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21:20

Simon has posted another set of pit notes, and we have also posted today's gallery. Both can be accessed via the Event Index page. The gallery has fifty five pictures in all; if you do not see all fifty five updated thumbnails when you load the gallery then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day three of qualifying.

19:50

With the air and track temperature plummeting Race Director Robin Shone has called a halt to qualifying for this evening, before conditions become dangerous. Qualifying will continue in the morning.

Stay tuned as Simon has another set of pit notes, and we have Roger's gallery to post. The webcam will stay on for a short while, keep an ear on the audio for the switchover.

19:45

VW Pro qualifying after session 4

Paul Jordan up from #10 to #5 first pair. Lots of sparks from the bottom of Sam Young's electric Beetle at the top end.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 19:42:36                              23  VW PRO            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   108     JAMES HODSON        + 0.2184 10.5679  0.0679  10.50 138.18
  2   86      MATT ATTWOOD        + 0.1933 11.7724  0.0924  11.68 115.52
  3   103     DANNIE HIGHMAN      + 0.4944 12.1699  0.1299  12.04 120.55
  4   989     ANDY WAITE          - 0.1040 10.3534  0.1534  10.20 144.75
  5   78      DAVE BRIDGE         - 0.1112 12.9195  0.1695  12.75 100.94
  6   110     PAUL JORDAN         LB3A     10.6618  0.2418  10.42 130.26
  7   4       SAM YOUNG           + 0.1074 10.2651  0.2651  10.00 124.06
  8   64      PAUL HERBERT        + 0.1794 12.3261  0.3361  11.99 116.22
  9   102     BRUCE COLLINS       + 0.6595 14.2037  1.9137  12.29  92.55
 10   204     GRAEME FREEMAN      + 0.4105 17.7386  5.2386  12.50  69.90

* = Disqualified 
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VW Sportsman qualifying after session 4

0.006 RT by Martin Ayton in the second pair.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 19:47:09                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   210     STEVE PUGH          - 0.2050 17.7345  0.0345  17.70  73.94
  2   20      DEAN CLATWORTHY     + 0.4965 15.6480  0.0480  15.60  83.62
  3   129     ANDY VOCE           + 0.0254 16.9493  0.0493  16.90  83.16
  4   36      LUKE STEVENSON      - 0.1163 14.5543  0.1043  14.45  89.59
  5   61      SPENCER TRAMM       - 0.0595 16.0896  0.1596  15.93  84.09
  6   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.0060 14.8322  0.1822  14.65  93.12
  7   90      DENNIS COX          + 0.1970 15.5258  0.3758  15.15  89.79
  8   97      ABI TETHER          + 0.1266 16.5295  0.5295  16.00  86.85
  9   237     JAMES LONDON        + 0.1006 15.9545  1.0545  14.90  87.18

* = Disqualified 
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19:35

Super Modified qualifying after session 3

Pete Thompson's tyres spun up at the hit whilst Andy Hone drove through shake. Rob Elsom was shut off after returning from his burnout.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 19:36:50                              4  SUPER MODIFIED    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   203     ANDY HONE           + 0.1546  8.2567  8.2567  00.00 166.07
  2   1968    PETER THOMPSON      + 0.1886  9.3812  9.3812  00.00 142.60
  3   68      TIM MUGRIDGE        + 0.3882 11.3583 11.3583  00.00  85.54

* = Disqualified 
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19:20

Super Street qualifying after session 4

0.003 RT by Dave Cherrett in the first pair, taking a tilt at the Eurodragster.com/ModUrStang Perfect Light Award.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 19:30:58                              7  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0463 10.9011  0.0011  10.90  90.52
  2   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.3916 10.9207  0.0207  10.90 122.52
  3   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0308 10.9429  0.0429  10.90 132.49
  4   559     CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.1403 10.9987  0.0987  10.90 124.19
  5   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1363 11.0268  0.1268  10.90 100.98
  6   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.0466 10.8255 -0.0745  10.90 124.08
  7   93      CHRIS PERKINS       + 0.5746 10.7135 -0.1865  10.90 123.51

* = Disqualified 
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19:15

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 4

Improvement by Brian Payne to consolidate his #1 spot in the first pair. Improvement for Mats Andersson next pair and up from #7 to #5. Last pair and Andy Bond moved up to #5 from #9.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 19:14:26                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.0614  8.3566  8.3566  00.00 171.08
  2   65      MARK TODD           + 0.2033  8.7671  8.7671  00.00 163.68
  3   6       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5372  8.7681  8.7681  00.00 169.80
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       - 0.1720  8.9130  8.9130  00.00 168.54
  5   666     ANDREW BOND         + 0.2823  9.1222  9.1222  00.00 158.52
  6   472     MATS ANDERSSON      + 1.4384  9.3279  9.3279  00.00 149.12
  7   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.0981  9.3917  9.3917  00.00 148.68
  8   34      IAN HOOK            + 0.0826  9.4727  9.4727  00.00 108.04
  9   1000    RICHARD BILLINGS    + 1.7621  9.8406  9.8406  00.00 163.08

* = Disqualified 
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19:10

Super Comp qualifying after session 4

0.008 RT by Paul Letchford in the third pair and up from #6 to #3.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 19:10:28                              5  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   7       PETE CRESWELL       - 0.3874  8.9019  0.0019  08.90 154.20
  2   6       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0407  8.9213  0.0213  08.90 147.67
  3   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0084  8.9286  0.0286  08.90 147.20
  4   1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0436  8.9406  0.0406  08.90 155.27
  5   424     JON GILES           + 0.0546  8.9464  0.0464  08.90 146.18
  6   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0346  8.9686  0.0686  08.90 151.65
  7   456     SHAUN LATHAM        + 0.1860  8.9990  0.0990  08.90 149.60
  8   167     MARK FAIRHURST      + 0.0855  9.0052  0.1052  08.90 154.16
  9   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   - 0.0015  9.2028  0.3028  08.90 141.67
 10   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.3345  9.9998  1.0998  08.90 120.28
 11   298     STEVE WELLS         + 0.1998 11.0739  2.1739  08.90  69.97

* = Disqualified 
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18:45

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

Martin Hill followed the NFAA Test and Tune with a 6.2076/251.75 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. Eric Teboul was next up with a 5.5509/196.23 on his Rocket Bike. 3.7055/211.74 at the eighth.

Back in to qualifying, Super Comp next up.

18:30

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association Test and Tune (left lane first):

Adam Gleadow 7.7901/178.53, Joe Bond 6.3052/207.09; Nick Davies 9.1941/157.40 bye

Fantastic run for Joe. 1.0135 to sixty, 4.0615/176.11 to the eighth, the altered moving left and right but Joe hung on to it. 1.3047 to sixty for Adam, 5.0554/142.97 to the eighth. Nick's first outing in the Chaos Fuel Altered, scheduled for 300 feet or so. Tyres up in smoke at the hit, a pedal then back on the gas all the way - that was I think the straightest run I have seen Chaos make.

18:20

Pro Fuel Shootout qualifying session 2 (left lane first):

Gordon Smith 5.6208/248.08 bye; Risto Poutiainen 10.8533/67.12, Jari Halinen 12.8894/57.17; Duncun Micallef 16.6860/64.89 bye

Superb clean run for Gordon. 1.0886 to sixty, straight as you like, no sign of shake. 3,8553/224.75 at the eighth, shut off at about 1100 feet and chutes opening in the traps. Straight blackstripes right the way down the lane. Two attempts to start Risto's motor, a huge ball of flame out of the right side as it started for the second time, probably just the petrol from the primer. Very brief burnout by Risto so as not to keep Jari waiting too long and his crew did the post-burnout checks very quickly. 0.8907 to sixty for Risto and 0.8804 for Jario, synchronised shake and tyre smoke and both off the throttle at the same time.

1000-foot licencing pass for Duncun, not participating in the Shootout. Tyres up in smoke at the hit and Duncun pedalled once and shut off.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Risto Poutiainen +12.4763
  2. Gordon Smith +16.2383
  3. Jari Halinen +25.6300

18:05

MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first):

Wayne Nicholson 8.3754/123.89 bye; Roger Moore 6.9023/209.12, Andy Frost 7.3640/216.88; Kev Slyfield 7.3007/204.40, Jean Dulamon 7.3007/173.70; Andy Wright 7.0249/193.87, Graham Ellis no time

1.0774 to sixty for Wayne but as long as the car was under power it was pulling left. A pedal and the 'Vette went left again and then we saw the right side of the car as Wayne corrected at about the eighth. 4.9869.130.65 at the eighth, already off it at that point. But Wayne is now in the ladder. Nice run for Roger, not much sign of shake, 1.2889 to sixty and 4.5631/167.29 at the eighth. Tyre shake at the hit for Andy F, a brief pedal and off he went, 5.0494/161.3 at the eighth. Identical ETs for Kev and Jean. Kev going great guns to begin with, 1.4502 to sixty feet, the Coupe moving around but Kev stayed with it until he had to pedal briefly. 4.8530/156.74 at at the eighth. Great 1.0812 sixty for Jean, smoke and flame from his exhausts though, 4.6793/153.21 at the eighth and shu it off a touch early. Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham up on the revs for a long time and eventually left, just before the Tree ran. 1.1020 to sixty for Andy, 4.5692/154.15 at the eighth, a slight feather of the throttle in the second half, nice run.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Graham Ellis 6.7274/207.99
  2. Roger Moore 6.9023/209.12
  3. Andy Wright 7.0249/193.87
  4. Kev Slyfield 7.3007/204.40
  5. Jean Dulamon 7.3007/173.70
  6. Andy Frost 7.3640/216.88
  7. Wayne Nicholson 8.3754/123.89
  8. Steve Hall 9.2988/116.09

17:55

Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first):

Job Heezen 6.5101/211.13 bye; Steve Woollatt shut off, bye; Ian King 6.6767/185.88, Rene van den Berg 7.0112/205.22

Fantastic first full pass for Job on Ton and Vincent Pels' Supertwin. 1.2389 to sixty riding through shake, front wheel came down just before the eighth 4.2907/182.12, some smoke from the motor as Job shut it off. Steve's motor sounded as if it was misfiring during the burnout, shut it off before returning.

Quick sweep of the track and then Ian and Rene faced off. 1.0826 to sixty for Ian to Rene's 1.1722. Ian's bike squatted down and went, 4.2986/174.86 at the eighth just after the front wheel touched down. 4.6570/167.95 to the eighth for Rene. Ian looked to shut off at about 1100 feet, Rene stayed with it but there was a lof of smoke from his motor on the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Job Heezen 6.5101/211.13
  2. Ian King 6.6767/185.88
  3. Rene van den Berg 7.0112/205.22

17:40

Top Methanol qualifying session 2 (left lane first):

Danny Bellio 7.1972/130.53 bye; Chris Polidano 5.6962/267.20, Steph Milam 7.4743/212.91

Danny running in a new chassis hence the early shut-off in session 1. Looked like a few problems getting out of reverse after the burnout but all sorted with a bit of rocking from the crew. Another nice-looking pass, 1.0116 to sixty, blackstriping but looked like the minimum of shake. 3.9953/157.37 at the eighth and already shut off at that point. Next up Steph v Chris, this Chris' first Top Methanol run with someone in the other lane. Great run by Chris, 1.0945 to sixty, 3.8946/214.93 at the eighth, straight as you like. Chris' 267.20 backed up by his Q1 speed for a new UK speed record, well done Chris! 1.3564 to sixty for Steph, 5.1201/145.29 at the eighth, a move to the left off the start line but Steph had it covered. Big speed for Steph.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Chris Polidano 5.6962/267.20
  2. Danny Bellio 7.1972/130.53
  3. Steph Milam 7.4743/212.91

17:25

Super Pro ET qualifying after session 4

Pat Talbot into #1 spot on her second pass back from the team's time out, +0.001, well done Pat, Steve and the guys! John Atkinson up into #3 in the other lane. This really was Breakout City, this session. 7.7830 PB for Ian Powell, on a 7.87 dial-in but his crew didn't look too worried about the breakout, nice one Ian! It all comes together for Jayne Kay as she smashes her Personal Best into next week, 7.4421/182.79, well done Jayne! PB in the next pass too, 7.8612 breakout for Dave Catton on a 7.90 dial-in, well done Dave! Breakout for Nick Good, too, 6.9530 on a 7.00 dial-in. 0.004 RT for Dave Ward, in the other lane Rod Harrison went 7.1485 on a 7.35 dial-in. "6.6?" and a smiley face on Martyn Jones' rear wing. Not this time, jumped the beams as the lights ran and then a brief hesitation. Big move for Norbert Schneider, #19 to #8 in the next pair. Bernard Saz shut off for a fluid leak next run, a huge puddle under the car after the burnout. Maikel of our streaming service provider Doyousee.me reported from his grandstand seat that Bernard's fire extinguisher went off.

Jack Brewster making his first run of the weekend after his starter motor broke, one of Carla Pittau's legendary overnight trips home sorted that problem as she and Rick just happened to have a new starter back at the Heaven and Hell Racing base. Scott Hauser into the sevens, breakout 7.9981 on an 8.04 dial-in, meanwhile Jack's Firebird was swayin left and right and he eventually got off the throttle. Paul Marston in the penultimate run of the session pulled more-than-perfect 8.9500 on an 8.95 dial-in, winning the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award and taking #1 spot, well done Paul! £50 for the very recently fifty-year-old. Jim Draper closed Super Pro ET with his first run in the Reckless Rat blown-alcohol altered. Launch and on and off the throttle, checkout pass.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 17:29:16                              8  SUPER PRO ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2000    PAUL MARSTON        + 0.4666  8.9500  0.0000  08.95 150.04
  2   340     PAT TALBOT          + 0.0584  7.9013  0.0013  07.90 169.80
  3   5       IAN POWELL          + 0.0015  7.8771  0.0071  07.87 170.40
  4   1       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.0808  8.8958  0.0158  08.88 152.58
  5   3001    SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.0990  8.0670  0.0170  08.05 163.62
  6   251     DAVE CATTON         - 0.0442  8.0949  0.0349  08.06 169.76
  7   96      DAVE NELSON         + 0.1638  9.0335  0.0435  08.99 143.44
  8   7245    DEBORAH LAUGHER     + 0.0221  8.9034  0.0734  08.83 148.60
  9   913     NORBERT SCHNEIDER   + 0.0147  8.1326  0.1326  08.00 166.03
 10   307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.2920  7.6232  0.2732  07.35 176.37
 11   258     DAVE WARD           + 0.1053  8.4511  0.3511  08.10 148.55
 12   474     ASHLEY BELL         + 0.5980  9.3614  0.3714  08.99 130.22
 13   200     STEVE JOHNSON       + 0.1284  7.4989  0.3989  07.10 182.85
 14   4       PETER WALTERS       + 0.0593  8.9261  0.4061  08.52 135.68
 15   570     VINCE GIBBS         + 0.1232  7.9490  0.5490  07.40 140.31
 16   154     ROY WILDING         + 0.1324  8.6113  0.5513  08.06 141.25
 17   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.6465  8.0066  0.9066  07.10 107.90
 18   453     MARTYN JONES        - 0.0562  7.7604  1.1604  06.60 188.99
 19   543     JACK BREWSTER       - 0.0083  9.7563  1.3263  08.43  95.47
 20   1993    JAYNE KAY           + 0.0118  9.3899  1.3799  08.01 169.75
 21   161     STEVE SAUNDERS      + 0.1344 11.4801  2.7101  08.77  73.79
 22   327     JIM DRAPER          + 0.5886 10.7230  4.7230  06.00  83.78

* = Disqualified 
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Next up is this afternoon's Pro session.

16:40

Pro ET qualifying after session 4

0.004 RT by Terry Robins in the third pair, 0.007 by Billy Gane towards the end of the session and into #1 spot +0.004 on dial-in. Close to the money! 8.872 for Roy Walker on a 9.00 dial-in, another PB, well done Roy! The top twenty are separated by 0.081.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 16:40:40                              9  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0072 10.1842  0.0042  10.18 130.97
  2   2       PAUL BROWN          + 0.2212  9.0049  0.0049  09.00 147.10
  3   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.4791 10.3610  0.0110  10.35 126.22
  4   8       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0870  9.2136  0.0136  09.20 147.64
  5   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0538 10.4372  0.0172  10.42 128.73
  6   542     KEITH HERBERT       - 0.0016  9.8890  0.0190  09.87 133.29
  7   9       CARLA PITTAU        + 0.0402  9.7302  0.0202  09.71 136.07
  8   731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0575 11.4078  0.0278  11.38 118.83
  9   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.2700 11.9187  0.0287  11.89 109.63
 10   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.3305  9.9302  0.0302  09.90 132.16
 11   62      MARIUS BLACKBURN    + 0.2943  9.1614  0.0314  09.13 141.23
 12   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0572  9.6633  0.0333  09.63 138.58
 13   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0900  9.6144  0.0344  09.58 136.85
 14   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.3396  9.7369  0.0369  09.70 139.06
 15   6       MIKE LACEY          + 0.1437  9.2401  0.0401  09.20 144.82
 16   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.2945 10.6923  0.0423  10.65 123.18
 17   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.1174  9.3060  0.0560  09.25 144.80
 18   1       RICK MCCANN         + 0.0043 10.3387  0.0587  10.28 126.50
 19   358     SIMON INNES         - 0.1688 11.8561  0.0761  11.78 111.64
 20   723     GORDON NORTHWAY     + 0.1684  9.5919  0.0819  09.51 137.26
 21   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0018 10.0007  0.1007  09.90 134.12
 22   510     TERRY ROBINS        + 0.0046  9.6260  0.1060  09.52 140.68
 23   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1988 10.1369  0.1569  09.98 134.84
 24   299     AMANDA COX          - 0.0629  9.9957  0.1957  09.80 132.47
 25   315     NIGEL GREEN         + 0.0254 10.9124  0.2624  10.65 103.73
 26   625     BOBBY WALLACE       + 0.0402 10.9299  0.4299  10.50 125.44
 27   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.4538 11.3717  0.4717  10.90 112.08
 28   430     ROY WALKER          + 0.0386 11.1820  1.8820  09.30 102.65
 29   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.2064 15.5504  3.5604  11.99  62.46
 30   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.8810 11.0545 -0.1255  11.18 121.06

* = Disqualified 
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16:25

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying after session 3

Callum Swinchatt up from #21 to #4 in the second pair. Next big move was by Saskia Jell, up from #21 to #12.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 16:23:57                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   18      GREGORY ROBINS      + 0.0034  9.4666  0.5666  08.90  68.42
  2   2       RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0188  8.2543  0.3543  07.90  81.67
  3   35      IVANA VAN DEN BERG  + 0.0275  8.8356  0.9356  07.90  70.26
  4   19      CALLUM SWINCHATT    + 0.0295  9.2998  1.3998  07.90  67.30
  5   11      AARON FENSOME       + 0.0338  8.3339  0.4339  07.90  78.82
  6   36      SAMUEL HOLLAND VIL  + 0.0407  9.3355  0.4355  08.90  71.26
  7   10      JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0417  8.2676  0.3676  07.90  80.50
  8   1       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0511  8.0644  0.1644  07.90  79.93
  9   4       BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0630  8.1315  0.2315  07.90  81.08
 10   5       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0636  9.8740  0.9740  08.90  66.71
 11   38      RUARIDH HART        + 0.0731 18.1587  5.2587  12.90  31.73
 12   22      SASKIA JELL         + 0.0853 18.0529  9.1529  08.90  33.70
 13   17      THOMAS COOK ABBOTT  + 0.0856 15.8985  2.9985  12.90  38.15
 14   8       STACEY REED         + 0.1215  7.8688 -0.0312  07.90  83.46
 15   15      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.1231 15.6542  2.7542  12.90  37.52
 16   9       PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.1358  8.2207  0.3207  07.90  78.15
 17   16      HARRY ELLIOTT       + 0.1814  8.2849  0.3849  07.90  68.57
 18   129     ANTON SCHEIDER      + 0.1856  7.9761  0.0761  07.90  81.52
 19   24      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.2055 13.3201  0.4201  12.90  46.27
 20   21      BILLY RINGER        + 0.2085  9.7373  0.8373  08.90  70.79
 21   14      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.2312  9.8293  0.9293  08.90  66.81
 22   31      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.2821 14.2083  1.3083  12.90  37.82
 23   32      CALLUM BRADSHAW     - 0.1330  8.4265  0.5265  07.90  78.68

* = Disqualified 
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16:10

Sportsman ET qualifying after session 3

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Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   252     SARA UNSWORTH       + 0.2182 12.0013  0.0013  12.00 119.15
  2   713     SEAN ARMSTRONG      + 0.1264 16.2490  0.0490  16.20  80.65
  3   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.1570 17.7561  0.0561  17.70  76.17
  4   666     DON BRITTAIN        - 0.0819 14.7339  0.0939  14.64  94.27
  5   615     STEVE TAYLOR        - 0.0399 13.2027  0.1027  13.10  99.04
  6   711     JOE RICHARDS        + 0.1448 16.3212  0.1212  16.20  86.49
  7   93      RICHARD EACOCK      + 1.7373 13.1310  0.1510  12.98 107.67
  8   524     NICK HALE           + 0.5091 13.0610  0.1610  12.90 102.54
  9   436     NIGEL HALE          - 0.1086 12.9699  0.1699  12.80 100.93
 10   440     RICKY HALE          + 0.2890 14.9374  0.2374  14.70  91.57
 11   763     IAN JACKSON         + 0.0557 14.1041  0.2641  13.84 100.29
 12   92      TETHYS              + 0.0782 18.3615  0.4115  17.95  74.06
 13   55      NICOLE PARKER       + 0.1381 13.4380  0.6380  12.80 110.95
 14   768     STEPHEN MOISEY      - 0.3743 13.4274  0.8274  12.60 108.16
 15   104     DAVID WITHINGTON    + 0.8414 24.9727  5.1727  19.80  37.66

* = Disqualified 
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16:00

JDS Street qualifying after session 3

Excellent pass from Rob Blackshaw to consolidate his #1 spot.

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07/04/2012 15:57:49                              22  JDS STREET        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   3       ROB BLACKSHAW       + 1.1972  9.1592  9.1592  00.00 152.14
  2   8       JEFF LUDGATE        + 0.4166  9.2316  9.2316  00.00 150.64
  3   1       JAMES WILLDAY       + 0.3940  9.7911  9.7911  00.00 157.96
  4   158     MARK NEWMAN         + 3.9204 11.7747 11.7747  00.00 123.19
  5   4       DAVID GREENHALGH    + 3.8255 13.7617 13.7617  00.00 100.30
  6   576     ANDRE GYSLER        + 1.9167 13.7704 13.7704  00.00  99.48
  7   9       JOHN STOCKER        + 0.8502 17.3821 17.3821  00.00  62.61

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JDS Pro qualifying after session 3

Looked from here like a blue line violation for John Bradshaw's crew, and indeed Chief Starter Ian Marshall said as much on the track radio so John's 9.0789 run DQ'd.

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07/04/2012 18:55:31                              12  JDS PRO           
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       LEON GREEN          + 3.0720  7.7092  7.7092  00.00 191.34

* = Disqualified 
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15:50

Wild Bunch qualifying after session 3

Eurodragster.com sponsors Pete and Ed Yates up into #5 from #8 in the first pair. Dave Williams into #2 spot from #6 next run. Great burnout by Ian Turburville but then shut off for a fluid leak on the way back from the burnout. In the other lane Dave Nelson moved up to #5 from #8.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/04/2012 15:52:24                              20  WILD BUNCH        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   40      DARREN LAW          + 0.1034  9.2580  0.0180  09.24 144.39
  2   3       DAVE WILLIAMS       + 0.3460 11.5540  0.0540  11.50 115.07
  3   91      BOB HAWKINS         + 0.2117  8.5660  0.0660  08.50 156.30
  4   1       ADAM PRICE          + 0.2235  9.4260  0.0760  09.35 135.75
  5   961     DAVE NELSON         + 0.5205  9.0751  0.0851  08.99 146.78
  6   4       CHRIS HARTNELL      + 0.2022  9.3110  0.3610  08.95 143.85
  7   9       PETER YATES         + 0.5094  9.7964  0.3864  09.41 135.77
  8   67      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1556 10.8067  0.7067  10.10 130.91
  9   8       MARK COULSELL       + 0.2355 10.0492  0.7492  09.30 125.83

* = Disqualified 
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14:35

The rain has stopped and the track crew are hard at work on getting the surface back to racing condition.

In the meantime we have real problems with the broadband line on which the webcam runs. We are currently broadcasting via an alternative route so hopefully all will be OK for the rest of today.

13:40

The internet router crapped out again, which stopped the webcam service, for which apologies.

Junior Drag Bike qualifying after session 3

0.008 RT for Louis Davies in the first pair.

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07/04/2012 13:42:02                              2  JUNIOR DRAG BIKE  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   7       LOUIS DAVIES        + 0.5728 10.4879  0.0079  10.48  60.21
  2   3       JASMIN CORDELLE     + 0.2765 10.9665  0.1465  10.82  55.62
  3   4       BRETT CORDELLE      + 0.2701  8.7527  0.1527  08.60  69.39
  4   11      JAKE CHARMAN        + 0.2807 10.5006  0.2206  10.28  64.86
  5   10      JORDON BISSELL      + 0.2694  8.4706  0.2206  08.25  76.42
  6   6       CONOR MEEHAN        + 0.1921 11.2504  0.2604  10.99  58.81
  7   1       SCOTT COLLIER       - 0.0256  9.0520  0.3520  08.70  74.33
  8   2       ALFIE UDALL         + 0.5227 11.6987  0.7187  10.98  71.29

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We're on hold again for rain. Stay tuned.

13:35

8.50 Bike qualifying after session 3

Steve Venables popped up to tell is that daughter Jemma was to have a tilt at a seven-second pass in this session. He said that if so then Jemma will be the first woman outside the USA to clock a seven-second pass on a street bike. Jemma and Phil Bloomfield were shut off for light rain on the first attempt, but on the second attempt she did it, 7.9892/188.94, well done Jemma!

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07/04/2012 13:36:58                              19  8.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   295     JEMMA VENABLES      + 0.4215  8.5328  0.0328  08.50 159.60
  2   1       MICK WINYARD        + 0.3101  8.6645  0.1645  08.50 171.11
  3   21      GARY DRURY          + 0.4453  8.6770  0.1770  08.50 169.82
  4   653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.8326  8.6789  0.1789  08.50 170.46
  5   398     PETER AUSTIN        + 0.5922  8.7264  0.2264  08.50 171.09
  6   10      EDDY SMILEY         + 0.2165  8.7309  0.2309  08.50 164.84
  7   698     ANDY HEAD           + 0.5740  9.1116  0.6116  08.50 165.48
  8   71      JOSEPH ELLIOTT      + 0.2057  9.2043  0.7043  08.50 144.83
  9   422     MARK SLADE          + 0.1416  9.2744  0.7744  08.50 150.05
 10   311     AUGY HARRISON       + 0.1103  9.2947  0.7947  08.50 157.99
 11   8       MARTIN WILSON       + 0.1857  9.5078  1.0078  08.50 166.07
 12   712     DAVE THOMAS         + 0.6507  9.6881  1.1881  08.50 114.95
 13   5       PHIL BLOOMFIELD     + 0.5548  9.8830  1.3830  08.50 140.75
 14   644     JAKE MECHAELL       + 3.0112 10.1539  1.6539  08.50 136.13

* = Disqualified 
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13:20

Apologies for the break in webcam service. Our router stopped working.

Comp Bike qualifying after session 3

Harold Wolfenden up to #3 in the first run of the session. Next run and Paul Wing pushed back as we had rain in the air.

Last pair of the session and Phil Crossley moved up to #1 spot.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/04/2012 13:20:30                              16  COMP BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   4       PHIL CROSSLEY       + 0.2085  8.0695  8.0695  00.00 167.30
  2   3       PHILIP LEAMON       + 0.0728  8.2864  8.2864  00.00 157.38
  3   9       TONY CLARK          + 0.1700  8.3288  8.3288  00.00 162.56
  4   2       HAROLD WOLFENDEN    + 0.7681  8.6309  8.6309  00.00 164.26
  5   8       NICK MILBURN        + 1.1660  8.7561  8.7561  00.00 151.57
  6   16      PAUL WING           + 0.3522  9.0793  9.0793  00.00 154.74
  7   42      ALAN DAVIES         + 0.3961 11.9992 11.9992  00.00 106.29

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13:00

Funny Bike qualifying after session 3

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/04/2012 12:55:46                              14  FUNNY BIKE        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   9       MIKE OLIE           + 0.3606  8.8791  8.8791  00.00 155.76
  2   24      DALE LEEKS          + 0.4320  9.0232  9.0232  00.00 145.22
  3   3       ALAN YOUNG          + 0.2526  9.0867  9.0867  00.00 147.67
  4   23      KARS VAN DEN BELT   + 0.8802  9.8451  9.8451  00.00 125.11
  5   6       MAARTEN ZIJLSTRA    + 0.5301 12.6121 12.6121  00.00  69.38

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Pro Stock Bike qualifying after session 3

Improvement for Len Paget but still the smoke from the motor in the second half. Nice first run for Kev Charman on Richard Gipp's PSB and this is a good time to say thanks to Lizz McCarthy for the birthday cake. It's Lizz' birthday on Tuesday but we're eating the cake today. Thanks also to Mel Smith for the box of chocolates.

First outing for Mark Smith on the Draper Tools-sponsored PSB. Lost fire after the burnout and then pushed back.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 12:59:51                              15  PRO STOCK BIKE    
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       LEONARD PAGET       + 0.8262  7.6451  7.6451  00.00 171.72
  2   5       KEV CHARMAN         + 1.2614  8.5292  8.5292  00.00 139.97

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12:50

9.50 Bike qualifying after session 3

Dave Smart in at #2 with his first pass of the weekend. Two pairs later Eurodragster.com sponsor Fred Furlong took #1 spot.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/04/2012 12:52:14                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       FRED FURLONG        + 0.1274  9.5064  0.0064  09.50 133.36
  2   587     PHIL PRATT          + 0.3074  9.5269  0.0269  09.50 120.89
  3   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1808  9.5400  0.0400  09.50 121.22
  4   367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.3803  9.5625  0.0625  09.50 133.26
  5   368     STEWART ASHBY       + 0.1747  9.5801  0.0801  09.50 143.88
  6   5       PAUL FURLONG        + 2.6982  9.7096  0.2096  09.50 141.62
  7   598     SHAUN SPIERS        + 0.3543  9.7799  0.2799  09.50 144.80
  8   121     LEIGH RUSSON        + 0.2476  9.9376  0.4376  09.50 144.31
  9   375     ANDY BURFITT        + 0.0534 10.0418  0.5418  09.50 133.33
 10   8       AARON SPARKS        + 0.2448 10.0802  0.5802  09.50 143.39
 11   369     MARK HALES          + 0.6003 10.2877  0.7877  09.50 145.22
 12   218     PAUL COOMBS         + 1.0920 10.7884  1.2884  09.50 121.21
 13   330     BRENDAN YOUNG       + 0.7147 11.1400  1.6400  09.50 118.26
 14   30      JAMIE SNEDDON       + 0.3781 11.2100  1.7100  09.50 134.52
 15   632     ROBERT CUTHBERTSON  + 0.6160 11.9667  2.4667  09.50 105.70
 16   313     STEVE WHITING       + 0.4053 15.0745  5.5745  09.50  89.07
 17   82      DAVE HALL           + 0.1992  9.4309 -0.0691  09.50 149.60

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12:40

Nostalgia Funny Car demonstration

Wendy Baker 7.8035/133.73 bye

1.2273 to sixty for Wendy, sounded like the car lost drive at the eighth 4.6630/141.72, the motor note started to rise and Wendy shut it off.

12:35

Pro Fuel Shootout qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Risto Poutiainen 11.6230/71.74 bye; Jari Halinen 22.7406/47.55, Gordon Smith 21.3715/78.86;

Index basis again this year, 5.00 for Top Fuel and 5.35 for Funny Car, and three best ETs count. Twenty five-second penalty for non-appearance. The Shootout is being contested over the quarter mile.

0.9029 to sixty for Risto and the tyres were already shaking by then. Risto shut it off about 80 feet out just as the tyres started to smoke. 100-foot burnout by Gordon in the MPM Oil, Marshall and Smokehead FC. Gordon on the line a very long time before Jari pulled forward, Chief Starter Ian Marshall signalling him to come in. 0.3911 RT for Gordon, -0.1108 for Jari. Both cars' tyres up in smoke at the hit.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Risto Poutiainen +6.6230
  2. Gordon Smith +15.9675
  3. Jari Halinen +17.7406

12:20

MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first):

Wayne Nicholson no time, Roger Moore 14.6878/68.49; Jean Dulamon 7.6573/193.05, Andy Wright 7.2718/177.78; Andy Frost 8.9035/219.29, Steve Hall 15.8615/56.31; Graham Ellis 7.5340/208.17, Kev Slyfield 7.3442/203.33

Wayne's 'Vette jumped through the stage beams, he hit the throttle and took off on quite a wild run, the car getting very close to the guardrail towards the top end. 1.1645 to sixty for Roger but the Viper made a hard move to the right and he shut it off. 1.3104 to sixty for Jean, 5.1069/146.70 at the eighth, straight pass, flash of flame from the exhaust as he shut it off. 1.1130 to sixty for Andy W, the Coupe going very straight in the first eighth, 4.5545/144.85 at the eighth and a short pedal as the car made a move. Andy W up to second with that run. Andy F crept the beams as he spooled the turbo up so not much to be made of the incrementals, but 173.06 mph at the eighth and check out that huge terminal speed - from a street car! A small bit of shake off the line, but Andy drove through it and the Vauxhall went straight as you like. Steve's tyres went up in smoke at the hit, a couple of pedals and off it. Shakefest for both Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham and Kev. 1,1359 to sixty for Kev and 1.2197 for Graham. Kev's Coupe made a move for the guardrail but he stayed with it. Graham's passenger side door flapped open as he pedalled. 5.1062/147.623 to the eighth for Graham and 4.9097/156.35 for Kev, Kev there first by 0.0177 and up to third spot.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Graham Ellis 6.7274/207.99
  2. Andy Wright 7.2718/177.78
  3. Kev Slyfield 7.3442/203.33
  4. Andy Frost 7.3660/195.42
  5. Jean Dulamon 7.6503/198.89
  6. Steve Hall 9.2988/116.09
  7. Roger Moore 14.6878/68.49

12:10

Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Job Heezen 11.2850/72.45 bye; Rene van den Berg 7.1825/189.79 bye; Ian King 9.0772/102.09 bye; Chris Hannam shut off bye

Job's first run on Ton and Vincent Pels' bike. 1.1418 to sixty riding through shake, tyre up in smoke and motor started to zing about 250 feet out and Job shut it off. Nice run for Rene to open his account. 1.1837 to sixty and 4.7945/16.606 at the eighth, very straight pass. 1.0993 to sixty for Ian, riding through shake but shut off not far past sixty feet as the bike made a move. Chris shut the bike off on the way back from the burnout.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Rene van den Berg 7.1825/189.79
  2. Ian King 9.0772/102.09
  3. Job Heezen 11.2850/72.45

12:00

Top Methanol qualifying session 1 (left lane first):

Chris Polidano 5.7702/265.24 bye; Steph Milam 8.1681/178.53, Danny Bellio 7.6571/126.30

Fantastic opener for Chris. 1.0837 to sixty, shake marks between 200 and 300 feet but Chris drove though it. 3.9428/212.59 at the eighth, very straight pass. Well done Chris! I am guessing checkouts fot Steph and Danny. Languis launch for Steph, 1.6224 to sixty, Danny's much better at 1.0682. 4.3133/144.89 at the eighth for Danny and shut off. 5.5738/149.12 at the eighth for Steph, feathering the throttle but staying on the power.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Chris Polidano 5.7702/265.24
  2. Danny Bellio 7.6571/126.30
  3. Steph Milam 8.1681/178.53

11:55

Super Street Bike qualifying after session 3

Dave Smith up from #7 to #3 first pair. Big speed for Steve Venables next pair, 197.94, but lost time with a screeching tyre at the hit. Big move for Graham Dance next pair, #13 to #3. Next pair and Dave Smith consolidated his #1 spot with a big improvement. Danny Cockerill slotted in behind him next pair, up from #16 to #2.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 11:53:09                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       DAVE HOLLAND        + 0.1757  7.5644  7.5644  00.00 190.60
  2   14      DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.1354  7.7078  7.7078  00.00 172.39
  3   1       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.1395  7.7508  7.7508  00.00 184.37
  4   2       GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2656  7.7994  7.7994  00.00 179.22
  5   12      DAVE SMITH          + 0.2418  7.9024  7.9024  00.00 192.11
  6   10      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.1264  7.9249  7.9249  00.00 181.36
  7   19      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.1947  7.9893  7.9893  00.00 164.24
  8   9       RICHARD HANN        + 0.1604  8.0332  8.0332  00.00 179.93
  9   5       CHRIS REED          + 0.4323  8.0343  8.0343  00.00 188.20
 10   11      MARK WELLS          + 0.1081  8.0365  8.0365  00.00 178.51
 11   4       WAYNE SAUNDERS      + 0.2030  8.0931  8.0931  00.00 185.83
 12   15      PETE FIELD          + 0.1407  8.1402  8.1402  00.00 166.13
 13   7       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2018  8.3247  8.3247  00.00 171.09
 14   3       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1302  8.3793  8.3793  00.00 196.29
 15   16      STEVE WOOD          + 0.3984  8.8665  8.8665  00.00 161.39
 16   26      IAN COTTON          + 0.5030  9.3414  9.3414  00.00 163.66

* = Disqualified 
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11:40

Super Gas qualifying after session 3

Problem for Martin Curbishley first pair, shut off immediately after launching and pulled over. Fantastic driving job by Richie Webb in his VW, way out of shape in the second half, calmly put the chute out and got it straight and moved up to #4 into the bargain. Nice one Richie. Great run for Eurodragster.com decal sponsor Paul Foote, up from #11 to #4, everything come together for the beautiful pick-up. Today's first tilt at the Eurodragster.com/ModUrStang Perfect Light Award by Stuart Morrice, 0.001 RT. Jon Morton in at #6 in the other lane.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/04/2012 11:41:17                              6  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   540     GUIDO UHLIR         + 0.2917  9.9124  0.0124  09.90 146.17
  2   164     PETER CRESWELL      + 0.0423  9.9138  0.0138  09.90 146.70
  3   42      STEVE DUNN          + 0.0721  9.9256  0.0256  09.90 143.95
  4   1956    PAUL FOOTE          + 0.0836  9.9297  0.0297  09.90 134.03
  5   6030    RICHARD WEBB        + 0.3156  9.9534  0.0534  09.90  89.43
  6   2       JON MORTON          + 0.1058  9.9682  0.0682  09.90 147.67
  7   648     JON TURNER          + 0.7120  9.9875  0.0875  09.90 135.22
  8   603     RICK JOHNSON        + 0.4463 10.0104  0.1104  09.90 136.08
  9   404     NICK GRIFFIN        + 0.2385 10.0147  0.1147  09.90 135.22
 10   704     STUART DOIGNIE      - 0.2432 10.1142  0.2142  09.90 137.71
 11   424     JON GILES           + 0.1966 10.2557  0.3557  09.90 143.40
 12   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0448 10.3565  0.4565  09.90 131.78
 13   365     MARK WHITE          - 0.3897 10.4009  0.5009  09.90 134.43
 14   1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0297  9.8290 -0.0710  09.90 149.56
 15   1969    STUART MORRICE      + 0.0013  9.7815 -0.1185  09.90 141.62
 16   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1598  9.4142 -0.4858  09.90 142.04

* = Disqualified 
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11:30

VW Pro qualifying after session 3

Interesting pass for Paul Jordan, dialled in 10.50 and ran 10.4750 and that was with a long pedal and taking a long way round. I guess the dial-in will be dropping somewhat next time out. James Hodson into #1 from #8 in the second pair. Matt Attwood up from #8 to #2 on a re-run after the Christmas Tree bulbed him when he didn't move on the first attempt.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/04/2012 11:43:12                              23  VW PRO            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   108     JAMES HODSON        + 0.2184 10.5679  0.0679  10.50 138.18
  2   86      MATT ATTWOOD        + 0.1933 11.7724  0.0924  11.68 115.52
  3   103     DANNIE HIGHMAN      + 0.4944 12.1699  0.1299  12.04 120.55
  4   989     ANDY WAITE          - 0.1040 10.3534  0.1534  10.20 144.75
  5   78      DAVE BRIDGE         - 0.1209 12.8616  0.2616  12.60 101.63
  6   4       SAM YOUNG           + 0.1074 10.2651  0.2651  10.00 124.06
  7   64      PAUL HERBERT        + 0.1794 12.3261  0.3361  11.99 116.22
  8   102     BRUCE COLLINS       + 0.6595 14.2037  1.9137  12.29  92.55
  9   204     GRAEME FREEMAN      + 0.4105 17.7386  5.2386  12.50  69.90
 10   110     PAUL JORDAN         + 0.7296 10.4750 -0.0250  10.50 136.53

* = Disqualified 
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VW Sportsman qualifying after session 3

Yvonne, Kirstie and Spencer Tramm asked us to say a big Happy 65th Birthday to husband and dad Steve Tramm. Have a great day Steve.

Great pass for Andy Voce, up from #9 to #1 first pair. Dean Clatworthy took over the lead next pair.

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                Easter Thunderball 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/04/2012 11:33:07                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   20      DEAN CLATWORTHY     + 0.4965 15.6480  0.0480  15.60  83.62
  2   129     ANDY VOCE           + 0.0254 16.9493  0.0493  16.90  83.16
  3   36      LUKE STEVENSON      - 0.1163 14.5543  0.1043  14.45  89.59
  4   61      SPENCER TRAMM       - 0.0595 16.0896  0.1596  15.93  84.09
  5   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.1053 15.0657  0.3657  14.70  91.55
  6   97      ABI TETHER          + 0.1266 16.5295  0.5295  16.00  86.85
  7   90      DENNIS COX          + 0.2184 15.9678  0.8178  15.15  86.97
  8   237     JAMES LONDON        - 0.0795 15.8737  1.1737  14.70  84.57
  9   210     STEVE PUGH          + 0.4486 18.1671  1.3671  16.80  71.35

* = Disqualified 
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10:30

Apologies for the break in webcam service which was caused by a power failure.

The strip is dry and being sledded and from here it looks like finishing touches on the shutdown area. Stay tuned.

09:00

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

The Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and streaming live video and commentary/Nitro FM until the track closes.

Right now it's a question of the track opening as we had rain and then drizzle overnight. The drizzle has stopped and the track crew are already out there working hard to get rid of the water.

Your reporter would like to say a big Thank You to the guys at M&S Ambulance Services for their help last night. You've heard enough of my problems already this weekend so I won't bore you with the details but M&S Ambulance Services, you are the best. Thanks.

Stay tuned and when we have an update about the start of racing we will bring it to you.


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