The Doorslammers / Big Bang
Santa Pod Raceway, 18th-20th May 2018

All Torque Test Day



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18:10

Paul Fenech's last run of the day in his Escort was a 10.8229/121.54. Sounded to be spinning the tyres in first gear. Oliver Krautberger followed in his Monte Carlo, clean run, 8.9751/150.57.

Lumpy-sounding burnout for Peter Wacker in his Pro Mod, lost fire after rolling to a halt. Quickly refired and came back to the start line. Rolled through stage as the lights ran, hit the gas, 1.3413 to sixty and 10.7878/83.49 at the quarter.

That's all the on-track action for today, tune back in a little while for today's gallery.

18:00

Florian Übel next up in his bown-alcohol Mustang. 1.0989 to sixty then no more gears, shut off, 10.3705/70.72. Stopped in the shutdown area and had to be towed off by the quad.

Jens Könnecke's last run of the day an 8.2099/161.88, nice straight pass. Joe Kellett followed in the Drummin' Man dragster, Super Pro ET or Super Comp? Super Cmop it is. 0.0581 RT, 8.8629/164.26. In the other lane James Wotton clocked 11.6675/128.31 in his OFF Beetle. Tom Wade followed with his Lucas Oil Junior Dragster, 0.0838 RT and the eighth in 7.9343/82.41.

A great match next, Arndt Putzmann's Super Comp Beetle and Adam Skinner's Taz Racing Fiat. Adam there first in 11.9165/110.96 after Arndt got off the gas coming down from his wheelie, 12.2206/135.34. Marcin Blauch followed in the 4WD Camaro against the Honda CR-V with Eurodragster.com decals. Great run for Marcon, 7.7439/177.81 to the Honda's 13,1886/107.02.

Richard Brook's VW Pro Golf next up, Mark Bailey's Modurstang Pro ET Cuda in the other lane. Mark on the gas to about 500 feet then started to ease off, 9.9088/124.91 to Richard's 13.7115/96.93.

Fire-up road now closed but we have cars left including Peter Wacker's Pro Mod.

17:45

1.2893 to sixty then tyres smoked for Martin Smith in the Bentley. Richard Brook followed in the VW Pro Golf, 14.9995/91.03.

Next round the corner Mattias Wulcan for his second run of the day. Would he go to the quarter after the eighth-mile bed-in pass? 0.9216 to sixty, 3.7955/203.08 at the eighth, off the gas and chutes out at the 1000 feet 4.8320/229.08, 5.8395/204.17 at the quarter with chutes out. Fantastic!

17:35

Kiel Priestman and Collin Morrice matched up in their FWD Civic and Super Comp Camaro respectively. -0.0170 for Collin, 8.6947/152.15 at the quarter, 10.6581/130.14 for Kiel.

Marcin Blauch next up in the 4WD Camaro, running against the Shakedown dragster. fantastic! 7.8547/177.10, 13.2325/102.66 for the dragster.

9.7990/130.16 for Mark Todd's GTO, squeaky tyres again and a right turn. In the other lane a 12.2320/107.68 for Phil Blogg's VW Caddy. New PB for the camouflage Porsche, 9.6639/142.03, great run!

Start line crew are putting on their Pro Mod kit.

17:20

Beetle v Beetle, OFF v Super Comp, Ian Clark v Arndt Putzmann. Huge wheelie for Ian, 11.6893/111.18, Arndt left for dead at the line caught Ian with a 9.1817/157.46. Joe Stevens followed in his Stiletto, 1.4011 to sixty and then tye tyres spun up, a pedal and back on it, 10.3290/122.07.

James Wotton next with the big wheelie from his OFF Beetle, 11.2294/128.46.

Relatively restrained 100-foor burnout for Colin Millar in the Outlaw Anglia, 1.2872 to sixty and 8.0796/170.98, Paul Fenech in the Escort clocked 10.9236/120.09 in the other lane. Geoff Cowley and Jens Könnecke then matched up, 0.094 RT for Geoff and 9.4292/143.82, left turn for Jens at the hit and idled through to a 12.2727/87.67.

Joe Kellett followed in the Drummin' Man dragster, shut it off at about 1000 feet and clocked 8.6146/114.78. 0.1151 RT for Tom Wade in the Junior Dragster, 7.9189/82.55 at the eighth.

