2011 SPRC Summernationals
Sunday


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22:30

As promised, Simon has posted another tranche of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. We have also posted today's gallery which is a joint effort by Roger, Kirstie and Grace. There are 105 pictures in all; if you do not see all 105 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

15:55

Simon has posted a set of pit notes and is out getting some more.

Final results

MSA Pro Modified: Graham Ellis 6.5678/166.07 def. Nick Davies 10.0697/85.22
Super Modified: Andy Hone 7.4945/182.89 def. Nigel Payne 7.5755/179.93
Super Pro ET: Barry Giles (7.65) 7.7577/167.79 def. Peter Walters (8.72) 8.8409/151.55
Pro ET: Steve Hudson (9.77) 9.8187/127.33 def. Rick McCann (10.27) 10.3139/129.03
Sportsman ET: Kevin Long (15.40) 15.6812/72.88 def. Tethys (17.80) 18.0621/72.15
Super Comp: Paul Marston 8.9971/153.21 def. Brian Pateman 8.9140/153.11
Super Gas: Brian Pateman 9.8838/147.66 breakout def. Jon Morton 9.8832/147.20 breakout
Super Street: Dave Cherrett 10.8305/90.33 def. Bob Lees 10.8605/129.90 red light
Lucas Oil Junior Dragster: Rhiannon Bellenie (7.90) 7.9587/80.50 def. Rachel Giles (9.50) 9.5733/66.41
Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator: Ian Hook 8.2671/164/26 def. Brian Payne 8.3524/173.06
VW Pro: Dave Bridge (12.70) 12.9833/93.07 def. James Hodson (10.80) 11.3115/114.61
VW Sportsman: James Clark (15.15) 15.2318/88.88 def. Martin Ayton (14.60) 14.8814/93.12

0.0070 or 18.86 inches in the Super Comp final.

Pro Stock Bike: Mark Smith 8.3726/160.17 def. Len Paget 7.6879/167.28 red light
Comp Bike: Stu Crane 7.6000/169.17 def. Alan Young 8.2876/151.56
Super Street Bike: Steve Venables 8.1770/186.57 def. Dave Holland 8.2225/188.92
9.50 Bike: Jake Mechaell 9.6724/128.06 def. Jemma Venables 9.6043/139.45
8.50 Bike: Phil Bloomfield 8.6439/164.86 def. Dave Batcheler 8.7104/155.29
Supertwin Gas: Joe Elliott 9.4202/142.13 def. Dave Smart 9.5779/142.02
Supertwin ET: Pete Harrison (11.70) 11.604/103.71 breakout def. Martin Brookes (10.90) 10.8761/126.50 breakout

Simon has more pit notes and we have today's pictures to sort out and post so we're not done yet. It is uncomfortably hot in our office so we may move somewhere cooler to do the pictures which may add a short while to the posting time. Stay tuned.

15:45

MSA Pro Modified final

Graham Ellis 6.5678/166.07 def. Nick Davies 10.0697/85.22

Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham owns both cars but I am guessing no team orders here. Nick got the jump 0.160 to 0.192, Graham had the much better sixty 0.990 to 1.080, Nick hit shake and tried to drive through it but shut off before the eighth, Graham drove through a little shake - probably Grumpy Wilson's "acceptable level of shake" - and got to the eighth in a spectacular 3.982/181.70 which is 6.0-second form. Just after the eighth the Cuda made a hard move to the right and Graham shut it off, and was far ahead enough of Nick to take the stripe.

Martin Hill followed the Pro Modified final with a 6.0860/260.48 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 4.1629/193.72 at the eighth.

15:15

We're collecting finalists but Julie asked us to say a big Hello to Tim Knox who is tuned in from Australia, and to Maureen and Ken Pateman. Hope you are enjoying the coverage guys.

15:00

Sportsman ET eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 14:55:08                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   597     KEVIN LONG.         + 0.0095 16.1318  0.7318  15.40  66.31
      763     JAKE HANDY          + 0.1618 14.5137  0.6137  13.90  89.76
 
Win   92      TETHYS              + 0.2030 17.8944  0.1544  17.74  72.49
      1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.3173 12.3078 -0.0922  12.40  85.67

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 14:56:57                              7  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      138     MARTYN SANGER       + 0.0940 10.9350  0.0350  10.90 115.80
Win   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0646 10.9118  0.0118  10.90 125.24
 
Win   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1153 10.9301  0.0301  10.90  93.33
      666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0216 10.8794 -0.0206  10.90 123.53

* = Disqualified 
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Junior Dragster eliminations round 4

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4
26/06/2011 14:58:58                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      12      BILLY EVERITT       + 0.2262  9.0598  0.0798  08.98  70.34
Win   11      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.1360  7.9472  0.0472  07.90  80.50
 
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   24      RACHEL GILES        + 0.1151  9.5372  0.0372  09.50  66.87

* = Disqualified 
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Harry Gibson followed with an 8.7908/77.34 in the SPR Junior FC.

14:55

Super Comp eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 14:51:27                              5  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      67      NICKY FROST         + 0.0775  9.0747  0.1747  08.90 148.09
Win   3       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0875  8.9707  0.0707  08.90 150.12
 
Win   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0432  8.9129  0.0129  08.90 159.52
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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Pro ET eliminations round 3

Perfect run for Steve Hudson, well done Steve!

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 4
26/06/2011 14:52:56                              9  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  205     BOB MOLDEN          - 0.0211 10.1145  0.0145  10.10 131.65
Win   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.0845  9.7702  0.0002  09.77 130.25
 
Win   1       RICK MCCANN         + 0.0925 10.2910  0.0710  10.22 129.39
      5       PAUL BROWN          + 0.1385  9.1902 -0.0098  09.20 141.22

* = Disqualified 
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14:05

Super Street Bike eliminations round 3

Steve Mead was bulbed in his semi-final with Steve Venables.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 14:05:25                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1458  7.4502  7.4502  00.00 194.63
      6       CHRIS REED          + 0.0578  7.5505  7.5505  00.00 196.31
 
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 1.0253  7.9087  7.9087  00.00 154.68
      10      STEPHEN MEAD        LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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14:00

Comp Bike eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 13:56:07                              16  COMP BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       STUART CRANE        + 0.0646  7.4650  7.4650  00.00 170.46
      2       DAVE PETERS         + 0.1567  7.5438  7.5438  00.00 173.73
 
      17      HAROLD WOLFENDEN    + 0.4075 10.4415 10.4415  00.00  95.48
Win   10      ALAN YOUNG          + 0.1735  8.2605  8.2605  00.00 148.15

* = Disqualified 
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8.50 Bike eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 13:57:52                              19  8.50 BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.2361  8.7546  0.2546  08.50 165.45
Win   635     DAVE BATCHELER      + 0.1183  8.8325  0.3325  08.50 149.14
 
Win   770     PHIL BLOOMFIELD     + 0.1550  8.6413  0.1413  08.50 141.58
      398     PETER AUSTIN        + 0.2876  8.8452  0.3452  08.50 167.31

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin ET eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 14:00:10                              20  SUPER TWIN ET     
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   46      MARTIN BROOKES      + 0.3389 12.2038  1.2038  11.00  80.79
Foul  999     BEV BATSFORD        - 0.1437 17.1388  2.7888  14.35  79.94
 
Win   1       PETER HARRISON      + 0.1996 11.7767  0.0767  11.70 108.29
      66      DAVID SHORTHOSE     + 0.1997 10.7191 -0.0809  10.80 116.82

* = Disqualified 
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9.50 Bike eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 14:02:22                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  10      AARON SPARKS        - 0.1014 10.6847  1.1847  09.50 140.70
Win   1       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.1807  9.6356  0.1356  09.50 125.95
 
Win   5       JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.0646  9.5987  0.0987  09.50 143.39
      375     ANDY BURFITT        + 0.1884  9.4182 -0.0818  09.50 143.05

* = Disqualified 
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13:50

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 13:49:42                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   2       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.0136  7.9148  7.9148  00.00 177.84
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      666     ANDREW BOND         + 0.0610  9.0046  9.0046  00.00 159.61
Win   1       IAN HOOK            + 0.0994  8.0891  8.0891  00.00 164.27

* = Disqualified 
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Steve Hall followed with another observed run in his Pro Mod. No time as he left before the lights ran.

13:45

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 13:44:23                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Foul Win  11  RHIANNON BELLENIE   - 0.1003  7.9347  0.0347  07.90  81.55
 
      20      AARON FENSOME       + 0.3184  9.4276  0.1076  09.32  68.21
Win   12      BILLY EVERITT       + 0.1704  9.0380  0.0480  08.99  69.52
 
Win   24      RACHEL GILES        + 0.1051  9.5431  0.0831  09.46  66.90
      6       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0757  8.0091 -0.0209  08.03  81.08

* = Disqualified 
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Harry Gibson followed with an 8.9109/76.18 in the SPR Junior FC.

Super Gas eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 13:47:12                              6  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   10      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0304 10.0119  0.1119  09.90 147.13
      424     JON GILES           + 0.0420 10.0710  0.1710  09.90 142.57
 
      1969    STUART MORRICE      LB3A       .     -9.9000  09.90   0.00
Foul Win  3   JON MORTON          - 0.3045  9.9360  0.0360  09.90 147.67

* = Disqualified 
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13:40

Pro ET eliminations round 3

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 13:36:32                              9  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0276 10.1847  0.0847  10.10 118.52
      735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.2172 10.1410  0.0710  10.07 130.98
 
Win   5       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0623  9.2521  0.1021  09.15 141.13
      608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.0075  9.7310 -0.0290  09.76 116.52
 
      550     DAN PAGE            + 0.2934 11.3211  0.0211  11.30 117.93
Win   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.0711  9.8345  0.0645  09.77 122.51
 
Win   1       RICK MCCANN         + 0.0516 10.2340  0.0340  10.20 125.79
      450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.1137  9.3259 -0.0041  09.33 144.33

* = Disqualified 
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Sportsman ET eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 13:39:55                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      99      CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.1614 17.7343  0.2343  17.50  75.14
Win   597     KEVIN LONG          + 0.2042 15.6601  0.1601  15.50  83.78
 
Win   92      TETHYS              + 0.0146 17.9842  0.2842  17.70  63.79
      253     STEVE UNSWORTH      + 0.1181 15.5602 -0.0398  15.60  80.93
 
Win   763     JAKE HANDY          + 0.3145 14.2991  0.3991  13.90  76.80
      495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.4642 18.6509  0.4509  18.20  72.17
 
      738     ANDREW GOULDING     + 0.1997 18.9066  0.1066  18.80  74.03
Win   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.0451 12.6123  0.2123  12.40  79.38

* = Disqualified 
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13:30

Super Modified eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 13:27:35                              4  SUPER MODIFIED    
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  95      BELINDA BULL        - 0.0135  7.6677  7.6677  00.00 178.53
Win   1962    NIGEL PAYNE         + 0.0785  7.5175  7.5175  00.00 181.27
 
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1       ANDY HONE           + 0.0926  7.5332  7.5332  00.00 181.37

* = Disqualified 
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Super Pro ET eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3
26/06/2011 13:30:56                              8  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   4       PETER WALTERS       + 0.1763  8.9023  0.2723  08.63 132.08
Foul  94      DAVE GIBBONS        - 0.0074  8.7672  0.0372  08.73 147.67
 
      2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0760  8.9951  0.1551  08.84 150.54
Win   1       BARRY GILES         + 0.0745  7.6900  0.0400  07.65 166.03

* = Disqualified 
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13:20

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Nick Davies 7.0651/191.33 def. Andy Wright 6.7564/199.88

-0.1160 red for Andy handed this to Nick. 1.098 to sixty for Nick, 4.559/156.82 at the eighth, no sign of the left/right moves this time and a best for the Bird with this set-up, well done to Nick and Rob Loaring of ICE Automotive. 1.097 to sixty for Andy, 4.388/166.02 and a new PB so the run was not a complete loss, well done Andy!

Graham Ellis 8.9600/96.68 bye

0.989 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham and the the tyres started to shake and the Cuda headed for the centre line, shut it off at about 300 feet.

Steve Hall went for an observed run but shut off for a fluid leak before staging.

Martin Hill followed Pro Mod with a 6.0876/260.47 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 4.1646/193.72 at the eighth, nice run!

13:10

Super Comp eliminations round 2

Nice run for Nicky Frost +0.007 on index.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 13:06:20                              5  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0450  9.0764  0.1764  08.90 126.17
      1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0214  8.8798 -0.0202  08.90 137.81
 
      694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.0444  9.0082  0.1082  08.90 149.56
Win   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0301  8.9994  0.0994  08.90 151.10
 
Win   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.2660  8.9073  0.0073  08.90 152.03
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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13:05

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:56:14                              22  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      15      MARTIN HOLGATE      + 0.2515 10.6652 10.6652  00.00 129.07
Win   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1797  9.4501  9.4501  00.00 143.03
 
      5       LES HARRIS          + 0.1360  9.8026  9.8026  00.00 127.25
Win   71      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.3224  9.3551  9.3551  00.00 143.00

* = Disqualified 
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9.50 Bike eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 13:03:57                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  311     AUGY HARRISON       - 0.3140  9.8311  0.3311  09.50 137.28
Win   5       JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.0186  9.8286  0.3286  09.50 132.93
 
Win   375     ANDY BURFITT        - 0.0027  9.6414  0.1414  09.50 148.13
Foul  2       RICHARD SAWATZKI    - 0.1325  9.7753  0.2753  09.50 127.00
 
      656     PAUL FURLONG        + 0.2093 10.5542  1.0542  09.50 130.91
Win   1       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.1017  9.6933  0.1933  09.50 124.19
 
Win   10      AARON SPARKS        + 0.2172  9.7371  0.2371  09.50 144.30
      783     FRED FURLONG        + 0.1937  9.7690  0.2690  09.50 144.43

* = Disqualified 
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12:55

VW Sportsman eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:53:20                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      156     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1867 18.5243  0.1743  18.35  73.43
Win   75      JAMES CLARK         + 0.0584 15.4173  0.2673  15.15  81.67
 
Win   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.3244 15.0413  0.4413  14.60  92.93
      240     MATT BENNETT-SIME   + 0.4008 18.4306 -0.0194  18.45  70.16

* = Disqualified 
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VW Pro eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:54:37                              23  VW PRO            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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        Bye                                  .     -6.9900  06.99   0.00
Foul Win  108 JAMES HODSON        - 0.0218 11.0235  0.2235  10.80 132.94
 
      104     SAM YOUNG           + 0.2900 10.4925 -0.0075  10.50  97.34
Win   78      DAVE BRIDGE         + 0.2482 12.7595  0.0595  12.70  99.41

* = Disqualified 
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12:50

Super Street eliminations round 1

Congratulations to Bob Lees on a Perfect ET, a few minutes too late to take the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award but a great run.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 12:48:09                              7  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0333 10.8941 -0.0059  10.90  91.44
      271     CHRIS KENNY         + 0.0256 10.8469 -0.0531  10.90 114.20
 
Win   138     MARTYN SANGER       + 0.0762 10.9190  0.0190  10.90 113.19
      93      CHRIS PERKINS       + 0.0821 10.9893  0.0893  10.90 119.31
 
      162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.1224 10.7991 -0.1009  10.90 144.77
Win   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0400 10.8405 -0.0595  10.90 116.26
 
Foul  569     LEIGH MORRIS        - 0.0103 10.9123  0.0123  10.90 120.76
Win   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0635 10.9007  0.0007  10.90 130.25

* = Disqualified 
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Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 2

Alex McIntosh left before the Tree ran and Brian Payne redlit, first or worst put Brian through. Nice run for Ian Hook, looked effortless, the return to the sevens is not far off.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:49:37                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      22      ALEX MCINTOSH       LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Foul Win  2   BRIAN PAYNE         - 0.0012 11.6562 11.6562  00.00  96.24
 
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   666     ANDREW BOND         + 0.3405  9.0246  9.0246  00.00 159.63
 
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1       IAN HOOK            + 0.0658  8.0990  8.0990  00.00 166.07

* = Disqualified 
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12:45

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2

Superb run for Dave Holland, new PB, similar situation to Super Modified with Dutch and Ven swapping Low ET of the weekend. Well done Dutch! Big holeshot win for Ven and just as well since he lost a lot of time to sixty feet. Fantastic race between Steve Mead and Graham Dance, new PB for Steve, well done Copperhead!

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:43:38                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1055  7.3797  7.3797  00.00 193.04
      12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1212  7.8046  7.8046  00.00 180.67
 
Win   6       CHRIS REED          + 0.2157  7.7026  7.7026  00.00 194.69
      5       GARRY BOWE          + 0.0873  8.0154  8.0154  00.00 152.19
 
      16      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.3131  7.6691  7.6691  00.00 185.14
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.0818  7.7075  7.7075  00.00 192.99
 
      14      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.1903  7.4498  7.4498  00.00 189.80
Win   10      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.1481  7.4094  7.4094  00.00 193.76

* = Disqualified 
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12:30

Supertwin ET eliminations round 1

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 12:29:19                              20  SUPER TWIN ET     
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   1       PETER HARRISON      + 0.1365 11.8225  0.1225  11.70  95.67
      284     TARA HARRIS         + 0.3140 14.6785  0.3985  14.28  90.29
 
      13      DAMIAN WATERHOUSE   + 0.4672 11.4954  0.0454  11.45 120.77
Win   66      DAVID SHORTHOSE     + 0.2793 10.9043  0.2043  10.70 121.52
 
Win   46      MARTIN BROOKES      + 0.4407 11.3416  0.3416  11.00 105.01
      5       MIKE NELTHORPE      + 0.3186 13.5384  0.5384  13.00 109.22
 
      21      TIM BOUTLE          + 0.5637 12.8336 -0.0664  12.90  94.29
Win   999     BEV BATSFORD        + 0.0755 14.4316  0.4416  13.99  92.49

* = Disqualified 
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Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

Ray Debben a no-show so Mark Smith took the bye.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 12:30:59                              15  PRO STOCK BIKE    
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   2       LEN PAGET           + 0.4826  7.8451  7.8451  00.00 166.05
 
Win   3       MARK SMITH          + 0.3370  8.2016  8.2016  00.00 162.48
      6       RAY DEBBEN          LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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12:25

Super Gas eliminations round 1

Congratulations to Jon Morton on taking the £50 Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award with a 9.900 on his bye run.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 12:20:11                              6  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      1956    PAUL FOOTE          + 0.0887 10.3107  0.4107  09.90 131.29
Win   424     JON GILES           + 0.0521  9.9082  0.0082  09.90 135.31
 
Win   1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0381 10.0312  0.1312  09.90 123.74
      648     JON TURNER          + 0.3913  9.8985 -0.0015  09.90 136.60
 
Win   10      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0387  9.9711  0.0711  09.90 143.43
      365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0424  9.9849  0.0849  09.90 134.13
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   3       JON MORTON          + 0.1894  9.9001  0.0001  09.90 147.10

* = Disqualified 
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Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 2

Nice run for Rachel Giles, 0.009 over in her race against Josh Saunders.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:24:14                              21  Lucas Oil Junior Dragster   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      23      STACEY REED         + 0.0493 10.8361 -0.0339  10.87  53.70
Win   11      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0794  7.9306  0.0306  07.90  81.66
 
Foul  27      HARRY ELLIOTT       - 0.1423  8.1886  0.1886  08.00  81.22
Win   12      BILLY EVERITT       + 0.2378  9.0223 -0.0277  09.05  70.70
 
Win   20      AARON FENSOME       + 0.4407  9.4736  0.4736  09.00  68.39
        Bye                                  .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Win   24      RACHEL GILES        + 0.0170  9.4894  0.0094  09.48  67.21
      5       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.1112  7.9908  0.0208  07.97  80.96
 
Win   6       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0941  8.0571  0.0371  08.02  81.08
      14      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0987 10.5286  0.3286  10.20  55.27

* = Disqualified 
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Harry Gibson followed with an 8.4322/80.36 in the SPR Junior FC.

12:10

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 12:15:28                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.1331 17.8227  0.3227  17.50  69.37
      93      RICHARD EACOCK      + 0.6314 12.8164  0.1164  12.70 103.49
 
Win   92      TETHYS              + 0.2164 17.9768  0.1168  17.86  63.96
      436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.3253 13.5329  0.3329  13.20  98.95
 
Foul  615     STEVE TAYLOR        - 0.0175 12.6970  0.1070  12.59 105.53
Win   253     STEVE UNSWORTH      + 0.2148 17.0005  1.4005  15.60  69.73
 
Foul  252     SARA UNSWORTH       - 0.0096 13.3463  0.1163  13.23  99.92
Win   597     KEVIN LONG.         + 0.0186 15.5158  0.1158  15.40  85.84
 
Foul  545     SARAH STYLES        - 0.0485 13.2210  0.4710  12.75 103.59
Win   763     JAKE HANDY          + 0.1135 13.7073 -0.1927  13.90  95.22
 
Win   738     ANDREW GOULDING     + 0.1081 18.9061  0.1061  18.80  73.91
      713     SEAN ARMSTRONG      + 0.3855 15.9306 -0.0194  15.95  83.16
 
Foul  507     IAN PETRIE          - 0.0615 13.5251 -0.1649  13.69 101.27
Win   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0490 12.0044 -0.3956  12.40 109.47
 
         Bye                                 .     -1.20000 12.00   0.00
Win   495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.2143 18.6987  0.4987  18.20  72.86

* = Disqualified 
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12:05

Pro ET eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 12:03:46                              8  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.0617  7.3400  0.0400  07.30 170.42
Win   2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0254  8.8971  0.0571  08.84 148.10
 
Win   4       PETER WALTERS       + 0.0341  8.9389  0.3389  08.60 129.02
Foul  154     ROY WILDING         - 0.2212  8.1052  0.0752  08.03 165.41
 
      315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.1773  8.7445 -0.1055  08.85 153.09
Win   94      DAVE GIBBONS        + 0.0101  8.7387 -0.0413  08.78 146.72
 
Foul  694     DAVE RAPER          - 0.0235  8.9883  0.0883  08.90 150.04
Win   1       BARRY GILES         + 0.0960  7.6686  0.0186  07.65 172.35

* = Disqualified 
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Martyn Jones tagged on to the end of this round with his first run of the weekend in the Another Small Fortune dragster. Car sounded very strong in the burnout but then shut off for a fluid leak. You have to look forward to the day when Syd and Nick Good go side-by-side.

11:55

Pro ET eliminations round 2

0.0001 or 0.23 inches in the race between Dan Page and Dave Bailey, that is pretty much what Pro ET is about. Some impressive runs against dial-in in this round with Nic Williams (0.006), Steve Hudson (0.008) and Rick McCann (0.008) all with double zeroes to their names.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 11:56:41                              9  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Foul  77      DAVE NAPIER         - 0.1085  9.7683  0.0683  09.70 138.99
Win   5       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0743  9.1430 -0.0570  09.20 142.52
 
Win   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0275 10.1063  0.0063  10.10 124.42
      48      PAUL MARSTON        + 0.1230  9.0074 -0.0926  09.10 147.13
 
Foul  299     AMANDA COX          - 0.1065 10.4293  0.1793  10.25 122.07
Win   314     STEVEN HUDSON       - 0.0082  9.7788  0.0088  09.77 133.71
 
Win   1       RICK MCCANN         + 0.0745 10.2086  0.0086  10.20 122.38
      723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.0403  9.5775  0.0775  09.50 140.35
 
Win   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0558 10.2434  0.1434  10.10 111.77
      430     ROY WALKER          + 0.3913  9.7693  0.1693  09.60 136.95
 
      757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.0200  9.4094  0.1694  09.24 133.60
Win   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.1125 11.3268  0.0768  11.25 115.04
 
Foul  777     NEIL HUNTER         - 0.0212 10.0239  0.2239  09.80 134.04
Win   450     MARK BAILEY         - 0.0372  9.3319 -0.0181  09.35 143.44
 
        Bye                                  .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.0613  9.8150  0.2550  09.56 137.31

* = Disqualified 
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11:50

8.50 Bike eliminations round 2

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2
26/06/2011 11:42:42                              19  8.50 BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      422     MARK SLADE          + 0.1336  8.8629  0.3629  08.50 164.25
Win   635     DAVE BATCHELER      + 0.1158  8.5300  0.0300  08.50 153.70
 
Win   770     PHIL BLOOMFIELD     + 0.1717  8.5689  0.0689  08.50 166.06
      750     SAM SYKES           + 0.1295  8.4937 -0.0063  08.50 162.48
 
      576     ROB LEE             + 0.3062  8.8251  0.3251  08.50 129.04
Win   616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.3264  8.7054  0.2054  08.50 164.25
 
        Bye                                  .     -8.5000  08.50   0.00
Win   398     PETER AUSTIN        + 0.2944  9.6049  1.1049  08.50 137.38

* = Disqualified 
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9.50 Bike eliminations round 1

0.0066 or 16.71 inches in the race between Jemma Venables and Shaun Spiers.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:48:55                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   311     AUGY HARRISON       + 0.0947  9.7786  0.2786  09.50 141.14
      56      MIKE AUSTIN         + 0.2447 10.1794  0.6794  09.50 141.66
 
      653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.1022  9.8600  0.3600  09.50 142.03
Win   2       RICHARD SAWATZKI    + 0.0728  9.6380  0.1380  09.50 119.30
 
      4       SHAUN SPIERS        + 0.2193  9.5940  0.0940  09.50 143.85
Win   5       JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.2874  9.5193  0.0193  09.50 143.98
 
      368     STEWART ASHBY       LB3A       .     -9.5000  09.50   0.00
Win   656     PAUL FURLONG        + 0.0108 10.1999  0.6999  09.50 120.58
 
      369     MARK HALES          + 0.2270 11.0986  1.5986  09.50 134.42
Win   375     ANDY BURFITT        + 0.1636  9.9892  0.4892  09.50 105.20
 
      313     STEVE WHITING       + 0.2138 10.1599  0.6599  09.50 145.22
Win   783     FRED FURLONG        + 0.2071 10.1540  0.6540  09.50 104.45
 
      555     BRAD O'CONNOR       + 0.2005 12.2028  2.7028  09.50  86.20
Win   1       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.2204 10.0231  0.5231  09.50 110.31
 
Win   10      AARON SPARKS        + 0.1727  9.9181  0.4181  09.50 142.52
      330     BRENDAN YOUNG       + 0.3743 11.4798  1.9798  09.50 120.54

* = Disqualified 
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11:25

Comp Bike eliminations round 1

Excellent 0.001 RT for Phil Leamon in the first pair. Nick Daniels was a no show so Harold Wolfenden staged for the round win.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:23:40                              16  COMP BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      6       PHILIP LEAMON       + 0.0018  8.3370  8.3370  00.00 154.20
Win   3       STUART CRANE        + 0.3173  7.5824  7.5824  00.00 170.44
 
Win   17      HAROLD WOLFENDEN    + 0.9226   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
      16      NICK DANIELS        LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      7       PAUL WING           + 0.2823  9.3913  9.3913  00.00 151.57
Win   2       DAVE PETERS         + 0.2642  7.4675  7.4675  00.00 171.77
 
      21      NICK MILBURN        + 0.6732  8.9968  8.9968  00.00 156.29
Win   10      ALAN YOUNG          + 0.3535  8.1535  8.1535  00.00 150.12

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1

Andy Watson made it to the bleach box but not the start line so Martin Holgate took the bye. Chris Mott was a no show with possible engine damage after a grub screw was ingested into the motor and is "In there somewhere". Les Harris took the bye.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:27:35                              22  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      7       ROBBIE DOBBIE       + 0.1798 10.8529 10.8529  00.00 123.76
Win   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.3616  9.3860  9.3860  00.00 143.98
 
      2       ANDY WATSON         LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   15      MARTIN HOLGATE      + 0.4238 11.7702 11.7702  00.00 124.87
 
Win   5       LES HARRIS          + 0.3980  9.7938  9.7938  00.00 133.25
      1       CHRIS MOTT          LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      77      TERRY GREEN         + 0.3031 28.9215 28.9215  00.00  19.09
Win   71      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.1793  9.2811  9.2811  00.00 143.91

* = Disqualified 
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We're on a break to collect more classes. Stay tuned.

11:15

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:13:40                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      90      DENNIS COX          + 0.7976 20.6346  0.1346  20.50  64.05
Win   240     MATT BENNETT-SIME   + 0.0776 18.5606  0.1106  18.45  69.62
 
Win   156     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.0716 18.3820 -0.0280  18.41  73.91
      276     ADRIAN WIGLEY       + 0.2595 15.5976 -0.2524  15.85  84.55
 
Win   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.1617 14.7688  0.1688  14.60  93.12
      36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.3375 17.8953 -0.1847  18.08  71.83
 
      237     JAMES LONDON        + 0.1581 19.1164  0.1764  18.94  72.14
Win   75      JAMES CLARK         + 0.1482 15.2568  0.1068  15.15  88.87

* = Disqualified 
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VW Pro eliminations round 1

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:19:42                              23  VW PRO            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   104     SAM YOUNG           + 0.2956 10.5784  0.0784  10.50 111.22
      32      PHIL NORMAN         + 0.3411 12.4273  0.1073  12.32 106.40
 
Foul  797     LUCY MATTHEWS       LB3A       .     -1.24500 12.45   0.00
Win   78      DAVE BRIDGE         + 0.3231 12.8073  0.1073  12.70 100.49
 
      714     DANNY WHARTON       + 0.4763 12.8443  0.3443  12.50 102.65
Win   108     JAMES HODSON        + 0.1293 11.2970  0.4970  10.80 103.95

* = Disqualified 
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11:10

Super Modified eliminations round 1

The Low ET duel between Nigel Payne and Andy Hone continues with a 7.511 from Fred trumped by Nigel's 7.491 in the next run.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:10:25                              4  SUPER MODIFIED    
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Win   95      BELINDA BULL        + 0.0593  7.6057  7.6057  00.00 179.25
      69      GRAIG GIBBS         + 0.1511  7.7477  7.7477  00.00 175.75
 
      55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.1345  7.7342  7.7342  00.00 177.84
Win   1       ANDY HONE           + 0.0868  7.5110  7.5110  00.00 180.63
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1962    NIGEL PAYNE         + 0.0383  7.4913  7.4913  00.00 180.64

* = Disqualified 
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11:00

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1

Richard Billings, Gerry Treit and Dave Murdoch didn't get through the Cruise, and Jason Weir didn't run quicker than 13.00 in qualifying, so we are four cars down this morning.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 11:03:59                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.1720 10.0193 10.0193  00.00 138.57
Win   2       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.3284  7.7932  7.7932  00.00 178.48
 
      1969    BILL MACDERMID      + 0.0326  9.4062  9.4062  00.00 150.59
Win   666     ANDREW BOND         + 0.2940  8.7741  8.7741  00.00 159.65
 
      752     STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.2260  8.8818  8.8818  00.00 156.83
Win   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.1380  8.5297  8.5297  00.00 163.65
 
      40      GERRY TREIT         LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1       IAN HOOK            + 0.0967  8.2876  8.2876  00.00 163.08

* = Disqualified 
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10:50

Super Comp eliminations round 1

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 10:53:11                              5  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
      725     PAUL BROWN          + 0.0238  9.0266  0.1266  08.90 145.70
Win   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0411  8.9695  0.0695  08.90 126.32
 
      2       JON MORTON          + 0.2035  8.8835 -0.0165  08.90 148.57
Win   1       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0577  8.9871  0.0871  08.90 150.65
 
Win   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1504  8.8760 -0.0240  08.90 155.21
Foul  4       PETER CRESWELL      - 0.0092  8.8798 -0.0202  08.90 154.73
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   3       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1065  8.8815 -0.0185  08.90 155.08
 
      24      PAUL LETCHFORD      LB3A       .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
Win   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.0904  8.8701 -0.0299  08.90 150.61

* = Disqualified 
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10:45

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Nick Davies 7.7480/179.96 def. Mick Payne 7.4954/182.82

Nick away first by a huge margin 0.013 to 0.407, Mick was starting to chase him down by 60 feet 1.092 to Nick's 1.263. The Bird started to make gentle moves left and right and got to the eighth 4.833/133.20 to Mick's quicker 4.807/144.89 but Mick lost time taking the long way round and getting quite close to the guardrail. Nick feathered the throttle as the Bird made a violent move but was back on it and took it by 0.1413.

Andy Wright 7.7509/185.88 bye (Roger Moore no show)

Roger and Dave not able to fix yesterday's damage so Andy got the bye. 1.215 to sixty with a pedal and then on and off the throttle most of the way. 5.013/139.40 at the eighth and still on and off it in the second half.

Graham Ellis 6.4481/206.26 def. Wayne Nicholson 6.5891/214.82

If you read yesterday's pit notes you will know that that Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham and his team changed their set-up after qualifying yesterday, putting previous bits and pieces back in the car. Did the trick for Graham, 0.993 to sixty feet and 4.152/165.92 at the eighth and it looked like there was a bit of a feather of the throttle there as the Cuda went close to the guardrail and then off it before the stripe. 1.039 to sixty for Wayne, 4.293/171.37 at the eighth, chasing hard but Graham had the stripe by 0.144. A PB for Wayne though, well done Wayne!

Steve Hall 7.9091/191.33 bye (observed run)

New PB by a long way for Steve, well done Steve! 1.426 to sixty, still a lot of smoke from the headers, 5.371/149.66 at the eighth.

10:35

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 1

0.0090 or 11.12 inches in the race between Aaron Fensome and Jacob Kopasz, then an even closer race: 0.0064 or 9.16 inches in the race between Joe Kellett and Zak Johnson. Harry Gibson followed with an 8.4232/80.51 in the SPR Junior FC.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 10:37:36                              21  Lucas Oil Junior Dragster   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      29      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.3998 14.4225 -0.1775  14.60  40.57
Win   11      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.1835  7.9166  0.0166  07.90  79.94
 
Win   27      HARRY ELLIOTT       + 0.1040  8.0343  0.0343  08.00  81.96
      8       LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.1662  8.1471 -0.0029  08.15  80.94
 
      9       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.3313  8.9597  0.0597  08.90  70.23
Win   20      AARON FENSOME       + 0.0230  9.6090  0.3590  09.25  66.35
 
      26      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.5514 16.7734  0.0734  16.70  37.57
Win   12      BILLY EVERITT       + 0.1613  9.1055  0.0055  09.10  69.30
 
Win   24      RACHEL GILES        + 0.1263  9.5115  0.0115  09.50  66.71
      7       BRAD JACKSON        + 0.1286  7.9644 -0.0356  08.00  79.93
 
Win   14      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.1866 10.4330  0.2330  10.20  58.65
      10      PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0941  9.3320 -0.0580  09.39  68.24
 
      22      BILLY RINGER        + 0.2263 18.9924 -0.1076  19.10  32.32
Win   5       JOSH SAUNDERS       + 0.1386  7.9946  0.0446  07.95  81.22
 
Win   6       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0635  8.0721  0.0421  08.03  80.94
      3       ZAK JOHNSON         + 0.1350  7.9770 -0.0230  08.00  81.40
 
      28      GREGORY ROBINS      + 0.2204  9.4153 -0.1647  09.58  66.22
Win   23      STACEY REED         + 0.0588 10.8840 -0.0660  10.95  51.74

* = Disqualified 
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10:20

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1

Dave Smith, Mick Templeman and Pete Field all out with engine damage. Wild ride for Chris Reed on his bye, the bike tried to throw him off at every gear change with one particularly scary looking wobble and legs flailing at 1000 feet but Bois is Super Street Bike's answer to Freddy Fagerström and takes a lot of persuading to get off the throttle so he stayed with it and ran a seven despite all of that. Great riding job! Steve Mead close to a PB or on a PB I think, well done Steve!

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 10:26:11                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1716  8.5196  8.5196  00.00 154.69
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Win   12      RICHARD HANN        + 0.1164  7.8097  7.8097  00.00 182.86
      20      THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2507  7.7541  7.7541  00.00 181.37
 
      4       DAVE SMITH          LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   5       GARRY BOWE          + 0.3694  7.6841  7.6841  00.00 155.79
 
Win   6       CHRIS REED          + 0.1155  7.9310  7.9310  00.00 178.53
      11      MICK TEMPLEMAN      LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      33      GARY DRURY          + 0.3054  9.4929  9.4929  00.00 138.97
Win   2       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.0793  7.4039  7.4039  00.00 192.85
 
      35      DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.0537  7.9739  7.9739  00.00 176.44
Win   16      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.1711  7.6747  7.6747  00.00 188.94
 
      21      STEVE WOOD          + 0.2641  8.2635  8.2635  00.00 171.09
Win   14      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2327  7.6955  7.6955  00.00 167.95
 
      34      PETE FIELD          LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   10      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.2272  7.5240  7.5240  00.00 190.52

* = Disqualified 
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10:10

8.50 Bike eliminations round 1

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 10:15:27                              19  8.50 BIKE         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   398     PETER AUSTIN        + 0.2426  8.6747  0.1747  08.50 169.18
      751     MICK WINYARD        + 0.2284  8.8130  0.3130  08.50 167.93
 
Win   770     PHIL BLOOMFIELD     + 0.2382  8.6246  0.1246  08.50 169.17
      604     EDDY SMILEY         + 0.1943  8.6713  0.1713  08.50 161.34
 
Win   576     ROB LEE             + 0.3300  8.5272  0.0272  08.50 154.15
      465     MARTIN WILSON       + 0.2447  9.0003  0.5003  08.50 166.68
 
      712     DAVE THOMAS         + 0.2564  8.7672  0.2672  08.50 166.07
Win   635     DAVE BATCHELER      + 0.2601  8.5940  0.0940  08.50 139.91
 
      367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.2122  9.1536  0.6536  08.50 150.59
Win   422     MARK SLADE          + 0.1804  8.8741  0.3741  08.50 166.10
 
Win   750     SAM SYKES           + 0.1210  8.7506  0.2506  08.50 163.07
      665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.2136  8.9486  0.4486  08.50 160.77
 
Win   616     JOHN MCDONALD       + 0.2650  8.6850  0.1850  08.50 155.21
      246     MARTIN WALKER       + 0.2072  8.9456  0.4456  08.50 155.84

* = Disqualified 
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10:05

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1

Excellent 0.002 RT for John Atkinson in his race against John Bradshaw who rolled the beams.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 10:06:58                              8  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      435     IAN POWELL          + 0.0941  8.1730  0.0430  08.13 164.23
Win   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.0801  7.3189  0.0189  07.30 172.29
 
Win   154     ROY WILDING         + 0.4164  8.0258 -0.0242  08.05 166.65
Foul  307     ROD HARRISON        - 0.0892  7.2218 -0.1582  07.38 179.87
 
Win   694     DAVE RAPER          + 0.1716  8.9792  0.0792  08.90 136.07
      474     ASHLEY BELL         + 0.3192  8.9613  0.0713  08.89 143.88
 
         Bye                                 .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Foul Win  94  DAVE GIBBONS        - 0.0178  8.7642 -0.0558  08.82 147.62
 
      401     JOHN BRADSHAW       LB3A       .     -6.8200  06.82   0.00
Win   2       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0026  8.8435  0.0135  08.83 152.59
 
Win   4       PETER WALTERS       + 0.0956  8.7509  0.0709  08.68 131.66
      258     DAVE WARD           + 0.1637  8.1468  0.0168  08.13 159.60
 
      570     VINCE GIBBS         LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Win   1       BARRY GILES         + 0.0027  7.6700  0.0200  07.65 172.32
 
Win   315     BOB DOYLE           + 0.0631  8.8295  0.0495  08.78 150.04
Foul  250     SIMON ROWLAND       - 0.1329  6.9753 -0.0047  06.98 190.45

* = Disqualified 
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9:50

Pro ET eliminations round 1

Puff of smoke from Tig Napier's Dodge about 1100 feet out and the terminal speed down, hopefully nothing serious. Carla Pittau staged for points as the Heaven and Hell Camaro suffered a small amount of damage coming down from yesterday's wheelie - would have been a lot worse had Carla not kept her head and put it down so gently. Big cloud of smoke from Paul Marston's Monza from about 900 feet - it's not unusual for the Monza to smoke at the stripe but not that early. Finely-judged run, though, +0.002 on dial-in. Track checked and all OK, hopefully the car is OK too. Another Perfect Light from Rick Denny, who took the Eurodragster.com/Cotsweld Race Cars Perfect Light Award yesterday. That, folks, is one of the reasons why that guy has been a National Champion before now. Well done again Rick! Keith Herbert into the nines, breakout but his crew were ecstatic so I guess they're not worried, well done Keith!

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1
26/06/2011 09:52:23                              9  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   5       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0693  9.2457  0.0457  09.20 138.95
      795     MICHAEL LACEY       + 0.1313  9.5783  0.0583  09.52 133.33
 
      358     SIMON INNES         + 0.3434 11.7056  0.0556  11.65 104.05
Win   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0257 10.3680  0.2680  10.10 113.04
 
Win   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0186 10.0336 -0.0664  10.10 132.06
Foul  7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     - 0.0737  9.0412 -0.0288  09.07 149.60
 
Win   77      DAVE NAPIER         + 0.2361  9.9057  0.2157  09.69 118.55
      541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.4075 11.3986  1.0486  10.35 111.92
 
      626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.1286 10.9912 -0.1088  11.10 116.41
Win   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.0486  9.7785 -0.0015  09.78 134.47
 
Win   1       RICK MCCANN         + 0.0702 10.2201  0.0201  10.20 120.74
      90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0902 10.2955 -0.0045  10.30 124.18
 
Win   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.2196 11.2370  0.0370  11.20 119.18
Foul  648     JON TURNER          - 0.0253  9.9350 -0.0250  09.96 135.71
 
      4       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.4887   .     -9.8200  09.82   0.00
Win   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.1182 10.5668  1.0068  09.56  91.93
 
      315     NIGEL GREEN         + 0.1083 11.1443  0.0743  11.07 108.57
Win   48      PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0547  9.1020  0.0020  09.10 127.32
 
Win   430     ROY WALKER          + 0.1902  9.7913  0.0913  09.70 120.11
      700     PHIL TOPPIN         + 0.4086  9.0297 -0.1303  09.16 142.96
 
Win   299     AMANDA COX          + 0.0568 10.3104  0.0604  10.25 119.46
      731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0008 11.4694  0.1194  11.35 116.82
 
      25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.1096  9.9342  0.0042  09.93 130.93
Win   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.0714  9.3628  0.0128  09.35 138.60
 
      79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1832 10.0543  0.0543  10.00 117.32
Win   723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.0730  9.5898  0.0798  09.51 134.10
 
Win   777     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.0338  9.8366  0.0666  09.77 136.02
      542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1046  9.9861 -0.0539  10.04 128.77
 
       Bye                                   .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.2594  9.2644 -0.0356  09.30 143.90

* = Disqualified 
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9:30

Supertwin Gas qualifying after session 4

Andy Watson up into #2 in the first pair...until the next pair when Dave Smart took over #2 spot whilst Joe Elliott improved to consolidate his #1 spot. An improvment for Les Harris next pair but he stayed in #4.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:26:06                              22  SUPERTWIN TOP GAS 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   71      JOE ELLIOTT         + 0.2658  9.3235  9.3235  00.00 142.93
  2   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.2470  9.3832  9.3832  00.00 143.91
  3   2       ANDY WATSON         + 0.0580  9.4668  9.4668  00.00 135.68
  4   5       LES HARRIS          + 0.4280  9.6857  9.6857  00.00 134.55
  5   1       CHRIS MOTT          + 0.2333 10.1150 10.1150  00.00 124.23
  6   15      MARTIN HOLGATE      + 0.4014 10.4726 10.4726  00.00 132.07
  7   7       ROBBIE DOBBIE       + 0.5800 11.0616 11.0616  00.00 123.55
  8   77      TERRY GREEN         + 0.3203 12.3224 12.3224  00.00  96.51

* = Disqualified 
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Supertwin ET qualifying after session 4

Bit of an urgent launch for Bev Batsford in the third pair, almost taking the Tree with her and the run DQ'd for entering the red refuge area in the middle of the track.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:29:18                              20  SUPER TWIN ET     
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   46      MARTIN BROOKES      + 0.2489 11.0155  0.0155  11.00 121.51
  2   66      DAVID SHORTHOSE     + 0.0773 10.8493  0.0493  10.80 124.19
  3   21      TIM BOUTLE          + 0.4814 12.7847  0.0847  12.70 106.25
  4   1       PETER HARRISON      + 0.1572 11.9148  0.1148  11.80 110.67
  5   5       MIKE NELTHORPE      + 0.5472 13.6025  0.3025  13.30 105.03
  6   13      DAMIAN WATERHOUSE   + 0.4906 11.8188  0.3688  11.45 116.38
  7   999     BEV BATSFORD        + 0.2686 14.2804  0.3804  13.90  89.91
  8   284     TARA HARRIS         + 0.2203 15.1315  0.4515  14.68  85.85

* = Disqualified 
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That's qualifying done, we are now going in to eliminations.

9:20

Pro Stock Bike qualifying after session 4

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:17:13                              15  PRO STOCK BIKE    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       LEN PAGET           + 0.1207  7.7593  7.7593  00.00 167.31
  2   3       MARK SMITH          + 0.0267  7.8227  7.8227  00.00 160.75
  3   6       RAY DEBBEN          + 0.1955  8.7201  8.7201  00.00 139.97

* = Disqualified 
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Comp Bike qualifying after session 4

Nick Milburn in at #8, bumping Al Young out of the eight-bike field. Next pair and a superb run from Dave Peters, up to #2 and that has got to be close to a PB if not a PB, well done Dave! Next pair and Al Young's chance to get back into the ladder which he promptly did.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:21:50                              16  COMP BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   9       STEVE FRENCH        + 0.1453  7.2699  7.2699  00.00 180.65
  2   2       DAVE PETERS         + 0.2161  7.3930  7.3930  00.00 171.77
  3   3       STUART CRANE        + 0.1920  7.5265  7.5265  00.00 163.67
  4   17      HAROLD WOLFENDEN    + 0.2957  8.0915  8.0915  00.00 173.73
  5   16      NICK DANIELS        + 0.4500  8.1680  8.1680  00.00 171.75
  6   6       PHILIP LEAMON       + 0.0761  8.3072  8.3072  00.00 154.73
  7   19      DALE LEEKS          + 0.6561  8.5724  8.5724  00.00 158.47
  8   10      ALAN YOUNG          + 0.2450  8.9895  8.9895  00.00 136.05
  9   21      NICK MILBURN        + 0.5658  9.1806  9.1806  00.00 152.64
 10   7       PAUL WING           + 0.5301  9.3925  9.3925  00.00 151.62

* = Disqualified 
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9:15

Sportsman ET qualifying after session 4

0.006 RT by Kev Long in the fourth pair. Next pair and Geoff Cowley took over #1 spot in what looks like his daily drive rather than the usual Camaro so his +0.008 even more impressive.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:14:01                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.2105 18.2889  0.0089  18.28  74.27
  2   713     SEAN ARMSTRONG      + 0.1716 15.9821  0.0321  15.95  82.26
  3   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.0473 17.5459  0.0459  17.50  76.93
  4   615     STEVE TAYLOR        + 0.2315 12.6405  0.0505  12.59 105.41
  5   763     JAKE HANDY          + 0.1333 13.7983  0.0983  13.70  98.40
  6   507     IAN PETRIE          + 0.0827 13.6933  0.1433  13.55  98.16
  7   252     SARA UNSWORTH       + 0.0713 13.2349  0.1549  13.08 102.16
  8   92      TETHYS              + 0.2791 18.0671  0.2371  17.83  74.66
  9   738     ANDREW GOULDING     + 0.3511 19.2299  0.2799  18.95  72.60
 10   253     SARA UNSWORTH       + 0.1178 15.6676  0.3176  15.35  89.05
 11   545     SARAH STYLES        + 0.0632 13.2556  0.3256  12.93 103.26
 12   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.1192 12.4275  0.3275  12.10 109.36
 13   597     KEVIN LONG.         + 0.0597 15.4608  0.3608  15.10  90.28
 14   436     NIGEL HALE          + 1.4544 13.5154  0.5154  13.00  98.98
 15   93      RICHARD EACOCK      + 1.2224 13.9456  0.9456  13.00  92.87

* = Disqualified 
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Super Gas qualifying after session 4

Jon Turner into #1 spot in the first pair, Jon usually runs in Pro ET but he can get on the numbers in Super Gas on a different Tree too. That lasted two pairs as Jon Morton then took over the lead and in the other lane Brian Pateman went into #2.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:15:29                              6  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       JON MORTON          + 0.0592  9.9165  0.0165  09.90 145.83
  2   10      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0556  9.9261  0.0261  09.90 149.08
  3   648     JON TURNER          + 0.6371  9.9307  0.0307  09.90 135.77
  4   424     JON GILES           + 0.0368  9.9320  0.0320  09.90 141.24
  5   365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0576  9.9480  0.0480  09.90 131.81
  6   1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0320 10.0056  0.1056  09.90 144.42
  7   1956    PAUL FOOTE          + 0.1230 10.2182  0.3182  09.90 130.16

* = Disqualified 
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9:05

Super Street qualifying after session 4

John Grant up from #7 to #2 in the second pair.

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                SPRC Summer Nationals 2011. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
26/06/2011 09:03:42                              7  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   93      CHRIS PERKINS       + 0.0238 10.9103  0.0103  10.90 118.39
  2   162     JOHN GRANT          + 0.0481 10.9262  0.0262  10.90 143.85
  3   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0858 10.9345  0.0345  10.90 129.88
  4   271     CHRIS KENNY         + 0.1127 10.9531  0.0531  10.90 122.56
  5   138     MARTYN SANGER       + 0.0876 10.9671  0.0671  10.90 118.36
  6   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0328 10.9766  0.0766  10.90 124.76
  7   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0975 10.9938  0.0938  10.90 120.44
  8   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0123 11.0890  0.1890  10.90  86.36

* = Disqualified 
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7:30

Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the SPRC Summernationals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car.

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Right now it's quite misty here at Santa Pod, but this is going to get burned off as soon as the sun rises a bit more and we're in for a glorious day. Your reporter has quite often thought of a new feature for the race reports entitled "First racer to check the track" since we are usually here to see them; today the award for dedication goes to Pro Modified racer and Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham Ellis who right now is in the 1000 foot speed trap having given the surface a detailed look over from the start line onwards.

We must say the traditional Raceday Hello to Eurodragster.com US Correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are back in Rye, NH after their European Tour. We were very pleased to hear from Ed overnight; one gets the idea that he would rather be here - especially the bit at the end of the day when Eurodragster.com Team Nutritionist Syd McDonald kindly cooked your coverage team some fine rump steaks, thanks Syd - but he is enjoying the coverage and is ready for more today. Hope you enjoy today's offerings Ed and we can't wait for your next visit.

We were also very pleased to hear from John Byrne, aka Big John, our absent hero of Phil Toppin's Pro ET team. Big John is very much in our thoughts this weekend and was cheered to see and hear his name mentioned. "I'm glad I wasn't there to, I quote, "Blot out the sun" too much", said John. "I watched with great pride all my family race and as per usual they did not disappoint. I truly can't believe how many times I heard my name mentioned and I'd like to thank each and every one for lifting my spirits. There's never been a time when I was so desperate to be at a place I call home to be with my family. I'll be back, mark my words. Thank you all so very much". Thank you John and we look forward to seeing you back where you belong.

On the subject of thanks, a big Thank You to Kim and Pete Kellett for hospitality very late last night. Kim found your reporter groping around in a very dark part of the pits and led him to the Drummin' Man RV for a cup of tea. Thanks guys.

The plan for today is to complete cycle 4 of qualifying and then to go into eliminations. We are due to start at 9:00; stay tuned and when the action starts we'll bring you the news.


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