Big Bang
Santa Pod Raceway, 26th-28th April 2013
Saturday


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22:00

Today's pictures have now been posted and can be checked out via the Event Index page. There are 55 pictures in all; if you do not see all 55 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

We are due to have more qualifying in the morning and then eliminations commencing lunchtime. Tune back tomorrow and we'll bring you all the news.

21:00

Sportsman ET qualifying after session 1

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 20:53:40                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   440     RICKY HALE          + 0.1276 14.7560  0.1560  14.60  94.04
  2   1       CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.0880 16.5677  0.1977  16.37  83.32
  3   794     STEPHEN CHERRETT    + 0.1040 19.3496  0.2496  19.10  69.51
  4   97      FERRET              - 0.0704 18.0520  0.2720  17.78  74.77
  5   763     TEAM JACKSON MOT    + 0.1151 13.9775  0.2775  13.70  99.26
  6   524     NICK HALE           + 0.2161 17.9176  0.4176  17.50  76.02
  7   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.0646 20.3077  2.6477  17.66  71.36

* = Disqualified 
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Sportsman ET was followed by three checkout passes, first up was Ian Turburville in his immaculate slingshot now sporting an ex-Blue Max blower. 10.8806/120.88 on and off the throttle, car sounded very strong. Next up was Ginner with his Outlaw Anglia van, 10.2590/119.31 with a very gentle pass. Finally for today Paul Jackson put in what we believe was his first pass in the former Getting Ratty Super Gas Camaro. Good burnout and then on the throttle to about sixty feet.

That's today's action done, tune back in an hour or so for today's pictures. The webcam will be switched off without warning shortly but you will still be able to listen to Nitro FM via the audio-only link on the Event Index.

20:50

9.50 Bike qualifying after session 1

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 20:48:52                              18  9.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   100     RICHARD SAWATZKI    + 0.0943  9.5981  0.0981  09.50 129.56
  2   198     JAMES ROE           + 0.1198  9.6533  0.1533  09.50 118.03
  3   375     ANDY BURFITT        + 0.1104  9.7906  0.2906  09.50 150.13
  4   1       FRED FURLONG        + 0.2172  9.7922  0.2922  09.50 143.44
  5   71      JOSEPH ELLIOTT      + 0.3631  9.8612  0.3612  09.50 113.07
  6   233     MARK HOPE           - 0.1362 10.1748  0.6748  09.50 138.12
  7   369     MARK HALES          + 0.0345 10.2233  0.7233  09.50 143.88
  8   152     ALEX HOPE           + 1.0527 10.4794  0.9794  09.50 138.97
  9   3       AARON SPARKS        + 0.1630 10.8053  1.3053  09.50 116.70
 10   33      DAVE SMART          + 0.1956 11.6719  2.1719  09.50 141.59

* = Disqualified 
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20:45

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying after session 1

Congratulations to Belle Wheeler who won the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award and took #1 qualifier with a 0.0005 Reaction Time, well done Belle! Aaron Fensome not far behind with a 0.0054 for second place. The Wheeler sisters in #1 and #3.

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 20:43:42                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   17      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.0005 13.0779  0.1779  12.90  49.92
  2   7       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0054  8.2964  0.3964  07.90  79.95
  3   3       PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0208  8.3926  0.4926  07.90  78.14
  4   35      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0233 10.2205  2.3205  07.90  71.95
  5   34      JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.0281  9.6783  1.7783  07.90  58.88
  6   1       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0493  8.2642  0.3642  07.90  78.68
  7   8       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0851  8.2190  0.3190  07.90  80.50
  8   4       RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0887  9.6057  1.7057  07.90  45.45
  9   9       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0983  9.3628  1.4628  07.90  73.43
 10   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.1441 11.1512 -1.7488  12.90  45.84
 11   24      RUARIDH HART        + 0.1775  9.7582  0.8582  08.90  71.37
 12   15      SASKIA JELL         + 0.2946  8.7795  0.8795  07.90  76.15
 13   10      THOMAS COOK ABBOTT  + 0.3297 10.0127  1.1127  08.90  68.88
 14   22      CHARLOTTE BRADFORD  + 0.4208 11.8087  2.9087  08.90  56.17
 15   20      BILLY RINGER        + 0.4306  9.0957  0.1957  08.90  71.82
 16   2       STACEY REED         - 0.0443  8.8725  0.9725  07.90  60.38
 17   5       BRAD JACKSON        - 0.1156  8.2886  0.3886  07.90  80.49
 18   36      CLOE RINGER         - 0.1414  9.4537  1.5537  07.90  70.45
 19   6       JACOB KOPASZ        - 0.2292 10.9428  3.0428  07.90  42.48

* = Disqualified 
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20:25

8.50 Bike qualifying after session 1

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 20:28:03                              19  8.50 BIKE         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   9       EDDY SMILEY         + 0.1396  8.6866  0.1866  08.50 157.37
  2   653     ROBERT FIELD        + 0.3700  8.6911  0.1911  08.50 169.80
  3   3       PHIL BLOOMFIELD     + 0.4605  8.7477  0.2477  08.50 163.66
  4   5       JAKE MECHAELL       + 0.1908  9.1953  0.6953  08.50 159.06
  5   1       MICK WINYARD        + 0.7627  9.3427  0.8427  08.50 166.69
  6   712     DAVE THOMAS         + 0.3670 10.6734  2.1734  08.50  96.45
  7   367     STEVE ASHBY         + 0.2963 12.1129  3.6129  08.50 125.80

* = Disqualified 
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20:15

JDS Street qualifying after session 1

Tyrespin at the hit for Jeff, shut it off and pulled over to the guardrail just before the finish line. Last pair and Liam Concannon's Mazda was stranded at the far end of the shutdown area, locked transmission we think, safety crew went to the rescue with a jack and dollies.

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 20:14:37                              22  JDS STREET        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   217     JOHN HANTON         + 0.5650  9.8636  9.8636  00.00 159.04
  2   10      DAVID GREENHALGHE   + 1.1170 11.5120 11.5120  00.00 124.76
  3   238     LIAM CONCANNON      + 0.6428 12.9596 12.9596  00.00 111.95
  4   8       JOHN STOCKER        + 0.6948 13.0687 13.0687  00.00 110.57
  5   6       ANDRE GYSLER        + 0.6041 13.2964 13.2964  00.00 106.54

* = Disqualified 
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20:05

Outlaw Anglia qualifying after session 1

Promising burnout cut short by Cliff Griffin, something obviously not right as the motor was coughing on back-up and Cliff shut it off. Jed Guy shut off before staging for spots of rain. Excellent pass for Jed on the re-start.

Colin Millar and Mark Bracking ready to stage and shut off for more rain. After the rain came hail and then a lot more rain bu as ever the track crew set to and got it dry.

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 20:06:05                              20  OUTLAW ANGLIA     
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   344     JEDD GUY            + 0.6257  9.7477  9.7477  00.00 140.27
  2   2       COLIN MILLAR        + 0.1397  9.9093  9.9093  00.00 133.32
  3   70      MARK BRACKING       + 0.2853 11.6822 11.6822  00.00 119.51

* = Disqualified 
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17:10

VW Sportsman qualifying after session 1

Chris Baylis and Jason Anslow stopped in stage after a dog was spotted running around loose at the end of the track, one of the more unusual holds I've encountered in a while.

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 17:08:03                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   117     PAUL DAY            + 0.2990 18.7516  0.0416  18.71  73.31
  2   37      GRAHAM WHITE        + 0.1244 14.5828  0.1628  14.42  93.29
  3   333     POLLY JUDGE         + 0.1767 15.6418  0.2418  15.40  90.84
  4   36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.1086 13.8564  0.3564  13.50  96.22
  5   24      ROSS PAGE           + 1.6140 14.5444  0.8444  13.70  82.71
  6   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.4442 17.7561  1.1061  16.65  79.79
  7   176     PAUL PHELPSTEAD     + 0.3234 20.1178  2.5178  17.60  69.83
  8   265     ADRIAN LONDON       + 0.3155 17.9927 -0.0073  18.00  76.17
  9   242     JASON ANSLOW        + 0.2018 15.9750 -0.0150  15.99  84.24
 10   245     JUSTIN WADDINGTON   + 0.2751 15.8310 -0.0190  15.85  86.18
 11   237     JAMES LONDON        - 0.0337 14.6748 -0.0752  14.75  94.08
 12   1       DEAN CLATWORTHY     + 0.3655 15.3007 -0.1093  15.41  85.53
 13   51      CHRISTOPHER BAYLIS  + 0.3521 12.6105 -0.3895  13.00 105.03
 14   1120    JAKE FRONDA         + 0.3896 17.0000 -0.5000  17.50  83.17

* = Disqualified 
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17:00

VW Pro qualifying after session 1

0.008 RT by Dave Bridge, first to take a tilt at the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Next run and Danny Wharton's very pretty Beetle disappeared into a cloud of smoke in the shutdown area and left a trail of fluid pretty much to the end of the track. Richard Merriman's run DQ'd for a bump start (self-starting is mandatory in this class).

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                     Big Bang 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.        
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
27/04/2013 16:58:30                              23  VW PRO            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   112     JACOB BAILEY        + 0.2612 12.6889  0.0889  12.60 106.15
  2   78      DAVE BRIDGE         + 0.0081 12.7590  0.1590  12.60 103.95
  3   86      MATT ATTWOOD        + 0.2232 11.1954  0.2054  10.99 117.12
  4   228     PAUL BARGATE        + 0.4407 12.9017  0.3017  12.60 108.95
  5   1       JAMES HODSON        - 0.0326 11.1437  0.5437  10.60 138.18
  6   714     DANNY WHARTON       + 0.4407 14.3020  1.4020  12.90 104.68
  7   110     PAUL JORDAN         LB3A     11.7586  1.5586  10.20 117.09
  8   797     LUCY MATTHEWS       + 0.2748 15.5056  4.0056  11.50 112.47

* = Disqualified 
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15:20

Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of Big Bang brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and will broadcast live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is open. Thanks to Maikel and the guys at Doyousee.me for the provision of streaming services.

It was a frustrating morning at Santa Pod with a few pairs of RWYB before rain started. We have had no less than three hail storms each of which arrived pretty much as the track was dry. As ever the track crew never gave up; the rain and hail are now gone and right now the sun is shining on the track.

Qualifying commences at 16:00 so stay tuned and as soon as the Championship guys are out on track we'll bring you all the news.


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