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19:00

We have now posted today's pictures, which you can access via the event index page.

That's the end of our coverage of the SPRC Summernationals, brought to you in association with American Car Imports. Thanks very much for tuning in. Our next event coverage will be from the UK Truck Show back here at Santa Pod Raceway in two weeks' time. See you then!

16:50

Final Sportsman results

Super Modified: Belinda Bull 7.5828/179.80 def. Nigel Payne 7.6810/180.54
Super Pro ET: John Everitt (7.89) 7.9298/164.02 def. Jack Brewster (8.60) 8.6446./151.46
Pro ET: Roy Walker (10.55) 10.5812/125.39 def. Mick Howling (10.70) 10.7594/120.67
Sportsman ET: Spencer Tramm (15.93) 16.2050/78.72 def. Tethys (17.48) 17.3295/74.34
Super Comp: Paul Letchford 8.8704/157.99 bye, Frank Mason no show
Super Gas: Stuart Morrice 10.9098/147.11 def. Frank Mason no time DQ
Super Street: Martyn Sanger 11.1992/95.45 def. Leigh Morris 23.7875/83.89
Junior Dragster: Joe Kellett (8.94) 8.9840/70.85 def. Anna Stanley (8.02) 8.0429/81.11 DQ red light
B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator: Mats Andersson 9.6117/138.93 def. David Murdoch 9.9913/120.82
Wild Bunch: Pete Yates (9.33) 9.3710/138.20 def. Dave Rowlands (9.76) no time DQ
VW Pro: James Hodson (10.90) 11.1810/93.43 def. Richard Merriman (12.80) 13.0654/100.36
VW Sportsman: Lucy Matthews (23.98) 24.0681/52.15 def. Russ Weir (16.29) 16.9921/78.35
Outlaw Anglia: Richard Colby 8.6013/156.72 def. Cliff Griffin 8.7650/152.56
Outlaw Flat Four: Paul Bate 14.9327/70.88 def. Bernie Newbury 10.7947/127.64 DQ boundary violation
HKS FWD: Guy Chamberlain 10.9278/141.13 def. Neil Knight 13.6925/104.53

Roy Walker's margin of victory in the Pro ET final was 2.34 inches.

Pro Stock Bike: Dave Beck 7.2990/179.81 def. Len Paget 12.3672/62.28 DQ red light
Funny Bike: Kev Charman 7.3843/178.48 def. Chris Hall no time
Comp Bike: Ivan Birch 7.5398/174.22 def. Dave Peters 8.4794/129.37
Super Street Bike: Steve Venables 7.4663/185.07 def. Rich Stubbins 7.6488/188.03
9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki 9.6188/125.48 def. Dave Hall 9.4988/146.60
Supertwin Gas: Les Harris 9.8919/128.63 def. Andy Watson 9.9425/131.69
Supertwin ET: Dave Smart (10.00) 10.0911/131.97 def. Steve Partridge (11.00) 11.0155/118.80

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association

Final: Frank Bennett 6.5718/196.09 def. Dave Grabham 7.1720/178.48
3rd/4th place run-off: Joe Bond 7.3911/181.37 bye, John Wright no show

Martin Hill closed the weekend with a 6.2671/255.97 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC.

16:10

MSA Pro Modified final

Andy Robinson 6.1561/230.08 def. Graham Ellis 6.7528/217.10

Two great RTs, 0.0205 to 0.0645 in Andy's favour, 1.0325 to sixty feet for Andy to Graham's 1.0325, Graham's Superbird started to shake and veer towards the centreline, 4.0401/182.38 at half track for Andy and 4.3909/153.51 for Graham at which point he was on a long pedal to get the Bird straight, 0.6407 win for Andy.

16:05

Top Fuel Bike final

Steve Woollatt 6/4840/210.05 def. Rene van den Berg 7.1578/199.63

Rene away first 0.1168 to 0.01453 but then all the incrementals were in Steve's favour. 1.1035 to sixty feet to Rene's 1.1414, 4.2275/176.31 to half track to Rene's 4.7474/160.66 and taking the stripe by 0.6453. Sounded like Rene was feathering the throttle a little.

15:55

Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners:

Frank Mason 9.9956/132.89, Stuart Morrice 10.5791/147.07

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners:

Leigh Morris 10.9098/114.41, Martyn Sanger 10.9808/113.75

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners:

Joe Kellett (8.92) 8.9749/70.85, Anna Stanley (8.05) 8.0293/81.15 bye

That's all of our classes up to finals.

15:40

VW Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners:

Russ Weir (16.29) 16.3384/79.63 bye, Lucy Matthews (23.98) 24.0185/54.47

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners:

Richard Colby 8.6044.157.31, Cliff Griffin 11.2909/73.44 bye

14:40

B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners:

Mats Andersson 9.5389/140.21, David Murdoch 10.2411/129.16 bye

Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners:

Dave Rowlands (9.76) 9.8277/131.63, Pete Yates (9.33) staged

We're now on a break for track grooming and to collect the finalists.

14:35

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners:

Rosie Hunt (8.30) 8.3518/75.59, Anna Stanley (8.10) 8.0562/81.40, Joe Kellett (8.92) 8.9582/71.75

Super Comp eliminations round 3 winners:

paul Letchford 18.143/70.68 bye, Frank Mason 8.9608/151.02

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 3 winners:

Les Harris 9.9368/134.41 bye, Andrew Watson 9.9150/131.69

Supertwin ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Dave Smart (10.00) 10.1326/131.97, Steve Partridge (11.00) 10.9779/121.45 bye

14:20

9.50 Bike eliminations round 4 winners:

Richard Sawatzki 9.5591/131.68, Dave Hall 14.9372/93.13 bye

Sportsman ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Spencer Tramm (15.93) 15.9673/83.58, Tethys (17.44) 17.5909/75.35

14:15

Simon has posted another set of pit notes, which you can view via the event index.

Super Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners:

John Everitt (7.90) 7.9485/164.57, Jack Brewster (8.60) 8.7912/155.70 bye

Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners:

Roy Walker (10.55) 10.5601/125.73, Mick Howling (10.70) 10.7055/125.02

Super Street Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

Steve Venables 7.8303/180.62, Rich Stubbins 7.5068/191.19

The race we wanted to see, Ven v Walter Sprout, was over on the start line as Walter's bike didn't move on the green.

14:05

VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners:

Dean Clatworthy (16.65) 16.7656/73.00, Lucy Matthews (23.98) 24.0501/55.54, Russ Weir (16.29) 16.3531/79.28

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 2 winners:

Bernie Newbury 10.1660/130.18, Paul Bate 10.9524/121.84

14:00

Funny Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Kev Charman 7.3899/177.78, Chris Hall 7.3557/179.94 bye

Dave Holland reinstated for his race against Kev Charman as he won his round by taking the green as per ACU rules which I'm told are the final authority.

Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Ivan Birch 7.5256/174.87, Dave Peters 7.9245/174.74

13:55

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

Stuart Morrice 9.7641/149.52, Frank Mason 9.8585/146.14, Conrad Stanley 9.9154/154.11

Conrad Stanley won his race by 1.77 inches.

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners:

Leigh Morris 10.9049/120.11, Neil Grant 11.2552/116.16, Bob Lees 110.476/122.36, Martyn Sanger 10.7921/121.04

B&H Automotive/LA Racing Parts Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners:

David Murdoch 10.8513/115.05 bye (Colin Lazenby no show), Mats Andersson 9.8841/134.38, Alex McIntosh 9.4979/145.66

Mats Andersson won his race with Jeff Meads by 7.10 inches.

13:45

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

Les Harris 9.9794/134.53 bye, Andy Watson 9.9367/131.63, Robbie Dobbie 12.1619/111.23

Supertwin ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Dave Smart (10.00) 10.1470/128.24, Barrie Gregory (11.50) 11.5695/117.25, Steve Partridge (11.00) 11.3499/119.71

9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

Martin Walker 9.7021/126.89, Richard Sawatzki 9.5352/130.93, Dave Hall 9.5999/127.94

13:30

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association session 3 (left lane first):

Tony Betts no time (left before lights ran), John Wright 9.7273/89.96, Dave Grabham 7.2384/188.93, Joe Bond 7.2702/186.40, Frank Bennett 6.4261/191.24 bye

A puff of smoke from Frank Bennett's altered at about 1000 feet, Frank got off the throttle and had the chute out but still a PB, well done Frank!

Martin Hill followed the NFAA with a 6.2005/251.76 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC.

13:15

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Andy Robinson 6.1890/229.91 def. Bert Englefield 6.6944/208.96

0.0610 to 0.0786 RTs in Andy's favour and the quicker sixty foot time 1.0173 to 1.0428, 4.0480/182.46 at half track to Bert's 4.3144/162.88 and first to the stripe by 0.5230.

Graham Ellis 6.2710/227.02 bye

1.0322 to sixty feet, not much shale to speak of, 4.1069/179.18 at half track and a new PB, well done Graham!

13:05

Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1

Steve Woollatt 6.4531/217.15 bye

Great pass for Steve, 1.1359 to sixty feet and 4.2294/177.79 at the stripe, needless to say a perfectly straight run.

Rene van den Berg 7.3393/203.34 bye (Ian Turburville no show)

1.2296 to sixty feet, 4.9203/157.47 at half track, a feather of the throttle in the middle third but safely into the final.

13:00

Super Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners:

John Atkinson (8.88) 8.9242/152.03 bye, Jack Brewster (8.60) 8.8075/142.37, John Everitt (7.90) 7.9723/158.30

Super Modified eliminations round 2 winners:

Belinda Bull 7.5914/179.83, Nigel Payne 7.6590/179.83

12:45

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners:

Annalieze Gibb (9.10) 9.1994/68.33 bye (Zak Johnson no show), Josh Saunders (7.90) 7.8897/82.21, Anna Stanley (8.10) 8.1062/80.46 bye (Joshua Webb no show), Joe Kellett (9.00) 8.9565/71.74, Rosie Hunt (8.10) 8.3889/78.07, Matthew Seamarks (7.95) 8.0368/74.11

Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners:

Pete Yates (9.33) 9.3392/129.79, Dave Rowlands (9.76) 9.8549/122.76, Darren Law (9.60) 10.4742/no speed

12:35

VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners:

James Hodson (10.90) 11.1227/101.94, Richard Merriman (12.80) 13.0011/106.49 bye

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Nick Gay (13.60) 13.4041/99.84, Tethys (17.93) 177.3658/79.59, Spencer Tramm (15.93) 15.9402/83.12, Ian Jackson (13.75) 13.7360/99.68

12:20

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners:

Simon Barlow 9.2315/145.20, Cliff Griffin 8.8011/146.70, Richard Colby 8.6583/156.32 bye

12:00

Super Comp eliminations round 2 winners:

Frank Mason 8.9233/148.57, Brian Pateman 8.9946/153.58, Paul Letchford 8.9222/146.61

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Roy Walker (10.55) 10.5929/126.45, Keith Herbert (10.95) 11.0049/109.06, Marius Blackburn (9.53) 9.4861/138.43, Mick Howling (10.70) 10.7088/124.80 bye

11:55

9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Steve Coombs 9.6337/136.48, Shaun Spiers 9.6045/133.23, Dave Hall 9.4929/145.64, Fred Furlong 9.5464/142.89, Richard Sawatzki 9.6036/129.06, Martin Walker 9.8433/113.29

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Graham Balchin 7.6006/190.44, Steve Venables 7.5563/171.63, Rich Stubbins 7.5437/191.92, Walter Sprout 7.5819/188.94

11:45

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 1 winners:

James Wotton 11.0249/127.60, Bernie Newbury 10.1968/130.21, Paul Bate 10.9643/121.48, Pete Englezos 11.0714/121.08 bye (Dave Dinning no show)

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners:

Russ Weir (16.38) 16.3731/79.27, Martin Ayton (14.60) 14.8856/85.15, Dean Clatworthy (16.70) 16.7217/75.986, Lucy Matthews (24.10) 23.9857/53.63, Polly Naylor (16.74) 17.1577/77.10, Luke Stevenson (14.69) 14.8588/85.35

HKS FWD eliminations round 1 winners:

Guy Chamberlain 10.7251/139.52 bye (Richard Batty no show), Neil knight 11.6116/118.19

11:35

Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Phil Leamon 8.3521/152.55, Phil Crossley 8.6676/146.63 bye (Stu Crane shut off), Ivan Birch 7.5103/173.62, Dave Peters 8.2073/158.41

11:30

Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Dave Beck 7.3206/180.51, Len Paget 7.4779/174.27

11:25

Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Chris Hall 13.6555/106.17 bye (Tim Blakemore no show), Kev Charman 7.3012/179.19

Dave Holland was disqualified after his 7.3379/156.31 bye as he hit the top end reflectors.

11:10

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Steve Johnson (7.38) 7.5440/157.26, John Atkinson (8.88) 8.9013/146.03, John Everitt (7.88) 7.9592/169.07 bye, Simon Rowland (7.17) 7.2633/169.99, Jack Brewster (8.59) 9.2909/no speed bye (Rick Cooke shut off)

10:55

Supertwin ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Simon Clamp (11.00) 11.4015/117.58 bye, David Shorthose (11.10) 11.0279/129.32, Barrie Gregory (11.50) 11.8042/116.92, Joe Elliott (10.05) 10.1847/138.81, dave Smart (10.000 10.0583/133.14, Steve Partridge (11.11) 11.0963/118.30 bye (Kevin Bailey no show)

10:50

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Les Harris 9.9246/136.04, Robbie Dobbie 12.3677/107.78, Andy Watson 9.8560/133.67, Dave Jones 10.0664/129.18 bye (Brian Udall no show)

10:45

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Charlie Chivers (10.46) 10.5238/121.32, Chris Hodgkins (9.71) 9.8701/126.78, Marius Blackburn (9.55) 9.5317/139.28, Mick Howling (10.66) 10.7404/125.72, Joe Williams (9.25) 9.2937/133.53, Roy Walker (10.70) 10.6197/120.37, Keith Herbert (10.98) 10.9449/118.50 bye

Congratulations to Chris Hodgkins on winning the Eurodragster.com/Speedflow Perfect Light Award with a 0.0003.

10:40

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners:

Dave Day 8.9697/134.83, Frank Mason 8.8370/152.04, Steve Wells 9.2351/143.84, Paul Letchford 8.9157/159.00, Brian Pateman 8.8940/154.60 bye, Jon Morton 9.9147/146.14

10:30

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Bert Englefield 6.6295/210.86 bye, Wayne Nicholson shut off

Wayne shut off for a fluid leak so Bert took the bye. 1.0260 to sixty feet, 4.2612/164.24 at half track, drifting for the centre line but keeping a good hold on it.

Graham Ellis 6.3594/226.50 def. Kev Slyfield 7.2077/180.65

Graham away first 0.1148 to 0.2034, 1.0221 to sixty feet to Kev's 1.1109, Graham drove through shake, 4.1660/176.11 at half track to Kev's 4.6297/157.31. A PB for Kev, well done Kev!

Andy Robinson 6.1369/231.35 bye

1.0093 to sixty feet, 4.0153/184.12 at half track, straight as you like and lane choice over Bert Englefield next round. A PB speed, well done Gus!

10:15

Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first):

Rene van den Berg no time DQ, Steve Woollatt 6.9274/160.60

1.1375 to sixty feet for Steve, 1.1426 for Rene, then the Bull started to drift to the right and crossed lanes taking out the 660 foot reflector. It looked close from here but Rene avoided Steve and no harm done.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Steve Woollatt 6.5588/219.22
2. Rene van den Berg 7.0916/206.20
3. Ian Turburville 8.1656/164.85

10:05

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Steve Coombs 9.6348/136.50, Richard Beck 9.9486/142.43, Wayne Saunders 9.6277/149.52, Richard Sawatzki 9.7681/123.09, Martin Walker 9.6274/142.02, Fred Furlong 9.8559/119.87, Dave Hall 10.0007/105.02, Shaun Spiers 10.1235/114.30, Danny Cockerill 9.6070/127.19, Thomas Lynskey 14.8372/86.83, Peter Austin 9.5158/150.00, Jemma Venables 9.8547/145.67

9:55

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Walter Sprout 7.5613/191.35, Scott Baldwin 7.7213/188.80, Dave Smith 7.8471/153.07, Chris Reed 7.9450/186.62, Rich Stubbins 7.5422/189.59, Graham Balchin 7.8101/190.32, Brad O'Connor 7.8495/182.70, Steve Venables 7.6855/165.98

9:50

Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners:

Tim Mugridge 7.6120/179.82, Craig Gibbs 7.7318/176.39, Belinda Bull 7.5420/181.21, Nigel Payne 7.5711/181.35 bye

9:40

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Dave Day 10.0818/126.57, Stuart Morrice 9.4726/151.51, Frank Mason 9.8726/147.18 bye (Stuart Doignie no show), Jon Evans 9.8714/143.87, Jon Morton 9.9292/142.92, Conrad Stanley 9.9344/154.24 bye

9:35

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

John Atkinson (8.83) 8.8258/153.45, John Everitt (7.89) 7.9194/167.66, Roy Wilding (8.25) 8.2673/158.93, John Morris (8.70) 8.7608/147.88, Rod Harrison (7.50) 7,5455/174.29 bye (Simon Cooper no show), Rick Cooke (8.13) 8.2143/156.64, Jack Brewster (8.59) 9.2779/113.74, Steve Johnson (7.38) 7.3965/182.73 bye (Rick Garrett no show), Simon Rowland (7.00) 7.1974/184.15 bye (Vince Gibbs no show)

9:20

Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Jon Turner (11.27) 11.1946/110.07, Mark Bailey (9.52) 9.4738/133.13, Roy Walker (10.70) 10.6957/126.06, Kim Bishop (10.15) 10.2235/127.51, Lee Huxley (10.45) 10.5558/119.43, Charlie Chivers (10.50) 10.5754/117.83, Hans van der Spek (11.99) 12.0111/112.83, Keith Herbert (11.12) 10.9586/117.55, Marius Blackburn (9.61) 9.5660/130.83, Joe Williams (9.25) 9.8397/114.88, Chris Hodgkins (9.68) 9.7431/139.30, Mick Howling (10.62) 10.6771/111.71, Carla Pittau (9.79) 9.8005/134.73

7:55

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the SPRC Summernationals 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.

It's a beautiful morning here at Santa Pod, I can't see a single cloud in any direction and you can see a long way from our perch in Race Control. If you are within driving distance then get in your car and come here, it's going to be a superb day. We'll bring you the trackside conditions shortly as the weather station sensor has been in direct sunlight for a while and so is now adjusting in the shade.

The usual Raceday Hello to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from Rye, NH. A lot of people here are asking after you Ed and wondering why you are not here with us working on the coverage. Charlie Cong would't be doing yard work...

We must say a big Well Done to everyone for a great job yesterday. We were ahead of time all day yesterday, in fact at one point we were an hour ahead of schedule. A great job all round from the racers, race officials, marshals and track and safety crews. Take a big pat on the back guys and another Well Done to the track crew who were here late last night scraping a couple of stretches of track.

When racing finished last night a ceremony was held at the top end to scatter Paul Rose's ashes, as was his last wish. Terry Revill conducted the ceremony with a very well-written and well-received speech and Paul's family scattered his ashes next to the track by the finish line. The ceremony was attended by a large number of Paul's racing colleagues who then signed a book of remembrance. Paul would I think have been particularly pleased at some of the comments made by his peers such as "Are you sure all those ashes were his - he was only a little bloke" and "What about that tenner he owed me?". As Terry said in his speech, Paul was a legend and a one-off and will surely never be forgotten.

We are due to start at 9:00 with Pro ET eliminations which, for the first time so far as I can recall, features a husband v wife race as Carla Pittau and Rick McCann go head to head. Carla and Rick quite often run together in qualifying but it will be interesting to see what happens in competition. Top Fuel Bike has one more qualifier at 10:00 which is preceded by a minute's silence for Paul Rose and followed by round one of MSA Pro Mod eliminations.

Stay tuned and as soon as the racing starts we'll bring you all the news.