Santa Pod Raceway, 25th-27th March 2016
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 21:40 We have now posted today's gallery, which you can check out via the Event Index. There are 145 pictures in all courtesy of Julian; if you do not see all 145 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button. Tune back in the morning and we'll bring you all the news from day two of qualifying. 19:55 Supertwin Top Gas qualifying session 2 Ivana van den Berg came off her bike during the burnout in the first pair. Safety crews rushed to her aid, she was up on her feet when allowed and walked in a sprightly manner to the ambulance without assistance. On the restart Robbie Dobbie was set to run but pushed back before staging. The curfew is pressing so we're done for the day. Stay tuned and we will bring you today's gallery as soon as we have had dinner. 19:45 ET Bike qualifying session 2 Ian Chrichlow into #1 spot in the first pair. Phil Cordelle up from #15 to #6 in the last pair but two, Gary Hester up from #7 to #4 in the penultimate pass.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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19:35 8.50 Bike qualifying session 2 Andy Haley into #1 spot in the first pair... only to be unseated by Jake Mechaell in the second pair.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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9.50 Bike qualifying session 2
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19:30 Funny Bike qualifying session 2 Dave Peters crossed the centre line after the eighth in the first pair, took out some reflectors whilst he was at it. Fantastic run from Lorcan to take over #1 spot, shut it off early too so the return to the sixes is not far off. Improvement for Eric Richard but stayed #4, lots of tyre shake so more left in there.
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FUNNY BIKE THROUGH ROUND # 2 25/03/2016 19:25:47
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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 14 FB LORCAN PARNELL KING'S LYNN UK HONDA CBX 1500 CC 00.00 0.000 .3727 7.0723 160.74
2 1 FB DAVE PETERS GAWTHWAITE UK SUZ GSX 1327 CC 00.00 0.000 .2630 7.3013 181.36
3 22 FB PHIL CROSSLEY LANCASTER UK SUZ GSX 1500 CC 00.00 0.000 .0797 7.5353 173.07
4 34 FB ERIC RICHARD FRANCE FR SUZ BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .2881 7.5466 171.10
5 42 FB ALLAN DAVIES FLORE UK SUZ GSX 1500 CC 00.00 0.000 .1124 7.9186 170.45
6 12 FB THOMAS JOSWIG GERMANY DE KOSMAN SUZ 1327 CC 00.00 0.000 .2360 8.2547 168.55
7 23 FB ANDRE BARTAK CZECH REPUBLIC CZ PXM 2016 1600 CC 00.00 0.000 2.0092 10.6021 135.63
8 10 FB DAVE BUTTERY BOSTON UK SUZ GSX 1428 CC 00.00 0.000 .3663 11.0373 125.14
-- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
9 30 FB F.PAPAFILIPPOU GREECE GR SUZUKI 1570 CC 00.00 0.000 .3100 12.8667 62.79
Best R.T. was PHIL CROSSLEY + .0797
Best E.T. was LORCAN PARNELL 7.0723
Best MPH was DAVE PETERS 181.36
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Comp Bike qualifying session 2 Mark Hope up from #5 to #3 first pair.
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25/03/2016 19:28:26 16 COMP BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 2 EDDY SMILEY + 0.1694 7.8881 7.8881 00.00 175.08
2 4 MICK WINYARD + 0.2130 8.0465 8.0465 00.00 175.75
3 9 MARK HOPE + 0.0653 8.1424 8.1424 00.00 177.85
4 1 KEVIN OSMAN + 0.1615 8.3823 8.3823 00.00 177.10
5 15 MARTIN WALKER + 0.1244 8.5294 8.5294 00.00 138.67
6 8 PHILIP LEAMON + 0.1251 9.3035 9.3035 00.00 138.12
7 14 DAVE THOMAS + 0.1957 15.3717 15.3717 00.00 76.04
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19:15 VW Pro qualifying session 2 Paul Jordan up from #11 to #6 in the first pair. That lasted two pairs as Carl Goldsmith did exactly the same thing, #11 to #6. Would you believe another two pairs later Alex Knott did the same, #11 to #6!
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VW Sportsman qualifying session 2 after re-run Bruce Collins up from #12 to #3 in the third pair. Steve Roberts up from #15 to #5 next run. Superb 0.0027 RT by Rodd Chisholm-Brown and up from #15 to #8 into the bagain. Ed Keech lext up the ladder, #9 to #6. The pairing between Russ Weir and Paul Day was re-run after a problem with the timing system.
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19:00 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 2 Improvements for Liam Holgate and Blade Dummer in the first pair, stayed #1 and #4 respectively. Well, that is until the next pair when Jasmine Cordelle took over the lead at +0.0317. Charlotte Hales up from #6 to #5 next pair.
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18:55 Super Street qualifying session 2
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18:45 Super Street Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Graham Balchin 8.7681/178.53, Richard Hann 7.5072/190.52; Steve Venables 7.3602/164.85 bye, Graham Dance shut off; Alex Hope 7.8080/182.13, Nigel Barker 8.0410/180.63; Sandro Haldimann 8.3981/179.96, Steve Wood 18.5668/35.27; Rick Stubbins 7.5627/161.32, Mark Wells 7.5275/194.61; Garry Bowe 7.8927/195.54, Chris Reed 7.7078/188.97; Krisztian Jasz 8.8057/156.29, Graham Dance 8.0044/181.41; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.8653/176.44 bye We had a hold for clean-up after Krisztian's bike dropped fluid in the second eighth.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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25/03/2016 18:47:33 17 SUPER STREET BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 3 STEVE VENABLES - 0.2348 7.1832 7.1832 00.00 200.66
2 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.2283 7.3848 7.3848 00.00 200.55
3 6 RICHARD HANN + 0.0953 7.5072 7.5072 00.00 190.52
4 10 MARK WELLS + 0.2938 7.5275 7.5275 00.00 194.61
5 5 RICK STUBBINS + 0.1655 7.5627 7.5627 00.00 161.32
6 2 CHRIS REED + 0.2300 7.7078 7.7078 00.00 188.97
7 4 ALEX HOPE + 0.1776 7.8080 7.8080 00.00 182.13
8 8 D.DONAT LENCSES + 0.1782 7.8653 7.8653 00.00 176.44
9 26 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1993 7.9198 7.9198 00.00 187.35
10 17 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.3970 8.0044 8.0044 00.00 181.41
11 20 NIGEL BARKER + 0.3935 8.0410 8.0410 00.00 180.63
12 28 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.2756 8.3981 8.3981 00.00 179.96
13 27 KRISZTIAN JASZ + 0.9318 8.8057 8.8057 00.00 156.29
14 12 STEVE WOOD + 0.1512 18.5668 18.5668 00.00 35.27
* = Disqualified
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18:10 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 2 Big wheelie from Dave Murdoch, then had to back off. In the other lane Stu Williams moved up from #2 to #1. Great run from Matt Smith with a new PB I believe and into #1. Martin Smith edged out of stage so no time. Improvement for Nick Hale but stayed #6. Fantastic run for Al Williamson, a new PB I believe, well done Al!
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25/03/2016 18:11:43 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 479 MATT SMITH + 0.2524 7.7670 7.7670 00.00 185.12
2 3 STUART WILLIAMS + 0.3300 8.0083 8.0083 00.00 184.32
3 33 DAVID MURDOCH + 0.0537 8.0595 8.0595 00.00 168.55
4 333 ALAN WILLIAMSON + 0.0864 8.1122 8.1122 00.00 168.53
5 677 GARY GOODING + 3.0300 8.9611 8.9611 00.00 153.63
6 524 NICK HALE + 0.0377 9.8601 9.8601 00.00 135.27
7 436 NIGEL HALE + 0.4748 10.9769 10.9769 00.00 122.88
* = Disqualified
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18:05 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 2 Improvements for Kev Perkins and Rob Smallworth, Kev consolidated #1 and Rob moved up from #3 to #2.
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25/03/2016 18:06:17 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 176 KEV PERKINS + 0.2700 7.5257 -0.4743 08.00 179.22
2 55 ROB SMALLWORTH + 0.3044 7.6771 -0.3229 08.00 177.07
3 194 MICHAEL OATES - 0.0127 9.0380 1.1980 07.84 143.43
* = Disqualified
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18:00 Simon has posted today's pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page. Super Comp qualifying session 2 Tom Margesson up from #10 to #3 first pair, right side at +0.1538. Another 8.9 for Pete Cresswell but in the other lane a big cloud of smoke from Phil Bennett's motor. Track crew cool with it so all OK. Another 8.9 for Conrad Stanley next pair and a time on the board for Nicky Frost after rolling the beams last round. Paul Hudson up from #8 to #5 and Paul Brown from #5 to #2 next pair. Excellent 0.0012 RT for Stu Doignie next pair, shut off early.
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17:50 Exhibition session Steve Ashdown (Top Fuel Dragster) shut off, bye Steve's motor started but then before the car moved the motor started to leak oil and had to be shut off. Whilst we were all watching Steve get out of the car Kevin Kent's Fuel FC was towed back to the pits. MSA Pro Modified licencing Michel Tooren 8.5029/108.85 bye; Marck Harteveld 8.7747/108.59 bye Michel getting visibly more confident with every run. Superb burnout, nice little rev of the motor as he came off it too. Excellent run! 0.9749 to sixty, a pedal at about 100 feet, back on the gas then shut off before half track 4.5837/122.06. 1.1255 to sixty for Marck, went to the top of second gear and shut off. 4.8117/119.51 at the eighth but off it by that point. 17:40 Super Pro ET qualifying session 2 Big burnout for Martyn Jones including a nice bit of dragster drifting but then no reverse and had to be pushed back. Nice run for Tom van der Wijden, the truck much less flighty this time as the power came in. Nic e0.0091 RT for John Przybyl in the next pair, improvement to +0.0581 but stayed #3 at that point. John Attkinson up from #13 to #4 next pair at +0.1204. Next pair and Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters shut off after his burnout and was pushed back. Billy Gane took the bye and moved up from #15 to #3 at +0.0344. Ian Powell up from #2 to #1 at +0.0166 and in the other lane Craig Wright up from #15 to #4 at +0.0576. Next pair and Scott Hauser looked to have trouble after the burnout but got back to the start line under his own power. Whatever is was didn't hurt as Scott moved up from #8 to #2 at +0.0193, in the other lane Dave Russell moved up from #16 to #7 at +0.0910. Great 0.0052 RT for Rick Cooke next pair, in at #8 +0.1054 on dial-in. Pete Walters back for another go at the end of the session, #18 to #10 at +0.1202.
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16:25 Pro ET qualifying session 2 Nice 0.0068 RT by Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams, sounded like the transmission was slipping though. James Forster up from #12 to #7 in the other lane. Next pair and a great run for Glenn Pallant up from #21 to #4 +0.0458. Next pair and Liz Malcolm moved up from #22 to #13. Jon Turner next up the ladder, #24 to #8 at +0.1226. Leigh Morris up from #21 to #4 and Eurodragster.com sponsor Steve Hudson up from #26 to #11 side by side next pair. More moves next pair, Neil Hunter #12 to #7 and Rhiannon Bellenie #26 to #13. Next pair and Mark Bailey pulled a big wheelie and left turn at the same time, backed it off. In the other lane Keith Herbert moved up from #14 to #9 +0.0922. Another move for Nigel Green's Beetle right on the stripe, had a hold of it though. Great run for Tony Harter next pair, #27 to #3 at +0.0163. Next pair and #22 to #16 for Karen Stevens, +0.1763. #28 to #2 for Lee Huxley next pair, +0.0113. Annie Wallace closed this session, 10.9118 on an 11.85 dial-in and that was with a hesitation off the line. Chute out to boot, very nice run, well done Annie!
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17:00 Exhibition Robbie Grabham (blown-alcohol altered) 7.9934/171.10 bye; Nice run to begin with. Tiny bit of shake, 1.1915 to sixty, straight as you like to the eighth 5.1678/138.68, on the throttle all the way but a huge cloud of smoke on the stripe, the smoke blanketed the shutdown area and the car disappeared. Robbie got the car stopped and off the track, clean-up called in the shutdown area. Rod Harrison (Top Methanol Dragster) 5.9691/230.21 bye Great pass for Rod! 1.0179 to sixty, tiny bit of shake, 3.8927/188.75 at the eighth, sounded to be feathering the throttle slightly in the second half so plenty more to come. 16:40 Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car session 2 Tim Garlick 6.3169/177.12 bye; This run planned for 800 feet or so, certainly all looked good from here on the first run. Consternation before Tim staged, crew and race officials checking under the car but a thumbs-up from Chief Starter Ian Marshall. 1.0259 to sixty, 3.9812/188.76 at the eighth, slight drift to the right but hung on to it and shut off right on the button as planned. 16:35 MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Mick Payne shut off, bye; Kev Slyfield 12.4479/70.59, Andy Robinson no time; Jean Dulamon 7.1249/160.76, Wayne Nicholson no time DQ; Bert Englfield shut off, Chris Isaacs broke No burnout for Mick, sounded exactly like a motor with a throttle stop clip, slightly higher revs but tyres didn't strike. Mick shut it off before staging. Horrible shake and screaming motor for Kev, 1.2097 to sixty and a hard right, shut it off past the Tree. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy staged way off his burnout tracks but it didn't seem to affect the run that much, 1.0345 to sixty and going great guns until it looked and sounded like his blower sneezed with a huge bang and a big gout of flame and the safety device put the chutes out. 4.9008 at the eighth hard on the brakes at 96.85 mph. Andy had the car stopped before the stripe and the top end safety crews were already moving to get to him before he stopped - bear in mind that the top end crews had to wait for Kev to get safely past before they could open the gate so that was quite the speedy response, good work guys. Word is that Andy is A-OK. Wayne left before the lights ran so no time. A very wild run with the 'Vette moving left and right, some of the moves quite serious. 1.0943 to sixty for Jean, close to the centre line and close to Wayne at the eighth, 4.4670/165.39, it was pretty obvious they saw one another though as both reacted and steered away. Jean's pipes again spitting flame at each shift then looked from here as if he had a nitrous burp at about 1000 feet. Looked like no reverse after the burnout for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, stopped right on the finish line and had to be retrieved by quad. Bert waiting to stage was shut off as the Duster was still being retrieved. Qualifying after this session:
16:15 ACU Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first) Steve Woollatt 6.5188/182.88 bye; Rene van den Berg 6.5976/219.30, Nick Milburn 7.1575/153.17 Looked like another planned checkout for Steve. 1.0888 to sixty, 4.1754/177.76 to the eighth and off it (the gas not the bike) at 1000 feet or so. "I'm not going south of the finish line at this time of night" maybe. Very straight pass and good for #1 spot. Fantastic pass for Rene riding through a fishtail. 1.1034 to sixty, 4.3540/170.99 at the eighth. Maikel of our streaming service suppler Doyousee.me tells us that this run is a new PB speed for rene, well done Rene and thanks M@ik! Nick had the better sixty 1.0709 and go tto the eighth in 4.4985/167.31 but the bike got close to the rail and he backed off towards the stripe. Still, a very promising pass. Qualifying after this session:
16:10 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 2 Jack Gooding up from #13 to #7 first pair. Improvement for Hary Redshaw moved him up from #17 to #2. Squeaker for Thomas Cook Abbott at -0.0088 but a time on the board now. Dual red lights two pairs running followed, I am wondering whether the lowering sun in the racers' faces has something to do with that. Next pair and Aaron Fensome up from #22 to #8 at 0.0784. Next pair and Dylan Bradley's dragster rolled sedately to a halt about 200 feet out. Caitlin and Morgan Wilson paired up next, Caitlin's motor quit on the start line, looked like something had come off. Improvement for Shannon Kiddell next pair but stayed #2. First in-the-flesh look at the new paint on Matthew Dowdy's car, very nice job by Eurodragster.com sponsor OCS Paint, 0.0883 good for #10 off the trailer. Next pair and again dual reds. Bonnie Wallace in at #11.
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JUNIOR DRAGSTER THROUGH ROUND # 2 25/03/2016 16:12:12
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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 25 JM/A JOE HOLLAND VILLA HURSTPIERPOINT UK DRAGSTER 07.90 + .1923 .0182 8.0923 81.37
2 11 JM/A SHANNON KIDDELL TILBURY UK DRAGSTER 515 CC 07.90 + .2092 .0271 8.1092 77.74
3 14 JM/A HOLLEY MARSHALL RUSHDEN UK DRAGSTER 480 CC 07.90 + .2453 .0483 8.1453 79.64
4 6 JM/A BILLY RINGER PETERBOROUGH UK HALF SCALE 298 CC 07.90 + 2.0958 .0645 9.9958 67.05
5 3 JM/A BILLY EVERITT WELWYN G CITY UK MIKE BOS 480 CC 07.90 + .1629 .0679 8.0629 79.67
6 23 JM/A JORDAN PAYNE CHAWSTON UK DRAGSTER 07.90 + .0977 .0694 7.9977 82.26
7 37 JM/A JACK GOODING IPSWITCH UK DRAGSTER 480 CC 07.90 + .7261 .0771 8.6261 76.03
8 12 JM/A AARON FENSOME WOLLASTON UK HALF SCALE 515 CC 07.90 + .0236 .0784 7.9236 81.50
9 4 JM/A SASKIA FENSOME JEL WOLLASTON UK HALF SCALE 480 CC 07.90 + .4874 .0854 8.3874 78.01
10 17 JM MATTHEW DOWDY WOOTTON UK HALF SCALE 450 CC 08.90 + .0581 .0883 8.9581 71.94
11 9 JM/A BONNIE WALLACE BROMHAM UK MIKE BOS 480 CC 07.90 - .0731 .0898 7.8269 81.22
12 20 JM DYLAN BRADLEY RUSHDEN UK HAUSER 405 CC 08.90 + .7789 .0903 9.6789 67.80
13 22 JM KAITLAN DEEVEY LONDON UK HALF SCALE 08.90 + .3920 .1172 9.2920 70.23
14 16 JM/A RUARIDH HART WELLINGBOROUGH UK HAUSER 350 CC 07.90 + 1.4089 .1214 9.3089 67.30
15 35 JS HARRY REDSHAW DARLINGTON UK DRAGSTER 250 CC 12.90 + 2.8545 .1588 15.7545 35.95
16 19 JM CAITLIN WILSON EAST AYTON UK MIKE BOS 350 CC 08.90 + .0985 .1716 8.9985 70.92
17 15 JM THALIAH GIBBS ROMFORD UK LIGHTNING 350 CC 08.90 + .3982 .1908 9.2982 70.04
18 34 JS LUKE MUGRIDGE MYTCHETT UK HALF SCALE 206 CC 12.90 + .6661 .2107 13.5661 37.18
19 36 JM/A ADAM BENTLEY BURTON ON TRENT UK HALF SCALE 480 CC 07.90 + .5903 .2178 8.4903 77.21
20 38 JM FRANKIE FORDHAM BOURNE UK DRAGSTER 08.90 + 1.0551 .3943 9.9551 68.94
21 29 JS HARLEY-JAY DARBY DEAL UK DRAGSTER 12.90 + 3.6044 .4682 16.5044 35.27
22 8 JM THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT FLITWICK UK DRAGSTER 450 CC 08.90 + .2438 .0088 9.1438 66.51
23 1 JM/A CHARLOTTE BRADFORD GNOSALL UK DRAGSTER 515 CC 07.90 + .2977 .0150 8.1977 78.16
24 5 JM/A MORGAN WILSON EAST AYTON UK MIKE BOS 480 CC 07.90 + .3959 .0629 8.2959 79.37
Best R.T. was JOE HOLLAND VILLA + .0182
Best E.T. was BONNIE WALLACE 7.8269
Best MPH was JORDAN PAYNE 82.26
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16:00 Super Gas qualifying session 2 Improvements for Stu Doignie and Jon Turner first pair, stayed #1 and #2 respectively. Huge wheelie by Mark White and played chicken with the centre line, Mark won that one but then broke out.
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15:55 Wild Bunch qualifying session 1 Sarah Howells' motor unhappy about something and stopped on the way round from the pairing lanes. Crew told to wait whilst Darryl Howells ran, fired up again and sounded much better but then stopped again. Fired up for the third time of asking but very lumpy sounding and shut off again. It was a similar noise to that made by a motor with the spark leads on the wrong plugs if you've ever heard that. Next pair Bob Hawkins with a 6.90 dial-in, we always like to see that. Looked like a very quick run but 7.7279 came up on the board. In the other lane Keith Crampton's slingshot didn't move. Tree was recycled after Bob exited the track and then the timing system crapped out. Timing PC quickly restarted and Keith put in his pass, very good run too, #1 at +0.0912. Phil James in to #1 spot in the last pair +0.0697.
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15:40 Sportsman ET qualifying session 1 Newbie Chris Creswell into #1 spot with an impressive +0.0701 in the first pair. Eurodragster.com team member Kirstie's first competitive outing after winning the Dial In Day here at Santa Pod a few weeks back. Kirstie alongside car owner Andy Dibley in the second pair. 16.00 dial-in, great 0.0670 RT and +0.2021 on dial-in for #3 at that point. Another newbie in the next pair, Harley Smithies, +0.3324 on dial-in for #5 at that point. In the other lane Alan Medley took #1 spot +0.0656... then Gill Medley took #1 from him next pair at +0.0413. Matthew Moxon in Holley Sanders' Audi after losing power steering in his Mustang yesterday. More new names in the last pair, Peter Wells and Elaine Hancock who is the new owner of Craig Wright's multiple Championsip-winning Honda Civic. Peter's Plymouth got a bit wayward in the second half.
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15:35 Supertwin Top Gas qualifying session 1 Problems for Ivana van den Berg at the hit, motor hesitated. Got it to pick up again and then a full-throttle run but a lot of time lost. Nice run for Patrik Kras to take #1 spot.
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25/03/2016 15:34:48 15 SUPER TWIN TOP GAS
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 36 PATRIK KRAS + 0.1083 8.7198 8.7198 00.00 150.61
2 2 ROBBIE DOBBIE + 0.4132 10.3265 10.3265 00.00 129.45
3 538 IVANA V D BERG + 0.4031 24.2582 24.2582 00.00 132.93
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15:30 ET Bike qualifying session 1 First outing for the new class, thumbs up to all those who put in the work to make it happen. First to the track former Junior Drag Bike racer Alfie Udall. Ian Chrichlow +0.0786 for #1 spot in the third pair. Squeaker -0.0016 RT for Michael Gooding, into #2 spot +0.1003. Chris Neary took #1 at +0.0467 in the penultimate pass of the session.
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15:25 8.50 Bike qualifying session 1
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9.50 Bike qualifying session 1 Brett Cordelle looked to lose fire off the line. Got it restarted and idled down the track. Next pair and a similar story for Steve Ashby, stopped off the line then got it going again. UK National Champion Richard Sawatzki taking up where he left off, into #1 spot +0.0170. Next up, former Junior Drag Bike racer Stacey Reed, problems selecting gears.
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15:15 Super Street Bike qualifying session 1 First pair and Graham Balchin first into the sevens for the weekend. Nigel Barker's tyre squealed at the hit. One of those "New balls, please" wheelies for Steve Wood next pair. Awesome run for Ven and first SSB over 200 mph this weekend. Not a shabby run for Graham Dance but had a grandstand view of the back of Ven's bike. Nice bnchmark run for Mark Wells, rode out a wheelie a short way out. Next pair and a new name to us, Kristian Jasz from Hungary, another welcome visitor. Rolled the beams and hesitated then took it easy the rest of the way. Great side-by-side sevens for Richard Hann and Rick Stubbins next pair. Garry Bowe second SSB over 200 this weekend.
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25/03/2016 15:17:00 17 SUPER STREET BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 3 STEVE VENABLES - 0.2348 7.1832 7.1832 00.00 200.66
2 1 GARRY BOWE + 0.2283 7.3848 7.3848 00.00 200.55
3 6 RICHARD HANN + 0.0955 7.6443 7.6443 00.00 183.62
4 5 RICK STUBBINS + 0.2135 7.7648 7.7648 00.00 167.29
5 10 MARK WELLS + 0.3133 7.7843 7.7843 00.00 189.80
6 2 CHRIS REED + 0.1981 7.8991 7.8991 00.00 187.44
7 26 GRAHAM BALCHIN + 0.1993 7.9198 7.9198 00.00 187.35
8 17 GRAHAM DANCE + 0.2554 8.0718 8.0718 00.00 188.21
9 4 ALEX HOPE + 0.4682 8.0943 8.0943 00.00 179.96
10 28 SANDRO HALDIMANN + 0.2703 9.0825 9.0825 00.00 154.73
11 20 NIGEL BARKER + 0.2433 10.3613 10.3613 00.00 145.23
12 8 D.DONAT LENCSES + 0.4833 11.8740 11.8740 00.00 102.11
13 27 KRISZTIAN JASZ - 0.3936 19.4884 19.4884 00.00 37.52
14 12 STEVE WOOD + 0.1627 24.3814 24.3814 00.00 32.26
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15:05 Comp Bike qualifying session 1 Mick Winyard on his 'old' bike, he has a new Hayabusa coming. Solid opener for Mick. early shut-off for Dave Thomas next pass. Three quarter pass for Martin Walker now in Comp Bike, previously 8.50 Bike. Ed Smiley taking up where he left off, in at #1 in the 7.8s. Mark Hope now in Comp Bike from 9.50 Bike.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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25/03/2016 15:07:37 16 COMP BIKE
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1 2 EDDY SMILEY + 0.1694 7.8881 7.8881 00.00 175.08
2 4 MICK WINYARD + 0.4391 8.2711 8.2711 00.00 177.15
3 1 KEVIN OSMAN + 0.1615 8.3823 8.3823 00.00 177.10
4 15 MARTIN WALKER + 0.1891 8.6132 8.6132 00.00 139.83
5 9 MARK HOPE + 0.0988 8.6165 8.6165 00.00 168.53
6 8 PHILIP LEAMON + 0.1387 10.9173 10.9173 00.00 80.94
7 14 DAVE THOMAS + 0.1957 15.3717 15.3717 00.00 76.04
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15:00 Rocket Bike Eric Teboul 5.5719/237.27 bye 1.0015 to sixty, 3.7053/214.86 to the eighth, 4.6763 at a storming 253.29 at 1000 feet. Bien Eric! 14:50 Jet Dragster match race (1000 feet) Martin Hill 4.8598/222.22 def. Julian Webb 7.9183/151.04 Looked like a no-afterburner run for Julian, no throttle slams before the run whilst Martin was shaking the Tower. Martin to sixty in 1.0612, the eighth in 3.8423/213.72 and shut off before the 1000. 14:45 MSA Pro Modified licencing Michel Tooren 14.1475/58.06 bye; Marck Harteveld 8.9169/92.34 bye Michel getting the hang of the burnout - racers make burnouts look easy but believe me they're not. Very competent staging and up on the two step. 1.4066 to sixty, clutch visibly set soft, lots of dust. Motor note going higher and higher as the clutch slipped, shut it off about 200 feet out. 1.0884 to sixty for Marck, car started to drift left and fishtailed then turned right, shut it off before the eighth 4.8366/123.55. 14:35 Exhibition session Robbie Grabham (blown-alcohol altered) 9.0050/106.94 bye Robbie on a planned half pass in Freddy's Revenge. Had what dad Dave described as an "Awesome" outing at Dakota Raceway last weekend. Very nice pass, 1.2643 to sixty and 5.3645/134.51 at the eighth. Steve Ashdown (Top Fuel Dragster) shut off, bye First licencing pass for Steve, this will be the launch; Steve plans appearances at the FIA Main Event and FIA European Finals. Driving the car which Liam Jones campaigned in 2015. Gentle burnout with one pedal, reverse selected and backed up without drama. On return from the burnout gignalled to shut off for a fluid leak. The car was towed back to the pits. Liam Jones (Top Fuel Dragster) 4.8299/159.11 bye Liam in the dragster campaigned by Jari Halinen on his last outing last season. 0.8927 to sixty, not much shake, 2.3202 at 330 feet. Shut off at 594 feet. 3.4656/187.96 at the eighth already off the gas at that point. 14:20 Funny Bike qualifying session 1 Great to see Glenn Borg from Malta and a big Hello to all of our Maltese readers. Glenn lost fire before staging, Allan Davies took the bye then Glenn re-fired. launched headed for the 330-foot reflector and indeed clouted it. Unfinished business for Lorcan Parnell, missing the chance to back up both ET and speed records last time out, had to settle for just the ET, so plenty of motive and opportunity to do the double this weekend. Not this time though, vicious tyre shake to about 150 feet then smoke from the motor at the top end. Top end crew reported oil on the bike so track check ensued followed by clean-up. First out after the clean-up, another very welcome guest from the Czech Republic Andre Bartak alongside Dave Peters. Great run for Dave, approaching a PB I think. Looked like a checkout pass for Andre. Eric Richard was testing here yesterday, fell foul of the conditions then. Great run for Phil Crossley in the other lane, Eric didn't look to be fully on the throttle but a nice pass. Fil a welcome return visitor from Greece good launch but trouble shifting gears.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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25/03/2016 14:19:50 14 FUNNY BIKE
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 1 DAVE PETERS + 0.2630 7.3013 7.3013 00.00 181.36
2 22 PHIL CROSSLEY + 0.0797 7.5353 7.5353 00.00 173.07
3 34 ERIC RICHARD + 0.2413 7.7612 7.7612 00.00 159.61
4 42 ALLAN DAVIES + 0.1124 7.9186 7.9186 00.00 170.45
5 14 LORCAN PARNELL + 0.5677 8.3619 8.3619 00.00 161.37
6 12 THOMAS JOSWIG + 0.3213 8.7572 8.7572 00.00 139.83
7 23 ANDRE BARTAK + 2.0092 10.6021 10.6021 00.00 135.63
8 30 F.PAPAFILIPPOU + 0.3100 12.8667 12.8667 00.00 62.79
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13:45 Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 1 Big breakout for Megan Talbot at 12.4194 on a 12.90 minimum, the run DQ'd and I suspect we may not be seeing Meg again this weekend, on track at least.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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13:40 VW Pro qualifying session 1 Problems off the line for Shaun Hyde, lots of engine noise for no movement, pushed back, a very unhappy-looking Shaun exited the car and walked away. Great to see Samir Lukac's diesel Lupo, big 129.42 speed for a car with the wheelbase of a pushchair. Next pair and Les Ross' Jetta was pushed back before staging. Great 0.0091 RT for sam Young and +0.01239 over dial-in for #2.
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VW Sportsman qualifying session 1 New name to us Cammeron Street in at #1.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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13:25 Super Gas qualifying session 1 Pair of breakouts to open the session, Mark White's Vega didn't want to go straight to start with but he kept a hold of it.
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Super Street qualifying session 1 Unusual right-side run for Dave Cherrett to open his Super Street account.
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13:15 Comp Eliminator qualifying session 1 First competitive outing for Mike Oates in the smoking-piped slingshot. Superb, held wheelie and the smoking pipe evidently fixed since last weekend. Looked like a checkout pass for Rob Smallworth in the other lane. Kev Perkins next on a bye, very nice burnout and a fantastic pass more than four tenths under index.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn QUALIFYING LIST
25/03/2016 13:15:26 12 COMP ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 176 KEV PERKINS + 0.2730 7.5837 -0.4163 08.00 178.46
2 194 MICHAEL OATES - 0.0127 9.0380 1.1980 07.84 143.43
3 55 ROB SMALLWORTH + 0.5138 10.2328 2.2328 08.00 81.52
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13:10 Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 1 A pair of off-the-trailer 8.0s for Stu Williams and Davey Murdoch to open the session. Next pair and Matt Smith pushed back, not immediately obvious what the problem was. Martin Smith next up in the ex-Neimantas Bentley. Car launched well but slowly drifted left and took out the 1000-foot and quarter mile reflectors, run DQ'd. Nick and Nigel Hale next up, they have the paired burnouts off pat that's for sure. Wheelie and tyre shake for Nick, side-by-side tens. Matt Smith back again next pair alongside Al Williamson whose burnout included a drastic move left. Superb run for Al, something approaching a PB I think, well done Al!
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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QUALIFYING BY: ET Sports Ladder QUALIFYING LIST
25/03/2016 13:10:52 11 STREET ELIMINATOR
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 33 DAVID MURDOCH + 0.0537 8.0595 8.0595 00.00 168.55
2 3 STUART WILLIAMS + 1.1671 8.0726 8.0726 00.00 183.62
3 479 MATT SMITH + 0.9234 8.3054 8.3054 00.00 175.75
4 537 MARTIN SMITH + 0.5317 8.3130 8.3130 00.00 141.68
5 333 ALAN WILLIAMSON + 0.4731 8.4056 8.4056 00.00 167.92
6 677 GARY GOODING + 3.0300 8.9611 8.9611 00.00 153.63
7 524 NICK HALE + 0.2046 10.7021 10.7021 00.00 117.95
8 436 NIGEL HALE + 0.4748 10.9769 10.9769 00.00 122.88
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12:50 Super Comp qualifying session 1 In the first pair a 8.8864 breakout for Stu Doignie at a big for Super Comp 160.20, breakout of course but his crew exchanged high fives so some kind of mission accomplished I think. Breakout in the other lane for Paul Letchford. No time for Nicky Frost, rolled the beams going up on the revs. Big 8.4425 breakout for Tom Margesson. Paul Brown made three passes yesterday in the shorty dragster, a couple of them wayward, today's pass much more straight, just a wander at the stripe. Jon Morton also in the big breakout camp, 8.6667. Squeaker -0.0024 red for Pete Cresswell, on the other lane a 8.9028 for Conrad Stanley good for #1 and 0.0028 off the Eurodragter.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC. Pete also into the 8.9s.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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QUALIFYING BY: ET
12:05 European Nitro Funny Car Series session 1 (left lane first) Kevin Kent 7.9614/101.05, Gordon Smith 7.0135/123.89 (quarter mile times) First run with a setback blower for Kevin, John 'Bodie' Smith tuning at this event. 0.8952 to sixty for Kevin, 0.9401 for Gordon. Gordon.'s tyres blackstriping to 330 feet then shake and smoke, looked like a broken blower belt. Nitro flames clearly visible for Kevin, the occasional flash of orange, car moved to the right when it hit shake about 330 feet out. 4.0661/135.93 to sixty for Kevin, 3.8117/168.25 for Gordon. Smoke from Gordon's motor past the stripe, clean-up called in the shutdown area. Timing system set for the quarter, should have been 1000 feet. The below are 1000-foot times. Qualifying after this session:
12:00 Top Methanol Dragster test Rod Harrison 8.2543/99.91 bye; No surprise to any of us that Rod and his team have moved up to TMD, and I don't think it will be any surprise when they turn out to be a force to be reckoned with, these guys have consistently shown that they know their stuff with blown-alcohol motors. 1.0642 to sixty, heading down the track as if launched from a catapult, shut it off about 300 feet. 11:55 Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car session 1 Tim Garlick 7.7857/118.06 bye; Planned 300-footer for Tim, tuner Rob Loaring tells us there is a new fuel system to check out. Next run scheduled for about 800 feet. Cylinder briefly out at launch cleared at the hit, 1.0289 at sixty and visibly accelerating hard. Shut off just past 330 feet. 11:50 MSA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first) Bert Englefield 6.7895/195.38 bye; Wayne Nicholson 18.6165/35.07, Jean Dulamon 6.9560/212.93; Chris Isaacs 6.9355/216.04, Kev Slyfield 7.0721/217.93 Nice opener for Bert. 1.1303 to sixty, not much sign of shake, 4.4245/164.94 at the eighth, looked and sounded like a conservative tune-up. Off the gas and chute out before the stripe. Wayne here to test last weekend, tyres spun up at the hit and engine sounded to misfire on that occasion although I suspect the misfire was effect not cause. Storming burnouts by both Wayne and Jean. Wayne to sixty in 1.0797, 'Vette was drifting left and he got off the gas past the Tree but I would guess a planned launch. 1.1195 to sixty for Jean, pipes spitting flame at each shift. 4.4980/161.35 at the eighth, Camaro moved around its lane some in the second half. 1.1035 to sixty with shake for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris, 1.1864 for Kev with tyres rattling and he pedalled once, Chris looked to pedal about 100 feet out. Both back on the gas. 4.5913/158.42 to the eighth for Chris and 4.7873/166.68 for Kev, the Thunderbird really moving around but he hung on to it. Qualifying after this session:
11:40 ACU Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first) A big Good Morning to Chris Hannam who unfortunately had to withdraw his Supertwin due to a clutch issue. Look forward to seeing you back here Cannon. Steve Woollatt 9.1768/85.07 bye; Nick Milburn shut off, Rene van den Berg 8.5415/163.13 bye Nice launch for Steve, 1.0529 to sixty, riding through a little shake, off the throttle at about 330 feet. Very nice opening to the season for Steve though. Great burnouts by both Nick and Rene, Nick shut off before staging. 1.0967 to sixty for Rene, ride through shake, bike started to drift left then the rear tyre lit up and the motor screamed for mercy. Rene got off the throttle briefly then got back on it at least partway. Qualifying after this session:
11:35 MSA Pro Modified licencing Marck Harteveld 8.1362/121.90 bye; Michel Tooren 17.1814/63.59 bye; Marck has six-second form in Super Pro ET. 1.0384 to sixty, drove through shake, the 'Bird was moving left and right and he shut it off before the eighth 4.6040/134.51. Licencing pass for Michel in the late Robert Joosten's Cuda, Miche who was strapped in ready to run yesterday then noticed spots of rain on the windscreen. Stab of the throttle rather than a burnout then idled up the track. 11:25 Super Pro ET qualifying session 1 Regular readers of our Event Coverage don't need me to tell them that John Atkinson was one of the first pair. Under the gaze of our Eurodragster.com colleague Kirstie who will be qualifying herself in Sportsman ET later. Violent left turn at the hit for John, backed it off about 100 feet out and idled through. In the other lane Ian Powell +0.0247 on dial-in. Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters' dragster also gleaming nicely in the sun, you will have seen the new PWRD Ten Years livery on yesterday's news and Pro Peak Performance Day gallery. Bit of a breakout for Pete, 7.9910 on an 8.45 dial-in, we're thinking a PB, if so well done Pete and team! Bob Doyle in at #3 in the other lane. Very nice right-left drifting burnout for Peter Lane, quick fluid check before staging but all in order, Pete into #3. Very tyre-shakey burnout for Barry Giles, clear shake marks on the track, if Barry didn't have a headache before the burnout then he did after. First competitive run for Tom van der Wijden in the Meth-Ness truck after testing yesterday. Gentle launch, fed in the power about 400 feet out, the tyres started to squeal and the track started to move round its lane and something came off, chutes out at about 1000 feet. Next up reigning Sportsman ET Champion Craig Wright in the Paul Marston Racing dragster, first competitive outing in thie class for Craig and a break-out, 8.5834 on an 8.60. Next pair and Rick Cooke pushed back after his burnout. Laura Turburville took the bye, sounded like transmission problem in the second half. Another new paint job in the next pair, superb Lucas Oil colour scheme on the Brad Jackson's NG Motorsport dragster. Only three classes in and I've already seen a huge number of candidates for Best Appearing Car. Excellent 0.0060 RT for Billy Gane and a storming get-up-and-go 1.198 sixty, that car was really moving. Brad's dragster moved around its lane and he was off it at about half track. Superb screaming 300-foot burnout for Martyn Jones, rolled to a halt past half track but then shut off. Quick hold for retrieval. Very slight roll of the beams before hitting it for Scott Hauser, will have lost him a fraction. Next pair and a 0.0065 RT for Paul Marston, Monza got a bit flighty in the second half and he backed off. Chris Parker into #1 in the other lane +0.0242 on dial-in.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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QUALIFYING BY: ET
11:00 Pro ET qualifying session 1 A big Good Morning to Carla Pittau and Rick McCann who are tuned in from Sweden. Hope you are enjoying the coverage guys. First Pro ET outing for Karen Stevens, in the other lane Geoff Cowley took the long way round but he had it covered. Smoke from Keith Herbert's Plymouth cleared by about half track. Puff of smoke from James Forster's Mustang right on the stripe, track checked and all OK, #2 at that point. Next pair and a very straight run and breakout for Rhiannon Bellenei's dragster, the car was a bit wayward during testing yesterday. Bob Molden into #1 in the other lane. Nigel Green's turn for the wayward run today as his Beetle was moving around at the top end. Hesitation off the line for Ethan Lisle's big Plymouth cost him a lot of ET, left turn at the hit for Colin Felstead in the other lane but he had a hold of it. -0.0058 squeaker of a red light for Lee Guy but +0.0074 on dial-in put him into #1 and almost won him the first Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC. next pair and Mike Lacey clocked a 0.003 RT winning him the Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award, well done Mike! Particularly good effort off the trailer. Next pair and Laura Baynton into #2 +0.0140 off dial-in. 8.9231 broke Mark Bailey out but we can forgive him given the great wheelie he pulled. First competitive run for former Junior Dragster racer Annie Wallace after testing last weekend. 11.85 dial-in, Pop started to move around its lane and Annie shut it off about 500 feet out, very well handled.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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10:40 Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 1 The first racer to leave the start line in the 2016 season was Ruaridh Hart with a 0.1263 to rookie Jack Gooding's 0.2100. Great paintwork on Lottie Bradford's dragster gleaming in the sun, same sun effect for Aaron Fensome with his new Peter Walters Race Design livery and Holley Marshall's Highlander scheme... blue certainly the in colour this season. Good to see so many new names in JD this season including Luke Mugridge crewed by brother and former Champion Nick, several second-generation racers joining the ranks including Harley-Jay Darby and Jack Gooding. Dylan Bradley's dragster carrying the colours of AC/DC tribute band Dirty DC, wonder if they have changed their singer recently.
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Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.
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QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time QUALIFYING LIST
25/03/2016 10:41:59 22 JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Place CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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1 25 JOE HOLLAND VILLA + 0.0182 8.0923 0.1923 07.90 81.37
2 11 SHANNON KIDDELL + 0.0460 8.0722 0.1722 07.90 80.65
3 14 HOLLEY MARSHALL + 0.0483 8.1453 0.2453 07.90 79.64
4 6 BILLY RINGER + 0.0645 9.9958 2.0958 07.90 67.05
5 3 BILLY EVERITT + 0.0679 8.0629 0.1629 07.90 79.67
6 23 JORDAN PAYNE + 0.0694 7.9977 0.0977 07.90 82.26
7 4 SASKIA FENSOME JEL + 0.0854 8.3874 0.4874 07.90 78.01
8 9 BONNIE WALLACE + 0.0866 7.8596 -0.0404 07.90 82.41
9 20 DYLAN BRADLEY + 0.0903 9.6789 0.7789 08.90 67.80
10 16 RUARIDH HART + 0.1263 9.2293 1.3293 07.90 68.16
11 22 KAITLAN DEEVEY + 0.1302 9.3469 0.4469 08.90 70.37
12 1 CHARLOTTE BRADFORD + 0.1653 7.8503 -0.0497 07.90 81.52
13 19 CAITLIN WILSON + 0.1716 8.9985 0.0985 08.90 70.92
14 15 THALIAH GIBB + 0.1908 9.2982 0.3982 08.90 70.04
15 37 JACK GOODING + 0.2100 8.7193 0.8193 07.90 68.63
16 34 LUKE MUGRIDGE + 0.2107 13.5661 0.6661 12.90 37.18
17 36 ADAM BENTLEY + 0.2178 8.4903 0.5903 07.90 77.21
18 38 FRANKIE FORDHAM + 0.3943 9.9551 1.0551 08.90 68.94
19 35 HARRY REDSHAW + 0.4288 15.1882 2.2882 12.90 39.06
20 29 HARLEY-JAY DARBY + 0.5673 16.2523 3.3523 12.90 36.17
21 8 THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT - 0.0422 8.7509 -0.1491 08.90 71.16
22 5 MORGAN WILSON - 0.1042 8.3723 0.4723 07.90 79.79
23 12 AARON FENSOME - 0.1998 8.3744 0.4744 07.90 81.08
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08:00 Good morning and welcome from Santa Pod for our coverage of the Festival of Power brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. It's a beautiful day here at Santa Pod, not a cloud in the sky and mild, a gentle cross-track breeze. The track is damp after a lot of rain yesterday but the quarter mile looks to be drying quickly under the ministrations of the track crew and as ever all the serious stuff is going on in the shutdown area. Attentive readers will already know that there is no webcast this weekend; our Event Coverage schedule has said so since January but it appears that very few people can read. The webcam is scheduled to be back at Big Bang on 22nd-24th April. Nitro FM are however streaming and you can tune in via the link on the Event Index or at www.eurodragster.com/nitrofm. Today is the first day of the new Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. This is a charity very close to the heart of Derek Flynn of Eurodragster.com sponsor Gold RV to whom many thanks for his support. The rules of the Perfect ET Award are the same as previously including mandatory decals which are available in Signing On or from the Eurodragster.com staff. If you would like to donate to NSPCC then there is a Donate button on their web site at www.nspcc.org.uk. The Eurodragster.com / Bad Habit Racing Perfect Light Award also continues and a big Thank You to Cath and Tig Napier for their backing. A big Hello to all the Eurodragsterholics out there, especially Ivar Kolberg in Norway who was tuned in to the Pro Peak Performance Day webcast yesterday and is always first to the report page each morning, and to James Humphreys who is tuned in this morning. It's great to know that all of our loyal fans are tuned in and we are very grateful to you all. A big Thank You also to Junior Drag Bike racer Megan Talbot who brought us cakes yesterday, and very delicious they were too, and to Eurodragster.com Team Nutritionist Syd McDonald for catering during the event. We are due to start at 09:30 with Q1 of Lucas Oil Junior Dragster. Stay tuned and as soon as the wheels start to turn we'll bring you all the news. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |