FIA / FIM European Championship Finals
Santa Pod Raceway, 4th-7th September 2014

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00:30 Saturday

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20:45

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 8

Robin Orthodoxou up to #1 with a great pass -0.6362 under index.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 20:47:08                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.0974  7.0838 -0.6362  07.72 187.40
  2   885     SASCHA PRETZSCH     + 0.1102  7.2853 -0.4347  07.72 181.31
  3   51      DAVID JAMES         + 0.4278  7.7146 -0.0054  07.72 175.74
  4   405     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.4418  8.4219  1.2919  07.13 128.05

* = Disqualified 
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20:40

Super Gas qualifying session 8

No changes to the standings in this session.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 20:42:02                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.2437  9.9076  0.0076  09.90 113.07
  2   424     JON GILES           + 0.0463  9.9102  0.0102  09.90 154.68
  3   1       JON MORTON          + 0.1151  9.9112  0.0112  09.90 147.17
  4   512     S REFFELTRATH       + 0.0790  9.9147  0.0147  09.90 147.73
  5   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0763  9.9185  0.0185  09.90 126.90
  6   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0632  9.9222  0.0222  09.90 107.55
  7   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0264  9.9232  0.0232  09.90 151.56
  8   587     OSCAR SCAPPOCIN     + 0.1824  9.9308  0.0308  09.90 115.50
  9   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0085  9.9361  0.0361  09.90 149.08
 10   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2005 10.0083  0.1083  09.90 135.37
 11   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2482 10.0274  0.1274  09.90 124.55
 12   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0475 10.1700  0.2700  09.90 143.00
 13   6       PETE CRESSWELL      - 0.1325  9.6108 -0.2892  09.90 149.59

* = Disqualified 
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20:30

Nostalgia Funny Car demonstration

Wendy Baker no time DQ (bye)

Great dry hops up to the line. 1.1831 to sixty feet then the FC headed to the left and took out the 330 foot reflector.

Martin Hill followed Wendy with a fantastic 5.9072/271.37 in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car. 4.0527/201.38 at the eighth.

20:20

European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Kevin Kent 8.6832/79.39 bye; Jason Phelps 7.7666/84.42, Gordon Smith 7.9877/81.83

0.9663 to sixty for Kevin, it could have been a trick of the light but from here it looked as if the car was bouncing up and down with shake. Either way Kevin was off the gas about 120 feet out. Gordon back from his burnout before Jason's motor fired, a very brief burnout by Jason and back quickly so as not to keep Gordon waiting. 0.0098 RT by Jason, visible holeshot. 1.0677 to sixty for Jason with shake and a pedal, 0.9962 to Gordon without but then he hit shake past the Tree and pedalled. One more pedal from each and then off the gas, the body language of the TeamRock FC hinted at a broken blower belt.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jason Phelps 7.7666/84.42
  2. Gordon Smith 7.9877/81.83
  3. Kevin Kent 8.6832/79.39

20:10

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Urs Erbacher no time DQ, Chris Andrews 3.9795/290.42; Micke Kågered 8.7209/78.55, Stig Neergaard 4.1001/254.28; Thomas Nataas 4.0352/315.51, Duncan Micallef 4.1151/279.45

No Tethys in this session; spare block going in the car after what sounded like carnage earlier. Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs' tyres didn't light on the burnout. He then left before the lights ran, off the gas about 200 feet out and chutes out. 0.8601 to sixty for Chris, 3.1790/263.41 at the eighth, a move towards the centre line but stayed with it and into #1 spot. Quick hold to retrieve both cars from the track. 0.8744 to sixty for Micke, off the throttle by 200 feet. 0.8691 to sixty for Stig, 2.2331 to 330 feet, 3.2173/252.88 at the eighth and off it just past the eighth. Fantastic match between Thomas and Duncan! Thomas visibly away first 0.0818 to Duncan's 0.1192, Thomas had a storming eighth 0.8466 to Duncan's 0.8751, Thomas briefly pedalled and the Andersen Racing car got up and went. 3.2525 at a huge 268.56 at the eighth, Duncan to the eighth in 3.2720/255.71, Duncan's nitro flames starting to turn hard orange towards the stripe so something burning as well as nitro. Thomas does the first half of a European speed record, the fastest 1000-foot speed ever in Europe (again). Well done Thomas, Per, Karsten and team! Gabby McDonald was lined up but was towed back to the pits.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Chris Andrews 3.9795/290.42
  2. Thomas Nataas 4.0352/315.51
  3. Duncan Micallef 4.0608/306.95
  4. Stig Neergaard 4.1001/254.28
  5. Tethys 4.6771/171.09
  6. Micke Kågered 8.5609/78.71

19:00

Our Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcast is now finished for the weekend. The Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe free Web TV is now on-line at www.santapod.tv.

18:50

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 8

Fantastic run for Steve Neimantas 7.3013/192.97, the quickest ET in Street Eliminator history, well done Steve! There's a record to be backed up tomorrow or Sunday. Hard right turn by Martin Smith's GTR, kept it in his lane and shiny side up, long trail of fluid on the track. Doesn't look like serious fluid as the Clog has been sent rather than the Berrymans hopper.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 19:10:46                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.8405  7.3013  7.3013  00.00 192.97
  2   4       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5193  7.6771  7.6771  00.00 180.68
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0751  7.6870  7.6870  00.00 178.55
  4   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 1.7170  7.8701  7.8701  00.00 177.15
  5   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0975  7.8827  7.8827  00.00 174.40
  6   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.1683  8.3790  8.3790  00.00 166.06
  7   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.1111  8.5333  8.5333  00.00 163.68
  8   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.2235  8.5371  8.5371  00.00 162.50
  9   63      DAMIAN HALLIWELL    + 0.5011 10.6379 10.6379  00.00 125.81
 10   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.4514 10.7461 10.7461  00.00 123.55

* = Disqualified 
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18:50

Tomorrow's provisional running order is now available courtesy of Race Director Carole Ismail and can be checked out via the Event Index. If you don't see the link on the Event Index then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

You can also check out Simon's latest set of pit notes via the Event Index.

Super Pro ET qualifying session 8

0.0033 RT by Paul Przybyl in the third pair. Great run for Gary Gooding got him into the ladder at that point +0.0484 on dial-in, I am thinking maybe a PB to boot, if so then well done Gary! Rene Ehrismann up from #35 to #6, which put the bump spot at +0.0511.

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                                               F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 15                              05/09/2014 19:14:33
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.75    +  .0014   .0538  8.7514   157.91  
2   541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          BASILDON  UK               CAMARO     582 CI     08.45    +  .0020   .1590  8.4520   161.29  
3   3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.56    +  .0024   .0838  7.5624   174.34  
4   15       S/PRO    FRANK EIJSKOOT       NETHERLANDS  NL            PONT FIERO 427 CI     08.35    +  .0029   .4412  8.3529   156.28  
5   94       S/PRO    DAVE GIBBONS         SHOTTENDEN  UK             ALTERED    468 CI     08.56    +  .0047   .1040  8.5647   151.13  
6   910      S/PRO    RENE EHRISMANN       SWITZERLAND  CH            55 BEL AIR 615 CI     08.30    +  .0052   .0255  8.3052   166.62  
7   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           WRITTLE  UK                VICTOR     545 CI     08.86    +  .0055   .0270  8.8655   151.09  
8   449      S/PRO    PEL NORMAN           WAKEFIELD  UK              FORD CAPRI 509 CI     08.50    +  .0058   .5214  8.5058   162.46  
9   777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL             PICK-UP   672 CI     08.39    +  .0061   .2537  8.3961   161.29  
10  202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           ALDRIDGE  UK               DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.44    +  .0064   .2503  7.4464   182.85  
11  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.68    +  .0071   .0005  7.6871   173.65  
12  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           DRAGSTER   605 CI     07.42    +  .0080   .0210  7.4280   181.31  
13  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.74    +  .0083   .0013  8.7483   157.37  
14  2        S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         CHADWELL HEATH  UK         PT BRUISER 540 CI     08.33    +  .0090   .0800  8.3390   159.59  
15  700      S/PRO    PHIL TOPPIN          FELTHAM  UK                MODEL T    555 CI     08.70    +  .0092   .0981  8.7092   152.57  
16  221      S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORT EST   540 CI     08.78    +  .0107   .0767  8.7907   154.14  
17  935      S/PRO    WOOTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.20    +  .0125   .0576  7.2125   188.79  
18  161      S/PRO    STEVE SAUNDERS       BILLINGHAM  UK             ZEPHYR     572 CI     08.53    +  .0125   .0496  8.5425   157.36  
19  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.04    +  .0153   .1691  8.0553   167.88  
20  166      S/PRO    ALAN DIDWELL         WISBECH  UK                DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.58    +  .0171   .0146  7.5971   179.22  
21  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        POOLE  UK                  FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.20    +  .0177   .0703  8.2177   167.27  
22  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.76    +  .0179   .1253  6.7779   196.37  
23  258      S/PRO    DAVE WARD            LONG COMPTON  UK           DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.00    +  .0190   .0728  8.0190   167.89  
24  666      S/PRO    SHARI OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            DRAGSTER   489 CI     08.40    +  .0201   .0813  8.4201   159.03  
25  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.29    +  .0211   .1941  8.3111   159.59  
26  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.06    +  .0226   .0470  8.0826   166.04  
27  4        S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.44    +  .0232   .0742  7.4632   178.47  
28  955      S/PRO    MIKE BRUCKMULLER     SWITZERLAND  CH            CAMARO     9100 CC    08.37    +  .0235   .1877  8.3935   160.15  
29  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.50    +  .0257   .8130  8.5257   164.23  
30  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0329   .1862  6.0329   197.88  
31  65       S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             SLINGSHOT  555 CI     07.99    +  .0454   .0490  8.0354   164.83  
32  677      S/PRO    GARY GOODING         IPSWICH  UK                SUPRA      3400 CC    08.00    +  .0484   .9197  8.0484   173.04  
 -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
33  251      S/PRO    DAVE CATTON          CRANAGE  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.52    +  .0511   .0597  7.5711   176.39  
34  366      S/PRO    LIAM JONES           PATRINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   732 CI     06.85    +  .0598  3.6972  6.9098   199.76  
35  76       S/PRO    TOM VAN DER WIJDEN   NETHERLANDS  NL            AVENGER    510 CI     06.00    +  .0782   .1625  6.0782   235.25  
36  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   527 CI     06.70    +  .0840   .5516  6.7840   204.19  
37  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   422 CI     08.50    +  .1412   .0389  8.6412   156.28  
38  430      S/PRO    ROY WALKER           WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         VENTORA    540 CI     08.78    +  .1939   .2256  8.9739   145.74  
39  22       S/PRO    MARCH HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.64    +  .2628   .0837  6.9028   212.95  
40  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     07.70    +  .3139   .0098  8.0139   170.42  
41  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           SAAB F/CAR 482 CI     07.90    +  .3487   .2694  8.2487   163.62  
42  3        S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        NORTH PETHERTON UK         RW DRAGSTE 377 CI     08.45    +  .6209   .0411  9.0709   145.68  
43  299      S/PRO    AMANDA COX           GODALMING  UK              CHEVY NOVA 565 CI     08.20    +  .9864   .0384  9.1864   104.07  
 Best R.T. was  JOHAN OOMEN         +  .0098
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0329
 Best MPH was  TOM VAN DER WIJDEN  235.25
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18:25

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying re-run

Christian Jäger 8.4928/131.45 bye

Bye for Christian after Samu Kemppainen paid his lane a visit in Q1. 1,1377 to sixty and then rear slick up in smoke. Christian stayed with it for some time, 5.3517/144.90 at the eighth, but backed off it in the second half.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Samu Kemppainen 6.7676/202.56
  2. Martijn de Haas 7.1487/167.93
  3. Roman Sixta 7.2508/182.10
  4. Job Heezen 8.3966/138.21
  5. Christian Jäger 8.4928/131.45
  6. Ronny Aasen 11.0442/75.95

18:20

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 8

Jacob Kopasz up from #17 to #5 at 0.0121 in the seocnd pair. Caitlin Wilson next to make a move, up from #20 o #6 at 0.0125. 0.0060 seems to be the RT of choice today since #1 qualifier Morgan Wilson pulled that very RT this time around. Two pairs later side-by-side identical 0.0943 RTs for Shannon Kiddell and Thomas Cook-Abbott.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 18:19:33                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   15      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0016  8.1597  0.2597  07.90  80.07
  2   30      ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0054  7.9697  0.0697  07.90  80.21
  3   31      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0060 14.3806  1.4806  12.90  42.76
  4   33      SCOTT GIBBONS       + 0.0060 13.1374  0.2374  12.90  47.81
  5   8       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0121  8.1840  0.2840  07.90  79.37
  6   18      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0125  9.6103  0.7103  08.90  61.20
  7   16      BILLY RINGER        + 0.0140  9.3960  1.4960  07.90  68.42
  8   3       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0140  8.0498  0.1498  07.90  81.81
  9   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0174  8.0592  0.1592  07.90  80.94
 10   4       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0177  8.2136  0.3136  07.90  79.10
 11   23      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0195  8.0301  0.1301  07.90  81.08
 12   11      CLOE RINGER         + 0.0227  9.2440  1.3440  07.90  72.27
 13   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0234  7.9924  0.0924  07.90  81.81
 14   52      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0253  9.3411  0.4411  08.90  71.38
 15   19      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0256  9.0994  0.1994  08.90  72.86
 16   42      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.0305 13.0933  0.1933  12.90  48.82
 17   32      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.0317  9.1133  0.2133  08.90  65.16
 18   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0327  7.9399  0.0399  07.90  81.52
 19   24      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.0408  8.0409  0.1409  07.90  80.65
 20   26      SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0462  8.0461  0.1461  07.90  81.37
 21   17      THOMAS COOK ABBOTT  + 0.0478  9.0005  0.1005  08.90  66.07
 22   12      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.1281  9.0332  0.1332  08.90  70.27
 23   21      RUARIDH HART        + 0.1347  8.8835  0.9835  07.90  71.14

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18:00

Super Comp qualifying session 8

Nicky Frost bounced back from whetever ailed the car last run, 8.9140 good for #7. Another recovery from an earlier push back for Phil Jones, 8.9069 in the last run of the session.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 18:02:57                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.2208  8.9003  0.0003  08.90 150.56
  2   809     PHIL JONES          + 0.1220  8.9008  0.0008  08.90 149.67
  3   3       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.4704  8.9017  0.0017  08.90 154.16
  4   665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.0184  8.9077  0.0077  08.90 159.65
  5   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0357  8.9099  0.0099  08.90 155.22
  6   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0742  8.9113  0.0113  08.90 155.75
  7   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.0670  8.9140  0.0140  08.90 155.22
  8   468     RENE KLOSS          + 0.0272  8.9179  0.0179  08.90 155.80
  9   424     JON GILES           + 0.1437  8.9200  0.0200  08.90 155.86
 10   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1981  8.9431  0.0431  08.90 150.05
 11   2       PAUL HUDSON         + 0.1161  8.9623  0.0623  08.90 149.56
 12   603     RICHARD WEBB        + 0.1718  8.9638  0.0638  08.90 138.97
 13   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0207  8.9859  0.0859  08.90 152.62
 14   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0986  9.0284  0.1284  08.90 138.55
 15   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0152  8.8829 -0.0171  08.90 144.84

* = Disqualified 
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17:45

Super Street qualifying session 8

Another 10.90 from Karen Stevens, apart from the steering wheel incident I think that Karen's every run has been a 10.9.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 17:46:55                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2211    KAREN STEVENS       - 0.0048 10.9010  0.0010  10.90 130.54
  2   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0240 10.9033  0.0033  10.90 133.33
  3   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.0052 10.9073  0.0073  10.90 111.40
  4   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0135 10.9108  0.0108  10.90 121.08
  5   138     MARTYN SANGER       + 0.1711 10.9222  0.0222  10.90 121.73
  6   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0131 10.9350  0.0350  10.90  86.52

* = Disqualified 
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17:40

Pro ET qualifying session 8

Back to single lane running for the first few cars. 0.0041 RT from Leigh Morris in the third pass of the session. Anton Schneider up to #6 +0.0060 on dial-in. 0.0022 RT by Paul Jackson a few pairs later. Great classic Muscle Car match-up between Ethan Lisle and Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams, Super Stock wheelie from Nic right in front of our photographer Julian so we look forward to seeing that one. Jame Handy next to make a move, up from #22 to #18, +0.0291 on dial-in.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 17:42:26                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   81      HANS VAN DER SPEK   + 0.2082 10.6006  0.0006  10.60 128.41
  2   70      CARLA PITTAU        + 0.1243  9.6918  0.0018  09.69 137.68
  3   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.0424  9.7121  0.0021  09.71 136.91
  4   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0438  9.8524  0.0024  09.85 136.09
  5   648     JON TURNER          - 0.0557  9.9848  0.0048  09.98 135.68
  6   211     ANTON SCHNEIDER     + 0.1250  9.5060  0.0060  09.50 139.47
  7   118     GLENN PALLANT       - 0.0047  9.8578  0.0078  09.85 136.43
  8   9       MICK HOWLING        + 0.0198  9.5280  0.0080  09.52 138.20
  9   795     MIKE LACEY          - 0.0742  9.2584  0.0084  09.25 146.19
 10   25      LEE HUXLEY          - 0.0253  9.8093  0.0093  09.80 136.02
 11   409     BOB LEES            + 0.2556  9.7937  0.0137  09.78 135.20
 12   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.0747  9.3149  0.0149  09.30 145.22
 13   77      DAVID NAPIER        + 0.1687  9.7353  0.0153  09.72 139.38
 14   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0557 10.3668  0.0168  10.35 129.53
 15   84      RICK MCCANN         + 0.0247  9.9870  0.0170  09.97 133.65
 16   626     LIZ MALCOLM         - 0.1464 11.1075  0.0175  11.09 117.90
 17   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.0184  9.2246  0.0246  09.20 147.10
 18   763     JAKE HANDY          + 0.0526  9.0791  0.0291  09.05 151.04
 19   371     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1142  9.7302  0.0302  09.70 138.17
 20   210     ALEX MAHL           - 0.0575 10.2160  0.0460  10.17 131.65
 21   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.4498 10.9482  0.0482  10.90 118.95
 22   40      SEAN LAW            - 0.0722  9.1357  0.0557  09.08 146.66
 23   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.1492 10.1252  0.0852  10.04 130.89
 24   314     STEVE HUDSON        - 0.0639  9.1217  0.0917  09.03 141.60
 25   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.1180 10.6122  0.1122  10.50 125.79
 26   79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.0295  9.8187  0.1187  09.70 134.88
 27   580     DAVE BILLADEAU      + 0.1677  9.4888 -0.0112  09.50 144.74

* = Disqualified 
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17:30

Apolologies for the few minutes' webcast loss. The satellite router had to be restarted for the Web TV crew but they omitted to tell us that it would be happening.

Super Gas qualifying session 7

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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05/09/2014 17:17:21                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.2437  9.9076  0.0076  09.90 113.07
  2   424     JON GILES           + 0.0463  9.9102  0.0102  09.90 154.68
  3   1       JON MORTON          + 0.1151  9.9112  0.0112  09.90 147.17
  4   512     S REFFELTRATH       + 0.0790  9.9147  0.0147  09.90 147.73
  5   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0763  9.9185  0.0185  09.90 126.90
  6   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0632  9.9222  0.0222  09.90 107.55
  7   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0264  9.9232  0.0232  09.90 151.56
  8   587     OSCAR SCAPPOCIN     + 0.2464  9.9331  0.0331  09.90 132.07
  9   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0085  9.9361  0.0361  09.90 149.08
 10   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2005 10.0083  0.1083  09.90 135.37
 11   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2482 10.0274  0.1274  09.90 124.55
 12   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0475 10.1700  0.2700  09.90 143.00
 13   6       PETE CRESSWELL      - 0.0004  9.3459 -0.5541  09.90 151.09

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Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 7

Tyler Ashdown up from #22 to #5 at 0.0195. Roman Sixta Jr up from #20 to #10 next pair at 0.0317. Two pairs later Scott Gibbons moved up to #2 from #20 at 0.0060, Harley Coulsell having pulled the 0.0060 first stayed #1. Next pair and Morgan Wilson took #1 spot from #14 at 0.0016. Joe Kellett next to make a move, up from #15 to #4 at 0.0140. Billy Everitt moved up from #21 to #10 in the last pair but two. In the final pair Annie Wallace moved up from #17 to #2 at 0.0054.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 17:29:23                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   15      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0016  8.1597  0.2597  07.90  80.07
  2   30      ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0054  7.9697  0.0697  07.90  80.21
  3   33      SCOTT GIBBONS       + 0.0060 13.1374  0.2374  12.90  47.81
  4   31      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0060 14.3806  1.4806  12.90  42.76
  5   3       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0140  8.0498  0.1498  07.90  81.81
  6   16      BILLY RINGER        + 0.0140  9.3960  1.4960  07.90  68.42
  7   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0174  8.0592  0.1592  07.90  80.94
  8   4       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0177  8.2136  0.3136  07.90  79.10
  9   23      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0195  8.0301  0.1301  07.90  81.08
 10   11      CLOE RINGER         + 0.0227  9.2440  1.3440  07.90  72.27
 11   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0234  7.9924  0.0924  07.90  81.81
 12   52      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0253  9.3411  0.4411  08.90  71.38
 13   19      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0256  9.0994  0.1994  08.90  72.86
 14   42      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.0305 13.0933  0.1933  12.90  48.82
 15   32      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.0317  9.1133  0.2133  08.90  65.16
 16   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0327  7.9399  0.0399  07.90  81.52
 17   8       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0341   .     -7.9000  07.90   0.00
 18   24      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.0408  8.0409  0.1409  07.90  80.65
 19   26      SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0462  8.0461  0.1461  07.90  81.37
 20   18      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0474  9.8860  0.9860  08.90  63.03
 21   17      THOMAS COOK ABBOTT  + 0.0478  9.0005  0.1005  08.90  66.07
 22   12      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.1281  9.0332  0.1332  08.90  70.27
 23   21      RUARIDH HART        + 0.1347  8.8835  0.9835  07.90  71.14

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17:05

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 7

Single lane running during clean-up from Paul Hudson's breakage. Big wheelie by Alex McIntosh, looked to come down quite hard and Alex pulled over and stopped just past half track. Track checked and all OK. Next run and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster was on a stormer but then got off the gas and put the anchors out, pulled over at about 1200 feet. Nothing visibly wrong so I guess Jon felt something break. Next run and a new PB speed for Steve Neimantas, 194.72, well done Steve! 7.8701 improvement and up from #5 to #4 for Martin Smith after an overnight trip to the south coast to repair a turbo. Another improvement for Andy Bond but stayed in place, similar story for Dave Murdoch with a new PB, well done Dave! Damian Halliwell closed the session with a new PB, well done Damien!

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 17:07:28                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.1054  7.4940  7.4940  00.00 185.81
  2   4       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5193  7.6771  7.6771  00.00 180.68
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0751  7.6870  7.6870  00.00 178.55
  4   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 1.7170  7.8701  7.8701  00.00 177.15
  5   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0975  7.8827  7.8827  00.00 174.40
  6   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.1683  8.3790  8.3790  00.00 166.06
  7   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.2235  8.5371  8.5371  00.00 162.50
  8   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0924  8.7469  8.7469  00.00 160.75
  9   63      DAMIAN HALLIWELL    + 0.5011 10.6379 10.6379  00.00 125.81
 10   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.2054 10.7979 10.7979  00.00 123.87

* = Disqualified 
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16:50

Super Comp qualifying session 7

Problems for Nicky Frost, shut off and idled through. Dave Day up to #4 at 8.9099. Phil Jones shut off after his burnout and was pushed back. Pete Cresswell up from #6 to #3 with an 8.9017. Problems for Phil Bennett next pair, similarly to Nicky Frost launched and then shut off and idled. In the other lane Paul Watson didn't have the throtle stop engaged by the look of things, 8.4247. Breakout for Richie Webb also with his Wild Beetle, 8.5749. Paul Hudson pushed back after his burnout, bits and pieces and a fluid trail.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 16:51:14                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.2208  8.9003  0.0003  08.90 150.56
  2   809     PHIL JONES          + 0.1220  8.9008  0.0008  08.90 149.67
  3   3       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.4704  8.9017  0.0017  08.90 154.16
  4   665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.0184  8.9077  0.0077  08.90 159.65
  5   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0357  8.9099  0.0099  08.90 155.22
  6   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0742  8.9113  0.0113  08.90 155.75
  7   468     RENE KLOSS          + 0.0272  8.9179  0.0179  08.90 155.80
  8   424     JON GILES           + 0.1437  8.9200  0.0200  08.90 155.86
  9   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1061  8.9300  0.0300  08.90 155.20
 10   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1981  8.9431  0.0431  08.90 150.05
 11   2       PAUL HUDSON         + 0.1161  8.9623  0.0623  08.90 149.56
 12   603     RICHARD WEBB        + 0.1718  8.9638  0.0638  08.90 138.97
 13   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0207  8.9859  0.0859  08.90 152.62
 14   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0986  9.0284  0.1284  08.90 138.55
 15   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0152  8.8829 -0.0171  08.90 144.84

* = Disqualified 
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16:40

Super Pro ET qualifying session 7

Fantastic run for Amanda Cox, 7.3115/197.93 on a 7.50 dial-in, Happy Birthday Tony! Marck Harteveld dialling in 6.64 after the last round's fantastic pass, looked to have problems with reverse after the burnout and was pushed back to the line. No problems with forward gear though. Up from #42 to #38 with a great 6.9028. Great runs for Paul Przybyl and Frank Eijskoot, up from #17 to #9 and #26 to #3 respectively. Paul +0.0080 and Frank +0.0029. Next pair and Pel Norman made a similarly big move, #35 to #6, +0.0058. At that point you needed +0.0840 or better to race with the Super Pro guys and the top fourteen were separated by 0.0092. Dave Ward next to make a move, #29 to #20 +0.0190. Next up His Imperial Methness Tom van der Wijden and Mike Bruckmuller, Tom not currently in the ladder either right side or wrong of the magic thirty two. 6.0782/235.25 put Tom on the bump spot and changed the qualifying criterion to +0.0782. Steve Saunders up from #21 to #17 at +0.0125. Liam Jones up from #35 to #31 with another OB, 6.9098, well done Liam, Garry and the team! 0.0078 RT by Dave Catton next pair. Scott Hauser up from #13 to #3 two pairs later, +0.0024 on dial-in. Last pair a 0.0098 RT for Johan Oomen, in the other lane a big wheelie off the line for Gary Gooding and the Supra headed for the centre line. 0.0715 if you want to play in Super Pro ET now!

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                                               F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 7                              05/09/2014 16:42:30
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.75    +  .0014   .0538  8.7514   157.91  
2   541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          BASILDON  UK               CAMARO     582 CI     08.45    +  .0020   .1590  8.4520   161.29  
3   3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.56    +  .0024   .0838  7.5624   174.34  
4   15       S/PRO    FRANK EIJSKOOT       NETHERLANDS  NL            PONT FIERO 427 CI     08.35    +  .0029   .4412  8.3529   156.28  
5   94       S/PRO    DAVE GIBBONS         SHOTTENDEN  UK             ALTERED    468 CI     08.56    +  .0047   .1040  8.5647   151.13  
6   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           WRITTLE  UK                VICTOR     545 CI     08.86    +  .0055   .0270  8.8655   151.09  
7   449      S/PRO    PEL NORMAN           WAKEFIELD  UK              FORD CAPRI 509 CI     08.50    +  .0058   .5214  8.5058   162.46  
8   777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL             PICK-UP   672 CI     08.39    +  .0061   .2537  8.3961   161.29  
9   202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           ALDRIDGE  UK               DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.44    +  .0064   .2503  7.4464   182.85  
10  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.68    +  .0071   .0005  7.6871   173.65  
11  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           DRAGSTER   605 CI     07.42    +  .0080   .0210  7.4280   181.31  
12  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.74    +  .0083   .0013  8.7483   157.37  
13  2        S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         CHADWELL HEATH  UK         PT BRUISER 540 CI     08.33    +  .0090   .0800  8.3390   159.59  
14  700      S/PRO    PHIL TOPPIN          FELTHAM  UK                MODEL T    555 CI     08.70    +  .0092   .0981  8.7092   152.57  
15  221      S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORT EST   540 CI     08.78    +  .0107   .0767  8.7907   154.14  
16  935      S/PRO    WOOTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.20    +  .0125   .0576  7.2125   188.79  
17  161      S/PRO    STEVE SAUNDERS       BILLINGHAM  UK             ZEPHYR     572 CI     08.53    +  .0125   .0496  8.5425   157.36  
18  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.04    +  .0153   .1691  8.0553   167.88  
19  166      S/PRO    ALAN DIDWELL         WISBECH  UK                DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.58    +  .0171   .0146  7.5971   179.22  
20  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        POOLE  UK                  FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.20    +  .0177   .0703  8.2177   167.27  
21  258      S/PRO    DAVE WARD            LONG COMPTON  UK           DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.00    +  .0190   .0728  8.0190   167.89  
22  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.06    +  .0226   .0470  8.0826   166.04  
23  4        S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.44    +  .0232   .0742  7.4632   178.47  
24  955      S/PRO    MIKE BRUCKMULLER     SWITZERLAND  CH            CAMARO     9100 CC    08.37    +  .0235   .1877  8.3935   160.15  
25  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.23    +  .0239   .1238  8.2539   160.71  
26  666      S/PRO    SHARI OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            DRAGSTER   489 CI     08.50    +  .0250   .0813  8.5250   160.14  
27  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.50    +  .0257   .8130  8.5257   164.23  
28  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0329   .1862  6.0329   197.88  
29  65       S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             SLINGSHOT  555 CI     07.99    +  .0454   .0490  8.0354   164.83  
30  251      S/PRO    DAVE CATTON          CRANAGE  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.52    +  .0511   .0597  7.5711   176.39  
31  366      S/PRO    LIAM JONES           PATRINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   732 CI     06.85    +  .0598  3.6972  6.9098   199.76  
32  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.71    +  .0715   .0165  6.7815   197.02  
 -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
33  76       S/PRO    TOM VAN DER WIJDEN   NETHERLANDS  NL            AVENGER    510 CI     06.00    +  .0782   .1625  6.0782   235.25  
34  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   527 CI     06.70    +  .0840   .5516  6.7840   204.19  
35  910      S/PRO    RENE EHRISMANN       SWITZERLAND  CH            55 BEL AIR 615 CI     08.19    +  .0936   .2567  8.2836   167.89  
36  677      S/PRO    GARY GOODING         IPSWICH  UK                SUPRA      3400 CC    08.40    +  .1644   .2874  8.5644   164.82  
37  430      S/PRO    ROY WALKER           WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         VENTORA    540 CI     08.78    +  .1939   .2256  8.9739   145.74  
38  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   422 CI     08.50    +  .2538   .1185  8.7538   156.28  
39  22       S/PRO    MARCH HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.64    +  .2628   .0837  6.9028   212.95  
40  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     07.70    +  .3139   .0098  8.0139   170.42  
41  3        S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        NORTH PETHERTON UK         RW DRAGSTE 377 CI     08.45    +  .6209   .0411  9.0709   145.68  
42  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           SAAB F/CAR 482 CI     07.40    +  .7591   .0857  8.1591   166.03  
43  299      S/PRO    AMANDA COX           GODALMING  UK              CHEVY NOVA 565 CI     08.20    +  .9864   .0384  9.1864   104.07  
 Best R.T. was  JOHAN OOMEN         +  .0098
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0329
 Best MPH was  TOM VAN DER WIJDEN  235.25
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16:10

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 7

Under index for Robin Orthodoxou and up from #3 to #2. Dave James a squeak under index, stayed #3.

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                F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
05/09/2014 16:08:13                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   885     SASCHA PRETZSCH     + 0.1102  7.2853 -0.4347  07.72 181.31
  2   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.2746  7.5051 -0.2149  07.72 176.42
  3   51      DAVID JAMES         + 0.4278  7.7146 -0.0054  07.72 175.74
  4   405     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.4418  8.4219  1.2919  07.13 128.05

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16:00

FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Graham Dance 7.5454/189.64 bye; Knut Möller 16.2283/42.69, Luca Carbonera 11.2517/98.11; Dave Holland 7.2916/200.76, Erich Gruber 7,8422/182.09; Clemens Walleit 8.039/179.24, Shaun Buttigieg 7.2076/196.29; Mark Wells 7.8934/178.53, Steve Venables 7.2484/200.65; Mogens Lund 7.5769/188.22, Jemma Venables 7.4856/194.50; Thomas Granica 7.9081/145.23, Danny Cockerill 10.5873/76.59; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.4340/193.04, Richard Hann 7.4963/194.63; Luke Farrugia 8.3767/125.11, Pete Field 7.2642/197.96; Garry Bowe 7.3194/202.57, Graham Balchin 7.3542/199.77

Qualifying after this session:

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                                               F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
FIM SUPER STREET                                               THROUGH ROUND # 2                              05/09/2014 16:04:07
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   83       SSB      SHAWN BUTTIGIEG      MALTA  MA                  BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0981  7.2076   196.29  
2   5        SSB      STEVE VENABLES       MESHPOND  UK               BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1564  7.2484   200.65  
3   10       SSB      PETE FIELD           HAMPTON  UK                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1719  7.2642   197.96  
4   1        SSB      GARRY BOWE           ASPATRIA  UK               BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1245  7.2829   198.87  
5   2        SSB      DAVE HOLLAND         HURSTPIERPOINT  UK         BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0718  7.2916   200.76  
6   6        SSB      GRAHAM BALCHIN       WINCHESTER  UK             ZX12       1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .1161  7.3542   199.77  
7   68       SSB      DANIEL LENCSES       HUNGARY  HU                SUZ BUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .4722  7.4340   193.04  
8   21       SSB      JEMMA VENABLES       MESH POND  UK              BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1315  7.4856   194.50  
9   49       SSB      RICHARD HANN         YEOVIL  UK                 SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1181  7.4963   194.63  
10  82       SSB      LUKE FARRUGIA        MALTA  MA                  BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1331  7.5340   182.76  
11  52       SSB      GRAHAM DANCE         WROXHAM  UK                SUZUKI     1425 CC    00.00     0.000   .3226  7.5454   189.64  
12  4        SSB      THOMAS GRANICA       GERMANY  DE                SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1912  7.5665   186.62  
13  3        SSB      MOGENS LUND          DENMARK  DE                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0893  7.5769   188.22  
14  7        SSB      DANNY COCKERILL      BASILDON  UK               BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1748  7.6309   192.22  
15  47       SSB      MARK WELLS           GARSWOOD  UK               SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1222  7.7443   190.51  
16  61       SSB      ERICH GRUBER         AUSTRIA  AT                KAWASAKI   1199 CC    00.00     0.000   .3014  7.8422   182.09  
 -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
17  72       SSB      CLEMENS WALLIET      GERMANY  DE                KAWA ZX12R 1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .2782  8.0396   179.24  
18  27       SSB      LUCA CARBONERA       ITALY  IT                  SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .4530  8.1885   171.11  
19  131      SSB      KNUT MOLLER          GERMANY  DE                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .5151  8.6099   163.08  
20  67       SSB      DENNIS JUNGE         GERMANY  DE                GSX        1428 CC    00.00     0.000   .2173 10.4553    94.66  
21  9        SSB      PETER GRANICA        GERMANY  DE                GSXR1000   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1514 17.7941    35.70  
 Best R.T. was  DAVE HOLLAND        +  .0718
 Best E.T. was  SHAWN BUTTIGIEG      7.2076
 Best MPH was  DAVE HOLLAND        200.76
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15:55

FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Filippos Papafilippou 7.4311/182.88 bye; Ian King shut off, Rikard Gustafsson 6.4412/214.95 bye;

Good run to start with for Fil, 1.0308 to sixty but... well, if it were a car I'd say the motor was mixing cylinders. Misfired and wouldn't change gear. Ian shut off before the burnout, motor sounded unhappy. Superb run for Rikard, 1.0886 to sixty, rode through shake, 4.2060/177.67 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ian King 6.1038/222.27
  2. Rikard Gustafsson 6.4412/214.95
  3. Rene van den Berg 6.6507/212.00
  4. Filippos Papafilippou 7.4311/182.88
  5. Steve Woollatt 7.9394/111.95

15:50

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Samu Keppainen 6.7676/202.56, Job Heezen 8.3966/138.21; Roman Sixta 7.2508/182.10 bye;

1.1521 to sixty for Samu, 1.2498 to sixty for Job who had problems and was off the gas by the eighth 5.1006/126.95. 4.4076/170.45 to the eighth for Samu and one of those deceptively lazy-looking runs at which Supertwins excel only for a big time and speed to come up on the boards. Another PB for Roman, well done Roman! Nice straight run 1.1840 to sixty and 4.6317/154.22 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Samu Kemppainen 6.7676/202.56
  2. Martijn de Haas 7.1487/167.93
  3. Roman Sixta 7.2508/182.10
  4. Job Heezen 8.3966/138.21
  5. Ronny Aasen 11.0442/75.95

15:45

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Allan Davies 7.8315/171.08 bye; Kenneth Holmberg 7.3034/182.13, Mark Smith 7.6480/171.11; Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1878/185.14, Alex Hope 17.6409/41.03; Fredrik Fredlund 7.0511/188.15, Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1726/177.13

1.2271 to sixty for Allan, 5,0033/141.13 at the eighth, another nice run with smooth shifts but no improvement. New PB for Kenneth, well done Kenneth and team! 1.1106 to sixty, 4.6604/150.47 to the eighth. Nice basleine for Mark on the Draper Tools bike, 1.1608 to sixty and 4.8491/143.91 at the eighth. Nice run for Karl-Heinz, 1.1088 to sixty and 4.5858/153.00 at the eighth. Alex' bike again seemed hesitant off the line. 1.3384 to sixty feet, a couple or three gear changes and then off the gas. New PB for Gert-Jan, well done Gert-Jan! 1.0946 to sixty and 4.5432/153.03 at the eighth. Another turn of the screw for Fredded, 1.0603 to sixty and 4.4717/155.14 at the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Fredrik Fredlund 7.0511/188.15
  2. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1486/185.73
  3. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1726/177.13
  4. Kenneth Holmberg 7.3034/182.13
  5. Martin Bishop 7.3788/177.84
  6. Alex Hope 7.6213/179.97
  7. Mark Smith 7.6480/171.11
  8. Allan Davies 7.7792/164.28

15:35

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Simon Gustafsson 15.0324/54.88 bye; Jimmy Ålund 6.5516/213.00, Thomas Lindström 6.6662/207.07; Michael Malmgren 6.6912/206.25, Magnus Petersson 6.6274/207.06

1.1020 to sixty for Simon with tyres spinning and engine shrieking for mercy. Shut it off about 100 feet out. Great match-up between Jimmy and Thomas, as you would expect. Thomas visibly left first 0.0416 to 0.1034, Jimmy had the better sixty 0.9977 to 1.0121, Thomas' car drifted gently left but he stayed with it. 4.2251/167.79 to the eighth for Jimmy and 4.2997/164.02 for Thomas. Jimmy getting close to European record form, again. Nice match-up between Michael and Magnus too, Magnus had the advantage all ways this time at the start line 0.0312 to 0.0995, at sixty 0.9900 to Michael's 1.0048 and a little shake, and at the eighth 4.2588/165.77 to Michael's 4.3081/163.54.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Jimmy Ålund 6.5516/213.00
  2. Magnus Pettersson 6.6274/207.06
  3. Michael Malmgren 6.6601/206.11
  4. Thomas Lindström 6.6662/207.07
  5. Simon Gustafsson 15.0324/54.88

15:25

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Roger Moore 6.4575/215.12, Norbert Kuno 7.3241/156.33; Andy Wright 8.9609/184.37, Bobby Wallace 6.6915/207.04; Andy Robinson 6.2838/235.18, Marcus Hilt 6.2990/220.04; Chris Isaacs 6.6776/221.44, Rick Garrett 6.8899/197.07; Mattias Wulcan 6.0346/240.19, Freddy Fagerström 7.7319/117.47; Bruno Bader 6.0483/231.66, David Vegter 28.8802/17.29; Marc Meihuizen 5.9839/242.88, Tero Laukkanen 6.6039/173.05; Roger Johansson 6.7900/150.06, Micke Gullqvist 5.8997/234.92

1.0342 to sixty for Rogerm 0.9952 for Norbert but then hit bad shake and had to pedal about 200 feet out. Roger's Viper was heading for the centre line towards the eighth 4.1869/173.55 but he hung on to it and didn't back out. 4.5451/147.49 to the eighth for Norbert and then shut off in the second half. Big PB for ET and speed for Roger, well done Roger, Dave and the team! Instant shake for Andy and pedalled as the Coupe went for the Tree. No such problems for Bobby, 1.0506 to sixty, 4.3362/166.47 to the eighth, straight run and wiped out his PB, well done Bobby and team! Hello to Bob Roberts who is tuned in from British Columbia to keep up on Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy's progress. 0.9801 to sixty for Andy, 0.9998 for Marcus. Shake for Andy, a couple of pedals and the car was really rattling but he stayed with it. 4.0915/176.17 to the eighth for Marcus and 4,1498/179.05 for Andy, a gusty drive as the car was really moving about. 1.0761 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, 1.0066 for Rick. Looked like a brief pedal for Chris and Rick's Coupe made a move for the centre line but he stayed with it. 4.4191/170.39 to the eighth for Chris and 4,4045/160.56 for Rick. the Isaacs and Tramm team would like to thank Norbert Kuno and Graham Ellis for parts and welding or they would be out. 1.0089 to sixty for Mattias, had to drive through shake, 1.0150 for Freddy. Storming 3.9770/187.29 at the eighth for Mattias, Freddy got off the gas as the pick-up made a hard move for the centre line. Yes, you read that right, Freddy got off it. Excellent run for Bruno, 1.0234 to sixty and superb 3.9538/187.28 to the eighth, straight run with no sign of shake. Instant shake and screaming motor for David, car drew to a halt past the finish line. Great run for Marc! 1.0088 to sixty to Tero's 1.0293 with visible shake, 3.9531 at a big 190.45 at the eighth, Tero's car got close to the centre line and he shut it off just by the eighth 4.0982/176.78. Huge holeshot for Roger 0.1264 to Micke's 0.2747, Roger to sixty in 0.9751 to Micke's quicker 0.9545. Roger tried to drive through shake but we saw the side of his car just ast the eighth 3.9792/167.70, no such problems for Micke 3.8654/190.97. Roger was on one there but had to back out of it.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Micke Gullqvist 5.8938/242.90
  2. Marc Meihuizen 5.9839/242.88
  3. Roger Johansson 6.0194/233.66
  4. Mattias Wulcan 6.0346/240.19
  5. Bruno Bader 6.0483/231.66
  6. Tero Laukkanen 6.1347/250.99
  7. David Vegter 6.1684/231.68
  8. Andy Robinson 6.2838/235.18
  9. Marcus Hilt 6.2990/220.04
  10. Freddy Fagerström 6.3028/219.29
  11. Roger Moore 6.4575/215.12
  12. Rick Garrett 6.4596/213.08
  13. Chris Isaacs 6.6776/221.44
  14. Bobby Wallace 6.6915/207.04
  15. Kev Slyfield 6.9867/208.90
  16. Norbert Kuno 7.3241/156.33
  17. Andy Wright 8.1148/123.31
  18. Andy Frost 15.7790/186.64

15:05

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Danny Bellio 7.2339/130.53, Jürgen Nagel 6.0822/234.83; Johan Limdberg 5.5187/258.16, Steph Milam 6.1155/234.86; Gareth Ellis 5.7577/246.90, Leif Andréasson 5.6083/254.71

1.0120 to sixty for Danny, 1.0347 for Jürgen, shake for Danny and a pedal and what looked like a spill plate came off the body. Danny must have realised something was amiss because he was slowing at the eighth 4.0140/155.67 to Jürgen's not quite as quick but faster 4.0454/192.75. Jürgen up to #2. Great run for Johan! 0.9463 to sixty, 3.6353 at a big 207.92 at the eighth, very straight run. Steph sat on the line for a second and then hit it, 1.0653 to sixty with a little shake and 4.0410/185.85 at the eighth. Fantastic match between Gareth and Leif! Gareth got the visible jump 0.0951 to Leif's 0.2919, Leif had the better sixty 0.9401 to 0.9550 but still was not quite there at the eighth 3.6848/204.88 to Gareth's, 3.7806/198.85, overtook him in the second half. New PB for Gareth I believe, well done Gareth!

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Johan Limdberg 5.5187/258.16
  2. Leif Andréasson 5.6360/253.82
  3. Gareth Ellis 5.7577/246.90
  4. Jürgen Nagel 6.0822/234.83
  5. Steph Milam 6.1155/234.86
  6. Danny Bellio 7.2339/130.53

14:55

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Dave Wilson 5.9026/245.40 bye; Chris Polidano 5.4390/264.18 bye; Jonny Lagg 5.6163/255.25, Manty Bugeja 5.3139/265.06; Dennis Habermann 5.3950/270.37, Timo Habermann 5.3182/268.20

No burnout for Grumpy and very high idle. Didn't hurt the launch as the tyres held, 1.0249 to sixty, 3.9289/197.20 at the eighth. Numbers down for an A/Fuel car but all cylinders looked to be burning, a time on the board and a good baseline. 0.9359 to sixty for Chris, all candles lit, 3.6127/216.08 at the eighth. Slight improvement but stayed in place. fantastic run for Manty! 0.8923 to sixty, drove through the acceptasble level of shake, blackstriped after that. 1.0040 to sixty for Jonnny, 3.7608/210.94 at the eighth, Manty visibly ahead at half track 3.4822/213.50. Jonny's car visibly accelerating hard in the second half. Great match between Dennis and Timo! Dennis visibly away first 0.0192 to 0.1290 but then it was all Timo, the better sixty 0.8847 to 0.9555, the tops of Dennis' tyres flapping but he stayed with it, Timo to the eighth in 3.4973/215.51 to Dennis' 3.5400/216.91, big speed for Dennis. I thought I heard someone's blower panel blow right on the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Timo Habermann 5.2999/268.95
  2. Manty Bugeja 5.3139/265.06
  3. Dennis Habermann 5.3831/269.99
  4. Jonny Lagg 5.4367/262.17
  5. Chris Polidano 5.4390/264.18
  6. Dave Wilson 5.9026/245.40

14:40

If you get the grey screen on the webcast then try a Refresh on the webcast page. The last stop was a general network failure which, although not our fault, we caught pretty much as it happened so hopefully you were all able to get service back very quickly.

Super Street qualifying session 7

Matthew Seamarks' 0.0052 and 10.9073 in the second pair put him #3.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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05/09/2014 14:39:39                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2211    KAREN STEVENS       - 0.0048 10.9010  0.0010  10.90 130.54
  2   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0240 10.9033  0.0033  10.90 133.33
  3   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.0052 10.9073  0.0073  10.90 111.40
  4   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0135 10.9108  0.0108  10.90 121.08
  5   138     MARTYN SANGER       + 0.1711 10.9222  0.0222  10.90 121.73
  6   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0131 10.9350  0.0350  10.90  86.52

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14:20

Pro ET qualifying session 7

Lee Huxley having won the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award yesterday pulled a squeaker -0.0012 red in this session. Rick McCann up from #17 to #15 in the second pair.

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05/09/2014 14:21:48                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   81      HANS VAN DER SPEK   + 0.2082 10.6006  0.0006  10.60 128.41
  2   70      CARLA PITTAU        + 0.1243  9.6918  0.0018  09.69 137.68
  3   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.0424  9.7121  0.0021  09.71 136.91
  4   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0438  9.8524  0.0024  09.85 136.09
  5   648     JON TURNER          - 0.0557  9.9848  0.0048  09.98 135.68
  6   211     ANTON SCHNEIDER     + 0.1250  9.5060  0.0060  09.50 139.47
  7   118     GLENN PALLANT       - 0.0047  9.8578  0.0078  09.85 136.43
  8   9       MICK HOWLING        + 0.0198  9.5280  0.0080  09.52 138.20
  9   795     MIKE LACEY          - 0.0742  9.2584  0.0084  09.25 146.19
 10   25      LEE HUXLEY          - 0.0253  9.8093  0.0093  09.80 136.02
 11   409     BOB LEES            + 0.2556  9.7937  0.0137  09.78 135.20
 12   610     TIM STANBURY        + 0.0747  9.3149  0.0149  09.30 145.22
 13   77      DAVID NAPIER        + 0.1687  9.7353  0.0153  09.72 139.38
 14   59      PAUL BAYNTON        + 0.0557 10.3668  0.0168  10.35 129.53
 15   84      RICK MCCANN         + 0.0247  9.9870  0.0170  09.97 133.65
 16   626     LIZ MALCOLM         - 0.1464 11.1075  0.0175  11.09 117.90
 17   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.0184  9.2246  0.0246  09.20 147.10
 18   371     PAUL JACKSON        + 0.1142  9.7302  0.0302  09.70 138.17
 19   210     ALEX MAHL           - 0.0575 10.2160  0.0460  10.17 131.65
 20   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.4498 10.9482  0.0482  10.90 118.95
 21   40      SEAN LAW            - 0.0722  9.1357  0.0557  09.08 146.66
 22   763     JAKE HANDY          + 0.0401  9.1102  0.0602  09.05 151.05
 23   735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.1193 10.0613  0.0913  09.97 130.63
 24   314     STEVE HUDSON        - 0.0639  9.1217  0.0917  09.03 141.60
 25   79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.0295  9.8187  0.1187  09.70 134.88
 26   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.1756 10.6767  0.1767  10.50 124.06
 27   580     DAVE BILLADEAU      + 0.1297  9.5103 -0.0697  09.58 144.33

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14:10

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 6

Thaliah Gibb up from #16 to #7 in the third pair, 0.0256. Joe Kellett up from #16 to #12 two pairs later at 0.0378.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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05/09/2014 14:11:43                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   31      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0060 14.3806  1.4806  12.90  42.76
  2   16      BILLY RINGER        + 0.0140  9.3960  1.4960  07.90  68.42
  3   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0174  8.0592  0.1592  07.90  80.94
  4   4       AARON FENSOME       + 0.0177  8.2136  0.3136  07.90  79.10
  5   11      CLOE RINGER         + 0.0227  9.2440  1.3440  07.90  72.27
  6   52      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0253  9.3411  0.4411  08.90  71.38
  7   19      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0256  9.0994  0.1994  08.90  72.86
  8   42      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.0305 13.0933  0.1933  12.90  48.82
  9   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0327  7.9399  0.0399  07.90  81.52
 10   8       JACOB KOPASZ        + 0.0341   .     -7.9000  07.90   0.00
 11   15      MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0346  8.0040  0.1040  07.90  81.08
 12   3       JOE KELLETT         + 0.0378  8.0237  0.1237  07.90  81.82
 13   30      ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0406  7.9712  0.0712  07.90  81.08
 14   24      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.0408  8.0409  0.1409  07.90  80.65
 15   26      SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0462  8.0461  0.1461  07.90  81.37
 16   17      THOMAS COOK ABBOTT  + 0.0478  9.0005  0.1005  08.90  66.07
 17   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0481  8.1435  0.2435  07.90  80.65
 18   33      SCOTT GIBBONS       + 0.0795 13.2105  0.3105  12.90  47.94
 19   32      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.1214  9.2372  0.3372  08.90  61.95
 20   12      BELLE WHEELER       + 0.1281  9.0332  0.1332  08.90  70.27
 21   21      RUARIDH HART        + 0.1347  8.8835  0.9835  07.90  71.14
 22   23      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.1351  7.9596  0.0596  07.90  81.81
 23   18      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.2391  9.6828  0.7828  08.90  59.42

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13:55

Super Gas qualifying session 6

Huge cloud of smoke from Stu Doignie's motor right on the finish line, stopped on the track and safety crews chased him down. Stu is OK, not so sure about the motor: long and wide trail of fluid from the finish line way into the shutdown area. Clean-up ensued. On the restart a 0.0050 RT by Jon Morton, the wait obviously not a problem for him.

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05/09/2014 13:59:13                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.2437  9.9076  0.0076  09.90 113.07
  2   424     JON GILES           + 0.0463  9.9102  0.0102  09.90 154.68
  3   1       JON MORTON          + 0.1151  9.9112  0.0112  09.90 147.17
  4   512     S REFFELTRATH       + 0.0790  9.9147  0.0147  09.90 147.73
  5   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0763  9.9185  0.0185  09.90 126.90
  6   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0632  9.9222  0.0222  09.90 107.55
  7   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0264  9.9232  0.0232  09.90 151.56
  8   587     OSCAR SCAPPOCIN     + 0.2464  9.9331  0.0331  09.90 132.07
  9   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0085  9.9361  0.0361  09.90 149.08
 10   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2005 10.0083  0.1083  09.90 135.37
 11   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.2482 10.0274  0.1274  09.90 124.55
 12   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0475 10.1700  0.2700  09.90 143.00
 13   6       PETE CRESSWELL      - 0.0004  9.3459 -0.5541  09.90 151.09

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13:10

Super Street qualifying session 6

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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05/09/2014 13:01:12                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   2211    KAREN STEVENS       - 0.0048 10.9010  0.0010  10.90 130.54
  2   409     BOB LEES            + 0.0240 10.9033  0.0033  10.90 133.33
  3   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0135 10.9108  0.0108  10.90 121.08
  4   138     MARTYN SANGER       + 0.1711 10.9222  0.0222  10.90 121.73
  5   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0131 10.9350  0.0350  10.90  86.52
  6   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0053 10.9868  0.0868  10.90  97.35

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Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 6

Quicker yet for Dave Murdoch and moved up a place to #6 at that point. Improvements for both Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster and Alex McIntosh, Jon stayed third and Alex moved up to fourth. Hairy run for Steve Neimantas, tyres up in smoke and the Bentley turned left, pedalled and back on it and the car did exactly the same thing just before the eighth-mile only at considerably higher speed.

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                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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05/09/2014 13:08:47                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.1054  7.4940  7.4940  00.00 185.81
  2   4       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.5600  7.6793  7.6793  00.00 181.40
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0751  7.6870  7.6870  00.00 178.55
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0975  7.8827  7.8827  00.00 174.40
  5   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.0066  7.9095  7.9095  00.00 178.55
  6   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.2337  8.4613  8.4613  00.00 161.35
  7   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.2235  8.5371  8.5371  00.00 162.50
  8   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0606  8.7816  8.7816  00.00 160.76
  9   63      DAMIAN HALLIWELL    + 1.4464 10.6996 10.6996  00.00 125.93
 10   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.2054 10.7979 10.7979  00.00 123.87

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13:00

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 6

Bernard Saz up from #5 to #4 with a squirrely run.

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  1   885     SASCHA PRETZSCH     + 0.1102  7.2853 -0.4347  07.72 181.31
  2   51      DAVID JAMES         + 0.1174  7.7587  0.0387  07.72 173.04
  3   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 1.6776  7.8447  0.1247  07.72 169.16
  4   405     BERNARD SAZ         + 0.4418  8.4219  1.2919  07.13 128.05

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Super Comp qualifying session 6

Nicky Frost up from #13 to #8 first pair. Brian Pateman up from #10 to #4 in the third pair.

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  1   323     PHIL BENNETT        + 0.2208  8.9003  0.0003  08.90 150.56
  2   809     PHIL JONES          + 0.1220  8.9008  0.0008  08.90 149.67
  3   665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.0184  8.9077  0.0077  08.90 159.65
  4   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0742  8.9113  0.0113  08.90 155.75
  5   3       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0283  8.9140  0.0140  08.90 153.68
  6   468     RENE KLOSS          + 0.0272  8.9179  0.0179  08.90 155.80
  7   424     JON GILES           + 0.1437  8.9200  0.0200  08.90 155.86
  8   1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0066  8.9241  0.0241  08.90 155.21
  9   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.1061  8.9300  0.0300  08.90 155.20
 10   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1981  8.9431  0.0431  08.90 150.05
 11   2       PAUL HUDSON         + 0.1161  8.9623  0.0623  08.90 149.56
 12   603     RICHARD WEBB        + 0.1718  8.9638  0.0638  08.90 138.97
 13   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0080  9.0064  0.1064  08.90 155.22
 14   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0986  9.0284  0.1284  08.90 138.55
 15   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0152  8.8829 -0.0171  08.90 144.84

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12:50

FIM European Super Street Bike Cup after qualifying session 1

Graham Dance shut off on the line for a fluid leak. Big wheelie for Peter Granica, thumped it down and pulled over just past the finish line. Quick hold for retrieval (of the bike, not of Peter's crown jewels). Danny Cockerill getting back after it having had a few problems in testing on Wednesday. Dave Holland off the gas just before the eighth. hesitation for Ven's bike of the line, his right foot came off its peg.

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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   1        SSB      GARRY BOWE           ASPATRIA  UK               BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1245  7.2829   198.87  
2   6        SSB      GRAHAM BALCHIN       WINCHESTER  UK             ZX12       1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .1245  7.3750   196.40  
3   10       SSB      PETE FIELD           HAMPTON  UK                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .3205  7.4291   197.27  
4   82       SSB      LUKE FARRUGIA        MALTA  MA                  BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1331  7.5340   182.76  
5   68       SSB      DANIEL LENCSES       HUNGARY  HU                SUZ BUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .4688  7.5527   191.33  
6   4        SSB      THOMAS GRANICA       GERMANY  DE                SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1912  7.5665   186.62  
7   49       SSB      RICHARD HANN         YEOVIL  UK                 SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0756  7.5718   189.80  
8   3        SSB      MOGENS LUND          DENMARK  DE                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1294  7.6164   186.61  
9   7        SSB      DANNY COCKERILL      BASILDON  UK               BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1748  7.6309   192.22  
10  21       SSB      JEMMA VENABLES       MESH POND  UK              BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0168  7.6752   192.22  
11  5        SSB      STEVE VENABLES       MESHPOND  UK               BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1684  7.6989   193.03  
12  83       SSB      SHAWN BUTTIGIEG      MALTA  MA                  BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1935  7.7405   157.37  
13  47       SSB      MARK WELLS           GARSWOOD  UK               SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1222  7.7443   190.51  
14  61       SSB      ERICH GRUBER         AUSTRIA  AT                KAWASAKI   1199 CC    00.00     0.000   .3693  7.9958   181.40  
15  72       SSB      CLEMENS WALLIET      GERMANY  DE                KAWA ZX12R 1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .1571  8.0885   185.81  
16  27       SSB      LUCA CARBONERA       ITALY  IT                  SUZUKI     1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .4530  8.1885   171.11  
 -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
17  2        SSB      DAVE HOLLAND         HURSTPIERPOINT  UK         BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0601  8.2002   126.30  
18  131      SSB      KNUT MOLLER          GERMANY  DE                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .5151  8.6099   163.08  
19  67       SSB      DENNIS JUNGE         GERMANY  DE                GSX        1428 CC    00.00     0.000   .2173 10.4553    94.66  
20  9        SSB      PETER GRANICA        GERMANY  DE                GSXR1000   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1514 17.7941    35.70  
 Best R.T. was  DAVE HOLLAND        +  .0601
 Best E.T. was  GARRY BOWE           7.2829
 Best MPH was  GARRY BOWE          198.87
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12:35

Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index.

FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Steve Woollatt 7.9394/111.95 bye; Rene van den Berg 6.6507/212.00, Filippos Papafilippou shut off; Rikard Gustafsson shut off, Ian King 6.1038/222.27 bye

Steve's motor stopped as he pulled away from the Barn towards the bleach box. No harm done, restarted. No burnout to speak of, just a dry hop. Surprised crew member had to run back from about 100 feet out. 1.0783 to sixty, 2.8268 at 330 feet, motor was groaning by then and shut off before the eighth. Fil shut off just before staging and signalled Chief Starter Ian Marshall that he was done. Rene took the bye, 1.1622 to sixty, 4.3953/175.75 at the eighth, got vert close to the guardrail in the shutdown area. Good baseline pass. Not a good day for the Funny Bikes as Rikard shut off before staging. 1.0557 to sixty for Ian, 4.0314/189.72 at the eighth, a green tinge to his header flames in the second half.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Ian King 6.1038/222.27
  2. Rene van den Berg 6.6507/212.00
  3. Steve Woollatt 7.9394/111.95

12:20

FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Job Heezen 8.5315/137.28, Martijn de Haas 7.1487/167.93; Roman Sixta 7.9599/142.92, Ronny Aasen 11.0442/75.95; Christian Jäger no time, Samu Kemmpainen no time DQ

Job away first 0.2276 to 0.2238 and the better sixty 1.1982 to 1.2436 but his motor was hesitating and looked to have a cylinder out, on and off the gas by the eighth and at low throttle in the second half. 4.5702/171.06 to the eighth for Martijn. 1.1806 to sixty for Roman, 1.1340 for Ronny, strong start for Ronny but motor stopped about 300 feet out, maybe at the same time as the front wheel came down. 4.8447/133.23 to the eighth for Roman, bike wandered left some. 1.1086 to sixty for Christian, 1.2055 for Samu. Both bikes were drifting left and Christian was off the gas before the eighth, 4.4898/171.46 to the eighth for Samu but then his bike crossed lanes after 1000 feet.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Martijn de Haas 7.1487/167.93
  2. Roman Sixta 7.9599/142.92
  3. Job Heezen 8.5315/137.28
  4. Ronny Aasen 11.0442/75.95

12:15

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Roy Olsen no time bye; Allan Davies 7.7792/164.28 bye; Alex Hope 7.6213/179.97, Kenneth Holmberg 7.4076/179.83; Martin Bishop 7.3788/177.84, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1486/185.73; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2797/159.10, Fredrik Fredlund 7.1409/185.07

Roy staged to the left of his lane, in one of Tet's tyre tracks I suspect. Motor cut out at the hit. Allan on one of Richard Gipp's bikes and a nice opener. 1.2340 to sixty, 4.9307/142.54 at the eighth, all gear changes smooth. alex in the 7.4s in testing on Wednesday. 1.2533 to sixty, bike sounded to hesitate a little passing the Tree. 1.1197 for Kenneth and the better eighth 4.7168/148.57 to Alex' 4.9324/147.60 Two PBs I believe next pair. Karl-Heinz with the better sixty 1.1049 to Bish's 1.1484 and a big advantage at the eighth 4.5561/153.99 to Bish's 4.7049/150.03. Gert-Jan to sixty in 1.0890, Fredde already quicker 1.0653, both going great guns at the eighth Gert-Jan 4.5361/152.47 to Fredde's 4.5245/151.88. Gert-Jan shut off before the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Fredrik Fredlund 7.1409/185.07
  2. Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.1486/185.73
  3. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.2797/159.10
  4. Martin Bishop 7.3788/177.84
  5. Kenneth Holmberg 7.4076/179.83
  6. Alex Hope 7.6213/179.97
  7. Allan Davies 7.7792/164.28

12:00

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Chris Andrews 7.7820/55.28 bye, Urs Erbacher shut off; Duncan Micallef 4.0608/306.95, Micke Kågered 8.5609/78.71; Stig Neergaard 6.5079/108.33, Thomas Nataas 8.6380/76.32; Tethys 4.6771/171.09 bye

Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs shut off on returning fro the burnout. Not obvious what was wrong, not a fluid leak. 0.8868 to sixty for Chris, then shake past the Tree, shut off and both chutes deployed. Car stopped just past the quarter. 0.8752 to sixty for Duncan, 0.8619 for Micke with shake, Micke shut it off. Duncan pedalled about 300 feet out and the car really picked up, 3.2591/259.31 getting close to the guardrail but the Maltese Lion stayed with it all the way. Marshal Caroline and timekeeper Nikki on the start line got a faceful of nitro fumes, both turning away from the cars blinking a lot. 0.8544 to sixty for Stig with tyres shaking, Thomas' tyres up in smoke getting him to sixty in 1.0267 and shut off. Stig pedalled and his tyres spun about 100 feet out, pedalled again and hit shake, the dragster made a move to the right and he shut it off about 330 feet out. Tethys at the end of the session when in the usual way of things one would have expected him to be first out. Very aggressive-sounding burnout. 0.8975 to sixty, nitro flames clearly visible, 2.3405 to 330 feet, smoke before the eighth 3.4328/205.09, off the gas by then and then one blip of the throttle but the car was invisible in the smoke. Track checked and all tickety-boo.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Duncan Micallef 4.0608/306.95
  2. Tethys 4.6771/171.09
  3. Stig Neergaard 6.5079/108.33
  4. Chris Andrews 7.7820/55.28
  5. Micke Kågered 8.5609/78.71
  6. Thomas Nataas 8.6380/76.32

11:30

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FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Simon Gustafsson no time bye; Thomas Lindström 7.4852/202.56, Jimmy Ålund 23.4096/42.65; Magnus Pettersson 6.6828/206.28, Michael Malmgren 6.6601/206.11

Instant shake for Simon, motor zinged and then appeared to lose drive. Very slow roll along the track, 14.0225/27.81 at the eighth and the clocks timed out before he got to the quarter. Instant shake for both Thomas and Jimmy, Jimmy shut it off. Thomas' car turned right and he was quite a long time off the throttle before getting back on it and going through the gears. Nice match between Michael and Magnus. Smooth launch for Michael with a tiny anount of shake, 0.9734 to sixty to Magnus' 1.0046, the better eighth also 4.2749/163.98 to 4.3038/164.14, for a short while in the second eighth Magnus appeared to be reeling Michael in but Michael stayed ahead.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Michael Malmgren 6.6601/206.11
  2. Magnus Pettersson 6.6828/206.28
  3. Thomas Lindström 7.4852/202.56
  4. Jimmy Ålund 23.4096/42.65

11:20

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Bobby Wallace 6.9042/197.26, Kev Slyfield 6.9867/208.90; Andy Frost 15.7790/186.64, Chris Isaacs 6.9060/217.99; Freddy Fagerström 6.3028/219.29, Andy Wright 8.1148/123.31; Rick Garrett 6.4596/213.08, Roger Moore 11.7618/71.71; Marcus Hilt 6.4663/200.78, Andy Robinson 6.9302/224.45; Norbert Kuno 25.2820/134.82, Marc Meihuizen 6.0569/228.93; David Vegter 6.1684/231.68, Bruno Bader 6.0771/226.72; Tero Laukkanen 6.1347/250.99, Roger Johansson 6.0194/233.66; Micke Gullqvist 5.8938/242.90, Mattias Wulcan 6.1438/226.75

1.0962 to sixty with shake for Kev, pedal then back on it. Bobby sat in stage for a while, his dad approached the car but was waved back by Chief Starter Ian Marshall. 1.0350 to sixty for Bobby when he went. 4.6334/163.67 at the eighth for Kev, 4.4356/159.61 for Bobby. 1.1545 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, shake and a pedal, 4.6204/166.73 at the eighth. Frosty's car edged forward at the hit then stopped. Safety crews approached but stayed clear, eventually Frosty got going and stood on it about 400 feet out. Freddy announced his return to Santa Pod with a half-track burnout, in the other lane Andy's tyres didn't light. 1.0288 to sixty for Freddy to Andy's 1.0350, Andy hit shake and a long pedal then back on it. Freddy to the eighth in 4.1210/179.96 to Andy's 4.8357/142.54, Freddy shut off and had the chute out before the stripe, Andy shut off at the eighth. 0.9946 to sixty for Rick, 1.0509 for Roger who then hit shake and shut off as the Viper approached the centre line. 4.1591/169.04 to the eighth for Rick, good baseline pass and a PB, well done Rick and thanks to MSA British Championship PR Robin Jackson for the PB information. 1.1189 to sixty for Marcus, 1.0460 for Eurodragster.som sponsor Andy whose tyres were shaking by then. A pedal and more shake, another pedal and it picked up. Marcus visibly ahead at the eighth 4.2168/176.32 to Andy's 4.6595/160.13, some smoke from Marcus' motor but only a haze not a billow. 0.9991 to sixty for Marc, our first three-second eighth of the weekend at 3.9734/183.32, minor shake marks and blackstriping in Marc's lane. Meanwhile Norbert's car edged out of stage and one of his crew walked in front of the car with the de-icing spray. Norbert probably expecting to back up and get another go was signalled more than once to go down the track. Suffice to say that his crew were then the subject of attention from the race officials. 1.0332 to sixty for David, 1.0096 for Bruno driving through shake, Bruno really moving at the eighth 3.9582/184.77 to David's 4.0792/184.93, Bruno's 'Vette made a right at the eighth but he stayed with it. Smoke from David's motor approaching the stripe. Great atch between Tero and Roger, Tero to sixty in 1.0260 to Roger's 0.9786, Roger drove through shake as if it wasn't there and got to the eighth in 3.9520/189.45 to Tero's 4.1428/190.46. Flash of flame from Roger's left bank in the second eighth but no harm done as Willsheer would say. Fantastic match to end the session, Micke to sixty in 0.9676 to Mattias' 0.9601, meteoric eigth for Micke 3.8770/191.26 to Mattias' 3.9794/174.11, Mattias' car was heading left and made quite a move right just before the eighth, had a hold of it but from here it looked as if he was off the gas for a moment just after the eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Micke Gullqvist 5.8938/242.90
  2. Roger Johansson 6.0194/233.66
  3. Marc Meihuizen 6.0569/228.93
  4. Bruno Bader 6.0771/226.72
  5. Tero Laukkanen 6.1347/250.99
  6. Mattias Wulcan 6.1438/226.75
  7. David Vegter 6.1684/231.68
  8. Freddy Fagerström 6.3028/219.29
  9. Marcus Hilt 6.4663/200.78
  10. Rick Garrett 6.4596/213.08
  11. Bobby Wallace 6.9042/197.26
  12. Chris Isaacs 6.9060/217.99
  13. Andy Robinson 6.9302/224.45
  14. Kev Slyfield 6.9867/208.90
  15. Andy Wright 8.1148/123.31
  16. Roger Moore 11.7618/71.71
  17. Andy Frost 15.7790/186.64
  18. Norbert Kuno 25.2820/134.82

10:55

FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Steph Milam 6.4016/234.05, Gareth Ellis 6.2389/225.52; Jürgen Nagel 6.5913/231.67, Danny Bellio 11.8722/71.07; Leif Andréasson 5.6360/253.82, Johan Lindberg 6.3861/154.20

Quick check under Gareth's car before staging, all OK. 0.9818 to sixty for Gareth, FC headed right and looked to have some shake about 200 feet out. 3.9791/172.14 at the eighth. 1.2013 to sixty for Steph, feather of the throttle, 4.3355/185.90 at the eighth. Shake marks in Steph's lane. 1.0034 to sixty for Danny with tyres shaking badly, shut it off not much further out. Languid launch for Jürgen, 1.4127 to sixty, 4.5510/189.79 at the eighth, very much a mirror image of Steph's run. Johan already 2014 European Champion, congratulations to him. A few days ago these guys were at Indy, now they are back here in our time zone, don't know where they get their energy, I couldn't do it. Johan with the better sixty 0.9727 to 0.9234 and the better eighth 3.6753/181.75 to Leif's 3.7235/204.24 but Johan's FC was heading right all the way and almost tagged the guardrail past the eighth and he had to shut it off. Very clean run for Leif, no sign of shake.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Leif Andréasson 5.6360/253.82
  2. Gareth Ellis 6.2389/225.52
  3. Johan Lindberg 6.3861/154.20
  4. Steph Milam 6.4016/234.05
  5. Jürgen Nagel 6.5913/231.67
  6. Danny Bellio 11.8722/71.07

10:45

A big Good Morning with hugs to our dear friend Gillti Koller who is tuned in from Bavaria. Hope you are enjoying the coverage Gittli.

FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Dave Wilson no time bye; Dennis Habermann 5.3831/269.99 bye; Timo Habermann 5.2999/268.95, Jonny Lagg 5.4367/262.17; Manty Bugeja 5.4330/264.19, Chris Polidano 5.4822/254.79

Drifting burnout for Grumpy, after the burnout motor leaned out and almost stopped but came alive again with a blip of the throttle. No reverse and eventually Grumpy shut it off. Dennis deep-staged as the car jumped forward going up on the revs. 0.9547 to sixty feet, shake passing the Tree, a pedal as the dragster turned right and then it really picked up, 3.5768/215.81 at the eighth and real straight in the second half. Fantastic run for Timo! 0.8836 to sixty, looked like a flash of flame from the left bank passing the Tree but nothing untoward obviously, 0.9548 to sixty for Johnny. Timo to the eighth at 3.4879/217.02 to Jonny's 3.6143/216.55, Jonny got our attention in the second eighth as his dragster made a move to the right but he stayed with it. Timo a squeak off the European ET record. Nice match-up between Manty and Chris, solid baseline runs. Chris away first 0.0526 to 0.0903, Manty with the better sixty 0.9221 to Chris' 0.9505, Manty drove through shake all the way to 200 feet but didn't look to lose him any time, 3.5802/211.91 at the eighth to Chris' 3.6547/216.55.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Timo Habermann 5.2999/268.95
  2. Dennis Habermann 5.3831/269.99
  3. Manty Bugeja 5.4330/264.19
  4. Jonny Lagg 5.4367/262.17
  5. Chris Polidano 5.4822/254.79

10:20

Super Pro ET qualifying session 6

Paul Marston up from #13 to #5 in the PT Bruiser, in the other lane however quickly they dial in the Giles and Hartley dragster it just goes quicker - 7.437 on a 7.46 dial-in this time. Nice first half for Amanda Cox in the Yenkonova. 0.0037 RT by Joe Stevens next pair. "Simon Gough in left lane shock" in the next pair, made no difference as Simon went +0.0053 in that lane! Superb 0.0018 RT for Steve Saunders a couple of pairs later. Next pair and a nice run to start with for Mark Flavell but at about 1000 feet the car sounded to jump out of gear, revs went up, Flav shut it off. Shari Oomen up from #31 to #18 next pair. At that point you had to be +0.0936 or better on dial-in even to get in to the 32-car field. Fantastic run for Marck Harteveld, 6.9937 on a 7.40 dial-in, new PB for him and also I believe for Wouter van Leersum in the other lane at 7.1334, two breakouts but who cares, well done guys! Marck shut it off early too so more in there. Next pair and Scott Hauser up from #16 to #6. #29 to #4 for Mark Adams, fantastic run +0.0064 on dial-in; the top eleven are now +0.00-something. Great match-up to close the session, Nick Good's blown-alcohol dragster and His Imperial Methness Tom van der Wijden's blown-alcohol FC. 6.71 dial-in for Nick and 6.00 for Tom. Tom's motor stopped on the start line, 6.791 bye for Nick.

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1   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.75    +  .0014   .0538  8.7514   157.91  
2   541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          BASILDON  UK               CAMARO     582 CI     08.45    +  .0020   .1590  8.4520   161.29  
3   94       S/PRO    DAVE GIBBONS         SHOTTENDEN  UK             ALTERED    468 CI     08.56    +  .0047   .1040  8.5647   151.13  
4   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           WRITTLE  UK                VICTOR     545 CI     08.86    +  .0055   .0270  8.8655   151.09  
5   777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL             PICK-UP   672 CI     08.39    +  .0061   .2537  8.3961   161.29  
6   202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           ALDRIDGE  UK               DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.44    +  .0064   .2503  7.4464   182.85  
7   470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.68    +  .0071   .0005  7.6871   173.65  
8   68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.74    +  .0083   .0013  8.7483   157.37  
9   2        S/PRO    PAUL MARSTON         CHADWELL HEATH  UK         PT BRUISER 540 CI     08.33    +  .0090   .0800  8.3390   159.59  
10  3001     S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.56    +  .0090   .0159  7.5690   174.35  
11  700      S/PRO    PHIL TOPPIN          FELTHAM  UK                MODEL T    555 CI     08.70    +  .0092   .0981  8.7092   152.57  
12  221      S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORT EST   540 CI     08.78    +  .0107   .0767  8.7907   154.14  
13  935      S/PRO    WOOTER VAN LEERSUM   NETHERLANDS  NL            CAMARO     541 CI     07.20    +  .0125   .0576  7.2125   188.79  
14  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                DRAGSTER   383 CI     08.04    +  .0153   .1691  8.0553   167.88  
15  166      S/PRO    ALAN DIDWELL         WISBECH  UK                DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.58    +  .0171   .0146  7.5971   179.22  
16  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        POOLE  UK                  FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.20    +  .0177   .0703  8.2177   167.27  
17  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           DRAGSTER   605 CI     07.41    +  .0183   .0703  7.4283   182.06  
18  161      S/PRO    STEVE SAUNDERS       BILLINGHAM  UK             ZEPHYR     572 CI     08.49    +  .0196   .5297  8.5096   157.91  
19  984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.06    +  .0226   .0470  8.0826   166.04  
20  4        S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.44    +  .0232   .0742  7.4632   178.47  
21  955      S/PRO    MIKE BRUCKMULLER     SWITZERLAND  CH            CAMARO     9100 CC    08.37    +  .0235   .1877  8.3935   160.15  
22  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           STROUD  UK                 DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.23    +  .0239   .1238  8.2539   160.71  
23  666      S/PRO    SHARI OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            DRAGSTER   489 CI     08.50    +  .0250   .0813  8.5250   160.14  
24  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.50    +  .0257   .8130  8.5257   164.23  
25  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 DRAGSTER   452 CI     06.00    +  .0329   .1862  6.0329   197.88  
26  15       S/PRO    FRANK EIJSKOOT       NETHERLANDS  NL            PONT FIERO 427 CI     08.27    +  .0348   .2716  8.3048   155.76  
27  65       S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILLE    NOTTINGHAM  UK             SLINGSHOT  555 CI     07.99    +  .0454   .0490  8.0354   164.83  
28  258      S/PRO    DAVE WARD            LONG COMPTON  UK           DRAGSTER   540 CI     08.00    +  .0476   .0405  8.0476   167.90  
29  251      S/PRO    DAVE CATTON          CRANAGE  UK                DRAGSTER   598 CI     07.52    +  .0511   .0597  7.5711   176.39  
30  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         DRAGSTER   509 CI     06.68    +  .0722   .0140  6.7522   196.37  
31  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   527 CI     06.70    +  .0840   .5516  6.7840   204.19  
32  910      S/PRO    RENE EHRISMANN       SWITZERLAND  CH            55 BEL AIR 615 CI     08.19    +  .0936   .2567  8.2836   167.89  
33  366      S/PRO    LIAM JONES           PATRINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   732 CI     06.95    +  .1000   .0693  7.0500   191.26  
34  677      S/PRO    GARY GOODING         IPSWICH  UK                SUPRA      3400 CC    08.40    +  .1644   .2874  8.5644   164.82  
35  449      S/PRO    PEL NORMAN           WAKEFIELD  UK              FORD CAPRI 509 CI     08.58    +  .1915   .2112  8.7715   160.16  
36  430      S/PRO    ROY WALKER           WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         VENTORA    540 CI     08.78    +  .1939   .2256  8.9739   145.74  
37  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   422 CI     08.50    +  .2538   .1185  8.7538   156.28  
38  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     07.70    +  .3355   .0487  8.0355   164.82  
39  3        S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        NORTH PETHERTON UK         RW DRAGSTE 377 CI     08.45    +  .6209   .0411  9.0709   145.68  
40  299      S/PRO    AMANDA COX           GODALMING  UK              CHEVY NOVA 565 CI     08.20    +  .9864   .0384  9.1864   104.07  
41  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           SAAB F/CAR 482 CI     07.99    + 1.0713   .0363  9.0613   108.81  
42  22       S/PRO    MARCH HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     08.00    + 1.5775   .2084  9.5775    98.59  
 Best R.T. was  ALAN DIDWELL        +  .0146
 Best E.T. was  MARTYN JONES         6.0329
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        204.19
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09:45

Pro ET qualifying session 6

First pair of the day and a perfect run from Hans van der Spek, up from #21 to #1 +0.0006 on dial-in, well done Hans! Hard work rewarded after his problems earlier this season, I'd say. Anton Schneider next up the ladder, #21 to #6 two pairs later. Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams straightened out the wheelies, carb problem sorted too, much better run. Lee Huxley up from #17 to #10 next pair. Time on the board for Dave Billadeau's Superbird after being sent back yesterday, 9.5103 on a 9.58.

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                                               F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.      
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
PRO ET                                                         THROUGH ROUND # 5                              05/09/2014 09:46:45
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   81       PRO ET   HANS VAN DER SPEK    NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVY P/UP 350 CI     10.60    +  .0006   .2082 10.6006   128.41  
2   70       PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         LONDON  UK                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.69    +  .0018   .1243  9.6918   137.68  
3   542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               PLYMOUTH   500 CI     09.71    +  .0021   .0424  9.7121   136.91  
4   205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PEUG 205   410 CI     09.85    +  .0024   .0438  9.8524   136.09  
5   648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           MAIDSTONE  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.98    +  .0048   .0557  9.9848   135.68  
6   211      PRO ET   ANTON SCHNEIDER      GERMANY  DE                SKYLINE    472 CI     09.50    +  .0060   .1250  9.5060   139.47  
7   118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        WRITTLE  UK                CAPRI      476 CI     09.85    +  .0078   .0047  9.8578   136.43  
8   9        PRO ET   MICK HOWLING         WOOTTON  UK                DODGE DART 454 CI     09.52    +  .0080   .0198  9.5280   138.20  
9   795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           UK  UK                     CAMARO     555 CI     09.25    +  .0084   .0742  9.2584   146.19  
10  25       PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           GALLOW END  UK             MUSTANG    520 CI     09.80    +  .0093   .0253  9.8093   136.02  
11  409      PRO ET   BOB LEES             BRISTOL  UK                MUSTANG    501 CI     09.78    +  .0137   .2556  9.7937   135.20  
12  610      PRO ET   TIM STANBURY         LAUNCESTON  UK             CAMARO     584 CI     09.30    +  .0149   .0747  9.3149   145.22  
13  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 572 CI     09.72    +  .0153   .1687  9.7353   139.38  
14  59       PRO ET   PAUL BAYNTON         COPTHORNE  UK              FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.35    +  .0168   .0557 10.3668   129.53  
15  626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         DRAGSTER   122 CI     11.09    +  .0175   .1464 11.1075   117.90  
16  450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.20    +  .0246   .0184  9.2246   147.10  
17  84       PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          LONDON  UK                 84 CAMARO  407 CI     09.99    +  .0268   .0326 10.0168   134.08  
18  371      PRO ET   PAUL JACKSON         SOLIHULL  UK               68 CAMARO             09.70    +  .0302   .1142  9.7302   138.17  
19  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        408 CI     10.17    +  .0460   .0575 10.2160   131.65  
20  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    +  .0482   .4498 10.9482   118.95  
21  40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 DRAGSTER   355 CI     09.08    +  .0557   .0722  9.1357   146.66  
22  763      PRO ET   JAKE HANDY           BRACKNELL  UK              CAMARO     505 CI     09.00    +  .0793   .1271  9.0793   151.04  
23  735      PRO ET   NIC WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  ZL1 CHEVRO 427 CI     09.97    +  .0913   .1193 10.0613   130.63  
24  314      PRO ET   STEVE HUDSON         HERSHAM  UK                ALTERED    383 CI     09.03    +  .0917   .0639  9.1217   141.60  
25  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     09.70    +  .1187   .0295  9.8187   134.88  
26  580      PRO ET   DAVE BILLADEAU       THORNE  UK                 SUPERBIRD  580 CI     09.58    -  .0697   .1297  9.5103   144.33  
27  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          WHITLEY BAY  UK            PLYMOUTH   540 CI     11.50    -  .6278   .3006 10.8722   122.08  
 Best R.T. was  MARK BAILEY         +  .0184
 Best E.T. was  JAKE HANDY           9.0793
 Best MPH was  JAKE HANDY          151.04
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08:05

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

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam is on-line and broadcasting live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio until 19:00 (20:00 European) tomorrow and then the Trakbak Racing / Trackgroup Europe free High Def multi-camera Web TV will take over for this evening's Pro qualifying session and for all of tomorrow and Sunday.

Overcast but very mild outside, hints of blue sky behind the cloud. We are scheduled to start at 09:30 with Pro ET Q6 and Super Pro ET Q6 and then FIA / FIM Q1 is scheduled to commence at 10:30.

Many thanks to Carla Pittau and Rick McCann for hospitality last night, a good time was had and and is much appreciated.

A big Good Morning to Eurodragsterholics everywhere especially those who are tuned in from their day jobs. Don't get yourselves in trouble folks.

Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we'll bring you all the news.


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