Santa Pod Raceway, 4th-7th September 2014
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 22:15 Saturday's gallery has been posted and can be checked out via the Event Index. There are 195 pictures in the gallery; if you do not see all 195 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. 20:45 Simon has posted a second tranche of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. We'll have another update for you later on as we are working on today's gallery. 20:05 The shutdown area is still damp and the mist is coming in so race officials have called racing for the day. With qualifying done a couple of European Championships are probably decided but we will confirm when the sums have been double-checked. If you are reading this at the track then please note that we have postponed the scattering of Ed's ashes until tomorrow afternoon. 18:15 Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which includes notes both from the pits and from the end of the track during Pro Q3. Track drying is continuing apace. 17:05 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Urs Erbacher 5.2476/142.51 bye; 0.9092 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs, tyres started to smoke then blaze about 200 feet out, a couple of pedals and off the gas. On hold for spots of rain. Qualifying after this session:
17:00 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Michael Malmgren 6.6821/207.14 bye; Simon Gustafsson 6.7846/203.48, Thomas Lindström 23.2410/32.99; Jimmy Ålund 6.6332/211.08, Magnus Pettersson 6.6780/206.02 Nice bye for Michael to open the session. 0.9985 to sixty, no sign of shake. 4.2961/164.15 at the eighth, straight run with smooth gear shifts. Horrible shake for Thomas, the whole car went blurry, shut it off immediately. Simon pulled out the big one in the last session; 1.0282 to sixty, 4.3697/161.84 at the eighth. Nice pass. 0.9955 to sixty for Magnus to Jimmy's 1.0253, Magnus had the better eighth 4.2957/162.99 to Jimmy's 4.2960/167.24 Qualifying after this session:
16:50 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Wayne Nicholson shut off (bye); Andy Wright 7.9771/199.87, Bobby Wallace 6.5706/210.84; Chris Isaacs 11.5531/93.32, Rick Garrett 6.8023/210.94; Kev Slyfield 7.8770/109.88, Norbert Kuno 6.1025/214.86; Andy Robinson 5.9689/239.05, Freddy Fagerström 11.8949/71.63; Roger Johansson no time DQ, Marcus Hilt 6.7348.219.08; Mattias Wulcan 6.0129/238.91, David Vegter 8.7654/106.43; Bruno Bader 6.0141/230.49, Tero Laukkanen 8.2203/119.95; Marc Meihuizen 6.0833/241.59, Micke Gullqvist 5.9570/242.45 Some concern around Wayne's throttle linkage to the bug catcher, shut off before staging. Andy W off the throttle early in the burnout, the Coupe looked to be shaping up for a hard right turn. Andy's tyres rattled at the hit and the Coupe took the threatened step to the right, 1.3770 to sixty, a pedal and back on it. Meanwhile Bobby got to sixty in 1.0379, Andy was pedalling as the Coupe moved about its lane but stayed with it. Bobby to the eighth in 4.2559/168.95 and another PB at the stripe, well done Bobby! Improvements for both but both stayed in place. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris sounded to have some kind of misfire and shut off after the Tree. 1.0002 to sixty for Rick, looked from here like a pedal for shake, 4.4549/163.96 at the eighth. Chris on the bump with his previous best. Norbert away first 0.1216 to Kev's 0.1370 and the much better sixty 0.9785 to Kev's 1.0690, Kev's Thunderbird drifted left with tyres blackstriping. Storming eighth for Norbert 3.9470/185.54 to Kev's 4.4967/155.12, about 1100 feet out there was a huge cloud of smoke from Norbert's motor. New PB for Norbert (continued thanks to Robin Jackson for PB information) but at what price given a clean-up in his lane. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy R and Freddy shut off for clean-up before they emerged around the corner. Fantastic run for Andy, the first UK Pro Mod into the fives. Maybe you should leave the country more often Bob? 0.9698 to sixty, not many shake marks in Andy's lane, stormer at the eighth 3.9141/188.07. Congratulations Andy, Luke and the team! 1.1941 to sixty for Freddy and then sounded like a misfire and he shut it off. Roger's tyres didn't light in the burnout. On the green Roger sat on the line for 5.9950 seconds, Marcus most of the way to the stripe at 1.0793 to sixty and 4.5167/172.89 at the eighth. 1.0635 to sixty for Roger, close to the centre line at the eighth 4.0372/186.66 and then the Mustang moved to the right and took out the 934 foot and 1000 foor reflectors DQing his run. Roger pulled it back but the car was really moving left and right in the last few feet. 6.2171/203.39 came up on the boards but the time won't stand. 0.9911 to sixty for Mattias, 1.0530 for David, David hit bad shake and the car made a move to the right, pedalled and then shut off as it wasn't working out. 3.9523/187.29 to the eighth for Mattias. Bruno and Tero next up, 0.9852 to sixty for Bruno and 1.0347 for Tero, Tero then tried to drive through shame for about 200 feet but that wasn't happening. Big 3.9137/187.99 at the eighth for Bruno. Great match between Marc and Micke to end the session, 1.0375 to sixty for Marc who left on Micke 0.0452 to 0.1012, Micke to sixty in 0.9809. 4.0396/188.86 to the eighth for Marc taking a slightly long way round, the more direct eighth 3.9264/190.24 for Micke. Qualifying after this session:
16:00 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Danny Bellio 5.7704/252.28 bye; Gareth Ellis 5.6983/250.99, Steph Milam 6.0787/223.40; Johan Lindberg 5.5165/256.70, Leif Andréasson 5.6176/253.39 Danny gets his mojo back in the last knockings, great run! 1.0094 to sixty, drove through a small amount of shake, FC moved towards the centre line but Danny stayed with it. 3.8266/200.72 at the eighth, close to that line in the second eighth. Fantastic run for Gareth also and a PB I believe. 0.9663 to sixty, 1.0564 for Steph, I can't see any shake marks in Gareth's lane and he got to the eighth in 3.7491/200.61, Steph there in 3.9970/189.37. Jürgen Nagel towed back to the pits whilst the final pair ran. Johan away first 0.1131 to Leif's 0.2152, Johan ahead more at sixty 0.9420 to 0.9553, again no sign of any real shake from either, Johan to the eighth in 3.6260/207.92 and Leif there in 3.7040/203.86. Both on slight improvements and stayed in place. That was one of the best TMFC sessions I have ever seen and every run a credit to the sport. Qualifying after this session:
15:50 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.8177/250.99 bye; Chris Polidano 5.2853/264.20, Manty Bugeja 5.3299/268.24; Dennis Habermann 5.3221/268.94, Timo Habermann 5.2568/269.84; Grumpy again pushed back from his burnout rather than using reverse. 1.0351 to sixty for Grumpy, no shake and all candles lit, 3.8951/203.43 at the eighth with tyres gently blackstriping. Fantastic match between our two Maltese heroes! Chris away first 0.0882 to 0.1067, Manty with the better sixty 0.9044 to Chris' 0.9198, no real sign of shake for either. Chris with the better eighth 3.5002/221.28 although Manty was not hanging about at 3.5050/214.61. Chris on the first half of a new European ET record, well done Chris, Jerry and the Kalanc team! Well, there goes Chris' half-record, another fantastic match between the Habermanns! Dennis away first 0.0794 to 0.0993, Timo had the better sixty 0.8998 to 0.9218 and the better eighth 3.4547/217.56 to Dennis' 3.5041/214.95 which in itself was pretty damn good. Timo's ET already backed up for a new European ET record, well done Timo and the Habermanns! Qualifying after this session:
15:35 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 9 Another improvement for Dave Murdoch but stayed in place. Another new PB for Stu Williams, 7.6280, stayed second. Well done Stu!
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
06/09/2014 15:34:10 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 + 0.8118 7.6280 7.6280 00.00 182.88
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 + 0.4104 8.3536 8.3536 00.00 168.54
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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15:20 Super Street qualifying session 9 0.0008 seconds or 1.56 inches in this round's match-up between Bob Lees and Matt Seamarks.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
15:15 Super Comp qualifying session 9 Perfect 8.9009 by Collin Morrice good for a move up to #3, well done Collin! Three Perfect Runs in the same class. In the other lane Richie Webb clocked 8.2604/156.84 in his wild Beetle. Next pair and Billy Gane up to #6 at 8.9098, at the stripe he was 0.0046 ahead of Rene Kloss which equates to 12.49 inches.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
15:05 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 9 Identical 0.1106 RTs by Katie Ellis and Thaliah Gibb in their match-up. Next pair and another great RT by Harley Coulsell, 0.0051 good for a move up to #2.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
06/09/2014 15:04:24 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 31 HARLEY COULSELL + 0.0051 14.4224 1.5224 12.90 42.72
3 30 ANNIE WALLACE + 0.0054 7.9697 0.0697 07.90 80.21
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 3 JOE KELLETT + 0.0140 8.0498 0.1498 07.90 81.81
8 16 BILLY RINGER + 0.0140 9.3960 0.4960 08.90 68.42
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 21 RUARIDH HART + 0.0440 9.2866 1.3866 07.90 67.55
21 26 SHANNON KIDDELL + 0.0462 8.0461 0.1461 07.90 81.37
22 17 THOMAS COOK ABBOTT + 0.0478 9.0005 0.1005 08.90 66.07
23 12 BELLE WHEELER + 0.1281 9.0332 0.1332 08.90 70.27
* = Disqualified
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14:50 Martin Hill followed Super Street Bike with a 5.9153/269.81 in the Fireforce 3 Jet FC. 4.0618/200.60 at the eighth. Comp Eliminator qualifying session 9 Good to see Kev Perkins back after his problems earlier in the event. Nice burnout but shut off before staging. New PB for Robin Orthodoxou, well done Robin!
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
06/09/2014 14:51:46 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 727 ROBIN ORTHODOXOU + 0.5897 7.0029 -0.7171 07.72 186.54
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 + 0.6869 8.2753 1.1453 07.13 140.31
* = Disqualified
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14:35 FIM European Super Street Bike Cup qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Luca Carbonera 8.1240/169.17 bye; Danny Cockerill 9.2340/189.79, Knut Möller 8.3223/169.18; Erich Gruber 7.6774/183.64, Mark Wells 8.5105/186.57; Graham Dance no time, Luke Farrugia 7.4668/189.65; Richard Hann 7.4754/195.55, Clemens Walleit 7.9734/185.83; Jemma Venables 7.5896/195.56, Thomas Granica 7.5374/186.58; Graham Balchin 7.2970/198.12, Mogens Lund 7.5833/171.08; Pete Field 7.3778/195.55, Daniel Donat Lencses 7.6488/185.81; Steve Venables 7.2145/196.45, Garry Bowe 7.3205/199.68; Shaun Buttegieg 8.8337/109.38, Dave Holland 10.0373/85.88 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 # 3 06/09/2014 14:38:23
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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 ILKIN 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 .1600 7.2145 196.40
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 .0954 7.2970 198.12
7 68 SSB DANIEL LENCSES JASZBERENY HU SUZ BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .4722 7.4340 193.04
8 82 SSB LUKE FARRUGIA SLIEMA MA BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .2352 7.4668 189.65
9 49 SSB RICHARD HANN YEOVIL UK SUZUKI 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .0828 7.4754 195.55
10 21 SSB JEMMA VENABLES MESH POND UK BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1315 7.4856 194.50
11 4 SSB THOMAS GRANICA NECKARWESTHEIM DE SUZUKI 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1890 7.5374 186.58
12 52 SSB GRAHAM DANCE WROXHAM UK SUZUKI 1425 CC 00.00 0.000 .3226 7.5454 189.64
13 3 SSB MOGENS LUND RIBE 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 61 SSB ERICH GRUBER OLLEM AT KAWASAKI 1199 CC 00.00 0.000 .2574 7.6774 183.64
16 47 SSB MARK WELLS GARSWOOD UK SUZUKI 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1222 7.7443 190.51
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17 72 SSB CLEMENS WALLIET BERLIN DE KAWA ZX12R 1200 CC 00.00 0.000 .1961 7.9734 185.83
18 27 SSB LUCA CARBONERA TAGLIAMENTO IT SUZUKI 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .3287 8.1240 169.17
19 131 SSB KNUT MOLLER OSDORF DE BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .4105 8.3223 169.18
20 67 SSB DENNIS JUNGE PINNEBERG DE GSX 1428 CC 00.00 0.000 .2173 10.4553 94.66
21 9 SSB PETER GRANICA NECKARWESTHEIM 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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14:25 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Steve Woollatt 6.5956/176.40 bye; Otto Knebl 7.6937/170.45, Ian King 6.0619/222.17; Rikard Gustafsson 6.4694/214.09, Filippos Papafilippou 6.5490/206.01 Great opener for Steve after a nightmare day yesterday. 1.0903 to sixty, 4.1876/176.27 at the eighth, effortless-looking straight run, off the gas at about 1100 feet. First run of the weekend for Otto. 1.1138 to sixty, 4.7398/135.64 at the eighth feathering as the bike got close to the wall. 1.0140 to sixty for Ian, 3.9811/190.12 at the eighth, yellow nitro haze followed the bike in the seocnd half. fantastco match-up between Rikard and Fil! Rikard away first 0.1074 to 0.3253, to sixty in 1.1354 to Fil's quicker 1.0335, Rikard to the eighth in 4.2267/178.33 and Fil quicker again at 4.2094/170.81. Fil's team went nutso on the start line when the time and speed came up. Qualifying after this session:
14:20 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Job Heezen 7.2465/203.47, Martijn de Haas 6.6323/209.97; Roman Sixta 7.4695/147.17, Ronny Aasen 9.5197/89.59; Christian Jäger no time, Samu Kemmpainen 6.7107/208.87 Fantastic run for Martijn, a new PB. 1.1818 to sixty, 4.3577/177.50 at the eighth and Martijn's legs were flailing around off the pegs as he tried to stop it going to the right. Improvement for Job, right direction now. 1.2198 at the eighth and 4.7890/149.56 at the eighth. Martijn up to number one. 1.1954 to sixty for Roman, 1.2040 for Ronny, the unfortunately-familiar smoke and pop from Ronny's motor just after 330 feet. Roman to the eighth in 4.6054/157.38 and off the throttle at about 1000 feet. Christian rolled through stage. Samu to sixty in 1.1791, 4.3980/172.31 at the eighth, slight improvement but stayed second. Qualifying after this session:
14:15 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Roy Olsen 7.7753/166.69 bye; Martin Bishop 7.5303/146.65, Allan Davies no time DQ; Alex Hope no time, Kenneth Holmberg 7.2972/182.10; Mark Smith 7.6854/170.45, Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.2724/155.28; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.1737/177.84, Fredrik Fredlund 7.0708/185.83 1.2397 to sixty for Roy, 4.9455/142.59 at the eighth and a time on the board. Red in Allan's lane, personally I didn't see him move but then that's why they have electronics doing this and not people. 1.1390 to sixty for Bish, 4.7758/146.65 at the eighth. Fantastic run for Kenneth, new PB. 1.1304 to sixty, 4.6551/149.49 at the eighth, one of those effortless-looking runs. Well done Kenneth! Alex's motor sounded ragged, two gear changes and off the throttle, 12.0106/27.07 at the eighth and the clocks had timed out by the time he got to the finish line. 1.1641 to sixty for Mark, 1.1009 for Karl-Heinz. Karl-Heinz well ahead at the eighth 4.5499/153.98 to Mark's 4.8730/143.38 but shut it off before the stripe. Consistent runs for Gert-Jan and Fredrik, Fredrik 2014 Champion by passing scrutineering so congratulations to him and thanks to Andy Marrs for the information. Gert-Jan to sixty in 1.1045 to Fredde's 1.0658 and to the eighth in 4.5407/152.98 to Fredde's 4.4814/154.41. Qualifying after this session:
14:00 European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Kevin Kent 4.4293/280.45 bye; Gordon Smith 4.5912/223.63, Jason Phelps 4.9836/221.22 Fantastic run for Kev, off the top of my head the quickest and fastest since we went to 1000 feet in this class. 0.9659 to sixty and 3.5634/241.38 at the eighth, nitro flames clearly visible all the way to the stripe. Gauntlet well and truly laid down to the old guard! 0.9611 to sixty for Gordon, 1.1163 for Jason with a cylinder out on the left bank and a pedal for shake. Gordon to the eighth in 3.6056/227.85 to Jason's 3.9808/220.82. Gordon very close to the centre line at 1000 feet. Qualifying after this session:
13:45 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Duncan Micallef 4.0285/303.35, Urs Erbacher 6.1273/131.38; Stig Neergaard 6.7146/90.88, Micke Kågered 4.2509/264.69; Chris Andrews 4.0454/297.03, Thomas Nataas and Ed O'Connell 3.9499/316.40 Eurodragster.com sponsor Urs with no time on the board as yet. Humungous tyre shake for Urs during a 0.9711 sixty foot then tyres went up in smoke, Duncan's sixty 0.8711. Urs pedalled several times whilst Duncan was long gone, 3.2180/260.84 at the eighth and drove it out the back door. Urs' safety cut-off eventually put a chute out. The Maltese Lion up into #2. 0.8746 to sixty for Stig, 0.9146 for Micke, Stig going great guns but then his tyres went up in smoke and the dragster turned hard right at about 330 feet and Stig shut it off. 3.3890/245.98 to sixty for Micke, the dragster was weaving left and right but Micke hung on to it. The Andersen Racing dragster carrying a handful of our late friend and colleague Ed O'Connell's ashes, thank you so much to Karsten Andersen and the Andersen Racing team for the offer. Ed's wife Kathy says that this will be one of Ed's ambitions fulfilled. Fantastic final run for Ed courtesy of Thomas! 0.8531 to sixty to Chris' 0.8907, storming eighth 3.1705/269.46 to Chris' 3.2319/259.32, straight run for Thomas and a little weaving for Chris. #1 spot and a new European speed record for Thomas and Ed, the first half of a European ET record to boot, and the quickest and fastest ever 1000-foot Top Fuel Dragster pass in Europe. Well done guys! Karsten Andersen afterwards texted Your Reporter "That was one for the books. Thanks Ed". Not easy typing this lot through tears but we got there. No Tethys due to oiling problems with the replacement block, we'll see him in Q4. Qualifying after this session:
Gabby McDonald 5.4795/126.26 exhibition pass out of competition. 0.9177 to sixty, 2.3747 to 330 feet and of the gas as the dragster moved towards the guardrail. 13:35 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Simon Gustafsson 17.6185/45.07 bye; Thomas Lindström 6.6343/207.22, Michael Malmgren shut off; Magnus Pettersson 6.6648/207.22, Jimmy Ålund 24.6123/37.28; Awful high-frequency shake and shrieking motor for Simon. 1.1323 to sixty and 0ff the gas about 100 feet out. Michael had real problems getting into the burnout. Motor stopped a couple of times. Chief Starter Ian Marshall signalled Michael to shut off to allow Thomas to run. Nice run for Thomas, very smooth gear changes. 0.9832 to sixty, 4/2611/164.18 to the eighth. Thomas one place up the ladder. Michael pushed away whilst Magnus and Jimmy were on their way back from their burnouts. Jimmy hit instant shake and shut off immediately. 0.9982 to sixty for Magnus, 4.2866/165.27 to the eighth, straight run with clean gear changes and no dramas. Qualifying after this session:
13:25 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Wayne Nicholson 8.3046/157.98 bye; Andy Frost shut off, Kev Slyfield shut off; Andy Frost 8.2646/132.88, Kev Slyfield 6.5679/214.87; David Vegter 6.3798/228.20, Andy Wright 11.1534/76.19; Freddy Fagerström 10.1147/81.67, Roger Johansson 6.1433/212.80; Norbert Kuno 6.3382/219.20, Chris Isaacs no time DQ; Rick Garrett 6.5568/213.09, Roger Moore 6.5480/212.90; Bobby Wallace 6.5921/209.15, Andy Robinson 6.1827/233.65; Tero Laukkanen 6.1763/234.07, Bruno Bader 5.9873/230.24; Marcus Hilt 6.3895/221.44, Mattias Wulcan 6.0063/234.93; Micke Gullqvist 6.0476.222.53, Marc Meihuizen 6.0934/238.70 Good to see Wayne on the track, I was beginning to worry that we wouldn't see him. Hesitation at the hit, 1.2451 to sixty, one cylinder briefly out on the right bank. 5.3073/132.60 to the eighth. Frosty and Kev in the bleach box then shut off for a shutdown area clean-up in Wayne's lane. Frosty's Vauxhall almost jumped out of stage, Frosty managed to hold it in deep stage. The looked like tyre shake and the Vauxhall made a move to the right, 1.2622 to sixty and a puff of smoke from the right bank as Frosty straightened it out. 1.0609 to sixty for Kev, small amount of shake, 4.2770/170.77 at the eighth, clean run and new PB speed for this car, well done Kev! 1.0880 to sixty for David with shake, 1.2654 for Andy with tyres already shaking. Couple of pedals for Andy, Coupe made a move and he shut off. A pedal before the eighth for David, 4.2248/177.00 at the eighth then a couple more pedals in the secod half and smoke from the motor. Half track burnout by Freddy and I could hear the spectators cheering from inside the office. 1.0212 to sixty for Freddy, then bad shake and off the gas. 0.9875 to sixty for Roger, drove through shake even though the Mustang was heading right. 3.9828/186.33 at the eighth with a violent right and left turn but Roger didn't look to want to get off it for anything. A gutsy drive on a par with Andy Robinson's 6.2 yesterday. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris bulbed by the Autostart, car was in pre-stage but didn't edge forwards in time. 1.0148 to sixty for Norbert, 4.1218/173.07 at the eighth. Straight run with no dramas and a move up the ladder. Very smoky burnout by Rick, 200 feet or so, very popular with the crowd. 0.9844 to sixty for Rock, 1.0103 for Roger. Both hit shale which moved them towards the centre line, Rick looked to pedal whilst Roger pulled it back. 4.2516/169.76 to the eighth for Rick and 4.2570/170.19 for Roger. Saturday greetings to ARRC team member Bob Roberts tuned in from British Columbia. Psychic 0.0047 RT for Bobby. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy had the better sixty 0.9623 to 1.0463, shake and a pedal about 200 feet out, 4.0531/178.89 to the eighth. Bobby looked to hit shake and then his tyres were blackstriping, 4.2697/169.05 at the eighth. New PB for Bobby though, well done Bobby and team! Fantastic run for Bruno! 0.9609 to sixty to Tero's 1.0261, really going some at the eighth 3.8874/187.10 to Tero's 4.0621/185.75 which was recorded quite close to the guardrail. Mattias' tyres didn't light on the burnout, didn't hurt though. 0.9926 to sixty to Marcus' 1.0491, drove through a little shake after the Tree and got to the eighth in 3.9453/188.54 to Marcus' 4.1460/169.69. Marc strapped Micke to the Tree 0.0933 to 0.4012, Micke with the better sixty 0.9872 to 1.0330 then Marc lost some time to shake. Micke to the eighth in 3.9594/185.74 to Marc's 4.0433/238.70, smoke from Micke's motor in the shutdown area. Qualifying after this session:
12:45 FIA Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Steph Milam 6.0412/229.33, Danny Bellio 11.4837/84.43; Jürgen Nagel 6.4963/174.40, Gareth Ellis 6.0776/187.35; Leif Andréasson 5.8766/199.00, Johan Lindberg 5.5288/257.54 Steph away first 0.4910 to Danny's 1.1235, Steph to sixty in 1.0665 to Danny's quicker 1.0136 but Danny hit appalling shake and got off the gas before 200 feet. Steph to the eighth in 3.9720/191.19 and one place up the ladder at the stripe. Gareth visibly away first 0.1392 to Jürgen's 1.0313, 0.9853 to sixty to Jürgen's 1.0313, drove through shake and kept with it. Jürgen's FC drifted left, a pedal and then back on it. 3.8205/198.59 to the eighth for Gareth to Jürgen's 4.0454/179.82 then Gareth's blower belt broke about 1000 feet out and that was that. 0.9533 to sixty for Leif was good but Johan's 0.9338 was astounding. Both drove through a little shake. Leif's FC got into a bounce just before the eighth 3.7290/197.11, no such problems for Johan 3.6248/207.63. All eyes on Leif in the second half as the FC was really bouncing and had all four wheels off four times - the on-off tyre tracks are clearly visible. Leif got off the gas and kept it shiny side up. Qualifying after this session:
12:30 FIA Top Methanol Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dave Wilson 5.8346/246.36 bye; Jonny Lagg 5.6023/256.07 bye; Timo Habermann 10.2901/81.25, Chris Polidano 5.3838/253.54; Manty Bugeja no time, Dennis Habermann 9.6026/71.51 Brief burnout for Grumpy, stopped just past the line and pushed back rather than using reverse. 1.0212 to sixty, all candles lit, no sign of shake. 3.8901/201.47 at the eighth with tyres blackstriping. Jonny waitied a while in pre-stage, maybe unaware he was on a bye. 0.9919 to sixty feet, 3.7379/211.69 at the eighth, looked like a cylinder out on the right side but it cleared. Something came off Timo's car after the burnout, from here looked like a cable tie or something like that. 0.9987 to sixty for Timo, 0.9255 for Chris. Timo with shake got off the throttle about 200 feet out. Chris had some shake but drove through it, got to the eighth in 3.5718/218.65. One place up the ladder. Manty rolled the beams and lit the big cherry. 0.9516 to sixty for Dennis, shake and tyres up in smoke and the dragster turned right. Off the gas and chutes out past the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
12:10 Super Pro ET qualifying session 9 6.8389/214.07 on a 6.74 dial-in for Marck Harteveld although something came off the car right on the stripe, looked from here like a small piece of body. Close match between Rick Cooke and Paul Marston, Rick there first by 0.0032 seconds or 9.02 inches; of course it doesn't matter in qualifying but interesting nonetheless. Puffs of smoke from the right side of Dave Gibbons' motor in the second half. Track checked and fluid found so on hold for clean-up. Dave Gibbons popped up to see the Track Announcers and confirmed that the motor is toast. "It's only money", he said. On the restart 0.0041 RT for Dave Catton and +0.0422 on dial-in to go #31 and get himself into the ladder at that point. +0.0454 needed to race now. Next pair and Johan Oomen moved up from #40 to #17 at +0.0123, into the ladder and making the qualifying criterion 0.0422. Our last pair, Shari Oomen and Nick Good, pulling forward to stage but signalled to shut off. Shutdown area checked and brief clean-up ensued at the very end of the track. Super Pro ET have their first round of eliminations this afternoon.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET THROUGH ROUND # 17 06/09/2014 12:11:21
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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 28 S/PRO JOHAN OOMEN NETHERLANDS NL VIPER 811 CI 07.50 + .0123 .0609 7.5123 180.65
18 935 S/PRO WOOTER VAN LEERSUM NETHERLANDS NL CAMARO 541 CI 07.20 + .0125 .0576 7.2125 188.79
19 161 S/PRO STEVE SAUNDERS BILLINGHAM UK ZEPHYR 572 CI 08.53 + .0125 .0496 8.5425 157.36
20 435 S/PRO IAN POWELL REDRUTH UK DRAGSTER 383 CI 08.04 + .0153 .1691 8.0553 167.88
21 166 S/PRO ALAN DIDWELL WISBECH UK DRAGSTER 555 CI 07.58 + .0171 .0146 7.5971 179.22
22 543 S/PRO JACK BREWSTER POOLE UK FIREBIRD 582 CI 08.20 + .0177 .0703 8.2177 167.27
23 250 S/PRO NICK GOOD DOWNHAM MARKET UK DRAGSTER 509 CI 06.76 + .0179 .1253 6.7779 196.37
24 258 S/PRO DAVE WARD LONG COMPTON UK DRAGSTER 540 CI 08.00 + .0190 .0728 8.0190 167.89
25 666 S/PRO SHARI OOMEN NETHERLANDS NL DRAGSTER 489 CI 08.40 + .0201 .0813 8.4201 159.03
26 429 S/PRO RICK COOKE STROUD UK DRAGSTER 498 CI 08.29 + .0211 .1941 8.3111 159.59
27 984 S/PRO THOMAS HAAS SWITZERLAND CH VALIANT 588 CI 08.06 + .0226 .0470 8.0826 166.04
28 4 S/PRO BARRY GILES FAREHAM UK DRAGSTER 548 CI 07.44 + .0232 .0742 7.4632 178.47
29 955 S/PRO MIKE BRUCKMULLER SWITZERLAND CH CAMARO 9100 CC 08.37 + .0235 .1877 8.3935 160.15
30 63 S/PRO JOE STEVENS TROWELL UK SUNBEAM 540 CI 08.50 + .0257 .8130 8.5257 164.23
31 453 S/PRO MARTYN JONES HAMBLE UK DRAGSTER 452 CI 06.00 + .0329 .1862 6.0329 197.88
32 251 S/PRO DAVE CATTON CRANAGE UK DRAGSTER 598 CI 07.57 + .0422 .0041 7.6122 176.42
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33 65 S/PRO LAURA TURBURVILLE NOTTINGHAM UK SLINGSHOT 555 CI 07.99 + .0454 .0490 8.0354 164.83
34 677 S/PRO GARY GOODING IPSWICH UK SUPRA 3400 CC 08.00 + .0484 .9197 8.0484 173.04
35 366 S/PRO LIAM JONES PATRINGTON UK DRAGSTER 732 CI 06.85 + .0598 3.6972 6.9098 199.76
36 76 S/PRO TOM VAN DER WIJDEN NETHERLANDS NL AVENGER 510 CI 06.00 + .0782 .1625 6.0782 235.25
37 307 S/PRO ROD HARRISON MANEA UK DRAGSTER 527 CI 06.70 + .0840 .5516 6.7840 204.19
38 22 S/PRO MARCH HARTEVELD NETHERLANDS NL SUPERBIRD 526 CI 06.74 + .0989 .0504 6.8389 214.07
39 315 S/PRO ROBERT DOYLE BRAINTREE UK DAT 260Z 422 CI 08.50 + .1412 .0389 8.6412 156.28
40 551 S/PRO MARK FLAVELL NORTHALLETON UK SAAB F/CAR 482 CI 08.10 + .1418 .1688 8.2418 151.04
41 430 S/PRO ROY WALKER WELLINGBOROUGH UK VENTORA 540 CI 08.78 + .1939 .2256 8.9739 145.74
42 299 S/PRO AMANDA COX GODALMING UK CHEVY NOVA 565 CI 07.50 + .3938 .2766 7.8938 179.15
43 3 S/PRO PETER WALTERS NORTH PETHERTON UK RW DRAGSTE 377 CI 08.45 + .6209 .0411 9.0709 145.68
Best R.T. was DAVE CATTON + .0041
Best E.T. was MARTYN JONES 6.0329
Best MPH was TOM VAN DER WIJDEN 235.25
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10:35 Pro ET qualifying session 9 Jake Handy up from #18 to #5 in the first pair +0.0025. 0.0045 RT for Bob Molden not at all bad for this time of day. Real drama in the next pair as Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams' car turned hard right in mid-wheelie, crossed lanes still on two wheels and as it came down got close to Rick McCann in the other lane, Rick took avoiding action. Meanwhile Nic was still fighting for control of the Camaro with the front end bouncing up and down, clipped the 330-foot reflector, from here it almost sounded as if the throttle was stuck open. Back in his own lane and the motor started to smoke. Long trail of fluid in the shutdown area. On the restart Mark Bailey closed the session moving up from #18 to #5. Pro ET have their first round of eliminations this afternoon.
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F.I.A. Round 1. 2014. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET
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. Today and tomorrow the Trakbak Racing / Trackgroup Europe free High Def multi-camera Web TV briadcast is on-line at www.santapod.tv. Dry and mild with some mist here, the end of the track is visible so the mist isn't that bad and it will burn off. As with yesterday there hints of blue sky behind the cloud. We are scheduled to start at 09:30 with Pro ET Q9 and Super Pro ET Q9 and then FIA / FIM Q3 is scheduled to commence at 10:30. A big Thank You to Nev and Libby Mottershead and Andy and Sharon Williamson for hospitality and a late dinner last night. They had to put up with Your Reporter having his face in his laptop doing yesterday's gallery which was eventually posted half an hour after midnight. Our late friend and colleague Ed's widow Kathy has given us a handful of Ed's ashes which we plan to scatter at the far end of the shutdown area, where Ed used to love to photograph. If you are at the track you will be very welcome to join us. As things stand we will be doing this half an hour after racing finishes this evening but keep an ear on Nitro FM and the commentary and we will confirm arrangements. Ed has an appointment before that though as Karsten Andersen of Eurodragster.com sponsor Landmeco has offered to take him for a ride with Thomas Nataas in the Andersen Racing Top Fuel Dragster. Thanks very much Karsten! Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we'll bring you all the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |