2009 FIA Main Event
Santa Pod Raceway, 22nd-25th May 2009
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 22:45 Today's pictures have now been posted; you can access the gallery via the Event Index page. There are seventy pictures in all, some of which have mouseover captions. If you don't see all seventy thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Simon has also posted today's latest set of pit notes which you can access via the Event Index page. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from the third day of qualifying. 19:50 Junior Dragster qualifying session 9: Lottie Watts up from #14 to #3 in the fourth pair. Next pair and Zak Johnson went into #1 spot.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2009 19:38:57 20 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 5 ZAK JOHNSON +0.0036 9.1261 0.2261 08.90 71.07
2 8 ROSIE HUNT +0.0040 8.2244 0.3244 07.90 78.12
3 222 MIRIAM SORTOMME +0.0046 11.3491 2.4491 08.90 54.67
4 15 CHARLOTTE WATTS +0.0081 10.3400 1.4400 08.90 63.31
5 4 MATTHEW SEAMARKS +0.0087 8.0314 0.1314 07.90 72.30
6 3 JOE KELLETT +0.0122 9.0534 0.1534 08.90 69.97
7 11 REBECCA EVANS +0.0126 8.0721 0.1721 07.90 80.45
8 12 RHIANNON BELLENIE +0.0127 10.9560 2.0560 08.90 57.23
9 10 JOSH SAUNDERS +0.0146 7.8520 -0.0480 07.90 82.06
10 2 ANNA STANLEY +0.0168 8.1216 0.2216 07.90 79.83
11 100 IVANA VAN DEN BERG +0.0338 10.6073 1.7073 08.90 57.80
12 16 CLARE GILES +0.0494 9.1143 1.2143 07.90 69.33
13 14 GABRIELLE MCDONALD +0.0513 8.1299 0.2299 07.90 79.45
14 13 LISA SELLES +0.0523 7.9331 0.0331 07.90 82.36
15 19 ANNALIEZE GIBB +0.1520 9.1907 0.2907 08.90 68.48
* = Disqualified
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Comp Eliminator qualifying session 6: An improvement for Roland Bolletter but he stayed in #3. This round was the first appearance of HKS Pro racer Chris Impey alongside John Bradshaw; Chris had problems not far off the line.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
23/05/2009 19:42:53 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 401 JOHN BRADSHAW -0.0070 7.9245 -1.2655 09.19 172.27
2 710 JOHN TEBENHAM +0.2380 7.7872 -0.1628 07.95 172.28
3 810 ROLAND BOLLETER +0.4380 7.8998 -0.0202 07.92 171.00
4 620 CHRIS IMPEY +0.7491 16.8167 8.8667 07.95 61.08
* = Disqualified
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Super Gas qualifying after session 9:
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
That's qualifying done for today. Simon is working on more pit notes and we also have a huge amount of pictures to go through before posting today's gallery so stay tuned. 19:30 Super Comp qualifying session 9: Frank Mason up to #7 in the second pair of the session. Pete Cresswell having effected repairs came in at #9. Two pairs later Dave Day moved up to #1 with a perfect run, well done Dave and well done Spencer! Next pair and a big moment for Dave Catton in the Shogun right on the finish line, the car making a hard move. Dave kept a good hold of it though.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Super Street qualifying session 9: Bob Lees up from #11 to #10 in the fourth pair. Next pair and a perfect run for Martyn Sanger, well done Martyn!
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
19:15 Fuel Funny Car session 2: John Spuffard 5.0501/309.36 def. Gary Page 10.4912/96.18
19:10 FIA/NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Ray White 10.8227/78.17 bye, Bert Englefield 7.2620/211.91, Robert Joosten 6.6734/204.13, Kev Slyfield 9.6540/97.74, Henri Joosten 7.3157/179.04, Graham Ellis 6.5886/219.21, Terje Håkonsen 6.2833/224.22, Rolf Amman 6.4087/218.06, Marco Maurischat 7.4706/191.10 Nice twisty burnout for Ray, 1.1043 to sixty feet but then shake and smoke from the motor and Ray shut it off. Word came from the track crew that we had oil on the track. One clog and jet dryer later Bert and Robert J faced off. Big red light for Bert, 1.4780 to sixty feet, Robert's tyres went up in smoke and he pedalled, 1.3143 to sixty feet. 4.8792/161.36 to half track for Bert and 4.4643 to half track for Robert. Ed at the top end reported part of Bert's bonnet was sticking up when he turned off the track. Same problem for Kev, the Willys moving around every time he hit the throttle whilst Henri drove through shake and stayed with it as the Chevy moved left and right. 0.0710 RT for Graham, 1.0567 to sixty feet to Terje's 0.1181 and 1.0085. Graham had a long pedal for shake then got back on it, the Bird visibly accelerating hard in the second half, Terje's Bird was moving about the lane but he stayed with it. Great run for Rolf, 1.0662 to sixty feet and 4.1752/177.70 to half track, 1.1861 and 4.9149/152.02 for Marco. Exhaust-Coatings.de 2008 Pro Mod Challenge round 1 The Challenge postponed from the 2008 FIA European Finals, is running during qualifying this weekend.
Roger Johansson 7.7732/123.20 def. Mats Eriksson no time
Marc Meihuizen 6.4109/223.15 def. Micke Gullquist 28.1472/37.94
Andy Robinson 6.1024/226.60 def. Urban Johansson 6.4526/165.55
Bruno Bader 6.1234/225.47 def. Micke Lindahl 6.1942/172.52
Qualifying after this session:
18:30 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Derek Flynn shut off (bye), Esko Raisvuo 6.1886/250.75, Timo Habermann 5.4469/257.39, Dave Wilson 5.7745/248.01, Krister Johansson 5.4966/246.29, Peter Schöfer 5.6222/253.73, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5972/253.10, Rob Turner 5.5034/240.11, Fred Hanssen 5.5333/225.36 Derek's motor was popping and banging even by nitro standards on the way back from the burnout and he shut off when he got back to the start line. 0.9170 to sixty feet for Timo, 3.5628/209.52 at half track and a new Personal Best for #1 spot, well done Timo! 1.0824 to sixty feet for Esko, looked and sounded like a cylinder out which eventually cleared, 4.2323/195.31 at half track. Dave's tyres didn't light in the burnout. Didn't seem to hurt too much although there was a cylinder out most of the way down, 3.8569/204.23 at half track. A great pass from Krister, 0.9732 to sixty feet and 3.6418 at a huge 217.58 at half track, the car moved around in the second half and Krister shut off and put the chutes out before the finish. 0.9446 to sixty feet for Peter to Paul's 0.9526, Paul had the better half track 3.6576/202.93 to 3.6934/201.50. 0.9233 to sixty feet for Rob, 0.9388 for Fred, 3.5756/207.05 at half track for Rob and 3.5827/212.43 for Fred, Fred's dragster started to move to the centre line and then the blower belt came off the Islanders car. One place made up for Rob. Qualifying after this session:
18:10 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Per Håkon Troa 5.8872/245.16 bye, Danny Bellio 5.8104/249.59 bye, Steph Milam 7.2005/174.34, Jürgen Nagel 6.6796/204.13, Ulf Leanders 10.0429/65.92, Dan Larsen no time DQ, Arvid Grødem did not start, Leif Andréasson 5.8075/237.44 A superb pass for Per Håkon. The car rolled slightly before Per Håkon hit it, 1.0549 to sixty feet and 3.8988/196.95 at half track and into #2 spot at that point, not bad for a rookie! Superb run for Danny, PBs all round, 0.9632 to sixty feet and 3.8246/193.80 at half track, into the lead at that point. Well done Danny! Steph's tyres didn't light on the burnout. Jürgen started to roll the beams at the lights ran, 1.1970 to sixty feet to Steph's 1.1572. Jürgen's FC started to move to the right guardrail and Steph's to the left guardrail. Jürgen stayed with it and pulled it straight, 4.3804/171.60 at half track, Steph got to half track in 4.5735/149.51 but shut off soon after. 1.0280 to sixty feet for Ulf, 1.0609 for Dan, Ulf hit shake and pedalled a couple of times but then all attention to Dan as the Stratus hit shake and turned left, taking out the half track reflectors. Clean-up done, a great run for Leif to take his #1 spot back, 0.9853 to sixty feet, a puff of smoke at half track 3.7983/195.32 and looked like a cylinder out in the second half. Qualifying after this session:
17:45 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Stig Neergaard 5.5912/190.49 bye, Risto Poutiainen 5.9673/150.12 bye, Anita Mäkelä 5.7729/159.55, Jon Webster 7.2667/105.61, Andy Carter 5.9146/153.06, Lex Joon 5.2782/192.73 Some work on the idle on Stig's motor before staging, 0.9803 to sixty feet, 3.5232/238.39 at half track and then shut off at about 700 feet, the dragster getting close to the right guardrail. Stig into #2 spot at that point. 0.0283 RT for Risto, 0.8834 to sixty feet then the tyres went up in smoke at about 403 feet and the car disappeared into the cloud, Risto got off the throttle as the car made a move to the left. 0.9187 to sixty feet for Anita, 0.8863 for Jon, Anita hit shake and her blower belt broke at 330 feet or so, Jon drove through shake and then his tyres went up in smoke at about 250 feet. Anita up to #3 at that point, no change for Jon. 0.8499 sixty foot time for Andy to Lex's 0.8585, both pretty stout. Andy hit shake about 200 feet out then his tyres went up in smoke, Lex hit shake but managed to get through it first time, 3.2249/242.02 at half track, but then his tyres started to haze and he shut off at about 700 feet. Qualifying after this session:
A big Hello to Chris Hope and we hope that an old man isn't having too much trouble with all this new technology. 17:30 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Jan Palmqvist 6.9220/199.00 bye, Harald Sturhan 7.2652/192.98, Micke Callin 7.1547/193.68, Tommy Leindahl 6.8678/201.59, Richard Sundblom 6.8227/202.29, Michael Malmgren 6.8147/202.57 bye, Jonas Dantanus did not start, Jimmy Ålund 6.9022/203.41, Magnus Hansson 6.8044/201.40 Jan's GTO looks just stunning. 1.0169 to sixty feet, 4.4363/158.43 to half track and into #5 spot at that point. An improvement for Harald, 1.0907 to sixty feet and 4.6941/150.99 at the eighth, bumped down a spot by Micke's 1.0260 to sixty feet, 4.6003/151.90 to the eighth and 0.0660 first at the stripe. A great match-up between Tommy and Richard, Tommy away foirst 0.0137 to 0.1451, better incrementals for Richard 1.0059 to sixty feet to Tommy's 1.0149, 4.3854/160.52 to Tommy's 4.4230/158.91, but Tommy first to the stripe by dint of his better RT. Michael took a bye, Jonas sat in front of the garage having been pushed back. 1.0271 to sixty feet and 4.3859/160.11 to the eighth and into second place at that point. 0.0095 RT for Jimmy, 1.0005 to sixty feet, driving through shake which robbed him of ET, 4.4615/160.55 at half track. Speed record backed up, well done Jimmy! 1.0072 to sixty feet for Magnus, 4.3738/161.03 to half track and into #2 spot. Qualifying after this session:
17:15 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Eric Teboul 7.3444/173.05 bye, Rene van den Berg 6.6954/201.64 bye, Michal Ponca no time, Ian Carruthers no time DQ, Bob Brooks 8.5356/155.69, Peter Svensson 6.2250/202.21, Christian Jager shut off, Otto Knebl 8.1950/160.77, Ian King shut off, Tim Blakemore no time (bye), Steve Woollatt 6.4990/211.06, Steve Carey 12.2739/66.43 Eric's motor had a cylinder out all the way down and sounded very rough, but good for #5 spot at that point. A nice pass for Rene, 1.0902 to sixty feet and 4.3342/170.41 then just in the last couple of hundred feet sounded as if it had got to its limit. 1.1556 to sixty feet for Ian C but thr bike was always heading left and took out the eighth-mile reflectors. Michal clocked 1.4596 to sixty feet and was safely out of the way when Rush crossed lanes. 1.0588 to sixty feet for Peter and 4.0664/191.01 at the eighth, riding through shake and blackstriping the rest of the laine Ian King shut off his motor before the burnout so Tim took the bye, but his Kawasaki's motor cut out at the hit. Another superb pass for Steve W put him into #2 spot, 1.1519 to sixty feet and 4.2548/177.70 at the eighth, Steve C staged aiming at 330 feet and went straight for it, having to shut off and pull it straight. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 22.3 C, 35% humidity and 29.68 inches of air, track temperature is 36.5 C. 16:55 FIM/UEM Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Svein Olav Rolfstad 7.7284/179.25 bye, Per Bengtsson 7.3037/176.40, Matti Vahasaari 7.2832/169.07, Ian Turburville 7.9742/152.03, Lorenz Stäuble 8.6018/170.27, Job Heezen 6.9211/192.94 bye, Tommy Möller no time, Roel Koedam 8.3692/170.34, Chris Hannam 7.5401/183.56, Hans Olav Olstad 7.9694/188.02 Svein Olav's bike sounded to run out of grunt past half track but a good baseline for tomorrow's further two sessions. A great first pass in FIM/UEM competition for Matti, his crew delighted. 1.2038 to sixty feet and 4.6671/157.86 at half track. 1.3149 to sixty feet for Per and 4.8303/164.19 at half track, a gentle pass but in the ladder and a good baseline. Straight run for Turbo, 1.3645 to sixty feet and 5.1878/153.57 at the eighth, whilst Lo headed for the right guardrail and had a real job to pull it back. Great run for Job, 1.1690 to sixty feet and 4.5022/165.47 to the eighth and into #1 spot at that point. A bang from Tommy's bike and he drew to a halt at half track. Roel's bike sounded to be hesitating at half track and he feathered the throttle in the second half. Hans Olav had pulled his burnout and was on the way back before Cannon's motor fired, Chief Starter Ian Marshall signalled Cannon to pull a short burnout but it looked as if that was the intention anyway. Nice pass for Cannon even with a long feather of the throttle at half track as the bike moved towards the centre line, Hans Olav meanwhile was pulling his bike away from the right guardrail. Qualifying after this session:
16:40 FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first): Ray Debben 10.0035/161.30 bye, Martin Bishop 7.6833/173.01, Len Paget 7.6166/165.97, Fredrik Fredlund 7.4768/175.64, Ulf Ögge 7.3154/181.24 Hesitation off the line for Ray's Kawasaki but sounded OK when he got going. An improvement for Martin but he stayed in place. An impprovement for Fredrik moved him up to #2. Qualifying after this session:
16:35 Super Pro ET qualifying session 9: Norbert Schneider into first place with a perfect run in the first pairing, well done Norbert! Two pairs later John Tebenham moved from #29 to #18. Ray Eldred tells that the hearse supporting the Nosferatu Firebird this weekend was supplied by Gothic Limousines whose web site you can find at www.gothiclimousines.co.uk. The Firebird's engine made a grunting noise and Vince Gibbs shut off, hopefully the hearse won't be for that engine. Another big move for Nigel Payne in the next pairing, #21 up to #9, not bad for a car which normally runs heads-up! Bad news next run as Martyn Jones had a high speed crash in his new Small Fortune dragster. The car was going great guns at the eighth when there was a huge cloud of smoke and the car went sideways and flipped, sliding into the guardrail just past the finish line and bouncing back to the other side of the track. Word is that Martyn got himself out of the car and he is now in the Medical Centre being checked out. A long trail of oil starting where the cloud of smoke appeared tells the story of that accident I think. No sooner had we got going than Rick Cooke's dragster laid down about half a mile of oil. The track crew did the usual great job of clean-up.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
14:10 Pro ET qualifying session 9: A move from #35 to #28 for Dave Nelson in mid-session.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
13:30 Simon has posted his first set of pit notes which you can view via the Event Index page. Fuel Funny Car session 1 (left lane first): Gary Page 12.7416/91.22 bye
Gordon Smith 6.0516/188.94 bye
Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association demonstration session 1:
Paul Wratten 6.3415/198.07 def. Joe Bond 9.4520/79.35 DQ crossed centre line A new PB and quickest ever pass by a European alcohol altered for Paul Wratten, well done Paul and the guys! 13:00 FIA/NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Marc Meihuizen 8.9767/102.17 bye, Ray White shut off, Kev Slyfield 8.5356/155.80 bye, Marco Maurischat 7.3527/185.89 bye, Wayne Nicholson shut off, Henri Joosten 8.1665/111.75, Graham Ellis 6.7466/220.02, Robert Koper shut off, Bert Englefield 9.7231/97.48 bye, Terje Håkonsen 7.4030/207.15, Rolf Ammann 6.5994/205.95, Kristian Nyström 9.9189/87.50, Andy Robinson 6.1368/220.94, Bruno Bader 8.8982/102.14, Mats Eriksson 6.3175/220.00, Roger Johansson 6.5141/221.27, Micke Gullquist 12.1994/78.79, Patrick Wikström 6.1187/235.20, Urban Johansson 6.4457/223.23, Robert Joosten 9.8129/98.35, Micke Lindahl 6.2063/226.58 First run for Marc's new Pro Mod and oh boy what a beautiful car! Builder and Eurodragster.com Andy Robinson was on the line in his firesuit supervising. 1.0740 to sixty feet then shake and a move to the right, Marc got off th throttle. Looked like no drive for Ray as he tried to burn out, shut off and pushed back so Kev took the bye. A very squirrelly run for Kev, 1.1674 to sixty feet and a few photographers stepped back as the Willys headed for the guardrail. Every time Kev hit the throttle the car moved about. Wayne signalled to shut off on his way back from the burnout, I am guessing that Bob of the track crew spotted a fluid leak. Checkout pass for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, a gentle launch, 1.1280 to sixty feet and off the throttle and chutes out at about 903 feet. 1.0360 to sixty feet for Graham and then shake and the Superbird turned to the right, a long pedal and 4.4583/163.37 at half track but still a pretty good ET and speed considering the pedal. 1.1238 to sixty feet for Henri, 4.5230/138.89 at half track. Robert shut off after the burnout, 0.0293 RT but then shake and smoke at the hit for Bert. A long pedal and then it sounded like no third gear so he shut off. A 250-foot burnout by Terje before his match-up with Rolf. 1.1393 to sixty for Terje, driving through shake and then pedalling as the car headed for the rail. Rolf's Coupe got to sixty feet in 1.0729 and he stayed with it whilst it moved left and right. Again no chutes for Rolf but he had experience of a handbrake turn during testing and made of off the track OK. A tremendous pass for Gus, 0.0683 Rt and 0.9930 to sixty feet, driving through a little shake, 3.9977/186.21 to half track which is only the second three-second half track I can remember seeing. 1.0585 to sixty feet for Kristian and then shake and shut off. 1.0657 to sixty feet for Mats and then shake which he calmly drove through as the Green Goblin headed for the centre line, 4.1799 at half track. Bruno got to sixty feet in 1.0203 but then hit shake about 200 feet out. 0.0873 RT for Micke G then tyres up in smoke, he pedalled but every time he hit the throttle the car moved about and he shut off. 1.0811 to sixty feet for Roger, 4.2907/175.69 at half track and again a flash of flame right on the finish line. Urban left Patrick for dead at the Tree 0.0790 to 0.5120, Patrick had the better sixty foot time 0.9889 to 1.0977, 4.0298/187.29 at half track to 4.2127/173.45. 1.0310 to sixty feet for Micke L on top of a 0.0694 RT, 4.0574/181.82 at half track but then smoke from the motor in the second half. Robert's tyres up in smoke off the line, 1.2135 to sixty feet and hitting shake, Robert pedalled and gave it another go but eventually had to shut off. Qualifying after this session:
12:25 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Fred Hanssen 5.4566/265.67, Esko Raisvuo 6.0400/250.32, Derek Flynn 5.8856/232.79, Dennis Habermann 5.5280/253.06, Krister Johansson 5.6153/248.15, Dave Wilson 5.9024/253.06, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.6110/252.17, Rob Turner 5.5653/239.66, Timo Habermann 5.6740/257.92, Peter Schöfer 5.5908/254.46 A long staging duel before the first pairing although probably new drivers just checking and double checking everything rather than trying to put one another off. A great pass for Fred, 0.9512 to sixty feet and 3.5956/211.91 at half track and the first half of a European speed record, well done Fred! A good first full pass on his new car for Esko, 1.1251 to sixty feet and the car started to drift to the right, Esko stayed with it, 4.1268/201.22 at half track. Dennis away first 0.0846 to 1.3097, 0.9197 to sixty feet for Dennis to Derek's 1.0588, 3.6012/205.78 at half track for Dennis, Derek looked to have cylinders out in the second half after getting to half track in 3.8944/204.24. A huge burnout from Grumpy, from Race Control the rest of planet Earth disappeared for a few seconds. Krister away first 0.0964 to 0.2681 and all of his incrementals were better, 0.9931 to sixty feet to Grumpy's 1.0640, 3.7144/208.96 at half track to Grumpy's 4.0090/202.93 and to the stripe first by 0.4588. A flash of flame from Krister's motor just before the finish line and he put the chutes out a touch early. -0.0619 red light for Paul, 0.9666 to sixty feet to Rob's 0.9317, Rob had the better eighth-mile 3.6076/204.07 to Paul's 3.6825/203.43 but then smoke from Rob's motor in the second half. Peter away first 0.0924 to 0.1030, 0.9367 sixty foot for Peter to Timo's 0.9941, Peter drove through shake whilst in the other lane a body panel came off Timo's dragster and flew into the other lane. 3.6729/203.83 at half track for Peter to Timo's 3.7721/206.02 and Peter there first by 0.0938. One round of qualifying and we have the quickest-ever Top Methanol Dragster bump spot in Europe. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 25.4 C, 36% humidity and 29.68 inches of air, track temperature 33.7 C. 12:00 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Per Håkon Troa 6.4508/212.06 bye, Steph Milam 7.3061/154.19 bye, Jürgen Nagel 6.4875/219.13, Danny Bellio 7.7401/121.45, Dan Larsen 6.2786/202.42, Arvid Grødem 6.0738/204.06, Leif Andréasson 5.8413/237.68, Ulf Leanders 6.0774/240.92 Per Håkon's FC rolled the beams very slightly, 1.0488 to sixty feet, the car made a slight move to the right and Per Håkon stayed with it, 4.2021/164.49 at half track, squeezing the throttle on and off all the way. Steph's FC rolled the beams as the lights ran, 1.2837 to sixty feet, shake between about 218 feet and 334 feet and Steph shut off at about half track, 4.5450/156.40. Danny was on a stormer, 0.9935 to sixty feet but was the driving through shake by half track, 4.2636/140.14 and shut off as the FC got close to the right guardrail. 1.0674 to sixty feet for Jurgen, driving through shake and getting very close to the eighth and 990 foot reflectors but staying with it. Arvid away first 0.2112 to 0.4785, driving through shake, 3.9094/185.52 at half track. 1.0579 to sixty feet for Dan, driving through shake and getting close to the centre line, 4.0972/182.73 at half track and then we heard a burst panel blow at the top end, we are guessing Dan's. Ulf away first 0.1288 to 0.2360, 0.9951 sixty foot time for Leif to Ulf's 1.0350, Leif's FC as ever bouncing up and down but still 3.8278/195.39 at half track to Ulf's 4.0427/190.12. Qualifying after this session:
11:35 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Stig Neergaard shut off (bye), Anita Mäkelä 26.2738/60.21 bye, Jon Webster 8.1558/89.95, Micke Kågered 5.1106/222.15, Lex Joon 5.8688/173.01, Andy Carter 12.6480/66.42 First pass in the new car for Stig. The tyres didn't light on the burnout and then after he came back to the start line there was a bang in amongst the crackle and Stig shut off. Anita's motor fired and then shut off within seconds. Some headscratching from the team and then another go. No burnout, straight into stage and idled down the track - good strategy to get a time on the board but not obvious what was wrong. 0.9077 to sixty feet for Micke, 3.3128/248.68 at half track and shut off and chutes out at about 1000 feet. Superb 0.8748 to sixty feet for Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon, great guns to 330 feet, 2.3974, but then the rear tyres went up in smoke. From here it looked as if Jon tried to pedal but the tyres were really blazing and he shut off before half track. Finally the match-up we all wanted to see and which should last September have decided the Championship before the rain came confirming Andy's title. A huge -0.2259 red light for Andy, tyres up in smoke at the hit and the Lucas Oil dragster made a violent swerve, Andy pedalled and the tyres smoked even more and it sounded like the blower panel burst and there was a big flash of flame. A languid 1.2156 sixty foot for Lex but then the MPM Oil/Corporate Persuasion dragster visibly picked up, 3.6135/238.82 at half track, blackstriping all the way and shutting off at about 800 feet. A big Hej to Pelle Lindelöw who can't make it to Santa Pod this weekend but who we know is tuned in. Hope you are enjoying the coverage Pelle. Qualifying after this session:
11:20 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Jonas Dantanus 7.0457/198.05, Harald Sturhan 7.6685/191.21, Micke Callin 18.5696/42.03, Tommy Leindahl 6.8361/201.40, Magnus Hansson 6.8727/200.71, Michael Malmgren 6.8274/200.44, Richard Sundblom 11.785/73.53, Jimmy Ålund 6.7514/205.03 200-foot burnout for Jonas before his match-up with Harald. 1.0504 to sixty feet for Jonas, 4.5442/154.59 to the eighth, a haze of smoke from Jonas' GTO all the way and running down the left side of his lane. Some clean-up in Jonas' lane after the run. 1.3056 to sixty feet for Harald and then a hesitation, 5.0822/149.04 at half track but looking stronger in the second eighth. 201-foot burnout for Micke before his match-up with Tommy. A stormer for Tommy, 1.0023 to sixty feet and 4.3937/159.39 at the eighth - looks like the new Leanders Brothers Pro Stock clutch works OK! Micke hit immediate shake and shut off. Michael seemed to have a problem getting the car into stage and then 0.7337 RT, 1.0240 to sixty feet for Magnus and 4.4331/160.05 at half track. 1.0360 to sixty feet for Michael and 4.3941/160.67 to the eighth. Awesome run for Jimmy, 0.0260 RT, 1.0010 to sixty feet and 4.3447/161.65 at the eight and the first half of new European ET and speed records, well done Jimmy! 0.0877 RT for Richard and a huge wheelie, 1.0224 to sixty feet and the Cobalt made a hard move to the right so he shut off. Qualifying after this session:
Trackside conditions are 23.0 C, 41% humidity and 29.74 inches of air, track temperature 27.2 C. 11:00 FIM/UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Ian Carruthers 11.9504/66.59, Bob Brooks 17.532/36.59, Michal Ponca shut off (bye), Tim Blakemore 7.3256/163.01, Christian Jager 8.2095/154.10, Steve Carey 7.2838/189.79 bye, Rene van den Berg shut off, Otto Knebl 8.4933/143.33, Steve Woollatt 6.7850/161.23, Peter Svensson 10.8636/75.39, Ian King 6.7968/188.03 1.1370 to sixty feet for Rush and the TFB headed to the right and he shut off. Spin off the line for Bob and the Yellow Metal bike headed to the right, Bob shut off about eighty feet out. Michal Ponca shut off before the burnout. Good baseline passes for Tim and Christian, Christian especially will be pleased after his clutch problems. Rene shut off his motor after a few seconds and never made the burnout. Steve C took the bye and it was a lot more straight than previous form, a good checkout pass for all the changes and the Purple Princess looks great with its new paint and bodywork. 1.1264 to sixty feet for Steve W, 4.2255/177.45 at the eighth, the Dealer was fishtailing some and Steve shut off at about 100 feet. No problems for Otto, 1.3372 to sixty feet and 5.3521/132.41 at the eighth. 1.0545 to sixty feet for Peter, then the rear tyre went up in smoke at about 100 feet and he shut off. 1.1091 to sixty feet for Ian, 4.4121/169.70 at the eighth and shut off at about 1100 feet. Qualifying after this session:
10:45 FIM/UEM Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Roel Koedam 8.6613/130.87, Chris Hannam 8.3760/156.77, Job Heezen 17.6617/32.57, Tommy Möller 15.5260/46.71, Hans Olav Olstad 7.0756/202.55 bye, Lorenz Stäuble 17.7020/49.20, Svein Olav Rolfstad shut off Some smoke from Cannon's exhausts after start-up but it cleared very quickly. Daylight nitro flames from Roel's bike but the motor started to cough in the second half and Roel shut off. Cannon's first full pass on his new set-up and looked pretty easy so more to come. 1.1466 to sixty feet for Job then the rear slick hazed, he feathered the throttle and shut off. 1.2413 to sixty feet for Tommy then shut off before 330 feet. 1.1905 to sixty feet for Hans Olav, 4.6647/165.45 at the eighth, the bike heading for the centre line but Hans Olav had it covered. Svein Olav shut off before staging as his wheelie bar came apart and one wheel came off. Lo took the bye and the bike immediately made a violent right turn. Lo tried to hold on to it but the bike was really moving about and he shut off about sevent feet out. Qualifying after this session:
10:35 FIM/UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first): Len Paget 7.5918/169.10, Martin Bishop 7.8204/171.61, Ulf Ögge 7.2380/182.74, Fredrik Fredlund 7.6114/162.39 A good pair of baseline passes for Len and Martin, Martin's first run of the year having had his cylinder head repaired. A tremendous pass for Ulf, 1.1226 to sixty feet and 4.6070/153.05 at the eighth, 1.1363 to sixty feet for Frdrik and 4.7728/142.89 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
10:30 Super Gas qualifying session 8: Jon Giles up from #11 to #9 in the second pair of the session. Dave Day up from #7 to #6 next pair. John Grant closed out the session moving up from #13 to #12.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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Next up is today's first Pro session. 10:25 Super Street qualifying session 8: Neil Grant up from #9 to #3 in the second pair.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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Junior Dragster qualifying session 8: Lisa Selles up from #14 to #12 in the second pair. Two more pairs and Gabby McDonald moved up to #12 from #13. Final pair and Becky Evans moved up from #7 to #5.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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23/05/2009 10:22:59 20 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 8 ROSIE HUNT +0.0040 8.2244 0.3244 07.90 78.12
2 222 MIRIAM SORTOMME +0.0046 11.3491 2.4491 08.90 54.67
3 4 MATTHEW SEAMARKS +0.0087 8.0314 0.1314 07.90 72.30
4 3 JOE KELLETT +0.0122 9.0534 0.1534 08.90 69.97
5 11 REBECCA EVANS +0.0126 8.0721 0.1721 07.90 80.45
6 12 RHIANNON BELLENIE +0.0127 10.9560 2.0560 08.90 57.23
7 10 JOSH SAUNDERS +0.0146 7.8520 -0.0480 07.90 82.06
8 2 ANNA STANLEY +0.0168 8.1216 0.2216 07.90 79.83
9 100 IVANA VAN DEN BERG +0.0338 10.6073 1.7073 08.90 57.80
10 5 ZAK JOHNSON +0.0407 9.2533 0.3533 08.90 69.53
11 16 CLARE GILES +0.0494 9.1143 1.2143 07.90 69.33
12 14 GABRIELLE MCDONALD +0.0513 8.1299 0.2299 07.90 79.45
13 13 LISA SELLES +0.0523 7.9331 0.0331 07.90 82.36
14 15 CHARLOTTE WATTS +0.0652 10.5444 1.6444 08.90 62.01
15 19 ANNALIEZE GIBB +0.2113 9.0724 0.1724 08.90 69.01
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Comp Eliminator qualifying session 5: John Bradshaw into #1 with his first pass of the weekend, way under index. An improvement from John Tebenham but he stayed in place.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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23/05/2009 10:23:58 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 401 JOHN BRADSHAW -0.0070 7.9245 -1.2655 09.19 172.27
2 710 JOHN TEBENHAM +0.2380 7.7872 -0.1628 07.95 172.28
3 810 ROLAND BOLLETER +0.4738 8.2825 0.3625 07.92 164.62
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10:05 Super Comp qualifying session 8: Steve Wells up to #6 in the first pairing of the session. A long (distance) clean-up from Marck Harteveld's Plymouth in the next pair, hopefully only something loose rather than serious mechanical damage.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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Trackside conditions are 22.2 C, 43% humidity and 29.71 inches of air, track temperature is 26.6 C. 9:35 Super Pro ET qualifying session 8: Nigel Payne up from #21 to #16 in the first pairing of the session. Next pairing and Eurodragster.com News sponsor Pete Walters moved from #15 to #8. Mark Flavell up from #27 to #23 next pair. 7.680 on a 7.99 dial-in for Karl Harrison, a huge breakout but the team very happy with that, a PB for Karl in the FC, well done Karl! Pat Talbot up from #17 to #14 a couple of pairs later. A big move for Dave Townsend, #21 to #13 in last but one pair of the session. Last run of the session and Martin Curbishley went into #1 spot 0.002 on dial-in.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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9:15 Trackside conditions at the start of qualifying were 19.0 C, 51% humidity and 29.71 inches of air, track temperature was 20.5 C. Pro ET qualifying session 8: The timing crew have sorted the problem with Pro ET qualifying; we're aware that one of yesterday's sessions is still not showing correctly in our report but we will go back and correct it when we have time. Which will probably be Tuesday! Hans van der Spek up from #11 to #8 in the first pairing of the day. Rick Denny up from #18 to #12 in mid-session. A nice 0.006 RT for Carla Pittau and then broke out by eighty nine ten thousandths! A couple of pairings later Carl Burton moved up from #17 to #12.
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F.I.A. MAIN EVENT 2009. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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8:20 Good morning from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the FIA Main Event brought to you in association with American Car Imports. The Webster Race Engineering/Lex Joon Racing USA Tour 2009 webcam is on-line and posting a picture every sixty seconds. Another beautiful day here at Santa Pod Raceway. Trackside conditions are 17.2 C, 55% humidity and 29.71 inches of air. We'll bring you the track temperature soon. A big Hello to Viveca and Håkan Averstedt who are tuned in from what Viveca tells us is a wet Florida. Sorry to hear that guys but we hope it's not affecting your enjoyment of the coverage. Good morning also to everyone at Shakespeare County Raceway who are tuned in via their laptops, to Mathias Wienand - no more nightmares we hope Mathias - and to Stephen Moon. Pity you can't be here guys but hope we are providing a reasonable alternative. More thanks to Syd McDonald who this morning brought us some delicious bacon baps. We're due to start at 9:00 with a cycle of Sportsman qualifying, the Pro classes are due at 10:30 and 14:30 with Sportsman qualifying in between and after. Stay tuned and as soon as the motors fire up we'll start to bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |