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16:25

MSA Pro Modified final

Andy Robinson 6.2047/233.76 def. Andy Wright 6.6962/212.09

Andy W away first 0.1200 to 0.1240 but Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy R was catching up by sixty feet 1.0232 to Andy W's 1.0772. Slight shake for both passing the Tree then Andy R was visibly pulling away and had a clear lead at the eighth 4.0660/180.27 to Andy W's 4.4107/167.78 but the Coupe was going nice and straight. All eyes on Andy W in the second half as there was smoke and then a flash of flame from his motor and a fire which continued into the shutdown area. Looked from here as if Andy W triggered the fire bottles and then the Coupe turned right and stopped opposite Exit 1 giving that exit's safety crew very little distance to go to get to him, if that was a deliberate act and not sliding in oil then that was remarkable presence of mind from Andy W given everything else which must have been going on. Couldn't tell from here whether the Coupe nosed into the wall but if not then it was a close thing... word is that it did not. Safety crews were already moving and were there in moments. Word is that Andy is A-OK.

16:10

AntiGravity Batteries / wemoveyourcar.com Top Sportsman Day 2 final

Dave Townsend 7.3038/188.08 def. Stu Williams 7.9331/178.55

13:20

AntiGravity Batteries / wemoveyourcar.com Top Sportsman Day 2 eliminations round 3

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                Mopar Euro Nationals. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 3

27/07/2014 14:22:09                              12  TOP SPORTSMAN D2  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      439     CHRIS MAZURE        + 0.0565  7.6479  7.6479  00.00 179.24
Win   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.1788  7.4075  7.4075  00.00 183.56
 
Win   4       STU WILLIAMS        + 0.0727  7.8243  7.8243  00.00 179.16
      1       PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0548  8.1332  8.1332  00.00 170.48

* = Disqualified 
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14:10

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Andy Robinson 6.2324/236.16 def. Chris Isaacs 6.6960/212.08

A race of the Eurodragster.com sponsors, Chris reinstated after Frosty was DQ'd for a technical infringement in round 1. Andy away first 0.1607 to 0.2184 and had the better sixty 1.0185 to Chris' 1.0892. The Duster was visibly accelerating very hard but moving around its lane some. Andy to the eighth in 4.0931/176.81 to Chris' 4.3770/167.15. The Duster got very close to the centre line in the second eighth but Chris stayed on the gas and pulled it back, blew away his Personal Best again, well done Chris, Spencer and the team! Another straight and, from here, shake-free run for Andy and the conditions very finely judged by both cars' tuners.

Andy Wright 8.7099/128.31 def. Kev Slyfield 8.3313/115.08 DQ

Huge -0.3258 red for Kev handed it to Andy. 1.0947 to sixty for Andy and then again the hideous shake and the hard right turn. One pedal, on it again, the Coupe moved around and Andy shut it off.

12:10

AntiGravity Batteries / wemoveyourcar.com Top Sportsman Day 2 eliminations round 2

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                Mopar Euro Nationals. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 2

27/07/2014 12:09:50                              12  TOP SPORTSMAN D2  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0887  7.9403  7.9403  00.00 169.21
Win   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.1669  7.5847  7.5847  00.00 179.97
 
Win   1       PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0514  8.1906  8.1906  00.00 162.49
      221     TOM ATKINSON        + 0.0432  8.8694  8.8694  00.00 152.15
 
Win   4       STU WILLIAMS        + 0.0673  7.8392  7.8392  00.00 179.25
      55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.1496  7.9172  7.9172  00.00 171.72
 
      95      BELINDA BULL        + 0.0395 20.5072 20.5072  00.00  37.36
Win   439     CHRIS MAZURE        + 0.0813  7.6144  7.6144  00.00 177.14

* = Disqualified 
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11:20

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Chris Isaacs 8.3575/128.30 def. Andy Frost 6.8215/216.95 DQ

Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris visibly away first 0.2106 to 0.3342, the better sixty 1.0689 to Frosty's 1.1523 but then hit shake and the Duster started to get close to the guardrail. From the car's body language it looked as if Chris pedalled once but the Duster was very close to the rail and Chris got off the gas before the eighth 5.0489/135.23. Frosty meanwhile blackstriped the first 300 feet or so and was going great guns at the eighth 4.5407/166.77, but then smoke started to appear from the motor of the Vauxhall which continued through the stripe and down the shutdown area. Safety crews chased Frosty down as a precaution, track checked and found to be OK.

Frosty subsequently DQ'd for a technical infringment so the Isaacs and Tramm Duster is back in competition.

Kev Slyfield 7.0958/149.56 bye, Bobby Wallace no show

Bobby Wallace and team investigating an oiling problem so Kev took a bye to the semis. Would he stage for the round win? Would he bog-roll, a screaming last-photographer burnout ruled out that possibility. Looked like a planned 1000-foot pass and a great run. 1.0608 to sixty, 4.3233/166.62 at the eighth, very straight and no sign of shake - looked from here like one of those passes where the tune-up was perfect and everything worked fine.

Andy Wright 9.5224/83.80 def. Rick Garrett 7.3335/151.66 DQ

-0.1378 red for Rick handed this to Andy. 1.0316 to sixty for Andy but then the trouble started, shake and the Coupe turned left then hard right. Off the gas to pull the car straight and stayed off it. Rick also had his hands full as the Willys headed for the centre line and it was quite a violent move when Rick pulled it back.

Andy Robinson 6.1504/231.34 def. Wayne Nicholson 10.1035/88.39 DQ

-0.1150 red from Wayne gave it to Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy but on the plus side of the ledger Wayne's motor sounded a lot better this time out, I guess the Lucky Devil team found whatever was ailing the car. Fantastic run for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, would have taken some beating. Not a foot wrong - 0.9912 to sixty, absolutely no shake marks visible on the track. 4.0133/180.53 at the eighth, and the Camaro went so straight that you could use its tyre marks as a ruler. Andy's quickest run yet with the new car; thanks to MSA Championship PR Robin Jackson for that snippet.

10:15

AntiGravity Batteries / wemoveyourcar.com Top Sportsman Day 2 eliminations round 1

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                Mopar Euro Nationals. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.  
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/07/2014 10:14:40                              12  TOP SPORTSMAN D2  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      782     DAVE RUSSELL        + 1.1502  9.5262  9.5262  00.00 157.38
Win   95      BELINDA BULL        + 0.1928  8.1122  8.1122  00.00 187.28
 
      22      COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0210  8.6233  8.6233  00.00 153.11
Win   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.4433  7.8909  7.8909  00.00 171.09
 
Win   4       STU WILLIAMS        + 0.4698  7.8740  7.8740  00.00 179.25
      603     RICHARD WEBB        + 0.4614  9.3588  9.3588  00.00 125.21
 
Win   221     TOM ATKINSON        + 0.2084  8.8088  8.8088  00.00 152.60
      58      PAULA ATKIN         + 0.1001 21.6671 21.6671  00.00  36.00
 
      543     JACK BREWSTER       + 0.0800  8.3473  8.3473  00.00 163.06
Win   1       PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0285  8.1001  8.1001  00.00 170.47
 
      24      LEE DARBY                      .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1723  8.1807  8.1807  00.00 137.37
 
      665     PAUL WATSON         + 0.0824  8.4694  8.4694  00.00 159.09
Win   1969    DAVE TOWNSEND       + 0.2447  7.7259  7.7259  00.00 177.81
 
      969     BILLY MACDERMID     + 0.2274  8.2519  8.2519  00.00 163.66
Win   439     CHRIS MAZURE        + 0.0815  8.0788  8.0788  00.00 167.28

* = Disqualified 
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08:45

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

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

Another very pleasant day here at Santa Pod, sun and high cloud and the temperature has cooled a little - I would say that conditions are perfect. The traditional Raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman who is tuned in from Rye, NH, to our good buddy Ivar Kolberg who is tuned on from Norway, to the ever-appreciative Chrissy O in Kazakhstan, and to Eurodragsterholics everywhere. Hope you are enjoying the coverage guys.

We are due to start at 10:00; I understand that the plan is to open with the first round of AntiGravity Batteries / wemoveyourcar.com Top Sportsman Day 2. The first round of MSA Pro Modified is scheduled for 11:00.

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