Next run for Paul Hughes in the Imp a 13.0668/111.43. Oliver Krautberger back in the Monte Carlo, feather of the throttle, bonnet came off the car at 1000 feet, went over the rail and landed in the old fire-up road. Meanwhile Oliver stayed with it and clocked 9.3128/144.81. Richard Brook in the other lane with a 13.9110/96.85.

17:05

Return for Oliver Krautberger, shut off twice before staging, Marcin Blauch took a bye, 8.0118/175.02 in the 4WD Camaro. Oliver then into stage, took a bye, coupe of wheelies and shut it off, 17.8006/58.73.

Al Smith followed on the Marie Rose Sauce Express Top Fuel Bike. Another very sharp-sounding burnout and a good gassing up here in the office. 1.0177 to sixty, motor sounded to be misfiring and looked from here as if a belt was shredding, effect and cause one suspects. Rolled through to a 21.1244/31.41.

17:00

David Smith's Challenger first to the line after retrieval of Dave Reed's Fiesta. 0.1562 RT, 1.3309 to sixty, 9.7085/137.33 at the quarter. Left lane for Scott Hauser's Geahead Garage Super Pro ET dragster next pair, the Shakedown dragster in the right. 0.0850 RT for Scott, 7.6072/175.74 and 13.9177/73.11 for the Shakedown.

First run of the day for Florian Übel in the Skull Racing Mustang. Very nice blown-alcohol piece. 0.0013 RT, 1.0949 to sixty and 7.4493/187.31 at the stripe. Great opener!

Next up a Honda CRV with Eurodragster.com decals, thank you, driver was using a laptop before running. Stuttered off the line. Martin Smith next up in the Team Extreme Bentley, Harrison Brown in the other lane in the Thatadoo Camaro. 10.6281/123.04 for Harrison and 11.7085/93.05 for Martin.

Next round the corner Joel Kerr in the blown-alcohol Starchief alongside Regis de Caer in the Audi S2. Nice straight 7.6458/179.94 for Joel, Regis' Audo turned left and overran the blue out of bounds area. Richard Brook and Darren Shephard in a VW Pro v OFF match, Darren there first at 11.8191/114.20 to Richard's 13.7345/95.90.

Relatively straight run for Nicolas Sagiere and a great 9.7555/151.14. Brian Pateman and Rick Denny followed with a Firebird v Firebird match. 0.0095 RT for Brian, 8.8560/155.20 to Rick's 10.9661/125.56.

16:40

Next in the bleach box Mark Bailey in his Modurstang Pro ET Cuda which will be running in OCS Group Big Bracket this weekend. 1.3078 to sixty, car headed left, feather of the throttle and back on it, 9.6942/134.52.

Joe Kellett back in the Drummin Man dragster, now in Super Comp mode. 0.1744 RT, 8.8372/164.29 at the quarter. Tom Wade followed in the Blackbelt Racing Lucas Oil Junior Dragster, 0.2158 RT and to the eighth in 7.8936/82.86.

Next round the corner Rick Denny in the Firebird, 0.0615 RT and 10.9440/125.51 at the stripe.

Dave Reed followed in the 4WD Fiesta. Lots of bits and pieces appeared from under the car at the hit including a propshaft and a large spring.

16:30

Second run of the day for Sagar Gagesar in his Civic 10.4397/133.74. Next up another hairy ride for Nicolas Sagiere in his Citroen, stayed in his lane this time but not taking the straightest route, 10.0558/151.07. Sagar back for another go, left lane this time, boxful of neutrals about 100 feet out and idled through.

Jens Kïnnecke quickly back in the Super Pro ET Olds Rocket. Off the revs as the Tree ran, on and off the gas, then started to drift towards the centre line so backed off, 10.0972/107.70.

16:20

Quick turn-round for Phil Blogg in his Caddy against Paul Hughes in his Imp. 12,6031/109.91 for the Caddy and 12.9619/111.12 for the Imp.

Marcin Blauch followed in the 4WD Camaro, Shakedown dragster in the other lane. fantastic run for Marcin, 1.2958 to sixty, 5.2607/1439.90 at the eighth and 8.0734/174.38 at the stripe.

16:20

Justin Ladmu back with his Escort. Great screaming burnout, motor popping in a healthy sort of way. Wheels-up launch, couple of pedals, 10.4054/126.16.

Arndt Putzmann also back with the VW Beetle up against Paul Fenech in his Escort, bonnet back on and boot taped down. 9.8184/144.83 for Arndt taking a long way round, 10.7428/121.58 for Paul.

16:15

One kind of figured that the Wulcano wouldn't go unanswered and sure enough there was Marck Harteveld's Pro Mod in the lanes. 0.9838 to sixty with tyres shaking, car started to drift left, the passenger side door opened and Marck got off the gas, 10.4404/68.65.

16:10

10.8299/126.14 for Jason Dodd's Trans Am, then Rick Denny took on the Shakedown dragster. 0.1458 RT for Rick, 10.9328/124.45 t the dragster's 13.9729/97.46. Nigel Hale next round the corner in the big pick-up, Nicolas Hackiere in the other lane in his FWD Citroen. Great 10.6548/130.92 for Nigel, Nicolas' car never moved. Tree recycled then a wild ride for Nicolas, tyres sequealing and the car crossed lanes. Stayed on the gas and drove it back into his lane, almost up on two wheels doing it, 13.0656/126.26.

Harrison Brown quickly back in the Super Street Camaro. 0.0056 RT and 10.5831/122.84.

16:05

Next round the corner Phil Pratt on his ET Bike, 9.0282/149.66.

Simon Gough and James Wotton paired up in their Super Gas Camaro and Outlaw Flat Four Beetle respectively. 0.1246 Rt for Simon, 9.8266/153.60, 12.2198/127.68 for James.

Another bug burnout for Colin Millar in his Outlaw Anglia, JDS Street racer Scott Durrans in the left lane. 0.0068 RT for Colin, 1.2738 to sixty, 8.0419/171.05 at the stripe. 11.2927/129.39 for Scott.

Joel Kerr and Harrison Brown next up, Harrison now in the family's Thatadoo Super Street Camaro. Paul in the Bown-Alcohol Starchief. Great run for Paul! 7.6247/179.93, 10.6928/122.81 for Harrison. Nathan Hulkes and Geoff Cowley matched up, Outlaw Street against Modurstang Pro ET. 0.0297 RT for Nathan, 0.0974 for Geoff who clocked 9.0190/146.67 to Nathan's 10.2236/131.27.

Jon Giles next in the Roar Willys Super Gasser, 1.5878 RT maybe looking for the soap, but 9.8409/151.68 at ths stripe. Kiel Prestman of Spal FWD up against Outlaw Anglia racer Ronnie Mercer. Relativey gentle launch for Ronnie but still 9.8271/135.69, 11.0907/133.31 for Kiel.

15:55

Great to see Mattias Wulcan here with his Camaro which has seen eighth-mile service in the USA. An Outlaw Pro Mod if ever there was one, Mattias has pretty much whatever he wants on this one. Great burnout then jumped out of gear at the hit. Calmly reversed, back into stage, 0.9320 to sixty, 3.8267/196.12 at the eighth with the chutes out, 6.6078/128.82.

15:50

Next up Al Smith on the three-cylinder Top Fuel Bike. Very sharp-sounding burnout then some kind of issue before being pushd back, Al putting both hands up in the air. Got back and staged, then a fantastic launch, 0.9916 then tyre looked to shake and Al got off the gas, 10.3046/96.66.

Justin Ladmu shut off before staging. A pop from the motor. Dave Reed took the bye in his 4WD Ford Fiesta. Better launch this time and a full pull, 11.4962/138.63.

First run of the day for Sagar Gagesar in his Civic which will be running in Spal FWD, nice pass, 10.5440/135.40.

Joe Kellett followed in the gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster, Phil Blogg in the VW Caddy in the other lane. -0.0408 RT for Joe, 1.1408 to sixty, 8.0395/167.86 at the stripe. 12.4172/109.36 for Phil. Tom Kaye followed in his Lucas Oil Junior Dragster. 0.1293 RT and eighth of 7.8901/82.87.

Nice match next, Adam Skinner in the Taz Racing Fiat (Scoff Taz) and Rick Denny in the Firebird. 0.0553 RT for Rick, 10.9442/124.54 to Adam's 12,7752/105.38. Ian Clark in his Bettle and Paul Hughes in the Imp next up, 11.6471/112.78 for Ian and 12.7220/110.99 for Paul.

Mark Todd followed alongside Oliver Kruatberger in his Monte Carlo which will be running in OCS Group Big Bracket. 9.7734/134.42 for Mark with squealing tyres again, 9./1073/149.63 for Oliver. Hello Markus. Darren Shephard followed in his Beetle, 11.9008/114.20. Jens Könnecke and Martin Smith followed, problems launching for Jens, 9.7660/121.73, 1.3168 to sixty for Martin then smoking tyres and a pedal, 10.2732/119.94.

And here comes the Wulcano...

15:30

OCS Group Big Bracket match next, Collin Morrice and Brian Pateman. 8.6842/150.53 for Collin, 1.3149 sixty for Brian but shut off as the Firebird drifted left. Joe Stevens and Dave Mace next, Dave feathering but still ran 8.5974/142.08, Joe with spin and a drift left at the hit, sbut it off to an 11.9389/125.94.

Next up the Shakedown dragster, 13.010/98.34. Regis le Caer followed in his Audi, 11.2800/135.20.

Scott Hauser next around the corner in the Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster. 0.0984 RT, 1.0850 to sixtym 7.6388/174.32 at the stripe. I probably can't describe it properly but the car looked like something was holding it back from launching just for a moment and then off it went. Not reflected in the ET I know but you would have to be here to see what I mean.

In the lanes right now another Maltese visitor, Justin Ladmu.

15:20

Medics back on station and off we go. First up David Smith in the Modurstang Pro ET Challenger against the camouflage Porsche. 1.3535 sixty for david, 9.8335/134.06, 9.8592/140.39 for the Porsche.

First run of the day for Arndt Putzmann in his Super Comp VW, in in the other lane Marcin Blauch's 4WD Camaro. Arndt shut off before staging for fluid. Bye for Marcin, much cleaner sixty 1.2576, fantastic 8.3472/168.54.

Next up John Martin from Malta in his Escort and Samir Lukac from Germany, both running in Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder this weekend. Fantastic run from John! 7.4990/182.14 with a great wheelie on launch. Samir with spin and a hard left at the hit, shut off and pushed back. Mark Bailey next up in his Cuda, feathered the throttle off the line, 10.2822/117.61.

14:20

1.6360 to sixty for Richard Brook in the VW Pro Golf, 13.7062/96.46 at the stripe.

Second run of the day for Joe Kellett in the gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster. -0.0656 RT, great 8.1034/166.64 at the stripe. Burning smell around the start line after Joe launched.

Tom Kaye followed in his Lucas Oil Junior Dragster. 0.1977 RT, 7.9889/82.10 at the eighth.

Next run for David Lee in his FWD Golf was against Mark Todd in his Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator GTO. Tyre squeaks for Mark again but back it then shut off, 10.6022/128.42. 10.0472/144.30 for David who got there first.

Harrison Brown's first run of the afternoon on his 9.50 Bike was a 10.3920/111.24, in the other lane Straightliners racer B25 left before the lights ran but then smoke at the top end and the bike slid out from under him. Courtesy of his early launch he and the bike were way in front of Harrison. Top end ambulance moved very quickly indeed, the rider was standing up when they arrived.

On hold for retrieval.

14:10

Dave Batcheler next to the start line on his Comp Bike. 1.2233 to sixty, left foot off the peg, shut off, 27.5379/17.16. Climbed off the bike and pushed it after the finish line until rescued by the quad.

Interesting match next, Kiel Priestman in the Spal FWD Civic and Martin Smith in the Team Extreme Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator Bentley which will be running in Lucas Oil Pro Street this weekend. 1.4083 to sixty for Martin with a pedal, 9.5213/155.32. Kiel to the stripe in 13.5323/138.97.

First outing of the day for Jens Könnecke in the Olds Rocket which will be running in OCS Group Big Bracket. 1.1632 to sixty, car started swaying towards the eighth and shut off. 92112/109.74 at the stripe.

Again for Team Extreme, Gary Gooding made his second pass of the day in his Supra. 1.2759 to sixty, then the hammer full on, smoke and groaning noise from the motor before the eighth 5.2973/125.81, off the throttle and brakes on, 9.3779/97.96. Track checked and all OK.

14:05

Missed gear on launch for James Wooton's Beetle but primising from 100 feet out, 13.5178/126.50. Dave Swift next in his Beetle, slight hesitation off the line but 13.9002/101.06 at the stripe.

Clutch cooled Paul Hambidge back on the Super Street Bike. Hesitation off the line, a couple of feathers, 9.6567/146.25.

Back to Beetles and Darren Shephard next out in the Social Outcast Bug. 1.7151 to sixty, missed third gear and had to pull it again, 12.7368/109.08.

Nigel Hale next up with the big pick-up after solving a wiring problem. Nice fog from the burnout. Hesitation at the hit but a good-looking pass after that, 11.2052/129.42.

First run of the afternoon for Richard Brook in the VW Pro Golf. Nice launch, 1.6600 to sixty, looked ot back out of it in the second half, but 13.5986/96.32. Ronnie Mercer followed in his Outlaw Anglia. Perfect 0.0004 RT, well done Ronnie! 9.8363/135.61 at the stripe. Colin Millar followed up in his Putlaw Anglia, another 250-foot burnout. 1.2771 to sixty, car was swaying left and right towards half track, shut off well before the stripe but still 8.6034/144.32.

Next pass for Phil Pratt on his ET Bike, 1.4709 to sixty, 8.9988/151.05.

13:55

First out after the break Marcin Blauth all the way from Poland with his 4WD Camaro which will be running in Lucas Oil Pro Street this weekend. Front tyres smoked on launch but feathered, 9.1833/165.45.

The Shakedown dragster went next, 1.7675 to sixty, shut off after the eighth, 14.6225/64.95. Mike Hawkins followed in the Thing 2 Rover. A lot of rev but not much smoke in the burnout but the track will be warm so shouldn't be a problem. More welly on the launch this time, settling in nicely. 12.3366/82.71.

Danny Pike back after being pushed away earlier. 1.5443 to sixty muissing gear a couple of times, backed off after the eighth, 12.6619/77.47.

First run of the afternoon for Paul Hambidge on his Super Street Bike. Shut off before staging as Danny Pike was stuck in the shutdown area.

Next round the corner Rick Denny, 0.0443 from the Firebird and 10.9282/124.74 at the stripe. Nathan Hulkes followed, 0.0513 RT with the front right wheel in the air, 10.2253/130.90.

13:00

Now on lunch break.

12:55

A brief clean-up then Mark Bailey and Brian Pateman matched up, both will be running in the OCS Group Big Bracket this weekend. -0.0004 RT for Brian, 8.8661/150.54 to 0.0236 9.0267/150.57 for Mark.

Dave Mace for Lucas Oil Pro Street next up, fantastic 8.1104/166.07. Joe Stevens' Stiletto spun the tyres at the hit and he shut off to a 13.8071/101.21.

Simon Gough's first outing of the day in the OCS Group Big Bracket Camaro netted him a 0.1896 RT and 9.7134/154.71 whilst in the other lane Ian Clark's second run of the day was an 11.6977/111.79.

9.0689/149.60 for ET Bike racer Phil Pratt, Straightliners racer B25 clocked 8.9720/170.44 in the other lane. Paul Hughes in the Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder Hillman Imp clocked 13.0422/108.84, Dave Reed with problems in the other lane idled it through to a 17.8438/60.60.

Second run of the day for Joel Kerr in the blown-alcohol Starchief was a 7.6641/177.86, straight and trouble-free.

First outing for Collin Morrice in the OCS Group Big Bracket Camaro, 0.0573 RT and solid 8.7438/149.04 but a lot of smoke from the front right of the car lasted all the way down the track and shutdown area. Track checked and all OK.

Next round the corner Scott Hauser in the Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster. Back to the right lane. 0.1102 RT, 7.6662/175.02. First time today for Geoff Cowley in the OCS Group Big Bracket Nova, 9.3644/142.52, car swaying left and right in the first half. Danny Pike and Darren Shephard next up, Danny pushed back before staging so a bye for Darren, 12.3413/112.51 from the Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder Beetle.

Next run for Paul Hughes in the Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder Hillman Imp a 13.2769/106.02.

12:25

Next run for Nathan Hulkes in the OCS Group Big Bracket Camaro a very nice 0.0364 RT, 10.2443/1390.63. Front end really came up on launch, from where I sit it looked as if the wheels left the deck but difficult to say for sure without being out front with a camera.

Great to see Gary Gooding of Team Extreme back where he belongs, in the EBC Brakes 6 Cylinder Supra. Nice burnout but then shut off before staging. Didn't go anywhere though, fired up again and put in his run. Gentle launch, some power applied then shut off in the second half, 9.8561/108.33.

Next up an Outlaw Anglia match between Colin Millar and Ronnie Mercer. Colin announced his presence with a 250-foot burnout. 1.3043 to sixty for Colin, 1.5726 for Ronnie, Colin's car had the front right wheel up for a fair distance and drifted right a little, sounded as if he was not on full throttle from that point and 10.0140/117.90 would tend to confirm it. 10.8520/124.19 for Ronnie. bnext run for Harrison Brown on the 9.50 Bike 9.6397/139.46.

Jon Turner next up in the Greenfish Cuda, left lane this time. Drift right on launch, feathered the throttle, 10.1475/138.10. Smoke from the car in the second half and down the shutdown area, track checked and clean-up called.

12:05

First outing for Harrison Brown on his 9.50 Bike, 9.7869/139.40.

Mark Todd followed with his second run in the Toopspeed Automotive Street Eliminator GTO, pretty much a carbon copy of the last run, squealing tyres, a couple of pedals and off it to 11.3714/74.95.

11:55

Second run of the day for Scott Hauser in the Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster, left lane this time. 0.0381 RT, 1.0920 to sixty, 7.6585/175.74. Looked to roll the beams very slightly or maybe the launch turned down a little to check the track.

First outing of the day for Jon Giles in the OCS Group Big Bracket Willys, doing OK despite the supervision of fellow Super Gas racer Simon Gough. 9.7735/151.10. Fellow OCS Group Big Bracket racer Paul Kerr next up in the blown-alcohol Starchief. 1.1632 to sixty, pedal at 300 feet, 7.7463/179.89. David Lee followed in the Spal FWD Golf, 9.9938/142.94.

First outing for Mike Hawkins in the OCS Group Big Bracket Rover. Shoe-white L plate in the back window. Power on and off, checkout pass to make sure it went straight I think, 11.0099/116.43.

11:50

Second run of the day for Dave Batcheler on the Comp Bike. Cleanly off the line, momentarily looked as if the bike wanted to throw Dave off but he held on to it, took it gently to a 10.2505/123.07.

Dave Lee in the Spal FWD Golf up against an as-yet unidntified FWD Vauxhall. 10.1273/142.93 for Dave to the Vauxhall's 10.9423./133.73. Kiel Priestman followed in the Spal FWD Civic Phil Blogg's VW Caddy which is toting a Eurodragster.com decal. 11.6000/137.79 for Kiel to the 14.0938/102.89 for Phil..

-0.0324 for Rick Denny's Firebird, 10.9416/125.53 at the stripe. Rick back very shortly after for another go, -0.0177 RT and 10.9143/125.12 at the top end. Danny Pike in the Fiat X1/9 up against the Shakedown dragster. 1.4797 to sixty for Danny, some hesitation but 11.6296/115.65 to the dragster's 12.8033/103.13.

First run of the day for Dave Swift in the Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder Beetle, hesitant off the line, 17.2778/90.84. Nice 10.9147/126.88 for Jason Dodd in the OCS Group Big Bracket Trans Am. Ian Clark next up in the Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder Beetle, first run of the day a nice 12.1275/109.74.

next rnu for ET Bike racer Phil Pratt 9.1486/150.60 with hesitation off the line. Following up was one of our Maltese visitors, Paul Fenech in a very pretty OCS Group Big Bracket Escort. 10.7833/107.94 at the stripe but threw its bonnet at 1000 feet.

11:35

Adam Skinner in one of the Taz Racing Fiats up against Spal FWD racer Stephen Ray in the Astra Van. 12.0026/102.34 for Taz and 13.7710/118.23 for Stephen.

Straightliners Busa back for another go. 1,7727 to sixty, some hesitation, then back on it, 9.0057/170.46. Simon Durrans followed for JDS Street, 12.1773/127.36.

Next run for Nathan Hulkes in the OCS Group Big Bracket Camaro 0.0302 RT, 1.3954 to sixty, 10.2214/131.02 at the stripe.

Next run for Dave Lee in the Spal FWD Golf not quite so good as others, lost drive a couple of hundred feet out. Found it again but gave up on the run. Next pass for Dave some hesitation off the line losing him ET but still 9.9337/144.76. First run of the day for Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder racer Darren Shephard, lost drive off the line but stayed fired and pushed a few feet back for another go. 1.7023 to sixtym 12.3220/111.65 at the stripe.

Dave Reed next in his Webster Race Engineering 4 Cylinder Fiesta, up against a Porsche in camouflage scheme. 9.8130/141.60 for the Porsche to dave's 12,3807/120.27.

First run of the day for Joe Kellett in the Drummin' Man Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster. -0.0412 RT, 1.2223 to sixty, 8.9710/152.67. First-footing next run was Nigel Hale in the Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator pick-up. Great burnout whose smoke hung in the air for a long time. Wheelspin at the hit but stayed with it, 12.4809/119.80.

Next up David Smith in the Modurstang Pro ET Challenger against James Wotton in his Outlaw Flat Four Beetle. 1.3264 to sixty for David, 9.6395/139.40 at the stripe, James lost gear at the hit and lost a lot of time finding it.

Great new paint job for Paul Hambidge's Super Street Bike. 1.5092 to sixty with a couple of feathers of the throttle then off the gas before the eigthh.

Next up Tom Kaye in his Lucas Oil Junior Dragster. Shut off before staging, shutdown area being checked out.

11:15

Second run of the day for ET Bike racer Phil Pratt. 1.5616 to sixty, 9.1447/149.68 at the top end.

Next up would have been called a Junior Dragster back in my day, Shakedown by name. 12.8932/100.06, nice run. Scott Hauser followed in the Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster. Pro Tree, revs briefly up and then down again. Tree changed to Sportsman, -0.0732 RT, 1.0894 to sixty then off it by 330 feet. 9.5555/96.84.

Next up Michael Holleman in the Spal FWD Civic, first time I have seen this very nice-looking car. 1.3282 to sixty, shut off at about 1000 feet, 9.2970/113.79.

Al Smith followed on the three-cylinder Top Fuel Bike. Very gassy in our office after the burnout, eyes and noses stinging, we like it that way though. Lost drive at the hit, shut off and pushed back.

11:05

Next run for VW Pro racer Richard Brook a 13.9539/95.30. Hot-lapped, back within minutes, 1.7034 to sixty and 13.7427/96.70 at the stripe. back again not long later, 1.6939 to sixty and 13,6260/98.76 at the stripe.

Scott Hauser's Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET dragster in the lanes, Scott not yet strapped in though. In fact as I type he is strolling the start line with dad and Eurodragster.com sponsor Geof Hauser.

Jason Dodd's second run of the day in the OCS Group Big Bracket Trans Am, 10.8977/125.80 played 11.2606/119.31 from a fellow Surrey Muscle racer whose name we have not yet found.

Next up a white Hayabusa carrying Straightliners number B25. Shut off for a fluid leak and pushed back.

10:45

Great to see Modurstang Pro ET racer Jon Turner back, Procharger now fitted to the Greenfish Cuda. Great burnout then first run with the new combination, straight and gentle, 12.0670/126.30. Kit v Alfa again, Alfa took it with an 11.9118/116.84 to the kit car's backed-off 18.3518/53.45. Back for another match a few minutes later, Alfa took it again with a hesitant-sounding 13.7370/88.90 to the kit car's shut off 16.6315/57.83. And again they paired up, kit car with a 2.9797 RT followed by a 9.5771/142.52 beat the Alfa's 12.6445/111.12.

Also great to see Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator racer Mark Todd back where he belongs. Spin off the line, pedalled, gave it a bit more, car twitched and Mark got off it, 16.5897/44.15.

10:40

Second run of the day for JDS Street racer Simon Durrans. 14.0538/125.25 with hesitation about 400 feet out so more to come. Outlaw Flat Four racer Danny Pike followed in the Fiat X1/9. Strong- looking and -sounding launch, 1.6606 to sixty then 11.2516/121.77 at the stripe. Kit Car and Alfa then paired up, Kit Car took it 10.7042/140.30 to the Alfa's 12.2332/116.65.

10:30

Third run of the day for Richard Brook in the VW Pro Golf. 1.7119 to sixty, 13.8619/96.52. Second run of the day for Nathan Hulkes in the twin-turbo Camaro, 10.4544/130.68. Greetings to Darren.

The Alfa followed, 12.0936/116.73. Rick Denny straight back round for his second run of the day. 0.0287 RT, 1.5965 to sixty, 10.9160/125.93.

10:25

First run of the day for JDS Street racer Simon Durrans. 12.8723/129.92, off the gas a coup;e of hundred feet out so much more to come there. The 14-reg Alfa back for another go. Reaction Time and sixty best left unpublished, 13.0224/117.13. Back a few minutes later for another turn, 12.0191/117.45.

Next around the corner VW Pro racer Richard Brook, 1.7775 to sixty, 14.2500/93.32. David Lee followed, 9.9837/142.94 from the Spal FWD Golf. Wendall Brand next in his Spal FWD Civic, lost drive not far off the line and pushed back.

Comp Bike racer Dave Batcheler with his first run of the day. 1.2106 to sixty, some tyre spin, bike headed right and Dave backed off, left it go where it wanted to go, crossed lanes just before the eighth but Dave had a hold of it. Did the clever thing there I'd say.

Richard Brook back for another run but held whilst Dave Batcheler was rescued from the shutdown area. 1.7171 sixty, sounded to be taking it a little easy in the second half, 13.8341/96.10.

Jason Dodd next in his Trans Am, 10.9234/125.84. Modurstang Pro ET racer Rick Denny next up in his Firebird, Sportsman Tree request in shoe white, 0.0335 RT and 10.970/124.46. Both OCS Group Big Bracket racers, given his illustrious racing record I would not bet against Rick this weekend.

10:05

David Lee back round very quickly, 10.3357/138.54 with hesitation a few feet out. Back a few minutes later, 1.5392 to sixtty, 9.6773/143.38. Kit car back for another go, lots of pops and bangs going down the track but no ill effect, 10.1295/138.98.

Next up a 14-reg Alfa Romeo. Sent back so next round the corner Nathan Hulkes in his Camaro carrying a Big Bracket race number. 0.6663 RT, feathered the throttle 300 feet out, 10.7263/127.35.

09:50

First to the bleach box ET Bike racer Phil Pratt. The usual rolling burnout then 0.236 RT, 1.4514 to sixty, 8.9966/151.12, eight-second run always a good start to the day.

One of our Front Wheel Drive contestants next, very tidy VW Golf, 9.8226/143.39. Courtesy of Luke Stevenson we now know that it is David Lee. Street-legal car to boot.

Nice 11.3309/134.02 for a kit car, small wheelie off the line and a brief hesitation so more to come, again no name.

07:45

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the pre-Doorslammers All Torque Test Day brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

Not unpleasant here at Santa Pod, cloud but that will be gone at some point, the sun breaking through every so often.

The plan for today is a live report, so keep hitting Refresh through the day, and then a gallery at the end of the day courtesy of Julian and Diana. No webcast from us today; the Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will next be on-line at next Thursday's Pro Peak Performance Day. Barney and friends at Box Lane Productions are setting up to webcast tomorrow and Sunday via Redzone Sports' Facebook page and you can find a link to that on the Event Index. I would not be surprised if there was a test broadcast at some point today.

A big Good Morning to all of the Eurodragsterholics, especially those stuck in an office, to our buddy Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto up there in Finland, and to our biggest fan Ivar Kolberg up there and across a bit in Norway. We will do our best to bring you the news very quickly.

I would expect a start time of about 09:30 so come back then and we'll start to bring you the reports.


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