FIA / FIM European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway, 3rd-6th September 2015

Thursday


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20:30

We have now posted today's gallery, and Simon has posted a second set of pit notes. Both can be viewed via the Event Index page. There are 105 pictures in the gallery; if you do not see all 105 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

17:45

Qualifying is done for today. Stay tuned as Simon has more pit notes for you and Julian is headed our way with his camera's memory cards for today's gallery.

Nitro FM will be broadcasting until 22:00 and you can tune in at www.eurodragster.com/nitrofm or via the Event Index.

17:40

Super Pro ET qualifying session 5

Rick Cooke up from #27 to #22 first pair. Second pair and Dave Russell moved up from #9 to #3, in the other lane Bob Doyle broke out with an 8.4510 on an 8.75 and the looks on his crew's faces were quite something. Brian Pateman next up the ladder, #27 to #23. Big breakout for Laura Turburville, 7.7647 on 7.90 dial-in, but you get the idea that the crew weren't too bothered. Next pair and Joe Stevens moved up from #39 to #32. Big move for Scott Hauser, up to #6 from #18. Next pair and Simon Gough moved up from #24 to #1, +0.0017 on dial-in. Chris Parker up from #13 to #8 next pair followed up the ladder by Marius Blackburn, #30 to #23.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 5                              03/09/2015 17:40:40
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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   541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          ESSEX  UK                  '12 CAMARO            08.43    +  .0017   .0780  8.4317   161.29  
2   881      S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.30    +  .0070   .0104  8.3070   160.15  
3   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.22    +  .0073   .0540  8.2273   165.42  
4   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.74    +  .0078   .0516  8.7478   155.73  
5   984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.08    +  .0091   .1102  8.0891   165.43  
6   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.03    +  .0109   .5884  8.0409   167.89  
7   1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.54    +  .0120   .1233  7.5520   175.00  
8   819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.68    +  .0129   .0132  7.6929   174.37  
9   263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.50    +  .0170   .0140  7.5170   176.43  
10  48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.89    +  .0184   .2063  8.9084   151.55  
11  834      S/PRO    STEVE KELLETT        CUDWORTH  UK               MUSTANG    577 CI     08.10    +  .0200   .4678  8.1200   164.23  
12  202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           DEDDINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.35    +  .0201   .1344  7.3701   177.73  
13  425      S/PRO    STEVE ASHDOWN        WELLING  UK                DRAGSTER   477 CI     08.35    +  .0242   .3210  8.3742   156.27  
14  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         NGM        509 CI     06.81    +  .0257   .4370  6.8357   193.85  
15  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.30    +  .0276   .1942  8.3276   165.45  
16  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.72    +  .0287   .0624  7.7487   171.71  
17  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILE     NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.90    +  .0289   .4065  7.9289   167.27  
18  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     08.08    +  .0311   .0914  8.1111   166.64  
19  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.41    +  .0319   .0487  8.4419   154.16  
20  4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.74    +  .0330   .1258  8.7730   152.12  
21  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   471 CI     06.00    +  .0364   .1586  6.0364   224.61  
22  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   432 CI     08.53    +  .0366   .0188  8.5666   158.53  
23  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 23 FORD T  468 CI     08.73    +  .0376   .0540  8.7676   149.57  
24  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.39    +  .0473   .1364  8.4373   158.46  
25  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.75    +  .0480   .0246  8.7980   150.56  
26  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                HORTON     383 CI     07.96    +  .0578   .0730  8.0178   165.42  
27  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.46    +  .0611   .1855  7.5211   178.50  
28  154      S/PRO    ROY WILDING          OLDBURY  UK                DRAGSTER   504 CI     08.13    +  .0628   .0910  8.1928   167.27  
29  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.79    +  .0767   .0145  8.8667   152.06  
30  914      S/PRO    LEE DARBY            DEAL  UK                   CHEVY P-UP 585 CI     08.32    +  .0878   .0686  8.4078   156.83  
31  913      S/PRO    WILLY REERINK        NETHERLANDS  NL            TAUNUS     377 CI     08.99    +  .1096   .0299  9.0996   150.62  
32  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.30    +  .1288   .1353  8.4288   169.15  
33  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           FIREBIRD   7000 CC    07.99    +  .1858   .3615  8.1758   161.29  
34  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    +  .2870   .0654  6.2870   194.68  
35  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    540 CI     06.90    +  .3588   .6103  7.2588   174.33  
36  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.83    +  .6056   .2218  7.4356   190.56  
37  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     06.90    +  .6899   .3586  7.5899   187.29  
38  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            BURY  UK                   ALTERED    480 CI     07.95    +  .7306   .0511  8.6806   145.75  
39  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.56    + 5.1011   .1341 13.6611    95.08  
40  7245     S/PRO    DEBORAH LAUGHER      WOLLASTON  UK              63 'VETTE  572 CI     08.62    +13.8794   LB3A  22.4994   133.25  
 Best R.T. was  PETER LANE          +  .0145
 Best E.T. was  ROD HARRISON         6.0364
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        224.61
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17:20

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 4

Paige Wheeler takes over #1 spot from #12 in the ninth pair, 0.0032. Harley Coulsell got an RT in this session only for his car to break and stop a few feet out.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
JUNIOR DRAGSTER                                                THROUGH ROUND # 4                              03/09/2015 17:20:07
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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   801      JM/A     PAIGE WHEELER        WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .2012   .0032  8.1012    79.52  
2   12       JM       LOTTIE BRADFORD      GNOSALL  UK                DRAGSTER   350 CC     08.90    +  .4280   .0045  9.3280    68.01  
3   11       JM       THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT   FLIT WICK  UK              DRAGSTER   480 CC     08.90    - 8.9000   .0052   .0000     0.00  
4   6        JM/A     SASKIA FENSOME JEL   WOLLASTON  UK              DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .5293   .0097  8.4293    77.87  
5   7        JM/A     BILLY RINGER         PETERBOROUGH  UK           DRAGSTER   298 CC     07.90    + 1.5956   .0102  9.4956    67.71  
6   3        JM/A     AARON FENSOME        WOLLASTON  UK              DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .2177   .0130  8.1177    79.37  
7   4        JM/A     SHANNON KIDDELL      TILBURY  UK                HRC        515 CC     07.90    +  .3499   .0165  8.2499    77.21  
8   26       JM/A     SAM HOLLAND-VILLA    HURSTPIERPOINT  UK         DRAGSTER              07.90    +  .1662   .0190  8.0662    79.93  
9   21       JM       CAITLIN WILSON       SCARBOROUGH  UK            MIKE BOS   350 CC     08.90    +  .1625   .0216  9.0625    69.37  
10  17       JM/A     TYLER ASHDOWN        WELLING  UK                DRAGSTER              07.90    +  .0990   .0252  7.9990    81.67  
11  25       JM/A     JOE HOLLAND-VILLA    HURSTPIERPOINT  UK         MIKE BOS              07.90    +  .1955   .0322  8.0955    81.37  
12  8        JM/A     RUARIDH HART         WELLINGBOROUGH  UK         DRAGSTER   350 CC     07.90    + 1.4113   .0343  9.3113    66.56  
13  2        JM/A     BILLY EVERITT        WELWYN G.C  UK             MIKE BOS   480 CC     07.90    +  .1653   .0372  8.0653    79.51  
14  33       JM       ROMAN SIXTA          CZECH REPUBLIC  CZ         DRAGSTER   480 CC     08.90    +  .1962   .0396  9.0962    70.68  
15  5        JM/A     MORGAN WILSON        SCARBOROUGH  UK            MIKE BOS   480 CC     07.90    +  .5879   .0404  8.4879    78.54  
16  27       JS       MATTHEW DOWDY        WOOTTON  UK                DRAGSTER   206 CC     12.90    + 1.4409   .0484 14.3409    40.76  
17  74       JS       DYLAN BRADLEY        RUSHDEN  UK                HAUSER     250 CC     12.90    +  .7619   .0532 13.6619    37.07  
18  9        JM/A     ANNIE WALLACE        BROMHAM  UK                DRAGSTER              07.90    +  .0144   .0672  7.9144    81.81  
19  20       JM       THALIAH GIBB         ROMFORD  UK                DRAGSTER              08.90    + 1.8627   .0728 10.7627    60.22  
20  23       JM/A     HOLLEY MARSHALL      RUSHDEN  UK                DRAGSTER   480 CC     07.90    +  .3200   .0736  8.2200    76.31  
21  14       JM/A     BONNIE WALLACE       BROMHAM  UK                MIKE BOS              07.90    +  .1098   .0800  8.0098    81.37  
22  42       JM/A     JORDAN PAYNE         CHAWSTON  UK               LPW        470 CC     07.90    +  .1138   .1050  8.0138    81.82  
23  16       JS       HARLEY COULSELL      HOCKLEY  UK                DRAGSTER              12.90    +  .2770   .1425 13.1770    47.19  
24  43       JM       KAITLAN DEEVEY       LONDON  UK                 DRAGSTER   480 CC     08.90    +  .3429   .2001  9.2429    71.25  
25  148      JM       DOMINIK NOVAK        CZECH REPUBLIC  CZ         MIKE BOS   350 CC     08.90               .3258            57.17  
26  149      JM/A     SARA VALESOVA        CZECH REPUBLIC  CZ         MIKE BOS   325 CC     07.90    +  .3837   .0034  8.2837    79.09  
27  30       JM       HOLLY MOORE          SIBLE HEDINGHAM UK         DRAGSTER              08.90    +  .1393   .0086  9.0393    71.69  
 Best R.T. was  PAIGE WHEELER       +  .0032 
 Best E.T. was  DOMINIK NOVAK       -5.36764
 Best MPH was  JORDAN PAYNE         81.82
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17:05

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 4

Bad shake for Robin Orthodoxou, gave it a couple of goes and then shut off. Next run and Kev Perkins improved still further to consolidate his #1 spot. Guido Uhlir closed the session, small improvement but no change in position.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 17:00:25                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   176     KEV PERKINS         + 0.0993  7.5401 -0.4599  08.00 179.94
  2   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.4310  7.2748 -0.2852  07.56 188.96
  3   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.0362  7.7155 -0.2845  08.00 176.42
  4   888     GUIDO UHLIR         + 0.5902  8.0558 -0.1042  08.16 167.21

* = Disqualified 
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Super Gas qualifying session 4

Improvement for Malcolm Motler moved him up from #6 to #5, briefly as Stu Doignie moved up from #7 to #5. Jon Morton's Camaro this time in Mort's hands and not Dan Page's, earlier run expunged. 9.8548 breakout.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 17:04:05                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   424     JON GILES           + 0.0044  9.9013  0.0013  09.90 151.66
  2   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0254  9.9132  0.0132  09.90 148.65
  3   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0574  9.9137  0.0137  09.90 123.85
  4   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0255  9.9430  0.0430  09.90 148.09
  5   704     STUART DOIGNIE      - 0.0022  9.9466  0.0466  09.90 155.26
  6   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0624  9.9471  0.0471  09.90 104.23
  7   538     JAN HARDEKOPF       + 0.0480 10.0101  0.1101  09.90 137.38
  8   1       JON MORTON          + 0.0803  9.8548 -0.0452  09.90 147.65
  9   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.1686  9.6889 -0.2111  09.90 125.24

* = Disqualified 
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16:55

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 4

Side-by-side sevens for Martin Smith and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster, improvement for Martin but stayed in place. Next pair and Matt Smith improved again, stayed #7. Next pair and Gary Gooding into the sevens to the delight of the Team Extreme guys, well done Gary! Improvement for Antony Wilkins next pair. Steve Neimantas over 200 mph, well done Steve! Improvement for Johnny Smith in the other lane. Storming launch for Mark Todd but the car headed determinedly for the centre line and Mark shut it off.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 16:55:21                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           - 0.0154  7.3810  7.3810  00.00 198.01
  2   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.3447  7.4339  7.4339  00.00 197.18
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.2633  7.5094  7.5094  00.00 185.90
  4   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.1778  7.6159  7.6159  00.00 187.44
  5   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0927  7.8391  7.8391  00.00 179.26
  6   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.3833  7.9092  7.9092  00.00 171.75
  7   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.2276  8.0179  8.0179  00.00 167.29
  8   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.4072  8.1695  8.1695  00.00 166.70
  9   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.0014  8.4612  8.4612  00.00 164.86
 10   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2608  8.6706  8.6706  00.00 162.48
 11   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.3703  8.7592  8.7592  00.00 160.74
 12   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.3183 10.0485 10.0485  00.00 135.67
 13   524     NICK HALE           + 1.9498 10.5977 10.5977  00.00 126.15
 14   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.1350 11.7648 11.7648  00.00 116.25
 15   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2341 12.3046 12.3046  00.00 110.59
 16   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      + 0.2888 17.5742 17.5742  00.00  63.70

* = Disqualified 
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16:45

Because of the downtime today we will not be running the fifth qualifying cycle with the exception of Super Pro ET.

Super Comp qualifying session 4

Paul Watson up from #8 to #7 first pair, in the other lane an 8.1376/170.47 from Richie Webb's wild Beetle with a relatively straight run, I said "relatively" folks.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 16:47:31                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1281  8.9005  0.0005  08.90 155.20
  2   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0544  8.9040  0.0040  08.90 155.22
  3   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      - 0.1033  8.9055  0.0055  08.90 146.24
  4   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0580  8.9136  0.0136  08.90 147.22
  5   55      RONALD HUIS         - 0.2869  8.9292  0.0292  08.90 152.70
  6   714     TOM MARGESSON       + 0.1156  8.9331  0.0331  08.90 155.80
  7   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.0884  8.9459  0.0459  08.90 155.22
  8   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0162  8.9476  0.0476  08.90 157.46
  9   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1115  8.9510  0.0510  08.90 150.55
 10   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.0925  8.9602  0.0602  08.90 168.55
 11   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0252  8.9773  0.0773  08.90 157.93
 12   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1580  9.0615  0.1615  08.90 148.13
 13   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1147  9.0904  0.1904  08.90 146.17
 14   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0224  9.0932  0.1932  08.90 105.43
 15   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0312  9.0969  0.1969  08.90 149.05
 16   76      SARAH HOWELLS       + 0.0642  9.2186  0.3186  08.90 153.70
 17   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.2396  9.2424  0.3424  08.90 115.66
 18   424     JON GILES           + 0.0211  9.8147  0.9147  08.90 151.64
 19   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0436 10.4099  1.5099  08.90 148.58

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street qualifying session 4

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 16:50:39                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.0041 10.9014  0.0014  10.90 100.99
  2   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0086 10.9026  0.0026  10.90 130.24
  3   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0980 10.9577  0.0577  10.90 119.31
  4   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0788 11.2998  0.3998  10.90 103.85

* = Disqualified 
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16:35

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

Apologies that the webcam went out for a short while. Again not many clues given by the computer and there was also a race report to write so we did what we could as quickly as we could. if my hair wasn't thinning anyway I would have pulled it all out.

Super Pro ET qualifying session 4

0.0096 RT by Bob Doyle in the first pair, in the other lane Willy Reerink moved up from #36 to #32. Next pair and a 0.0001 breakout for Simon Gough, doesn't come much closer than that except that this timing system works to eight decimal places in the background. Simon got in touch and asked us if we could work out his breakout as a distance, which we did, 0.28 inches, only for Simon to ask for it in millimetres. After initially replying that we're English and don't do such things we relented and in millimetres it was 7.11.

We were then put on hold for light rain, as ever the track crew dealt with it speedily and efficiently.

On the restart another run close to dial-in for Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters, +0.0146 on dial-in. Dave Russell in the other lane broke out. Another move for Scott Hauser, #21 to #15. Next pair a great 0.0053 RT for Jack Brewster and in the other lane Laura Turburville moved up from #31 to #13 with a 7.9289 on 7.90 dial-in. Next up Deborah Laugher who has sprouted a new crew member in the person of our good buddy and Podington Pea Diana Macrae. DD makes a good back-up girl. Drama ensued soon after though, Mark Adams in the other lane had a transmission failure off the line and pulled over at about 400 feet as Deborah's 'Vette started fishtailing and then got into a serious pendulum before going up on two wheels, turning hard right and flipping over. The 'Vette then slid on its roof to the finish line. Safety crews moved very quickly indeed and in fact some of the start line guys were most of the way to Deborah's car before it had stopped sliding. Word quickly came back that Deborah is A-OK, her only injury a bruise gained during extrication and the windscreen and a scraped roof the only casualties on the car.

Marius Blackburn and Joe Kellett first to the track on the restart. Marius' motor sounded as if it was misfiring on the burnout, tyres spun up at the hit and the altered made a right. Marius got off the gas, the altered twitched again when he got back on it and he called it a day. 0.005 RT for Marck Harteveld but then shake and shut off. Steve Kellett up from #33 to #7 with his beautiful Mustang, 8.1200 on 8.10 dial-in a new PB I think. #22 to #12 for Nick Good whilst Johan Oomen was pushed back after his burnout. Another great run for Bernard Saz, 7.2588 this time on a 6.90 dial-in, the car started to skate at half track so Bernard feathered the throttle in the second half. Nice run for Gordon Northway's pick-up after problems earlier, 8.5885 breakout on an 8.56 dial-in. Chief Starter Ian Marshall leaned in to Peter Lane's Chevy for a conflab before Peter ran, 8.8108 breakout on 8.88 dial-in.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 4                              03/09/2015 16:36:28
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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   881      S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.30    +  .0070   .0104  8.3070   160.15  
2   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.22    +  .0073   .0540  8.2273   165.42  
3   984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.08    +  .0091   .1102  8.0891   165.43  
4   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.03    +  .0109   .5884  8.0409   167.89  
5   263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.50    +  .0170   .0140  7.5170   176.43  
6   48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.89    +  .0184   .2063  8.9084   151.55  
7   834      S/PRO    STEVE KELLETT        CUDWORTH  UK               MUSTANG    577 CI     08.10    +  .0200   .4678  8.1200   164.23  
8   202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           DEDDINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.35    +  .0201   .1344  7.3701   177.73  
9   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.76    +  .0208   .0842  8.7808   154.66  
10  425      S/PRO    STEVE ASHDOWN        WELLING  UK                DRAGSTER   477 CI     08.35    +  .0242   .3210  8.3742   156.27  
11  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.71    +  .0249   .1111  7.7349   174.31  
12  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         NGM        509 CI     06.81    +  .0257   .4370  6.8357   193.85  
13  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.30    +  .0276   .1942  8.3276   165.45  
14  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.72    +  .0287   .0624  7.7487   171.71  
15  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILE     NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.90    +  .0289   .4065  7.9289   167.27  
16  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     08.08    +  .0311   .0914  8.1111   166.64  
17  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.41    +  .0319   .0487  8.4419   154.16  
18  1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.53    +  .0319   .1265  7.5619   175.03  
19  4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.74    +  .0330   .1258  8.7730   152.12  
20  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   471 CI     06.00    +  .0364   .1586  6.0364   224.61  
21  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   432 CI     08.53    +  .0366   .0188  8.5666   158.53  
22  541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          ESSEX  UK                  '12 CAMARO            08.44    +  .0522   .0306  8.4922   160.15  
23  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                HORTON     383 CI     07.96    +  .0578   .0730  8.0178   165.42  
24  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.46    +  .0611   .1855  7.5211   178.50  
25  154      S/PRO    ROY WILDING          OLDBURY  UK                DRAGSTER   504 CI     08.13    +  .0628   .0910  8.1928   167.27  
26  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.72    +  .0676   .0218  8.7876   155.20  
27  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0727   .1077  8.4127   157.39  
28  914      S/PRO    LEE DARBY            DEAL  UK                   CHEVY P-UP 585 CI     08.32    +  .0878   .0686  8.4078   156.83  
29  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 23 FORD T  468 CI     08.80    +  .1078   .0245  8.9078   149.53  
30  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.78    +  .1113   .1914  8.8913   151.54  
31  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           FIREBIRD   7000 CC    07.99    +  .1858   .3615  8.1758   161.29  
32  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    +  .3231   .0917  6.3231   179.16  
33  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    540 CI     06.90    +  .3588   .6103  7.2588   174.33  
34  913      S/PRO    WILLY REERINK        NETHERLANDS  NL            TAUNUS     377 CI     08.99    +  .4533   .2673  9.4433   151.05  
35  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.83    +  .6056   .2218  7.4356   190.56  
36  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     06.90    +  .6899   .3586  7.5899   187.29  
37  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            BURY  UK                   ALTERED    480 CI     07.77    +  .7334   .1607  8.5034   157.90  
38  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.56    + 5.1011   .1341 13.6611    95.08  
39  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.35    + 7.1409   .3994 15.4909    71.00  
40  7245     S/PRO    DEBORAH LAUGHER      WOLLASTON  UK              63 'VETTE  572 CI     08.62    +13.8794   LB3A  22.4994   133.25  
 Best R.T. was  BRIAN PATEMAN       +  .0218
 Best E.T. was  ROD HARRISON         6.0364
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        224.61
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14:55

Pro ET qualifying session 4

0.0046 RT for Steve Bowen in the first pair. 0.0096 RT for Rhiannon Bellenie in a rare left lane outing, Eurodragster.com sponsor Steve Hudson up from #7 to #5 in the other lane. Big move for Bob Molden, up from #13 to #3 +0.0026 on dial-in. Mike Lacey next up the ladder, #14 to #6. 0.0055 RT for Lee Huxley, in the other lane Dave Bailey into Super Pro ET territory at 8.9910. Whatever ailed Keith Herbert earlier obviously fixed, #24 to #10 in the last pair. +0.0802 now buys you #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   358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.78    +  .0008   .1076 10.7808   124.40  
2   40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.12    +  .0008   .2492  9.1208   145.68  
3   205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.82    +  .0026   .1236  9.8226   136.43  
4   1        PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     400 CI     09.98    +  .0046   .0391  9.9846   132.47  
5   118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.40    +  .0051   .0394  9.4051   142.97  
6   795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           BICESTER  UK               CAMARO     555 CI     09.34    +  .0078   .0864  9.3478   144.28  
7   314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        SURREY  UK                 ALTERED    383 CI     09.12    +  .0117   .1015  9.1317   140.31  
8   886      PRO ET   TONY HARTER          LITTLE YELDHAM  UK         MUSTANG    598 CI     09.88    +  .0129   .4905  9.8929   140.30  
9   626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         R.E.D      122 CI     11.19    +  .0139   .0543 11.2039   117.43  
10  542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               PLYMOUTH   500 CI     09.80    +  .0151   .0240  9.8151   136.85  
11  25       PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           BROADHEATH  UK             MUSTANG    565 CI     09.50    +  .0172   .0055  9.5172   139.43  
12  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    +  .0219   .2985 10.9219   120.10  
13  351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        HIGHAM FERRERS  UK         MUSTANG    247 CI     11.99    +  .0252   .0472 12.0152   114.14  
14  192      PRO ET   LEE GUY              AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.42    +  .0286   .0543 10.4486   125.09  
15  608      PRO ET   DAN WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  NOVA       396 CI     09.96    +  .0302   .0062  9.9902   129.77  
16  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    KENT  UK                   NSR        88 CI      09.58    +  .0534   .1101  9.6334   136.49  
17  888      PRO ET   DAVID NICOL          WARWICKSHIRE  UK           SUPRA      3000 CC    10.44    +  .0581   .0483 10.4981   133.67  
18  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.08    +  .0602   .1198  9.1402   147.24  
19  8        PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.59    +  .0622   .0092  9.6522   136.50  
20  371      PRO ET   PAUL JACKSON         SOLIHULL  UK               CAMARO                09.70    +  .0679   .1584  9.7679   137.26  
21  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        SUSSEX  UK                 FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.25    +  .0802   .1594 10.3302   129.53  
22  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            PLYMOUTH   540 CI     10.50    +  .1024   .1896 10.6024   125.53  
23  601      PRO ET   AL PLATT             HYDE  UK                   CAMARO     346 CI     11.70    +  .1242   .0744 11.8242   115.33  
24  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           MAIDSTONE  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.88    +  .1332   .2041 10.0132   129.02  
25  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        411 CI     10.20    +  .1601   .0799 10.3601   124.49  
26  833      PRO ET   JOHN DALRYMPLE       HIGH WYCOMBE  UK           33 WILLYS  408 CI     09.90    +  .1620   .4204 10.0620   132.94  
27  450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.00    +  .1657   .1624  9.1657   127.21  
28  883      PRO ET   STEVE BOWEN          TREFOREST  UK              MITS EVO   2300 CC    10.17    +  .1817   .2576 10.3517   128.75  
29  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 655 CI     09.52    +  .2139   .2827  9.7339   142.56  
30  81       PRO ET   HANS VAN DER SPEK    NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVY P/UP 350 CI     10.50    +  .2566   .0139 10.7566   126.27  
31  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .2905   .0108 11.1905    96.22  
32  905      PRO ET   UDO BECKER           GERMANY  DE                VW BEETLE  215 CI     10.30    +  .3823   .1754 10.6823   123.76  
33  315      PRO ET   NIGEL GREEN          SCARBOROUGH  UK            VE BEETLE  2442 CC    10.73    +  .7888   .3867 11.5188   116.12  
34  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          EATON BRAY  UK             VALIANT    557 CI     09.30    -  .0079   .0865  9.2921   146.18  
 Best R.T. was  LEE HUXLEY          +  .0055
 Best E.T. was  SEAN LAW             9.1208
 Best MPH was  GEOFF COWLEY        147.24
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14:40

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 3

Holley Marshall up from #17 to #14 in the first pair. Next pair and Roman Sixta up from #25 to #9 at 0.0396. Maybe a new #1 qualifier next pair, Thomas Cook-Abbott at 0.0052 but broke and didn't make it to the finish line. The timing system showed Thomas still at #4 as they had to abort his run. I would have thought that Thomas' run stood since he recorded an RT which is all you need in Junior Dragster qualifying but we'll let race officials sort that one out and in the meantime we'll go with what the timing system says. Billy Everitt up from #17 to #9 next pair, followed up the ladder by Sam Holland-Villa, #11 to #5. Lottie Bradford into #1 spot from #17 with a 0.0045, getting closer to the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Caitlin Wilson up from #21 to #7 at 0.0216. Next up Dominik Novak's first run of the day in his handsome Mike Bos dragster, -0.0645 red, -0.0086 squeaker for Holly Moore in the other lane. First run of the day for Sarah Valesova next pair and a squeaker for her, -0.0034.

Race officials confirmed that, as we thought, Thomas' run should stand so he is now second.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 16:12:33                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   12      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.0045  9.3280  0.4280  08.90  68.01
  2   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0052   .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
  3   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0097  8.4293  0.5293  07.90  77.87
  4   7       BILLY RINGER        + 0.0102  9.4956  1.5956  07.90  67.71
  5   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0165  8.2499  0.3499  07.90  77.21
  6   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0190  8.0662  0.1662  07.90  79.93
  7   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0216  9.0625  0.1625  08.90  69.37
  8   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0252  7.9990  0.0990  07.90  81.67
  9   8       RUARIDH HART        + 0.0343  9.3113  1.4113  07.90  66.56
 10   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0353  7.9780  0.0780  07.90  81.96
 11   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0355  8.0755  0.1755  07.90  80.07
 12   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0372  8.0653  0.1653  07.90  79.51
 13   33      ROMAN SIXTA         + 0.0396  9.0962  0.1962  08.90  70.68
 14   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0484 14.3409  1.4409  12.90  40.76
 15   74      DYLAN BRADLEY       + 0.0532 13.6619  0.7619  12.90  37.07
 16   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0560  8.3387  0.4387  07.90  72.38
 17   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0672  7.9144  0.0144  07.90  81.81
 18   23      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0736  8.2200  0.3200  07.90  76.31
 19   42      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.1050  8.0138  0.1138  07.90  81.82
 20   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.1425 13.1770  0.2770  12.90  47.19
 21   14      BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.1491  7.9943  0.0943  07.90  80.94
 22   43      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.2001  9.2429  0.3429  08.90  71.25
 23   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.4120 10.5983  1.6983  08.90  62.54
 24   149     SARA VALESOVA       - 0.0034  8.2837  0.3837  07.90  79.09
 25   148     DOMINIK NOVAK       - 0.0645 10.4248  1.5248  08.90  58.70
 26   30      HOLLY MOORE         - 0.0086  9.0393  0.1393  08.90  71.69
 27   3       AARON FENSOME       - 0.0247  8.1671  0.2671  07.90  79.10

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14:25

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 3

Improvement for Kev Perkins to consolidate his #1 spot.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 14:20:22                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   176     KEV PERKINS         - 0.0935  7.5839 -0.4161  08.00 179.25
  2   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.4310  7.2748 -0.2852  07.56 188.96
  3   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.0362  7.7155 -0.2845  08.00 176.42
  4   888     GUIDO UHLIR         + 0.7124  8.1083 -0.0517  08.16 164.22

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Super Gas qualifying session 3

0.0053 RT for Collin Morrice and in the other lane -0.0009 by Stu Doignie just a minus sign away from the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Ronald Huis up from #6 to #2 in the final pair.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 14:23:18                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   424     JON GILES           + 0.0044  9.9013  0.0013  09.90 151.66
  2   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0254  9.9132  0.0132  09.90 148.65
  3   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0574  9.9137  0.0137  09.90 123.85
  4   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0255  9.9430  0.0430  09.90 148.09
  5   538     JAN HARDEKOPF       + 0.0480 10.0101  0.1101  09.90 137.38
  6   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0381 10.0219  0.1219  09.90 103.75
  7   704     STUART DOIGNIE      - 0.0009  9.8876 -0.0124  09.90 154.74
  8   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.1686  9.6889 -0.2111  09.90 125.24

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14:20

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 3

Superb 0.0014 RT by Jeff Meads in the first pair, closest yet to the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Alex McIntosh and Martin smith in side-by-side sevens, improvement for Alex but not Martin. Fantastoc run for Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster to consolidate the #2 spot, Johnnny Smith in the other lane had a grandstand view but got a round of applause himself for his 11.9168 in the electric Enfield. Nick Hale's first run of the day a 10.9663 good for #11. Steve Neimantas up to #2 next pair. Fantastic bye for Matt Smith to close the session, a PB or close to it, well done Matt!

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 14:18:24                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           - 0.0154  7.3810  7.3810  00.00 198.01
  2   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 0.3447  7.4339  7.4339  00.00 197.18
  3   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.2633  7.5094  7.5094  00.00 185.90
  4   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.3854  7.7603  7.7603  00.00 180.00
  5   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0927  7.8391  7.8391  00.00 179.26
  6   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.2276  8.0179  8.0179  00.00 167.29
  7   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.2937  8.1945  8.1945  00.00 169.16
  8   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.5655  8.3525  8.3525  00.00 161.89
  9   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.0014  8.4612  8.4612  00.00 164.86
 10   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2608  8.6706  8.6706  00.00 162.48
 11   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.3703  8.7592  8.7592  00.00 160.74
 12   524     NICK HALE           + 0.2422 10.9663 10.9663  00.00 125.11
 13   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.0596 11.9168 11.9168  00.00 115.95
 14   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2341 12.3046 12.3046  00.00 110.59

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14:05

Super Comp qualifying session 3

Sarah Howells creeping up on it, #13 to #12. Next up the ladder from #18 to #4 was Tom Margesson and that with a Deep Stage foul although it doesn't matter in qualifying. Another good RT by Paul Watson, 0.0080, in the other lane Pete Cresswell improved further to an 8.9040 to consolidate his #1 spot... well, until the next pair when Brian Pateman ran a perfect 8.9005 to take #1, well done Brian! In the other lane Billy Gane having moved to Super Comp clocked 0.0932 shutting off early and moving across to the guardrail to get off the groove.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 14:04:28                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1281  8.9005  0.0005  08.90 155.20
  2   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0544  8.9040  0.0040  08.90 155.22
  3   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      - 0.1033  8.9055  0.0055  08.90 146.24
  4   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0580  8.9136  0.0136  08.90 147.22
  5   714     TOM MARGESSON       + 0.1156  8.9331  0.0331  08.90 155.80
  6   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0773  8.9363  0.0363  08.90 151.11
  7   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1115  8.9510  0.0510  08.90 150.55
  8   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0080  8.9521  0.0521  08.90 157.43
  9   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0252  8.9773  0.0773  08.90 157.93
 10   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1580  9.0615  0.1615  08.90 148.13
 11   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1505  9.0796  0.1796  08.90 169.81
 12   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1147  9.0904  0.1904  08.90 146.17
 13   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0224  9.0932  0.1932  08.90 105.43
 14   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0312  9.0969  0.1969  08.90 149.05
 15   76      SARAH HOWELLS       + 0.0642  9.2186  0.3186  08.90 153.70
 16   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.2396  9.2424  0.3424  08.90 115.66
 17   424     JON GILES           + 0.0211  9.8147  0.9147  08.90 151.64
 18   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0436 10.4099  1.5099  08.90 148.58
 19   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.2350  8.8993 -0.0007  08.90 155.25

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Super Street qualifying session 3

Karen Stevens does it again, 0.0028 RT. In the other lane Dave Cherrett's motor coughed about fifty feet out and he stopped it a few feet later. Start line crew sped to his aid, all OK and Dave drove it off the track unaided. 0.0041 RT and 10.9014 ET for Matt Seamarks to take #1, well done Matt!

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 14:05:33                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.0041 10.9014  0.0014  10.90 100.99
  2   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0086 10.9026  0.0026  10.90 130.24
  3   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0980 10.9577  0.0577  10.90 119.31
  4   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0788 11.2998  0.3998  10.90 103.85

* = Disqualified 
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13:55

Super Pro ET qualifying session 3

Barry Giles up from #10 to #4 in the first pair, +0.0170 on dial-in. Simon Gough up to #15 from #22 in the next pair. The usual pea-souper burnout by Johan Oomen next pair, dialled in 6.90 but got a little out of shape on the run. Willy Reerink got a time on the board although he left on the first amber, used to a Pro Tree I am guessing. Carb cough from Lee Darby's truck, safety crew sprinted to his aid. In the other lane Bob Doyle up from #34 to #12. 0.0095 RT for Laura Turburville in her new dragster, into the sevens also at 7.9364 on an 8.00 dial-in, dad Turbo and the team very happy with that. 1.9601 to sixty for Bernard Saz but then tyres started to blackstripe and the Hotroen moved to the left, shut it off. Improvement for Thomas Haas but stayed #3. Next pair and Gordon Northway signalled to shut off after his burnout, small fluid leak. Another Personal best for Rod Harrison, 6.0364 on 6.00 dial-in, up from #19 to #12, well done Rod! Next pair and Brad Jackson moved up from #16 to #10. Great run for Dave Evans, up from #25 to #4 +0.0109, followed up the ladder by Scott Hauser #31 to #21. Deborah Laugher next up, rolled through stage. #16 to #10 for Chris Parker, in the other lane Martyn Jones was audibly feathering the throttle in his definitely not a Top Methanol Dragster, good for a move from #35 to #30. Joe Kellett up from #17 to #13 in the last run of the session. +0.0981 on dial-in gets you #26 now.

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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   881      S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.30    +  .0070   .0104  8.3070   160.15  
2   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.22    +  .0073   .0540  8.2273   165.42  
3   984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.08    +  .0091   .1102  8.0891   165.43  
4   793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     08.03    +  .0109   .5884  8.0409   167.89  
5   263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.50    +  .0170   .0140  7.5170   176.43  
6   48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.89    +  .0184   .2063  8.9084   151.55  
7   202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           DEDDINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.35    +  .0201   .1344  7.3701   177.73  
8   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.76    +  .0208   .0842  8.7808   154.66  
9   425      S/PRO    STEVE ASHDOWN        WELLING  UK                DRAGSTER   477 CI     08.35    +  .0242   .3210  8.3742   156.27  
10  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.71    +  .0249   .1111  7.7349   174.31  
11  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.30    +  .0276   .1942  8.3276   165.45  
12  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.72    +  .0287   .0624  7.7487   171.71  
13  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     08.08    +  .0311   .0914  8.1111   166.64  
14  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.41    +  .0319   .0487  8.4419   154.16  
15  4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.74    +  .0330   .1258  8.7730   152.12  
16  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   471 CI     06.00    +  .0364   .1586  6.0364   224.61  
17  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   432 CI     08.53    +  .0366   .0188  8.5666   158.53  
18  541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          ESSEX  UK                  '12 CAMARO            08.44    +  .0522   .0306  8.4922   160.15  
19  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         NGM        509 CI     06.78    +  .0531   .0707  6.8331   194.69  
20  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                HORTON     383 CI     07.96    +  .0578   .0730  8.0178   165.42  
21  1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.52    +  .0628   .0653  7.5828   175.04  
22  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.72    +  .0676   .0218  8.7876   155.20  
23  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.46    +  .0707   .1354  7.5307   179.22  
24  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0727   .1077  8.4127   157.39  
25  914      S/PRO    LEE DARBY            DEAL  UK                   CHEVY P-UP 585 CI     08.32    +  .0878   .0686  8.4078   156.83  
26  154      S/PRO    ROY WILDING          OLDBURY  UK                DRAGSTER   504 CI     08.10    +  .0981   .5691  8.1981   163.64  
27  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 23 FORD T  468 CI     08.80    +  .1078   .0245  8.9078   149.53  
28  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.78    +  .1113   .1914  8.8913   151.54  
29  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           FIREBIRD   7000 CC    07.99    +  .1858   .3615  8.1758   161.29  
30  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    +  .3231   .0917  6.3231   179.16  
31  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILE     NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.90    +  .3954   .1393  8.2954   164.82  
32  834      S/PRO    STEVE KELLETT        CUDWORTH  UK               MUSTANG    577 CI     07.90    +  .4898   .4187  8.3898   153.60  
33  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.83    +  .6056   .2218  7.4356   190.56  
34  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     06.90    +  .6899   .3586  7.5899   187.29  
35  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            BURY  UK                   ALTERED    480 CI     07.77    +  .7334   .1607  8.5034   157.90  
36  913      S/PRO    WILLY REERINK        NETHERLANDS  NL            TAUNUS     377 CI     08.99    + 1.1491   LB3A  10.1391   115.32  
37  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    540 CI     06.90    + 4.4073   .2983 11.3073    74.64  
38  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.56    + 5.1011   .1341 13.6611    95.08  
39  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.35    + 7.1409   .3994 15.4909    71.00  
40  7245     S/PRO    DEBORAH LAUGHER      WOLLASTON  UK              63 'VETTE  572 CI     08.62    +13.8794   LB3A  22.4994   133.25  
 Best R.T. was  BRIAN PATEMAN       +  .0218
 Best E.T. was  ROD HARRISON         6.0364
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        224.61
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13:20

Pro ET qualifying session 3

Tony Harter up from #9 to #5 first pair. Laura Baynton up from #32 to #17 next pair. Carla Pittau getting closer, #33 to #13. Mike Lacey up to #10 from 14. Great Super Stock wheelies by Dan Wiliams and Rick McCann, big grin from Chief Starter Ian Marshall. Dan up from #16 to #10. Big breakout by Hans van der Spek to open his account, 10.572 on 10.80. Leigh Morris next up the ladder, #22 to #8. Less dramatic run for Rhiannon Bellenie, #19 to #14, car still weaving but not as violently this time. Problem at half track for Keith Herbert, put the anchors out and pulled over to the side of the track. #19 to #12 for Bob Molden closed the session.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
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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   358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.78    +  .0008   .1076 10.7808   124.40  
2   40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.12    +  .0008   .2492  9.1208   145.68  
3   1        PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     400 CI     09.98    +  .0046   .0391  9.9846   132.47  
4   118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.40    +  .0051   .0394  9.4051   142.97  
5   886      PRO ET   TONY HARTER          LITTLE YELDHAM  UK         MUSTANG    598 CI     09.88    +  .0129   .4905  9.8929   140.30  
6   626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         R.E.D      122 CI     11.19    +  .0139   .0543 11.2039   117.43  
7   314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        SURREY  UK                 ALTERED    383 CI     09.14    +  .0142   .1512  9.1542   140.74  
8   569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    +  .0219   .2985 10.9219   120.10  
9   25       PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           BROADHEATH  UK             MUSTANG    565 CI     09.48    +  .0241   .0397  9.5041   139.93  
10  351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        HIGHAM FERRERS  UK         MUSTANG    247 CI     11.99    +  .0252   .0472 12.0152   114.14  
11  608      PRO ET   DAN WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  NOVA       396 CI     09.96    +  .0302   .0062  9.9902   129.77  
12  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.79    +  .0364   .0701  9.8264   136.14  
13  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           BICESTER  UK               CAMARO     555 CI     09.32    +  .0396   .0578  9.3596   143.37  
14  192      PRO ET   LEE GUY              AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.49    +  .0463   .0415 10.5363   124.43  
15  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    KENT  UK                   NSR        88 CI      09.58    +  .0534   .1101  9.6334   136.49  
16  888      PRO ET   DAVID NICOL          WARWICKSHIRE  UK           SUPRA      3000 CC    10.44    +  .0581   .0483 10.4981   133.67  
17  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.08    +  .0602   .1198  9.1402   147.24  
18  8        PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.59    +  .0622   .0092  9.6522   136.50  
19  371      PRO ET   PAUL JACKSON         SOLIHULL  UK               CAMARO                09.70    +  .0679   .1584  9.7679   137.26  
20  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        SUSSEX  UK                 FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.25    +  .0802   .1594 10.3302   129.53  
21  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            PLYMOUTH   540 CI     10.50    +  .1024   .1896 10.6024   125.53  
22  601      PRO ET   AL PLATT             HYDE  UK                   CAMARO     346 CI     11.70    +  .1242   .0744 11.8242   115.33  
23  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           MAIDSTONE  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.88    +  .1332   .2041 10.0132   129.02  
24  542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               PLYMOUTH   500 CI     09.72    +  .1550   .0175  9.8750   136.02  
25  833      PRO ET   JOHN DALRYMPLE       HIGH WYCOMBE  UK           33 WILLYS  408 CI     09.90    +  .1620   .4204 10.0620   132.94  
26  450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.21    +  .1680   .1058  9.3780   113.04  
27  883      PRO ET   STEVE BOWEN          TREFOREST  UK              MITS EVO   2300 CC    10.17    +  .1817   .2576 10.3517   128.75  
28  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 655 CI     09.52    +  .2139   .2827  9.7339   142.56  
29  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .2905   .0108 11.1905    96.22  
30  905      PRO ET   UDO BECKER           GERMANY  DE                VW BEETLE  215 CI     10.30    +  .3823   .1754 10.6823   123.76  
31  315      PRO ET   NIGEL GREEN          SCARBOROUGH  UK            VE BEETLE  2442 CC    10.73    +  .7888   .3867 11.5188   116.12  
32  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          EATON BRAY  UK             VALIANT    557 CI     09.30    -  .0079   .0865  9.2921   146.18  
33  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        411 CI     10.25    -  .0244   .3852 10.2256   127.96  
34  81       PRO ET   HANS VAN DER SPEK    NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVY P/UP 350 CI     10.80    -  .2272   .2870 10.5728   126.17  
 Best R.T. was  DAVE CHERRETT       +  .0108
 Best E.T. was  SEAN LAW             9.1208
 Best MPH was  GEOFF COWLEY        147.24
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13:10

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 2

Joe Holland-Villa up from #18 to #5 in the second pair. Thomas Cook-Abbott up from #4 to #3. Ruaridh Hart next up the ladder, #21 to #5. Improvement for Lottie Bradford next, #19 to #13. Matthew Dowdy up from #12 to #9, Kaitlan Deevey in at #16 in her second competitive outing in her new dragster. Jordan Payne next up the ladder #24 to #14. Harley Coulsell's dragseter towed back to the pits before the next pair, hopefully nothing terminal for his car. Billy Ringer in that pair up from #24 to #2 at +0.0102. First run of the day for Roman Sixta -0.0600 red. Billy Everitt closed the session, Billy propping up the field at that point... up from #25 to #15.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 13:10:00                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0097  8.4293  0.5293  07.90  77.87
  2   7       BILLY RINGER        + 0.0102  9.4956  1.5956  07.90  67.71
  3   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0165  8.2499  0.3499  07.90  77.21
  4   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0177  9.2983  0.3983  08.90  62.11
  5   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0252  7.9990  0.0990  07.90  81.67
  6   8       RUARIDH HART        + 0.0343  9.3113  1.4113  07.90  66.56
  7   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0353  7.9780  0.0780  07.90  81.96
  8   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0355  8.0755  0.1755  07.90  80.07
  9   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0476  8.1221  0.2221  07.90  80.36
 10   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0484 14.3409  1.4409  12.90  40.76
 11   74      DYLAN BRADLEY       + 0.0532 13.6619  0.7619  12.90  37.07
 12   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0560  8.3387  0.4387  07.90  72.38
 13   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0672  7.9144  0.0144  07.90  81.81
 14   12      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.0808  9.3056  0.4056  08.90  67.95
 15   2       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.1007  8.0744  0.1744  07.90  79.37
 16   42      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.1050  8.0138  0.1138  07.90  81.82
 17   23      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.1184  8.1736  0.2736  07.90  76.93
 18   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.1425 13.1770  0.2770  12.90  47.19
 19   43      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.2001  9.2429  0.3429  08.90  71.25
 20   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.2226  9.0801  0.1801  08.90  70.13
 21   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.4120 10.5983  1.6983  08.90  62.54
 22   14      BONNIE WALLACE      - 0.0077  8.0423  0.1423  07.90  81.37
 23   30      HOLLY MOORE         - 0.0156  9.0490  0.1490  08.90  71.60
 24   3       AARON FENSOME       - 0.0570  8.1587  0.2587  07.90  79.51
 25   33      ROMAN SIXTA         - 0.0600  9.2017  0.3017  08.90  61.17

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12:55

Super Gas qualifying session 2

Bob Molden into #1 in the first pair, in the other lane Collin Morrice took #2. Bob's #1 lasted a few seconds as a 0.0044 RT and 9.9013 by Jon Giles took it away from him, another near-perfect run comparable to Karen Stevens in Super Street. Breakout by Jan Hardekopf in his first run of the day.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 12:55:50                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   424     JON GILES           + 0.0044  9.9013  0.0013  09.90 151.66
  2   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0574  9.9137  0.0137  09.90 123.85
  3   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0255  9.9430  0.0430  09.90 148.09
  4   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0381 10.0219  0.1219  09.90 103.75
  5   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.2062  9.8883 -0.0117  09.90 149.07
  6   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0613  9.8872 -0.0128  09.90 155.75
  7   538     JAN HARDEKOPF       + 0.2028  9.7610 -0.1390  09.90 137.31
  8   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.1686  9.6889 -0.2111  09.90 125.24

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12:50

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 2

Guido Uhlir's first run of the day a great time to say Hi to our good buddy Scorpion tuned in from Germany, hopefully not receiving the Polish TV treament. Guido a touch under index and a good baseline. Next run and another good opportunity to say Hi to Chris Orthodoxou watching brother Robin's progress. Robin had a good go at running over spotter Holley after his burnout, Holley was past half track which shows you how long the burnout was. Hideous tyre shake his punishment for shocking a lady but still under index.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 12:52:24                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   176     KEV PERKINS         + 0.2494  7.6094 -0.3906  08.00 179.16
  2   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.4310  7.2748 -0.2852  07.56 188.96
  3   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.0362  7.7155 -0.2845  08.00 176.42
  4   888     GUIDO UHLIR         + 0.7124  8.1083 -0.0517  08.16 164.22

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12:45

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 2

Improvement for Al Williamson moved him up a place. Mark Todd sat this one out, no problems just perfectly happy with the previous pass. Minor repair job for Steve Neimantas, I'm told he should be back out in Q3. Improvement for Jeff Meads moved him back above Al Williamson. Great driving job by Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster right on 330 feet, the big Comet turned hard right and was up on at most three wheels. Move to the right for Martin Smith in the other lane also although nowhere near as violent, puff of black smoke from the motor also. Track checked and found to be OK. Improvement for Matt Smith good for one spot up the ladder. Next up Steve Neimantas, minor repair effected then. Sounded to be misfiring at half track and rolled off the throttle.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 12:48:07                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           - 0.0154  7.3810  7.3810  00.00 198.01
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.1428  7.7428  7.7428  00.00 182.15
  3   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.3854  7.7603  7.7603  00.00 180.00
  4   572     STEVE NEIMANTAS     + 1.6182  7.8422  7.8422  00.00 158.54
  5   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.0616  7.8729  7.8729  00.00 178.47
  6   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.2276  8.0179  8.0179  00.00 167.29
  7   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.1651  8.2075  8.2075  00.00 170.44
  8   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.5655  8.3525  8.3525  00.00 161.89
  9   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.1727  8.6146  8.6146  00.00 164.85
 10   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2608  8.6706  8.6706  00.00 162.48
 11   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.2650 12.2231 12.2231  00.00 114.36
 12   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2341 12.3046 12.3046  00.00 110.59

* = Disqualified 
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12:40

Super Comp qualifying session 2

Brian Pateman in at #5 in the first pair. Excellent 0.0055 RT by Paul Watson in the second pair and a move up from #6 to #4. Conrad Stanley up from #15 to #3 next pair. 8.7848 breakout for Darryl Howells, Sarah Howells in the next pair how would she fare? In the other lane across from Sarah was Dan Page in Jon Morton's Championship-winning Camaro. 10.4099 checkout for Dan, 9.3142 for Sarah. Popping and banging from beneath the floor could only mean Richie Webb's wild Beetle. Martin Curbishley up from #8 to #5 in the other lane, wayward half-mile 9.2424 for Richie.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 12:37:33                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0255  8.9050  0.0050  08.90 154.73
  2   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      - 0.1033  8.9055  0.0055  08.90 146.24
  3   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0580  8.9136  0.0136  08.90 147.22
  4   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0773  8.9363  0.0363  08.90 151.11
  5   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1115  8.9510  0.0510  08.90 150.55
  6   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0055  8.9686  0.0686  08.90 158.50
  7   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0252  8.9773  0.0773  08.90 157.93
  8   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0400  8.9810  0.0810  08.90 154.69
  9   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1580  9.0615  0.1615  08.90 148.13
 10   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.1147  9.0904  0.1904  08.90 146.17
 11   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0312  9.0969  0.1969  08.90 149.05
 12   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.2396  9.2424  0.3424  08.90 115.66
 13   76      SARAH HOWELLS       + 0.2813  9.3142  0.4142  08.90 153.68
 14   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1122  9.4689  0.5689  08.90 154.69
 15   424     JON GILES           + 0.0211  9.8147  0.9147  08.90 151.64
 16   550     DAN PAGE            + 0.0436 10.4099  1.5099  08.90 148.58
 17   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.2350  8.8993 -0.0007  08.90 155.25
 18   714     TOM MARGESSON       - 0.0009  8.8585 -0.0415  08.90 156.35

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street qualifying session 2

Superb 0.0086 RT and 10.9026 ET for Karen Stevens to consolidate her #1 spot.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 12:38:55                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0086 10.9026  0.0026  10.90 130.24
  2   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0980 10.9577  0.0577  10.90 119.31
  3   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    + 0.0488 11.1807  0.2807  10.90  92.37
  4   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0788 11.2998  0.3998  10.90 103.85

* = Disqualified 
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12:25

Super Pro ET qualifying session 2

Great long burnout by Reinier van Schelt followed by quite a rapid back-up, not unlike another black pick-up here this weekend. Great run for Reinier too, #34 to #2 at +0.0319. Roy Wilding in at #18 with his first run of the day, the rail looked to be skating some at half track but there aren't many around with as much experience as Roy and he had it covered. Big move for Ian Powell, up from #33 to #7. Next pair and a huge wheelie for Joe Stevens even by his standards, Joe off the gas when it thumped down. In the other lane a fantastic run for Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters, #13 to #1 at +0.0070. Next run and a breakout for Bob Doyle, 8.5390 on 8.55, but Crew Chief and Official Sloppy Kiss Supplier to Eurodragster.com Tracey Doyle looked very happy with it. Eurodragster.com Brother In Law Tom Atkinson up from #7 to #4 in the next run, and a big Hello to our colleague Kirstie who is on her day job today. Bag-of-spanners misfire for Lee Darby next pair, shut it off about 150 feet out. First run of the day for Dave Evans gunning for a 7.97 in the big Impala, 8.0672 a good start. Doomsday being one of our late colleague Ed's favourite cars, I always like to think that Dave is representing Ed for us out there on the track. Dave Russell and Jack Brewster side by side from #18 to #3 and #15 to #4 respectively, that was a great pair. Wayward launch for Marius Blackburn, the T paying a close visit to the sixty foot reflector and the finish line, Marius lept a hold of it and was not, in fact, that far off his dial-in. Next pair and Mark Adams moved up from #33 to #3, the Stardust dragster is for sale if anyone fancies a sold seven-second runner. Top bloke Mick Howling up from #8 to #3 alongside Joe Kellett up from #17 to #9, you certainly would not think this was Joe's rookie year in Super Pro ET. Barry Giles up from #16 to #8 next pair. Excellent run for Billy Gane! Up from #36 to #2 +0.0073 on dial-in. In the other lane Willy Reerkink again rolled through stage with his very clean Ford Taunus, plenty of sessions left to get a hold of it though. Big improvement for Steve Ashdown in the PMR dragster, #27 to #7, in the other lane a huge but very welcome breakout for Bernard Saz, 7.2537 on a 7.80 dial-in, well done Bernard and team! +0.0981 gets you #23 spot.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
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SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 2                              03/09/2015 12:28:25
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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   881      S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.30    +  .0070   .0104  8.3070   160.15  
2   90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.22    +  .0073   .0540  8.2273   165.42  
3   984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.08    +  .0160   .1238  8.0960   165.41  
4   48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.89    +  .0184   .2063  8.9084   151.55  
5   202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           DEDDINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.35    +  .0201   .1344  7.3701   177.73  
6   782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.76    +  .0208   .0842  8.7808   154.66  
7   425      S/PRO    STEVE ASHDOWN        WELLING  UK                DRAGSTER   477 CI     08.35    +  .0242   .3210  8.3742   156.27  
8   543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.30    +  .0276   .1942  8.3276   165.45  
9   777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.41    +  .0319   .0487  8.4419   154.16  
10  263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.48    +  .0329   .0206  7.5129   175.68  
11  4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.74    +  .0330   .1258  8.7730   152.12  
12  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     08.06    +  .0472   .0535  8.1072   166.65  
13  819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.68    +  .0482   .0019  7.7282   173.04  
14  470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.72    +  .0520   .1128  7.7720   171.68  
15  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                HORTON     383 CI     07.96    +  .0590   .0660  8.0190   166.04  
16  250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         NGM        509 CI     06.80    +  .0604   .0130  6.8604   194.68  
17  307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   471 CI     06.00    +  .0671   .2607  6.0671   216.93  
18  68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.72    +  .0676   .0218  8.7876   155.20  
19  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.34    +  .0727   .1077  8.4127   157.39  
20  914      S/PRO    LEE DARBY            DEAL  UK                   CHEVY P-UP 585 CI     08.32    +  .0878   .0686  8.4078   156.83  
21  541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          ESSEX  UK                  '12 CAMARO            08.48    +  .0913   .0452  8.5713   160.72  
22  793      S/PRO    DAVID EVANS          BACUP  UK                  IMPALA     632 CI     07.97    +  .0972   .4530  8.0672   167.23  
23  154      S/PRO    ROY WILDING          OLDBURY  UK                DRAGSTER   504 CI     08.10    +  .0981   .5691  8.1981   163.64  
24  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 23 FORD T  468 CI     08.80    +  .1078   .0245  8.9078   149.53  
25  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.78    +  .1113   .1914  8.8913   151.54  
26  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.40    +  .1121   .1025  7.5121   178.47  
27  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           FIREBIRD   7000 CC    07.99    +  .1858   .3615  8.1758   161.29  
28  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILE     NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.90    +  .3954   .1393  8.2954   164.82  
29  834      S/PRO    STEVE KELLETT        CUDWORTH  UK               MUSTANG    577 CI     07.90    +  .4898   .4187  8.3898   153.60  
30  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.83    +  .6056   .2218  7.4356   190.56  
31  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     06.90    +  .6899   .3586  7.5899   187.29  
32  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            BURY  UK                   ALTERED    480 CI     07.77    +  .7334   .1607  8.5034   157.90  
33  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    + 1.0428   .1423  7.0428   206.14  
34  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   432 CI     08.50    + 1.6026   .1291 10.1026   135.32  
35  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.56    + 5.1011   .1341 13.6611    95.08  
36  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.35    + 7.1409   .3994 15.4909    71.00  
37  1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.67    -  .0138   .0648  7.6562   175.68  
38  405      S/PRO    BERNARD SAZ          FRANCE  FR                 CITROEN    540 CI     07.80    -  .5463   .5078  7.2537   166.02  
 Best R.T. was  BARRY GILES         +  .0206
 Best E.T. was  ROD HARRISON         6.0671
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        216.93
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12:00

Pro ET qualifying session 2

First pair and our second Perfect ET of the day goes to Sean Law, up from #12 to #2 into the bargain, well done Sean! Had to go to the fifth decimal place to separate Sean and Simon Innes who stayed #1. Rhiannon Bellenie's dragster made a serious move just before the stripe, Rhiannon had it covered and I have seen the car do that before. Horrible graunching sound from Dan Williams' transmission on launch, Dan took it easy from there on. James Forster up from #10 to #5 next pair. Great run for Tony Harter, up from #25 to #6 two pairs later. Tony credits, or blames, Eurodragster.com Team Nutritionist Syd McDonald for getting him into racing. First run of the day for Alex Mahl, very welcome visitor, small breakout. Great run for Glenn Pallant, up from the bottom of the field to #5. Next pair and first run of the day for Rick McCann - two weeks ago he and Carla were at Tierp, then last weekend at Alastaro, the trip to Alastaro had to be cut short to go back to Sweden to change the engine in Rick's Camaro which also meant changing their travel plans to get here, Carla and Rick got here just before 01:00 this morning and there Rick is in #3 place +0.004 off the trailer. Hard work rewarded there I'd say! Geoff Cowley next up the ladder, #16 to #12. 0.0045 RT for Carla, no problems with the late night and almost earning her the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. +0.081 buys you seventeenth place.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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PRO ET                                                         THROUGH ROUND # 2                              03/09/2015 11:59:03
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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   358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          NORTHANTS  UK              BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.78    +  .0008   .1076 10.7808   124.40  
2   40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.12    +  .0008   .2492  9.1208   145.68  
3   1        PRO ET   RICK MCCANN          SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     400 CI     09.98    +  .0046   .0391  9.9846   132.47  
4   118      PRO ET   GLENN PALLANT        CHELMSFORD  UK             CAPRI      476 CI     09.40    +  .0051   .0394  9.4051   142.97  
5   626      PRO ET   LIZ MALCOLM          HEMEL HEMPSTEAD UK         R.E.D      122 CI     11.19    +  .0139   .0543 11.2039   117.43  
6   314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        SURREY  UK                 ALTERED    383 CI     09.14    +  .0142   .1512  9.1542   140.74  
7   25       PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           BROADHEATH  UK             MUSTANG    565 CI     09.48    +  .0241   .0397  9.5041   139.93  
8   351      PRO ET   JAMES FORSTER        HIGHAM FERRERS  UK         MUSTANG    247 CI     11.99    +  .0252   .0472 12.0152   114.14  
9   886      PRO ET   TONY HARTER          LITTLE YELDHAM  UK         MUSTANG    598 CI     09.86    +  .0385   .1481  9.8985   141.13  
10  192      PRO ET   LEE GUY              AYLESBURY  UK              SIERRA     383 CI     10.49    +  .0463   .0415 10.5363   124.43  
11  888      PRO ET   DAVID NICOL          WARWICKSHIRE  UK           SUPRA      3000 CC    10.44    +  .0581   .0483 10.4981   133.67  
12  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.08    +  .0602   .1198  9.1402   147.24  
13  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           BICESTER  UK               CAMARO     555 CI     09.32    +  .0623   .0645  9.3823   143.92  
14  371      PRO ET   PAUL JACKSON         SOLIHULL  UK               CAMARO                09.77    +  .0691   .1284  9.8391   133.72  
15  608      PRO ET   DAN WILLIAMS         FLORE  UK                  NOVA       396 CI     09.91    +  .0715   .1207  9.9815   130.14  
16  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.76    +  .0734   .0423  9.8334   136.09  
17  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    KENT  UK                   NSR        88 CI      09.60    +  .0810   .0773  9.6810   136.44  
18  601      PRO ET   AL PLATT             HYDE  UK                   CAMARO     346 CI     11.70    +  .1242   .0744 11.8242   115.33  
19  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           MAIDSTONE  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.88    +  .1332   .2041 10.0132   129.02  
20  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    +  .1417   .3246 11.0417   118.53  
21  542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               PLYMOUTH   500 CI     09.72    +  .1550   .0175  9.8750   136.02  
22  833      PRO ET   JOHN DALRYMPLE       HIGH WYCOMBE  UK           33 WILLYS  408 CI     09.90    +  .1620   .4204 10.0620   132.94  
23  450      PRO ET   MARK BAILEY          LUTON  UK                  BARRACUDA  540 CI     09.21    +  .1680   .1058  9.3780   113.04  
24  883      PRO ET   STEVE BOWEN          TREFOREST  UK              MITS EVO   2300 CC    10.17    +  .1817   .2576 10.3517   128.75  
25  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            PLYMOUTH   540 CI     10.40    +  .1952   .0218 10.5952   126.86  
26  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 655 CI     09.52    +  .2139   .2827  9.7339   142.56  
27  79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              'A' VAN    493 CI     10.90    +  .2905   .0108 11.1905    96.22  
28  905      PRO ET   UDO BECKER           GERMANY  DE                VW BEETLE  215 CI     10.30    +  .3823   .1754 10.6823   123.76  
29  315      PRO ET   NIGEL GREEN          SCARBOROUGH  UK            VE BEETLE  2442 CC    10.73    +  .7888   .3867 11.5188   116.12  
30  757      PRO ET   DAVE BAILEY          EATON BRAY  UK             VALIANT    557 CI     09.30    -  .0079   .0865  9.2921   146.18  
31  210      PRO ET   ALEX MAHL            AUSTRIA  AT                AMC        411 CI     10.25    -  .0244   .3852 10.2256   127.96  
32  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        SUSSEX  UK                 FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.45    -  .0518   .1294 10.3982   129.87  
33  8        PRO ET   CARLA PITTAU         SWEDEN  SE                 CAMARO     434 CI     09.70    -  .0997   .0045  9.6003   137.72  
 Best R.T. was  CARLA PITTAU        +  .0045
 Best E.T. was  SEAN LAW             9.1208
 Best MPH was  GEOFF COWLEY        147.24
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11:40

The track check discovered a long trail of trans fluid in the shutdown area, as ever deftly dealt with by the track crew.

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 1

If you are tuned in to the webcam we were not on a loop during this session, that was our good buddy Spencer Tramm you saw crewing with five separate Junior Dragster teams. Nice RT from Saskia Fensome Jell to take #1 at that point and 0.009 off taking the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 11:41:12                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.0097  8.4293  0.5293  07.90  77.87
  2   4       SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0165  8.2499  0.3499  07.90  77.21
  3   17      TYLER ASHDOWN       + 0.0252  7.9990  0.0990  07.90  81.67
  4   11      THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0344  9.1884  0.2884  08.90  68.88
  5   801     PAIGE WHEELER       + 0.0355  8.0755  0.1755  07.90  80.07
  6   26      SAM HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0476  8.1221  0.2221  07.90  80.36
  7   74      DYLAN BRADLEY       + 0.0532 13.6619  0.7619  12.90  37.07
  8   5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.0657  8.4226  0.5226  07.90  69.52
  9   9       ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0672  7.9144  0.0144  07.90  81.81
 10   27      MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0698 14.3366  1.4366  12.90  39.96
 11   16      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.1425 13.1770  0.2770  12.90  47.19
 12   21      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.2226  9.0801  0.1801  08.90  70.13
 13   23      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.2795  8.2776  0.3776  07.90  76.43
 14   20      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.4120 10.5983  1.6983  08.90  62.54
 15   14      BONNIE WALLACE      - 0.0077  8.0423  0.1423  07.90  81.37
 16   30      HOLLY MOORE         - 0.0156  9.0490  0.1490  08.90  71.60
 17   12      LOTTIE BRADFORD     - 0.0488  9.2728  0.3728  08.90  68.94
 18   25      JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   - 0.0558  8.0011  0.1011  07.90  81.81
 19   3       AARON FENSOME       - 0.0570  8.1587  0.2587  07.90  79.51
 20   2       BILLY EVERITT       - 0.0786  8.1398  0.2398  07.90  78.55
 21   8       RUARIDH HART        - 0.1322  9.1706  1.2706  07.90  68.05
 22   7       BILLY RINGER        - 0.1510  9.5922  1.6922  07.90  67.70
 23   42      JORDAN PAYNE        - 0.2043  8.0296  0.1296  07.90  81.37

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11:00

Super Gas qualifying session 1

Hands full for Jon Giles in the second pair, jumped the beams but looked from here that when his throttle stop went off the Willys took a hard left turn, Jon had a good hold of it though. Track crew checking the second half of the track and the shutdown area.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 10:58:24                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   645     MALCOLM MOTLER      + 0.0381 10.0219  0.1219  09.90 103.75
  2   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0607 11.0298  1.1298  09.90 108.06
  3   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.2062  9.8883 -0.0117  09.90 149.07
  4   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0613  9.8872 -0.0128  09.90 155.75
  5   538     JAN HARDEKOPF       + 0.2028  9.7610 -0.1390  09.90 137.31
  6   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.1686  9.6889 -0.2111  09.90 125.24

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10:55

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 1

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 10:54:53                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   176     KEV PERKINS         + 0.2494  7.6094 -0.3906  08.00 179.16
  2   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.4310  7.2748 -0.2852  07.56 188.96
  3   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.1498  8.3385  0.3385  08.00 172.98

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10:50

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 1

Big twisty out-of-shape launch for Antony Wilkins, shut it off and idled down the track. Fantastic run by Mark Todd to close the session but to be honest that was a real good off-the-trailer session for the entire class.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Pro Ladder      QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 10:51:21                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   65      MARK TODD           - 0.0154  7.3810  7.3810  00.00 198.01
  2   507     JON WEBSTER         + 0.1428  7.7428  7.7428  00.00 182.15
  3   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.3854  7.7603  7.7603  00.00 180.00
  4   22      ALEX MCINTOSH       + 0.1313  7.8818  7.8818  00.00 177.82
  5   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.2276  8.0179  8.0179  00.00 167.29
  6   677     GARY GOODING        + 0.5655  8.3525  8.3525  00.00 161.89
  7   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.2355  8.4210  8.4210  00.00 169.19
  8   504     JEFF MEADS          + 0.2056  8.8500  8.8500  00.00 163.66
  9   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.2528 10.0535 10.0535  00.00 137.38
 10   8000    JONNY SMITH         + 0.2768 12.8425 12.8425  00.00 107.78
 11   321     RICHARD MERRIMAN    + 0.2093 13.3733 13.3733  00.00 103.84
 12   911     ANTHONY WILKINS     + 0.4620 20.7475 20.7475  00.00  42.56

* = Disqualified 
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10:40

Super Street qualifying session 1

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 10:41:30                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       KAREN STEVENS       + 0.1092 10.9105  0.0105  10.90 129.83
  2   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.0980 10.9577  0.0577  10.90 119.31
  3   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0788 11.2998  0.3998  10.90 103.85
  4   1956    MATTHEW SEAMARKS    - 0.0261 10.7647 -0.1353  10.90 112.50

* = Disqualified 
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10:35

Super Comp qualifying session 1

Great run off the trailer for Paul Letchford to take #1 at that point. We think first Super Comp outings for Darryl and Sarah Howells, nice 9.06 for Darryl whilst Sarah in Steve and Lesley Field's car rolled the beams. Tom Margesson closest yet to the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award with a 0.0009 - unfortunately for Tom there was a big minus sign in front of the first zero. Pete Creswell into #1 by 0.0005 seconds two pairs later.

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 10:39:48                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   7       PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0255  8.9050  0.0050  08.90 154.73
  2   24      PAUL LETCHFORD      - 0.1033  8.9055  0.0055  08.90 146.24
  3   55      RONALD HUIS         + 0.0773  8.9363  0.0363  08.90 151.11
  4   704     STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0252  8.9773  0.0773  08.90 157.93
  5   4       PAUL WATSON         + 0.0416  9.0066  0.1066  08.90 157.92
  6   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.2168  9.0316  0.1316  08.90 150.11
  7   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1580  9.0615  0.1615  08.90 148.13
  8   777     JEREMY PRINCE       + 0.3031  9.0942  0.1942  08.90 145.78
  9   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0312  9.0969  0.1969  08.90 149.05
 10   603     RICHIE WEBB         + 0.3636  9.6297  0.7297  08.90 113.48
 11   424     JON GILES           + 0.0211  9.8147  0.9147  08.90 151.64
 12   76      SARAH HOWELLS       - 0.2346 11.8767  2.9767  08.90 143.90
 13   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.2350  8.8993 -0.0007  08.90 155.25
 14   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0960  8.8752 -0.0248  08.90 149.07
 15   714     TOM MARGESSON       - 0.0009  8.8585 -0.0415  08.90 156.35
 16   197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1490  8.8474 -0.0526  08.90 171.11

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10:25

Sorry about the second brief break in webcam service. If it craps out again then we have a contingency plan which will mean taking it offline for a couple of minutes tops. As ever we will do what we can as quickly as we can.

Super Pro ET qualifying session 1

Great wheels-up launch and 0.9333 sixty for Martyn Jones' dragster, unload and shake on the touchdown forced him to pedal. Next pair and Jayne Kay couldn't get reverse after the burnout in her altered. Jayne got out of the car and hopped the guardrail whilst Lee Darby made his pass. Excellent run for Rod Harrison in his all-but Top Methanol Dragster, how you judge it +0.0671 in such a car I don't know but Rod did it, a new PB to boot, well done Rod! 0.0019 RT for Chris Parker, closest yet to the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award. Jayne back for another go (as she had not staged her earlier run officially didn't happen), big step to the right on launch but after her Fuel FC exploits Jaybe probably found that very easy to deal with.

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                                                F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
SUPER PRO ET                                                   THROUGH ROUND # 1                              03/09/2015 10:27:39
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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   984      S/PRO    THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     08.08    +  .0160   .1238  8.0960   165.41  
2   48       S/PRO    MICK HOWLING         SOUTH WOOTTON  UK          MONZA      477 CI     08.90    +  .0431   .1845  8.9431   150.07  
3   819      S/PRO    CHRIS PARKER         BEVERLEY  UK               WORTHY     598 CI     07.68    +  .0482   .0019  7.7282   173.04  
4   470      S/PRO    BRAD JACKSON         NABURN  UK                 DRAGSTER   565 CI     07.72    +  .0520   .1128  7.7720   171.68  
5   4        S/PRO    TOM ATKINSON         BRACKLEY  UK               CORTINA    540 CI     08.70    +  .0547   .0660  8.7547   154.16  
6   250      S/PRO    NICK GOOD            DOWNHAM MARKET  UK         NGM        509 CI     06.80    +  .0604   .0130  6.8604   194.68  
7   307      S/PRO    ROD HARRISON         MANEA  UK                  DRAGSTER   471 CI     06.00    +  .0671   .2607  6.0671   216.93  
8   68       S/PRO    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              F/BIRD     540 CI     08.72    +  .0676   .0218  8.7876   155.20  
9   263      S/PRO    BARRY GILES          FAREHAM  UK                DRAGSTER   548 CI     07.45    +  .0694   .0934  7.5194   177.80  
10  650      S/PRO    JOE KELLETT          BOLTON  UK                 HRC        540 CI     08.03    +  .0810   .0122  8.1110   164.84  
11  881      S/PRO    PETER WALTERS        SOMERSET  UK               DRAGSTER   350 CI     08.30    +  .0814   .0518  8.3814   160.15  
12  543      S/PRO    JACK BREWSTER        BOURNEMOUTH  UK            FIREBIRD   582 CI     08.30    +  .0818   .0187  8.3818   165.41  
13  914      S/PRO    LEE DARBY            DEAL  UK                   CHEVY P-UP 585 CI     08.32    +  .0878   .0686  8.4078   156.83  
14  541      S/PRO    SIMON GOUGH          ESSEX  UK                  '12 CAMARO            08.48    +  .0913   .0452  8.5713   160.72  
15  782      S/PRO    DAVID RUSSELL        CHIDDINGFOLD  UK           MARINA VAN 540 CI     08.70    +  .0917   .3425  8.7917   156.27  
16  429      S/PRO    RICK COOKE           RANDWICK  UK               DRAGSTER   498 CI     08.29    +  .0917   .1403  8.3817   156.81  
17  640      S/PRO    PAUL PRZYBYL         PETERBOROUGH  UK           CHROMEWORX 605 CI     07.40    +  .1121   .1025  7.5121   178.47  
18  551      S/PRO    MARK FLAVELL         NORTHALLETON  UK           FIREBIRD   7000 CC    07.99    +  .1858   .3615  8.1758   161.29  
19  425      S/PRO    STEVE ASHDOWN        WELLING  UK                DRAGSTER   477 CI     08.35    +  .1932   .1136  8.5432   140.26  
20  868      S/PRO    PETER LANE           GROVE  UK                  1955 CHEVY            08.68    +  .3168   .4297  8.9968   150.54  
21  717      S/PRO    LAURA TURBURVILE     NOTTINGHAM  UK             DRAGSTER   555 CI     07.90    +  .3954   .1393  8.2954   164.82  
22  834      S/PRO    STEVE KELLETT        CUDWORTH  UK               MUSTANG    577 CI     07.90    +  .4898   .4187  8.3898   153.60  
23  22       S/PRO    MARCK HARTEVELD      NETHERLANDS  NL            SUPERBIRD  526 CI     06.83    +  .6056   .2218  7.4356   190.56  
24  28       S/PRO    JOHAN OOMEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            VIPER      811 CI     06.90    +  .6899   .3586  7.5899   187.29  
25  93       S/PRO    JAYNE KAY            BURY  UK                   ALTERED    480 CI     07.77    +  .7334   .1607  8.5034   157.90  
26  453      S/PRO    MARTYN JONES         HAMBLE  UK                 RCCS       452 CI     06.00    + 1.0428   .1423  7.0428   206.14  
27  315      S/PRO    ROBERT DOYLE         BRAINTREE  UK              DAT 260Z   432 CI     08.50    + 1.6026   .1291 10.1026   135.32  
28  202      S/PRO    MARK ADAMS           DEDDINGTON  UK             DRAGSTER   527 CI     07.35    + 2.1279   .0813  9.4779    91.42  
29  723      S/PRO    GORDON NORTHWAY      SLOUGH  UK                 '73 CHEVY  632 CI     08.56    + 5.1011   .1341 13.6611    95.08  
30  62       S/PRO    MARIUS BLACKBURN     ROYDON  UK                 23 FORD T  468 CI     08.81    +10.2303   .0968 19.0403    45.89  
31  435      S/PRO    IAN POWELL           REDRUTH  UK                HORTON     383 CI     07.96    -  .0002   .0273  7.9598   168.50  
32  90       S/PRO    BILLY GANE           CHELMSFORD  UK             VICTOR     662 CI     08.23    -  .0048   .1054  8.2252   164.82  
33  1        S/PRO    SCOTT HAUSER         FINEDON  UK                HRC        598 CI     07.67    -  .0138   .0648  7.6562   175.68  
34  777      S/PRO    REINIER VAN SCHELT   NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEVROLET  672 CI     08.45    -  .0217   .2492  8.4283   155.74  
35  63       S/PRO    JOE STEVENS          TROWELL  UK                SUNBEAM    540 CI     08.41    -  .0523   .4051  8.3577   168.49  
 Best R.T. was  JACK BREWSTER       +  .0187
 Best E.T. was  ROD HARRISON         6.0671
 Best MPH was  ROD HARRISON        216.93
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09:50

Sorry about the brief break in webcam service, not many clues from the PC about what was wrong apart from pointing the finger at the satellite. A couple of tweaks and restarted and let's see how that goes.

Pro ET qualifying session 1

Congratulations to Simon Innes who won the £100 Eurodragster.com / Gold RV Perfect ET award with a 10.8708 on a 10.87 dial-in. First pair 09:34, money won at 09:43, not bad going!

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                 F.I.A European Finals 2015. Santa Pod Raceway. UK.    
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
03/09/2015 09:51:53                              23  PRO ET            
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.1076 10.7808  0.0008  10.78 124.40
  2   626     LIZ MALCOLM         + 0.0543 11.2039  0.0139  11.19 117.43
  3   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.1512  9.1542  0.0142  09.14 140.74
  4   192     LEE GUY             - 0.0415 10.5363  0.0463  10.49 124.43
  5   888     DAVID NICOL         + 0.0483 10.4981  0.0581  10.44 133.67
  6   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.0266  9.3307  0.0707  09.26 144.33
  7   608     DAN WILLIAMS        + 0.1207  9.9815  0.0715  09.91 130.14
  8   205     BOB MOLDEN          - 0.0423  9.8334  0.0734  09.76 136.09
  9   351     JAMES FORSTER       + 0.0914 12.0701  0.0801  11.99 114.03
 10   90      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0773  9.6810  0.0810  09.60 136.44
 11   495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.2928  9.1127  0.0827  09.03 148.07
 12   40      SEAN LAW            - 0.0220  9.1683  0.0883  09.08 145.25
 13   601     AL PLATT            + 0.0744 11.8242  0.1242  11.70 115.33
 14   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2041 10.0132  0.1332  09.88 129.02
 15   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.3246 11.0417  0.1417  10.90 118.53
 16   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.0175  9.8750  0.1550  09.72 136.02
 17   833     JOHN DALRYMPLE      + 0.4204 10.0620  0.1620  09.90 132.94
 18   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.1058  9.3780  0.1680  09.21 113.04
 19   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0108 11.1905  0.2905  10.90  96.22
 20   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.2452 10.5316  0.3316  10.20 126.26
 21   905     UDO BECKER          + 0.1754 10.6823  0.3823  10.30 123.76
 22   315     NIGEL GREEN         + 0.3867 11.5188  0.7888  10.73 116.12
 23   883     STEVE BOWEN         + 0.4350 11.1792  1.0092  10.17 129.47
 24   757     DAVE BAILEY         + 0.0865  9.2921 -0.0079  09.30 146.18
 25   886     TONY HARTER         + 0.5432  9.8911 -0.0089  09.90 139.87
 26   25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.1533  9.4801 -0.0499  09.53 140.68
 27   59      LAURA BAYNTON       + 0.1294 10.3982 -0.0518  10.45 129.87
 28   371     PAUL JACKSON        - 0.0755  9.7833 -0.0567  09.84 133.32
 29   118     GLENN PALLANT       + 0.1873  9.4767 -0.4533  09.93 142.46

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08:40

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the FIA / FIM European Finals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be on-line broadcasting live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is open. With an 09:30 start scheduled today the webcam will go on-line at approximately 09:15. Thanks to Doyousee.me for the provision of streaming services.

Despite today's very clearly laid out news item and the details on the Event Index there appears to be a bit of confusion about who is webcasting what and when. Below is the current webcast and Web TV schedule:

Today Eurodragster.com Webster Race
Engineering
/ Nimbus Motorsport webcam
 
Tomorrow to 18:00 Eurodragster.com Webster Race
Engineering
/ Nimbus Motorsport webcam
 
Tomorrow from 18:00   Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe Web TV
Saturday   Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe Web TV
Sunday   Trakbak Racing / Track Group Europe Web TV

Of course if you'd rather pay attention to Facebook and look at a blank screen until tomorrow evening then that is your right and privilege.

We had a few sprinkles of rain early this morning but it cleared and as ever the track crew had it covered. Right now the gold dust is going down on the start line and the finishing touches are being applied to the shutdown area. Currently overcast but not cold and the radar is clear.

A big Good Morning to all of the Eurodragsterholics tuned in around the planet, we'll do our best for you guys. The usual hello to our faithful fan Ivar Kolberg who is tuned in from Norway and also to Supertwin racer Job Heezen who can't be here this weekend but is tuned in from home. To those of you who are on your day jobs today we will get information to you as quickly as we can, just don't get yourselves in trouble with the boss... apart from Tobbe, of course, who says he doesn't care about that.

We have the full service for you today: live reports, Simon's pit notes and Julian's end-day gallery and of course the webcast. We do already have one gallery for you which is from yesterday's Pro Peak Performance Test and Tune Day which was ultimately rained out. Contributing Photographer Grace Roaf and Your Reporter managed to bag fifty shots before the rain shagged everything up.

We are due to start at 09:30 with Pro ET Q1 and we have five cycles of qualifying scheduled today. Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we'll start to bring you the news.


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