Santa Pod Raceway, 24th-27th May 2013
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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 23:25 Simon has posted today's last set of pit notes and we have also posted today's gallery, which contains 205 pictures. You can check out both pit notes and gallery via the Event Index. If you do not see all 205 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day three of the FIA Main Event. 21:00 Super Comp qualifying after session 2 Andy Williams up from #12 to #3 second pair. Fourth pair and Paul Letchford took over #1 spot. Paul Brown up from #14 to #3 in the last pair of the day.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
That's qualifying done for today. Stay tuned as Simon has more pit notes and we have today's pictures to bring you. The webcam will be stopped without warning some time soon but you can stay in touch with Nitro FM via the audio-only link on the Event Index page. 20:55 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying after session 2 Charlotte Bradford up from #21 to #3 second pair. Two pairs later Paige Wheeler moved up from #21 to #8. PB for Thaliah Gibb, 8.9869 after her move to Junior Modified, nice and close to the 8.90, but for 0.005 of red light she would have been £75 better off courtesy of the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Next run and Billy Ringer had a similar near miss only 0.005 right side, up from #17 to #2 whilst in the other lane Rachel Giles moved up from #22 to #9. Final pair and Brad Jackson moved up from #13 to #8 and Stacey Reed up from #24 to #5. Holley Marshall followed with an 8.6132/77.21 in the Santa Pod Raceway Junior FC.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2013 20:55:10 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 1 JOE KELLETT + 0.0031 8.1611 0.2611 07.90 78.40
2 20 BILLY RINGER + 0.0050 8.8716 -0.0284 08.90 71.86
3 6 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0101 8.0432 0.1432 07.90 81.22
4 22 CHARLOTTE BRADFORD + 0.0123 11.1687 2.2687 08.90 55.00
5 2 STACEY REED + 0.0128 8.0530 0.1530 07.90 70.28
6 34 JOHN PRZYBYL + 0.0186 8.3246 0.4246 07.90 78.13
7 15 SASKIA JELL + 0.0352 8.4389 0.5389 07.90 77.35
8 5 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0466 8.1809 0.2809 07.90 80.07
9 8 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0470 8.0596 0.1596 07.90 81.52
10 4 RHIANNON BELLENIE + 0.0561 7.9757 0.0757 07.90 82.41
11 28 RACHEL GILES + 0.0576 8.4981 0.5981 07.90 76.31
12 3 PAIGE WHEELER + 0.0622 8.2816 0.3816 07.90 76.30
13 18 JOE HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.0647 9.1018 1.2018 07.90 68.99
14 29 IVANA VAN DEN BERG + 0.0851 8.9303 0.0303 08.90 76.93
15 17 BELLE WHELLER + 0.1334 12.9180 0.0180 12.90 50.40
16 35 TYLER ASHDOWN + 0.1428 8.4812 0.5812 07.90 79.94
17 24 RUARIDH HART + 0.1598 9.0349 0.1349 08.90 70.38
18 16 CALLUM SWINCHATT + 0.2045 8.2961 0.3961 07.90 76.54
19 9 MORGAN WILSON + 0.2337 8.8345 0.9345 07.90 73.10
20 26 SAM HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.3238 8.6857 0.7857 07.90 75.77
21 36 CLOE RINGER - 0.0012 9.2208 1.3208 07.90 73.67
22 7 AARON FENSOME - 0.0034 8.0991 0.1991 07.90 81.23
23 11 THALIAH GIBB - 0.0059 8.9869 0.0869 08.90 69.39
24 21 CAITLIN WILSON - 0.2658 13.9976 1.0976 12.90 27.58
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20:40 Super Pro ET qualifying after session 2 It has been confirmed that we won't be seeing Dave Gibbons again this weekend as he has unfortunately broken both feet in a pairing lane accident. Wishing you a rapid recovery Gibb. Tom Atkinson up from #5 to #2 in the first pair. That lasted one pair as Ian Powell made a huge move, up from #25 to #2. One pair later Brian Pateman moved up from #17 to #5. Big moves in the next pair, Paul Marston up from #11 to #4 and Dave Russell up from #27 to #3. Eurodragster,com sponsor up from #16 to #10 next run. John Everitt's rear spoiler is carrying the legend "RIP Lee Rigby"; damn straight, well done John. Up from #32 to #14. Steve Johnson next to make a move, up from #13 to #3. -0.0003 RT for Noah Stutz, but for a minus sign that would have been the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award won. Next run and Dave Ward moved up from #9 to #4. Ashley Bell up from #34 to #18 in the following pair. Yet another big move next pair, Steve Saunders up from #33 to #9. Nick Good up from #29 to #11 alongside Beovax - Lucas Oil teammate Dave Catton. Roy Wilding up from #30 to #16 next pair. Mark Flavell next up the ladder, #26 to #19. Huge speed for Rod Harrison, in at #19. #30 to #14 for Al Didwell next pair. Rick Cooke took over #14 from #15 two pairs later. #37 and #36, Barry Giles and Scott Hauser, went side by side to #17 and #11 respectively next pair. Perfect 7.300 on a 7.30 dial-in and #1 spot for Vince Gibbs, subject to a decal check Vince will be £100 better off courtesy of the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award, well done Vince! Boy that was one busy session for your reporter, a change pretty much every pair. Excellent racing from the Super Pro ET guys.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
19:55 Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a 5.8571/274.70 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 4.0095/202.30 at the eighth. 19:50 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 2 Garry Bowe 7.3742/191.39 bye; Erich Gruber 8.2424/172.40 bye; Mogens Lund 8.0161/184.39 bye; Mark Wells 7.8525/189.80, Graham Dance 7.4146/192.13; Danny Cockerill 7.5339/193.86, Dave Smith 18.1480/36.03; Pete Field 7.7607/194.72, Luca Carbonera 8.0708/177.77; Thomas Granica shut off, Sandro Haldimann shut off; Graham Balchin 7.5513/195.54, Daniel Donat Lencs 7.8274/181.35; Dave Holland 7.3937/204.40, Steve Venables 7.2208/195.45; Thomas Granica 19.5443/18.73, Sandro Haldimann 8.8478/160.20 Big PB for Garry Bowe, well done Garry! Dave Holland backs up his earlier 206.00 for a Championship speed record, well done Dutch, and Ven now on an ET record with the quickest ever European SSB pass, well done Ven! Ven's sixty foot time of 1.2513 augured well and he didn't disappoint.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2013 19:50:54 16 FIM SUPER STREET
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 5 STEVE VENABLES + 0.1810 7.2208 7.2208 00.00 195.45
2 4 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1557 7.2294 7.2294 00.00 206.00
3 1 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1483 7.3393 7.3393 00.00 193.78
4 8 GARRY BOWE + 0.3281 7.3742 7.3742 00.00 191.39
5 3 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.4072 7.4146 7.4146 00.00 192.13
6 9 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1634 7.5339 7.5339 00.00 193.86
7 62 PETE FIELD + 0.3708 7.5817 7.5817 00.00 193.78
8 6 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2527 7.6024 7.6024 00.00 193.73
9 15 MOGENS LUND + 0.1853 7.8153 7.8153 00.00 180.61
10 68 DANIEL DONAT LENCS + 0.2964 7.8274 7.8274 00.00 181.35
11 47 MARK WELLS + 0.3412 7.8525 7.8525 00.00 189.80
12 27 LUCA CARBONERA + 0.1192 8.0708 8.0708 00.00 177.77
13 10 ERICH GRUBER + 0.3946 8.2424 8.2424 00.00 172.40
14 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.2498 8.6338 8.6338 00.00 156.30
15 44 PAUL HAMBIDGE + 0.1515 9.5596 9.5596 00.00 116.25
16 48 DAVE SMITH + 0.1213 18.1480 18.1480 00.00 36.03
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19:40 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike invitational qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Rene van den Berg no time, Mike Vickers 8.2938/154.18; Ian King 12.3136/63.79, Steve Woollatt 6.3341/198.04 1.4026 to sixty for Rene, motor smoked and then banged and stopped. 1.2888 to sixty for Mike, feathered the throttle a little, 5.1716/123.85 at the eighth and shut it off before the stripe. Ian on his way back from his burnout before Steve pulled forward for his own burnout. 1.0272 to sixty for Ian then his slick went up in smoke, shut it off about 250 feet out. 1.0706 to sixty for Steve, 4.1034/181.77 to the eighth, puff of smoke as the front wheel came down but otherwise a very clean and straight run. Shut it off before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
19:30 FIM Europe Supertwin invitational qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Christian Jäger 9.0867/99.50, Job Heezen 8.4244/139.96 DQ; Al Smith 8.6261/135.62, Ronny Aasen 9.5650/80.38 1.0959 to sixty for Christian but shut off when the front wheel thumped down about 300 feet out. 1.3582 to sixty for Job, the bike heading left from the start. Hit the eighth-mile reflectors and only just missed 1000 feet. 1.2971 to sixty for Al, 1.1604 for Ronny, the bike heading right. Suddenly a puff of smoke and then a bang and flash of flame from Ronny's motor. Al was feathering the throttle on his pass and shut it off just past the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
19:20 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike invitational qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Mark Smith 8.8080/160.22 bye; Martin Bishop 7.5068/178.53, Martin Newbury 7.8715/160.19; Len Paget 7.6251/167.30, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2836/177.72 Mark Smith lost fire after the burnout but allowed a restart under FIM rules. 1.2412 to sixty, 5.1181/134.43 at the eighth; the gear shifts didn't sound as rapid as is normal. Improvement, but stayed in place. 1.1233 to sixty for Martin B to 1.1925 for Martin N. Bish had the better eighth also 4.7940/147.12 to 5.0051/140.75. 1.1155 to sixty for Len to Gert-Jan's 1.1049, Gert-Jan visibly ahead at the eighth 4.5939/151.03 to Len's 4.7879/142.47. Another superb run for Gert-Jan. Qualifying after this session:
19:10 European Funny Car Series qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Kevin Kent 5.6976/249.47 bye; Jason Phelps 5.6220/252.24 bye, Leif Helander shut off; Henrik Christensen shut off (observed run) Nice pass for Kevin. 1.0278 to sixty, a brief pedal for shake and back on it. The car drifted left a little but Kevin had a hold of it. 3.8992/216.07 at the eighth, looked like the blower belt broke in the second eighth. Leif with tuner John Smith supervising. Motor lost fire after returning from the burnout. Jason took the bye, 1.0152 to sixty and 3.7989/217.10 at the eighth, cylinders out at half track and then shut it off just before the stripe. Henrik on an observed run couldn't get reverse after the burnout and shut it off although the motor really did not want to stop. Qualifying after this session:
18:55 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Thomas Nataas 8.8576/74.04 bye; Risto Poutiainen 6.3391/100.83, Antti Horto 5.3553/139.93; Micke Kågered 7.7285/89.80, Stig Neergaard 4.2019/281.84; Anita Mäkelä 4.4624/240.03, Jari Halinen 8.4271/67.97 A lot of smoke from the right bank when Thomas' motor started. 0.8627 to sixty but appalling shake started about ten feet out and Thomas shut it off. One of Risto's right side body panels was flapping, not fastened I guess, but no problem on the run. Risto away first 0.1425 to 0.1807 and had the much better sixty foot 0.8718 to 0.9167. Both cars' tyres went up in smoke about 250 feet out, both motors started screaming. Risto shut it off whilst Antti pedalled and gave it another go. Both cars invisible behind the smoke at that point. 4.1951/120.02 to the eighth for Risto and 3.8109/167.04 for Antti. Antti into #1 spot and Risto up a place. Lots of smoke from Stig's motor on start-up and on the way back from the burnout. Mark of Micke's team tried to get tuner Goran's attention about something but just at that moment the start line crew gestured Micke to pull forward. 0.9472 to sixty for Micke then shake and smoke and shut off at about 330 feet. 0.8801 to sixty for Stig, drove through shake, looked like a cylinder out and then back in again. 3.3399/243.32 at the eighth, smoke from the motor past the eighth but stayed with it and went into #1 spot. No sixty for Anita, 0.8927 to sixty for Jari but then bad shake ands shut it off about 100 feet out. Anita stayed with it although she had what looked like two cylinders out on the right side. 3.5012/229.03 at the eighth then possibly broke a blower belt after the eighth, the car's body language looked that way. Qualifying after this session:
18:30 Simon has posted a second set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Norbert Schneider 8.9744/146.66 bye; Steve Hall 8.9059/139.09 bye; Graham Ellis 10.6229/80.81 bye; Andy Frost 6.6356/212.07 bye, Jean Dulamon broke; Andy Robinson 7.5961/214.10, Mats Wicktor 6.8210/201.57; Mats Eriksson 8.2026/164.27, Rick Garrett 11.0323/77.49; Micke Gullqvist 6.0016/241.47 bye; Marcus Hilt 6.9339/199.76 bye; Kev Slyfield 9.1863/101.48, Robert Joosten 7.5310/99.46 DQ; Mattias Wulcan 14.4129/56.67, David Vegter 9.4918/91.58; Marc Meihuizen 6.3229/230.51, Bruno Bader 6.3998/210.90 1.3916 to sixty for Norbert S, a brief hesitation - maybe foot pushed off the throttle - then feathered the throttle to half track 5.8432/121.76, shut it off just after the eighth. Similar story for Steve, hesitation off the line, 1.1564 to sixty. Very close indeed to the 330 foot reflector and feathered the throttle before shutting off past the eighth 5.4878/116.24. 1.1208 to sixty for Graham but shake which sent the bird heading for the guardrail, getting very close at 300 feet or so. Graham pedalled and got it straight but shut it off before the eighth 5.5601/97.56. jean had one of his nitrous burps just before pulling his burnout, start line crews rushed with the fire extinguishers. Andy took the bye and a great one it was. 1.1076 to sixty, 4.3443/173.74 to the eighth, very straight pass with not much sign of shake. Straight in at #3. No visible war wounds on Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy's Camaro. 1.0171 to sixty for Andy and then hideous shake, 1.0292 for Mats W. Andy pedalled for a while and then got back on it, 5.1484/141.60 at the eighth and smoke from the motor in the second eighth. Meanwhile Mats had driven through shake and stayed with it, 4.3982/161.94 at the eighth and in at #5, smoke from Mats' motor in the second half also. Hideous shake for Mats E at the hit, 1.4367 to sixty and a long pedal. 1.0076 to sixty for Rick then the right side of the motor started to smoke. Suddenly there was a bug nitrous burp from Rick's motor and the scoope flew into the air and landed in the other lane but Mats was already out of the way, 5.5647/159.04 eighth to Rick's 5.7372/98.12. Oil found in Rick's lane. One clean-up later Micke took a bye. 0.9815 to sixty, storming 3.9602/187.37 at the eighth - no sign of shake, not a foot wrong, into #1 spot. Next up Marcus on a bye. 1.0495 to sixty, pedal for shake and a puff of smoke from the right bank. 4.5887/164.86 at the eighth, smoke from the right bank again towards the stripe. Improvement but stayed in place. Great driving job by Robert in the next pair. 0.0830 RT, 1.0174 to sixty, then shake set in but Robert stayed with it. The Camaro swayed left and right and then made a hard move left and took out the eighth-mile reflectors, looked to be up on two wheels at that point. Robert with great presence of mind put the chutes out and got a hold of it. 1.0265 to sixty for Kev, tried to drive through shake but then shut off likely as he saw Robert crossing the centre line in front of him. Big move from David's car as he got off the gas in the burnout, hard right then hard left. 1.0997 to sixty for Mattias and 1.0289 for David, then both hit bad shake - bad enough to shake the breather filter off Mattias' car. Both off the gas by about 330 feet. Long way round for both Marc and Bruno. 0.9970 to sixty for Marc to Bruno's quicker 0.9886. Both tried to drive through shake and both pedalled briefly, a puff of smoke from Bruno's motor as he pedalled it. Both back hard on the gas, Marc to the eighth in 4.1269/173.59 to Bruno's quicker 4.0916/171.45. Both cars moved around their lanes in the second eighth especially Marc's but he hung onto it. More smoke from Bruno's motor in the second half. Qualifying after this session:
17:40 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Mats Jacobsson 6.9752/198.98, Magnus Pettersson 6.7509/201.56; Micke Callin 6.7109/208.20, Jimmy Ålund 6.6251/208.95; Thomas Lindström 6.6351/209.14, Michael Malmgren 6.7154/204.18 Fantastic pair to start the session and to exorcise the demons of session 1. Magnus in storming form. 0.9667 to sixty to Mats' 1.0199 and driving through shake, visibly ahead at the eighth 4.3391/161.66 to 4.4907/157.31. Jimmy into #1 and on ET and speed records now. 0.0397 RT and the much quicker sixty 0.9924 to Micke's 1.0015 and the much better eighth 4.2703/166.35 to 4.3308/164.12. Thomas backs up his earlier speed record in this round and sets a new ET record, well done Thomas! Michael away first 0.0798 to 0.1251 but that was it for the better incrementals as Thomas took it all from then on. 0.9834 to sixty to Michael's 1.0114 and 4.2719/165.87 at the eighth to Michael's 4.3290/164 . Qualifying after this session:
17:35 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Jürgen Nagel 5.9457/247.73 bye; Leif Andréasson 5.5817/256.56, Gareth Ellis 6.0286/232.60; Rob Turner 6.3793/173.74, Adam Flamholc 5.8454/247.68; Steph Milam 7.6551/97.77, Jonnie Lindberg 5.6096/263.58 Nice pass by Jürgen to open the session, new PB speed. 1.0333 to sixty, car headed for the guardrail but Jürgen stayed with it. 3.9375/192.00 at the eighth with a brief pedal but otherwise on it all the way. Up into #2 at that point. Big 0.1814 to 0.5350 holeshot for Leif. 0.9352 to sixty, the FC bouncing through the eighth 3.6532/202.42 but Leif stayed on the throttle all the way. 0.9953 to sixty for Gareth, 3.9491/190.14 at the eighth. Very close indeed to the guardrail in the shutdown area but all OK. Leif straight in at #1, Gareth up a spot. Great pairing between Rob and Adam. Rob visibly away first but Adam had the better sixty 0.9673 to 1.0464. Adam ahead at the eighth 3.8665/194.30 to Rob's 3.9331/177.70. Rob shut it off at about 1000 feet and put the chutes out before the stripe. Jonnie left Steph for dead at the line 0.1115 to 0.5712 and you could tell it was a special run. 0.9556 to sixty for Jonnie to Steph's 1.0645. Steph's FC headed left and she was off the gas around the eighth 4.3378/168.55. Meteoric 3.7146/202.93 to the eighth for Jonnie having driven through shake, the FC was moving left and right but Jonnie stayed with it and did the first half of a European speed record. Well done Jonnie! Qualifying after this session:
17:15 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Paul Ingar Udtian shut off, Tethys no time Tethys carried on up the track after his burnout and the dragster never stopped, went into the field at the end of the shutdown area albeit at low speed. Short hold to recover the dragster from the field. Paul Ingar Udtian 5.5791/252.99 bye Great pass for the second time of asking. 0.9454 to sixty, 3.6561/205.27 at the eighth. No sign of shake and straight as you like. Qualifying after this session:
16:55 Pro ET qualifying after session 2 Nigel Green up from #29 to #17 first pair. Tim Stanbury +0.004 second pair, consistent with his previous run. 0.007 RT for Paul Jackson next pair, tilting at the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Big move for Simon Innes next pair, up from #16 to #3. 0.004 RT for Dave Cherrett and up from #31 to a slightly safer #22. Big moves side-by-side for Keith Herbert and Sarah Styles, up from #30 to #14 and from #32 to #16 respectively. Drama in the next pair as there was a cloud of smoke from Antony Wilkins' Morris Minor right on the stripe then the car turned right, hit the guardrail and then rolled across to the other side of the track. Butch got himself out of the car whilst the safety crews rushed to his aid, again they moved very fast. Word later came back that Butch is quite OK. On the re-start Mike Lacey moved up from #12 to #6. In the closing pair of the session Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award sponsor Tig Napier moved up from #33 to #12.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
15:35 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying after session 1 Joe Kellett a squeak away from the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2013 15:38:47 21 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 1 JOE KELLETT + 0.0031 8.1611 0.2611 07.90 78.40
2 6 JACOB KOPASZ + 0.0101 8.0432 0.1432 07.90 81.22
3 34 JOHN PRZYBYL + 0.0188 8.0108 0.1108 07.90 83.63
4 15 SASKIA JELL + 0.0352 8.4389 0.5389 07.90 77.35
5 8 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0470 8.0596 0.1596 07.90 81.52
6 4 RHIANNON BELLENIE + 0.0561 7.9757 0.0757 07.90 82.41
7 29 IVANA VAN DEN BERG + 0.0851 8.9303 0.0303 08.90 76.93
8 5 BRAD JACKSON + 0.0945 8.1511 0.2511 07.90 81.08
9 17 BELLE WHELLER + 0.1334 12.9180 0.0180 12.90 50.40
10 18 JOE HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.1409 9.1779 1.2779 07.90 71.01
11 24 RUARIDH HART + 0.1598 9.0349 0.1349 08.90 70.38
12 35 TYLER ASHDOWN + 0.1838 8.2439 0.3439 07.90 80.50
13 16 CALLUM SWINCHATT + 0.2045 8.2961 0.3961 07.90 76.54
14 9 MORGAN WILSON + 0.2523 8.6169 0.7169 07.90 73.79
15 20 BILLY RINGER + 0.2791 8.9577 0.0577 08.90 72.99
16 26 SAM HOLLAND-VILLA + 0.3238 8.6857 0.7857 07.90 75.77
17 36 CLOE RINGER - 0.0012 9.2208 1.3208 07.90 73.67
18 7 AARON FENSOME - 0.0034 8.0991 0.1991 07.90 81.23
19 28 RACHEL GILES - 0.0140 8.5091 0.6091 07.90 75.91
20 3 PAIGE WHEELER - 0.0144 8.2108 0.3108 07.90 77.07
21 22 CHARLOTTE BRADFORD - 0.1958 10.8612 1.9612 08.90 57.53
22 21 CAITLIN WILSON - 0.2852 13.6742 0.7742 12.90 28.63
23 2 STACEY REED - 0.3033 8.0305 0.1305 07.90 69.26
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Holley Marshall followed qualifying with an 8.5394/78.01 exhibition pass in Santa Pod's ADI Group-sponsored Junior Funny Car. 15:20 Comp Eliminator qualifying after session 1 We believe a big PB for Amanda Cox, well done Amanda! Great to see Rob Smallworth back in his immaculate Chevy.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2013 15:21:44 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 203 ANDREW HONE - 0.2330 7.4343 -0.5657 08.00 185.03
2 58 PAULA ATKIN + 0.7941 6.9183 -0.3417 07.26 203.26
3 299 AMANDA COX + 4.1502 7.8522 0.6922 07.16 166.66
4 53 BRENDAN CLANCY - 0.0385 7.9747 0.7147 07.26 172.37
5 55 ROB SMALLWORTH + 8.3676 10.8236 2.8236 08.00 98.75
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15:15 Super Gas qualifying after session 1 Jon Evans 0.006 off the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
15:00 Martin Hill followed the Super Pro ET re-run with a fantastic 5.8591/278.04 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 4.0164/204.11 at the eighth. Eric Teboul followed with his Rocket Bike. Steamy 5.5341/227.70, 3.6131/224.31 at the eighth. 14:45 Super Pro ET qualifying after session 1 re-run Tom van der Wijden takes a re-run after an instant red in the first session.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
14:40 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying after session 1 Dave Holland on Championship ET and speed records, we believe the quickest and fastest ever run in European SSB, well done Dutch! Dave Smith was shut off during his burnout, Garry Bowe left before the Tree ran, and Graham Dance's motor cut out at the hit.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2013 14:43:19 16 FIM SUPER STREET
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 4 DAVE HOLLAND + 0.1557 7.2294 7.2294 00.00 206.00
2 5 STEVE VENABLES + 0.1991 7.3177 7.3177 00.00 199.00
3 1 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1483 7.3393 7.3393 00.00 193.78
4 62 PETE FIELD + 0.3708 7.5817 7.5817 00.00 193.78
5 6 THOMAS GRANICA + 0.2527 7.6024 7.6024 00.00 193.73
6 9 DANNY COCKERILL + 0.1207 7.6181 7.6181 00.00 175.06
7 15 MOGENS LUND + 0.1853 7.8153 7.8153 00.00 180.61
8 68 DANIEL DONAT LENCS + 0.3605 7.9109 7.9109 00.00 175.76
9 47 MARK WELLS + 0.1755 7.9190 7.9190 00.00 170.47
10 27 LUCA CARBONERA + 0.3110 8.2942 8.2942 00.00 173.08
11 10 ERICH GRUBER + 0.4138 8.5876 8.5876 00.00 173.04
12 12 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.2498 8.6338 8.6338 00.00 156.30
13 44 PAUL HAMBIDGE + 0.1515 9.5596 9.5596 00.00 116.25
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14:30 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike invitational qualifying session 1 (left lane first) This is a non-points round. Mike Vickers shut off, Rene van den Berg shut off; Steve Woollatt 6.6175/174.40, Ian King 8.9818/118.07; Mike lost fire before staging. Rene pulled forward to take the bye but was shut off before staging for a fluid leak. Steve away first 0.1553 to 0.2370, Ian had the quicker sixty foot 1.0233 to Steve's 1.0652, looked from here as if the rear tyre unloaded as the front came down. Ian got off the throttle for a long while. 4.1934/174.92 to the eighth for Steve and shut it off about 1100 feet out. Qualifying after this session:
14:25 FIM Europe Supertwin invitational qualifying session 1 (left lane first) This is a non-points round. Al Smith 8.8175/118.09 bye; Ronny Aasen 13.3975/65.27 bye, Christian Jäger shut off; Three quarter pass for Al to open his account. 1.3920 to sixty and 5.3250/138.69 at the eighth. Ronny's first outing on the Pels' Godfather. Christian shut off after the burnout, propped the bike up and jumped the guardrail. Ronny took the bye, 1.1943 to sixty and off the throttle. Qualifying after this session:
14:20 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike invitational qualifying session 1 (left lane first) This is a non-points round. Mark Smith 8.2959/159.08 bye; Martin Newbury 7.8137/164.85, Len Paget 7.5843/168.56; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.3761/173.73, Martin Bishop 7.6906/140.40 1.2432 to sixty for Mark, the bike went to the right but Mark stayed with it. 5.2778/133.35 at the eighth and shut off early. Good to see Eurodragster.com sponsor Martin back on track. 0.0765 RTm 1.2235 to sixty, 4.9893/142.98 at the eighth. 0.0467 RT for Len, 4.7497/142.46 at the eighth and into #1 spot. 0.1039 to 0.4036 holeshot for Martin B, Gert-Jan had the quicker sixty 1.1178 to 1.1257 and the quicker eighth 4.6415/149.07 to 7.7221/149.07. Martin shut it off before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
14:10 European Funny Car Series qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Kevin Kent did not start; Jason Phelps 6.7551/138.21 bye; Gordon Smith 5.6541/207.23, John Spuffard 7.2215/123.55; Kevin Kent did not start; Henrik Christensen 9.9399/87.54 bye (observed run) A couple of goes at starting Kevin's motor but it was having none of it so the West Ten car was pushed back and Jason's Marshall Amlification car was pushed round. 0.9553 to sixty for Jason, no shake to speak of. 2.5420 to 330 feet then off the gas just before the eighth 3.8123/173.68, judging by the smoke from the headers I wonder whether the blower belt broke. Huge 0.2217 to 0.4793 holeshot for Gordon. 0.9317 to sixty for Gordon and 0.9298 for Spuff who then drove through shake until his tyres went up in smoke and from here ot looked like his blower panel blew - difficult to tell in all the smoke. Slowing 3.9728/162.74 at the eighth, meanwhile we could hear rather than see Gordon, 3.6710/221.25 at the eighth and sounded to shut it off at about 1000 feet. Kevin's motor again refused to start and the car was pushed back. Henrik has two passes left to complete his licencing. Tuner John Smith concerned about the idle speed on fire-up and again on return from the burnout. 0.9695 to the sixty, shake at about 120 feet and off the gas. Qualifying after this session:
13:45 Now would be a good time to say Hello to our good buddy Erik Zettervall who is tuned in from Sweden. Hope you are enjoying the coverage Erik. FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Thomas Nataas 8.1554/73.00 bye; Stig Neergaard 6.3310/107.30, Micke Kågered 6.7495/102.78; Antti Horto did not start, Anita Mäkelä 5.5329/121.88 bye; Jari Halinen 5.4808/121.41, Risto Poutiainen 8.1262/74.82 0.8800 to sixty for Thomas, shake started as the rear end of the car passed the Tree. off the gas at 100 feet. Visible 0.2084 to 0.4787 holeshot for Micke. 0.8617 to sixty for Stig to Micke's 0.9268,a tiny bit of shake for both but they drove through it. Micke looked to have a cylinder out and was off it by 330 feet. 2.3682 to 330 feet for Stig and off the gas at that point. Antti's team had trouble starting the motor and were told to give it up as Anita started to return from her burnout. 0.9292 to sixty for Anota, shake from about 100 to 300 feet and then something came off the car - it wasn't the blower belt, it was something more solid. Anita off the throttle at that point. Problems firing up for Jari, the motor fired and then stopped. Frantic cranking over and re-starting on Jari's side of the track whilst Risto waited with motor running. Short burnout by Jari so as not to keep Risto waiting. 0.8840 to sixty for Jari to Risto's 0.9393, Risto's tyres visibly shaking and then a flash of flanmf from his motor. 2.3238 to 330 feet for Jari having driven through shake and then his tyres started to haze and then blaze, the dragster made a move to the right and Jari shut it off. Qualifying after this session:
13:15 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Magnus Pettersson no time, Mats Jacobsson no time; Michael Malmgren 7.1493/138.96, Micke Callin shut off; Jimmy Ålund 15.6887/52.64, Thomas Lindström 6.6619/209.86; Micke Callin 6.7215/206.95 bye; Magnus bulbed by the Autostart. Not sure he understood what that was about as he stayed on the line despite being told to drive down track both by Chief Starter Ian Marshall and his own crew. Sounded like a backfire for Mats about a foot off the line and the car stopped dead. Micke shut off before staging. Great pass for Michael to start with, storming 0.9873 to sixty, 4.3062/163.06 at the eighth, straight as you like then shut it off and chutes out at about 1000 feet. It transpired that Micke was shut off as fluid had been found in his lane at the top end. 1.0041 to suxty for Jimmy shaking linke no-one's business and he shut it opff. 0.9786 to sixty for Thomas, 4.2944/164.61 at the eighth and the first half of a European speed record. Well done Thomas! Micke returned for his run to close the session. Nice run too, 0.9907 to sixty, drive through shake between about 60 and 100 feet, 4.3365/163.61 at the eighth and chutes out before the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
12:35 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Norbert Schneider no time bye; Steve Hall shut off bye; Kev Slyfield 7.3325/167.29 bye; Andy Robinson 21.4661/32.68 bye; Mats Wictor no time, Mattias Wulcan 6.8662/189.02; Jean Dulamon no time, Wayne Nicholson 7.3530/207.01; Marcus Hilt 7.0831/197.24, Graham Ellis no time; Robert Joosten 6.7431/193.87, Mats Eriksson 15.4864/31.31; David Vegter 6.5998/232.75, Marc Meihuizen 6.7213/222.17; Bruno Bader 6.1069/219.30 bye, Micke Gullqvist shut off; Micke Gullqvist 11.1587/118.37 bye Wild burnout by Norbert S, way out of shape. Up on two right wheels and then up on the two left wheels. Stabbed the throttle to get it straight and then drove to the end of the track. First run for and first look at Steve Hall's new Chevy, very pretty indeed and an early contender for Best Appearing Car and a good advertisement for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy Robinson Race Cars. Great screaming burnout then shut it off. Great to see Kev Slyfield back out on track after his unfortunate incident at Easter. Asked last night if he was going to take it easy first run, he replied "Hell, no!" or words to that effect. A lot of work on the wheelie bar height before staging, so much so that the start line crew told the team to hurry it up. Great launch and very straight to begin with, 1.0815 to sixty. Off the throttle at 300 feet or so then back on it, 4.5235/142.16 at the eighth, the Coupe was moving around the lane some in the second eighth and Kev was off the gas before the stripe. Next up after two customer cars, Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy himself. Marcus Hilt's tuner Camp Stanley an interested onlooker. Shake at the hit, motor screamed, blower refief panel burst just pas the Tree - 1.0715 to sixty despite the shake. Top end crews attended to the Camaro at the top end and then the ambulance headed down the shutdown area; I would not be surprised if the blower pop ran Andy's bell a little. Mats rolled the beams and rolled to a hald about 200 feet out. 1.1028 to sixty for Mattias, the tyres shook about 200 feet out and the Firebird started to move to the right. A pedal just before 330 feet, 4.4300/153.57 at the eighth and off the gas before the stripe. Mop clean-up and sledding in Mattias' lane. Nitrous burp and dislodged scoop at the hit for Jean. Safety crews rushed to put out a small carb fire, those guys mve so quickly. 1.1625 to sixty for Wayne, motor sounded to be misfiring and a cylinder was out on the left side, 4.8876/152.19 at the eighth and stayed on the throttle all the way. Marcus has not only his usual US tuner Camp Stanley but fellow US tuner Tripp Flowers on his team this weekend, and he has also been joined by fellow PM racer Rolf Ammann. Graham was bulbed by the Autostart whilst spooling up the turno. Spin at the hit for Marcus, 1.3682, a pedal and then back on the throttle. 4.7927/173.07 at the eighth and on the gas all the way. The 'Vette then made a big move to the right in the shutdown area, enough to start the top end safety crews rolling but he kept a hold of it. 1.0249 to sixty for Mats and then huge shake and screaming motor and he was off ti just past 330 feet. Robert rolled the beams as the Tree ran which will have invalidated his incrementals, shake out to about sixty feet then hooked up. 182.83 at the eighth, very close to the wall in the second half, chutes out before the stripe. Mats probably seeing four of everything after that run. David's crew chivvied by the start line crew whilst adjusting the wheelie bars. Shake at the hit for David, 1.4610 to sixty, 1.0031 to sixty for Marc and then hit shake which propelled the Camaro towards the centre line. Marc was off the throttle for a long while but still had the better eighth 4.3760/149.05 to 4.4787/181.28 even though he was trying to spell his nme on the track. The MPM Oil duo into #1 and #2 with that pairing. Micke shut off after returning from his burnout. Bruno took the bye, 0.9791 to sixty and into the threes at the eighth 3.9628/184.32. Chutes out and off the throttle well before the stripe so plenty more left in the 'Vette. Micke not having staged on his previous attempt allowed to restart. Curt burnout then 0.9921 to sixty and hideous shake. Off the throttle within moments, then briefly gave it some wellie to get down the track. Qualifying after this session:
11:35 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Gareth Ellis 7.4757/222.54 bye; Adam Flamholc 6.2432/240.31, Steph Milam 7.6896/156.88; Jürgen Nagel 8.9276/139.39 bye; Jonnie Lindberg 5.8984/252.24 bye; Gareth rolled the beams as the lights ran which will have affected his ET. Huge shake from about 40 feet to 150 feet which Gareth drove through and then pedalled briefly. 5.2143/162.48 at the eighth, very close to the guardrail in the second half. Adam's first competitive run in FIA TMFC competition although is not untested in this class of course. Steph's first run of the year. Adam visibly away first 0.1882 to 0.4999 and had the much better sixty 1.1376 to 1.2791. Slight move to the right for Adam but stayed with it, looked from here as if Steph was getting off the gas near the eighth with a big difference 4.1849/188.00 for Adam to Steph's 4.9205/150.61. Adam had his chutes out before the stripe. Jürgen rolled the beams as he went up on the revs and went a long way before he hit the throttle so the incrementals not at all representative. 167.29 mph at the eighth, cylinders out on both sides and off the throttle. Fantastic run for Jonnie! 0.9409 to sixty, the car drifted to the left but he stayed with it as long as he dared, 3,8937/183.56 at the eighth and a brief pedal to get it straight and nailed it again. Qualifying after this session:
11:20 Simon has posted his first set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Tethys 5.9066/260.99, Paul Ingar Udtian no time Great burnouts by both, Paul Ingar to 100 feet. First ever Autostart in FIA competition and Tet just got the jump at the lights 0.0826 to 0.0955, Paul Ingar had the better sixty foot 1.0221 to 1.2075 but then Paul's blower relief panel blew and the chutes deployed. Paul rolled to a halt just before the quarter mile. 4.0541 at 209.95 to the eighth for Tet and a huge speed at the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
11:10 Super Street qualifying after session 1 Leigh Morris latest to have a go at the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award with a 0.005 RT in the second pair. Next pair and Harrison Brown had a go at the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award +0.006 off index.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying after session 1 Fantastic first full pass for Al Williamson's pick-up, a PB we think. Well done Alan! Superb run for Brian Payne, first half of a new ET record, nice one Brian and Guv!
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/05/2013 11:08:52 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
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1 1 BRIAN PAYNE + 0.5073 7.4747 7.4747 00.00 191.25
2 507 JON WEBSTER + 0.0444 8.1543 8.1543 00.00 168.55
3 537 MARTIN SMITH + 2.7341 8.3845 8.3845 00.00 175.07
4 472 MATS ANDERSSON - 0.0452 8.5348 8.5348 00.00 163.09
5 56 COLIN LAZENBY + 0.1366 9.0647 9.0647 00.00 182.87
6 65 MARK TODD + 0.0846 9.2348 9.2348 00.00 148.15
7 333 ALAN WILLIAMSON + 0.0980 9.3123 9.3123 00.00 147.19
8 666 ANDY BOND + 0.1083 12.4248 12.4248 00.00 106.76
9 321 RICHARD MERRIMAN + 2.5668 12.8616 12.8616 00.00 114.63
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Our first Pro session is next up. 10:55 Super Comp qualifying after session 1 First look at the Doignie and Lane Vauxhall, very nice piece of work. Lots of smoke from the motor in the second half, track checked and all OK so hopefully nothing serious.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
10:35 Super Pro ET qualifying after session 1 A big Happy Birthday to Laura Turburville, celebrated with a wheelie and a step to the left on launch, brief pedal and back on it. Wild burnout for John Oomen, Viper turned hard left and crossed lanes as he got off the throttle. Then there was a rush to stop Bob Hawkins reversing into him on the way back from his own burnout but the race officials had it covered. Totally unfazed, Bob had a go at the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award with a 0.008 RT. Next to take a tilt at the money was John Everitt with a 0.004.
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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09:50 We've now swapped to the two-camera webcast; you may have to hit Refresh on the webcast screen to pick up the new stream. Pro ET qualifying after session 1 Only a few pairs in and the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award is under threat, Tim Stanbury +0.003 off the trailer followed in the next pair by Bob Molden +0.007. First competitive run this season for Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award sponsor Tig Napier, nine-second Maltese Half Pass. We believe a Personal Best for Keith Herbert, well done Keith!
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F.I.A. Main Event 2013. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
07:30 Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the FIA Main Event brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car. The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport is on-line and will broadcast live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is active. M@ikel and our buddies from Doyousee.me will be joining us shortly and we will switch to their two-camera set-up at some point this morning; when this occurs we will get the track announcers to give viewers a heads-up. Should there be any significant downtime on the track then we will again show replays. If this should happen then if you want to stay live then you can keep in touch via the Nitro FM audio-only link on the Event Index. Obviously we will switch the camera back on in good time when the track is getting close to active again. A big Good Morning to Ivar Kolberg who is probably the biggest fan of our Event Coverage. I hope you have plenty of supplies lined up by your computer Ivar, it's going to be a long and spectacular day. Good morning also to our dear friend Gittli Koller who is tuned in from Bavaria; hope all is OK with you Gittli. Last but by no means least a big Happy 9th Birthday from Mum and Dad and Jayne and Steve to Callum Motler, son of Super Comp racers Malk and Marcie Motler. Have a great day Callum. It's currently overcast and a bit chilly but it's dry, it's brightening up, and it's going to remain that way; people who know about such things insist upon telling Your Reporter that the forecast is good right the way through to Monday. Today we will be going with the published running order - available via the Event Index page - which means an 09:00 start with Pro ET. Pro sessions are scheduled for 10:30 and 14:30. If you are within driving distance, then get in your car and get here. If you can't physically get here then stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fire up we'll bring you all the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |