Bug Jam
Santa Pod Raceway, 17th-19th July 2015

Saturday


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23:10

Today's gallery is now available and can be checked out via the Event Index. There are 245 pictures in all; if you don't see all 245 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Thanks to Ben and Jack Skinner for additional off-track pictures.

Thanks to everyone for their patience when the webcam went down this evening. After a lot of investigation it transpires that the provider of the satellite uplink has some very small print about throttling services at certain times of day - this despite the fact that Julian of Nitro FM purchased rather a large amount of uplink capacity in advance. Hopefully things will be OK again in the morning.

19:55

European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

John Spuffard 4.6302/268.93 bye; Kevin Kent 5.3692/157.37, Gordon Smith 5.7943/150.12;

0.9925 to sixty for Spuff, cylinders out on the right side pretty much from the hit. The car moved a little to the left but Spuff stayed with it as more cylinders looked to go out towards half track 3.7124/224.63, looked to stay with it all the way to the thousand albeit with less than eight candles. 0.9897 to sixty for Kevin, storming looking launch, 1.0070 for Gordon with a cylinder out on the right side and the car drifting left. Gordon got to about 300 feet then his tyres went up in smoke, backed it off before half track 4.3410/165.78. Kevin's tyres went up in smoke just before the eighth and he got off the gas, 3.9033/164.11.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. John Spuffard 4.6302/268.93
  2. Gordon Smith 4.6340/240.19
  3. Kevin Kent 5.3692/157.37

That's all for today. We are now going to get today's gallery together so tune back in a couple of hours for that. We are also going to try to work out what on earth has happened to the web stream. Oh, and maybe have something to eat.

19:30

Topspeed Autmotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 3

Another PB for Nigel Hale, well done Nigel!

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 19:27:21                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.1387  7.4744  7.4744  00.00 196.32
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0996  7.7100  7.7100  00.00 173.72
  3   1       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.3684  7.8126  7.8126  00.00 184.24
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.2883  8.1713  8.1713  00.00 175.08
  5   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2203  8.5250  8.5250  00.00 160.19
  6   162     ALAN MCSWEENEY      + 1.6640  8.6962  8.6962  00.00 153.17
  7   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.8379 10.6975 10.6975  00.00 126.50
  8   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      + 0.0988 12.6615 12.6615  00.00 115.21
  9   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2215 12.8989 12.8989  00.00 104.32

* = Disqualified 
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19:25

The webcast is back at reduced quality, the best we can do right now. To view it properly you will need to go back to the webcam landing page (with the buttons) and Refresh, then go to the webcast.

Fantastic 7.0778/201.51 from Garry Bowe on his Super Street Bike in the Exhibition session, well done Garry! Having run a perfect Super Comp 8.900 earlier today, Brian Pateman put his brain in Super Gas mode and ran 9.900! 0.004 RT for Shannon Kiddell in the last run of the day in her Junior Dragster.

Outlaw Anglia qualifying session 3

Another improvement for Matt Cooper but stayed in third. Mark Bracking improved but stayed in place. Colin Millar rolled through stage twice then drove up the track.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 19:23:30                              2  OUTLAW ANGLIA     
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       CLIFF GRIFFIN       + 0.4591  7.9251  7.9251  00.00 176.43
  2   2       COLIN MILLAR        + 0.0913  8.1514  8.1514  00.00 162.49
  3   52      MAT COOPER          + 0.1438  8.1667  8.1667  00.00 154.21
  4   99      PHIL MIDDLETON      + 0.1564  8.9960  8.9960  00.00 148.14
  5   100     PETE ROLLINSON      + 0.4267  9.8465  9.8465  00.00 135.22
  6   70      MARK BRACKING       + 0.4314 10.3029 10.3029  00.00 134.42

* = Disqualified 
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19:05

Sportsman ET qualifying session 3

Holly Sanders up from #22 to #1 in the last pair, 0.007 off the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 19:06:26                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   875     HOLLY SANDERS       + 0.2681 15.1077  0.0077  15.10  92.50
  2   816     FELICITY GIBB       - 0.0055 17.3686  0.0086  17.36  79.65
  3   887     PAIGE REEVES        - 0.0393 15.5434  0.0134  15.53  87.86
  4   640     PAUL PRZYBYL        + 0.0981 18.3200  0.0200  18.30  72.05
  5   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.0881 16.4145  0.0345  16.38  82.41
  6   4179    ANDY DIBLEY         + 0.0971 16.1599  0.0399  16.12  85.38
  7   702     JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.2482 17.4316  0.0516  17.38  79.95
  8   885     JACK HALE           + 0.2487 15.8780  0.0580  15.82  87.52
  9   109     MATTHEW MOXON       + 0.1656 13.4728  0.0628  13.41 100.14
 10   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.3663 18.0875  0.0875  18.00  72.29
 11   794     STEPHEN CHERRETT    + 0.1085 19.7020  0.1020  19.60  68.74
 12   906     TONY UNDERHILL      + 0.1220 14.1207  0.1207  14.00  97.70
 13   4189    JANE MCREADY        + 0.0315 16.6242  0.1242  16.50  81.81
 14   863     GILL MEDLEY         + 0.1367 15.3776  0.1276  15.25  87.18
 15   748     JON CRAWFORD        + 0.1032 17.9755  0.1455  17.83  75.04
 16   440     RICKY HALE          + 0.3081 15.0117  0.1617  14.85  92.13
 17   97      ABI TETHER          + 0.0333 17.0673  0.1673  16.90  75.52
 18   61      SPENCER TRAMM       + 0.0578 16.3006  0.1806  16.12  83.94
 19   864     ALAN MEDLEY         + 0.0439 14.0008  0.2008  13.80 100.37
 20   1101    NATALIE LAUGHER     - 0.0278 17.5235  0.2135  17.31  76.82
 21   36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.1806 21.5362  0.2362  21.30  60.05
 22   900     SAMUEL INNES        - 0.0687 17.1840  0.2840  16.90  81.96
 23   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.4645 12.3542  0.3542  12.00 102.88

* = Disqualified 
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18:55

VW Sportsman qualifying session 3

Holly Sanders up from #17 to #2.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 18:54:31                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   874     JAYGUN EVANS        - 0.0442 16.3120  0.0120  16.30  86.52
  2   875     HOLLY SANDERS       + 0.1963 15.1220  0.0220  15.10  92.68
  3   748     JON CRAWFORD        - 0.0564 17.9155  0.0255  17.89  74.53
  4   97      ABI TETHER          - 0.0385 17.1263  0.0263  17.10  74.79
  5   64      PAUL HERBERT        + 0.1190 13.3284  0.0284  13.30  98.95
  6   75      JAMES CLARK         + 0.4751 15.2902  0.0402  15.25  88.90
  7   277     DAVE LEA            + 0.1314 13.7914  0.0414  13.75  96.86
  8   163     RUSS WIER           + 0.1558 18.3974  0.0474  18.35  74.40
  9   317     R. CHISHOLM-BROWN   + 0.2116 14.5526  0.0526  14.50  94.29
 10   265     ADRIAN LONDON       + 0.0621 15.0634  0.0634  15.00  87.51
 11   771     RHONDA CALLAWAY     + 0.1236 16.8680  0.0680  16.80  82.55
 12   322     FI SINCLAIR         + 0.1310 15.6024  0.1024  15.50  80.50
 13   857     STEVE PUGH          + 0.6305 15.1073  0.1073  15.00  83.62
 14   333     POLLY JUDGE         + 0.0910 15.9025  0.1525  15.75  89.97
 15   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.1341 14.4593  0.1593  14.30  90.83
 16   311     KYLE MORRIS         + 0.1583 14.4213  0.1713  14.25  96.92
 17   1       ED KEECH            + 0.0525 14.3871  0.1871  14.20  96.04
 18   20      DEAN CLATWORTHY     + 0.3217 13.6787  0.1887  13.49  96.02
 19   33      THOMAS HERBERT      + 0.1172 14.2224  0.2224  14.00  95.22
 20   323     PHIL UNSWORTH       - 0.3060 13.8364  0.3364  13.50 106.90
 21   295     JOHN MILLS          + 0.0671 13.8519  0.3619  13.49  97.47
 22   242     JASON ANSLOW        + 0.3474 17.9627  0.3627  17.60  74.91
 23   119     KAYLEE JACKSON      LB3A     23.0594  0.5594  22.50  56.65
 24   85      MATTHEW DOLBY       + 0.1841 16.3833  1.3933  14.99  60.62
 25   117     PAUL DAY            + 0.1465 15.6901 -0.0099  15.70  90.14
 26   36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.2461 21.2397 -0.0603  21.30  60.37

