monday are, I'm told, just fine.

Stay tuned and as soon as there are any developments we'll let you know.