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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 18:30 Simon has posted another set of pit notes and we have posted today's gallery which contains 215 pictures, including the ever-popular top end shots. You can check out pit notes and gallery via the Event Index. If you do not see all 215 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Tune back tomorrow and we'll bring you all the news from qualifying and Sportsman eliminations. 16:50 The Heaven and Hell Pro ET team are urgently seeking an inner tube for a 32" by 14½" by 15" rim slick. If you can help then please see Carla or Rick in the Heaven and Hell pit. Super Gas qualifying after session 8 Mark White in at #8 with his first run of the event.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
That's qualifying done for today. Stay tuned as Simon is working on more pit notes and we have today's gallery for you although the gallery will be a couple of hours yet. 16:45 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 8 Big wheelie for Brian Payne in the first run of the session but didn't take much ET off, 8.0924. New PB for Andy Bond in the bext pair, well done Andy! Colin Lazenby deeper into the sevens and up from #7 to #4 two pairs later.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2012 16:46:13 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 1000 RICHARD BILLINGS + 0.1731 7.5957 7.5957 00.00 208.17
2 65 MARK TODD + 0.7691 7.6929 7.6929 00.00 178.45
3 1 BRIAN PAYNE + 0.2291 7.7320 7.7320 00.00 184.35
4 56 COLIN LAZENBY + 0.0306 7.7689 7.7689 00.00 186.59
5 507 JON WEBSTER + 0.0339 7.8468 7.8468 00.00 177.80
6 34 IAN HOOK + 0.0649 7.8925 7.8925 00.00 171.75
7 6 STUART WILLIAMS + 0.3901 7.9199 7.9199 00.00 176.37
8 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.1104 8.3704 8.3704 00.00 163.08
9 504 JEFF MEADS + 0.5390 8.4557 8.4557 00.00 170.45
10 472 MATS ANDERSSON + 3.9423 8.5033 8.5033 00.00 161.31
11 666 ANDY BOND + 0.0929 8.5869 8.5869 00.00 162.53
12 1969 BILL MACDERMID + 0.2661 8.8704 8.8704 00.00 166.67
* = Disqualified
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16:40 UEM Super Street Bike Cup qualifying after session 2 Dave Holland took over the lead only for Graham Balchin to take it back inthe last pair.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2012 16:39:05 16 SUPER STREET BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 54 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0750 7.3718 7.3718 00.00 193.77
2 63 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.4866 7.5276 7.5276 00.00 197.25
3 59 CHRIS REED + 0.2248 7.5735 7.5735 00.00 192.11
4 14 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.0018 7.6054 7.6054 00.00 177.79
5 58 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.2207 7.6075 7.6075 00.00 174.41
6 55 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.5139 7.6176 7.6176 00.00 188.21
7 57 GARRY BOWE + 0.2648 7.6244 7.6244 00.00 175.76
8 52 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3430 7.6285 7.6285 00.00 188.13
9 51 STEVE VENABLES + 0.2405 7.6551 7.6551 00.00 187.38
10 60 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2250 7.6876 7.6876 00.00 186.61
11 50 NIGEL BARKER + 0.1602 7.6933 7.6933 00.00 189.81
12 48 DAVE SMITH + 0.2302 7.7095 7.7095 00.00 161.89
13 155 MOGENS LUND + 0.0907 7.8336 7.8336 00.00 171.75
14 47 MARK WELLS + 0.2565 7.8973 7.8973 00.00 179.21
15 56 STEPHEN MEAD + 0.1771 8.0057 8.0057 00.00 166.05
16 11 NICHLAS SVERIN + 0.1850 8.1436 8.1436 00.00 174.40
17 61 ERICH GRUBER + 0.0721 8.3489 8.3489 00.00 169.19
18 166 STEFAN SCHMIDT + 0.2596 8.3952 8.3952 00.00 160.81
19 66 STEVE WOODS + 0.2748 8.5114 8.5114 00.00 167.32
20 62 PETE FIELD + 0.1488 9.4190 9.4190 00.00 96.88
* = Disqualified
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16:30 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Steve Carey 8.5248/188.22, Rene van den Berg 9.2612/105.68; Rikard Gustafsson 6.6606/193.87, Steve Woollatt 6.6715/203.24; Ian King 6.3039/227.02, Peter Svenson 5.9692/198.87 Instant tyre smoke again for Seve plus a cylinder out for good measure. Steve stayed with it and again the tyre hooked up at about the eighth 5.9416/143.38. 1,1681 to sixty for Rene, 5.1570/110.85 at the eighth as the bike tried very hard to cross the centre line, eventually had to back off. Close one between Rikard and Steve, Steve's motor stuttered momentarily at the hit. 1.1005 to sixty for Rikard and 1.2101 for Steve, 4.2596/172.25 at the eighth for Rikard to Steve's 4.3566/174.69. In the second half the TFB's power made the difference, Steve there first by 0.0627 but it was Rikard who had the improvement. Great match between Ian and Peter, Ian's sixty 1.0924 to Peter's 1.0374, Peter with the big advantage at the eighth 3.8770/203.81 to 4.1849/186.66. Ian very close to the centre line towards the finish. Improvement for Peter to consolidate his #1 spot. Qualifying after this session:
16:20 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Christian Jäger 7.3494/155.76, Roman Sixta 7.6571/171.75; Chris Hannam 7.3284/166.04, Trond H&olashiberget 15.7778/61.09; Hans Olav Olstad shut off, Samu Kemmpainen 6.6382/206.14 bye; Nate Gagnon 8.0985/113.79 bye 1.1329 fo sixty for Christian, 1.3445 for Roman. Christian sounded to be off the throttle after the eighth 4.4604, Roman not as quick at 5.0101 but stayed on it all the way. Instant tyre smoke for Trond, stayed on the throttle past the Tree then off it. 1.2017 to sixty for Cannon and 4.6296/158.48 at the eighth. Hans Olav shut off after his burnout. Samu tookt he bye, second place and a new PB, 1.1407 to sixty and 4.3833/158.95 at the eighth, almost taking out the top end reflectors. Bye for Nate to close the session, 1.1313 to sixty and then lost power before the eighth 4.4583/139.33. Qualifying after this session:
16:15 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Kev Charman 8.0607/165.45, Elvira Karlsson 7.4372/169.20; Kalle Lyrén 7.3122/177.15, Ray Debben 13.2006/89.43; Len Paget 7.6840/173.73, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2873/178.51; Martin Bishop 7.4523/177.15, Fredrik Fredlund 7.1022/185.05 Big improvement for Elvira, motor sorted I guess. 0.0548 RT, 1.1035 to sixty, 4.6603/147.50 to the eighth. No improvement for Kev. Great run for Kalle, 0.0986 RT, 1.1324 to sixty, 4.6294/150.99 at the eighth and up the ladder. Ray's motor quit on him after sixty feet. 1.1520 to sixty for Len to Gert-Jan's 1.1304, Gert-Jan had the better eighth 4.6193/150.96 to 4.8566/142.94, we thing a PB or close to it for Gert-Jan. 1.1557 to sixty for Martrin to Fredde's 1.0917, 4.7384 ti suxty to Fredde's 4,5046. Qualifying after this session:
16:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Thomas Nataas 5.9383/104.32 bye; Chris Andrews 4.1273/280.48 bye; Anita Mäkelä 4.0259/287.52, Jari Halinen 4.2204/263.08; Risto Poutiainen 4.1842/275.54, Stig Neergaard 4.8233/157.41 Carbon copy of his Q1 run for Thomas, 0.8676 to sixty driving though shake then the tyres lit up about 250 feet out and Thomas got off the gas. Superb run for Chris! 0.8820 to sixty, slight haze from the tyres, 3.2831/252.20 at the eighth, the car swaying left and right but Chris stayed on the gas all the way. Chris up one place. Maybe an optical illusion but from here it looked as if both sides of Chris' header flames were curling around the tops of the slicks. Anita up to #1 with a fantastic pass. 0.8798 to sixty, 2.2300 to 330 feet, 3.2022/257.93 at the eighth. Nice pass for Jari too, 0.8911 to sixty, 2.3061 to 330 feet, 3.3413/244.58 at the eighth. Some smoke from Jari's motor, shut off a touch early by the look of things. Some consternation around Stig's motor after it fired, seemed to be centred around the idle, at one poiont . Risto was on his way back from his burnout before Stig pulled forward but Stig only pulled a short burnout so as not to keep Risto waiting. Risto left pretty much as Ian pushed the button, -0.3398 red but not too soon to get an ET. 0.8862 to sixty for Risto, 0.9570 for Stig, smoke from Stig's motor most of the way. 3.3116/242.90 to the eighth for Risto and a shut-off 3.5145/204.33 for Stig. Qualifying after this session:
15:45 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Micke Callin 14.0282/60.39 bye; Michael Malmgren 12.1359/71.92, Ulf Wagnhester 7.0243/193.76; Thomas Lindström 6.6869/204.40, Jimmy Ålund 6.6869/207.06 Instant shake for Micke, motor zinging, off the throttle, meanwhile Conrad Stanley towed back to the pits but he has another two sessions and the car didn't even have a motor in yesterday. Awful shake for Michael with motor screaming, got off it about 70 feet out. Ulf drove through shake and stayed with it, 4.5181/155.65 at the eighth. Fantastic match-up for Thomas and Jimmy, the quickest side-by-side in European Pro Stock history and Jimmy there first by a 0.0968 to 0.1265 RT advantage. Thomas had the better sixty 1.0061 to 1.0091 and eighth 4.2878/165.32 to 4.3085/163.94. Jimmy #1 on the higher speed. Qualifying after this session:
15:35 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Freddy Fagerström 6.2448/230.48 bye; Micke Gullqvist 7.9009/157.38, Marc Meihuizen 14.9633/21.51; Wayne Nicholson 7.7247/167.91, Roger Moore 6.9502/205.16; Graham Ellis no time bye; Marcus Hilt 7.5501/177.14, Jean Dulamon 7.5243/187.34; Kev Slyfield 7.4630/177.83, Andy Wright 12.1337/55.56; Andy Frost 6.8378/174.40, Bruno Bader 6.1500/221.17; Bert-Ove Olofsson 6.0690/229.32, Devid Vegter 10.0396/87.87 400-foot burnout by Freddy and then surely a new backing-up speed record. 1.0429 to sixty, a barely perceptible pedal for shake and close to the guardrail... did he get off the pedal? Did he bog roll. 4.1217/182.07 at the eighth and chutes out in the traps. 1.1513 to sixty for Micke with tyres smoking and motor screaming, 1.0204 to sixty for Marc. Marc hit bad shake about 80 feet out and shut it off, stopped just past the finish line. Micke gave it a stab, long pause, and then got back on the gas in the second half. Not much tyre smoke for Wayne in the burnout. 1.0877 to sixty for Wyane then shake, Roger's Viper hesitated off the line and got to sixty in 1.1911. Wayne had to pedal for shake and his Vette wanted to go right most of the way, 4.9463/138.54 at the eighth. 4.5662/163.68 to the eighth for Roger, a few moves left and right but Roger stayed with it. Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham left as soon as his stage light went on, gently launch then again wound it up all the way down. Relatively gentle sixties for Marcus and Jean, 1.3176 and 1.2195 respectively. Marcus stepped off the throttle for a moment at the eighth 4.8613/144.29 but was back on it in the second half. 4.9070/149.11 to the eighth for Jean. Instant shake for both Kev and Andy, Andy had to back off as the Coupe turned hard right. Kev got back on it, 4.9046/155.22 at the eighth. 1.0978 t sixty for Frosty, 1.0213 for Bruno. 4.0125/185.42 at the eighth for Bruno, going great guns, 4.3512/168.54 for Frosty who looked to shut it off early. 1.179 to sixty for Bert-Ove driving through shake, great 3.9865/190.42 at the eighth. 0.0736 RT for David but hit bad shake and shut it off immediately. Qualifying after this session:
15:10 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Leif Andréasson 10.7585/72.30, Danny Bellio 5.9855/196.30; Ulf Leanders 10.0814/74.17, Rob Turner 6.0104/191.26 0.0776 RT for Leif but instant tyre shake and off the throttle by 300 feet. 0.9916 to sixty for Danny, driving through shake which made the Charger sway left and right, 3.8560/189.47 at the eighth and eventually put the chutes out in the second half to straighten it out. 1.0582 and shake for Ulf and shut off. 1.0214 to sixty for Rob, driving through 200 or so feet of shake, 3.8355/198.46 at the eighth then the blower panel blew and a chute deployed. Qualifying after this session:
15:05 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.4904/261.16, Krister Johansson 21.5105/28.42; Chris Polidano 5.4114/267.33, Timo Habermann 6.1998/242.54; Manty Bugeja 12.9916/62.91, Dennis Habermann 5.4070/260.57 0.0797 RT for Krister but tyres straight up in smoke and off the gas. 0.9932 to sixty for Grumpy, 3.6666/215.96 at the eighth, chutes opening in the traps. Grumpy up to #3 at that point. Chris away first 0.1023 to 0.1748 and the better sixty 0.9588 to 0.9856. Dennis' tyres started to haze but he stayed on the gas with tyres smoking to the eighth 4.1628/182.50 and dragster making moves left and right. 3.6153/218.04 to the eighth for Chris, stayed in second. 0.9446 to sixty for Manty and then tyres shook, motor zinged and he shut off. 0.9211 to sixty for Dennis, 3.5365/212.42 at the eighth, much straighter run than brother Timo. Qualifying after this session:
14:45 The Heaven and Hell Pro ET team are urgently seeking an inner tube for a 32" by 14½" by 15" rim slick. If you can help then please see Carla or Rick in the Heaven and Hell pit. Martin Hill followed Junior Dragster with a 6.0609/265.03 in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car. 4.1508/197.01 at the eighth. Super Street qualifying after session 8 Not the last qualifier for this class.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
14:35 Junior Dragster qualifying after session 8 Final qualifier for the Juniors, all-run field so everyone in round 1 tomorrow morning. Rachel Giles and Thaliah Gibb up to #2 and #7 side-by-side, fine 0.001 RT by Rachel. Didn't take her long to get back in the car did it!
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2012 14:34:50 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 5 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0004 8.0393 0.1393 07.90 81.08
2 7 RACHEL GILES + 0.0017 8.4587 0.5587 07.90 76.03
3 34 JOHN PRZYBYL + 0.0035 8.5367 0.6367 07.90 74.40
4 JFC35 IVANA VAN DEN BERG + 0.0053 9.2635 1.3635 07.90 71.92
5 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0054 8.2704 0.3704 07.90 77.22
6 2 RHIANNON BELLENIE + 0.0076 7.8739 -0.0261 07.90 82.26
7 15 THALIAH GIBB + 0.0133 15.3861 2.4861 12.90 38.14
8 4 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0168 8.2020 0.3020 07.90 79.79
9 24 BELLE WHEELER + 0.0185 13.6695 0.7695 12.90 46.36
10 13 LISA SELLES + 0.0202 8.2398 0.3398 07.90 76.81
11 9 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0204 8.1858 0.2858 07.90 77.34
12 36 SAMUEL HOLLAND-VIL + 0.0312 8.8832 -0.0168 08.90 72.37
13 8 STACEY REED + 0.0322 8.0556 0.1556 07.90 66.16
14 37 JOSEPH HOLLAND VIL + 0.0351 9.2603 0.3603 08.90 66.35
15 1 JOE KELLETT + 0.0430 8.1382 0.2382 07.90 78.00
16 11 AARON FENSOME + 0.0552 8.1224 0.2224 07.90 79.37
17 10 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0600 8.1158 0.2158 07.90 79.39
18 5182 FREDRIK LEANDERS + 0.0626 13.6249 4.7249 08.90 45.66
19 17 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT + 0.0701 15.2525 2.3525 12.90 39.41
20 19 CALLUM SWINCHATT + 0.0767 8.7465 0.8465 07.90 72.14
21 18 GREGORY ROBINS + 0.0886 9.8505 0.9505 08.90 64.32
22 38 RUARIDH HART + 0.2415 20.3163 7.4163 12.90 28.05
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14:25 Super Comp qualifying after session 8 Final session for this class also but an all-run field so everyone is in. Eric Pellegrom up from #17 to #13 in mid session. Yet another 8.90-second pass for Eurodragster.com sponsor Paul Whitehead, an improvement but stayed #2 at that point. I said "At that point" not knowing that Malcolm Motler would take #2 in the next pair! 0.0004 between the top two qualifiers, a new PB for Malcolm, well done Malc!
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
14:15 Super Pro ET qualifying after session 8 The last qualifying session here also. Dave Catton up from #14 to #2 in the third pair. Potentially Pat Talbot's last run before retirement as she went into this session as a DNQ. Crew and good buddy Sharkman told us that a problem with the fuel system was suspected and that the Talbot Racing team were going for broke this session. Good run for Pat, 7.732 on a 7.60 dial-in, but only good for #36. We'll miss you Pat and Stephen. In the other lane Sascha Pretsch made a big move and put himself into the ladder, #35 to #16. Next pair and Steve Johnson took over the lead from #15 spot, +0.001 on dial-in and a fag paper from the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award. Next into the ladder from outside was John Gerritsen, up from #39 to #21. 0.004 RT for Scott Hauser followed by a more-than-Perfect ET, 7.6800 on a 7.68 dial-in, #1 spot and subject to decal check Scott takes the Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award, well done Scott! Next pair and a 7.537 for Jayne Kay, breakout but I am thinking a new PB, if so then well done Jayne! Nice 0.009 RT for Steve Saunders in the follwing pair. Russ Fellows into the ladder next pair, #36 to #26. In the other lane Paula Atkin broke out but set new PBs at 6.8404/205.14, well done Paula! 0.0481 to get into the ladder for tomorrow, that's quite something.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
13:50 Pro ET qualifying after session 8 Final qualifying session for Pro ET as their thirty two-car eliminations commence tomorrow morning. Dan Williams' repaired Nova onto the bump three pairs in, would be be able to stay there throughout the session? 0.007 RT by Paul Marston two pairs later. Mark Bailey bumped Dan Williams out in the last pair of the session but a big thumbs-up to the Wiliams brothers for getting the Nova fixed and back to the track.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
13:35 UEM Super Street Bike Cup qualifying after session 1 Smoke and a long trail of fluid from Pete Field's bike in the second pair. Clean-up ensued. Great 0.001 RT for Danny Cockerill on the restart.
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F.I.A. European Finals 2012. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2012 13:36:26 16 SUPER STREET BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 54 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.0995 7.5308 7.5308 00.00 189.80
2 59 CHRIS REED + 0.2248 7.5735 7.5735 00.00 192.11
3 14 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.0018 7.6054 7.6054 00.00 177.79
4 52 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3430 7.6285 7.6285 00.00 188.13
5 58 RICHARD STUBBINS + 0.2797 7.6453 7.6453 00.00 188.87
6 48 DAVE SMITH + 0.4095 7.7153 7.7153 00.00 189.79
7 63 DAVE HOLAND + 0.2516 7.7305 7.7305 00.00 196.18
8 57 GARRY BOWE + 0.1778 7.7900 7.7900 00.00 175.74
9 60 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.0988 7.8253 7.8253 00.00 190.60
10 55 WAYNE SAUNDERS + 0.1487 7.8938 7.8938 00.00 188.99
11 56 STEPHEN MEAD + 0.1771 8.0057 8.0057 00.00 166.05
12 47 MARK WELLS + 0.3345 8.0900 8.0900 00.00 161.31
13 11 NICHLAS SVERIN + 0.1850 8.1436 8.1436 00.00 174.40
14 155 MOGENS LUND + 0.1190 8.2367 8.2367 00.00 161.33
15 166 STEFAN SCHMIDT + 0.5536 8.4411 8.4411 00.00 168.54
16 66 STEVE WOODS + 0.1398 9.0952 9.0952 00.00 159.60
17 62 PETE FIELD + 0.1488 9.4190 9.4190 00.00 96.88
18 51 STEVE VENABLES + 0.2841 9.4964 9.4964 00.00 134.02
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13:05 Simon has posted a set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. 12:50 UEM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Steve Carey 8.5057/188.13 bye; Rene van den Berg shut off, Otto Knebl shut off; Steve Woollatt 6.3718/208.16, Rikard Gustafsson 6.7202/189.72; Peter Svensson 6.1143/193.88, Ian King 6.2625/208.00; Otto Knebl broke Good to see Steve back out on the track. Tyre up in smoke at the hit but stayed on the throttle, pretty much an eighth-mile burnout before the tyre finally stuck. Rene didn't stop after his burnout, idled the bike up to the shutdown area but stopped short of the first exit. Otto was shut off as Rene had to be retrieved. 1.1061 to sixty for Steve, 1.1232 for Rikared, Steve got to the eighth in 4.1491/182.04 to Rikard's 4.2704/173.52, Rikard got close to the centre line in the second eighth and was off the throttle early. Very clean straight run for Steve, though, on the gas all the way. 1.0492 to sixty for Peter, 1.0933 for Ian. Storming eighth for Peter 3,9540/198.74 to Ian's 4,1335/190.52, sounded from here as if Ian's motor was misfiring in the second half. Peter close to the centre line in the second eighth and shut it off at about 1000 feet. Otto back for his re-run, a bang and his motor stopped as he approached stage. Qualifying after this session:
12:40 UEM Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Chris Hannam 7.4153/154.75 bye; Trond Høiberget 6.9986/202.50, Martijn de Haas 7.9685/119.61; Roman Sixta 7.7213/163.66, Hans Olav Olstad 6.8073/209.00; Job Heezen 6.6121/202.56, Christian Jäger 7.4683/201.56; Samu Kemmpainen 6.8334/174.34, Nate Gagnon 6.7430/176.43 1.1842 to sixty for Cannon and the bike started to move to the right. He stayed on the throttle as the bike got close to the wall, 4.6386/153.71 at the eighth but then had to shut it off in the second eighth as the guardrail become proximate. Good starts for Trond and Martijn, 1.1936 and 1.2065 to sixty respectively. Both going great guns at the eighth also 4.5858/163.64 for Trond to Martijn's 4.6427/149.54 but then Martijn shut it off in the second eighth. Martijn's run subsequently DQ'd for reasons I know not. Next pair all about Hans Olav, hanging on to the bike as it fishtailed pretty much all the way. 1.1590 to sixty to Roman's 1.3708, 4.5156/169.20 at the eighth to Roman's 5.0414/151.57, looked like Roman shut it off before the stripe. 1.1449 to sixty for Job to Christian's 1.1926 then Christian's rear tyre went up in smoke. He feathered the throttle as Job disappeared into the distance, 4.3437/179.89 at the eighth, very close to the centre line in the second eighth. 5.0933/161.33 at the eighth for Christian even with the feather of the throttle. 1.1386 to sixty for Samu to Champion Nate's 1.1766, 4.3685 to the eighth to Nate's 4.3349. Both bikes started to head left, Samu to the wall and Nate for the centre line, and both were off the gas before the quarter. Qualifying after this session:
12:30 UEM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Kev Charman 7.8737/167.90 bye; Ray Debben 8.6081/152.08, Len Paget 7.6587/168.56; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3678/177.83, Martin Bishop 7.4751/177.10; Elvira Karlsson 18.3664/39.14, Kalle Lyrén 7.7325/132.60; Fredrik Fredlund 7.1769/182.88, Ulf Ögge 7.2042/184.33 Good baseline pass for Kev, 1.2387 to sixty and 5.0153/141.25 at the eighth, some smoke from the motor all the way. Both Ray's and Len's motors sounded ot be labouring a little. 1,1979 to sixty for Ray to Len's 1,1546, Len had the much better eighth 4.8223 to 5.4261. 1.1515 to sixty for Gert-Jan to Bish's 1.1643, 4.6899 at the eighth to 4.7577. Metallic noises from Elvira's motor and shut it off a couple of hundred feet out. Kalle going great guns to begin with, 1.1490 to sixty and 4.6638 at the eighth but sounded from here as if a gear didn't engage and Kalle shut it off. 0.0711 RT for Fredde, 1.1096 to sixty to Ulf's 1.1188. 4.5519 to the eighth for Fredde and Ulf was right with him 4.5960. Good baselines and into #1 and #2 respectively. Qualifying after this session:
12:20 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Thomas Nataas 5.5785/116.85 bye; Stig Neergaard 4.3703/243.98, Chris Andrews 4.2244/282.84; Antti Horto 4.0859/298.77, Anita Mäkelä 4.1826/263.10; Jari Halinen 7.5263/83.33, Risto Poutiainen 4.1209/275.95 Great to see the Andersens back where they belong, with Thomas in the seat. 0.8836 to sixty, 2.2665 to 330 feet with the rear tyres up in smoke by that point, off the throttle. 0.0977 RT for Chris who had the better sixty 0.9050 to Stig's 0.9290. Both cars blackstriping their lanes in a good way, no shake or smoke. Chris had the advantage at the eighth 3.3681/243.44 to Stig's 3.4369/233.88. Smoke from Stig's motor after the eighth and he shut it off a touch early, track checked and all OK. Chris looked to stay on it all the way to the thousand. Tremendous match between Antti and Anita, both taking up where they left off at Tierp. 0.8909 to sixty for Antti, 0.9329 for Anita. Slight shake marks in Anita's lane, 2.3111 to 330 feet to Antti's 2.2760. Advantage foor Antti at the eighth 3.2682/255.02 to Anita's 3.3145/250.03, Anita looked to shut off a touch early. Another great between the #1 and #2 in the Championship. Risto had the better sixty 0.8811 to 0.8850, Jari's tyres went up in smoke about 300 feet out and he shut off. 3.2638/248.65 to the eighth for Risto, looked to shut it off just a squeak early. Qualifying after this session:
12:05 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Kev Slyfield 7.3492/202.42 bye; Jean Dulamon 8.5297/182.13, Andy Frost 6.7371/219.12; Andy Wright 6.5629/217.19, Norbert Kuno 7.9193/151.61; Roger Moore 11.1827/78.01, Wayne Nicholson 7.9652/168.55; Graham Ellis 8.7027/205.33, Marcus Hilt 7.6425/135.77; David Vegter shut off, Freddy Fagerström shut off; Marc Meihuizen 11.3194/77.74, Bert-Ove Olofsson 6.0272/226.76; Bruno Bader shut off, Micke Gullqvist shut off; David Vegter 6.1143/232.74 bye, Freddy Fagerström shut off; Bruno Bader 6.1415/228.15, Micke Gullqvist 16.2342/89.06 1.1181 to sixty for Kev then shake, a couple of pedals and a move to the right before the eighth 4.9097/155.79 and on the gas all the way to the stripe. Jean's motor sounded to be struggling a little. 1.6256 to sixty feet and on and off the throttle all the way, I am wondering whether that was a non-nitrous pass. 1.1333 to sixty for Eurodragster.com Blogger Frosty, 4.4569/167.96 to the eighth, clean straight pass with no dramas. Unburnt fuel from Norbert's motor as he staged and left but he had the better sixty 1.0249 to 1.0833. Norbert then had to pedal for shake and was on and off the throttle a couple of times, 4.8704/129.93 at the eighth. No dramas at all for Andy, 4.2835/169.24 to the eighth, good clean run with a little smoke from the motor as he shut it off. Roger's motor coughed and spat flame after sixty 1.1244, Wayne had a good 1.0691 sixty but then hit shake which he tried to drive through, had to pedal it as the Vette made a hard right turn and then it turned hard left in the second eighth for good measure. Eurodragster.com sponsor Graham with a new set-up on test sat in stage for a while then idled it off the line, built up the throttle as he went. Hello Camp! 1.1405 to sixty for Marcus, good-looking run until the eighth 4.5291/157.89 when there was smoke from the motor, maybe broken blower belt. David and Freddy shut off before staging as Graham's car was stopped on the shutdown area. Big jump for Marc off the line 0.0502 to 0.1123, 1.1028 to sixty already shaking at that point, a couple of pedals, more shake and off it. 0.9877 to sixty for Bert-Ove, 3.9579/181.72 at the eighth, off it and chutes out just before the stripe. Bruno and Micke shut off before staging as the Tree failed. Pro Stock run to give the shut-off quartet cooling down time. Freddy shut off upon returning from burnout, clean-up in his lane implies fluid leak, so David took the bye. 0.9932 and that was with shake marks for thirty or forty feet, 3.9952/182.72 at the eighth but smoke from the motor in the second eighth and down the shutdown area. Instant tyre smoke for Micke G, shut it off and stabbed the throttle a couple of times. 0.0340 RT for Bruno, 1.0245 to sixty and 4.0101/185.65 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
11:55 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Cool-down time needed for the Pro Mods so Pro Stock run in the meantime. Michael Malmgren 8.1908/138.62 bye; Ulf Wagnhester 6.9456/199.88, Micke Callin 20.1393/48.13; Jimmy Ålund 6.7193/207.14, Thomas Lindström 6.9095/180.57 1.1627 to sixty for Michael already hitting very bad shake. Michael drove through the shake and went through the gears, shutting off after the eighth 5.1279/144.84. 0.0518 to 0.0514 RTs for Ulf and Micke, Micke hit instant shake and shut off. 1.0485 to sixty for Ulf, 4.4778/157.24 at the eighth, chutes out on the stripe. 1.0035 to sixty for Jimmy to Thomas' 1.0142 with shake marks to the Tree, Jimmy had the advantage at the eighth 4.3291/162.92 to 4.3803/157.70, Thomas off the throttle early and chutes out before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
11:15 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Rob Turner 6.6511/152.64, Ulf Leanders 5.6353/254.64; Danny Bellio 10.7114/72.38, Leif Andréasson 8.7871/107.48 Rob just away first 0.1187 to 0.1382, Ulf had the better sixty 0.9500 to 1.0430 despite shake which left clear marks on the track between about sixty and one hunderd feet. Ulf much quicker to the eighth 3.7075/203.91 to Rob's 3.9229/179.09, the Leanders FC started to bounce at half track and there was vapour from under the car but Ulf stayed with it. Rob's FC got close to the guardrail approaching the stripe. 0.9821 to sixty for Danny and then shake, one pedal then off it. Leif's tyres up in smoke at the hit, 1.1734 to sixty, a couple of pedals then off the gas. Qualifying after this session:
11:05 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Now would be a good time to say Hello again to our good friend Gittli Koller who is tuned in from Bavaria and who has a particular interest in TMD. Hope you are enjoying the coverage Gittli. Krister Johansson 22.5858/26.64, Chris Polidano 5.4520/265.25; Timo Habermann 10.4564/146.17, Dave Wilson 5.5079/251.86; Dennis Habermann 5.5017/261.16, Manty Bugeja 5.3257/266.74 Instant smoke for Krister, 1.2432 to sixty and off it. 0.0506 RT for Chris, 0.9630 to sixty, driving through shake to about 400 feet and drifting to the left a little, 3.6390/214.46 at the eighth. Grumpy on his farewell appearance again, it's as much a pity this time as it was last time which is a lot. Instant smoke for Timo, off the throttle within a moment, 1.3139 to sixty and idled it. 0.9887 to sixty for Grumpy, very clean run with not much sign of shake, 3.6736/216.51 to the eighth, off it a touch early and chutes out before the stripe. Great match between Dennis and Manty, Dennis away first 0.1208 to 0.2105 but Manty's incrementals were better after that, 0.9279 to sixty to Dennis' 0.9987 and 3.5093/215.56 to the eighth to Dennis' 3.6403/212.82. Manty go tclose to the centre line in the second half but stayed with it to take a daylight qualifying lead. Andy Marrs tells us that once Manty stages on Sunday he will be Champion. Qualifying after this session:
10:50 Super Gas qualifying after session 7 Nick Griffin took over the lead from #2 spot in the first pair. Next pair and Mark White made his first appearance of the event only to be pushed back.
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Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying after session 7 First run of the weekend for Fredrik Leanders, in at #18. Rhiannon Bellenie up from #11 to #4 in the fourth pair. Two pairs later and Billy Everitt took over the lead with a Perfect Light, 0.0004, our second PL of the day. Well done Billy!
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07/09/2012 10:50:56 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
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1 5 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0004 8.0393 0.1393 07.90 81.08
2 34 JOHN PRZYBYL + 0.0035 8.5367 0.6367 07.90 74.40
3 JFC35 IVANA VAN DEN BERG + 0.0053 9.2635 1.3635 07.90 71.92
4 3748 MARCUS ANDERSSON + 0.0054 8.2704 0.3704 07.90 77.22
5 2 RHIANNON BELLENIE + 0.0076 7.8739 -0.0261 07.90 82.26
6 7 RACHEL GILES + 0.0136 8.7249 0.8249 07.90 76.80
7 4 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0168 8.2020 0.3020 07.90 79.79
8 24 BELLE WHEELER + 0.0185 13.6695 0.7695 12.90 46.36
9 13 LISA SELLES + 0.0202 8.2398 0.3398 07.90 76.81
10 9 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0204 8.1858 0.2858 07.90 77.34
11 15 THALIAH GIBB + 0.0268 15.5796 2.6796 12.90 37.57
12 36 SAMUEL HOLLAND-VIL + 0.0312 8.8832 -0.0168 08.90 72.37
13 8 STACEY REED + 0.0322 8.0556 0.1556 07.90 66.16
14 37 JOSEPH HOLLAND VIL + 0.0351 9.2603 0.3603 08.90 66.35
15 1 JOE KELLETT + 0.0430 8.1382 0.2382 07.90 78.00
16 11 AARON FENSOME + 0.0552 8.1224 0.2224 07.90 79.37
17 10 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0600 8.1158 0.2158 07.90 79.39
18 5182 FREDRIK LEANDERS + 0.0626 13.6249 4.7249 08.90 45.66
19 19 CALLUM SWINCHATT + 0.0767 8.7465 0.8465 07.90 72.14
20 18 GREGORY ROBINS + 0.0886 9.8505 0.9505 08.90 64.32
21 17 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT + 0.1118 15.3849 2.4849 12.90 39.65
22 38 RUARIDH HART + 0.2415 20.3163 7.4163 12.90 28.05
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10:30 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 7 Another fantastic run for Richard Billings, the ET and speed of this pass backed up by his earlier performances for new records. Great run also for Brian Payne in the other lane - I am thinking the quickest-ever side-by-side run in Street Eliminator. Next pair and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster improved still further whilst in the other lane Jeff Meads' Pop took a hard left about 550 feet out, how Jeff held onto it I'll never know but a great driving job kept him out of further trouble. Next run and Colin Lazenby on an Auto Glym lane bye was next into the sevens, at that point we had seven cars in the sevens.
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07/09/2012 10:34:53 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
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1 1000 RICHARD BILLINGS + 0.1731 7.5957 7.5957 00.00 208.17
2 65 MARK TODD + 0.7691 7.6929 7.6929 00.00 178.45
3 1 BRIAN PAYNE + 0.2291 7.7320 7.7320 00.00 184.35
4 507 JON WEBSTER + 0.0339 7.8468 7.8468 00.00 177.80
5 34 IAN HOOK + 0.0649 7.8925 7.8925 00.00 171.75
6 6 STUART WILLIAMS + 0.3901 7.9199 7.9199 00.00 176.37
7 56 COLIN LAZENBY + 0.7810 7.9950 7.9950 00.00 179.22
8 22 ALEX MCINTOSH + 0.1104 8.3704 8.3704 00.00 163.08
9 504 JEFF MEADS + 0.5390 8.4557 8.4557 00.00 170.45
10 472 MATS ANDERSSON + 3.9423 8.5033 8.5033 00.00 161.31
11 666 ANDY BOND - 0.0475 8.7377 8.7377 00.00 161.93
12 1969 BILL MACDERMID + 0.2661 8.8704 8.8704 00.00 166.67
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10:10 Super Street qualifying after session 7 Billy Gane up from #5 to #3 in the last pair.
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10:05 Pro ET racer Marius Blackburn is urgently seeking a Big Block Chevy distributor, part no. 85551. If you can help then please get in touch with Marius in the Pro ET pits. Super Comp qualifying after session 7 Eric Roerade up from #13 to #6 in the second pair.
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09:55 We have just updated the webcam page to take account of the higher resolution so if you are watching the webcam then we recommend that you click Refresh or do a Ctrl and R on the webcam page. Super Pro ET qualifying after session 7 Roy Walker up from #20 to #6 in the second pair. Rod Harrison next to make a move, up from #30 to #22. Next pair and Tom van der Wijden moved from #15 to #6.
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09:20 Pro ET qualifying after session 7 Breakout for Rich Eacock, 11.261 on an 11.40 dial-in, but another new PB! Sarah Howells up from #27 to #9 in the second pair. Next pair and Gino Bernadine pulled a 0.000 RT, subject to a decal check Gino has taken the Eurodragster.com/ModUrStang Perfect Light Award, well done Gino! Great to see Dan Williams back on track, hard work rewarded after yesterday's huge wheelie; breakout on today's first run which more than served the purpose of confirming that all was OK. Quick check of the track in Dan's lane but all clear. Paul Brown up to #4 from #11 in mid-session. Next up the ladder was Rick McCann up from #23 to #14. More hard work rewarded for Dave Cherrett who as you may have seen in yesterday's gallery lost his front left wheel yesterday. The necessary welding having been done and the car scrutineered Dave re-started qualifying and took an easy checkout pass for #34 spot. 0.002 RT for Steve Hudson in the last pair.
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07:50 Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the FIA European Finals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car. The Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be broadcasting video and audio as long as the track is open. Our good buddies from Doyousee.me, to whom thanks for streaming facilities, are running the webcam for us this weekend which means a second camera and maybe a surprise or two. After yesterday's travails we should be OK for network access today - put it this way, it was tested last night and worked OK - and Maikel is planning an increase in picture and sound quality for today. Maybe there will be a corresponding decrease in graceless bitching, we can only hope. A big Good Morning and hugs to our good friend Gittli Koller who is tuned in from Bavaria, we really wish you were here Gittli. Hello also to our good friend and Event Coverage fan Ivar Kolberg in Norway, to all of the Eurodragsterholics which includes Camp Stanley, and to everyone who is stuck on their day job today - we will do what we can to make things better. Finally a big Hello to Pro Stock racer Mats Jacobsson who is sat at home with 'flu which has robbed him of the chance to consolidate his fourth place in the FIA European Championship. Get well soon Mats. We are due to commence at 09:00 with cycle 7 of Sportsman qualifying; Pro sessions are due at 10:30 and 14:45 with another cycle of Sportsman qualifying in between. Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we will start to bring you the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |