FIA European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway, 5th-8th September 2013
Saturday


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20:10

We're running up against the immovable deadline of the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame presentation which is due very shortly so Simon will finish and post the latest set of pit notes first thing tomorrow. We have posted today's gallery which is again a joint effort between Julian and Patrik plus a Joe Stevens wheelie shot courtesy and copyright Benni Voss. There are 235 pictures in today's gallery; if you do not see all 235 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

18:45

Super Gas eliminations round 1

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 18:38:50                              9  SUPER GAS         
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.1831  9.9430  0.0430  09.90 149.56
Win   424     JON GILES           + 0.0251  9.9533  0.0533  09.90 145.77
 
      1320    THOMAS BARNES       + 0.2272 10.7013  0.8013  09.90 139.83
Win   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0354 10.1517  0.2517  09.90 117.76
 
      365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0548  9.8643 -0.0357  09.90 133.23
Win   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0165  9.8738 -0.0262  09.90 132.59
 
      648     JON TURNER          + 0.4530  9.9553  0.0553  09.90 133.23
Win   3       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0534 10.2776  0.3776  09.90 110.30
 
      25      BRIAN HUXLEY        LB3A       .     -9.9000  09.90   0.00
Win   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.1430  9.9951  0.0951  09.90 132.16
 
      1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0764  9.8667 -0.0333  09.90 144.78
Win   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1001  9.9199  0.0199  09.90 134.54
 
      6       JON MORTON          + 0.0503  9.8949 -0.0051  09.90 113.20
Win   4       STEVE DUNN          + 0.0722  9.9668  0.0668  09.90 130.27

* = Disqualified 
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Super Pro ET eliminations round 3

Huge, near-vertical wheelie for Joe Stevens in his race against Martyn Jones. The Sunbeam thumped back down to terra firma and stopped at the finish line smoking, hopefully not too much damage. Excellent 0.0027 RT for Liam Jones in his race against Pel Norman.

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3

07/09/2013 18:47:47                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.7404  5.9874 -0.0126  06.00 196.37
Foul  63      JOE STEVENS         - 0.0057   .     -8.5000  08.50   0.00
 
Win   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.0280  7.5891  0.1091  07.48 169.79
      76      TOM VAN DER WIJDEN  + 0.0387  8.7329  0.2329  08.50 143.88
 
Foul  91      BOB HAWKINS         - 0.0450 10.4806  2.3406  08.14  99.48
Win   8       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0292  8.8268  0.0268  08.80 150.59
 
      449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.2224  8.5736  0.0736  08.50 157.35
Win   366     LIAM JONES          + 0.0027  7.9543  0.1043  07.85 151.58
 
Win   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.0754  6.8518  0.0118  06.84 187.40
      90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0734  8.9718 -0.0182  08.99 149.09
 
Foul  166     ALAN DIDWELL        - 0.0178  7.6341 -0.0259  07.66 177.10
Win   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.0824  8.7448  0.0448  08.70 156.83
 
        Bye                                  .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Foul Win  541 SIMON GOUGH         - 0.0070  9.1503  0.8503  08.30 157.91

* = Disqualified 
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That's all the action for today. Stay tuned for more pit notes and today's gallery which we will post as soon as possible.

18:20

Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a 5.9496/262.09 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC.

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1

Big PB for Matthew Smith, well done Matthew!

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 18:13:36                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.0405  8.5209  8.5209  00.00 158.47
Win   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0988  8.2092  8.2092  00.00 168.57
 
      4       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.2682  8.0724  8.0724  00.00 177.84
Win   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.0684  7.9186  7.9186  00.00 176.32
 
      321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.4593 12.5653 12.5653  00.00 114.78
 
Win   479     MATTHEW SMITH       + 1.6234  8.6927  8.6927  00.00 158.48
      56      COLIN LAZENBY       LB3A       .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   65      MARK TODD           + 0.8537  7.5943  7.5943  00.00 188.84

* = Disqualified 
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Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 18:21:14                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   203     ANDREW HONE         + 0.3340 11.6385  3.6385  08.00  94.28
      197     NEIL HUNTER         LB3A       .     -7.7200  07.72   0.00
 
      51      DAVID JAMES         + 0.3585  7.6231 -0.0969  07.72 176.41
Win   58      PAULA ATKIN         + 0.1520  6.6184 -0.5416  07.16 209.90
 
Win   53      BRENDAN CLANCY      - 0.0052  7.1089 -0.0511  07.16 192.19
Foul  885     SASCHA PRETZSCH     - 0.0335  8.5547  0.8347  07.72 118.35
 
Win   829     RENE MEIERHOFER     + 0.4577  9.4877  0.1577  09.33  96.23
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
      801     ROBIN SATTLER       LB3A       .     -9.6500  09.65   0.00
Foul Win  55  ROB SMALLWORTH      - 0.0970  7.7037 -0.2963  08.00 177.06

* = Disqualified 
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18:00

FIM Europe Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Dave Smith 7.8222/190.59 bye; Mark Wells 8.0188/179.96, Paul Hambidge 8.2548/153.66; Steve Mead 7.6662/180.67, Thomas Granica 7.4618/188.92; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.7311/187.44, Richard Hann 8.0322/171.74; Peter Granica 7.7403/183.62 bye, Leif Larsson shut off; Mogens Lund 8.3020/150.55, Erich Gruber 7.8014/184.30; Dave Holland 7,8839/191.41, Danny Cockerill 7.4678/182.84; Pete Field 7.4560/192.22, Garry Bowe 7.9599/136.98; Steve Venables 7.2547/196.41, Graham Balchin 7.2918/202.43

Qualifying after this session:

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 18:01:07                              16  FIM SUPER STREET  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.3166  7.2270  7.2270  00.00 200.63
  2   1       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.1337  7.2918  7.2918  00.00 202.43
  3   62      PETE FIELD          + 0.3337  7.3773  7.3773  00.00 193.78
  4   8       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2638  7.4047  7.4047  00.00 188.94
  5   4       DAVE HOLLAND        - 0.0512  7.4050  7.4050  00.00 197.19
  6   6       THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.2390  7.4618  7.4618  00.00 188.92
  7   9       DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.0904  7.4678  7.4678  00.00 182.84
  8   15      MOGENS LUND         + 0.1330  7.5213  7.5213  00.00 194.70
  9   3       GRAHAM DANCE        + 1.0267  7.6601  7.6601  00.00 189.01
 10   56      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.1338  7.6662  7.6662  00.00 180.67
 11   68      DANIEL DONAT LENCS  + 0.4292  7.7311  7.7311  00.00 187.44
 12   24      PETER GRANICA       + 0.0902  7.7403  7.7403  00.00 183.62
 13   10      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.2400  7.8014  7.8014  00.00 184.30
 14   48      DAVE SMITH          + 0.2683  7.8222  7.8222  00.00 190.59
 15   47      MARK WELLS          + 0.4094  8.0188  8.0188  00.00 179.96
 16   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.0978  8.0322  8.0322  00.00 171.74
 17   54      LEIF LARSSON        + 0.2535  8.0745  8.0745  00.00 179.25
 18   44      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.4092  8.2548  8.2548  00.00 153.66

* = Disqualified 
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17:50

Simon has posted another set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page.

FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Filippos Papafilippou shut off (bye); Filippos Papafilippou 6.7156/196.31 bye; Rikard Gustafsson 6.3678/212.93 bye

Fil shut off before staging for drops of rain in the air. We then had a brief but heavy shower but the track dried without much in the way of manual intervention. On the restart another PB for Fil. 1.0773 to sixty, 4.2908/166.58 to the eighth, and up into #4 spot. Rikard follows it up with the world's quickest Funny Bike pass! 1.0432 to sixty, not a hint of shake, 4.1256/179.01 at the eighth. Well done Rikard!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ian King 5.9646/232.57
  2. Rikard Gustafsson 6.3678/212.93
  3. Steve Woollatt 6.6405/214.00
  4. Filippos Papafilippou 6.7156/196.31
  5. Otto Knebl 6.7561/192.22
  6. Rene van den Berg 7.1181/203.37

16:45

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Christian Jäger 8.1630/128.34, Job Heezen 8.0657/182.11; Vesa Lipponen 7.3042/169.18, Roman Sixta 8.4380/163.70; Martijn de Haas 7.3734/158.48, Samu Kemppainen 7.1030/172.31

Christian's tyre up in smoke at the hit, feathered the throttle and got back on it, 1.2961 at sixty and 4.8980/161.89 at the eighth then off the gas. 1.1647 to sixty for Job, the bike was going left whether or not he wanted it to, 5.1358/114.19 at the eighth hanging off it pretty much at a right angle to get it away from the centre line but judging by the speed staying on the throttle. 1.2471 to sixty for Vesa, Roman's bike loked very lazy to the suxty 1.4768. Vesa to the eighth in 4.7559/161.29 then he sounded to get off the throttle in the second half. 5.3831/127.03 to the eighth for Roman and the bike picked up some in the second eighth. 1.211 to sixty for Martijn, feathered the throttle before the eighth 4.7245/164.84 and off the gas before the stripe. Samu got to sixty in 1.1580 then feathered the throttle a little, candles off and on, 4.4570/165.88 to the eighth and then orange, not nitro, flames in the last hundred feet or so.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ronny Aasen 6.5996/169.82
  2. Samu Kemppainen 6.8719/180.68
  3. Martijn de Haas 7.1377/171.75
  4. Vesa Lipponen 7.2306/190.55
  5. Roman Sixta 7.9289/183.59
  6. Job Heezen 8.0657/182.11
  7. Christian Jäger 8.1630/128.34

16:35

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Mark Smith 8.2379/162.48 bye; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.3003/181.41, Martin Bishop 12.7330/56.38; Fredrik Fredlund 7.1161/183.62, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3704/175.07; Elvira Karlsson 7.0749/185.12, Ulf Ögge 7.1603/184.30;

Mark's motor hesitated at the hit and the bike looked to twist in mid-air, lost a lot of time there. 1.4442 to sixty and 5.3140/138.56 at the eighth. 1.0938 to sixty for Karl-Heinz and 1.1166 for Bish, Bish lost drive at the top of third gear, his crew very upset by that. Karl-heinz to the eighth in 4.6164/148.51. 1.0569 to sixty for Fredde, 1.1055 for Gert-Jan. Fredde to the eighth in 4.4851/153.50 and got quite close to the wall. Gert-Jan to the eighth in 4.6521/147.98, Gert-Jan improved but stayed sixth. Another 7.0 for Elvira! 1.0535 to sixty to Ulf's 1.0988, 4.4757/154.55 to the eighth to Ulf's 4.5510/153.96.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Elvira Karlsson 7.0292/186.62
  2. Fredrik Fredlund 7.0776/185.83
  3. Ulf Ögge 7.1099/184.32
  4. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1624/185.13
  5. Kalle Lyrén 7.2142/183.58
  6. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3704/175.07
  7. Martin Bishop 7.4304/176.44
  8. Len Paget 7.7552/165.46
    --- DNQ ---
  9. Jerry Collier 7.7653/167.92
  10. Mark Smith 8.1261/164.87

16:20

European Funny Car Series qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Leif Helander 5.4889/213.08 bye; Jason Phelps no time DQ, Gordon Smith 11.5477/67.47

0.9944 to sixty for Leif, nitro flames clearly visible, all candles lit. 3.6435/231.57 to the eighth and then one chute deployed just after 1000 feet 4.5551/261.01. Next pair was a bizarre one. 0.9789 to sixty for Gordon, tyres shook and blackstriped and he was off the gas. Meanwhile Jason looked to be in real trouble, off the throttle almost immediately and the FC was shaking - either the steering broke or an axle broke or a wheel failed in some way. Luckily this happened at very low speed but Jason looked to have trouble getting a hold of the car, the FC crossed lanes and he eventually got it stopped at the finish line.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Kevin Kent 5.3860/256.69
  2. Leif Helander 5.4889/213.08
  3. Jason Phelps 6.3132/179.20
  4. Gordon Smith 11.4855/68.02

16:10

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Stig Neergaard no time (bye); Duncan Micallef 4.4218/252.19, Patrik Pers 7.6044/81.68; Chris Andrews 6.6573/19.88, Chris Polidano 4.1727/292.05; Thomas Nataas 16.7197/53.96, Anita Mäkelä 6.5648/90.68

Stig's blower relief panel blew at the hit, which shut off the motor and deployed the chutes. Car stopped about 200 feet out. Duncan away first 0.1737 to 0.2473 and the slightly better sixty foot time 0.9121 to 0.9131. Patrik hit shake, pedalled at sixty feet and then got off the gas. Duncan going great guns towards the eighth 3.5105/233.79 but then there was a flash of flame and a small fire from the left side of the motor, word came back on the track radio "Check the track, there's a hole in the block". Chris P personally overseen by Rune Fjeld on this pass. Chris A away forst 0.0974 to 0.1513, Chris P had the better sixty 0.8950 to 0.9220. Chris A's tyres were blackstriping and then he was off the throttle, I am thinking maybe blower belt. 3.3367/250.07 to the eighth for Chris P, tyres blackstriping all the way and he certainly drove it way out the back door. Improvement for Chris P but stayed in fourth place. A couple of Thomas' fuel hoses came loose at the hit and sprayed fuel all over the place, and I mean a lot of it, the motor pretty much gave up at that point which I can understand. 0.8739 to sixty for Anita with shake and then her tyres blazed about 100 feet out and she shut it off.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Thomas Nataas 4.0165/298.80
  2. Anita Mäkelä 4.0418/298.80
  3. Jari Halinen 4.0774/289.39
  4. Chris Polidano 4.1727/292.05
  5. Chris Andrews 4.2952/279.43
  6. Duncan Micallef 4.3926/213.80
  7. Stig Neergaard 4.9942/150.61
  8. Patrik Pers 7.6044/81.68

15:40

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Michael Malmgren 6.6994/206.27, Magnus Pettersson 6.8022/203.27; Jimmy Ålund 6.5998/211.08, Thomas Lindström 6.6212/207.05

Magnus away first 0.1048 to 0.1068 and had the better sixty 0.9942 to 1.0339 but Magnus' tyres were shaking and he lost some time there. Michael to the eighth in 4.3212/164.66 to Magnus' 4.3723/160.46. Jimmy away first 0.0526 to Thomas' 0.0603, storming 0.9559 sixty for Thomas to Jimmy's 1.0050. Thomas had the better eighth 4.2455/164.61 to Jimmy's 4.2615/167.10 but Jimmy overhauled Thomas in the second eighth and took the stripe by 0.0291. Thomas up to #2.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.5375/210.83
  2. Thomas Lindström 6.6212/207.05
  3. Michael Malmgren 6.6726/206.99
  4. Magnus Pettersson 6.7161/205.34

15:35

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Steve Hall shut off (bye); Norbert Kuno 6.2225/232.75, Kev Slyfield 7.2074/208.89; Andy Wright 6.9520/210.01, Roger Moore 6.8536/206.92; Wayne Nicholson shut off, Graham Ellis 7.4160/182.89 bye; Wayne Nicholson 6.5010/215.97 bye; Micke Gullqvist 6.0954/241.59, Andy Robinson 6.4472/232.55; Rick Garrett 7.4701/181.41, Mats Eriksson 6.1988/232.42; Andy Frost no time DQ; Robert Joosten 6.1051/236.18 bye; David Vegter 6.2520/231.68, Mattias Wulcan 6.0644/241.12 ; Marc Meihuizen 8.8542/101.97, Bruno Bader 6.0514/232.43

Steve going into this session as the DNQ and stayed that way. Looked to be having trouble staging and eventually signalled by his crew to shut it off. 1.0045 to sixty for Norbert, driving through mild shake, 1.1418 for Kev with shake, two pedals in the first 200 feet or so. Norbert to the eighth in 4.0872/178.40, Kev having lost time to the pedals there in 4.8234/160.76. Big move up the ladder for Norbert. Roger away first 0.5324 to 1.0660, looked like a double-step launch for the Viper. Andy to sixty in 1.0283 to Roger's 1.2203, Andy hit shake and was off the pedal for the best part of a second, 4.5620/158.51 to the eighth. Roger to the eighth in 4.4716/164.27. Wayne's motor stopped almost as soon as it started, he was then signalled to wait whilst Graham took his bye. 1.0779 to sixty and hideous shake, a pedal and back on it. 4.7302/159.59 at the eighth and off the gas before the stripe. Wayne then took his turn. 1.0533 to sixty, very slight shake, straight as you like. 4.2312/173.63 at the eighth. Something came off Wayne's car right on the stripe, maybe a body panel. Next an old rivalry resurrected, Micke and Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy. Andy away first 0.1745 to 0.2302 and a scorching sixty 0.9768 to Micke's 1.0079. Andy then hit bad shake and had to pedal about 150 feet out, Micke got ahead and was first to the eighth 4.0539/187.21 to Andy's 4.2972/176.84. Micke up to #3, improvement for Andy but stayed in place. Rick rolled the beams going up on the revs. 1.0213 to sixty for Mats, small amount of shake out to about 150 feet, 4.0793/182.69 to the eighth for Mats and then very close indeed to the guardrail at the finish line, pulled it away quite abruptly too. Frosty jumped the lights, Robert up on the revs but got off them when Frosty's red light illuminated then Robert sat in stage looking at the green whilst Frosty hammered it, good-looking run lost there. Chief Starter Ian Marshall signalled Robert to wait to recycle the Tree. 1.0115 to sixty with some shake, 4.0217/185.72 at the eighth and one place up the ladder. 1.0228 to sixty for David to Mattias' 1.0093, David hit bad shake and the car got very close to the left guardrail. David pedalled and pulled it away. Mattias to the eighth in 4.0065/185.73, 4.1160/180.64 for David. Mattias one place up the ladder. 1.0251 to sixty for Marc then bad shake, ultimately shut it off about 300 feet out as the car moved left and right. 1.0078 to sixty for Bruno, driving through shake to about 120 feet. 3.9494/187.77 at the eighth and up to #2 spot.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Marc Meihuizen 5.9635/241.15
  2. Bruno Bader 6.0514/232.43
  3. Mattias Wulcan 6.0644/241.12
  4. Micke Gullqvist 6.0954/241.59
  5. Robert Joosten 6.1051/236.18
  6. David Vegter 6.1807/231.26
  7. Mats Eriksson 6.1886/232.88
  8. Norbert Kuno 6.2225/232.75
  9. Andy Frost 6.4074/225.88
  10. Andy Robinson 6.4472/232.55
  11. Wayne Nicholson 6.5010/215.97
  12. Rick Garrett 6.5332/210.92
  13. Graham Ellis 6.5950/no speed
  14. Andy Wright 6.7053/211.10
  15. Roger Moore 6.7901/209.13
  16. Kev Slyfield 6.9826/200.76
    --- DNQ ---
  17. Steve Hall 7.5213/164.85

15:05

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first)

Steph Milam 6.0927/233.96 bye; Johan Lindberg shut off, Gareth Ellis 6.1313/224.49 bye; Rob Turner 5.9305/223.53, Danny Bellio 5.6429/256.16; Leif Andréasson 5.6280/252.37, Jonnie Lindberg 5.6059/260.59

1.0679 to sixty for Steph, sounded to be feathering the throttle for the first hundred feet or so. 4.0434/191.42 at the eighth. Getting close to her PB. Johan's team not happy with something and signalled him to shut it off. Gareth took the bye, 1.0386 to sixty, sounded like a short shift as the tyres shook off the line, 4.0111/190.23 at the eighth. Very straight pass. Another PB for Danny. 0.9712 to sixty, very slight shake marks on the track but he drove through it, 3.7299 at a big 204.76 at the eighth. Rob to sixty in 1.0076, some shake marks in his lane but a stout 3.8660/192.90 at the eighth, looked to lose a bit of oomph in the second half. Great match between Leif and Jonnie. Leif away first 0.1004 to 0.3226 and the much better sixty 0.9418 to Jonnie's 0.9546. Jonnie pedalled once very briefly at about 200 feet, Leif with the better eighth 3.7017/204.16 to 3.7222/206.76. Improvement for Leif who told me earlier that he really needed a 5.5. Not quite there but getting closer.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jonnie Lindberg 5.5646/256.69
  2. Leif Andréasson 5.6280/252.37
  3. Danny Bellio 5.6429/256.16
  4. Rob Turner 5.8011/241.44
  5. Johan Lindberg 5.8334/249.48
  6. Steph Milam 6.0927/233.96
  7. Gareth Ellis 6.1313/224.49

14:55

FIA Top Methanol Dragster

Jonny Lagg 5.5866/256.68 bye;

Another great run for Jonny. Wheels-up launch, 0.9764 to sixty, 3.7193/209.94 at the eighth.

14:40

Super Comp eliminations round 1

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 14:36:17                              8  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1706  8.8557 -0.0443  08.90 149.56
Win   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0460  8.9768  0.0768  08.90 150.15
 
      6030    RICHARD WEBB        LB3A       .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
Win   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 1.2466  8.9966  0.0966  08.90 149.60
 
Win   2       PETE CRESSWELL      + 1.4650  8.8893 -0.0107  08.90 156.21
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
 
Win   323     PHILLIP BENNETT     + 0.1045  9.1425  0.2425  08.90 145.69
      410     DAVID GADNEY        + 0.0921  9.2954  0.3954  08.90 135.76
 
      33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.0545  9.1395  0.2395  08.90 151.56
Win   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0846  8.9791  0.0791  08.90 137.40
 
      15      FRANK EIJSKOOT      + 0.1654  8.7228 -0.1772  08.90 149.07
Win   4       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0536  8.8387 -0.0613  08.90 151.11
 
      164     JON MORTON          LB3A       .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
Win   424     JON GILES           + 0.3253  9.1908  0.2908  08.90 156.33
 
Win   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0283  9.0488  0.1488  08.90 147.12
      151     PAUL HUDSON         + 0.4127  8.8556 -0.0444  08.90 150.12

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street eliminations round 1

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 14:39:53                              10  SUPER STREET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   66      HARRISON BROWN      + 0.0572 10.8626 -0.0374  10.90  99.94
      666     MARK WATKINS        LB3A       .     -1.09000 10.90   0.00
 
Foul  316     MARTIN LEWIS        + 0.1405 11.4611  0.5611  10.90 117.33
Win   138     MARTIN SANGER       + 0.1925 10.8785 -0.0215  10.90 115.62
 
Win   2211    KAREN STEVENS       + 0.6541 10.9746  0.0746  10.90 126.55
      290     STUART HODGSON      LB3A       .     -1.09000 10.90   0.00
 
Win   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.1657 10.8916 -0.0084  10.90 118.80
         Bye                                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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14:25

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 1

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 14:27:30                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   3       PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.1808  8.3980  0.0680  08.33  75.02
Foul  42      KATIE ELLIS         - 0.1374 13.1148  0.1148  13.00  47.96
 
      40      ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.3748  8.0262  0.0762  07.95  79.51
Win   39      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.2640  8.7620  0.0420  08.72  72.63
 
Win   11      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.1875  9.2886  0.2286  09.06  66.60
Foul  4       RHIANNON BELLENIE   - 0.0006  7.9778  0.0178  07.96  79.93
 
      34      JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.0566  8.1888  0.0888  08.10  78.82
Win   18      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0127  9.4110  0.0710  09.34  64.38
 
      5       BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0657   .     -8.3300  08.33   0.00
Win   24      RUARIDH HART        + 0.1632  9.7796  0.2796  09.50  65.12
 
      17      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.2790 13.5110  0.0310  13.48  47.99
Win   6       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0436  8.2424  0.0624  08.18  75.79
 
      26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.1308  8.8080  0.0280  08.78  72.73
Win   1       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0345  8.1303  0.0803  08.05  75.92
 
Win   8       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.1298  8.1013  0.0513  08.05  80.21
Foul  28      RACHEL GILES        - 0.0522  8.7178  0.1678  08.55  73.70

* = Disqualified 
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14:15

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2

07/09/2013 14:16:50                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  700     PHIL TOPPIN         - 0.0325  8.9138  0.1338  08.78 148.07
Win   63      JOE STEVENS         + 0.0978 11.9408  3.4408  08.50  76.20
 
Win   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.1164  9.0019  0.0119  08.99 148.55
Foul  28      JOHAN OOMEN         - 0.1656 16.7739  9.0739  07.70  47.31
 
Win   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.1241  8.7629  0.0329  08.73 155.73
      307     ROD HARRISON        LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
Win   366     LIAM JONES          + 0.0545  7.8891  0.0391  07.85 166.04
      4       IAN POWELL          + 0.1628  7.9286 -0.0214  07.95 167.25
 
      61      CHRIS HARTNELL      + 0.0995  8.8440  0.1140  08.73 142.91
Win   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.0677  7.5525  0.0725  07.48 158.47
 
Win   250     NICK GOOD           - 0.0712  6.8879  0.0279  06.86 185.87
Foul  6       PETER WALTERS       - 0.0017 10.9985  2.7485  08.25  70.49
 
Win   91      BOB HAWKINS         - 0.0632  8.3959  0.2259  08.17 161.88
Foul  666     SHARI OOMEN         - 0.1074  8.6934 -0.0866  08.78 150.06
 
Win   8       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0321  8.8641  0.0141  08.85 149.54
      68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0524  8.7848 -0.0152  08.80 156.29
 
Win   166     ALAN DIDWELL        + 0.0273  7.7277  0.0577  07.67 162.46
      793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.3335  8.8102  0.0102  08.80 148.60
 
Foul  251     DAVE CATTON         - 0.0162  7.8405  0.0505  07.79 169.18
Win   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0470  8.5195  0.0295  08.49 158.53
 
Win   449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.4135  8.6201  0.1201  08.50 157.90
        Bye                                  .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
Win   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.0138  6.0764  0.0764  06.00 182.13
      3001    SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.1830  7.5926  0.0526  07.54 171.69
 
Foul  429     RICK COOKE          - 0.0095  8.3782  0.0782  08.30 148.06
Win   76      TOM VAN DER WIJDEN  + 0.0906  8.5158  0.0158  08.50 144.34

* = Disqualified 
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13:35

Pro ET eliminations round 2

Paul Jackson +0.0070 on dial-in in his race against Aiden Kenny. 0.0074 RT for Keith Herbert in his race against Eddy van den Bos.

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2

07/09/2013 13:35:38                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   371     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1984  9.7870  0.0070  09.78 136.42
Foul  590     AIDEN KENNY         - 0.0035 10.6479  0.5479  10.10 128.78
 
Win   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.0855 11.3561  0.0261  11.33 116.12
Foul  299     AMANDA COX          - 0.0845  9.7586  0.0186  09.74 133.68
 
Foul  82      EDDY VAN DEN BOS    - 0.0542  9.4817 -0.0683  09.55 137.26
Win   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.0074  9.9142  0.0342  09.88 135.32
 
Win   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0677 10.9106  0.0106  10.90 118.52
      625     BOBBY WALLACE       + 0.0476  9.7378  0.0478  09.69 129.84
 
Win   4       RICK MCCANN         + 0.1244  9.9968 -0.0232  10.02 131.65
Foul  735     NIC WILLIAMS        - 0.0315 10.1471 -0.1029  10.25 129.14
 
Win   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.0721 11.1865  0.1265  11.06 116.11
      81      HANS VAN DER SPEK   + 0.3228 10.4222  0.2322  10.19 127.64
 
Win   66      IAN BROWN           + 0.0204 10.7662  0.0462  10.72 115.24
      118     GLENN PALLANT       + 0.2900 10.2525  0.0625  10.19 131.42
 
Win   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1614  9.9918 -0.0082  10.00 127.20
      257     KEVIN FEIST         + 0.2616 10.2195 -0.0305  10.25 128.38

* = Disqualified 
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13:25

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 6

Dave James into the sevens, under index, new PB, well done Dave! In the other lane Rene Meierhofer went still quicker to consolidate his lead. At that point all nine cars were under index, that's the first time since Comp was reintroduced into the UK.

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 13:21:51                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   829     RENE MEIERHOFER     + 0.2526  8.4770 -0.8530  09.33 156.82
  2   801     ROBIN SATTLER       + 0.0593  8.9182 -0.7318  09.65 143.37
  3   203     ANDREW HONE         + 0.4985  7.4225 -0.5775  08.00 184.27
  4   58      PAULA ATKIN         + 0.3242  6.6928 -0.4672  07.16 208.84
  5   885     SASCHA PRETZSCH     + 0.4187  7.4059 -0.3141  07.72 180.65
  6   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.1894  7.7214 -0.2786  08.00 175.68
  7   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1670  7.6748 -0.0452  07.72 174.33
  8   51      DAVID JAMES         + 0.3807  7.6875 -0.0325  07.72 175.06
  9   53      BRENDAN CLANCY      + 0.5293  7.1520 -0.0080  07.16 189.66

* = Disqualified 
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Super Gas qualifying session 6

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 13:26:35                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   365     MARK WHITE          + 0.0519  9.9035  0.0035  09.90 134.02
  2   424     JON GILES           + 0.0237  9.9035  0.0035  09.90 155.27
  3   3       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0086  9.9065  0.0065  09.90 150.63
  4   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0130  9.9081  0.0081  09.90 147.19
  5   4       STEVE DUNN          + 0.0676  9.9095  0.0095  09.90 143.92
  6   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1732  9.9112  0.0112  09.90 134.10
  7   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.2582  9.9125  0.0125  09.90 130.30
  8   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0507  9.9186  0.0186  09.90 145.33
  9   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.1636  9.9266  0.0266  09.90 149.15
 10   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2122  9.9736  0.0736  09.90 132.60
 11   1320    THOMAS BARNES       + 0.2798 10.6160  0.7160  09.90 134.06
 12   6       JON MORTON          + 0.1271 10.9250  1.0250  09.90 139.40
 13   1       BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0686  9.8748 -0.0252  09.90 152.15
 14   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.1791  9.8085 -0.0915  09.90 132.96

* = Disqualified 
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13:15

Super Street qualifying session 6

Martyn Sanger up from #6 to #3 in the second pair. Leigh Morris consolidated his #1 spot with a 10.9027 next pair.

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 13:10:28                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.1607 10.9027  0.0027  10.90 118.23
  2   66      HARRISON BROWN      - 0.0044 10.9101  0.0101  10.90 100.60
  3   138     MARTIN SANGER       + 0.3082 10.9172  0.0172  10.90 118.99
  4   2211    KAREN STEVENS       + 0.4687 10.9371  0.0371  10.90 127.25
  5   409     BOB LEES            + 0.5167 10.9415  0.0415  10.90 124.08
  6   666     MARK WATKINS        + 0.1538 11.0069  0.1069  10.90 123.10
  7   316     MARTIN LEWIS        + 0.0780 11.3824  0.4824  10.90 117.45
  8   290     STUART HODGSON      + 0.0443 12.9024  2.0024  10.90  61.52
  9   1320    THOMAS BARNES       + 0.1180 10.6621 -0.2379  10.90 134.85

* = Disqualified 
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Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 6

Storming run from Mark Todd to take the lead and a new PB, well done Mark!

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 13:15:06                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.1536  7.4824  7.4824  00.00 190.54
  2   1       BRIAN PAYNE         + 0.1745  7.5780  7.5780  00.00 189.00
  3   56      COLIN LAZENBY       + 0.3162  7.7095  7.7095  00.00 179.96
  4   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0412  7.8655  7.8655  00.00 173.06
  5   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.5623  7.9159  7.9159  00.00 177.14
  6   4       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5183  7.9285  7.9285  00.00 177.81
  7   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.1244  8.8048  8.8048  00.00 153.69
  8   479     MATTHEW SMITH       + 0.4813  8.9313  8.9313  00.00 152.59
  9   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.1101 12.2717 12.2717  00.00 111.54

* = Disqualified 
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13:05

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

13:00

Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a 5.9960/265.11 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC.

Eric Teboul was next up with his Rocket Bike. 5.6076/205.10, very steamy pass. 3.5594/216.93 at the eighth.

12:45

FIM Europe Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Paul Hambidge 8.4493/141.59, Dave Smith 8.0971/170.46; Graham Balchin 7.3739/198.9, Peter Granica 7.7697/179.22; Richard Hann 8.2949/157.92, Steve Mead 7.9756/179.92; Thomas Granica 8.4580/171.10, Mark Wells 8.0493/181.36; Leif Larsson 8.1711/171.74, Daniel Donat Lencses 7.9293/181.37; Erich Gruber 7.9717/164.85, Dave Holland 7.4050/197.19; Graham Dance 7.6604/189.01, Mogens Lund 7.6475/173.71; Danny Cockerill 7.5820/190.52, Pete Field 7.5337/193.77; Garry Bowe 10.1138/85.38, Steve Venables 7.2270/200.63

Qualifying after this session:

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 12:46:33                              16  FIM SUPER STREET  
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   5       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.3166  7.2270  7.2270  00.00 200.63
  2   1       GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.4115  7.3739  7.3739  00.00 198.99
  3   62      PETE FIELD          + 0.3337  7.3773  7.3773  00.00 193.78
  4   8       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2638  7.4047  7.4047  00.00 188.94
  5   4       DAVE HOLLAND        - 0.0512  7.4050  7.4050  00.00 197.19
  6   15      MOGENS LUND         + 0.1330  7.5213  7.5213  00.00 194.70
  7   9       DANNY COCKERILL     + 0.1567  7.5764  7.5764  00.00 169.20
  8   3       GRAHAM DANCE        + 1.0267  7.6601  7.6601  00.00 189.01
  9   24      PETER GRANICA       + 0.3014  7.7697  7.7697  00.00 179.22
 10   68      DANIEL DONAT LENCS  + 0.4614  7.9293  7.9293  00.00 181.37
 11   10      ERICH GRUBER        + 0.3184  7.9717  7.9717  00.00 164.85
 12   56      STEPHEN MEAD        + 0.1682  7.9756  7.9756  00.00 179.92
 13   47      MARK WELLS          + 1.6621  8.0493  8.0493  00.00 181.36
 14   54      LEIF LARSSON        + 0.2535  8.0745  8.0745  00.00 179.25
 15   48      DAVE SMITH          + 0.0440  8.0971  8.0971  00.00 170.46
 16   49      RICHARD HANN        + 0.2628  8.2949  8.2949  00.00 157.92
 17   6       THOMAS GRANICA      + 0.4238  8.3579  8.3579  00.00 166.06
 18   44      PAUL HAMBIDGE       + 0.2180  8.4493  8.4493  00.00 141.59

* = Disqualified 
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12:35

FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Filippos Papafilippou 6.7925/179.96, Otto Knebl 8.1783/137.83; Rikard Gustafsson 6.5621/212.09, Ian King 5.9646/232.57

Fantastic run for Fil, the six which was promising at Hockenheim. 1.0746 to sixty and 4.3089/166.07 at the eighth. very straight run, some smoke from the motor in th eshutdown area. 1.1422 to sixty for Otto but then the bike started to drift right and Otto shut it off before the eighth 4.7978/120.26. Fantastic run for Ian, back into the fives. 1.0106 to sixty and a storming 3.9203/195.49 at the eighth with yellow nitro haze high behind the bike. Very close to the European speed record also. Well done Ian! Great run for Rikard also, 1.1220 to sixty and 4.2988/175.64 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ian King 5.9646/232.57
  2. Rikard Gustafsson 6.5621/212.09
  3. Steve Woollatt 6.6405/214.00
  4. Otto Knebl 6.7561/192.22
  5. Filippos Papafilippou 6.7925/179.96
  6. Rene van den Berg 7.1181/203.37

12:30

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Christian Jäger shut off (bye); Samu Kemppainen 7.3406/196.39, Vesa Lipponen 7.2306/190.55; Job Heezen 8.3361/175.07, Martijn de Haas 7.1377/171.75; Roman Sixta 7.9690/182.15, Ronny Aasen 8.1676/113.64

Christian shut off on his return from the burnout, pity as the motor sounded very strong indeed. Samu's tyre up in smoke at the hit, feathered the throttle then tried to chase Vesa down. 1.2370 to sixty for Vesa, 4.7177/153.69 at the eighth. Samu to the eighth after feathering the throttle and visibly catching Vesa. 1.3021 to sixty for Job, 1.2486 for Martijn, Job's bike was moving left and right and looked to be trying to throw him off, from here it sounded as if Job was feathering the throttle by the eighth 5.3314/121.44. Martijn to the eighth in 4.6593/169.80, another improvement but stayed in place. Big jump off the line for Ronny 0.2284 to 0.4884, the much better sixty 1.1217 to Roman's 1.4652. Ronny going great guns but then a cloud of smoke and a bang from his motor and the front end thumped down before the eighth 4.5042/134.38. Roman to the eighth in 5.2922/146.17, Ronny there first by 0.0614 despite the motor pop.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ronny Aasen 6.5996/169.82
  2. Samu Kemppainen 6.8719/180.68
  3. Martijn de Haas 7.1377/171.75
  4. Vesa Lipponen 7.2306/190.55
  5. Roman Sixta 7.9289/183.59
  6. Job Heezen 8.3361/175.07
  7. Christian Jäger 9.2385/116.54

12:25

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Len Paget 18.9989/32.10 bye; Jerry Collier 7.7653/167.92 bye; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3945/170.46, Mark Smith 22.5488/27.63; Martin Bishop 7.4304/176.44, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1857/182.84; Kalle Lyrén shut off, Fredrik Fredlund 7.0776/185.83 bye; Ulf Ögge 7.1645/185.05 bye, Elvira Karlsson shut off

Len's motor groaned at the top of second gear and he shut off. 1.1579 to sixty for Jerry, 4.9072/140.70 at the eighth, 0.01 off making the ladder. 1.1061 to sixty for Gert-Jan, 1.5057 for Mark, Mark shut it off by the sixty. 4.6558/147.55 at the eighth for Gert-Jan, slight improvement but stayed in place. 1.1232 to sixty for Bish, 1.0916 for Karl-Heinz, Bish to the eighth in 4.6928/146.13 and Karl-Heinz in 4.5527/151.96, looked from here as if Bish was backing off right near the stripe. Kalle shut off after the burnout, Fredde took the bye. 1.0607 to sixty and 4.4812/154.04 at the eighth, improvement but stayed second. Elvira shut off on the line for a fluid leak. Ulf to sixty in 1.0769 and to the eighth in 4.5483/152.54.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Elvira Karlsson 7.0292/186.62
  2. Fredrik Fredlund 7.0776/185.83
  3. Ulf Ögge 7.1099/184.32
  4. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1624/185.13
  5. Kalle Lyrén 7.2142/183.58
  6. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3945/170.46
  7. Martin Bishop 7.4304/176.44
  8. Len Paget 7.7552/165.46
  9. Jerry Collier 7.7653/167.92
  10. Mark Smith 8.1261/164.87

11:55

European Funny Car Series qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Gordon Smith 11.4855/68.02, Jason Phelps 6.3132/179.20; Kevin Kent 5.3860/256.69, Leif Helander 7.1262/122.54

That's not a typo above, this is Q3, no-one turned out for yesterday's Q2. Jason's motor started and stopped twice, stayed lit at the third time of asking. 0.9513 to sixty for Gordon, 0.9732 for Jason. Gordon's tyres blackstriped and he was off the throttle before 300 feet. 3.9699/185.66 to the eighth for Jason but cylinders out on the left side and the engine note started to drop. Jason off the gas at 1000 feet. 0.9646 to sixty for Kevin, 0.9931 for Leif. Kevin was extending his advantage at the eighth 3.6539/226.71 to Leif's shut-off 3.8837/162.17. A couple of cylinders out on the left side for Kevin but stayed on the gas all the way. Drama then as Kevin's FC went into the field at the end of the track. Kevin quite OK and once the car is cleaned up he has a Series ET record to back up, well done Kevin, Shelley and team!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Kevin Kent 5.3860/256.69
  2. Jason Phelps 6.3132/179.20
  3. Leif Helander 7.1262/122.54
  4. Gordon Smith 11.4855/68.02

11:45

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Patrik Pers 9.3096/70.02, Stig Neergaard no time; Jari Halinen 4.0774/289.39, Chris Andrews 10.5708/60.12; Anita Mäkelä 4.0418/298.80, Thomas Nataas 8.5688/72.31

Amusing moment on the Bankside VIP balcony as some guys in the front row stood up and saluted when the fanfare was played. Well, I enjoyed it. Stig's blower belt broke at the hit. 0.9362 to sixty for Patrik with tyres shaking, off the gas passing the Tree. Jari away first 0.1673 to 0.1933, 0.8719 to sixty to Chris' 0.9137 with tyres shaking, Chris shut off past the Tree. Small fire from the left side of Jari's motor at the eighth 3.2429/254.89, green flame so I am guessing head gasket, but it can't have harmed much since Jari stayed on the gas all the way and went into #2 spot. The usual high idle from Anita after her burnout and the crew guy did the uusual job of settling it down. Thomas away first 0.1460 to 0.2103, storming sixty for Thomas 0.8518 to Anita's 0.8851 but then tyre shake and a pedal and looked from here as if Thomas' blower belt broke. All Anita from that point, then. 2.2481 to 330 feet, 3.2242/257.99 at the eighth, blackstriping on the gas all the way and into #2 spot.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Thomas Nataas 4.0165/298.80
  2. Anita Mäkelä 4.0418/298.80
  3. Jari Halinen 4.0774/289.39
  4. Chris Polidano 4.1910/245.45
  5. Chris Andrews 4.2952/279.43
  6. Duncan Micallef 4.3926/213.80
  7. Stig Neergaard 4.9942/150.61
  8. Patrik Pers 7.7296/75.91

11:25

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Thomas Lindström 6.6828/203.49, Michael Malmgren 6.6726/206.99; Magnus Pettersson 6.7161/205.34, Jimmy Ålund 6.5375/210.83;

Excellent match-up between Thomas and Michael. 0.9824 to sixty for Thomas to Michael's 0.9916, Michael was visibly catching Thomas by the eighth 4.2852/162.83 to 4.2936/162.94 and got there first by 0.0084 or 30.08 inches. Michael up to second. Magnus away first 0.0633 with front end high in the air to 0.1275 but Jimmy was catching him by sixty 0.9707 to Magnus' 0.9978. Jimmy with a clear lead at the eighth 4.2008/168.22 to 4.3250/163.52 and 0.003 off his own European ET record.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.5375/210.83
  2. Michael Malmgren 6.6726/206.99
  3. Thomas Lindström 6.6828/203.49
  4. Magnus Pettersson 6.7161/205.34

11:20

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Norbert Kuno 7.7138/128.45 bye; Mats Eriksson 6.1886/232.88, Micke Gullqvist 6.5351/220.16; Roger Moore 6.7901/209.13, Marc Meihuizen 6.2015/231.28; Wayne Nicholson broke, Steve Hall 8.6893/138.24 bye; Kev Slyfield 7.0205/208.07, Andy Wright 7.1642/213.84; Mattias Wulcan 6.1030/240.33, Graham Ellis 7.3647/199.79; Andy Robinson did not start, Rick Garrett 6.5332/210.92 bye; Robert Joosten 6.1830/232.75, Andy Frost 6.9557/227.77; Bruno Bader 6.0693/225.87, David Vegter 6.5760/229.07

1.0282 to sixty for Norbert driving through very visible shake, the Avenger moved left about 200 feet out and Norbert pedalled. 4.4403/143.03 at the eighth feathering the throttle and then off the gas in the second half. Champion-elect Micke not qualified going into this session but qualified coming out of it. 1.0064 to sixty for Mats, 1.0252 for Micke with shake, a pedal about 100 feet out. Mats to the eighth in 4.0674/181.27 to Micke's 4.3537/170.77. Another pedal for Micke at about half track and looked to shut it off a touch early, but in the ladder now. Visible holeshot for Marc 0.1378 to 0.5257 and the much better sixty 1.0080 to Roger's wheels-up and right-aiming 1.2129. Bad shake for Marc but stayed with it for a while even though his car was drifting towards the centre line, as was Roger's Viper. 4.0622/181.04 to the eighth for Marc and 4.4550/168.54 for Roger pulling the car away from the reflectors. Improvement for Roger but stayed in place. Wayne's blower belt broke in the burnout but he made it to the end of the track on burnout momentum. Steve took the bye but the motor was misfiring very badly, we may just have had a record for the Pro Mod run on the least cylinders. 1.2919 to sixty and 5.4745/129.19 at the eighth, had Steve not got safely through the burnout I'd have said plug leads in the wrong holes, that's how it sounded but it can't have been that. 0.9938 to sixty for Kev, the Coupe leaving clear shake marks on the track, 1.1920 for Andy with tyres shaking and smoking. A pedal in each lane, Kev to the eighth in a not-quite-straight 4.6445/162.49 to Andy's 4.8358/164.25. 1.0177 to sixty for Mattias driving through shake, 1.1051 for Graham with tyres shaking and smoking, a pedal as the 'Bird got very close indeed to the centre line. 4.0458/186.50 to the eighth for Mattias to Graham's 4.9475/149.61, Graham looked to shut it off in the second half. Mattias up to #3. Long and languid burnout for Rick brought applause from the spectators. electrical problems for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, the motor did not start. Rapid 0.9859 to sixty for Rick, feather of the throttle about 300 feet out, 4.2131/167.35 at the eighth. New PB and reset his own record for the quickest UK Nitrous Pro Mod, well done Rick! 1.0026 to sixty for Robert, frosty's tyres up in smoke off the line, 1.3278 to sixty, a pedal as the Vauxhall turned left. 4.0417/179.82 at the eighth for Robert, looked to shut it off and have the chutes out a touch early. 4.7621/173.06 at the eighth for Frosty and the car was visibly picking up speed in the second eighth. 1.0058 to sixty for Robert, 1.0486 for David and then bad shake and a pedal. 3.9560/185.01 to the eighth for Robert, 4.4064/176.20 for David having lost time to shake.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Marc Meihuizen 5.9635/241.15
  2. Bruno Bader 6.0693/225.87
  3. Mattias Wulcan 6.1030/240.33
  4. David Vegter 6.1807/231.26
  5. Robert Joosten 6.1830/232.75
  6. Mats Eriksson 6.1886/232.88
  7. Andy Frost 6.4074/225.88
  8. Andy Robinson 6.4927/230.10
  9. Rick Garrett 6.5332/210.92
  10. Micke Gullqvist 6.5351/220.16
  11. Graham Ellis 6.5950/no speed
  12. Andy Wright 6.7053/211.10
  13. Norbert Kuno 6.7388/161.93
  14. Wayne Nicholson 6.7399/212.07
  15. Roger Moore 6.7901/209.13
  16. Kev Slyfield 6.9826/200.76
  17. Steve Hall 7.5213/164.85

10:55

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Leif Andréasson 15.3039/49.60 bye; Gareth Ellis 6.2350/229.20, Steph Milam 6.2548/224.41; Danny Bellio 5.6647/248.22, Johan Lindberg no time DQ; Jonnie Lindberg 5.6006/262.53, Rob Turner 5.9149/203.37

Tyres up in smoke at the hit for Leif. One pedal and off the gas; track checked and all OK. Gareth visibly away first 0.1720 to 0.5362, 1.0597 to sixty for Gareth to Steph's 1.1713. Steph's FC was in a gentle bounce, looked like a pedal in there. 4.0888/183.49 at the eigth for Gareth to Steph's 4.1169 at a faster 191.84. Steph's car looked to settle down after the eighth and was visibly accelerating hard. Johan was too long in pre-stage and was bulbed by the Autostart. He went anyway but no times or speeds. Fantastic run for Danny. 0.990 to sixty, 3.7510/204.41 at the eighth, the car moved left and right a little but Danny stayed with it. New PB for Danny, well done Danny and team! Stayed in third at that point. Jonnie away first 0.9722 to Rob's 0.9897 and looked to drive through shake, the FC was making moves left and right and bouncing, looked like a pedal. Tony amount of shake for Rob. Jonnnie to the eighth in 3.7231/206.11 and Rob not far behind at 3.8031/198.56. In the second half someone's motor zinged, Rob was off the gas early and had the chutes out so I am guessing it was his.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jonnie Lindberg 5.5646/256.69
  2. Leif Andréasson 5.6364/251.97
  3. Danny Bellio 5.6647/248.22
  4. Rob Turner 5.8011/241.44
  5. Johan Lindberg 5.8334/249.48
  6. Gareth Ellis 6.2350/229.20
  7. Steph Milam 6.2548/224.41

10:35

FIA Top Methanol Dragster

Jonny Lagg 5.5425/249.61 bye

Not enough cars here for a Championship round so Jonny is testing. Great run! 0.9913 to sixty, 3.6894/213.90 at the eighth, blackstriping all the way, all the candles lit the length of the track.

10:30

Super Comp qualifying session 6

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 10:29:51                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0516  8.9059  0.0059  08.90 156.83
  2   33      ERIC ROERADE        + 0.0821  8.9065  0.0065  08.90 127.01
  3   4       PAUL BROWN          + 0.0645  8.9070  0.0070  08.90 148.64
  4   151     PAUL HUDSON         + 0.0550  8.9147  0.0147  08.90 149.55
  5   323     PHILLIP BENNETT     + 0.0530  8.9242  0.0242  08.90 149.55
  6   424     JON GILES           + 0.1115  8.9299  0.0299  08.90 157.39
  7   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0590  8.9376  0.0376  08.90 151.62
  8   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0563  8.9434  0.0434  08.90 149.68
  9   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      - 0.3830  8.9525  0.0525  08.90 150.14
 10   15      FRANK EIJSKOOT      + 0.5266  8.9878  0.0878  08.90 147.61
 11   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0466  9.0265  0.1265  08.90 147.61
 12   410     DAVID GADNEY        + 0.3150  9.0495  0.1495  08.90  69.49
 13   164     JON MORTON          + 0.1391  9.4794  0.5794  08.90 132.07
 14   777     JEREMY PRINCE       - 0.2723  9.5093  0.6093  08.90 143.39
 15   6030    RICHARD WEBB        + 0.6692  9.5542  0.6542  08.90 128.31

* = Disqualified 
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10:20

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 6

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2013 10:22:20                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0016  8.9277  1.0277  07.90  72.72
  2   5       BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0026  8.3708  0.4708  07.90  77.73
  3   34      JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.0033  8.0214  0.1214  07.90  81.09
  4   6       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0047  8.2018  0.3018  07.90  78.14
  5   4       RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0060  7.9083  0.0083  07.90  80.93
  6   28      RACHEL GILES        + 0.0158  8.5352  0.6352  07.90  75.79
  7   3       PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0165  8.3468  0.4468  07.90  76.15
  8   40      ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0207  7.9101  0.0101  07.90  80.66
  9   1       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0273  8.0800  0.1800  07.90  78.95
 10   24      RUARIDH HART        + 0.0351  9.5090  0.6090  08.90  67.15
 11   18      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0423  9.3545  1.4545  07.90  67.21
 12   17      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.0642 13.4304  0.5304  12.90  48.62
 13   11      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0706  9.0958  0.1958  08.90  68.67
 14   8       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0758  8.0676  0.1676  07.90  81.23
 15   42      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.1046 13.0986  0.1986  12.90  48.72
 16   39      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.1100  8.7492  0.8492  07.90  73.58

* = Disqualified 
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10:10

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1

A big Happy 22nd Birthday to Rampage team member Felicity Gibb, have a great day Felicity. Dave Russell +0.0071 on dial-in in his race against Reinier van Schelt. Tom Atkinson made it to the line after a thrash with dad John yesterday to change the converter; Tom broke out in his race against Shari Oomen which in one aspect is a good thing, proves the repair was good. Kirstie asked us to thank all of Tom's fellow racers who offered help and facilities. Great package for Simon Gough, 0.0016 RT and +0.0030 on dial-in, well done Simon! Johan Oomen +0.0049 next pair, father and daughter through to round two. Scott Hauser +0.0067 on dial-in in his bye.

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 10:11:20                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      551     MARK FLAVELL        LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Win   61      CHRIS HARTNELL      + 0.5534  8.9867  0.2767  08.71 147.15
 
      1       JACK BREWSTER       LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Foul Win  700 PHIL TOPPIN         - 0.0601  8.8798  0.0998  08.78 149.07
 
      53      IAN HANSON          LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Win   6       PETER WALTERS       + 0.0324 11.7859  3.5359  08.25  63.21
 
Win   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.3231  8.7371  0.0071  08.73 160.15
      777     REINIER VAN SCHELT  + 0.1358  8.4703 -0.0297  08.50 156.82
 
Win   666     SHARI OOMEN         + 0.0644  8.8444  0.0444  08.80 149.09
      3       TOM ATKINSON        + 0.1141  8.8294 -0.0406  08.87 152.60
 
Win   63      JOE STEVENS         + 0.1903  8.5983  0.0983  08.50 145.68
      955     MIKE BRUCKMUELLER   + 0.3425  8.2225 -0.0275  08.25 163.62
 
      202     MARK ADAMS          + 0.2270  7.5681 -0.0119  07.58 175.04
Win   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.0713  7.5308  0.0508  07.48 161.87
 
Win   366     LIAM JONES          + 0.0736  7.8570  0.2370  07.62 167.89
      717     LAURA TURBUVILLE    + 0.1478  8.8887 -0.0313  08.92 145.73
 
      430     ROY WALKER          + 0.4325  8.7738 -0.1062  08.88 152.05
Win   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0145  9.0171  0.0271  08.99 138.62
 
Win   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.3323  5.9885 -0.0115  06.00 198.97
Foul  933     BEAT RECHSTIENER    - 0.0613  9.1989  0.6989  08.50 154.68
 
Win   166     ALAN DIDWELL        + 0.0541  7.7006  0.0506  07.65 167.27
      258     DAVE WARD           + 0.1661  7.9803 -0.0497  08.03 156.82
 
      555     JOHN GERRITSEN      + 0.1171  8.3239  0.0739  08.25 176.35
Win   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0016  8.4830  0.0030  08.48 159.03
 
      1953    ANDREW CHILTON      + 0.2324  8.3421  0.2921  08.05 164.84
Win   28      JOHAN OOMEN         + 0.0268  7.7049  0.0049  07.70 173.67
 
      111     VINCENT ROSIELLO    LB3A       .     -8.1700  08.17   0.00
Win   4       IAN POWELL          + 0.0223  7.9629 -0.0171  07.98 167.23
 
Win   449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.3460  8.5604 -0.0496  08.61 157.35
Foul  910     RENE EHRISMANN      - 0.0593  8.3574  0.0274  08.33 164.22
 
      570     VINCE GIBBS         + 0.0568  7.3965 -0.0235  07.42 186.63
Win   251     DAVE CATTON         + 0.0448  7.7516 -0.0184  07.77 172.35
 
      96      DAVE NELSON         + 0.2122 10.9802  2.0802  08.90 113.46
Win   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1862  9.0068  0.2068  08.80 126.24
 
      21      MAURICE VAN DER LA  + 0.5987  8.3260 -0.3740  08.70 .00000
Win   307     ROD HARRISON        + 0.1185  6.5233  0.0233  06.50 205.13
 
Win   76      TOM VAN DER WIJDEN  + 0.1067  8.4906 -0.0094  08.50 143.82
      154     ROY WILDING         + 0.3247  8.1305 -0.0795  08.21 162.47
 
Win   91      BOB HAWKINS         + 0.1172  8.0302 -0.1498  08.18 181.38
Foul  200     STEVE JOHNSON       - 0.0828  7.3686  0.0386  07.33 181.31
 
Win   8       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0270  8.8203 -0.0397  08.86 151.54
Foul  315     ROBERT DOYLE        - 0.0064 10.7878  2.2378  08.55  80.08
 
Win   429     RICK COOKE          + 0.0510  8.5605  0.2705  08.29 134.40
      161     STEVE SAUNDERS      + 0.1635   .     -8.5400  08.54   0.00
 
Win   793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.1167  9.4205  0.6405  08.78 105.25
      1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
      935     WOUTER VAN LEERSUM  LB3A       .     -7.4900  07.49   0.00
Win   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.1068  6.8362 -0.0038  06.84 188.77
 
      474     ASHLEY BELL         LB3A       .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
Win   3001    SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.0824  7.5567  0.0067  07.55 173.66

* = Disqualified 
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09:15

Pro ET eliminations round 1

Perfect run for Ian Brown in his race against Matthew Seamarks, well done Ian! 0.0026 seconds or 6.69 inches in the race between Eddy van den Bos and Paul Marston.

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              F.I.A. European Finals 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England. 
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

07/09/2013 09:18:02                              23  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   81      HANS VAN DER SPEK   + 0.2741 10.2176 -0.1524  10.37 129.43
Foul  714     DARRYL HOWELLS      - 0.1691  9.6829  0.1529  09.53 136.96
 
      205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0303  9.8702 -0.0798  09.95 129.76
Win   118     GLENN PALLANT       + 0.0208 10.1396 -0.0504  10.19 133.68
 
Win   371     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1618  9.8079  0.0079  09.80 131.31
      610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.1695  9.5723  0.0723  09.50 140.79
 
Foul  70      CARLA PITTAU        - 0.1773  9.7099  0.0199  09.69 136.84
Win   625     BOBBY WALLACE       - 0.0399  9.6928 -0.0872  09.78 137.36
 
Win   66      IAN BROWN           + 0.1098 10.7109  0.0009  10.71 121.74
      1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.1317 10.8924 -0.0076  10.90 122.48
 
      3       PAUL MARSTON        + 0.0788  9.2746 -0.0454  09.32 146.15
Win   82      EDDY VAN DEN BOS    + 0.0602  9.4806 -0.0294  09.51 132.94
 
Win   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.1224 11.3909  0.0809  11.31 115.48
Foul  601     AL PLATT            - 0.0635 11.5848 -0.0952  11.68 116.82
 
Win   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0247 11.1249  0.2249  10.90 107.80
      140     KIM BISHOP          + 0.3883  9.4033  0.0033  09.40 131.01
 
Win   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1373 10.0383  0.0683  09.97 132.82
Foul  795     MIKE LACEY          - 0.0525  9.4790  0.1390  09.34 143.42
 
      22      MARC HARTEVELD      + 0.1761 10.7669 -0.0531  10.82 121.72
Win   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1065  9.8663 -0.0237  09.89 129.52
 
      731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0844 11.2900  0.0700  11.22 119.79
Win   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0102 10.3476  0.0976  10.25 116.81
 
Win   590     AIDEN KENNY         + 0.0681 10.2284 -0.9716  11.20 130.89
Foul  314     STEVE HUDSON        - 0.0053  9.2993  0.0193  09.28 138.17
 
Foul  231     NICOLE RECHSTEINER  - 0.2300  9.3886  0.3386  09.05 142.92
Win   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.1408 11.0886 -0.0814  11.17 118.05
 
Win   4       RICK MCCANN         + 0.1362 10.0016 -0.0284  10.03 131.69
      123     GAWAIN SIMONS       + 0.1486 11.1227 -0.1173  11.24 119.58
 
      315     NIGEL GREEN         + 0.1290 13.5298  2.4298  11.10  74.04
Win   299     AMANDA COX          + 0.2950 10.1558  0.4558  09.70 123.50
 
Foul  55      NICOLE PARKER       - 0.0250 12.1023  0.2023  11.90 116.69
Win   257     KEVIN FEIST         + 0.1790 10.2644 -0.0456  10.31 127.67
* = Disqualified 
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07:15

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the FIA European Finals brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car.

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It's a beautiful morning here at Santa Pod, sun and scattered cloud. All you can hear is the tractor idling and the distant sobbing of those who allowed yet another incorrect weather forecast to talk them out of coming yesterday.

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Congratulations to Pro ET racer Pel Norman and Super Comp / Gas racer Jon Giles who won the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award and Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award respectively. Jon tells us that he is donating his £50 to a collection within the Super Comp pits to add to Sarah Howells' run for Paula Marshall in the Great North Run next week. As you all know we were very close to Paula here at Eurodragster.com so that is more than OK by us, nice one Jon.

Today's provisional running order commences with Pro ET and Super Pro ET E1 at 09:00. Pro Q3 is scheduled for 10:30 and Q4 for 14:45. Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we'll be back with the news.


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