2010 FIA Main Event
Monday


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22:15

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20:30

Final results

FIA Top Fuel Dragster: Urs Erbacher 4.7852/314.87 def. Risto Poutiainen 8.0560/97.96
FIA Pro Modified: Johan Lindberg 6.0424/236.09 bye, Andy Robinson no show
FIA Pro Stock: Micke Callin 6.7924/203.50 def. Michael Malmgren 6.7884/202.46
FIA Top Methanol Dragster: Dennis Habermann 5.4809/257.60 def. Timo Habermann 5.3760/259.53
FIA Top Methanol Funny Car: Jürgen Nagel 6.2853/227.77 bye, Dan Larsen no show
Fuel Funny Car: Gordon Smith 5.3510/250.99 def. John Spuffard 5.5231/296.31
Super Pro ET: Steve Johnson (7.12) 7.1023/188.09 def. Bob Doyle (8.76) 8.8369/153.09 red light
Pro ET: Paul Baynton (10.38) 10.3870/125.54 def. Carla Pittau (9.66) 9.7561/137.26 red light
Super Comp: Martin Curbishley 8.9486/140.71 def. Paul Letchford 8.9789/153.67
Super Gas: Conrad Stanley 9.9340/152.15 def. Dave Day 9.9935/133.66
Super Street: Jennifer Gustafsson 11.0364/130.63 def. Halvor &Oul;verby 11.0873/98.61
Junior Dragster: Gabrielle McDonald (8.00) 8.0547/78.13 def. Josh Saunders (7.90) 7.8995/80.08 breakout
Comp Eliminator: John Bradshaw 22.079/53.57 bye
Fuel Altered: Paul Wratten 6.4582/215.00 bye, Tony Betts shut off

15.62 inches in the Super Street final.

UEM Top Fuel Bike: Steve Woollatt 6.6890/192.13 def. Kai Selkämäa 6.8932/186.66
UEM Supertwin: Lorenz Stäuble 6.6082/215.96 def. Job Heezen 6.8156/205.25
UEM Pro Stock Bike: Ulf Ögge 7.1674/182.23 def. Gert Jan Laseur 7.2851/185.14
UEM Funny Bike: Christian Jäger 7.3141/188.21 def. Steve French 10.7914/72.76
Super Street Bike: Steve Venables 7.3279/193.77 def. Rick Stubbins 7.4346/193.80

We are now working on today's pictures, stay tuned.

20:05

Simon has posted a final set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page.

Super Street Bike eliminations round 4

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4
31/05/2010 19:54:35                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      8       CHRIS REED          + 0.1364  7.8972  7.8972  00.00 190.61
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.2224  7.3517  7.3517  00.00 193.73
 
      9       MICK TEMPLEMAN      + 0.1717  7.8047  7.8047  00.00 171.09
Win   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.1375  7.4437  7.4437  00.00 192.96

* = Disqualified 
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Pro ET eliminations round 4

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4
31/05/2010 19:56:44                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  795     MICHEAL LACEY       - 0.1148  9.2881 -0.0119  09.30 144.74
Win   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0830 10.3831 -0.0669  10.45 126.23
 
      450     MARK BAILEY         LB3A       .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   6       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.4702  9.6769  0.0969  09.58 138.16

* = Disqualified 
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Super Comp eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 19:58:38                              8  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0533  8.9508  0.0508  08.90 145.72
      1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1695  8.8578 -0.0422  08.90 153.70
 
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   803     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.5050   .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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Junior Dragster eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 20:04:37                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   5       GABRIELLE MCDONALD  + 0.1778  8.0545  0.0745  07.98  82.26
Foul  7       ZAK JOHNSON         - 0.0163  7.8318 -0.0682  07.90  83.31
 
      18      LAURA TURBURVILLE   LB3A       .     -7.9000  07.90   0.00
Win   2       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.0961  7.9611  0.0611  07.90  82.11

* = Disqualified 
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19:50

Super Gas eliminations round 4

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4
31/05/2010 19:46:36                              9  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   3       CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0285  9.9049  0.0049  09.90 155.08
 
Win   461     DAVE DAY            + 0.0502  9.9472  0.0472  09.90 143.84
      550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0563  9.8962 -0.0038  09.90 126.31

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 19:48:46                              10  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.8865 26.6081 15.7081  10.90  45.76
Win   4       HALVOR OVERBY       + 0.0846 10.9226  0.0226  10.90  96.06
 
      666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0981 10.9640  0.0640  10.90 134.02
Win   965     JENNIFER GUSTAFSSON + 0.1121 10.9022  0.0022  10.90 132.16

* = Disqualified 
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Super Pro ET eliminations round 4

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4
31/05/2010 19:52:45                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.0341  7.3232  0.2032  07.12 174.38
      4       BARRY GILES         + 0.0203  7.5037 -0.0263  07.53 175.62
 
Win   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.0078  8.8176  0.0676  08.75 143.36
      604     RICK GARRETT        + 0.0776  7.8712  0.0512  07.82 171.03

* = Disqualified 
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Junior Dragster eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 20:04:37                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   5       GABRIELLE MCDONALD  + 0.1778  8.0545  0.0745  07.98  82.26
Foul  7       ZAK JOHNSON         - 0.0163  7.8318 -0.0682  07.90  83.31
 
      18      LAURA TURBURVILLE   LB3A       .     -7.9000  07.90   0.00
Win   2       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.0961  7.9611  0.0611  07.90  82.11

* = Disqualified 
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19:35

Comp Eliminator final

John Bradshaw 22.079/53.57 bye

19:30

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 19:31:12                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      71      PONTUS DANTANUS     + 0.1071  7.9931  0.0531  07.94  80.79
Win   2       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.1235  7.9238  0.0238  07.90  79.80
 
Win   5       GABRIELLE MCDONALD  + 0.1061  8.0307  0.0407  07.99  82.26
      9       CLARE GILES         + 0.0488  9.0326 -0.0074  09.04  71.15
 
Win   7       ZAK JOHNSON         + 0.0504  7.9206  0.0206  07.90  83.02
      17      BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0680  7.9544 -0.0156  07.97  82.26
 
      3       JOE KELLETT         + 0.1095  8.3471 -0.0629  08.41  75.90
Win   18      LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.3138  8.7587  0.7587  08.00  60.67

* = Disqualified 
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19:25

Super Gas eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 19:19:39                              9  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   461     DAVE DAY            + 0.0583  9.9579  0.0579  09.90 143.27
 
      164     PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0707 10.0090  0.1090  09.90 144.76
Win   3       CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0163  9.9759  0.0759  09.90 147.67
 
      31      CHRISTER UHLIN      + 0.0762  9.8721 -0.0279  09.90 121.09
Win   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0283  9.9292  0.0292  09.90 128.81

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 19:22:43                              10  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      271     CHRIS KENNY         + 0.0365 12.7741  1.8741  10.90  70.25
Win   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0685 11.1838  0.2838  10.90 106.43
 
Win   4       HALVOR OVERBY       + 1.0823 15.7504  4.8504  10.90  71.70
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Win   965     JENIFER GUSTAFSSON  + 0.1420 10.9557  0.0557  10.90 130.94
      337     NEIL GRANT          + 0.1154 11.6839  0.7839  10.90 130.68
 
Win   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0482 10.8031 -0.0969  10.90 134.83
      409     BOB LEES            + 0.0045 10.8025 -0.0975  10.90 131.78

* = Disqualified 
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Super Comp eliminations round 2

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 19:26:34                              8  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.1795  8.9223  0.0223  08.90 147.18
      67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1131  9.0641  0.1641  08.90 132.16
 
      40      PAUL SPIERS         + 0.0623  8.8769 -0.0231  08.90 148.59
Win   803     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.0241  8.9364  0.0364  08.90 135.78
 
Win   1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0146  8.9249  0.0249  08.90 147.12
      298     STEVE WELLS         + 0.0664  8.9304  0.0304  08.90 140.38

* = Disqualified 
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19:15

Pro ET eliminations round 3

Subject to a decal check Eurodragster.com sponsor Mike Lacey takes the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award with a 9.3001 on a 9.30 dial-in. Well done Mike!

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 19:15:28                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   6       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.0382  9.6130 -0.0070  09.62 131.66
      1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0407  9.9201 -0.0299  09.95 131.78
 
Win   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0728 10.5063  0.0563  10.45 118.21
      510     TERRY ROBINS        + 0.3960  9.9550  0.0550  09.90 136.90
 
Win   795     MICHEAL LACEY       + 0.0599  9.3001  0.0001  09.30 144.28
      649     GINO BERNADINE      + 0.1015  9.7805 -0.0695  09.85 127.30
 
      79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.2171  9.9374 -0.0126  09.95 123.04
Win   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.0117  9.9185  0.5985  09.32 136.51

* = Disqualified 
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19:10

Super Street Bike eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 19:10:46                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.0773  7.5264  7.5264  00.00 193.86
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.2118  7.3142  7.3142  00.00 184.24
 
Win   9       MICK TEMPLEMAN      + 0.1337  7.7189  7.7189  00.00 182.14
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      20      MARK WATKINS        + 0.3434 17.7119 17.7119  00.00  43.05
Win   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.1355  7.6766  7.6766  00.00 190.41
 
      15      NIGEL BARKER        LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   8       CHRIS REED          + 0.0061  8.8612  8.8612  00.00 192.13

* = Disqualified 
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19:05

Super Pro ET eliminations round 3

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
31/05/2010 19:05:46                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.0852  8.7712  0.0412  08.73 154.67
      881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.1631  8.0139 -0.0961  08.11 157.38
 
      605     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.4331 10.9381  2.4381  08.50  82.56
Win   4       BARRY GILES         + 0.0437  7.7514  0.1914  07.56 150.56
 
Win   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.1858  7.1257 -0.0143  07.14 187.40
        Bye                                  .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
      1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.2267  8.0890  0.0090  08.08 163.63
Win   604     RICK GARRETT        + 0.0424  7.8683  0.0483  07.82 172.34

* = Disqualified 
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18:55

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 18:55:16                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   71      PONTUS DANTANUS     + 0.9826  8.0560  0.1160  07.94  80.07
Foul  16      PAIGE WHELLER       - 0.1392  8.8807 -0.1393  09.02  71.83
 
      10      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.2430  9.3820  0.1820  09.20  70.56
Win   7       ZAK JOHNSON         + 0.0234  8.1039  0.2039  07.90  69.52
 
      20      JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.1855  9.2152  0.3152  08.90  67.71
Win   18      LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.2611  8.1126  0.1126  08.00  74.80
 
      330     MAJA UDTIAN         + 0.0817  9.5247 -0.0053  09.53  68.63
Win   5       GABRIELLE MCDONALD  + 0.2152  8.0509  0.0709  07.98  81.96
 
Foul  21      BILLY EVERITT       - 0.2442  9.3094  0.1094  09.20  69.16
Win   2       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.0853  7.9167 -0.0333  07.95  82.69
 
      111     MICO AHONEN         + 0.2667 14.1739 -0.0261  14.20  49.79
Win   9       CLARE GILES         + 0.1468  9.0830 -0.0170  09.10  70.28
 
Win   3       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0919  8.4432  0.0632  08.38  75.90
Foul  22      MORGAN WILSON       - 0.1044 14.1279 -0.3721  14.50  44.43
 
      1       ANNA STANLEY        + 0.1914  8.0418 -0.0282  08.07  82.41
Win   17      BRAD JACKSON        + 0.1250  7.9963  0.0363  07.96  82.26

* = Disqualified 
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18:25

Fuel Altered demonstration

Paul Wratten 6.4582/215.00 bye, Tony Betts shut off

Tony was shut off for a fluid leak so Paul took the bye. Superb run from Paul as you'd expect, 0.9703 to sixty feet, 4.1568/169.74 to the eighth.

18:20

Fuel Funny Car final

Gordon Smith 5.3510/250.99 def. John Spuffard 5.5231/296.31

Spuff out of the hole first 0.1625 to 0.1975, much better sixty foot time 0.9260 to 0.9692, but then he hit shake and shut off. Gordon pedalled about 200 feet out and simultaneous with that Spuff got back on it and they looked to be side-by-side from here. 3.6208/233.76 to the eighth for Gordon and 3.8546/219.66 for Spuff, and Gordon first by 0.1371.

18:16

FIA Pro Modified final

Johan Lindberg 6.0424/236.09 bye, Andy Robinson no show

Same problem as before for Andy Robinson and he didn't make the call. 1.0067 to sixty feet for Johan, 3.9794/188.60 to the eighth and the Lindberg brothers into first place in the FIA European Championship.

18:15

FIA Pro Stock final

Micke Callin 6.7924/203.50 def. Michael Malmgren 6.7884/202.46

Holeshot win for Micke C, 0.0321 RT to Michael's 0.0404. 0.9991 to sixty feet for Micke to Michael's 1.0046, slightly quicker at the eighth 4.3734/160.60 to Michael's 4.3753/162.20 and the stripe by 0.0043.

18:10

Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can view via the Event Index page.

FIA Top Methanol Dragster final

Dennis Habermann 5.4809/257.60 def. Timo Habermann 5.3760/259.53

Huge holeshot for Dennis 0.0064 to 0.1680, Timo had all the better incrementals, 0.8875 to sixty feet to Dennis' 0.9281, 3.5002/208.87 at the eighth to Dennis' 3.5912/209.49 but it wasn't enough to overhaul Dennis who took the stripe by 0.0567.

18:05

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car final

Jürgen Nagel 6.2853/227.77 bye, Dan Larsen no show

Jürgen took the event win without racing anyone all day. Dan had too much damage after the blower pop earlier to make the call so Jürgen took the bye. 1.2481 to sixty feet and 4.2195/191.93 at the eighth.

18:00

FIA Top Fuel Dragster final

Urs Erbacher 4.7852/314.87 def. Risto Poutiainen 8.0560/97.96

Huge holeshot for Urs 0.06733 to 0.1530, 0.8995 to sixty feet to Risto's 0.9055, Risto hit shake and he was on and off the throttle and then off it by the eighth, 3.52593/260.05 to the eighth for Urs and that 314.87 is a new European speed record for Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs, well done Urs!

Trackside conditions are 15.7 C, 70% humidity and 29.80 inches of air.

17:58

UEM Top Fuel Bike final

Steve Woollatt 6.6890/192.13 def. Kai Selkämäa 6.8932/186.66

Kai away first 0.1305 to 0.1388 but Steve got to sixty feet quicker 1.1049 to 1.1089, and the much quicker eighth 4.3207/169.51 to 4.5212/165.95, the win for Steve by 0.1959.

UEM Funny Bike Cup final

Christian Jäger 7.3141/188.21 def. Steve French 10.7914/72.76

Steve got the jump 0.1028 to 0.1065 but his bike started to try to throw him off. 1.1103 to sixty for Christian to Steve's 1.1103, Steve was off the throttle by half track. Christian got to the eighth in 4.7080/150.52 and took his second event win of two.

17:54

UEM Supertwin final

Lorenz Stäuble 6.6082/215.96 def. Job Heezen 6.8156/205.25

Great race! 0.1023 to 0.1044 off the start line in Lo's favour, 1.1580 to sixty feet to Job's 1.1688, Lo riding on a cushion of flame, 4.3670/178.13 to the eighth to Job's 4.4576/168.96 and first to the stripe by 0.2095. Low ET of the event for Lo and another straight run.

17:50

UEM Pro Stock Bike final

Ulf Ögge 7.1674/182.23 def. Gert Jan Laseur 7.2851/185.14

Ulf away first 0.0491 to 0.1992 and it never changed. 1.1016 to 1.1044 to sixty feet, 4.5474/153.41 to 4.6223/150.03 eighth and the win by 0.2678.

17:45

Super Comp eliminations round 1

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 17:45:36                              8  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   40      PAUL SPIERS         + 0.0543  8.9235  0.0235  08.90 147.65
Foul  167     MARK FAIRHURST      - 0.0273  9.0185  0.1185  08.90 152.14
 
      2       JON MORTON          + 0.0714  8.8826 -0.0174  08.90 142.03
Win   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.2136  8.9148  0.0148  08.90 154.72
 
      461     DAVE DAY            + 0.0015  9.0932  0.1932  08.90 146.68
Win   298     STEVE WELLS         + 0.0614  8.9058  0.0058  08.90 147.18
 
Foul  1969    COLLIN MORRICE      - 0.3302  8.8392 -0.0608  08.90 151.56
Win   803     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.0011  8.8343 -0.0657  08.90 156.87
 
Win   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0618  8.9048  0.0048  08.90 154.15
      4       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0032  8.9848  0.0848  08.90 152.14
 
Win   1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0453  8.9214  0.0214  08.90 144.34
      694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.0874  8.9349  0.0349  08.90 152.12

* = Disqualified 
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17:35

Super Street eliminations round 1

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 17:34:47                              10  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   4       HALVOR OVERBY       + 0.0237 11.0786  0.1786  10.90 101.73
Foul  162     JOHN GRANT          - 0.0030 10.9156  0.0156  10.90 144.86
 
Win   271     CHRIS KENNY         + 0.0232 11.0113  0.1113  10.90 124.75
      377     NEV MOTTERSHEAD     + 0.0655 10.8908 -0.0092  10.90 115.64
 
      559     ROB STANLEY         + 0.1701 10.8487 -0.0513  10.90 125.84
Win   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0427 10.9069  0.0069  10.90 117.76
 
      404     NICK GRIFFIN        LB3A       .     -1.09000 10.90   0.00
Win   337     NEIL GRANT          + 0.0374 11.1167  0.2167  10.90 131.77
 
      358     SIMON INNES         + 0.2517 11.4738  0.5738  10.90 115.83
Win   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0257 10.9748  0.0748  10.90 115.06
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   965     JENNIFER GUSTAFSSON + 0.0242 10.8601 -0.0399  10.90 132.39
 
Win   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.1101 10.7506 -0.1494  10.90 134.46
      79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0668 10.4676 -0.4324  10.90 105.68

* = Disqualified 
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17:25

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 17:21:57                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   401     JOHN BRADSHAW       + 0.4841  7.4941 -0.3659  07.86 182.75
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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Super Gas eliminations round 2

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 17:26:38                              9  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      21      AL O'CONNOR         + 0.0257  9.8680 -0.0320  09.90 132.09
Win   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0432  9.8783 -0.0217  09.90 133.74
 
      694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.4605  9.7391 -0.1609  09.90 148.57
Win   164     PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0404 10.1508  0.2508  09.90 137.37
 
      424     JON GILES           LB3A       .     -9.9000  09.90   0.00
Foul Win  3   CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0586  9.9669  0.0669  09.90 155.26
 
      1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0431  9.8617 -0.0383  09.90 136.08
Win   461     DAVE DAY            + 0.0231  9.9253  0.0253  09.90 141.21
 
Win   31      CHRISTER UHLIN      + 0.1148  9.8608 -0.0392  09.90 121.44
      50      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0644  9.7280 -0.1720  09.90 128.44

* = Disqualified 
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17:20

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 17:19:34                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      16      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2207   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.1421  7.4819  7.4819  00.00 190.41
 
Win   8       CHRIS REED          + 0.0498  7.7327  7.7327  00.00 186.67
      3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.2591   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Win   15      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.0971  7.7417  7.7417  00.00 192.22
Foul  4       GARRY BOWE          - 0.1089  7.5622  7.5622  00.00 183.55
 
Win   9       MICK TEMPLEMAN      + 0.1302  7.7854  7.7854  00.00 182.14
      27      WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.3224  8.6543  8.6543  00.00 113.63
 
Win   20      MARK WATKINS        + 0.4612  9.0835  9.0835  00.00 114.66
      7       DAVE SMITH          LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      5       SCOTT BALDWIN       + 0.1107  7.5947  7.5947  00.00 187.42
Win   28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1007  7.5253  7.5253  00.00 194.55
 
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.2584  7.5291  7.5291  00.00 192.94

* = Disqualified 
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17:05

Pro ET eliminations round 2

Personal Best for Carla Pittau in her race with Nic Williams, well done Carla!

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 17:07:54                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     + 0.0908 11.5154  0.1654  11.35 119.15
Win   510     TERRY ROBINS        + 0.0823  9.9581  0.0581  09.90 136.08
 
Win   649     GINO BERNADINE      + 0.0051  9.9742  0.0242  09.95 111.22
      911     ANTONY WILKINS      + 0.0833 10.9015 -0.0585  10.96 120.54
 
Win   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1091  9.9477 -0.0523  10.00 129.80
      25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.1172  9.8370 -0.0630  09.90 129.12
 
Foul  735     NIC WILLIAMS        - 0.0409  9.9184 -0.0116  09.93 133.62
Win   6       CARLA PITTAU        - 0.0860  9.5970 -0.0530  09.65 138.18
 
      306     CARL BURTON         + 0.2090 11.1341 -0.0259  11.16 119.78
Win   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0518 10.5339  0.0839  10.45 116.22
 
      299     AMANDA COX          + 0.4831  9.9591  0.0091  09.95 134.40
Win   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.1056  9.6506  0.3306  09.32 134.47
 
Foul  542     KEITH HERBERT       - 0.0064 10.8829 -0.0171  10.90 120.41
Win   795     MICHEAL LACEY       - 0.0066  9.3583  0.0783  09.28 144.37
 
Win   1       PAUL MARSTON        - 0.0020  9.9461 -0.0039  09.95 123.72
Foul  365     MARTIN GREEN        - 0.1462 10.9590  0.5490  10.41 120.23

* = Disqualified 
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17:00

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2

0.0002 seconds or 0.52 inches in the race between Dave Townsend and Chris Isaacs.

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
31/05/2010 17:01:01                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Foul  2       JOHN ATKINSON       - 0.0049  8.7643  0.0743  08.69 155.19
Win   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.0813  7.1357 -0.0043  07.14 188.04
 
Win   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.0034  8.7408  0.0108  08.73 154.66
Foul  1       JOHN EVERITT        - 0.0084 12.6681  4.7481  07.92  64.84
 
Foul  803     DAVE CATTON         - 0.0177  8.4973  0.0573  08.44 152.57
Win   4       BARRY GILES         + 0.0623  7.5785  0.0285  07.55 174.32
 
      1000    RICHARD BILLINGS    + 0.2840  8.8053  0.3553  08.45 160.72
Win   881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.0965  8.1778  0.0578  08.12 146.19
 
Foul  81      ANDY RAW            - 0.0707 16.6251  8.0251  08.60  54.41
Win   605     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.1811  8.8086  0.3086  08.50 148.68
 
Win   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.0878  8.1006  0.0206  08.08 163.63
      312     CHRIS ISAACS        + 0.0051  9.0135  0.1035  08.91 133.33
 
        Bye                                  .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Win   604     RICK GARRETT        + 0.0791  8.7299  0.1299  08.60 158.46

* = Disqualified 
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16:40

Melanie Troxel followed the Pro Mod semis with a 5.9370/242.42 test pass in the R2B2 Camaro. 0.9513 to sixty feet, 3.9058/189.51 at the eighth. Tuner Al Billes put everything in after (by his own admission) underestimating the track this weekend and that was the result. Well done guys!

Next up was Martin Hill in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC with a great 5.9678/269.76. Eric Teboul followed with his Rocket Bike, a tremendous 5.2321/249.02 and a new world best ET for a bike. Well done Eric! 3.4520/230.05 at the eighth.

16:05

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 3

Johan Lindberg 6.0141/236.19 def. Mats Eriksson 9.7611/90.88 DQ

Mats handed this one to Johan with a -0.2924 red light. 1.0040 to sixty feet for Johan, tyres visibly shaking but the car went straight down the middle of its lane, 3.9425/187.97 at the eighth. Mats was out of the contest anyway but hit shake at about 200 feet and shut off.

Andy Robinson 6.1126/221.09 def. Adam Flamholc 6.4673/214.10

Visible holeshot for Andy, 0.0746 to 0.0982, had the much better sixty foot time 0.9942 to 1.0035, no visible shake for Andy whilst Adam's Camaro started to move around its lane. 3.9418/186.20 to the eighth for Andy to Adam's 4.2055/171.59, smoke and a trail of fluid from Andy's Stude from about 1000 feet.

15:55

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 3

Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2969/177.79 def. Anders Abrahamsson 7.2598/182.87

Another holeshot win, 0.0426 RT for Gert Jan to Anders' 0.1562. Gert Jan had the better sixty foot 1.0991 to 1.1728 and the better eighth ET 4.6094/150.34, Anders' eighth ET was slower but his speed was faster 4.6318/152.55. Anders was catching but not quickly enough and Gert-Jan was first by 0.0765.

Ulf Ögge 7.1454/179.94 def. Jesper Thiel 7.1949/182.88

Great race! 0.0757 RT for Ulf to Jesper's 0.0478, 1.0676 to sixty feet for Ulf to Jesper's 1.0877, Ulf got to the eighth in 4.5043/152.85 to Jesper's 4.5639/152.98 and Ulf was first to the stripe by 0.0216.

15:50

UEM Funny Bike Cup eliminations round 2

Steve French 7.2123/185.78 def. Kev Charman 9.2325/114.07 DQ

Nice RT for Steve, 0.0872 to 0.1453, 1.1803 to sixty feet for Steve. Kev's bike launched a lot better this time, 1.2625 to sixty feet, but headed straight for the centre line and took out the eighth-mile reflectors. Steve backed up his earlier 7.198 for a new UEM Funny Bike Cup ET record, well done Steve!

Christian Jäger 7.3453/184.34 def. Rikard Gustafsson 7.3792/190.51

Big holeshot for Christian 0.2173 to 0.3938, 1.1777 to sixty feet to Rikard's 1.2135, Christian had the better eighth 4.7529/153.67 as Rikard was just lagging behind 4.8148/152.59, 0.2104 win for Christian and his second final in two Funny Bike Cup rounds.

15:42

UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2

Steve Woollatt 6.6536/179.20 def. Steve Carey 6.9935/185.13

Big advantage for Steve W off the line, 0.1476 to 0.3150 and the better sixty foot time 1.0939 to 1.1167. The advantage was extending at the eighth 4.2334 to 4.5208 and Steve W took it by 0.5073, shutting off a touch early by the sound of it.

Kai Selkämäa 14.5879/72.85 bye

Kai took it easy to save parts for the final.

15:40

UEM Supertwin eliminations round 2

Lorenz Stäuble 6.7725/211.84 def. Trond Hoiberget 7.3766/199.88

Trond got the jump 0.0987 to 0.1248 and had a comparable sixty foot time 1.2128 to Lo's 1.2122 but Lo had it in the bag by the eighth with an unusually straight run, 4.4878/174.09 to Trond's 4.8800/150.62, an eay 0.5780 in it at the finish.

Job Heezen 7.2553/166.70 def. Roel Koedam 9.0015/100.38

Zodiac v Zodiac in this one. Job away first 0.1108 to 0.1660, Roel had the better sixty foot 1.1511 to 1.1886, then smoke and a bang and a belt came off Roel's bike and that was that. 4.5258/165.80 at the eighth for Job but then the motor faltered and he shut it off at about 1000 feet.

15:35

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 2

Timo Habermann 5.3316/250.85 def. Fred Hanssen 5.3753/266.70

0.0285 RT for Timo to Fred's 0.1083. Another unreal sixty-foot time for Timo 0.8958 to Fred's 0.9419, Fred took the long way round shaking all the way, 3.5472/213.41 at the eighth to Timo's 3.4636/214.83, Fred was visibly reeling Timo in but didn't quite make it, 0.1235 in it at the stripe.

Dennis Habermann 5.4652/255.23 def. Derek Flynn 5.5098/260.53

Derek's tyres didn't light in the burnout. Perfect 0.0001 light for Dennis to Derek's 0.1085. 0.9307 sixty foot time for Dennis to 1.0199 for Derek, derek looked to be catching Dennis at the eighth 3.5753/209.93 to 3.6800 at a higher 216.52 but then smoke and flame from the Gold RV dragster and that was that, 0.1530 win for Dennis.

15:25

Trackside conditions are 16.6 C, 66% humidity and 29.80 inches of air.

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 2

Dan Larsen no time bye

Dan's problem earlier was a torched cylinder head. 1.1213 to sixty feet then Dan's blower panel blew and threw the body relief plate.

Jürgen Nagel 8.4206/133.23 bye, Arvid Grødem shut off

Arvid was shut off for a fluid leak on his way back from the burnout. Jürgen took the bye, another reasonably gentle pass.

15:10

Super Gas eliminations round 1

Perfect Light for British Drag Racing Hall of Fame member Al O'Connor in his race against Stuart Doignie, well done Al!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 15:10:32                              9  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   31      CHRISTER UHLIN      + 0.0784  9.9664  0.0664  09.90 118.57
      1       JON MORTON          + 0.1868 16.4744  6.5744  09.90  54.49
 
      704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0442  9.8736 -0.0264  09.90 149.11
Win   21      AL O'CONNOR         + 0.0005  9.8879 -0.0121  09.90 122.21
 
      91      OLAV SKYERVOE       + 0.1714 10.1150  0.2150  09.90 127.95
Win   1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0232 10.0038  0.1038  09.90 121.53
 
      2       STEVE DUNN          + 0.1917  9.9205  0.0205  09.90 142.94
Win   461     DAVE DAY            + 0.0211  9.9765  0.0765  09.90 132.59
 
      360     CHRIS BISHOP        + 0.2108  9.9145  0.0145  09.90 134.81
Win   50      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0908 10.0064  0.1064  09.90 139.91
 
      111     DAVE GADNEY         LB3A       .     -9.9000  09.90   0.00
Win   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0358  9.9024  0.0024  09.90 127.33
 
Win   424     JON GILES           + 0.0188 10.0587  0.1587  09.90 132.85
      1956    PAUL FOOTE          + 0.0903 10.0911  0.1911  09.90 131.82
 
Win   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.1931  9.8192 -0.0808  09.90 147.61
      365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0875  9.8011 -0.0989  09.90 121.56
 
      140     KIM BISHOP          + 0.1554 10.2139  0.3139  09.90 129.79
Win   3       CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0376  9.9054  0.0054  09.90 136.94
 
      162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.0994 10.9204  1.0204  09.90 144.34
Win   164     PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0031 10.1037  0.2037  09.90 115.37

* = Disqualified 
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14:50

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1

Check out that ET by Steve Venables! Several PBs in amongst these numbers too, well done guys.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 14:51:40                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   7       DAVE SMITH          + 0.2781  7.7713  7.7713  00.00 193.04
      22      PETE BELLENIE       + 0.0603  9.0278  9.0278  00.00 167.92
 
      35      ONDREJ KLYMCIW      + 0.2829  8.1544  8.1544  00.00 175.76
Win   1       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.1702  7.4442  7.4442  00.00 191.28
 
Win   16      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.3141  7.8224  7.8224  00.00 181.41
      12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.5864  8.0467  8.0467  00.00 167.30
 
      31      IAN COTTON          + 0.2285  8.3798  8.3798  00.00 173.06
Win   3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.3043  7.5201  7.5201  00.00 191.32
 
      34      ALEXANDER ROSE      + 0.3127  8.3244  8.3244  00.00 175.76
Win   27      WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.2762  7.6245  7.6245  00.00 191.31
 
      14      STEVE WOOD          + 0.1983  9.0078  9.0078  00.00 154.69
Win   4       GARRY BOWE          + 0.1002  7.5986  7.5986  00.00 185.84
 
      21      STEPHEN MEAD        + 3.3613  8.2165  8.2165  00.00 185.12
Win   20      MARK WATKINS        + 0.1934  8.0159  8.0159  00.00 180.65
 
      19      JAMIE SNEDDON       LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   5       SCOTT BALDWIN       + 0.1402  7.5834  7.5834  00.00 186.59
 
      10      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2922   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   9       MICK TEMPLEMAN      + 0.2564  8.0155  8.0155  00.00 177.84
 
      11      PAUL HAMBRIDGE      + 0.1156  8.3532  8.3532  00.00 157.43
Win   15      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.3512  7.6565  7.6565  00.00 193.81
 
      33      NICHLAS SVERIN      + 0.1675  8.0277  8.0277  00.00 170.46
Win   8       CHRIS REED          + 0.0511  8.0650  8.0650  00.00 192.90
 
       Bye                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.2497  7.3317  7.3317  00.00 194.60
 
Foul  32      PAUL WATSON         - 0.2595  8.2785  8.2785  00.00 175.07
Win   28      DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1763  7.5418  7.5418  00.00 192.03

* = Disqualified 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

14:40

Pro ET eliminations round 1

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 14:39:45                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0148  9.9943 -0.0057  10.00 128.66
Foul  550     HEIDE PAGE          - 0.0395 11.1453 -0.0447  11.19 120.22
 
Win   7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     + 0.0150 11.4371  0.0871  11.35 119.15
Foul  731     RICK DENNY          - 0.0130 11.2602 -0.0198  11.28 119.88
 
      723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.1672  9.7120  0.2720  09.44 141.14
Win   649     GINO BERNADINE      + 0.0513 10.1507  0.3007  09.85 107.41
 
Win   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.1134 10.4660  0.0160  10.45 125.78
Foul  700     PHIL TOPPIN         - 0.3546  9.0403 -0.1097  09.15 146.72
 
Win   306     CARL BURTON         + 0.0751 11.1723 -0.0277  11.20 113.18
      15      ANDREW GIBB         + 0.5252 10.8784 -0.2116  11.09 120.54
 
Foul  9       RICK MCCANN         - 0.0103 10.1159  0.0859  10.03 131.65
Win   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.4717  9.9749  0.0449  09.93 132.93
 
      430     ROY WALKER          + 0.3254 10.4453  0.2353  10.21 132.86
Win   6       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.0398  9.6634  0.0034  09.66 126.95
 
Win   299     AMANDA COX          + 0.4903 10.1023  0.1323  09.97 133.21
Foul  315     NIGEL GREEN         - 0.1019 11.2021 -0.0979  11.30 119.88
 
Win   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.2460 10.9078 -0.0322  10.94 119.49
      205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.3161 10.1235 -0.1765  10.30 124.54
 
Foul  608     DAN WILLIAMS        - 0.1385 10.8478  1.1878  09.66  92.17
Win   795     MICHEAL LACEY       - 0.0900  9.3078  0.0278  09.28 143.46
 
Win   365     MARTIN GREEN        + 0.9482 11.6153  1.2053  10.41 117.90
      90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0882 10.2146 -0.0354  10.25 116.24
 
Win   911     ANTONY WILKINS      + 0.1764 11.0512  0.0912  10.96 118.55
Foul  314     STEVE HUDSON        - 0.0355  9.9723 -0.0677  10.04 130.63
 
Foul  626     LIZ MALCOLM         - 0.0036 10.9478 -0.1022  11.05 120.74
Win   510     TERRY ROBINS        + 0.4665  9.9769  0.0769  09.90 135.68
 
      707     JOHN MORRIS         LB3A       .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.2543 12.6664  2.7164  09.95  90.50
 
Win   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.1198  9.9355  0.0355  09.90 116.99
      725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.1438  9.0403 -0.0097  09.05 145.28
 
      757     DAVE BAILEY         LB3A       .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.0665  9.3360  0.0160  09.32 146.20
* = Disqualified 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

14:15

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1

Congratulations to John Bradshaw who now has the world's quickest Nissan Skyline at 7.4513/187.41, with a 0.0022 RT to boot. Well done John! Also a big Happy Birthday to Steve Johnson.

Kirstie, whose day job is crew on John Everitt's Alien altered, tells us that John got a bird in the face in the shutdown area well and truly ringing his bell. John was attended to by the paramedics and is OK. I would imagine that the bird has the mother of all headaches.

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                F.I.A. Main Event 2010. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
31/05/2010 14:13:43                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.0151  8.7426 -0.0074  08.75 154.66
      543     JACK BREWSTER       LB3A       .     -8.6000  08.60   0.00
 
Win   4       BARRY GILES         + 0.1050  7.5993  0.0193  07.58 160.72
      307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.1497  7.3896 -0.0604  07.45 174.32
 
      426     STEVE TAYLOR        + 0.0891  7.3076 -0.1524  07.46 181.39
Win   605     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.2573 10.0657  1.5657  08.50 142.51
 
Win   1000    RICHARD BILLINGS    + 0.5540  8.4878 -0.0122  08.50 163.63
      53      BRENDAN CLANCY      + 0.4187  7.2360 -0.0640  07.30 171.71
 
Foul  250     NICK GOOD           - 0.1287  7.2345  0.1645  07.07 180.65
Win   2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.1016  8.7130 -0.0370  08.75 149.09
 
Foul  551     MARK FLAVELL        - 0.2938  7.7072  0.1872  07.52 170.41
Win   312     CHRIS ISAACS        + 0.0240  8.9224 -0.0076  08.93 150.56
 
      401     JOHN BRADSHAW       + 0.0022  7.4513 -0.0987  07.55 187.41
Win   803     DAVE CATTON         + 0.0520  8.4937  0.0237  08.47 142.10
 
Win   81      ANDY RAW            + 0.0561  8.6886  0.1586  08.53 149.54
      154     ROY WILDING         + 0.2923  7.8673 -0.0827  07.95 170.39
 
Foul  56      COLIN LAZENBY       - 0.1164  8.1904  0.2104  07.98 182.80
Win   604     RICK GARRETT        + 0.1395  7.8529 -0.0971  07.95 171.73
 
      922     SCHUBY SCHUBERT     + 0.4505  8.9842  0.2442  08.74 149.54
Win   881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.0888  8.3794  0.2294  08.15 133.29
 
      474     ASHLEY BELL         + 0.1456  9.5772  0.9072  08.67 115.81
Win   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.1548  7.2086  0.0286  07.18 166.02
 
      727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    LB3A       .     -7.2000  07.20   0.00
Win   1       JOHN EVERITT        + 0.0080  7.9582  0.0382  07.92 169.12
 
      161     STEVE SAUNDERS      LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Win   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.4494  8.0789 -0.0211  08.10 166.63

* = Disqualified 
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13:50

Trackside conditions are 16.6 C, 62% humidity and 29.80 inches of air, track temperature 24.9 C.

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 2

Michael Malmgren 6.7812/202.42 def. Richard Sundblom 7.8081/180.68

Richard lost fire in pre-stage and one of the fire crew went to investigate the hood scoop, all OK. All Michael this one and something pretty obviously not right with Richard's Cobalt. 0.0835 RT for Michael to Richard's 0.1272, 1.0109 to sixty feet to Richard's 1.2576, 4.3741/162.22 at the eighth to Richard's 5.0774/142.47 at the eighth.

Micke Callin 6.8599/203.24 bye, Jonas Dantanus no show

Jonas' car put out a rod in the first round. Micke took the bye, the long way round too. 0.9989 to sixty feet then headed for the centre line but stayed with it, 4.4209/159.56 to the eighth.

13:35

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 2

Urs Erbacher 4.7851/278.73 def. Micke Kågered 6.4550/132.94

Holeshot for Urs 0.0739 to 0.1190, Micke had the better sixty foot time 0.8791 to 0.8982. 3.2316/260.92 at the eighth for Urs whilst Micke's tyres started to shake and smoke and he shut off, 3.4706/176.09 at the eighth for Micke. Sounded like Urs' burst panel blew at the top end, and that shut off the motor and deployed the chutes.

Risto Poutiainen 10.9068/70.96 bye, Anita Mäkelä shut off

Anita shut off for a fluid leak before staging so Risto took the bye. 0.0754 RT, 0.8698 to sixty feet but then hit bad shake and clicked it off.

13:25

Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes, which you can view via the Event Index page.

Fuel Altered demonstration

Paul Wratten 6.7748/206.13 def. Tony Betts 8.4935/103.82

Martin Hill followed the Fuel Altereds with a fantastic 5.8605/281.48 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC.

13:15

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2

Anders Abrahamsson 7.8805/129.52 def. Stavros Svrachnos 7.4504/174.40 DQ

Form book out the window as Anders shut off early in the second half having taken a 0.0756 to 0.3258 start line advantage. 1.1118 to sixty feet for Anders and 1.1322 for Stavros. 4.6636/146.11 at the eighth for Anders to Stavros' 4.7246/148.09 but then Anders was off the throttle and Stavros took the stripe by 0.1799. However, it then transpired that Stavros' crew had committed a Blue Line violation so Anders was reinstated.

Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3326/176.45 def. Kenneth Vik 7.3136/177.80

Holeshot win for Gert-Jan from a 0.1762 to 0.2087 RT advantage. Almost identical sixty foot times 1.1080 for Gert-Jan to 1.1081 for Kenneth, 4.6259/148.53 eighth mile for Gert-Jan and 4.6319/150.07 for Kenneth, Kenneth catching but 0.0135 in it at the stripe in Gert-Jan's favour.

Ulf Ögge 7.238/177.15 def. Fredrik Fredlund no time

Ulf away first 0.0945 to 0.0981 then it was all over as Fredrik's motor cut out. 1.1137 to sixty for Ulf and 4.5928/151.47 at the eighth.

Jesper Thiel 7.2119/182.88 def. Dave Beck 7.1827/185.85

Becky pulled a -0.0402 red and handed it to Jesper. 1.1009 to sixty for Jesper and 4.5848/153.07 to the eighth.

13:10

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Mats Eriksson 6.0398/240.17 def. Micke Lindahl 6.1871/230.09

330-foot burnout by Micke. Micke got away first 0.0163 to 0.0364, Mats had the better sixty foot time 1.0232 to 1.0320, Micke drove through shake which you could feel in Race Control, 3.9789/187.27 to the eighth for Mats as the Green Goblin moved across its lane but he stayed with it. 4.0730/183.91 at the eighth for Micke, Mats took the win by 0.1272.

Adam Flamholc 9.1653/81.97 bye, Marko Lantto no show

Marko reportedly hurt his supercharger so no show. 0.9895 to sixty feet for Adam and off the throttle at about 300 feet.

Andy Robinson 6.1227/226.74 def. Micke Gullqvist 6.1269/230.38

0.0020 RT for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy to Micke's 0.0543. 0.9984 to sixty for Andy to Micke's 0.9899, both drove through shake, Micke had the better eighth 3.9834/181.24 to 4.0065/183.26 but Andy was in front and took the stripe by 0.0565.

Johan Lindberg 6.0122/236.07 def. Roger Johansson 6.3343/225.89

Long, long staging duel before this one, so long that Ian Marshall put his start button down. Johan went in first but Roger got away first 0.1604 to 0.2068. 0.9923 to sixty for Johan to Roger's 1.0300, 3.9368 to the eighth to Roger's 4.1493, first to the stripe by 0.2757.

12:55

Fuel Funny Car session 3 (left lane first):

Gordon Smith 6.8590/168.63, John Spuffard 6.3645/211.93;

-0.0020 red light for Gordon. 0.9292 to sixty feet for Spuff, shake by the Tree and pedalled, Spuff pedalled three more times down the track and got close to the guardrail at the stripe. Gordon got to sixty feet in 1.1438, hit shake, looked to drop something on the track at about 250 feet and was on and off the throttle a couple of times before shutting off at the eighth.

12:50

UEM Funny Bike Cup eliminations round 1

Steve French 7.1984/185.81 bye

Excellent pass for Steve, best time on the new bike that's for sure. 1.1128 to sixty feet, 4.5651/149.56 at the eighth and the last gear shift sounded a bit late so more to come I think.

Kev Charman 10.3487/136.46 def. Tim Blakemore 12.8702/128.80

Tim's bike hesitated off the line and that was enough for Kev to get away, and Tim's bike headed straight for the centre line. Lots of smoke from Kev's bike in the shutdown area but the track was checked and found to be OK.

Christian Jäger 7.5782/179.87 def. Mike Olie 9.0327/164.85

Big holeshot for Christian and never looked back. 1.1752 to sixty feet, 4.8667/145.29 at the eighth. Nice run for Mike after problems so far this weekend.

Rikard Gustafsson 6.4690/201.66 def. Bob Brooks 7.4757/182.84

Tremendous run for Rikard! 1.0921 to sixty feet to Bob's 1.2109, 4.2053/179.80 at the eighth to Bob's 4.8169/182.84. Best times for both riders, well done guys!

12:40

UEM Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1

Steve Woollatt 6.6035/175.05 bye

1.0617 to sixty feet for Steve, 4.1692/174.22 at the eighth and shut off just a touch early. The usual straight run from Steve with a tyre track you could use as a ruler.

Steve Carey 6.9413/186.67 def. Rene van den Berg 12.7259/58.50

Rene visibly away first 0.2783 to 0.5202 and he had the better sixty foot time 1.0813 to 1.1275, but Rene's bike headed purposefully for the centre line and Rene had no choice but to feather the throttle. 4.4806/164.32 for Steve to Rene's 5.8347/80.38 and some interesting body language from Rene when he shut off.

Kai Selkämäa 20.7555/42.85 bye, Eric Teboul no show

Kai took it easy to save parts.

12:35

UEM Supertwin eliminations round 1

Lorenz Stäuble 6.7852/207.05 def. Svein Olav Rolfstad 8.0596/125.84

Wild ride for Lo, he saw both edges of his lane on this one. Lo away first 0.1586 to 0.1680, Svein Olav had the better sixty foot time 1.1506 to 1.2140, Svein Olav tried to ride out shake but shut off just after the eighth. Lo got very close indeed to the guardrail in the shutdown area.

Trond Hoiberget 7.4036/188.21 bye, Vidar Ravnsborg shut off

Trond in asn an alternate for Jan Sturla Hegre. Vidar shut off after the burnout and Trond took the bye. 1.1915 to sixty and 4.8393/150.06 at the eighth.

Roel Koedam 6.7791/187.40 def. Hans Olav Olstad 7.1669/172.41

Huge holeshot for Roel 0.0177 to 0.1713. 1.1460 to sixty feet for Roel to Hans Olav's 1.1614, a hard straight run for Roel and just shut off a touch early.

Job Heezen 6.7452/208.96 bye, Ismo Mäenpää shut off

Ismo shut off after the burnout. A bye and a great run for Job. 1.1422 to sixty feet, 4.4405/169.81 at the eighth and Low ET of the round.

12:25

FIA Top Methanol Dragster eliminations round 1

Timo Habermann 5.3266/256.71 def. Dave Wilson 5.5680/263.73

The motor of the Silverline car was really banging as it came around the corner and again on backing up from the burnout. Crew didn't seem overly concerned though and it cleared as Grumpy went to stage. Visible 0.0420 to 0.2108 holeshot for Timo, 0.8818 to sixty feet for Timo to Grumpy's 0.9920, Timo ahead all the way getting to the eighth in 3.4686/213.89 to Grumpy's 3.7535/212.46. Timo took the stripe by 0.4102.

Derek Flynn 5.3500/271.46 def. Paul Ingar Udtian 5.6774/245.41

Paul Ingar got the jump 0.1077 to 0.1453 and had the better sixty foot time 0.9428 to 0.9652 but then Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek drove through shake and got past him, 3.5805 at a huge 220.83 at the eighth to Paul's 3.7001/198.82, Derek took the stripe by 0.2898 but then his 'chutes did not deploy and the Gold RV car went into the field at the end of the track. Derek is quite OK, the car is shiny side up, and he is on a new European speed record if he can back it up, well done Derek!

Dennis Habermann 5.4724/256.11 def. Peter Schöfer 5.4303/250.99

Dennis got the jump on Peter 0.0486 to 0.0965 and had the better sixty foot time 0.9118 to 0.9149. Peter was coming back at him at the eighth 3.5665/212.80 to 3.5818/208.50 but Peter just ran out of track to catch Dennis and Dennis won by 0.0058 or 25.62 inches.

Fred Hanssen 5.3091/266.69 def. Krister Johansson 5.4576/265.58

Superb run for Fred. 0.0944 RT to Krister's 0.1084, the much better suxty foot time 0.9142 to 0.9790, driving through shake which pushed the car towards the guardrail, 3.4909/214.45 at the eighth to Krister's 3.6466/217.93 and first to the stripe by 0.1625.

12:00

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car eliminations round 1

Dan Larsen 6.8301/136.94 def. Rob Turner 9.8531/78.27 DQ

-0.2407 red for Rob handed it to Dan. 1.0347 to sixty feet for Dan, 4.0904/180.55 at the eighth, a cloud of smoke and flash of flame from Dan's car and he put the chutes out and stopped it next to the finish line fire crew. Fire could plainly be seen under the car but the roof panel popped and Dan got himself out, and he is A-OK.

Arvid Grødem 6.3366/190.44 def. Steph Milam 6.5921/213.08

Big, big holeshot for Arvid 0.2494 to 0.8171, 1.0092 to sixty feet to Steph's 1.3614, Steph's FC picked up in the middle of the track but Arvid was way ahead 4.0342/183.25 at the eighth to Steph's 4.5010/191.41, Arvid's blower panel popped just past half track but he had enough momentum to take the stripe by 0.8232.

Jürgen Nagel 12.9869/76.06 bye, Danny Bellio no show

Danny not able to repair damage so Jürgen got a free run into the next round. Took it nice and easy to save parts.

Trackside conditions are 14.5 C, 75% humidity and 29.80 inches of air, track temperature is 19.7 C.

11:25

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1

Richard Sundblom 7.0121/199.88 def. Jan Palmqvist 7.1439/195.44

Big start line advantage for Jan, 0.0674 to 0.1152. Richard started to reel him in at sixty feet 1.0273 to 1.0422 and 4.5335/156.71 at the eighth to 4.6320/154.02 and 0.0840 win for Richard. Smoke from Jan's car all the way down, tyre rubbing maybe.

Micke Callin 6.8019/202.43 def. Tommy Leindahl 6.9864/200.68 DQ

-0.0204 red for Tommy and that was all she wrote. Nice run for Micke though and would have taken some beating. 0.9902 to sixty feet, 4.3731/160.70 at the eighth.

Jonas Dantanus 7.9340/131.05 bye, Harald Sturhan shut off

Harald was shut off and there was a big pool of coolant under the car as he pushed back. 0.0785 RT for Jonas, 1.0267 to sixty feet, 4.6338/142.93 at the eighth, smoke from the motor and Dante shut off. Track check and the clean-up crew called to the shutdown area.

Michael Malmgren 6.7630/205.18 bye

Nice run for Michael. 1.0067 to sixty feet, 4.3578/162.49 at the eighth and lane choice next round.

12.8 C outside, 82% humidity and 29.80 inches of air.

10:35

FIA Top Fuel Dragster eliminations round 1

Urs Erbacher 11.4880/77.34 bye

A couple of goes at starting the motor but all OK second time. Would Urs go for lane choice and/or try to back up his speed record? Well, he probably had a go at it but his tyres shook after a 0.9043 sixty foot time and he shut off and idled through.

Risto Poutiainen 4.8891/319.25 def. Andy Carter 6.3345/167.92

Andy away first 0.0197 to 0.0823, 0.8832 to sixty for Risto to Andy's 0.9414, Andy hit shake and pedalled, then Risto hit shake and pedalled but Risto's tyres hooked up then and there and he was off and running. 3.3593/252.81 at the eight to Andy's 3.9459/194.53, the Lucas Oil car was moving about its lane then it looked like something came off Andy's car and he shut off, meanwhile Risto went powering into the distance and did the first half of a new European speed record, well done Risto!

Micke Kågered 5.7890/158.52 def. Jari Halinen 5.9735/158.50

Micke got the jump 0.1411 to 0.1837, the better sixty foot time 0.8971 to 0.8983, both tried to drive through shake, smoke from Micke's motor and he was off it by the eighth 3.3224/218.61, from the car's behaviour it looked to me as if the blower belt was off. Jari also off it by half track, 3.4640/208.94 then it was a race of momentum to the stripe, Micke there first by 0.2271.

Anita Mäkelä 7.8039/109.09 def. Stig Neergaard 7.8680/105.70

Big pedalfest this one. Anita away first 0.1084 to 0.1257, Stig had the better sixty foot time 0.8857 to 0.8986. Both hit shake and Anita shut off at about 330 feet. Stig kept stabbing away at it then shut off, Anita realised she might be able to catch up and got back on it, the dragster left a trail of fluid on the track and then one pedal later there was a bang and a fireball from Anita's motor, but she still got there first by 0.0814.

10:20

UEM Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

Stavros Svrachnos 7.4779/176.45 def. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.6435/171.73

Karl-Heinz away first 0.0237 to 0.0872 bu stavros had all the better incrementals from then on,overhauling Karl-Heinz by half track and took the win by 0.1021.

Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3844/163.08 def. Richard Gipp 7.7143/167.29

Richard got away first 0.1823 to 0.2302 but similar to the previous race it was all Gert-Jan from then on, 4.6382 to 4.8981 at the eighth in Gert-Jan's favour and 0.2820 in it at the stripe.

Kenneth Vik 7.2583/181.29 def. Len Paget 7.7347/171.74 DQ

-0.0039 red for Len handed it to Kenneth but he would have taken some beating. 1.0907 sixty foot time and 4.6051/150.09 at the eighth.

Ulf Ögge 7.7038/180.64 def. Zoltan Toth 7.9834/166.66

Ulf used up all his 0.1524 to 0.3844 start line advantage when his motor hesitated off the line, 1.5118 sixty foot to Zoltan's 1.2530. Luckily Ulf had enough to stay ahead and even had the leisure to shut off a little early and win by 0.5116.

Fredrik Fredlund 7.3863/177.13 def. Martin Bishop 7.6490/164.25

Martin away first 0.0762 to 0.1880, better sixty foot time for Martin 1.1652 to 1.1748 but Kenneth had him beaten by half track 4.6965 to 4.8256 and took the stripe by 0.1509.

Dave Beck 7.4292/175.74 def. Martin Newbury 7.8248/166.07

Martin got the jump 0.1505 to 0.1805, Dave had the better sixty foot time 1.1183 to 1.2176 and was way in front by the eighth 4.6928 to 4.9547, very close to the centre line but Becky took it by 0.3656.

Jesper Thiel 7.3887/188.41 def. Kalle Lyrén 7.6722/176.41

Jesper away first 0.0277 to 0.0754, way ahead at the eighth 4.7498 to 4.9299 and first to the top end by 0.3312.

Anders Abrahamsson 7.1910/180.63 bye 0.088 RT for Anders, 1.1024 to sixty feet, 4.5547/153.60 at the eighth, Low ET so far and lane choice next round.

10:05

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Roger Johansson 6.6896/210.11 def. Freddy Fagerström no time

Driver's side door open for Freddy on his burnout. Freddy away first 0.1070 to 0.1457 but he hit instant shake, pedalled then shut off. Roger got to sixty feet in 0.9938 then pedalled for shake but got back on it, 4.3015/161.75 at the eighth and took a clear win as Freddy's truck rolled to a halt near the finish line.

Adam Flamholc 6.3040/218.22 def. Melanie Troxel 6.6015/228.90

Adam away first 0.0518 to 0.0777, Melanie had the much better sixty foot time 0.9759 to 0.9976, Melanie hit shake and the Camaro started to move all over its lane, a pedal and back on it although close to the centre line. 4.1029/175.60 to the eighth for Adam, 4.3709/164.57 for Melanie, Adam took the stripe by 0.3234.

Micke Gullqvist 6.2594/220.18 def. Marco Maurischat no time

Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco's 'Vette never moved on the green. 0.9954 to sixty for Micke, a brief pedal for shake, 4.0860/179.55 at the eighth.

Mats Eriksson 6.3899/228.16 def. Urban Johansson 6.4077/228.92

Urban away first 0.0743 to 0.0867, not much between the sixty foot times 1.0269 to 1.0296 in Mats' favour. Both pedalled for shake, Urban's 'Vette moving about some. 4.1890/172.25 to the eighth for Mats to 4.2424/176.11 for Urban, 0.0054 or 21 inches in it at the stripe.

Micke Lindahl 6.3595/222.54 def. Bruno Bader 6.4278/222.22

Micke away forst 0.0528 to 0.0842, 1.0024 to sixty for Bruno and 1.0355 for Micke. Both cars hit shake, Bruno's 'Vette wrote s big S on the track and Micke's Camaro came close to the line, the cars almost kissed. 4.1695/178.38 to the eighth for Micke, 4.2090/172.66 for Bruno, great driving job by Bruno but Micke first by 0.0997.

Andy Robinson 6.1140/226.78 def. Jan Gunnarsson 6.0478/228.16

Fantastic race won on a 0.0578 to 0.1739 by Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy. 0.9870 to sixty feet for Andy to Jan's 0.9936, Andy's Stude was shaking but he stayed with it, 3.9980/184.76 at the eighth for Andy to Jan's 3.9533/187.20, Andy first by 0.0499. New PB for Jan, well done Jan!

Marko Lantto 8.8216/155.89 def. Graham Ellis 6.5823/228.16 DQ

Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham threw it away with a 0.2977 red light. Marko must have seen the red as he took it very easy off the line but he hit some shake on the way and pedalled it. 6.1179/160.78 at the eighth for Marko.

Johan Lindberg 6.0499/236.13 def. Terje Håkonsen 6.8246/203.39

0.0792 RT for Johan to Terje's 0.1515, 0.9941 to sixty feet for Johan, 1.0760 for Terje. Johan's 'Bird hit shake but he drove straight through it like it wasn't happening. 3.9694/187.80 at the eighth to Terje's 4.4197/162.92, Johan there first by 0.8470.

7:50

Just as well that we checked. Racing starts at 9:30 with the first Pro session which is led by Pro Modified; the presentation to #1 qualifiers precedes it at 9:15.

Stay tuned and we'll be back with results as soon as racing starts. We are planning to post results race-by-race but that does put a lot of pressure on us so we'll see how it goes.

7:00

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod for our coverage of the FIA Main Event brought to you in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and will be posting a picture every sixty seconds until the track closes on Monday.

Right now it's overcast here at Santa Pod, trackside conditions are 10.5 C, 92% humidity and 29.71 inches of air. Yesterday's stiff breeze has abated. Once the sun gets up a bit further and burns off this cloud we'll be all set.

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We have not yet received today's updated running order but yesterday evening the plan was to start with the first rounds of Super Pro ET and Pro ET eliminations, then into the first round of Pro eliminations. Stay tuned and we'll be back with an update when we have our hands on a copy of today's schedule.


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