Mopar EuroNationals
Santa Pod Raceway, 24th-26th July 2015

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21:45

Today's gallery has now been posted and can be checked out from the Event Index. There are 160 pictures in all; if you do not see all 160 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

19:55

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

MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Mick Payne 16.2727/51.38 bye; Wayne Nicholson 9.0851/107.55, Paula Atkin 7.0805/171.75; Andy Wright 6.8702/168.53, Kev Slyfield 6.3908/223.30; Chris Isaacs 8.3487/112.65, Robert Joosten 6.3348/215.96

Up against the 20:00 curfew now, race officials pointing to crew and then to watches. Foot launch for Mick and the Camaro went straight for the guardrail, shut if off about 100 feet out and completed the run on idle. Paula still working up on the new set-up and it's coming together nicely, 1.0543 to sixty, 4.4982/156.87 at the eighth, sounded like slight feathering of the throttle at half track but then stayed on it all the way. 1.0397 to sixty for Wayne then a move for the Vette and off the throttle by half track 5.1231/120.47. Paula put Wayne out of the ladder but Wayne should come in as an alternate for #2 qualifier and Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy Robinson. 1.0788 to sixty for Andy W, driving through shake and the Coupe made a move to the left, 4.2787/165.87 at the eighth and then a hard right turn in the second eighth, looked like another three wheel job and off the gas at that point. 1.0597 to sixty for Kev, 4.1810/176.12 at the eighth, straight run and a new PB, well done Kev! 1.0663 to sixty for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, drive through shake, hard right turn at the eighth 4.6548/132.85 and off the gas. 1.0028 to sixty for Robert, straight run to begin with but drifted right towards the eighth 4.1339/175.44, pulled it back and then shut off and chutes out before the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Robert Joosten 6.2051/232.77
  2. Andy Robinson 6.2115/234.93
  3. Kev Slyfield 6.3908/223.30
  4. Roger Moore 6.4349/214.82
  5. Chris Isaacs 6.7551/211.10
  6. Andy Wright 6.8702/168.53
  7. Jean Dulamon 6.9320/164.88
  8. Paula Atkin 7.0805/171.75
    --- DNQ ---
  9. Wayne Nicholson 7.8377/184.31
  10. Mick Payne 8.2104/117.64
  11. Bobby Wallace 8.3775/112.22

Rick Garrett, who is running in UK Top Sportsman this weekend, followed with a checkout pass in his Willys. 1.0338 to sixty, some shake passing the Tree, 4.2378/172.38 at the eighth and 6.5123/214.88 at the stripe.

That's all for today, stay tuned though as we have today's gallery to bring you.

18:25

Comanche Race Cars / JS Secure Security Solutions UK Top Sportsman Heads Up qualifying

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                                                 Mopar Euro Nationals. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
TOP SPORTSMAN D2                                               THROUGH ROUND # 1                              25/07/2015 18:35:54
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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   1941     TS       RICK GARRETT                                                          00.00     0.000   .2565  6.4748   214.81  
2   95       TS       BELINDA BULL         ESSEX  UK                  '99 CHEVY  760 CI     00.00     0.000   .1761  7.0363   192.23  
3   176      TS       KEV PERKINS                                                           00.00     0.000   .1022  7.6316   179.91  
4   55       TS       ROB SMALLWORTH                                                        00.00     0.000   .2450  7.6375   178.54  
5   197      TS       NEIL HUNTER          CHESTERFIELD  UK           FIREBIRD   615 CI     00.00     0.000   .1690  7.8235   172.40  
6   68       TS       TIM MUGRIDGE                                                          00.00     0.000   .4438  7.8708   175.05  
7   984      TS       THOMAS HAAS          SWITZERLAND  CH            VALIANT    588 CI     00.00     0.000   .2506  8.1394   164.29  
8   543      TS       JACK BREWSTER        BOURNMOUTH  UK             FIREBIRD   582 CI     00.00     0.000   .0741  8.3112   164.86  
9   53       TS       LEE DARBY                                                             00.00     0.000   .5808  8.3352   155.75  
10  834      TS       STEVE KELLETT        BARNSLEY  UK                                     00.00     0.000   .1512  8.4828   163.65  
11  240      TS       DARREN PEART                                                          00.00     0.000   .3981  8.5356   159.04  
12  572      TS       STEVE NEIMANTAS                                                       00.00     0.000   .5618  8.5968   150.17  
13  1968     TS       BRIAN PATEMAN                                                         00.00     0.000   .0700  8.7404   155.23  
14  4        TS       TOM ATKINSON                                                          00.00     0.000   .1664  8.7664   152.17  
15  69       TS       MATTHEW WRIGHT                                                        00.00     0.000   .2830  8.9441   157.91  
16  427      TS       PETE YOUHILL                                                          00.00     0.000   .2148  9.2602   144.35  
 -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
17  75       TS       CHRIS NEWSAM                                                          00.00     0.000   .0516  9.4467   139.06  
18  510      TS       TERRY ROBBINS                                                         00.00     0.000   .4135  9.4489   141.67  
19  9        TS       NICK CURTIS          DORSET  UK                 '72 DART   461 CI     00.00     0.000   .3050  9.4663   138.12  
20  25       TS       LEE HUXLEY           WORCESTER  UK              68 MUSTANG 520 CI     00.00     0.000   .1438  9.5714   139.04  
21  648      TS       JON TURNER           KENT  UK                   BARRACUDA  512 CI     00.00     0.000   .3247  9.9226   136.12  
22  24       TS       TAYLER LETCHFORD     ABBOTTS LANGLEY UK         '68 CAMARO 584 CI     00.00     0.000   .0555 10.3817   145.69  
23  495      TS       GEOFF COWLEY         WORCS  UK                  '68 NOVA   540 CI     00.00     0.000   .5598 10.4414   146.70  
24  1778     TS       ROYDON MITCHELL                                                       00.00     0.000   .4611 10.6599   129.04  
25  888      TS       DES TAYLOR                                                            00.00     0.000   .2222 10.8964   126.66  
26  622      TS       BERNIE NEWBURY                                                        00.00     0.000   .1955 10.9947    88.91  
27  203      TS       ANDY HONE                                                             00.00     0.000   .0956 11.6282   156.34  
 Best R.T. was  CHRIS NEWSAM       +  .0516
 Best E.T. was  RICK GARRETT         6.4748
 Best MPH was   RICK GARRETT       214.81
-------------------------------------------------- END OF TSI RACENET SYSTEM QUALIFYING LIST ---------------------------------------

16:45

MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Paula Atkin 8.8330/101.97, Wayne Nicholson 7.8377/184.31; Robert Joosten 6.2051/232.77, Chris Isaacs 7.5254/149.11; Kev Slyfield shut off, Roger Moore 6.4349/214.82

Paula planning another short pass to work on the fuel set-up. 1.0538 to sixty, off the gas before the eighth 4.7653/122.09, looked to be accelerating hard before clicking off, promising pass. 1.1265 to sixty for Wayne, the Vette turned left and went for the centre line. Wayne had to pedal, back on the gas and the Vette did not want to go straight. 5.0298/130.65 at the eighth with his hands full and a gutsy second eighth as the Vette was moving left and right. Great pass for Robert, 1.0026 to sixty, 4.0768/180.53 at the eighth, into #1 spot. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris needed every piece of his long experience in this one. 1.0733 to sixty, driving through high-frequency shake, the Duster headed towards the centre line and then turned hard right just past the eighth 4.5184/153.54. Chris kept a great hold of it and kept it shiny side up. Kev shut off by Chief Starter David Warren for a fluid leak just before staging. Great pass for Roger! 1.0364 to sixty feet, driving through high-frequency shake, black smoke from the left side, 4.1710/173.71 at the eighth. Big improvement but stayed in third.

Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy Robinson and Bobby Wallace are both out for the weekend, Andy with a broken crank and Bobby with "A chewed up motor".

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Robert Joosten 6.2051/232.77
  2. Andy Robinson 6.2115/234.93
  3. Roger Moore 6.4349/214.82
  4. Kev Slyfield 6.7345/216.99
  5. Chris Isaacs 6.7551/211.10
  6. Jean Dulamon 6.9320/164.88
  7. Andy Wright 7.0444/171.75
  8. Wayne Nicholson 7.8377/184.31
  9. Mick Payne 8.2104/117.64
  10. Bobby Wallace 8.3775/112.22
  11. Paula Atkin 8.8330/101.97

16:30

Comanche Race Cars / JS Secure Security Solutions UK Top Sportsman Fast Bracket eliminations round 2

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

25/07/2015 16:32:35                              9  TOP SPORTSMAN D1  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      622     BERNARD NEWBURY     + 0.1728 11.2753  1.6753  09.60 119.48
Win   75      CHRIS NEWSAM        + 0.1448  9.3456  0.2456  09.10 127.73
 
      24      TAYLER LETCHFORD               .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   834     STEVE KELLETT       + 0.3891  8.0611  0.1611  07.90 159.45
 
Win   510     TERRY ROBBINS       + 0.3388  9.4695  0.0695  09.40 142.03
      888     DES TAYLOR          + 0.2080 10.8562 -0.0438  10.90 119.62
 
Win   1968    BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1538  9.3120  0.5320  08.78 126.19
      425     JULIAN DAVISON      + 0.2057 12.2718  2.7118  09.56  77.10
 
      240     DARREN PEART        + 0.1992  8.4630  0.1630  08.30 160.17
Win   176     KEV PERKINS         + 0.0935  7.7558  0.1558  07.60 176.43
 
      648     JON TURNER          + 0.2786 10.5674  0.7074  09.86 127.58
Win   782     DAVE RUSSELL        + 0.4203  8.8741  0.0741  08.80 141.23
 
Win   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0512  8.5615  0.0415  08.52 157.93
      53      LEE DARBY           + 0.2217  8.5330 -0.0170  08.55 145.81
 
       Bye                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   9       NICK CURTIS         + 0.3117  9.8539  0.3539  09.50 138.08
 
      203     ANDY HONE           + 0.3527  7.4124  0.0024  07.41 183.62
Win   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.1303  7.6327  0.0827  07.55 178.42

* = Disqualified 
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14:40

Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. We also have an update to the Pro Mod qualifying standings which you can check out in our report below.

14:25

Comanche Race Cars / JS Secure Security Solutions UK Top Sportsman Fast Bracket eliminations round 1

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

25/07/2015 14:26:09                              9  TOP SPORTSMAN D1  
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   834     STEVE KELLETT       + 0.1804  8.6263  0.7263  07.90 146.63
Foul  4       TOM ATKINSON        - 0.0016  8.7969  0.0969  08.70 153.14
 
Win   510     TERRY ROBBINS       + 0.4303  9.4155  0.0155  09.40 136.90
      495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.3348  9.2239  0.1239  09.10 135.36
 
      572     STEVE NEIMANTIS     + 0.3686  8.2316  0.4316  07.80 186.66
Win   240     DARREN PEART        + 0.1603  8.7628  0.4628  08.30 156.34
 
      69      MATT WRIGHT         + 0.3556 12.4962  3.0962  09.40  80.81
Win   425     JULIAN DAVISON      + 0.2797  9.7339  0.2339  09.50 132.20
 
      496     MALCOLM COOKE                  .     -1.00000 10.00   0.00
Win   9       NICK CURTIS         + 0.2446  9.6082  0.0082  09.60 119.00
 
      351     WINSTON SEWELL      + 0.4913  9.7165 -0.2035  09.92 140.75
Win   176     KEV PERKINS         + 1.1317  7.6748  0.0748  07.60 175.06
 
      543     JACK BREWSTER       + 0.2604  8.8120  0.5120  08.30 145.70
Win   782     DAVE RUSSELL        + 0.3567  8.8167  0.0367  08.78 154.74
 
      25      LEE HUXLEY          + 0.2643  9.5447 -0.0153  09.56 134.82
Win   888     DES TAYLOR          + 0.1441 10.9677  0.1677  10.80 121.23
 
      70      TIM MOORE                      .     -9.8000  09.80   0.00
Win   622     BERNARD NEWBURY     + 0.2162  9.7920  0.1920  09.60 135.73
 
Win   1968    BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.1301  8.8023  0.0223  08.78 154.69
      984     THOMAS HAAS                    .     -8.0900  08.09   0.00
 
Win   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1915 10.1737  0.3137  09.86 129.79
      1778    ROYDON MITCHELL     + 0.3677  9.5741 -0.1959  09.77 139.52
 
      245     AL GOLDING          + 0.3662 10.4076  1.5076  08.90 122.75
Win   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.1380  8.6298  0.1298  08.50 148.71
 
      427     PETE YOUHILL        + 0.1923  9.2983 -0.2017  09.50 144.31
Win   24      TAYLER LETCHFORD    + 0.0847  8.0868  0.0768  08.01 167.32
 
Win   53      LEE DARBY           + 0.2117  8.3697 -0.2803  08.65 155.75
Foul  95      BELINDA BULL                 26.8800 19.7800  07.10 134.17
 
Win   75      CHRIS NEWSAM        + 0.1671  9.1215  0.0215  09.10 144.31
      197     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1993  7.9620  0.1620  07.80 170.43 
      NONE                                   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   203     ANDY HONE           + 3.9345  7.4500 -0.0400  07.49 181.21
 
      68      TIM MUGRIDGE        + 0.4063  8.0483  0.5483  07.50 148.09
Win   55      ROB SMALLWORTH      + 0.2045  7.6952  0.0952  07.60 177.81

* = Disqualified 
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Qualifying to set the Round 2 ladder:

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                                                 Mopar Euro Nationals. Santa Pod Raceway. England.    
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
TOP SPORTSMAN D1                                               THROUGH ROUND # 1                              25/07/2015 14:27:17
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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   9        TS       NICK CURTIS          DORSET  UK                 '72 DART   461 CI     09.60    +  .0082   .2446  9.6082   119.00  
2   510      TS       TERRY ROBBINS        BASILDON  UK               CHEVY S10  496 CI     09.40    +  .0155   .4303  9.4155   136.90  
3   75       TS       CHRIS NEWSAM         CHESTERFIELD  UK           '05 MGZS   468 CI     09.10    +  .0215   .1671  9.1215   144.31  
4   1968     TS       BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              FIREBIRD   540 CI     08.78    +  .0223   .1301  8.8023   154.69  
5   782      TS       DAVE RUSSELL         SURREY  UK                 '77 MARINA 540 CI     08.78    +  .0367   .3567  8.8167   154.74  
6   176      TS       KEV PERKINS          BASILDON  UK               CUTLASS    460 CI     07.60    +  .0748  1.1317  7.6748   175.06  
7   24       TS       TAYLER LETCHFORD     ABBOTTS LANGLEY UK         CAMARO     584 CI     08.01    +  .0768   .0847  8.0868   167.32  
8   55       TS       ROB SMALLWORTH                                  '55 CHEVY             07.60    +  .0952   .2045  7.6952   177.81  
9   541      TS       SIMON GOUGH          BAS VEGAS  UK              '12 CAMARO            08.50    +  .1298   .1380  8.6298   148.71  
10  888      TS       DES TAYLOR           WAKEFIELD  UK              '70 NOVA              10.80    +  .1677   .1441 10.9677   121.23  
11  622      TS       BERNARD NEWBURY      ESSEX  UK                  '67 BEETLE 174 CI     09.60    +  .1920   .2162  9.7920   135.73  
12  425      TS       JULIAN DAVISON       ESSEX  UK                  '58 FORD   300 CI     09.50    +  .2339   .2797  9.7339   132.20  
13  648      TS       JON TURNER                                      BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.86    +  .3137   .1915 10.1737   129.79  
14  240      TS       DARREN PEART         CLEVELAND  UK              CORTINA    6L V8      08.30    +  .4628   .1603  8.7628   156.34  
15  834      TS       STEVE KELLETT        BARNSLEY  UK               07 MUSTANG 577 CI     07.90    +  .7263   .1804  8.6263   146.63  
16  203      TS       ANDY HONE            ENFIELD  UK                GRANADA    461 CI     07.49    -  .0400  3.9345  7.4500   181.21  
17  53       TS       LEE DARBY              UK                       '52 CHEVY  572 CI     08.65    -  .2803   .2117  8.3697   155.75  
 Best R.T. was  TAYLER LETCHFORD    +  .0847
 Best E.T. was  ANDY HONE            7.4500
 Best MPH was  ANDY HONE           181.21
-------------------------------------------------- END OF TSI RACENET SYSTEM QUALIFYING LIST ---------------------------------------

14:00

MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Paula Atkin 17.9308/40.12 bye; Mick Payne 8.2104/117.64, Robert Joosten 6.3651/222.22; Wayne Nicholson no time, Bobby Wallace 8.3775/112.22; Chris Isaacs 6.7551/211.10, Jean Dulamon 6.9320/164.88; Roger Moore 6.6143/210.11, Andy Robinson 6.2115/234.93; Andy Wright 7.0444/171.75, Kev Slyfield 6.7345/216.99

Paula with a planned launch, running a new set-up specifically designed for the Fuse fuel supplied by our mutual sponsor Nimbus Motorsport. 1.0669 to sixty with the throttle feathering, good start. Great to see Mick back. Brief screaming burnout. 0.9970 to sixty for Robert, car made a little move to the right but he stayed with it, 4.1610/174.03 at the eighth and off it and chutes our after 1000 feet. 1.1224 to sixty for Mick, car started to make a move to the right from the hit. 4.7665/147.61 at the eighth, very close to the centre line at that point and off the has soon after. 1.0672 to sixty for Bobby, 2.8561 to 330 feet and then a big nitrous burp, front of the car briefly cloaked in flame. Wayne's car didn't move at the hit, shut off and pushed back. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris deep staged robbing him of a touch of ET. 1.1014 to sixty, tyres squealing but no shake and a nice straight run. 4.4190/165.89 at the eighth. 1.1496 to sixty for Jean, by the time the Camaro got to the eighth both pipes were spitting flame 4.2998/170.78, the motor sounded to be misfiring and Jean shut it off before the stripe. 1.0442 to sixty for Roger, 4.2800/166.54 at the eighth, straight run with no visible drama. 1.0480 to sixty for Eurodragter.com sponsor Andy, shake started past the Tree and a lot of the way to 330 feet but it must have been one of those acceptable-level things since Andy stayed with it. 4.1088/182.44 at the eighth, visibly accelerating hard in the second half and into #1 spot. 1.0529 to sixty for Andy W to Kev's 1.0719, both hit shake, Kev drove through it whilst Andy tried to but had to pedal briefly as the Coupe went up on three wheels. 4.4075/145.11 to the eighth for Andy to Kev's 4.4409/166.34, Andy off and on the throttle a couple of times in the second half as the Coupe made serious moves left and right.

Word subsequently came back that Robert Joosten's run had been DQ'd after weigh-in.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Andy Robinson 6.2115/234.93
  2. Roger Moore 6.6143/210.11
  3. Kev Slyfield 6.7345/216.99
  4. Chris Isaacs 6.7551/211.10
  5. Jean Dulamon 6.9320/164.88
  6. Andy Wright 7.0444/171.75
  7. Mick Payne 8.2104/117.64
  8. Bobby Wallace 8.3775/112.22
  9. Paula Atkin 17.9308/40.12

09:05

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the Mopar EuroNationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be online broadcasting live video and commentary / Nitro FM audio so long as the track is open. Today the track is scheduled to open at 09:30 so the webcam will go on at about 09:25. Thanks to those who got in touch with appreciation of yesterday's Dragstalgia replays, we were very grateful for that.

It's a beautiful day here at Santa Pod, blue sky with very few cloud. I think we all got to the end of yesterday thinking that we had wasted a day of our lives but there's nothing you can do about Mother Nature so no point in moaning about it (Facebook mizzogs please note). Today is a far better proposition so let's get excited about that. The strip is pretty much ready and it looks like finishing touches on the shutdown area.

Having lost yesterday to the weather means that we have to try to squeeze Comanche Race Cars / JS Secure Security Solutions Top Sportsman Day 1 into today. The current plan is for the TS Test and Tune at 10:15 and then Pro Mod, Gasser Circus and TS E1 at 11:15. Just awaiting the new running order then we can confirm.

Today we will be reporting on MSA Pro Modified and UK Top Sportsman; we will report upon the former in real time and we hope to do the same with TS although it depends upon how the timing system is set. Simon will be bringing you pit notes throughout the day and Kirstie is in charge of photography.

Stay tuned and keep an eye on the webcast when it commences and as soon as the first pair of Pro Mods fires up we'll bring you the news.


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