* = Disqualified 
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18:45

VW Pro qualifying session 3

9.354/151.55 for Sam Young, another world best, well done guys! Paul Bargate up from #2 to #1 at the end of the session.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 18:43:22                              23  VW PRO            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   228     PAUL BARGATE        + 0.0230 12.7332  0.0132  12.72 103.01
  2   315     SAM CHISHOLM-BROWN  + 0.3390 12.8403  0.0403  12.80 105.16
  3   112     JACOB BAILEY        + 0.1353 12.3662  0.0662  12.30 111.52
  4   100     JAMES WOTTON        + 0.5178 10.6996  0.0996  10.60 134.81
  5   714     DANNY WHARTON       + 0.2664 11.2931  0.1031  11.19 118.55
  6   63      IAN DALE            + 0.3148 12.3108  0.1108  12.20 107.16
  7   294     RICHARD BROOK       + 0.1396 13.1230  0.1330  12.99 103.23
  8   32      PHIL NORMAN         + 0.0296 12.7239  0.1739  12.55 103.83
  9   312     ANDREW BURTON       + 0.2667 11.7310  0.2310  11.50 112.92
 10   1       JAMES HODSON        + 0.0854 10.5976  0.2476  10.35 136.91
 11   4       SAM YOUNG           + 0.2663  9.8763  0.2763  09.60 142.06
 12   110     PAUL JORDAN         + 0.4609 10.2606  0.3606  09.90 127.68
 13   281     DAVID CROWHURST     + 0.0623 11.4471  0.4471  11.00 111.64
 14   204     GRAEME FREEMAN      + 0.5050 13.2134  0.6434  12.57 107.66
 15   79      STUART HODGSON      + 0.3015 11.7807  0.8707  10.91 122.53
 16   127     RICHARD JONES       + 0.1013 14.6875  1.6975  12.99  88.05
 17   319     ALEX KNOTT          - 0.3887 14.9610  1.9710  12.99  79.10
 18   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.0357 14.8290  2.5790  12.25  90.51
 19   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      + 0.1800 17.1581  4.4081  12.75  46.55

* = Disqualified 
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18:30

Sportsman ET qualifying session 2

Luke Stevenson up from #18 to #12 first pair. 0.008 RT for Jon Crawford, latest to take a tilt at the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light award. Which was then promptly won by John Przybyl with a 0.0004, well done John! Natalie Laugher went right side, good for a move up from #23 to #13. Tony Underhill next to make a move, #23 to #7.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 18:37:16                              10  SPORTSMAN ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   816     FELICITY GIBB       - 0.0055 17.3686  0.0086  17.36  79.65
  2   887     PAIGE REEVES        - 0.0393 15.5434  0.0134  15.53  87.86
  3   640     PAUL PRZYBYL        + 0.0981 18.3200  0.0200  18.30  72.05
  4   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        + 0.0881 16.4145  0.0345  16.38  82.41
  5   109     MATTHEW MOXON       + 0.1656 13.4728  0.0628  13.41 100.14
  6   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.3663 18.0875  0.0875  18.00  72.29
  7   906     TONY UNDERHILL      + 0.1220 14.1207  0.1207  14.00  97.70
  8   863     GILL MEDLEY         + 0.1367 15.3776  0.1276  15.25  87.18
  9   885     JACK HALE           + 0.1531 15.9613  0.1413  15.82  86.17
 10   702     JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.2497 17.4638  0.1438  17.32  80.07
 11   4179    ANDY DIBLEY         + 0.1671 16.2709  0.1509  16.12  83.92
 12   440     RICKY HALE          + 0.1768 14.9665  0.1665  14.80  92.49
 13   748     JON CRAWFORD        - 0.0088 18.0812  0.1912  17.89  74.77
 14   1101    NATALIE LAUGHER     - 0.0278 17.5235  0.2135  17.31  76.82
 15   97      ABI TETHER          + 0.1608 17.3160  0.2160  17.10  74.30
 16   36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.1806 21.5362  0.2362  21.30  60.05
 17   864     ALAN MEDLEY         + 0.2820 13.8930  0.2430  13.65 100.04
 18   900     SAMUEL INNES        - 0.0687 17.1840  0.2840  16.90  81.96
 19   875     HOLLY SANDERS       + 0.3695 15.2459  0.3559  14.89  92.87
 20   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.2224 12.3874  0.3874  12.00 100.81
 21   4189    JANE MCREADY        + 0.0832 16.9246  0.5246  16.40  78.16
 22   61      SPENCER TRAMM       - 0.1495 16.1897 -0.0103  16.20  82.26
 23   794     STEPHEN CHERRETT    + 0.1858 19.7075 -0.0225  19.73  68.63

* = Disqualified 
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18:20

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 2

Improvement for Al Williamson, good for a move up from #6 to #5.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 18:20:10                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.1387  7.4744  7.4744  00.00 196.32
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0996  7.7100  7.7100  00.00 173.72
  3   1       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.3684  7.8126  7.8126  00.00 184.24
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.2883  8.1713  8.1713  00.00 175.08
  5   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2203  8.5250  8.5250  00.00 160.19
  6   162     ALAN MCSWEENEY      + 1.6640  8.6962  8.6962  00.00 153.17
  7   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.6402 10.9623 10.9623  00.00 123.56
  8   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2215 12.8989 12.8989  00.00 104.32

* = Disqualified 
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18:15

Still working on the webcam's streaming server, whilst simultaneously writing this race report and envying everyone else who just had a forty-five minute break and something to eat.

Exhibition on the restart and another nice run for Shannon Kiddell in her Junior Modified Advanced dragster, 7.923. 7.234/200.60 for Steve Venables on his Super Street Bike. 7.238/200.65 for fellow SSB racer Garry Bowe to close the session.

Outlaw Anglia qualifying session 2

Colin Millar again using that Nitrous he told me he had taken out! Very consistent run for Colin, 8.1594 against his earlier 8.1514. Improvement for Matt Cooper despite a wander at half track. Improvements for Pete Rollinson and Mark Bracking but both stayed in place. Phil Middleton into the eights, well done Ginner!

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 18:16:51                              2  OUTLAW ANGLIA     
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       CLIFF GRIFFIN       + 0.4591  7.9251  7.9251  00.00 176.43
  2   2       COLIN MILLAR        + 0.0913  8.1514  8.1514  00.00 162.49
  3   52      MAT COOPER          + 0.2080  8.2535  8.2535  00.00 161.94
  4   99      PHIL MIDDLETON      + 0.1564  8.9960  8.9960  00.00 148.14
  5   100     PETE ROLLINSON      + 0.4267  9.8465  9.8465  00.00 135.22
  6   70      MARK BRACKING       + 0.5120 10.4514 10.4514  00.00 133.37

* = Disqualified 
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17:20

VW Pro qualifying session 2

Sam Chisolm Brown into #1 spot at the start of the session. Breakout but another world best for Sam Young in the Black Current, 9.549/145.21. Congratulations Sam and team!

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 17:23:05                              23  VW PRO            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   315     SAM CHISHOLM-BROWN  + 0.3390 12.8403  0.0403  12.80 105.16
  2   228     PAUL BARGATE        + 0.2088 12.7896  0.0796  12.71 103.00
  3   63      IAN DALE            + 0.3148 12.3108  0.1108  12.20 107.16
  4   294     RICHARD BROOK       + 0.1396 13.1230  0.1330  12.99 103.23
  5   32      PHIL NORMAN         + 0.0296 12.7239  0.1739  12.55 103.83
  6   112     JACOB BAILEY        + 0.0794 12.5023  0.2023  12.30 110.43
  7   312     ANDREW BURTON       + 0.2667 11.7310  0.2310  11.50 112.92
  8   4       SAM YOUNG           + 0.2663  9.8763  0.2763  09.60 142.06
  9   1       JAMES HODSON        + 0.0373 10.6365  0.2865  10.35 136.06
 10   110     PAUL JORDAN         + 0.4609 10.2606  0.3606  09.90 127.68
 11   100     JAMES WOTTON        + 0.5595 10.9986  0.3986  10.60 131.27
 12   281     DAVID CROWHURST     + 0.3245 11.4078  0.5078  10.90 114.91
 13   204     GRAEME FREEMAN      + 0.5050 13.2134  0.6434  12.57 107.66
 14   79      STUART HODGSON      + 0.3015 11.7807  0.8707  10.91 122.53
 15   714     DANNY WHARTON       + 0.5565 12.2651  1.0751  11.19 115.81
 16   127     RICHARD JONES       + 0.1013 14.6875  1.6975  12.99  88.05
 17   319     ALEX KNOTT          - 0.3887 14.9610  1.9710  12.99  79.10
 18   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.0357 14.8290  2.5790  12.25  90.51
 19   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      + 0.1800 17.1581  4.4081  12.75  46.55

* = Disqualified 
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We're now on a break until 18:00.

17:15

Great run for Steve Venables on his Super Street Bike, running in exhibition, 7.1865/199.86. Shannon Kiddell bang on the Junior Modified Advanced index with a 7.900.

VW Sportsman qualifying session 2

Jaygun Evans having run +0.012 over in Q1 for #1 spot ran +0.013 over in this session. Next pair and a brekout for Paul Day but less than Q1 so moved him up from #24 to #18. Kaylee Jackson and Tom Herbert side by side up from #24 to #17 and #20 to #14. respectively. Fi Sinclair next up the ladder, #24 to #15. Phil Unsworth up from #25 to #18 in the next pair. Huge move for Abi Tether, #24 to #3 in her beautiful camper. Martin Ayton up from #22 to #11 next pair.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
18/07/2015 17:17:53                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   874     JAYGUN EVANS        - 0.0442 16.3120  0.0120  16.30  86.52
  2   748     JON CRAWFORD        - 0.0564 17.9155  0.0255  17.89  74.53
  3   97      ABI TETHER          - 0.0385 17.1263  0.0263  17.10  74.79
  4   277     DAVE LEA            + 0.1314 13.7914  0.0414  13.75  96.86
  5   64      PAUL HERBERT        + 0.0686 13.4418  0.0418  13.40  97.88
  6   163     RUSS WIER           + 0.1558 18.3974  0.0474  18.35  74.40
  7   75      JAMES CLARK         + 0.4123 15.3078  0.0578  15.25  89.61
  8   265     ADRIAN LONDON       + 0.0621 15.0634  0.0634  15.00  87.51
  9   771     RHONDA CALLAWAY     + 0.1236 16.8680  0.0680  16.80  82.55
 10   857     STEVE PUGH          + 0.6305 15.1073  0.1073  15.00  83.62
 11   77      MARTIN AYTON        + 0.1341 14.4593  0.1593  14.30  90.83
 12   311     KYLE MORRIS         + 0.1583 14.4213  0.1713  14.25  96.92
 13   333     POLLY JUDGE         + 0.2525 15.8778  0.1778  15.70  89.56
 14   1       ED KEECH            + 0.0525 14.3871  0.1871  14.20  96.04
 15   20      DEAN CLATWORTHY     + 0.3217 13.6787  0.1887  13.49  96.02
 16   33      THOMAS HERBERT      + 0.1172 14.2224  0.2224  14.00  95.22
 17   875     HOLLY SANDERS       + 0.2390 15.4363  0.2363  15.20  92.49
 18   322     FI SINCLAIR         + 0.0380 15.7887  0.2887  15.50  79.23
 19   317     R. CHISHOLM-BROWN   + 0.3657 14.7276  0.3276  14.40  94.09
 20   323     PHIL UNSWORTH       - 0.3060 13.8364  0.3364  13.50 106.90
 21   242     JASON ANSLOW        + 0.3474 17.9627  0.3627  17.60  74.91
 22   119     KAYLEE JACKSON      LB3A     23.0594  0.5594  22.50  56.65
 23   85      MATTHEW DOLBY       + 0.1841 16.3833  1.3933  14.99  60.62
 24   117     PAUL DAY            + 0.1465 15.6901 -0.0099  15.70  90.14
 25   36      LUKE STEVENSON      + 0.1757 21.3954 -0.1046  21.50  59.79

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16:50

Sportsman ET qualifying session 1

Colour commentator Connor Holt tells us that Matthew Moxon had to make an unscheduled trip to Hull and back after an unfortunate keys-locked-inside incident. Worth it though as he went into #1 spot with his pass until unseated by Paige Reeves. -0.001 RT for Natalie Laugher, a squeak on the wrong side of the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Felicity Gibb took over #1 in the last pair of the session, 0.008 off the Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET Award.

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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   816      SP ET    FELICITY GIBB        OLD COULSDON  UK           MUSTANG    3800 CC    17.36    +  .0086  .0055 17.3686    79.65  
2   887      SP ET    PAIGE REEVES         MOULTON  UK                VW TOUAREG 5000 CC    15.51    +  .0260  .1547 15.5360    88.18  
3   256      SP ET    ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            C2 VTR     1400 CC    18.00    +  .0875  .3663 18.0875    72.29  
4   109      SP ET    MATTHEW MOXON        HULL  UK                   MUSTANG    4600 CC    13.38    +  .0883  .0217 13.4683   100.50  
5   99       SP ET    CRAIG WRIGHT         BURTON LATIMER  UK         CIVIC      1500 CC    16.40    +  .0898  .1113 16.4898    81.52  
6   863      SP ET    GILL MEDLEY          SCUNTHORPE  UK             G CHEROKEE 5700 CC    15.25    +  .1276  .1367 15.3776    87.18  
7   885      SP ET    JACK HALE            RUGBY  UK                  SUPRA      3000 CC    15.82    +  .1413  .1531 15.9613    86.17  
8   702      SP ET    JOHN PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           VAUX OMEGA 2600 CC    17.32    +  .1438  .2497 17.4638    80.07  
9   4179     SP ET    ANDY DIBLEY          HIGH WYCOMBE  UK           CAMARO     5000 CC    16.12    +  .1509  .1671 16.2709    83.92  
10  440      SP ET    RICKY HALE           BURTON LATIMER  UK         SUPRA      3000 CC    14.80    +  .1809  .2842 14.9809    86.68  
11  748      SP ET    JON CRAWFORD         RAUNDS  UK                 VW SHARAN  1900 CC    17.89    +  .1912  .0088 18.0812    74.77  
12  900      SP ET    SAMUEL INNES         RAUNDS  UK                 MONDEO     1800 CC    16.90    +  .2840  .0687 17.1840    81.96  
13  864      SP ET    ALAN MEDLEY          SCUNTHORPE  UK             MUSTANG    4600 CC    13.55    +  .3237  .3523 13.8737   100.27  
14  875      SP ET    HOLLY SANDERS        HIGHAM FERRERS  UK         AUDI TT    3200 CC    14.89    +  .3559  .3695 15.2459    92.87  
15  61       SP ET    SPENCER TRAMM        CALDECOTE  UK              VW POLO    1800 CC    16.20    -  .0103  .1495 16.1897    82.26  
16  794      SP ET    STEPHEN CHERRETT     WORCESTER  UK              ASTRA      1600 CC    19.73    -  .0225  .1858 19.7075    68.63  
17  640      SP ET    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           TOYOTA BB  1500 CC    18.35    -  .0260  .1024 18.3240    72.41  
18  36       SP ET    LUKE STEVENSON       ROTHWELL  UK               VW GOLF    2800 CC    21.60    -  .0722  .1634 21.5278    59.34  
19  8000     SP ET    JONNY SMITH          UFFINGTON  UK              8000 ECC   ELECTRIC   12.00    -  .1523  .0668 11.8477   107.92  
20  4189     SP ET    JANE MCREADY         RUSHDEN  UK                BEN'S VAN  2000 CC    16.75    -  .2129  .1724 16.5371    80.79  
21  906      SP ET    TONY UNDERHILL       GODALMING  UK              FOCUS RS   2500 CC    14.28    -  .2272  .1535 14.0528   101.04  
22  1101     SP ET    NATALIE LAUGHER      NORTHAMPTON  UK            TWINGO RS  1600 CC    17.78    -  .3101  .0012 17.4699    77.34  
 Best R.T. was  MATTHEW MOXON       +  .0217
 Best E.T. was  JONNY SMITH         11.8477
 Best MPH was  JONNY SMITH         107.92
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16:50

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 1

Great run for Nigel Hale, into the tens. Fantastic run for Mark Todd off the trailer. Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster showing no sign of last weekend's unscheduled moment.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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18/07/2015 16:48:12                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           + 0.1387  7.4744  7.4744  00.00 196.32
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.0996  7.7100  7.7100  00.00 173.72
  3   1       STUART WILLIAMS     + 0.3684  7.8126  7.8126  00.00 184.24
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.2883  8.1713  8.1713  00.00 175.08
  5   162     ALAN MCSWEENEY      + 1.6640  8.6962  8.6962  00.00 153.17
  6   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.1966  9.2311  9.2311  00.00 148.14
  7   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.6402 10.9623 10.9623  00.00 123.56
  8   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2215 12.8989 12.8989  00.00 104.32

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16:40

VW Pro qualifying session 1

Problems for Colin Millar, started up and then shut off as he started to pull out of the lanes. Jumped out of the car and he and the crew pulled the nose off the car and started working frantically on the motor. A couple of minutes' work and Colin jumped back into the car whilst the crew finished up. Close thing with Cliff Griffin in full swing with what would have been the last run of the session had Colin had any more problems. Made it! Customary long burnout (to save the motor for Bakersfield, remember) and a trouble-free pass after all that.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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18/07/2015 16:43:14                              2  OUTLAW ANGLIA     
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       CLIFF GRIFFIN       + 0.4591  7.9251  7.9251  00.00 176.43
  2   2       COLIN MILLAR        + 0.0913  8.1514  8.1514  00.00 162.49
  3   52      MAT COOPER          + 0.1750  8.6076  8.6076  00.00 159.11
  4   99      PHIL MIDDLETON      + 0.0878  9.1179  9.1179  00.00 146.65
  5   100     PETE ROLLINSON      + 0.7758 10.2705 10.2705  00.00 132.84
  6   70      MARK BRACKING       + 0.1830 11.6630 11.6630  00.00 114.46

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16:35

VW Pro qualifying session 1

Congratulations to Sam Young and the Black Current team who set a new world best for an electric doorslammer during today's RWYB, 9.502 seconds.

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                    Bug Jam 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. England. UK.      
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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18/07/2015 16:36:37                              23  VW PRO            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   228     PAUL BARGATE        + 0.2173 12.7445  0.0945  12.65 103.04
  2   63      IAN DALE            + 0.3148 12.3108  0.1108  12.20 107.16
  3   315     SAM CHISHOLM-BROWN  + 0.1710 12.9123  0.1123  12.80 105.05
  4   32      PHIL NORMAN         + 0.1818 12.6807  0.2307  12.45 103.95
  5   312     ANDREW BURTON       + 0.2667 11.7310  0.2310  11.50 112.92
  6   4       SAM YOUNG           + 0.2663  9.8763  0.2763  09.60 142.06
  7   110     PAUL JORDAN         + 0.4609 10.2606  0.3606  09.90 127.68
  8   100     JAMES WOTTON        + 0.5595 10.9986  0.3986  10.60 131.27
  9   294     RICHARD BROOK       + 0.0924 13.4916  0.5016  12.99 102.30
 10   204     GRAEME FREEMAN      + 0.3010 12.6681  0.6981  11.97 111.10
 11   79      STUART HODGSON      + 0.3015 11.7807  0.8707  10.91 122.53
 12   714     DANNY WHARTON       + 0.5565 12.2651  1.0751  11.19 115.81
 13   127     RICHARD JONES       + 0.1013 14.6875  1.6975  12.99  88.05
 14   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.0357 14.8290  2.5790  12.25  90.51
 15   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      + 0.1800 17.1581  4.4081  12.75  46.55
 16   319     ALEX KNOTT          + 0.8094 14.0067  7.0167  06.99  82.56
 17   1       JAMES HODSON        + 0.4126 10.3669 -0.0331  10.40 137.68
 18   281     DAVID CROWHURST     + 0.0835 11.1568 -0.0432  11.20 114.75
 19   112     JACOB BAILEY        + 0.0966 12.3438 -0.1062  12.45 112.05

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16:25

VW Sportsman qualifying session 1

Problems for John Mills, stopped on track just before the eighth in the fourth pair.

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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   874      VW SP    JAYGUN EVANS         KETTERING  UK              GOLF MKIII 2000 CC    16.30    +  .0120  .0442 16.3120    86.52  
2   748      VW SP    JON CRAWFORD         RAUNDS  UK                 SHARAN     1900 CC    17.89    +  .0255  .0564 17.9155    74.53  
3   64       VW SP    PAUL HERBERT         YARNTON  UK                CORRADO    2900 CC    13.40    +  .0418  .0686 13.4418    97.88  
4   163      VW SP    RUSS WIER            GILLINGHAM  UK             K/GHIA     1914 CC    18.35    +  .0474  .1558 18.3974    74.40  
5   75       VW SP    JAMES CLARK          NEWMARKET  UK              VW GOLF    1800 CC    15.25    +  .0578  .4123 15.3078    89.61  
6   265      VW SP    ADRIAN LONDON        BLACKWATER  UK             VW POLO    1600 CC    15.00    +  .0634  .0621 15.0634    87.51  
7   771      VW SP    RHONDA CALLAWAY      CROYDON  UK                GOLF MKII  1800 CC    16.80    +  .0680  .1236 16.8680    82.55  
8   857      VW SP    STEVE PUGH           WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         VW BEETLE  2276 CC    15.00    +  .1073  .6305 15.1073    83.62  
9   311      VW SP    KYLE MORRIS          WHITTLESEY  UK             VW GOLF    2800 CC    14.25    +  .1713  .1583 14.4213    96.92  
10  1        VW SP    ED KEECH             WOODFORD  UK               GOLF       2800 CC    14.20    +  .1871  0525 14.3871    96.04  
11  20       VW SP    DEAN CLATWORTHY      LEAFIELD  UK               VW BEETLE  1956 CC    13.49    +  .1887  .3217 13.6787    96.02  
12  333      VW SP    POLLY JUDGE          NORTHAMPTON  UK            CORRADO    2900 CC    15.65    +  .1925  .1129 15.8425    89.58  
13  277      VW SP    DAVE LEA             KNUTSFORD  UK              VW GOLF    2800 CC    13.65    +  .3468  .3303 13.9968    97.31  
14  875      VW SP    HOLLY SANDERS        HIGHAM FERRERS  UK         AUDI TT    3200 CC    14.89    +  .3580  .4918 15.2480    93.12  
15  242      VW SP    JASON ANSLOW         LEAMINGTON SPA  UK         VW BEETLE  2110 CC    17.60    +  .3627  .3474 17.9627    74.91  
16  317      VW SP    R. CHISHOLM-BROWN    CORBY  UK                  VW GOLF    2000 CC    14.40    +  .8524  .3598 15.2524    90.10  
17  77       VW SP    MARTIN AYTON         CROYDON  UK                GOLF MKII  1781 CC    13.90    + 1.1288  .1990 15.0288    85.86  
18  97       VW SP    ABI TETHER           BUCKINGHAM  UK             VW         2000 CC    17.20    -  .0832  .0637 17.1168    75.01  
19  33       VW SP    THOMAS HERBERT       OXON  UK                   VW GOLF    2800 CC    14.25    -  .1021  .0803 14.1479    95.06  
20  85       VW SP    MATTHEW DOLBY        SHEFFIELD  UK              VW BEETLE  1641 CC    14.99    -  .2154  .4850 14.7746    85.37  
21  322      VW SP    FI SINCLAIR          WARRINGTON  UK             VW BEETLE  1914 CC    15.80    -  .2353  .3051 15.5647    79.93  
22  36       VW SP    LUKE STEVENSON       ROTHWELL  UK               VW GOLF    2800 CC    22.00    -  .2862  .0095 21.7138    59.50  
23  119      VW SP    KAYLEE JACKSON       RAUNDS  UK                 VW BEETLE  1600 CC    23.00    -  .6018  .2696 22.3982    56.45  
24  117      VW SP    PAUL DAY             DETLING  UK                VW BEETLE  1679CC     16.80    - 1.0046  .1893 15.7954    90.11  
25  323      VW SP    PHIL UNSWORTH        LOWTON  UK                 VW BEETLE  1914 CC    13.50    -53.6870  .2514 -5.36735  104.55  
 Best R.T. was  LUKE STEVENSON      +  .0095
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16:10

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

Gordon Smith 4.6340/240.19, Kevin Kent 5.3783/157.95

Kevin's motor initially sounded reluctant to stay lit but perked up quickly. Gordon visibly left first 0.1560 to 0.3647. Kevin looked to have cylinders out at the hit but they cleared. Gordon to sixty in 0.9406 to Kevin's 0.9974, Kevin's tyres were blackstriping all the way down to 300 feet then there were shake marks approaching 330 feet and he shut off. Gordon's FC drifted left but he stayed with it, 3.6778/223.45 at the eighth to Kevin's shut off 3.9257/159.92. Gordon's FC sounded to be driving through the clutch past the eighth, acceleration didn't match the engine note.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Gordon Smith 4.6340/240.19
  2. Kevin Kent 5.3783/157.95

13:20

VW Pro v VW Sportsman Shootout sponsored by Herbie's Autos

Sam Young (9.60) 10.3779/134.89 def. Dean Clatworthy (13.90) 13.6059/95.87 DQ breakout
Dave Crowhurst (10.90) 11.2432/117.71 def. Polly Judge (15.65) 15.8289/82.55
James Hodson (10.50) 10.5456/126.85 def. Paul Herbert (13.40) 13.6128/94.24
Dave Lea (13.65) 13.6522/97.33 def. Paul Jordan (9.90) 12.0905/86.33
Phil Norman (12.45) 12.607/104.43 def. Luke Stevenson (21.50) 22.1614/59.50
Kyle Morris (14.25) 14.5700/96.71 def. Jaygun Evans (15.65) 16.3444/86.01
Adrian London (15.08) 15.2180/80.50 def. Paul Bargate (12.75) 12.7275/103.94 DQ breakout
Carl Goldsmith (12.75) no time def. Kaylee Jackson (22.10) 23.5305/54.87 DQ red light
Russ Weir (18.25) 18.4730/74.89 bye, Graeme Freeman (11.97) broke
Ross Chisholm Brown (14.40) 14.5920/94.68 def. Sam Chisholm Brown (12.80) 13.4610/103.25
Jason Anslow (17.60) 18.1558/70.04 def. James Clark (15.15) 15.4272/88.38 DQ red light
Jon Crawford (18.04) 17.9805/74.77 def. Ian Dale (12.50) 12.2696/98.10 breakout
VW Pro 312 (11.90) 11.8865/110.85 def. Holly Sanders (15.10) 14.9620/93.63 breakout
Jacob Bailey (12.55) 12.4792/111.35 def. Thomas Herbert (14.50) 14,1753/94.29 DQ red light
Ed Keech (14.40) 14.6533/79.24 def. Richard Brook (12.99) 14.4608/92.30

08:15

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of Bug Jam brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be online broadcasting live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is open. Run What You Brung commences at 09:30 and so today's webcast will start at approximately 09:25.

Championship qualifying commences at 16:00 so tune back then and we will bring you all the qualifying numbers and news.


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