Festival of Power
Santa Pod Raceway, 25th-27th March 2016

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16:40

Simon has posted today's final set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index.

16:25

Another deluge so Race Director Carole Ismail has called the event.

Stay tuned as Simon has another set of pit notes for you. We will post Julian's pictures when we get back to base in a couple of hours.

16:05

Exhibition

Jet Dragster match race (1000 feet): Julian Webb 5.6660/211.10 bye, Martin Hill shut off

Martin shut off during the flame and thunder show so Julian took the bye. 1.1603 to sixty, 4.4934/177.13 to the eighth.

Rocket Bike: Eric Teboul 5.6914/233.60 bye

Great run into the stiff headwind. 1.0217 to sixty, 3.7902/211.78 at the eighth, 4.7918/236.15 at 1000 feet.

15:55

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster eliminations round 1

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 15:56:34                              22  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   16      RUARIDH HART        + 0.4580  9.4646  0.3146  09.15  65.26
      35      HARRY REDSHAW                  .     -1.57200 15.72   0.00
 
Win   38      FRANKIE FORDHAM     + 0.5580 10.3550  0.1550  10.20  65.54
      37      JACK GOODING        + 0.2043  8.5419 -0.3581  08.90  74.54
 
      20      DYLAN BRADLEY       + 0.1884 10.1478  0.3678  09.78  62.89
Win   3       BILLY EVERITT       + 0.0761  8.3677  0.2177  08.15  66.16
 
      23      JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0518  8.2318  0.1618  08.07  79.09
Win   1       CHARLOTTE BRADFORD  + 0.0793  8.3799  0.0799  08.30  74.66
 
      14      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.1506  8.4108  0.1608  08.25  75.64
Win   19      CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.1241  9.3161  0.0961  09.22  63.92
 
      4       SASKIA FENSOME JEL  + 0.1543  8.6429  0.1529  08.49  74.40
Win   8       THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0722  9.3621  0.0821  09.28  62.09
 
      29      HARLEY-JAY DARBY    + 0.0426 17.9759  1.0759  16.90  31.18
Win   12      AARON FENSOME       + 0.0367  8.4206  0.1606  08.26  74.30
 
Win   6       BILLY RINGER        + 0.1311 10.1559  0.1659  09.99  63.60
      36      ADAM BENTLEY        + 0.1832  9.1193  0.6693  08.45  72.29
 
Win   9       BONNIE WALLACE      + 0.1893  8.1153  0.0153  08.10  79.09
      5       MORGAN WILSON       + 0.1332  8.5878  0.1378  08.45  76.42
 
Win   22      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.2095  9.5697  0.0497  09.52  67.40
      15      THALIAH GIBBS       + 0.1870  9.5010  0.2210  09.28  67.54
 
Win   11      SHANNON KIDDELL     + 0.0956  8.3612  0.2112  08.15  76.29
Foul  34      LUKE MUGRIDGE       - 0.1905 13.3149  0.3149  13.00  42.20
 
Win   25      JOE HOLLAND VILLA   + 0.2326  7.8746 -0.1754  08.05  81.96
Foul  17      MATTHEW DOWDY       - 0.0259  9.0725  0.0525  09.02  71.04

* = Disqualified 
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15:40

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1

Perfect 0.0002 RT for Steve Roberts, well done Steve!

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 15:41:42                              24  VW SPORTSMAN      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Foul  27      ED KEECH            - 0.0425 13.6806  0.3106  13.37 103.80
Win   117     PAUL DAY            + 0.4358 19.5077  3.5077  16.00  58.33
 
         Bye                                 .     -1.29900 12.99   0.00
Win   214     CAMMERON STREET     + 0.2803 14.9761  0.8761  14.10  95.41
 
      259     JAMES GOULD         + 0.2405 15.3408  1.3408  14.00  93.51
Win   348     STEVE ROBERTS       + 0.0002 18.0602  0.8102  17.25  65.02
 
Win   163     RUSSELL WEIR        + 0.2376 16.8419  0.1919  16.65  78.54
Foul  383     ADRIAN SOLLY        - 0.3010 15.4081  1.4181  13.99  98.95
 
      398     RYAN WILDING        + 0.1820 16.2580  1.3580  14.90  88.36
Win   349     NATALIE WOOD        + 0.4302 15.1891  0.1891  15.00  85.52
 
      102     BRUCE COLLINS       + 0.4858   .     -1.83000 18.30   0.00
Win   748     JON CRAWFORD        + 0.1898 19.3442  3.5342  15.81  43.67
 
Win   874     JAYGUN EVANS        + 0.2792 15.8824  0.1824  15.70  78.27
      317     R. CHISHOLM-BROWN   + 0.1753 15.0823  0.5823  14.50  90.29
 
      451     DANIEL PIGOTT       + 0.5925 16.6573  1.6573  15.00  58.96
Win   277     DAVE LEA            + 0.3065 14.9167  0.9667  13.95  74.42

* = Disqualified 
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15:35

VW Pro eliminations round 1

James Hodson a no-show for his race with Richard Brook. Drama in the race between Carl Goldsmith and Sam Young, Carl going great guns chasing Sam down but then a cloud of smoke, fluid and then a fire from Carl's Golf, Carl hard on the brakes but then looked like the car slid on the fluid, turned left and hit the guardrail just past the finish line. Safety crews again there in moments. Carl got himself out of the car and is OK. On the restart Paul Jordan took the chance to break out and go into the nines after Samir Lukac redlit.

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 14:54:01                              23  VW PRO            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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         Bye  MARTIN SMITH                   .     -6.9900  06.99   0.00
Foul Win  64  PAUL HERBERT        - 0.0078 11.9523  0.0523  11.90 110.55
 
      1       JAMES HODSON                   .     -6.9900  06.99   0.00
Foul Win  294 RICHARD BROOK       - 0.0849 13.1049  1.1049  12.00 103.94
 
Win   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      + 0.3175 11.9181  1.0181  10.90  91.24
      4       SAM YOUNG           + 0.0353 11.1520 -0.0480  11.20  77.87

Win   110     PAUL JORDAN         + 0.2247  9.8116 -0.1884  10.00 130.51
Foul  305     SAMIR LUKAC         - 0.1514 10.7065  0.2065  10.50 130.22
 
      222     ANTHONY MCAULIFFE   + 2.6896 13.6317  0.6417  12.99 106.75
Win   281     DAVE CROWHURST      + 0.1675 11.3608  0.9608  10.40 112.47
 
      319     ALEX KNOTT          + 0.6322 15.1340  4.1340  11.00  92.17
Win   242     JASON ANSLOW        + 0.1281 15.1833  4.1833  11.00  85.36

* = Disqualified 
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14:45

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

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1

Nigel Hale and Al Williamson shut off on the line for sprinkles of rain. The sprinkles turned into a short deluge but again we dodged a bullet, .44 calibre at that, as we only caught the edge of the storm and the bulk of the rain passed south of us. The track crew did yet another great job of drying and preparing the strip. Fantastic race between Gary Gooding and Matt Smith, Gary with a visible holeshot and into the sevens, Matt overhauled him in the second half. Stu Williams a no-show for his race with Martin Smith, Martin's tyres broke traction passing the Tree, the Bentley turned hard left and he shut off and rolled to a halt at the eighth.

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 14:47:20                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   33      DAVID MURDOCH       + 0.5580  8.1751  8.1751  00.00 174.40
      524     NICK HALE           + 0.1600 10.1224 10.1224  00.00 132.17
 
      436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.4466 11.9159 11.9159  00.00 117.33
Win   333     ALAN WILLIAMSON     + 0.8345  8.6927  8.6927  00.00 159.62
 
      677     GARY GOODING        + 0.1405  7.9728  7.9728  00.00 169.82
Win   479     MATT SMITH          + 0.3488  7.7186  7.7186  00.00 182.12
 
      3       STUART WILLIAMS                .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   537     MARTIN SMITH        + 0.5692   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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13:05

Super Comp eliminations round 1

Conrad Stanley +0.0094 off the Eurodragster.com Perfect ET Award in support of NSPCC. Paul Hudson a no-show for his race against Paul Brown.

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 13:04:20                              5  SUPER COMP        
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      323     PHILLIP BENNETT     + 0.1750  8.9740  0.0740  08.90 145.70
Win   67      NICKY FROST         + 0.0770  8.9145  0.0145  08.90 154.24
 
      1938    DAVE DAY            + 0.0183  9.1057  0.2057  08.90 140.70
Win   69      JON MORTON          + 0.0880  8.9605  0.0605  08.90 142.10
 
      714     TOM MARGESSON       + 0.1303  9.0233  0.1233  08.90 146.64
Win   3       PETE CRESSWELL      + 0.0188  8.9378  0.0378  08.90 144.42
 
      24      PAUL LETCHFORD      + 0.0878  8.9290  0.0290  08.90 145.28
Win   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0313  8.9632  0.0632  08.90 144.36
 
         Bye                                 .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
Win   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      + 0.0788  8.9094  0.0094  08.90 147.19
 
      151     PAUL HUDSON                    .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
Win   725     PAUL BROWN          + 1.2470  9.1554  0.2554  08.90 150.61

* = Disqualified 
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12:45

Exhibition

Rod Harrison 5.9246/229.01 def. Tim Garlick 6.1212.230.50

A nice surprise for us all, Tim and Rod go head to head in Nostalgia Fuel FC and Top Methanol Dragster. Great paired burnouts. Fantastic match! Tim visibly away first 0.1696 to 0.3191, Rod had the better sixty 1.0205 to Tim's 1.0424. Rod was well advanced on the task of reeling Tim in at the eighth 3.8544/190.95 to Tim's 4.0268/187.28, Rod took the stripe by 0.0471 or 15.92 feet.

Jet Dragster match race (1000 feet): Martin Hill 4.5945/206.09, Julian Webb shut off.

Great flame and thunder show from both cars but then an afterburner line broke on Julian's car spraying fuel on the track and he had to shut off. Martin took the bye; 0.9403 to sixty, storming 3.5664/224.50 at the eighth then shut off and chute out.

12:10

European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 3 (left lane first)

Kevin Kent 6.1471/105.52, Gordon Smith 5.5384/131.49

Gordon away first 0.2286 to 0.3561, Kevin had the better sixty 0.9279 to 0.9687. Both cars going great guns past 330 but then a bang and a big flash of flame from Kevin's motor, blower panel I am guessing, 4.4186/130.43 at the eighth on the brakes. Gordon's tyres were blackstriping after 330 feet and he was off the gas before the eighth 3.9048/159.38. Kev got the car stopped at the second exit with safety crews in hot pursuit. Aluminium and oil clean-up in Kev's lane.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Gordon Smith 5.3342/142.14
  2. Kevin Kent 5.9301/117.31

12:00

Exhibition

Liam Jones (Top Fuel Dragster) 10.3851/58.27 bye

0.9027 to sixty with tyres shaking, shut off about 100 feet out, something came off the car and followed Liam down the track.

Steve Ashdown (Top Fuel Dragster) shut off, bye

Second licencing pass for Steve. Nice burnout but the blower relief panel blew as Steve came off the gas; safety device shut the motor off and put the chute out.

11:50

MSA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Jean Dulamon 7.1684/192.13 def. Kev Slyfield 7.4020/219.29

Kev away first 0.1496 to Jean's 0.2773 but Kev immediately hit tyre shake and had to pedal. Jean to sixty in 1.1223 to Kev's 1.4927. Jean had a big advantage by the eighth 4.7111/157.99 to Kev;s 5.1536/171.75 but Kev was hard on the gas and visibly catching, just ran out of road even though Jean shut off and had the chutes out before the stripe.

Bert Englefield 6.6968/194.62 def. Wayne Nicholson 11.7488/68.38

Bert spanked Wayne at the Tree 0.2442 to 0.7402. Bert to sixty in 1.0871 to Wayne's 1.0919, Wayne hit shake and was off the gas by about 150 feet. Very smooth trouble-free run for Bert, one of the best-looking runs I have seen from that car. 4.3138/167.10 to the eighth, shut off and chutes out before the stripe.

Andy Robinson 6.3155/224.64 bye

Fantastic run for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, as perfect a run as you could make in these conditions I'd say. 1.0039 to sixty, 4.1216/175.70 at the eighth, on the gas all the way to the stripe.

Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris Isaacs and Mick Payne both withdrawn. The Duster has turbo damage, no word on Mick's Camaro.

Michel Tooren followed with a licencing pass in the Cuda. Looked from here like a transmission problem, motor screamed for mercy but no forward movement, no smoke from the tyres so it wasn't tyre spin. A pedal and another go but shut off and stopped at 330 feet.

11:35

Would you believe a third 0.000 Reaction Time in a row for Steve Warner in the Two Seat Dragster, 0.0003, well done Steve!

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1

Steve Wood a no-show for his race against Steve Venables, check out Ven's speed into a stiff headwind. Kristian Jasz similarly a no-show against Garry Bowe, Garry backed out of it after his bike headed for the guardrail. Graham Dance's motor stopped at the hit, Rick Stubbins had to feather the throttle as the bike drifted towards the rail. Graham Balchin's tyre screeched and he had to get off and on the throttle, Boisy took the chance to run away from him. Daniel Donat Lencses a no-show for his race against Alex Hope.

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 11:39:23                              17  SUPER STREET BIKE 
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      12      STEVE WOOD                     .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   3       STEVE VENABLES      + 0.2838  7.2153  7.2153  00.00 203.25
 
      28      SANDRO HALDIMANN    + 0.3026 11.3530 11.3530  00.00  74.17
Win   6       RICHARD HANN        + 0.0921  7.5675  7.5675  00.00 188.92
 
      27      KRISZTIAN JASZ                 .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   1       GARRY BOWE          + 0.2228  8.7676  8.7676  00.00 115.65
 
Win   20      NIGEL BARKER        + 0.1458  8.0149  8.0149  00.00 180.68
      10      MARK WELLS          + 0.1193  8.3224  8.3224  00.00 172.38
 
      17      GRAHAM DANCE        + 0.2070   .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   5       RICK STUBBINS       + 0.2732  8.1300  8.1300  00.00 143.47
 
      26      GRAHAM BALCHIN      + 0.0976  8.8018  8.8018  00.00 187.43
Win   2       CHRIS REED          + 0.1418  7.8740  7.8740  00.00 185.83
 
      8       D.DONAT LENCSES                .      0.0000  00.00   0.00
Win   4       ALEX HOPE           + 0.2803  7.7002  7.7002  00.00 181.36

* = Disqualified 
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11:25

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1

Brad Jackson's motor hesitated briefly at launch, John Przybyl had the better RT and Brad couldn't make it up. Excellent paired burnouts by Phil Toppin and Billy Gane before their race. Very long way round for Dave Russell, got close to the guardrail and getting it back lost him time. Bob Doyle a no-show for his race against Craig Wright, engine damage and in fact we just saw Bob and Tracey towing out, hope to see the Z Case back soon. Craig +0.0647 on dial-in. Paul Marston staged for the round win as Tom van der Wijden was a no-show, Tom returned to The Netherlands last night.

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 11:29:55                              8  SUPER PRO ET      
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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Win   640     JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.1387  7.6791  0.1291  07.55 151.09
      470     BRAD JACKSON        + 0.1727  9.0621  1.1621  07.90 164.82
 
Win   10      PETER WALTERS       + 0.0352  8.2171  0.2171  08.00 160.15
Foul  717     LAURA TURBURVILLE   - 0.0883  8.2225  0.3225  07.90 163.62
 
      700     PHIL TOPPIN         + 0.1521  8.9946  0.1046  08.89 144.28
Win   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.1584  8.3044  0.0344  08.27 158.47
 
Win   5       IAN POWELL          + 0.1283  8.0530  0.1230  07.93 165.43
      782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.2244  9.4792  0.6792  08.80 142.12
 
      263     BARRY GILES         + 0.1228  7.6447  0.1347  07.51 170.42
Win   3001    SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.0342  7.8375  0.1875  07.65 143.92
 
Win   868     PETER LANE          + 0.2159  8.9757  0.0957  08.88 150.04
      9       JOHN ATKINSON       + 0.2492  8.9124  0.0824  08.83 150.07
 
      429     RICK COOKE          + 0.1558  8.6558  0.2558  08.40 151.54
Win   819     CHRIS PARKER        + 0.1070  8.0545  0.2445  07.81 148.11
 
Foul Win  99  CRAIG WRIGHT        - 0.1237  8.6647  0.0647  08.60 152.58
      315     ROBERT DOYLE                   .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00
 
Win   212     PAUL MARSTON        + 0.6032   .     -8.9000  08.90   0.00
      76      TOM VAN DER WIJDEN             .     -6.0000  06.00   0.00

* = Disqualified 
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11:15

Pro ET eliminations round 1

Nigel Green a no-show for his race against Mike Lacey. Another step to the right for Eurodragster.com Steve Hudson, had a good hold of it though. Looked like transmission problems for Leigh Morris, jumped out of gear or breakage - hopefully the former, car moved a couple of feet and the motor zinged. Hesitation off the line for Paul Marston's Monza, Tony Harter had a start line advantage so no way Paul could make it up. Annie Wallace's first round of competition in Pro ET, up against Keith Herbert. Great 0.0955 RT but broke out. Huge wheelie for Eurodragster.com sponsor Nic Williams even by his standards, car turned left whilst the front end was in the air, when it came down Nic hit it again to try to get it straight and it promptly wheelied again. Crossed the centre line just before the 330 foot reflector but deftly pulled it back into his own lane, it was a fag paper job with the reflector. Trail of fluid from the car's first touchdown point. Spots of rain during the clean-up but we dodged a bullet as the radar showed that a huge area of rain went south of us. Liz Malcolm a no-show for her race against Glenn Pallant. Glenn's right hand door came open approaching the stripe. Looked and sounded like Geoff Cowley's Nova jumped out of gear, stopped off the line, in the other lane a very gutsy drive by Rhiannon Bellenie as her dragster was moving left and right in the second hald.

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                 Festival Of Power 2016. Santa Pod Raceway. England.   
                                   TSI SYSTEM
                                ELIMINATION ROUND 1

27/03/2016 11:13:50                              9  PRO ET            
Results CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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      315     NIGEL GREEN                    .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.3636  9.5381  0.1181  09.42 139.47
 
Win   192     LEE GUY             + 0.2463 10.6864  0.3064  10.38 119.49
Foul  314     STEVEN HUDSON       - 0.0178  9.4576  0.3176  09.14 137.37
 
      649     GINO BERNADINE      + 0.3154 12.2909  2.2909  10.00  72.02
Win   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.1211 10.9425  0.0825  10.86 112.75
 
      569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.2865   .     -1.09000 10.90   0.00
Win   165     COLIN FELSTEAD      + 0.0723 10.3382  0.3382  10.00 111.92
 
Foul  450     MARK BAILEY         - 0.0549  9.0374  0.0374  09.00 145.68
Win   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1617 10.0390  0.1390  09.90 132.93
 
      2211    KAREN STEVENS       + 0.0342 11.0668  0.1468  10.92 118.83
Win   1       LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0168  9.5368  0.1168  09.42 124.18
 
      212     PAUL MARSTON        + 0.1716 10.2142  0.8142  09.40 143.86
Win   886     TONY HARTER         + 0.0532  9.9059  0.0759  09.83 135.69
 
Win   777     NEIL HUNTER         + 0.1605  9.8579  0.0779  09.78 134.80
Foul  79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.0280 11.6182  0.7182  10.90  96.83
 
Foul  608     DAN WILLIAMS        - 0.0490 10.1905 -0.0095  10.20 129.39
Win   59      LAURA BAYNTON       + 0.1059 10.4475  0.0275  10.42 119.90
 
      804     ANNIE WALLACE       + 0.0955 10.5743 -0.0757  10.65 123.75
Win   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1596  9.9585  0.0585  09.90 132.11
 
Win   351     JAMES FORSTER       + 0.1003 12.6219  0.6319  11.99  85.86
      735     NIC WILLIAMS        + 0.0163   .     -9.9900  09.99   0.00
 
Win   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.2092 10.4746  0.2746  10.20 118.55
      205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.2253 10.1554  0.5154  09.64 131.77
 
      626     LIZ MALCOLM                    .     -9.0000  09.00   0.00
Win   118     GLENN PALLANT       + 0.1426  9.9356  0.4656  09.47 113.59
 
Win   90      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0162 10.7711  1.2911  09.48 121.73
      495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.2387 29.6064 20.4064  09.20  78.82

* = Disqualified 
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07:40

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 bright and sunny morning here at Santa Pod, some cloud but mainly blue sky. Currently a little chilly but once the sun has come up a bit that will change. The breeze has moved round again and is now head-on. We had forty days' and forty nights' worth of rain in a couple of hours yesterday evening, not to mention a gale, but the track is showing little sign of it - the racing surface is largely dry and the crew are concentrating on the shutdown area.

Attentive readers will already know that there is no webcast this weekend. 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.

The traditional Raceday Hello to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman who is tuned in from Rye, NH. Hope you are doing OK Kathy. Good morning also to Chris and Di Johnson who are tuned in from Southampton and to all of the Eurodragsterholics.

We are due to start at 09:30 with Pro ET E1. Stay tuned and as soon as the first pair fires up we'll bring you the news.


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