2011 FIA European Finals
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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 22:00 Today's pictures have now been posted and can be checked out via the Event Index page. There are 150 pictures in all; if you do not see all 150 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day three of qualifying. 20:20 Simon has posted another set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. Thanks to our good buddy Christer Abrahamson for contributing to the notes. Today's pictures will be along in a couple of hours. 20:05 Super Gas qualifying session 6 Tim Adam up from #8 to #6 in the second pair. 0.0081 RT for Stuart Morrice next pair.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
That's qualifying done for today, stay tuned as Simon has yet more pit notes for you and we have today's pictures to post. The webcam will be running for a while longer but will be stopped without warning at some point; you can find a link to the Nitro FM audio stream on the Event Index page. 20:00 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 6 Jessica Gantenbein up from #9 to #5 in the second pair. Two pairs later Fredrik Leanders made a big move, #14 to #4. Next pair and reigning Champion Gabby McDonald moved up from #12 to #5. Billy Everitt up from #20 to #12 in the next pairing. Billy Ringer up from #22 to #16 in the next pair, the changes just kept on coming. Twenty of twenty two qualifiers in the 0.0s, how about that?
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
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QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2011 19:59:16 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 26 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT + 0.0029 16.4964 3.5964 12.90 36.34
2 5 JOSH SAUNDERS + 0.0046 8.0775 0.1775 07.90 79.93
3 27 HARRY ELLIOTT + 0.0122 8.2340 0.3340 07.90 0.00
4 5182 FREDRIK LEANDERS + 0.0137 13.3590 0.4590 12.90 46.27
5 1 GABRIELLE MCDONALD + 0.0201 9.4286 1.5286 07.90 66.85
6 6 JOE KELLETT + 0.0217 8.2247 0.3247 07.90 79.65
7 115 JESSICA GANTENBEIN + 0.0271 7.8979 -0.0021 07.90 79.79
8 8 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0282 8.4642 0.5642 07.90 77.87
9 29 THALIAH GIBB + 0.0300 15.3221 2.4221 12.90 37.48
10 7 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0301 8.0727 0.1727 07.90 79.80
11 3 ZAK JOHNSON + 0.0350 9.9313 2.0313 07.90 36.63
12 12 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0410 13.6783 4.7783 08.90 37.76
13 9 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0417 8.0683 0.1683 07.90 81.23
14 24 RACHEL GILES + 0.0538 9.6178 1.7178 07.90 66.65
15 4358 MATTIAS EDVINSSON + 0.0626 8.3625 0.4625 07.90 80.50
16 22 BILLY RINGER + 0.0645 18.8663 5.9663 12.90 31.73
17 10 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0689 8.1576 0.2576 07.90 78.13
18 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0701 8.0361 0.1361 07.90 80.50
19 23 STACEY REED + 0.0848 11.0537 2.1537 08.90 55.82
20 214 P. LIIMATAINEN + 0.0892 11.4945 2.5945 08.90 57.37
21 31 JORDAN PAYNE + 0.1194 19.5738 6.6738 12.90 30.14
22 20 AARON FENSOME + 0.2017 9.5743 0.6743 08.90 66.94
* = Disqualified
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19:45 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 6 Andy Bond up from #8 to #7 in the first pair. Quicker still for Alex McIntosh and another eight-second pass for Eurodragster.com sponsor Bill Macdermid. Next pair and Brian Payne took over the lead, in the other lane we believe a new PB for Gerry Treit, if so then well done Gerry! Richard Billings and Ian Hook side-by-side up the ladder, #9 to #5 and #6 to #3 respectively.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2011 19:45:58 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 2 BRIAN PAYNE + 0.1665 8.2832 8.2832 00.00 168.56
2 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.0268 8.3567 8.3567 00.00 167.28
3 1 IAN HOOK + 0.0344 8.4159 8.4159 00.00 166.13
4 504 JEFF MEADS + 0.0593 8.4430 8.4430 00.00 164.87
5 1000 RICHARD BILLINGS + 0.2428 8.4814 8.4814 00.00 173.75
6 33 DAVID MURDOCH + 0.3150 8.5665 8.5665 00.00 161.89
7 752 STUART WILLIAMS + 0.4275 8.5873 8.5873 00.00 159.70
8 666 ANDY BOND + 0.0523 8.8904 8.8904 00.00 157.95
9 1969 BILL MACDERMID + 0.0227 8.9385 8.9385 00.00 154.68
10 333 ALAN WILLIAMSON + 0.0103 9.7349 9.7349 00.00 146.17
11 40 GERRY TREIT + 0.1980 9.9630 9.9630 00.00 142.03
* = Disqualified
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19:40 Super Street qualifying session 6 As you were in Super Street until the last run of the session when Bob Lees took over the lead 0.004 off perfect.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
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19:35 Super Comp qualifying session 6 Martin Curbishley up from #14 to #11 in the first pair. Next pair and Paul Marston clocked a 0.0010 RT only to be outdone by Eric Roerade who took over #1 spot with a perfect 8.9002, well done Eric!
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
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19:30 Super Pro ET qualifying session 6 Ian Powell first to make a move in this session, #21 to #17 in the third pair. Norbert Schneider next to make a move, up from #28 to #22 in mid-session. Paula Atkin has the Nitrous back on her Mustang and made a huge move up the ladder, #42 to #10, 7.010 on a 6.97 dial-in. Two pairs later and two big moves, Mathisj Kraetzer up from #24 to #9 and Scott Hauser up from #27 to #13. At that point the top 23 were separated by 0.099. Nick Good next to change places, #14 to #6 in the last pair but two. In the other lane John Bradshaw was gunning for 210 mph in his Nissan, got close, 209.76 mph. Martyn Jones closed off the session with his first run down the track in his rebuilt Small Fortune dragster, 7.3080 on a 7.30 dial-in and a very happy team. Well done guys!
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Exhaust-coating.de Pro Mod Challenge round 1 re-run Johan Lindberg 6.3212/228.96 def. Robert Joosten 6.4268/227.02 DQ
18:45 Pro ET qualifying session 6 Big moves for Pel Norman and Gino Bernadine in this session. Apologies for the lack of detailed commentary on this session, we were dealing with the mysterious freezing webcam. We think we've got to the bottom of that one: the solution is to ask the Race Director to stop running Top Fuel Dragster.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
18:25 Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Leif Helander 8.0070/125.11, Gordon Smith 5.8903/189.72 Great to see another Fuel FC on the facility and great to see Leif back where he belongs. 1.0375 to sixty for Gordon, Leif rolled the beams very slightly, 1.8329 to sixty. 3/7901/218.59 at the eighth for Gordon, 4.8121/165.45 for Leif, shut off by then. Qualifying after this session:
Super Gas qualifying session 5 Re-run for Jon Morton for reasons we don't currently know but will find out for you. Mort up from #7 to #4.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Martin Hill followed with a 6.2529/266.59 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 18:15 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Micke Kågered 5.6394/177.14, Kenni Neergaard 10.7179/87.52; Patrik Pers 18.9613/36.22, Andy Carter 13.2490/86.35; Jari Halinen 21.4400/46.04, Anita Mäkelä 4.9162/253.42; Risto Poutiainen 16.1656/67.02, Urs Erbacher 4.9264/308.45; Timo Lehtimäki 7.5352/114.63 bye 0.8816 sixty for Kenni, shaking past the Tree and shut off about 200 feet out. 0.9389 to sixty for Micke, 2.3819 to 330 feet then a bang and smoke and off the throttle at half track, the car behaved as if the blower belt had broken but then a lot of smoke from the motor all the way down the shutdown area. All of the kit was mobilised for clean-up at the top end. One quick clean-up later, Patrik and Andy took to the track. Andy has Fuel legend Peter Lantz working with him at this event, in a shirt slightly too small for him and which he had not done up since when he walked too close to Andy's motor the header blast blew it open and we and the viewing thousands on the webcam were vouchsafed a view of Peter's stomach. Both cars up in smoke at the hit; a bang, sparks, brief ball of flame and huge heat haze from Patrik's motor. A pedal from Andy and then idled along the track. Jari's tyres up in smoke, 1.3769 to sixty, and he played no further part in things. 0.8879 for Anita, driving through shake, 3.2696/252.78 at the eighth and shut it off at 1000 feet or thereabouts. Anita into #1 spot. Instant smoke for Risto, flash of flame from the motor amidst the smoke, and shut it off. 0.9030 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs, 3.3562/251.40 at the eighth. Very consistent pass with Urs' Q1 performance. Initially looked like problems getting reverse for Timo, the car seeming reluctant to move, but all sorted and Timo made it back. 0.9087 to sixty, car started to drift to the left, a pedal and from here it looked as if the blower belt broke, the car behaved that way. 3.9446/150.50 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
17:35 Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.6997/261.16 bye; Oliver Azzopardi 11.9057/67.11, Monty Bugeja 6.9940/143.91; Esko Raisvuo 6.5996/244.06, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5366/251.96; Timo Habermann shut off, Derek Flynn 5.5236/263.73; Dennis Habermann 5.4135/259.66, Fred Hanssen 5.4745/260.02 100-foot burnout for Grumpy. Rolled the beams very slightly before hitting it which will have affected the ET, 1.0532 to sixty feet and 3.8737/213.08 at the eighth, up to sixth place at that point. Our two Maltese heroes next up. Big holeshot for Oliver 0.0707 to 0.4102 but tyres up in smoke at the hit again. 1.1679 to sixty to Monty's 1.0388, Monty on a good run to start with but sounded like the car stuck in second gear and Monty was off the gas at about half track. Oliver was off the throttle before the eighth having smoked the tyres all the way there. Esko's tyres didn't light too well in the burnout. Storming 0.9375 to sixty for Paul Ingar, 3.6164/206.62 at the eighth and up into #2 spot. Lazy 1.2388 sixty for Esko, 4.5544/184.98 at the eighth, an improvement but stayed in #8 spot. Timo left a huge trail of fuel along the track during his burnout and was shut off on the way back, pulled over to the guardrail. Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek took the bye, rolled the beams very slightly and the motor sounded to misfire just a touch at the hit before clearing itself. 1.0302 to sixty, 3.7057/214.73 at the eighth, up into second. Fred deep-staged which will have added to his ET. 0.9291 sixty for Dennis, 0.9826 for Fred, Dennis to the eighth in 3.5407/210.90 to Fred's 3.6159/212.53. Dennis into #2 and Fred stays #1. Qualifying after this session:
17:05 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Arvid Grødem 18.8151/38.21, Ulf Leanders 5.8513/204.27; Jarmo Kuutniemi 13.2747/73.45, Steph Milam 6.0795/223.46; Dezsoe Krivan 11.9771/70.47, Rob Turner 5.8720/234.85; Jürgen Nagel 7.4636/195.55, Danny Bellio 5.7972/243.81 Fantastic run for Ulf to begin with, 0.9836 to sixty, driving through about 100 feet of shake starting by the Tree, 3.7462/201.10 at the eighth, then smoke from the motor and the blower panel popped at about 1000 feet. Still into #1 spot though, what would that run have been?! Terrible shake for Arvid and shut off past the Tree. 1.1101 to sixty for Steph, 4.0048/190.11 at the eighth, new PB or close to it, well done Steph! Jarmo hit appalling shake at the hit, was off the throttle very quickly and idled down track. Another fantastic run for Rob, 1.0273 to sixty, 3.8525/195.86 to the eighth, blown away his Funny Car PB again, well done Rob, Steve and the guys! 1.0595 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Dez but then hit bad shake and shut it off. Superb run for Danny, a new PB, 0.9631 to sixty feet, 3.7972/196.79 to the eighth, the car fishtailing but Danny stayed with it and went into #1 spot, well done Danny! Bad shake for Jürgen, 1.4987 to sixty, pedalled, got back on it. 5.1363/164.85 to the eighth, an improvement but stayed in place. Qualifying after this session:
16:35 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Otto Knebl 14.8850/56.39 bye; Kev Charman 6.8824/197.26 bye; Ian King 6.6400/172.42, Sverre Dahl 7.7500/174.40; Steve Woollatt 16.3535/43.60, Steve Carey 6.6462/193.77; 1.2279 to sixty for Otto, heading for the centre line, shut it off before 300 feet then gave it another brief squirt. Great run for Kev, front wheel up and down a couple of times, 1.1326 to soxty and 4.4874/167.91 at the eighth, up to #3. Sverre's motor sounded to zing in his very brief burnout but all OK I guess as he made his run. rear tyre up in smoke at the hit for Sverre, a long second burnout then feathered the throttle and back on it. 1.1896 to sixty for Ian, visible course correction at the eighth 4.2221/181.91 and off the throttle in the second eighth. Steve W's tyre up in smoke at the hit, he gave it a couple of goes then shut off. Meanwhile a great pass for Steve C, 1.0847 to sixty, 4.2589/169.46 at the eighth but then smoke at about 1200 feet and Steve's motor zinged, I am guessing a belt broke. The top end crew are picking pieces up off the track. Qualifying after this session:
16:30 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Greger Johansson 8.3943/151.13 bye; Jan Sturla Hegre 7.8102/120.43, Roel Koedam 6.6169/209.01; Roman Sixta 8.3952/164.24, Vidar Ravnsborg 7.3962/188.16; Svein Olav Rolfstad 8.0188/153.68, Martijn de Haas 8.2640/139.52; Chris Hannam 7.1329/191.42, Samu Kemppainen 7.2486/165.45; Trond Høiberget 7.3135/183.62, Ronny Aasen 7.3730/137.84; Mark Ashelford 10.9359/80.37, Hans Olav Olstad 6.8930/202.42; Lorenz Stäuble 6.6636/211.00, Job Heezen 6.7048/208.97 Nice run to start with for Greger, 1.1721 to sixty, but was headed for the centre line with front wheel in the air and had to back off to straighten it out. 5.0546/115.38 at the eighth. 1.1304 to sixty for Jan Sturla, 4.5436/152.54 at the eighth but off the throttle past the eighth. 1.1506 to sixty for Roel, riding out a fishtail, 4.3541/177.03 at the eighth and into #2 spot. One-place improvements for both Roman and Vidar. 1.2119 to sixty for Vidar to Roman's 1.2605, 4.8486/153.68 at the eighth to Roman's 5.3517/120.44. Both straight passes down the middle of the lanes. Svein Olav and Martijn both overpowering the track, Svein Olav's slick was smoking to half track. 1.1407 to sixty for Svein Olav to Martijn's 1.2095, both drifting as their tyres hazed. 5.3191 to the eighth for Svein Olav and 5.3252 for Martijn. New PB for Cannon, well done Chris! 1.1904 to sixty feet to Samu's 1.1887, Samu's eighth was better too 4.5421 to 4.6264 but Samu shut if off at about 1000 feet as he got close to the centre line. Cannon up to #8 at that point. Great-looking run for Ronny to start with, 1.1181 to sixty and 4.3757 at the eighth but then the front wheel thumped down and Ronny got off the throttle. 1.1865 to sixty for Trond, 4.7452 at the eighth, improvement but stayed in place. 1.2045 to sixty for Mark but looked like a clyinder out, a feather of the throttle but the cylinder stayed out and he shut it off. 1.1840 to sixty for Hans Olav, 4,5310/168.97 at the eighth. Hans Olav improved but stayed in place on the ladder. 1.1641 to sixty for Lo, 1.1345 for Job, 4.3830 to the eighth for Lo to Job's 4.3881, two great runs and in Lo's case very consistent. Qualifying after this session:
16:10 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Len Paget 7.7280/165.46 bye; Elvira Karlsson 7.5864/169.80, Timo Savolainen 7.9768/161.94; Martin Newbury 7.9199/137.70, Ray Debben 8.7314/159.63; Martin Bishop 7.5172/172.41, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.9335/158.50; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.7767/175.06, Dave Beck 8.1232/121.25; Fredrik Fredlund 7.2108/181.41, Kalle Lyrén 7.2209/181.41; Jesper Thiel 7.2346/180.67, Rasmus Olesen 10.0173/78.72 1.1702 to sixty feet for Len, 4.8488/142.10 at the eighth and into ninth at that point. Elvira staged well to the right of her lane, maybe because of the stiff breeze. Didn't bother her, straight down the lane, 1.0888 to sixty, 4.7631 to the eighth. 1.2179 to sixty for Timo and 5.0719 at the eighth. 1.1457 to sixty for Martin, 4.8723 to the eighth but shut off before the stripe. Hesitation off the line for Ray's bike, 1.4526 to sixty and 5.6993 to the eighth. Karl-Heinz' bike sounded hesitant all the way down; 1.1152 to sixty for Martin and 4.7368 at the eighth, slight improvement but stayed in place. 1.1090 to sixty for Becky, 1.2368 for Gert-Jan, 4.7527 to the eighth to Gert-Jan's 5.0241 but Dave shut it off in the second eighth. Great runs for Fredrik and Kalle, 1.1067 to sxty for Fredrik to Kalle's 1.0974, Kalle had the better eighth 4.5660 to 4.5778. 1.1015 to sixty for Jesper to Rasmus' 1.0909, 4.5876 to the eighth for Jesper, by then rasmus was in trouble headed for the centre line, leaning off the side of the bike, and eventually he had to shut it off. Qualifying after this session:
15:55 Super Street Bike qualifying session 6 Steve Mead first to make a move late in the session, up from #14 to #11. Chris Reed up from #9 to #7 two pairs later, then moved down again next pair as Garry Bowe went from #9 to #7. Mark Wells into the ladder two pairs later, #18 to #15.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2011 15:55:04 16 SUPER STREET BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 2 STEVE VENABLES + 0.1168 7.3617 7.3617 00.00 192.11
2 9 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0993 7.5032 7.5032 00.00 191.34
3 14 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3880 7.5375 7.5375 00.00 188.91
4 3 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1991 7.5455 7.5455 00.00 184.34
5 7 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.2762 7.5822 7.5822 00.00 188.91
6 1 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.3102 7.6268 7.6268 00.00 164.88
7 5 GARRY BOWE + 0.2498 7.6447 7.6447 00.00 182.08
8 6 CHRIS REED + 0.1336 7.6515 7.6515 00.00 192.90
9 4 DAVE SMITH + 0.1200 7.6830 7.6830 00.00 191.33
10 35 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1465 7.7219 7.7219 00.00 185.83
11 10 STEPHEN MEAD + 0.1861 7.8194 7.8194 00.00 180.64
12 20 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2583 7.8523 7.8523 00.00 180.66
13 37 ANDERS BLANCK + 0.1770 7.8558 7.8558 00.00 183.55
14 12 RICHARD HANN + 0.0877 7.8635 7.8635 00.00 182.88
15 18 MARK WELLS + 0.3556 7.8921 7.8921 00.00 186.64
16 26 NICHLAS SVERIN + 0.4304 7.9262 7.9262 00.00 178.52
17 36 SIMON GIORDMAINA + 0.0558 7.9558 7.9558 00.00 181.38
18 25 MOGUNS LUND + 0.3412 7.9921 7.9921 00.00 179.19
19 11 MICK TEMPLEMAN + 0.1982 8.0485 8.0485 00.00 174.39
20 34 PETE FIELD + 0.1334 8.0853 8.0853 00.00 179.89
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15:45 FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 2 after re-run (left lane first) Andy Frost 8.0207/161.93 bye; Graham Ellis 8.6934/131.71, Norbert Kuno 9.9764/105.42; Marcus Hilt 7.5718/189.00, Roger Johansson 6.2823/225.66; Jean Dulamon shut off, David Vegter 6.4202/220.14; Bert Englefield 8.969/129.42, Nick Davies 7.4229/221.10; Roger Moore 17.0839/45.43, Rolf Ammann 6.6012/211.88 Frosty's earlier run not quite enough to earn him a licence. 1.1792 to sixty feet, then hit shake and pedalled, blackstriping all the way but then off the throttle at about 900 feet. First runs of the day for Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham and Norbert, Graham's second attempt. Graham rolled the beams as the lights ran then hit it, that will have affected the times. 1,4342 to sixty, 5.2843/122.77 at the eighth, the Cuda getting close to the guardrail the moving left and right each time Graham pedalled it. 1.2792 to sixty for Norbert and a gentle drive up the track. No mucking about for Roger, 1.0113 to sixty, drove through a small amount of shake, 4.1070/179.55 at the eighth and into the lead. 1.0555 to sixty for Marcus then off the throttle for a second, 4.8909/132.44 to the eighth, run DQ'd for a Blue Line violation. Jean had a nitrous burp in the bleach box, the safety crew rushed to help. Bye for David, nice run. 1.0346 to sixty feet, some shake which he drove through, 4.1818/201.45 at the eighth and up to third place. Shake and pedal for Bert and Nick in Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham Ellis' Superbird. Nick back on the throttle first, 5.1224/161.34 at the eighth and a big speed at the top end. 5.6674/128.68 at the eighth for Bert. Big shake for Roger M, shut it off by the Tree. 1.0987 to sixty for Rolf, the Coupe moving left and right, 4.3027/172.03 at the eighth, improved ET but stayed in place. Exhaust-coating.de Pro Mod Challenge round 1 Micke Gullqvist 6.2796/233.69 def. Andy Robinson 6.6485/229.32
Robert Joosten 11.8170/86.29 bye, Johan Lindberg shut off
Urban Johansson 6.3908/218.25 def. Mats Eriksson 8.0214/137.78
Marc Meihuizen 6.1880/233.95 def. Bruno Bader 9.7482/14.21
Johan Lindberg 6.5089/232.59 bye Johan Lindberg allowed to run after Pro Stock, 1.0918 to sixty, hit shake and pedalled, back on it, 4.3990/182.69 at the eighth. An improvement but stayed in eighth. Qualifying after this session:
15:40 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Sampsa Palos 7.8692/194.71, Thomas Lindström 22.4242/32.71; Conrad Stanley 23.6020/47.60, Tommy Leindahl no time; Jonas Dantanus 6.9658/199.00, Michael Malmgren 7.2702/203.33; Richard Sundblom 6.8574/201.59, Micke Callin 6.7898/204.28; Jimmy Ålund 16.0524/50.80, Ulf Wagnhester 7.4208/146.72 Awful shake for Thomas, immediately off the gas and idled down the track. Sampsa's car appeared to jump out of gear at the hit, edged forward then sat on the line for a moment, 5.3358/152.60 at the eighth. Lars Pettersson of the FIA Commission tells us that Jimmy Ålund is now 2011 FIA European Pro Stock Champion, well done Jimmy! -0.0015 red for Conrad, synchronised shake for both, both shut off immediately. Tommy sat on the track for a short while, getting his vision back I am guessing, then drove up the track. Michael's car sounded to jump out of gear as it hit shake off the line, Michael got hold of it and hammered the throttle but had lost a lot of time although the run moved him up to fourth. 1.2846 RT for Jonas but a good run 1.0879 to sixty, 4.5051/159.05 at the eighth. Great pair of runs for Richard and Micke, 1.0480 to sixty for Richard to Micke's 1,0173, 4.4276/161.18 to the eighth for Richard and 4.3742/161.75 for Micke, only the tiniest of shake marks in either lane. 1.0389 to sixty for new Champion Jimmy, 1.0382 for Ulf, Jimmy hit shake and was off it about 100 feet out. 4.4600/157.08 to the eighth for Ulf then a bang from the gearbox and shut off. Qualifying after this session:
14:45 Apologies for the webcam stop and then silent running, Julian of Nitro FM was helping us with the audio stream. We are aware of the hum and Julian is trying to do something about it. Tommy Agius followed Top Fuel Dragster with a 10.9593/125.61 exhibition pass in the Maksar truck. Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 5 Dave Murdoch up from #11 to #4 in the first pair. Alex McIntosh improved a squeak to consolidate his #1 spot. Class and Eurodragster.com sponsor Bill Macdermid back into the eights next pair, well done Bill! Stayed #7 at that point. Improvement for Ian Hook next pair but stayed in #6.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
09/09/2011 14:24:59 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.5336 8.4181 8.4181 00.00 166.07
2 504 JEFF MEADS + 0.0593 8.4430 8.4430 00.00 164.87
3 2 BRIAN PAYNE + 0.0923 8.4822 8.4822 00.00 167.32
4 33 DAVID MURDOCH + 0.3150 8.5665 8.5665 00.00 161.89
5 752 STUART WILLIAMS + 0.4275 8.5873 8.5873 00.00 159.70
6 1 IAN HOOK + 0.0192 8.7300 8.7300 00.00 153.63
7 1969 BILL MACDERMID + 0.2691 8.9763 8.9763 00.00 153.70
8 666 ANDY BOND + 0.1371 9.1175 9.1175 00.00 154.20
9 1000 RICHARD BILLINGS - 0.4762 9.6948 9.6948 00.00 185.07
10 333 ALAN WILLIAMSON + 0.0207 9.9500 9.9500 00.00 144.42
11 40 GERRY TREIT + 0.1782 10.2111 10.2111 00.00 133.23
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Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 5 Improvement for Josh Saunders but stayed #2. Gabby McDonald up from #15 to #11 third pair. Next pair and Thaliah Gibb made a big move, up from #19 to #5. Two pairs later and Harry Elliott moved up from #10 to #3.
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09/09/2011 14:36:39 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
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1 26 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT + 0.0029 16.4964 3.5964 12.90 36.34
2 5 JOSH SAUNDERS + 0.0046 8.0775 0.1775 07.90 79.93
3 27 HARRY ELLIOTT + 0.0122 8.2340 0.3340 07.90 0.00
4 6 JOE KELLETT + 0.0217 8.2247 0.3247 07.90 79.65
5 8 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0282 8.4642 0.5642 07.90 77.87
6 29 THALIAH GIBB + 0.0300 15.3221 2.4221 12.90 37.48
7 7 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0301 8.0727 0.1727 07.90 79.80
8 3 ZAK JOHNSON + 0.0350 9.9313 2.0313 07.90 36.63
9 115 JESSICA GANTENBEIN + 0.0401 8.0859 0.1859 07.90 78.95
10 9 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0417 8.0683 0.1683 07.90 81.23
11 24 RACHEL GILES + 0.0538 9.6178 1.7178 07.90 66.65
12 1 GABRIELLE MCDONALD + 0.0560 9.5733 1.6733 07.90 64.88
13 4358 MATTIAS EDVINSSON + 0.0626 8.3625 0.4625 07.90 80.50
14 5182 FREDRIK LEANDERS + 0.0681 13.4106 0.5106 12.90 43.38
15 10 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0689 8.1576 0.2576 07.90 78.13
16 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0701 8.0361 0.1361 07.90 80.50
17 23 STACEY REED + 0.0848 11.0537 2.1537 08.90 55.82
18 214 P. LIIMATAINEN + 0.1077 11.7198 2.8198 08.90 55.82
19 31 JORDAN PAYNE + 0.1194 19.5738 6.6738 12.90 30.14
20 12 BILLY EVERITT + 0.1396 9.1930 0.2930 08.90 68.67
21 20 AARON FENSOME + 0.2017 9.5743 0.6743 08.90 66.94
22 22 BILLY RINGER + 0.4038 19.6944 6.7944 12.90 30.02
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Super Gas qualifying session 5 Big jump for Jon Giles near the end of the session, up from #12 to #3. Next run and Tim Adam's Falcon threw its bonnet right on the start line.
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14:15 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Kenni Neergaard no time, Patrik Pers 21.2336/28.91; Stig Neergaard 4.9175/249.61, Jari Halinen 10.0674/86.35; Andy Carter 19.6421/43.43 bye, Micke Kågered shut off; Urs Erbacher 4.9226/287.78, Risto Poutiainen 8.1873/167.91; Anita Mäkelä 5.0413/252.39, Timo Lehtimäki 5.2673/252.00 As we go into Top Fuel Dragster a thought for the memory of four-second hero Kent Persson who recently passed away. This weekend's coverage is dedicated to Kent's memory; so long as we are thinking of Kent he is here with us. All of the TFs here this weekend are carrying Jarmo Pulkkinen's decal in Kent's honour. Hello to Eurodragster.com Photo Kit sponsor Karsten Andersen who is having the unusual and definitely unwelcome experience of watching Eurodragster.com Event Coverage in real time. Hope you are enjoying the coverage if you can Karsten and we really wish that you and the guys were here. Here we go then, quite possibly the last quarter mile TF race in Europe. Kenni and Patrik both have recent good form, most recently at Hockenheim in Kenni's case. Patrik's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.1710 to sixty and he shut off immediately, the car threw something into the air, either a cable tie or some rubber from the slick. 1.0367 to sixty for Kenni and his motor stopped dead, maybe the kill switch although there are no shake marks in his lane. Kenni pulled over and stopped about 400 feet out and the dragster was pushed back to the collection area. Great run to start with for Stig, 0.8655 to sixty, right bank was burning green so head gasket burning I guess. Carried on regardless, 3.2479/254.87 at the eighth, then a small puff of smoke from the motor, then suddenly Stig's dragster disappeared behind a huge cloud of white smoke. Safety crews chased Stig down the shutdown area. Jari's dragster slow away from the line, 1.3604 to sixty feet, shake as he got to the Tree and off it about 200 feet out. Very quick clean-up, well done to the track crew. Bizarre goings-on yesterday after we ran the piece about Andy quitting Team West-Tec; we received an E-Mail requiring us to remove the piece since it wasn't correct, but to make a long story short Andy told us it was correct so we didn't remove the piece; Andy's car is not carrying West-Tec decals today so I'd say we called that one right. Micke's puke tank bizarrely blew off after he returned from the burnout and so Andy took the bye. Tyres up in smoke at the hit but boy did Andy's motor sound strong. 1.1658 to sixty feet and off the throttle immediately. Clean-up from Micke's moment complete, Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs and Risto faced off. 0.9622 to sixty for Urs, 3.3575/250.75 at the eighth, blackstriping all the way and off it about 1200 feet. Weird run for Risto, 1.4360 to soxty and 5,4459/141.68 at the eighth, the car behaving as if the burnout throttle stop was on. Next up the two nominal leaders in the Championship chase whilst we await news of TJ's points deduction. Scary-looking run for Timo, 0.9271 to sixty, starting to drift right by the eighth 3.4659/232.06, looked from here as if Timo crossed the outside boundary line and maybe just gently tagged the wall, if so then the run will be DQ'd but we'll await word on that... and word came that the run stands. 0.0940 RT for Anita, straight run to begin with, 3.3934/250.77 at the eighth and then close to the wall herself in the second eighth. Qualifying after this session:
13:30 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Oliver Azzopardi 7.1090/232.43 DQ bye; Monty Bugeja 5.8410/245.55, Esko Raisvuo 6.8570/242.54; Paul Ingar Udtian 5.6210/255.13, Dennis Habermann 5.6401/254.66; Derek Flynn 5.5454/265.62, Timo Habermann 5.6720/247.88; Fred Hanssen 5.4099/264.08, Dave Wilson 12.6791/85.38; Oliver had a wretched time here at Santa Pod at the FIA Main Event so here's hoping for better luck this weekend. The US' Randy Anderson again consulting with Oliver's team. As Oliver moved forward towards stage Will Hanna appeared out of nowhere and started to walk towards the car pulling a spanner out of his pocket... was he about to do a Tonya Harding? I thought Grumpy was the main points rival. Whatever it was, Will thought better of it and put the spanner back in his pocket. Tyres up in smoke at the hit, the briefest of pedals, 1.2634 to sixty feet with the tyres hazing, Oliver stayed on the throttle all the way with tyres smoking and engine screaming, 4.9493/173.74 at the eighth, black stripes way past the finish line. Driving with the courage for which the Maltese are well-known. Oliver's Maltese fellow Monty next to the line alongside Esko. Esko started to roll the beams then hit the throttle, that will have affected his ET. 0.9868 to sixty for Monty, 3.8474/196.25 at the eighth, straight down the middle of the lane and a very pleased Joe Carabott and team. Nice work Charlie and Gittli! 1.3960 to sixty for Esko, a cylinder out all the way, 4.7976/181.89 at the eighth. Huge burnout for Paul Ingar, stopped about 1000 feet out whilst Dennis is here on the back of a storming test pass on Wednesday. 1.0391 to sixty for Paul Ingar and 1.0094 for Dennis, Dennis hit shake which he drove through even though the dragster made a move to the right, 3.7166/207.04 to the eighth for Paul Ingar and Dennis only slightly slower at 3.7173/204.74. Paul Ingar into #1 and Dennis into #2. Timo away first 0.0927 to 0.1177, the better sixty foot time 0.9538 to 1.1009, huge speed difference between the two cars at the eighth 3.6984/201.09 for Timo to Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek's 3.7485/221.15, Derek overheuled Timo and got there first by 0.1016 and into #1 spot at that point. Grumpy's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.1057 to sixty but off the throttle by then. Fantastic run for Fred, 0.9325 to sixty, 3.5661/212.90 at the eighth and into #1 spot which has done his Championship plans no harm at all. Oliver's run was subsequently DQ'd as the car was found to be underweight. Qualifying after this session:
13:00 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Steph Milam 8.9692/151.57, Dezsoe Krivan 8.7476/132.94; Rob Turner 5.9861/237.78, Jürgen Nagel 8.0560/113.06; Danny Bellio 5.8587/240.32, Jarmo Kuutniemi 10.4053/99.65; Ulf Leanders 9.6104/90.16, Arvid Grødem 20.4841/33.63; Hello to Mike Chalke and Emily Clarke who are tuned in from British Columbia to check on the progress of their former team, Turner Motorsport. Will Hanna providing input to Deszoe's team this weekend. Instant smoke then shake for Eurodragster.com sponsor Dez, 1.3429 to sixty, big pedal and back on it, 5.5965/137.78 at the eighth. Steph's FC left the line very slowly, 1.5208 to sixty and 5.8201/124.76 to the eighth. Fantastic run for Rob, new PB in the Funny Car and the first UK TMFC into the fives. 1.0666 to sixty, 3.9246/191.24 at the eighth, great-looking run blackstriping all the way, well done Turner Motorsport! 1.1387 to sixty for Jürgen, the FC made a move to the right, 4.4899/138.63 at the eighth and shut off by then. Great run for Danny, 0.9742 to sixty, driving through shake, 3.8271/196.15 at the eighth. Spin then shake for Jarmo, 1.4871 to sixty and feathering the throttle, off it by the eighth 6.3449/111.67. Danny's chutes shredded into several pieces and came off as they deployed but Danny got it stopped. 1.0168 to sixty for Ulf but then huge shake, a pedal and shut off. Huge shake at the hit for Arvid, actually saw the right side of the car from our office in Race Control. Both off the throttle and idled through. Qualifying after this session:
12:45 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Otto Knebl 10.8787/109.08 DQ bye; Kev Charman 9.5524/85.38 bye; Steve Carey 11.9715/82.12, Steve Woollatt 6.3469/211.90; Sverre Dahl 13.7937/59.20, Petri Paljakka 6.4238/217.96; Peter Svensson 9.8294/84.11, Ian King 6.9404/180.64; Otto's first competitive outing on what was originally Brian Johnson's bike. Feather of the throttle on launch, 1.5717 to sixty, on and off the throttle all the way, to the eighth in 6.6029/93.91. Run DQ'd for a Blue Line violation. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire flew up the track as Kev was pushed back from his burnout, what a great sight. 1.1223 to sixty for Kev, going great guns but then about 300 feet out the motor zinged and a number of pieces came off the bike, maybe bodywork. Brief squirt of a burnout for Steve C whilst Steve W went to the Tree, vstately and nicely-controlled burnout. Great run for Steve W, made it look very easy! 1.0704, rode through shake past the Tree, 4.1173/179.63 at the eighth. Tyre up in smoke for Steve C, a long feather of the throttle, 7.1975/100.60 at the eighth, just motoring by that point. Instant smoke for Sverre, feathered the throttle then off it and motored through. 1.1038 to sixty for Petri, shake for about 100 feet but he stayed with it, 4.2183/179.62 at the eighth. New PB I believe, if so then well done Petri! Peter left Ian for dead at the Tree 0.1460 to 0.9905, 1.0593 sixty foot for Peter and 1.1891 for Ian, Peter's motor made a groaning noise and he shut off about 300 feet out as something came off the bike. A feather of the throttle for Ian and something looked to come off his bike also but he stayed with it, 4.4859/164.27 at the eighth, took #3 spot. Qualifying after this session:
12:25 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Ronny Aasen 7.1248/189.00, Chris Hannam 7.8310/161.93; Martijn de Haas 7.6299/163.07, Roman Sixta 11.6184/108.98; Vidar Ravnsborg 7.6410/184.36, Trond Høiberget 7.3200/186.59; Greger Johansson no time, Mark Ashelford 6.7171/207.06; Job Heezen 6.6541/210.09, Svein Olav Rolfstad 8.8885/123.54; Samu Kemppainen 7.1593/197.24, Lorenz Stäble 6.6669/208.99; Hans Olav Olstad 6.9371/200.76, Jan Sturla Hegre 23.5769/20.67; Roel Koedam 7.6653/169.80, Per Bengtsson 6.6005/202.45 1.1807 to sixty for Ronny to Cannon's 1.2383, Cannon took the long way round and you could see him leaning to get the bike back to the middle of the lane. 4.5505 to the eighth for Ronny and 4.8872 for Cannon. Instant shake for Roman and feathered the throttle. 1.2211 to sixty for Martijn, front wheel up in the air a very long way. 4.9959/158.49 to the eighth for Martin to Roman's feathered 7.5181/98.34. Trond got a big jump on Vidar 0.1375 to 0.2353 and had the better incrementals, 1.1922 to sixty to Vidar's 1.1885, 4.7612 to the eighth to 4.7612. Mark's first trip down the Santa Pod asphalt after having to shut off in testing and a great pass. 1.2148 to sixty and 4.4422/174.25 at the eighth. Greger's tyre went up in smoke and his chain broke, he stopped by the guardrail about 900 feet out. Fantastic run for Job, blackstriping the length of the lane, 1.1618 to sixty and 4.3638/174.24 at the eighth. New PB, well done Job! Trouble getting off the line for Svein Olav, 1.3123 to sixty and taking it gently at the eighth 5.4575/107.95. Lo the latest to announce his retirement obviously wanting to go out on a high, fought the bike off the line as it moved left and right at the hit, 1.1622 to sixty and 4.3781/176.10 at the eighth. 1.2039 to sixty for Samu, 4.7046/160.17 halfway. 1.1988 to sixty for Hans Olav, 4.5561/169.13, very straight pass and a good advertisement to its new owner. 1.1446 to sixty for Jan Sturla but off the throttle by about 300 feet. Fantastic run for Per, 1.1254 to sixty, a little fishtailing, 4.2955/174.10 at the eighth. Roel's tyre went up in smoke at the hit, 1.4393 to sixty, long feather of the throttle then back on it, 5.1627/166.67 at the eighth and shut off a touch early. Qualifying after this session:
12:00 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Ray Debben 8.2893/156.83, Mark Smith 8.7150/114.20; Timo Savolainen 8.6029/139.40, Martin Newbury 7.8635/160.27; Len Paget no time DQ, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.4839/178.50; Dave Beck 7.4807/170.45, Elvira Karlsson 7.8715/163.67; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.6063/171.73, Martin Bishop 7.5318/173.04; Rasmus Olesen 7.1480/182.88, Fredrik Fredlund 7.2420/180.65; Kalle Lyrén 7.2656/180.69, Jesper Thiel 7.2022/179.91 Apologies for no commentary on the first couple of pairs, IT problems but we're OK now. Len lost fire after the burnout, restarted but then left before the Tree ran. 1.1565 to sixty for Gert-Jan, 4.7823/147.24 at the eighth and into #1 spot at that point. Elvira got the jump on Eurodragster.com Blogger Dave 0.1080 to 0.1204 and her sixty was better 1.0873 to 1.1483 but Becky had the better eighth 4.7301 to 4.9447 and got there first by 0.3784 and into #1 qualifying spot. 1.1355 sixty for Karl-Heinz to Martin's 1.1387, Martin had the better eighth 4.7608 to 4.8000. Great pair between rasmus and Fredrik, 1.0897 to sixty for Rasmus to Freddy's 1.1170, 4.5250 to the eighth to 4.6001. Jesper already Champion, 0.0966 RT to Kalle's 0.1386, 1.0867 sixty to 1.1066, had the better eighth 4.5511 to 4.6016. Qualifying after this session:
11:50 Super Street Bike qualifying session 5 Yet another 7.3 for Ven in the first pair, presaged by a storming 1.2596 sixty foot time. Mark Wells into the sevens and his team very happy with that. Big improvement for Anders Blanck, up from #20 to #12. Next run and Dave Holland moved up from #9 to #4.
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09/09/2011 11:51:56 16 SUPER STREET BIKE
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1 2 STEVE VENABLES + 0.1168 7.3617 7.3617 00.00 192.11
2 9 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0993 7.5032 7.5032 00.00 191.34
3 14 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3880 7.5375 7.5375 00.00 188.91
4 3 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1991 7.5455 7.5455 00.00 184.34
5 7 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.2762 7.5822 7.5822 00.00 188.91
6 1 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.3102 7.6268 7.6268 00.00 164.88
7 4 DAVE SMITH + 0.1200 7.6830 7.6830 00.00 191.33
8 5 GARRY BOWE + 0.1771 7.6840 7.6840 00.00 179.98
9 6 CHRIS REED + 0.2034 7.6853 7.6853 00.00 186.59
10 35 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1465 7.7219 7.7219 00.00 185.83
11 20 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2583 7.8523 7.8523 00.00 180.66
12 37 ANDERS BLANCK + 0.1770 7.8558 7.8558 00.00 183.55
13 12 RICHARD HANN + 0.0877 7.8635 7.8635 00.00 182.88
14 10 STEPHEN MEAD + 0.1672 7.8999 7.8999 00.00 183.59
15 26 NICHLAS SVERIN + 0.4304 7.9262 7.9262 00.00 178.52
16 36 SIMON GIORDMAINA + 0.0558 7.9558 7.9558 00.00 181.38
17 25 MOGUNS LUND + 0.3412 7.9921 7.9921 00.00 179.19
18 18 MARK WELLS + 0.3128 7.9933 7.9933 00.00 187.29
19 34 PETE FIELD + 0.1334 8.0853 8.0853 00.00 179.89
20 11 MICK TEMPLEMAN + 0.1657 8.2781 8.2781 00.00 173.05
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11:40 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Ulf Wagnhester 6.9867/196.39, Conrad Stanley 18.4080/79.95; Tommy Leindahl 28.8185/23.23, Jonas Dantanus 8.2760/195.49; Micke Callin 23.6166/31.69, Richard Sundblom 7.3393/198.94; Michael Malmgren 25.6118/26.72, Sampsa Palos no time; Thomas Lindströ 6.7724/203.50 DQ, Jimmy Ålund 6.7503/204.28; Instant spin for Conrad and he shut off and idled down the track. 1.0638 to sixty for Ulf, 4.5031/156.16 at the eighth, very close to his PB to open his account. A fair faff with Jonas' wheelie bars before staging, Chief Starter Ian Marshall asked the crew to hurry it up a bit and then pretty much ordered them to stage the car. Dante staged first out of courtesy. Instant shake for both, Tommy got to sixty in 1.3002 but by then was already shut off and idled down the track. 1.8527 to sixty for Jonas also with shake which made the motor scream, long pedal then back on the throttle, 5.7501/153.21 at the eighth. Same story for Micke as for Tommy, huge shake and motor went quiet, idled down the track. Shake for Richard too but a brief pedal, 1.1594 to sixty feet and 4.8438/156.90 at the eighth. Appalling shake for both Michael and Sampsa, 1.2586 to sixty for Michael and 2.9390 for Sampsa, both motors quiet after about a second. Michael got to the end on momentum, Sampsa eventually fired up and drove it down the track. Thomas' run DQ'd for a blue line violation, a member of the crew fiddling with the wheelie bars whilst Thomas was past the blue line, another member of the team took a huge handful of the guy's shirt and yanked him away but it was too late to redeem the run. 1.0123 to sixty for Jimmy driving through shake, 4.3474/162.81 at the eighth and into #1 spot. Qualifying after this session:
11:10 FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Andy Frost 7.5317/189.00 bye; Bert Englefield 7.6531/209.84 bye; Nick Davies 8.9432/189.79, Jean Dulamon 8.2877/187.31; Rolf Ammann 6.6537/212.07 bye, Graham Ellis shut off; Wayne Nicholson no time, Roger Moore 7.0005/187.38 bye; David Vegter 19.8623/58.88, Marcus Hilt 8.7808/200.64; Roger Johansson no time, Marco Maurischat 8.3086/166.70; Robert Joosten 6.4396/228.16, Andy Robinson 7.0640/223.32; Urban Johansson 6.5803/217.20, Mats Eriksson 17.6037/54.17; Marc Meihuizen 6.5998/225.88, Johan Lindberg 6.5295/232.58; Bruno Bader 6.3549/225.78, Micke Gullqvist 7.5977/127.72 Licencing pass for Eurodragster.com Blogger Frosty. Lost fire briefly after the burnout. Gently off the line, 1.4395 to sixty feet, then hammered it about 150 feet out, 5.0412/159.04 at the eighth. We'll put Frosty in the standings on the assumption that he has gained his licence. Tyres up in smoke at the hit for Bert, 1.3793 to sixty feet, a pedal and back on it, 5.2583/159.65 at the eighth, the Coupe moving left and right but Bert stayed with it. Tyre spin for Nick and shake for jean, 1.7332 and 1.3078 sixty foot times respectively. BNoth pedalled and got back with it, Jean's Camaro moving to the left but he stayed with it. 6.2663/136.05 to the eighth for Nick and 5.6218/141.68 for Jean. Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham appeared to lose drive in the burnout, motor zinged but very little movement and he shut it off. Rolf took the bye, 1.0855 to sixty feet, the Coupe moving left and right but he stayed on the gas, 4.3226/167.91 at the eighth and number one qualifier at his last event. Wayne couldn't get reverse and drove to the top end of the track. Bye for Roger, 1.0835 to sixty, 4.4876/157.96 at the eighth, shut off a touch early with the usual flames from the exhaust as he got off the gas. Instant spin at the hit for both David and Marcus, 1.5181 and 1.7081 sixty foot times respectively. David shut it off and idled down the track, Marcus pedalled and got back on it, 6.2560/146.25 at the eighth. Bad shake for Roger, 1.2133 to sixty and already shut off. 1.3711 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, bad shake and a pedal then back on it, 5.6616/146.70 to the eighth and shut off before the stripe. The clocks timed out before Roger got to the quarter. Huge twitch from Robert's Camaro as he got off the burnout. Shake for Robert, a very brief pedal and the car just hooked up and went, 1.1640 to sixty and 4.2697/177.75 at the eighth. Tyres up in smoke and a hard left turn at the hit for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, 1.3045 to sixty, pedalled it and then stood on the gas, 4.8487/175.04 at the eighth. Some spin for Urban at the hit, 1.2664 to sixty but the Vette hooked up and got going, 4.3557/175.62 at the eighth, straight run. Instant shake for Mats, 1.7323 at sixty, off the throttle after another stab but the Victoria was bouncing up and down quite violently. Best sixty so far of 1.0337 for Marc, a move to the left but he hung on to the car and stayed with it, 4.3783/171.53 at the eighth. Instant spin for Johan, 1.2363 at sixty, a pedal and then the Firebird really picked up as something cane off the car, 4.4304/183.98 at the eighth. Storming 0.9850 to sixty for Micke, but then shake and a move to the right, Micke pedalled and got back on it, 4.3700/155.00 at the eighth but the Camaro was still moving about the lane and he shut it off past the eighth. 1.0726 to sixty for Bruno and the best eighth of the session, 4.1769/179.03, into #1 spot. Qualifying after this session:
10:25 Super Street qualifying session 5 Lynda Stanley up from #6 to #4 first pair.
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We're now going into today's first Pro qualifying session. 10:20 Super Comp qualifying session 5 Noah Stutz in at #12 with his first run of the event. Next pair and Collin Morrice moved up from #7 to #5.
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10:15 Super Street Bike qualifying session 4 These were the remaining pairs from last night's session. Dave Smith up from #9 to #6 second pair. Dave Holland and Steve Mead up the ladder next pair, #12 to #9 and #17 to #13 respectively and into the ladder in Steve's case bringing the bump spot into the sevens.
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09/09/2011 10:15:23 16 SUPER STREET BIKE
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1 2 STEVE VENABLES + 0.1168 7.3617 7.3617 00.00 192.11
2 9 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0993 7.5032 7.5032 00.00 191.34
3 14 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.2949 7.5558 7.5558 00.00 187.36
4 7 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.2762 7.5822 7.5822 00.00 188.91
5 1 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.3102 7.6268 7.6268 00.00 164.88
6 4 DAVE SMITH + 0.1200 7.6830 7.6830 00.00 191.33
7 5 GARRY BOWE + 0.1771 7.6840 7.6840 00.00 179.98
8 6 CHRIS REED + 0.2034 7.6853 7.6853 00.00 186.59
9 3 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1591 7.7485 7.7485 00.00 178.54
10 35 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1293 7.7664 7.7664 00.00 182.84
11 20 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2583 7.8523 7.8523 00.00 180.66
12 12 RICHARD HANN + 0.0877 7.8635 7.8635 00.00 182.88
13 10 STEPHEN MEAD + 0.1672 7.8999 7.8999 00.00 183.59
14 26 NICHLAS SVERIN + 0.4304 7.9262 7.9262 00.00 178.52
15 36 SIMON GIORDMAINA + 0.0558 7.9558 7.9558 00.00 181.38
16 25 MOGUNS LUND + 0.3412 7.9921 7.9921 00.00 179.19
17 34 PETE FIELD + 0.1334 8.0853 8.0853 00.00 179.89
18 11 MICK TEMPLEMAN + 0.2310 8.3102 8.3102 00.00 157.40
19 37 ANDERS BLANCK + 0.2483 8.5578 8.5578 00.00 169.16
20 18 MARK WELLS + 0.1597 9.3218 9.3218 00.00 126.87
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10:10 Super Pro ET qualifying session 5 Rainier van Schelt up from #17 to #9 in the fourth pair, the car made a move to the left in the lights. Al Didwell into the ladder a few pairs later, #37 to #24. We believe a new PB for Nick George, 7.915 but on a 7.92 dial-in, the crew looked happy enough. Darren Law next into the ladder, #35 to #30. Joe Stevens and John Everitt shut off side-by-side for fluid leaks in the burnout, John leaving a small trail to about 200 feet. Joe got his leak plugged and ran immediately after the clean-up. Next pair and Scott Hauser moved up from #31 to #24 going right-side of dial-in. The top 22 separated by 0.099 at that point. Another nice run for Guido Uhlir, up from #26 to #20.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
09:25 Pro ET qualifying session 5 Congratulations to Fred Barendse who won the Eurodragster.com/Cotsweld Race Cars Perfect Light Award with a 0.0006 RT with the very first run of the day. Well done Fred! Both Perfect Awards go to Pro ET. First big mover was Mike Lacey up from #24 to #12 late in the session. Next pair and Deborah Laugher made it into the ladder, up from #37 to #25. Simon Gough and Gino Bernadine side-by-side into the ladder, Simon #33 to #26 and Gino #36 to #23. Dave Cherrett off the bump, #32 to #27 next pair. The top 29 are now separated by 0.076!
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
08:30 Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the FIA European Finals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car. The Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be broadcasting live video and trackside audio as long as the track is open. Thanks to our good friends at Doyousee.me for the provision of streaming services and a big Happy Birthday to Pelle van Gils whose work you see every time you use the webcam player. Have a great day Pelle. Right now it's overcast, a gentle breeze but not cold. The track is looking good and right now the timing crew are doing the rollout. A big Hello to our dear and much-missed friend Gittli Koller who couldn't make the race. Wish you were here Gittli, consider yourself hugged and a big Hello to Michael also. Good morning also to our buddy, and quite possibly the biggest fan of our Event Coverage, Ivar Kolberg who is tuned in from Norway... what do you mean "Which bit", all of him of course. Hope you are having a good day Ivar. Morning greetings also to Beppie Verboom and Paul Castle who are enjoying the webcam from The Netherlands, and to David O'Callaghan who is tuned in from the USA. Have a good day guys. As well as the usual Thank Yous to Darren Prentice for accommodation and to Team Nutritionist Syd McDonald for breakfast and lunch we must also thank Andy and Janet Barrack who presented the Eurodragster.com team with several slabs of Kendall Mint Cake to keep our energy up. Your reporter having had Man Flu since last Saturday this went down particularly well, thanks guys. We are due to start at 9:00 with the start of cycle 5 of qualifying plus the end of Super Street Bike Q4. Pro sessions are due at 10:30 and 14:30. Stay tuned and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |