2011 FIA European Finals
Saturday
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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 21:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Risto Poutiainen 4.9127/293.22 bye; Micke Kågered 5.0549/250.84, Kenni Neergaard 5.2147/214.85; Patrik Pers 12.8575/76.18, Andy Carter 18.3487/53.15; Timo Lehtimäki 5.7275/230.39 bye Risto in the Last Chance Saloon as one of the title contenders contingent upon what happens to Tommy Johnson Jr's points - that decision yet to be promulgated by the FIA. Fantastic pass! 0.9093 to sixty feet, 3.3282/246.75 at the eighth, looked to shut off at the 1254 beam. Micke and Kenni outside the ladder and next to run. Nice run between Micke and Kenni, 0.9221 to sixty for Micke to Kenni's quicker 0.9135, 3.3832/247.88 at the eighth for Micke to Kenny's slightly quicker 3.3737/247.28. Smoke from Kenni's motor and he shut off, Micke off the gas past 1000 feet where he was clocked at 283.91. Engine note of a bouncing car at the top end and all the safety crews mobilised, clean-up crew also at the top end in Kenni's lane. Micke now in the ladder, Kenni spectating tomorrow. Micke bumped Andy Carter out of the ladder and Kenni moved above Andy in the DNQ list, but Andy is lined up to run next alongside Patrik Pers. One monumental clean-up job later - well done track crew - Patrik and Andy fired up. Tyres up in smoke for both at the hit, and unfortunately that's an end to Andy's long and distinguished Top Fuel Dragster career. You'll be missed Andy and thanks for all the memories. Timo on a bye, Anita did not come round the corner from the staging lanes. Nice-looking run for Timo, looked quicker than the time which came up. 1.0306 to sixty feet, 3.7666/206.11 to the eighth, a couple of pedals after the eighth and shut off before the stripe. Urs elected not to run so that's the end of qualifying. Final qualifying:
20:05 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Oliver Azzopardi 6.2192/242.88 bye; Esko Raisvuo 13.7963/75.78 bye; Dave Wilson 5.5223/261.17, Derek Flynn 22.2802/31.07; Timo Habermann 11.5901/101.71, Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5608/250.43; Dennis Habermann 5.8303/252.40, Fred Hanssen 5.4022/260.55 0.9486 to sixty for Oliver, pedalled for about a second, 4.1410/177.76 at the eighth and into #8 spot bumping out Esko Raisvuo who was next to run. Esko's tyres up in smoke at the hit and he was shut off before the Tree. Eurodragster.com sponsor Derek's tyres up in smoke at the hit. No such problems for Grumpy, 0.9994 to sixty, 3.7018/217.93 at the eighth, candles lit all the way down the track and up into #5 spot. Timo's tyres up in smoke at the hit. 0.9379 to sixty for Paul Ingar, 3.6288/206.61 at the eighth, nice pass into the dark. Fantastic run for Fred to consolidate his #1 spot, 0.9330 to sixty, 3.5493/213.43 at the eighth, very close to the wall at the top end but stayed with it. 0.9474 to sixty for Dennis, sounded like problems changing gear as the motor grunted, 3.8781/197.95 at the eighth. Final qualifying:
19:45 Eric Teboul followed Top Fuel Bike with a 5.4101/234.79 on his Rocket Bike. 3.5475/221.15 at the eighth, great pass! FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Steph Milam 8.7429/166.08 bye; Jarmo Kuutniemi 6.3214/240.32, Rob Turner 14.5702/51.05; Dezsoe Krivan 7.7587/113.47, Danny Bellio 6.7471/151.11; Jürgen Nagel 7.1093/226.99, Ulf Leanders 5.6539/251.81; Steph's wheelie bar wheel was actually in contact with the ground as the car was reversing from the burnout then moving into stage. Instant tyre spin at the hit, maybe the rear end unloading off the wheelie bar or at least contributory. One pedal, 1.4168 to sixty feet, more shake, then off the throttle. 1.0065 to sixty for Jarmo and 1.0428 for Rob then a shakefest, Rob's FC turned hard left and almost had the centre line and he got off the throttle. Jarmo pedalled and then stomped on it, 4.2523/185.04 at the eighth, no chutes, smoke from the brakes and then the safety teams mobilised as Jarmo's FC went into the field at the end of the track. Jarmo quite OK and the FC recovered very quickly. One of Danny's chutes deployed just past sixty feet 0.9822, Danny dragged it all the way, 4.0589/163.32 at the eighth. 1.0118 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Dez, 4.1909/143.71 at the eighth, close to the wall and off the gas just about that point. Fantastic run for Ulf, 0.9485 to sixty then driving through shake, 3.7110/201.98 at the eighth, the FC moving left and right but Ulf stayed with it, into #1 spot and the first half of a new European TMFC ET record into the bargain. Well done Ulf and Jörgen! Shake at the hit for Jürgen, pedal then back on the gas, 5.0112/181.41 at the eighth. Final qualifying:
18:55 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Otto Knebl 13.7704/85.06 bye; Kev Charman 13.8785/51.26 bye; Petri Paljakka 12.1565/76.81, Sverre Dahl 9.1310/104.22; Steve Woollatt 22.0352/55.28, Steve Carey 6.7507/182.12; Ian King 12.9384/31.67, Peter Svensson 5.8817/224.40 1.1990 to sixty for Otto with the bike heading for the guardrail, shut it off and straightened it out, quick squirt again then idled down the track. 1.1442 to sixty for Kev then the bike threw its chain and the motor zinged briefly. Synchronised tyre shake and smoke for Petri and Sverre, both stayed on the throttle to about 300 feet with motors screaming before shutting off and idling through. Instant shake for Steve W, 1.4910 to sixty, shut it off very quickly. 1.0940 to sixty for Steve W, 4.3219/171.44 at the eighth, a brief feather of the throttle past half track as the bike moved towards the guardrail, then shut it off for good about 1100 feet out. Fantastic run for Peter Svensson! 1.0267 to sixty, 3.8767/202.00 at the eighth which presaged something really special, on the gas all the way, by far the quickest-ever European TFB pass and the first half of a new European record, well done Peter and Sören! Smoke at the top end, maybe smoking brakes, off the track safely. Ian hit shake at the hit and backed off, but on the up side he got a grandstand view of Peter's run. Final qualifying:
18:45 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Greger Johansson 7.3017/178.48 bye; Svein Olav Rolfstad no time, Martijn de Haas 7.4059/154.21; Roman Sixta 7.4909/186.65, Vidar Ravnsborg 7.3585/188.11; Chris Hannam 7.3733/174.40, Samu Kemppainen 6.7748/196.28; Trond Høiberget 7.2223/192.23, Ronny Aasen 6.8458/201.54; Mark Ashelford 6.7477/212.08, Hans Olav Olstad 6.6981/206.11; Lorenz Stäuble shut off, Job Heezen 6.6079/201.50 bye; Per Bengtsson 11.5428/74.41, Roel Koedam 17.6785/40.62; Lorenz Stäuble 6.7233/202.57 bye Another bye for Greger. 1.1818 to sixty, 4.7718/155.25 at the eighth, up a few places but not enough to race tomorrow. Svein Olav's bike was making a rattling noise all the way in to stage, the motor cut out at the hit. Svein Olav spectating tomorrow. 1.1810 to sixty for Martijn, a hesitation in the motor towards the eighth 4.5921, improvement but no change in place and watching tomorrow. Improvements for both Roman and Vidar but both spectating tomorrow. 1,2877 sixty for Roman to Vidar's 1.1661 and an eighth of 4.8918 to Vidar's 4.8178. Both very straight runs down the middle of their lanes. New PB for Samu, 1.1601 to sixty and 4,4076/168.99 at the eighth, well done Samu! 1.2417 to sixty for Cannon, 4.7234/149.06 at the eighth. Samu's run reset the record for the quickest European Supertwin bump spot. No improvements for either Ronny or Trond but another nice run for Ronny, 1.1813 to sixty and 4.4846/169.59 to the eighth. 1.1600 to sixty for Trond and 4.6869/155.75 at the eighth. Fantastic pairing between Mark and hans Olav, 1.1490 to sixty for Hans Olav to Mark's 1.2456, 4.3897/176.08 to the eighth to Mark's 4.4774/174.93, consistent pass for Hans Olav. Lo shut off on the line as the track crew spotted fluid in his lane. Job took the bye, 1.1303 to sixty and 4.3093/175.02 at the eighth, very straight run and up into #2 spot. Alamo lane cleaned up, the very tall Monique Koedam made good use of less tall track announcer Darryl Bradford as a photo monopod as Per and Roel staged. Per's tyre up in smoke at the hit, tried to feather the throttle but to no avail, Roel's motor hesitated and threw out unburnt fuel, both shut off before 330 feet. Lo back for his bye after some cooling off time which included his crew who weren't happy at the late shut-off. Great pass for Lo on a cushion of nitro flames, 1.1449 to sixty feet, 4.3931/173.00 at the eighth. Final qualifying:
18:15 Simon has posted a set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. Thanks again to our good buddy Christer Abrahamson for contributing to the notes. UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Chris Stebbings 14.8872/81.97 bye; Mark Smith 8.7155/143.89 bye; Martin Newbury 7.7524/161.89, Timo Savolainen 7.9936/138.64; Martin Bishop 7.4838/173.09, Len Paget 7.7760/161.97; Elvira Karlsson 7.5610/170.45, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.6791/166.70; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.6130/171.11, Dave Beck no time; Fredrik Fredlund 7.1885/184.36, Kalle Lyrén 7.6141/141.67; Jesper Thiel 7.2144/182.13, Rasmus Olesen 7.1550/184.25 Everyone in tomorrow as we are running a sixteen-bike ladder. Chris' bike sounded as if it was really struggling, 1.9073 to sixty and 9.0463 to the eighth, but he has a time on the board. Ray hadn't made his burnout when Mark was ready to stage and was signalled to shut off. 1.1676 to sixty for Mark, good-sounding run to that point then the motor hesitated and lost him some time. Nice 0.0923 RT for Martin N, left Timo for dead. 1.1522 to sixty to Timo's 1.1500, Timo looked to be catching then slowed down, off it about 1100 feet out. Improvement for Martin but stayed in place. 1.1169 to sixty for Martin, 1.1634 for Len, Martin had the much better eighth 4.7136 to 4.8538, an improvement for Martin moving him up a couple of places. 0.0367 RT for Karl-Heinz, Elvira with the better sixty 1.1013 to 1.1294, Karl-Heinz with the better eighth 4.7354 to 4.7565. No improvement for either. Becky's motor stopped past sixty feet 1.1120 which was much better than Gert-Jan's 1.2015. Gert-Jan to the eighth in 4.8337/145.24, Becky stopped on the track about 800 feet out. 0.053 RT for Kalle, Fredrik had the better sixty 1.0973 to 1.1204, Kalle's bike started to drift right and got very close to the rail in the right lane. 4/5664/153.01 to the eighth for Fredrik and into #2 spot. 0.0933 RT for Jesperm 1.0933 sixty to Rasmus' 1.0932, 4.5339/152.88 to the eighth for Rasmus and 4.5654/151.97 for Jesper. Final qualifying:
17:50 Super Street Bike qualifying session 8 Graham Dance up from #4 to #3 in the first pair. Another 7.3 for Steve Venables next pair. Consistent run for Graham Balchin next pair, 0.01 off his previous pass. Rick Stubbins up from #8 to #4 in mid-session. Mark Wells up from #15 to #12 in the next pair then Wayne Saunders moved from #5 to #3 in the next pairing, Garry Bowe up from #7 to #6 in the final pair. Final qualifying:
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F.I.A. European Finals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
10/09/2011 17:50:57 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 + 0.1121 7.4881 7.4881 00.00 190.54
3 7 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.4002 7.5136 7.5136 00.00 193.88
4 14 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3112 7.5226 7.5226 00.00 189.80
5 1 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.5106 7.5238 7.5238 00.00 189.68
6 5 GARRY BOWE + 0.2061 7.5300 7.5300 00.00 186.55
7 3 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1991 7.5455 7.5455 00.00 184.34
8 10 STEPHEN MEAD + 0.2183 7.5928 7.5928 00.00 187.38
9 6 CHRIS REED + 0.1336 7.6515 7.6515 00.00 192.90
10 4 DAVE SMITH + 0.2802 7.6658 7.6658 00.00 189.70
11 35 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1465 7.7219 7.7219 00.00 185.83
12 18 MARK WELLS + 0.1340 7.7957 7.7957 00.00 188.11
13 20 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2583 7.8523 7.8523 00.00 180.66
14 37 ANDERS BLANCK + 0.1770 7.8558 7.8558 00.00 183.55
15 12 RICHARD HANN + 0.0877 7.8635 7.8635 00.00 182.88
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 11 MICK TEMPLEMAN + 0.3267 7.9801 7.9801 00.00 177.08
19 25 MOGUNS LUND + 0.3412 7.9921 7.9921 00.00 179.19
20 34 PETE FIELD + 0.1334 8.0853 8.0853 00.00 179.89
* = Disqualified
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17:40 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Conrad Stanley 17.0109/47.85, Tommy Leindahl 7.2401/198.01; Jonas Dantanus 7.4814/198.12, Ulf Wagnhester 6.9969/198.81; Richard Sundblom 6.8762/201.66, Michael Malmgren 17.7879/43.80; Sampsa Palos 7.6169/161.90, Thomas Lindström no time; Jimmy Ålund 6.7662/205.32, Micke Callin 23.3886/33.26 Last chance for Conrad and Tommy... and both spectating tomorrow. Huge shake for Conrad and looked like lost drive. Shake for Tommy also, 1.1749 to sixty feet, pedalled and then got back on it, 4.7560/156.87 at the eighth, not enough to get into the ladder. 1.0672 to sixty for Ulf, driving through shake, 4.4926/157.29 to the eighth, improvement but stayed in place. 1.3591 to sixty for Jonas, shake lost him a lot of time. 1.0460 to sixty fot Nixxon, 4.4335/161.12 at the eighth, quite a consistent run with his previous best. Instant shake for Michael and shut it off. Big shake for both Sampsa and Thomas. 1.4393 to sixty feet for Sampsa, pedalled, 4.9251/160.18 at the eighth. Big instant shake for Thomas, shut off and rolled to a halt about 900 feet. Huge shake for Micke and he shut off before the Tree. 0.0773 RT for Jimmy, 1.0177 to sixty feet, drove through shake, 4.3592/162.34 at the eighth. Final qualifying:
17:20 Martin Hill started the second Pro session with a 6.2137/26207 pass in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. And stopped the webcam into the bargain! FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Wayne Nicholson shut off, Nick Davies 7.9698/200.63; Bert Englefield 7.7406/207.23, Andy Frost 7.3873/193.80; Jean Dulamon 8.7183/117.30, Norbert Kuno 11.5834/94.26; Graham Ellis 7.4381/202.58, Rolf Ammann 10.6940/75.68; Roger Moore 6.8554/204.31, Johan Lindberg 6.3132/234.99; Mats Eriksson 6.1490/234.06, David Vegter 6.4803/218.00; Andy Robinson 6.9986/229.31, Roger Johansson 12.2116/66.57; Marco Maurischat 15.6980/64.52 bye; Robert Joosten 12.2182/87.70, Marc Meihuizen 6.1752/233.60 Wayne shut off before staging, from here not clear why. Nick took the bye, tyres shook and then at the tree both tyres went up in smoke and the car disappeared from where we are sat. Nick pedalled it at about 300 feet and then drove it through. Tyres up in smoke for Bert, pedalled a coupl of times, 1.4368 to sixty and 5.2898/148.58 to the eighth. 1.2258 sixty for Andy, 4.8387/154.75 at the eighth. Instant shake for Norbert, kept with it for about 100 feet then looked like a cylinder out and shut off. Shake and tyre smoke for Jean and he was off it a couple of hundred feet out. A Rolf Amman Special in the burnout, out of shape and up on two wheels, just missed the guardrail sorting it out. Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham in #15 going into this pair. Shake for Graham, 1.0845 to sixty feet then a pedal, 4.9003/155.21 at the eighth. Rolf Amman Special on the run, too: way out of shape, swinging left and right and almost hitting the centre line before shutting it off about 300 feet out. 1.0266 to sixty for Johan and then hit shake, sounded like a short shift and then a pedal, 4.2087/182.44 at the eighth. Shake for Roger, 1.2097 to sixty, pedal, and then 4.4824/174.23 at the eighth. Johan up one place. Great run for Mats to put him in the top half. 1.0170 to sixty, 4,0295/181.97 at the eighth, some sparks from below the car in the second eighth. 1.0109 to sixty for David, 4.2090/169.46 at the eighth, smoke from the motor at about 1100 feet. Track OK though. Instant shake for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, 1.2813 to sixty feet, pedalled then back on it, 4.8368/177.14 at the eighth. 1.0283 to sixty for Roger, shake and a couple of pedals and then a flash of flame about 300 feet out, nitrous burp. Bye for Eurodragster.com sponsor Marco, shake and spin, 1.2953 to sixty feet with the motor screaming and a hard right for the Vette, shut off about 150 feet out. Instant violent shake for Robert, off the throttle by the Tree. 1.0199 to sixty for Marc, 4.0618/183.34 at the eighth. Exhaust-coating.de Pro Mod Challenge final Urban Johansson 6.2995/228.19 def. Micke Gullqvist 10.0910/88.20
Final qualifying:
16:05 Pro Modified have been called to the pairing lanes. 14:45 We're on hold for light rain, stay tuned. As usual if the rain gets heavy the webcam will be stopped briefly to bring it indoors. 14:40 Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Gordon Smith 5.9328/198.14, Leif Helander 5.7470/237.47 Gordon visibly away first 0.2257 to 0.2918, big nitro flames for Gordon, Leif's flames took a while to become visible, 1.0261 to sixty for Gordon and 1.0512 for Leif, you could see Leif catching Gordon towards half track 3,8793/212.44 to Gordon's 3.8891/208.95. Lots of smoke from Gordon's motor at about 1000 feet, Leif off the throttle before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
14:35 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jari Halinen 5.0351/296.49 bye; Andy Carter 5.2187/291.50, Patrik Pers 5.1577/300.19; Kenni Neergaard 5.2981/231.58 bye, Risto Poutiainen shut off; Urs Erbacher 4.8074/309.27, Timo Lehtimäki 5.0899/263.58; Anita Mäkelä 4.9510/228.15, Micke Kågered 5.2686/238.58 Nice run for Jari to open the session. 0.8953 to sixty, moving towards the centre line but pulling it gently back, 3.4236/242.23 at the eighth, blackstriping all the way to the 1254 foot beam. Great pairing between Andy and Patrik. Andy visibly left first 0.1191 to 0.1570, no shake for either car, 3.5581/230.18 at the eighth for Andy to Patrik's 3.5103/227.41, full passes for both. Huge cloud of smoke from Patrik's car in the shutdown area, all the safety kit rolled. New PB for Patrik I believe, well done Patrik! Clean-up in Patrik's lane. Risto and Kenni bumped by that pair of runs and they were next to run. Risto couldn't get the car back in forward gear and shut off after the burnout, Kemmi took the bye. 0.8841 to sixty, the dragster hit shake and moved to the right and Kenni pedalled, 3.5224/240.15 at the eighth and shut off just past the eighth. Kenni back into the ladder at #8. Great match between Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs and Timo. Urs visibly away first 0.1580 to 0.3416, Timo had the better sixty foot 0.9010 to 0.9066, Urs straight down the middle of the lane and to the eighth in 3.2880/260.77 to Timo's 3.4089/235.68, Timo's car started to approach the centre line in the second eighth and he was off the throttle after 1000 feet. Urs up to #1, Timo #5. Micke's partner blew him a kiss as she finished backing him up from the burnout which your reporter thought was quite sweet. 0.8740 to sixty for Anita, 0.9684 for Micke, Anita going great guns at the eighth 3.2144/260.89. Micke was taking a slightly longer way round and got to the eighth 3.5210/239.42. Anita's candles went out at about 1000 feet and Micke was off it at about the same time, both doing 271 mph at that point. Qualifying after this session:
14:00 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Monty Bugeja 5.5286/258.03, Timo Habermann 5.5001/253.39; Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5181/253.67, Esko Raisvuo 6.6447/245.04; Derek Flynn shut off, Dave Wilson 5.6401/260.55 bye; Fred Hanssen 5.4923/262.68, Dennis Habermann 7.2223/122.20 Monty left for dead on the line 0.1506 to 0.3466. 0.9299 to sixty for Timo, 0.9527 for Monty, some vapour from Timo's motor at the launch, 3.5849/207.56 at the eighth for Timo to Monty's 3.6271/207.03. Timo took a longer way round than Monty. Timo up to #3 and Monty up to #5. 200-foot burnout by Paul Ingar, stopping past half track. 0.0760 RT for Paul Ingar to Esko's 0.4747, the nitro car very lazy off the line]1.2598 to Paul Ingar's 0.9470. 3.6114/207.02 at the eighth for Paul Ingar and 4.6149/183.57 for Esko who had cylinders out on the left side all the way down. Two nitro cars next, longtime Eurodragster.com sponsor v longtime Eurodragster.com advocate. Derek shut off on return from the burnout. Grumpy took the bye, 1.0259 to sixty with a little shake, 3.8006/213.64 at the eighth, an improvement but stayed in place on the ladder. 0.1640 RT for Dennis to Fred's 0.4320, 0.9953 sixty for Fred to Dennis' 0.9688, Dennis' motor sounded to be labouring at each gear change and he was off the throttle before the eigth. 3.6368/211.90 at the eighth for Fred. Qualifying after this session:
13:40 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Steph Milam 7.9684/198.15, Arvid Grødem 8.6847/68.17; Rob Turner shut off, Jarmo Kuutniemi shut off; Ulf Leanders 5.7177/250.87, Dezsoe Krivan 6.2384/227.86; Danny Bellio 5.9439/237.77, Jürgen Nagel 6.1934/237.46; Jarmo Kuutniemi 7.1606/no speed 1.0242 to sixty for Arvid, 1.4136 for Steph, gentle launch. Arvid hit shake and pedalled past the Tree, 4.1745/147.90 at the eighth by which point his blower plate blew and the chutes deployed, the track crew had lots of small pieces to pick up off the track. Rob Turner and Jarmo Kuutniemi next on track, but it started to rain as the came back from their burnouts. Twenty minutes' or so break and we were back in action. Superb pairing between Ulf and Dez, 0.9583 to sixty for Ulf and 1.0181 for Dez, both driving through shake, Ulf's car moving all over its lane but he wasn't getting off it for anything. 3.7574/198.82 at the eighth for Ulf, 4.0885/180.48 for Dez getting close to the centre line. Ulf into #1 spot at that point. Concern from the track crew right up to the point that Danny and Jürgen staged but in they went. 1.0035 to sixty for Danny and 1.1607 for Jürgen, Danny's car made a hard move to the left but he hung on to it with just the slightest of pedals. 3.8854/191.97 at the eighth for Danny, 4.1907/192.61 for Jürgen whose FC made a move for the centre line then smoke from the motor as he got off it. The Turners went back to the pits so Jarmo took a bye for the repeat run. Tyres up in smoke at the hit, a couple of pedals, 1.4650 to sixty and 4.9900/177.12 at the eighth. 14.31 mph came up as the speed which I am guessing was wrong unless Jarmo had both hands on the brake. Qualifying after this session:
12:50 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Otto Knebl 14.2316/68.53 bye; Peter Svensson 6.0031/227.03, Steve Woollatt 13.4349/51.52; Sverre Dahl 22.8587/32.10, Kev Charman 6.9018/194.59; Steve Carey 6.6683/201.56, Ian King 6.2510/223.39 1.2347 to sixty for Otto, off the throttle for several seconds then another squirt past half track. Still licencing so I guess that won't count. 1.0618 to sixty for Peter, 1.0716 for Steve W, Steve rode through shake and then it looked from here as if a belt broke as the bike thumped down to earth and that was Steve's run done. 3.9786/197.87 at the eighth for Peter, but smoke in the shutdown area. Track all Ok so hopefully no harm done. Sverre's rear tyre up in smoke, tried to ride it out but shut off eventually. 1.1134 to sixty for Kev, 4.4513/166.55 at the eighth. Great run between Ian and Steve C, Ian right down the middle of his lane. Steve had the better sixty 1.0843 to 1.1296, Ian had the better eighth 4.1526/189.33 to 4.2903/170.25. Consistent run for Steve and a big improvement for Ian, up to #2. Qualifying after this session:
12:40 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Greger Johansson 24.2535/25.22 bye; Martijn de Haas shut off (bye); Vidar Ravnsborg 10.0891/81.38, Per Bengtsson 13.3014/57.76; Ronny Aasen 6.7586/191.42, Mark Ashelford 6.6957/213.79; Samu Kemppainen 7.0723/167.91, Roman Sixta 7.9934/149.18; Hans Olav Olstad 6.6973/205.31, Trond Høiberget 7.0934/192.93; Job Heezen 6.8652/210.11, Chris Hannam no time; Roel Koedam 6.6657/204.39, Lorenz Stäuble 6.8124/206.11 Greger's tyre went up in smoke at the hit, a couple of feathers of the throttle then flames from his motor and one final bang and the motor stopped. Greger made it down the track on momentum. Bike scrutineer Steve Johnson gestured at Martijn's bike during the burnout, Chief Starter Ian Marshall straight over to Martin's bike as he stopped and after a quick check signalled Martijn to shut off. Per rode through shake, 1.1518 to sixty and then his tyre went up in smoke about 120 feet out. Shake for Vidar after a 1.1657 sixty and he also shut it off. Great passes for Ronny and mark, Ronny's front wheel high in the air to half track. 1.1847 to sixty for Ronny, 1.2325 for Mark riding through shake, Ronny had the better eighth 4.4145/174.92 to 4.4475/174.74. Improvements for both, but both stayed in place. Great-looking run for Samu, front wheel came down at about 700 feet. 1.1798 to sixty to Roman's 1.2302, 4.3965/171.06 at the eighth to Roman's 4,8700/135.32. Great runs also by Hans Olav and Trond. Trond with a visible jump 0.1434 to 0.1856, but it was all Hans Olav's after that, 1.1530 sixty to 1.1767 and 4.3879/175.61 at the eighth to 4.6620/161.22. Improvements for both. Bang and smoke from Cannon's motor at the hit, maybe a belt broke. Stormer from Job, 1,2823 to sixty, 4.5490/170.38 at the eighth. Roel's motor sounded as if it was leaning out just before he went to stage, no concern from Vincent and Ton though. Great run between Roel and Lo, both went pretty straight too. 1.1475 to sixty for Roel to Lo's 1.777, 4.3804 at the eighth for Roel to Lo's 4.4960 having lost a little time to shake. 0.0927 in it at the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
12:25 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Rasmus Olesen 7.1493/185.13 bye, Mark Smith shut off; Ray Debben 8.3758/159.61, Chris Stebbings no time; Dave Beck 7.3905/175.77 bye, Martin Newbury shut off; Timo Savolainen 9.3970/116.70, Gert-Jan Laseur 8.847/145.74; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.6291/175.08, Elvira Karlsson 7.5141/170.47; Len Paget no time, Jesper Thiel 7.2043/181.35; Kalle Lyrén 7.3245/175.76 bye, Fredrik Fredlund shut off Mark shut off after his burnout so Rasmus took the bye. 1.096 to sixty, 4.5462/154.09 at the eighth, remained in #1. Chris' motor took four attempts to start and sounded very reluctant but Chris coaxed it through the burnout and made the line. His motor then cut at the hit. 1.2857 to sixty for Ray, 5.3533/131.29 at the eighth. Martin's motor wouldn't quieten down after the burnout, the revs high, so he shut it off. Bye for Eurodragster.com Blogger Becky, 1.1215 to sixty and 4.6628/147.63 at the eighth. Gert-Jan hit shake off the line, 1.3312 to sixty, motor sounded as if it didn't want to chahge gear. 1.2158 to sixty for Timo, slowing by the eighth and shut off soon after. 0.0430 RT for Karl-Heinz, 0.0650 for Elvira. 4.7192 to the eighth for Elvira to Karl-Heinz' 4.8496 and up a place in the ladder. Len's motor stopped on launch, Jesper got to sixty in 1.0848 and to the eighth in 4.5621/151.87, very consistent pass with his previous best. Fredrik shut off before staging. Eurodragster.com Blogger Kalle took the bye, 1.1068 to sixty, 4.6218/149.53 to the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
12:05 Super Street Bike qualifying session 7 Another 7.3 from Ven in this session, he does make it look easy. Next pair and an improvement for Graham Balchin but he stayed in #2. Simon Giordmaina shut off for a leak in the next pair. Garry Bowe and Wayne Saunders #7 to #6 and #5 to #3 side-by-side. Last run of the session, a couple of big wheelies by Danny Cockerill and something came off the bike at half track.
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10/09/2011 12:04:49 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 + 0.1121 7.4881 7.4881 00.00 190.54
3 7 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.1731 7.5315 7.5315 00.00 191.35
4 14 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3880 7.5375 7.5375 00.00 188.91
5 3 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1991 7.5455 7.5455 00.00 184.34
6 5 GARRY BOWE + 0.2753 7.5817 7.5817 00.00 183.55
7 1 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.3102 7.6268 7.6268 00.00 164.88
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 11 MICK TEMPLEMAN + 0.3267 7.9801 7.9801 00.00 177.08
19 25 MOGUNS LUND + 0.3412 7.9921 7.9921 00.00 179.19
20 34 PETE FIELD + 0.1334 8.0853 8.0853 00.00 179.89
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11:50 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Tommy Leindahl 7.4445/196.40, Conrad Stanley 7.0440/194.61; Thomas Lindström 6.8293/203.39, Jimmy Ålund 6.8372/203.37; Ulf Wagnhester 17.8812/64.42, Sampsa Palos 6.8268/203.31; Michael Malmgren 6.9040/202.57, Jonas Dantanus 7.8071/196.28; Micke Callin 6.8045/204.31 bye COnrad visibly away first 1.1438 to 0.1650, much better sixty for Conrad 1,0517 to 1.1461 as Tommy hit shake and had to pedal. 4.5230/155.04 to the eighth for Conrad, 4.9240/153.64 for Tommy, Tommy now in the ladder. Next pair, the newly-crowned FIA European Champion against this year's young pretender to the throne. Thomas away first 0.1318 to 0.1430, Jimmy with the slightly better sixty foot time 1.0205 to 1.0249, a twitch from Thomas' car just before the eighth 4.3935/160.03 to Jimmy's 4.4095/160.48. Thomas up into #3, Jimmy remains in #1. 0.0844 RT for Sampsa, 1.0521 to sixty and 4.4039/161.58 to the eighth. Instant shake for Ulf and shut it off. Michael came to the line out of the ladder. Motor screaming on the launch, 1.0759 to sixty feet, driving through shake, 4.4662/160.07 at the eighth. Shake for Dante, off the throttle and on again, lost a lot of time. Richard Sundblom never made it out of the pairing lanes. Micke took the bye, 1.0127 to sixty and 4.3816/160.67 at the eighth, nice run. Qualifying after this session:
11:35 Pro ET qualifying session 7 after re-run Paul Marston with a re-run for unspecified reasons. Up from #31 to #13. Final qualifying:
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11:30 FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Andy Frost 7.2328/199.80 bye; Wayne Nicholson 7.5449/161.34 bye; Marco Maurischat 6.6353/221.14 bye; Linda Thun Tønseth 20.4941/35.96, Robert Joosten 6.2461/227.87; Norbert Kuno 6.6678/172.41, Jean Dulamon 7.0843/202.45; Nick Davies 21.4492/33.40, Roger Moore 6.8288/205.19; Bruno Bader 6.2656/226.91, Andy Robinson 23.5341/27.37; Rolf Ammann 6.7104/211.08, Bert Englefield 7.1180/202.39; David Vegter 10.8445/86.20, Graham Ellis 6.9929/202.42; Roger Johansson 6.3155/225.86, Mats Eriksson 6.7067/211.94; Hello to MSA Pro Mod Championship PR Robin Jackson who can't be here today, hope the coverage is a reasonable substitute Robin. Good morning also to Johnny Simonsson who is tuned in from Sweden, good to hear from you Johnny and good to hear you are enjoying the reports. Quicker than 7.4 and, as I understand it, Frosty is in; subject to official word of course. 1.2166 to sixty feet, 4.7622/157.93 at the eighth. We'll put him in the standings for now, well done Frosty! Very brief burnout for Wayne. 1.0557 to sixty for Wayne, but the Vette was moving left under power and almost touched the centre line. A pedal and back on the power and moved to the left again. Eurodragster.com and Pro Mod Challenge sponsor Marco next. 1.0801 to sixty, looked from here like a gentle tune-up to get a number on the board. 4,3923/171.54 at the eighth. Great run for Robert, 0.9930 to sixty feet and 4.0747/178.13 at the eighth, a move to the right just past the eighth but Robert had it covered. His best in this car I believe. Linda hit shake before the Tree and shut off. 1.0687 to sixty for Norbert and 1.0887 for Jean, Norbert had the much better eighth 4.1932 to 4.6340, Norbert's motor singed about 1000 feet out and he shut off. 1.1483 to sixty for Roger, 4.4578/166.68 at the eighth, very straight run. Nick's tyres spun at the hit, 1.2672 to sixty and shut off at that point. 1.0230 to sixty for Bruno, small shake which he drove through, 4.0903/179.80 at the eighth and up to #3. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy hit shake almost immediately, 1.0813 at sixty, looked like two cylinders went out and shut off. Rolf lead for dead at the Tree by Bert 0.5783 to 1.0902. 1.1009 to sixty for Bert, minor shake marks in his lane, 1.1034 for Rolf. Rolf was chasing Bert down all the way and really picked up afet mid-track, 4.3644/168.55 at the eighth to Bert's 4.6517/155.29. Bert up to #15 but no improvement for Rolf. Shake for both David and Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham, Graham recovered it by pedalling whilst David gave it up. Graham's Cuda headed for the centre line but he pulled it away, 4.5762/157.86 at the eighth and into the ladder at that point. 1.0342 to sixty for Roger and 1.0519 for Mats, Mats pedalled for shake, 4.1524/179.80 to the eighth for Roger to Mats' shake-affected 4.4199/170.74. Roger already safely in, Mats up from #20 to #13 at that point. Exhaust-coating.de Pro Mod Challenge round 2 Urban Johansson 6.1711/220.12 def. Marc Meihuizen 6.2018/231.68
Micke Gullqvist 6.0688/234.89 def. Johan Lindberg 7.4628/133.23
Qualifying after this session:
10:45 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 7 Final qualifier for Junior Dragster; their eliminations commence after Pro Q4 today. A big Happy Birthday to Josh Saunders, sixteen today. Hello to Josh's crew and our good buddy Spencer Tramm who is nursing an injury, get well soon Spencer and we hope to see you here later. Mattias Edvinsson into #1 in the second pair. Petri Liimitainen up from #20 to #5 two pairs later followed up the ladder by Aaron Fensome, #22 to #17. Final qualifying:
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1 4358 MATTIAS EDVINSSON + 0.0017 8.4180 0.5180 07.90 79.65
2 26 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT + 0.0029 16.4964 3.5964 12.90 36.34
3 5 JOSH SAUNDERS + 0.0046 8.0775 0.1775 07.90 79.93
4 27 HARRY ELLIOTT + 0.0122 8.2340 0.3340 07.90 0.00
5 214 P. LIIMATAINEN + 0.0125 11.7227 2.8227 08.90 55.55
6 5182 FREDRIK LEANDERS + 0.0137 13.3590 0.4590 12.90 46.27
7 1 GABRIELLE MCDONALD + 0.0201 9.4286 1.5286 07.90 66.85
8 6 JOE KELLETT + 0.0217 8.2247 0.3247 07.90 79.65
9 115 JESSICA GANTENBEIN + 0.0271 7.8979 -0.0021 07.90 79.79
10 8 LAURA TURBURVILLE + 0.0282 8.4642 0.5642 07.90 77.87
11 29 THALIAH GIBB + 0.0300 15.3221 2.4221 12.90 37.48
12 7 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0301 8.0727 0.1727 07.90 79.80
13 3 ZAK JOHNSON + 0.0350 9.9313 2.0313 07.90 36.63
14 12 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0410 13.6783 4.7783 08.90 37.76
15 9 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0417 8.0683 0.1683 07.90 81.23
16 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0432 8.0979 0.1979 07.90 79.65
17 20 AARON FENSOME + 0.0513 9.6438 0.7438 08.90 66.31
18 24 RACHEL GILES + 0.0538 9.6178 1.7178 07.90 66.65
19 22 BILLY RINGER + 0.0645 18.8663 5.9663 12.90 31.73
20 10 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0689 8.1576 0.2576 07.90 78.13
21 23 STACEY REED + 0.0848 11.0537 2.1537 08.90 55.82
22 31 JORDAN PAYNE + 0.1194 19.5738 6.6738 12.90 30.14
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Harry Gibson followed with an 8.8112/75.79 in SPR's Junior FC. We're now going into Pro qualifying. 10:35 Super Comp qualifying session 7 Final qualifier for Super Comp; their eliminations commence after Pro Q4 today. Should Mark O'Halloran be reading this then Paul Spiers would like a word with you please Mark, regarding moulds and spare bodies. Paul Vrind up from #4 to #3 in the third pair. Final qualifying:
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10:25 Super Pro ET qualifying session 7 Final qualifier for Super Pro ET; their eliminations commence after Pro Q4 today. John Atkinson up from #21 to #8 in the third pair. Three pairs later and Dave Gibbons moved up from #5 to #2 - it's like he never went away. Superb 330-foot burnout from Marck Harteveld before his match-up with Mathijs Kraetzer. Thomas Stiefel achieved both his aims in one run, 6.894/200.57 from the pretty Chevy, on a 7.00 dial-in but who cares about that when you go six and 200. Well done Thomas! Dave Catton up from #17 to #4 in the last pair of the session alongside car owner Nick Good. Final qualifying:
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09:25 Pro ET qualifying session 7 Final qualifier for Pro ET as they start eliminations after Pro Q1 today. Dave Wilson an interested spectator stood by the guardrail throughout the session. Steve Hudson up from #13 to #4 in the third pair. Perfect Light for Sarah Howells, 0.0002 four pairs later, well done Sarah! Three pairs later and Antony Wilkins moved from #35 to #32, on the bump which is now +0.090 on dial-in, just superb. Bob Molden next to make a move, up from #7 to #2 in the penultimate pair of the session. Final qualifying:
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08:20 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. Julian of Nitro FM has traced and cured the source of the hum in the background of the audio, and Chief Timekeeper Steve Horn is going to install a solution to yesterday's webcam freeze which happened late in the day. The solution is to drill a hole in just the right place. Once that has been done we will have to stop the webcam for a few moments. Right now it's overcast, but the cloud is low and beginning to burn off. A few Good Mornings, firstly to our good buddies Markus and Mathias at der Beschleuniger, hope you guys are well and enjoying the coverage. We have also received nice E-Mails from Erwin Raets, John Andrews and Anne Llewellyn - to whom thanks for spotting yesterday's best mistake. Hello all and thanks for writing. We are due to start at 9:00 with the start of cycle 7 of qualifying. Pro sessions are due at 10:30 and 14:45. Stay tuned and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |