FIA / FIM European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway, 6th-9th September 2018

Friday



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23:35

We have now posted today's gallery courtesy of Julian and Diana. You can check it out via the Event Index; if you do not see the updated thumbnails when you load the Gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

21:00

Eric Teboul closed the night with a 5.4107/232.42 on his Rocket Bike. 3.5631/225.47 at the eighth.

That's all for today, we will post today's gallery shortly.

20:55

FIM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Stu Crane 7.0314/184.36 bye; Rene van den Berg 13.3210/48.99, Phil Crossley 12.0183/83.48; Dale Leeks no time bye; Lorcan Parnell 9.2191/111.41 bye; Eric Richard 11.9605/130.65 bye; Filippos Papafilippou 13.1399/59.97 bye

Stu shut off before staging as the safety crews went after Marcus' Supertwin. On the restart 1.0943 to sixty, engine note dropped briefly approaching the eighth 4.4611/158.99 but picked up in the second half. Rene to sixty in 1.0466, nitro flames high in the air then a ball of flame and a fire on the right side of the bike, maybe head gasket. Phil's engine note was not far above idle all the way down the track. Rene stopped at the top end right by the safety crews who were there in moments. Phil's run removed from the standings as it was not a six-second pass - those Funny Bikes left in the ladder have previously run sixes. Fluid in Rene's lane, qualifying continues in the other lane. Dale to sixty in 1.1317 then tyre shake, shut off and stopped about 250 feet out. Lorcan to sixty in 1.1693 then the tyre chattered, a feather of the throttle and back on it but then smoke from the motor in the second half. Eric's motor tried to die in the burnout but he managed to catch it and keep it lit. Stood up on the rear tyre at the hit, feathered the throttle and squeezed the throttle to get it down the track. Fil got to sixty in 1.0958 then the tyre spun up, one feather and tried again and the tyre spun up again, shut it off.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Steve Woollatt 6.2760/202.59
  2. Filippos Papfilippou 6.9213/171.77
  3. Stu Crane 7.0314/184.36
  4. Dale Leeks 7.0586/160.18
  5. Rene van den Berg 7.1102/186.60
  6. Lorcan Parnell 9.2191/111.41
  7. Eric Richard 9.4305/134.02

20:40

Clean-up complete Martin Hill put in a 5.6816/261.99 in the Fireforce 5 Jet Dragster.

FIM Supertwin qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Marcus Christiansen 6.5955/202.24 bye; Martijn de Haas 6.6649/206.28 bye;

2018 FIM Europe Supertwin Champion Marcus to sixty in 1.1625, nitrous flames flicking on and off, 4.2823/176.37 at the eighth, into #1 spot. Great pass for Martijn! 1.1433 to sixty, 4,3717/175.67 at the eighth. Safety crews left station and headed down the shutdown area but returned straight away.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Marcus Christiansen 6.5955/202.24
  2. Martijn de Haas 6.6649/206.28
  3. Neil Midgley 6.7171/167.29
  4. Ronny Aasen 7.4408/125.49
  5. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.6723/134.02
  6. Allan Davies 7.6962/182.83
  7. Marc van den Boer 10.0083/81.97

20:10

Nostalgia Funny Car session 2 (left lane first)

Tony Betts 9.1723/90.70 bye, Rob Elsom shut off

Rob shut off for an oil leak on the way back from his burnout. Tony took the bye, 1.0445 to sixty and off the gas before 330 feet.

20:00

Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Steve Ashdown 12.3746/73.92, Birgitte Bremnes 7.2560/126.61; Jason Phelps 7.2828/90.70, Kevin Kent 15.2846/28.99

Steve's motor fired up and coughed and banged, almost as if the plug leads were switched or some other timing issue, stopped almost immediately. Birgitte's team waited whilst Steve's team applied a quick fix under pressure. Steve staged just to the right of centre of his lane, looked to be off his burnout tracks. Tyres up in smoke at the hit, 2.0482 to sixty, off the gas and stabbed it again then gave it up. 0.9586 to sixty for Birgitte, shake and off the gas, something came off the car, then Birgitte gave it some more welly just before the eighth then off the gas altogether. Jason to sixty in 0.9773 with shake, 0.8523 for Kevin, shake and off the gas, chute out so I am guessing the safety device kicked in. Jason pedalled, gave the throttle a stab, gave the throttle another stab and then off it altogether.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Kevin Chapman 5.0570/158.73
  2. Birgitte Bremnes 7.2560/126.61
  3. Jason Phelps 7.2828/90.70
  4. Kevin Kent 7.3973/65.37
  5. Steve Ashdown 12.3746/73.92

19:45

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Stig Neergaard 4.4909/241.48, Duncan Micallef 14.4687/60.21; Liam Jones 8.6830/78.02, Jndia Erbacber 9.5068/73.60; Anita Mäkelä 3.8947/263.98, Antti Horto 10.6818/47.82

Duncan's tyres stood up and smoked and he was straight off the gas. Stig to sixty in 0.9083 with visible shake and sparks from the clutch, a pedal, 330 feet in 2.5566 and visibly accelerating hard at the eighth 3.5876/252.05 then off the gas and a chute out. Liam to sixty in 0.8605 and very bad shake, Jndia to sixty in 0.8670 and very bad shake, both off the gas and idled tnrough. Anitti to sixty in 0.8562, shake and off the gas. Anita on a stormer! 0.8316 to sixty, 2.1567 to 330 feet, 3.0651 at a huge 280.21 at the eighth then off the gas before the stripe.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Anita Mäkelä 3.8947/263.98
  2. Antti Horto 3.9351/298.96
  3. Urs Erbacher 4.1816/225.47
  4. Stig Neergaard 4.4909/241.48
  5. Liam Jones 7.0432/76.58
  6. Jndia Erbacher 9.2924/76.55
  7. Duncan Micallef 13.0107/65.56

19:30

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Bobby Wallace 8.2722/121.11 bye, Mick Payne did not start; Michel Tooren 6.4814/233.97, Jean Dulamon no time broke; Norbert Kuno 6.3358/231.05, Jan Ericsson 5.9400/241.22; Peter Wacker 7.4126/180.68, Wayne Nicholson 7.8547/130.66; Jimmy Ålund shut off, Marcus Hilt shut off; Jimmy Ålund 5.8278/241.61, Marcus Hilt 6.8817/192.90; Kev Slyfield 6.0284/230.48, Jon Webster no time; Mats Eriksson 12.0533/60.54, Andy Robinson 11.2269/100.52; Kim Kristiansen 6.0620/241.46, Roger Johansson 5.7942/245.01

Bobby in sister Annie's car, a new set of pistons for his own car arrived the other day and were found to be incorrect. Mick Payne didn't make it round the corner from the pairing lanes. Bobby to sixty in 1.0713, car was heading right, a pedal and pulled i tback, car started heading right again and Bobby shut it off and pulled it back. Huge nitrous burp which blew off Jean's scoop then a jet of flame from the carb. Michel to sixty in 0.9900, car headed left, a pedal, pulled it straight, another pedal before the eighth 4,3375/178.31. Norbert to sixty un 0.9762, Jan in 1.0003 driving through shake to 150 feet. Jen with a visible lead at the eighth 3.9253/193.39 as Norbert's Avenger headed for the guardrail but Norbert stayed with it and did the rest of the run to the left of the lane, 4.1300/174.27 at the eighth. Peter with shaeke to sixty 1.0989, Waybe in 1.1921 with shake which he drive through. Wayne to the eighth in 4.6704/152.58 and his blower panel burst with a flash of flame. Peter to the eighth in 4.6882/180.68 overhauled Wayne at the last moment. Jimmy and Marcus ready to stage and shut off as the right lane was still being checked. Clean-up called in the shutdown area. Great run for Jimmy! 0.9542 to sixty, Marcus in 1.0151 with shake and a move right, a pedal a couple of hundred feet out. Meanwhile an absolute stormer to the eighth for Jimmy 3.8109/197.97, Marcus there in 4.5077/161.12 then a big flash of flame and cloud of smoke from his motor just before 1000 feet. Track check ensued, all OK. Kev and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon in pre-stage and one member of Kev's crew went in each side door. All sorted and in stage. Jon bulbed by the Autostart, Kev off and running on the green. 0.9506 to sixty, no real sign of shake, 3.9054/185.12 at the eighth and drove it to the back door. New PB for Kev, well done Kev and team! Not so good after that as the 'Bird got a bounce on going through the finish line, no parachutes appeared and still didn't appear as Kev went further and further down the shutdown area, smoke from the breakes and then a huge cloud of dust as the car went into the field. Safety crews rushed to Kev's aid, awaiting word. Shake for Mats past sixty 0.9862, wheelstand then unloaded rear end and shake for Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy, 1.0539 to sixty and off the gas. Both cruised along the track. Fantastic pair to close the session! Kim to sixty in 1.0122 with shake which he drove through, Roger in 0.9704 with no visible shake and exhausts spitting red flame, Roger visibly pulling ahead at the eighth 3,8089/197.61 with the usual soot on both sides, Kim lost a tad to shake and got to the eighth in 4.0124/188.85, both drove it out the back door. Kim with no chutes bu tmade the turnout at the end of the track. Track record reset twice in one session, the quickest Nitrous car outside the USA... Your Reporter is going to have his vasectomy reversed, have children, and then eventually have grandchildren whom he can tell he was there.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Roger Johansson 5.7942/245.01
  2. Jimmy Ålund 5.8278/241.61
  3. Andy Robinson 5.9133/242.89
  4. Jan Ericsson 5.9400/241.22
  5. Kim Christiansen 5.9832/239.85
  6. Kev Slyfield 6.0284/230.48
  7. Mats Eriksson 6.3190/213.95
  8. Norbert Kuno 6.3358/231.05
  9. Michel Tooren 6.4814/233.97
  10. Marcus Hilt 6.8817/192.90
  11. Jon Webster 7.0100/206.22
  12. Peter Wacker 7.4126/180.68
  13. Wayne Nicholson 7.8547/130.66
  14. Bobby Wallace 8.2722/121.11

18:30

Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET qualifying session 6

Also the last qualifying session for Pro ET as they will go into eliminations tomorrow. First pair and John Przybyl's dragster made a move to the right at 1000 feet, backed out of it, Laura Turburville also off it in the other lane for less evident reasons. Barry Giles up from #8 to #5 at +0.0055. Brad Jackson and dave catton side-by-side up the ladder #17 to #14 and #26 to #20 respectively. Dave Evans in the RT Squeaker Club at -0.0090 but outdone by Scott Hauser at -0.0023, in the other lane a breaklout for Mathijs Kraetzer, 7.8540 on 7.90 but I think the team will be OK with it. Johan Oomen shut off after his burnout and pushed back.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 18:29:35                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       TOM ATKINSON        + 0.0551  8.8500  0.0000  08.85 151.04
  2   4       JOE KELLETT         - 0.0140  8.1802  0.0002  08.18 164.23
  3   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.0698  8.7628  0.0028  08.76 157.38
  4   450     MARK BAILEY         - 0.0030  8.8251  0.0051  08.82 151.56
  5   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.1232  7.3455  0.0055  07.34 179.94
  6   984     THOMAS HAAS         + 0.1885  8.1660  0.0060  08.16 165.44
  7   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0998  8.4870  0.0070  08.48 161.29
  8   896     AUSTIN JAQUES       + 0.1334  8.4476  0.0076  08.44 157.36
  9   1       SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.1298  7.6096  0.0096  07.60 175.04
 10   640     JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.0763  7.5497  0.0097  07.54 173.71
 11   935     WOUTER VAN LEERSUM  + 0.1175  7.3197  0.0097  07.31 183.52
 12   717     LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.0593  7.9510  0.0110  07.94 166.66
 13   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0261  8.8361  0.0161  08.82 155.23
 14   470     BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0564  7.7890  0.0190  07.77 169.15
 15   1001    PAUL BROWN          - 0.0839  9.0109  0.0209  08.99 133.61
 16   793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.4622  8.0946  0.0246  08.07 167.24
 17   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.6863  6.8457  0.0257  06.82 195.43
 18   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.0147  6.0383  0.0383  06.00 197.15
 19   315     ROBERT DOYLE        + 0.0348  8.5686  0.0486  08.52 154.17
 20   251     DAVE CATTON         + 0.0748  7.8486  0.0486  07.80 169.12
 21   551     MARK FLAVELL        + 0.1598  6.9035  0.0535  06.85 195.55
 22   21      MAURICE V D LAAN    + 0.0502  8.7479  0.0579  08.69 147.58
 23   55      JOHN GERRITSEN      + 0.0291  6.6912  0.0612  06.63 207.97
 24   166     ALAN DIDWELL        + 0.1008  7.6847  0.0647  07.62 176.37
 25   449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.1982  8.0265  0.0765  07.95 175.68
 26   28      JOHAN OOMEN         + 0.2407  6.9756  0.1556  06.82 197.94
 27   474     ASHLEY BELL         + 1.1172  9.0549  0.2649  08.79 145.73
 28   421     MATHIJS KRAETZER    - 0.0234  8.2452  0.3452  07.90 156.35
 29   881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.0546 10.4018  1.4118  08.99 106.27

* = Disqualified 
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Next up the rest of Pro Q2.

18:10

Terry Gibbs Super Gas Shootout qualifying session 5

Simon Gough up to #4 in the first pair +0.0048. Stevan Reffeltrath's turn for the squeaker RT, -0.0003. Tim Moore into the 9.9s and up to #11. Next pair and Werner Zudrell edged out of stage as the lights ran, in the other lane Dave Fulton up to #6. Andy Harrison next to the 9.9s and up to #10. That made twelve of fifteen in the 9.9s. Next pair and save of the day by Collin Morrice, fuel under a rear tyre and the car made a hard left on launch. Crossed lanes but Collin held on to it and pulled it back.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 18:12:23                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0241  9.9029  0.0029  09.90 156.87
  2   512     S.REFFELTRATH       - 0.2752  9.9030  0.0030  09.90 145.35
  3   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.1841  9.9036  0.0036  09.90 108.72
  4   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0228  9.9048  0.0048  09.90 153.17
  5   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0013  9.9089  0.0089  09.90 147.60
  6   22      DAVE FULTON         + 0.0846  9.9139  0.0139  09.90 147.60
  7   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.2482  9.9150  0.0150  09.90 133.23
  8   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0376  9.9278  0.0278  09.90 152.59
  9   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1460  9.9427  0.0427  09.90 124.46
 10   970     ANDY HARRISON       + 0.0335  9.9440  0.0440  09.90 143.05
 11   42      SIMON FULTON        + 0.0214  9.9568  0.0568  09.90 145.76
 12   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.0545  9.9661  0.0661  09.90 138.25
 13   2025    BRETT FEATHERSTONE  + 0.9256 10.1160  0.2160  09.90 116.43
 14   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1913 10.3381  0.4381  09.90  94.69
 15   1320    THOMAS BARNES       + 0.4694 10.5829  0.6829  09.90 138.97

* = Disqualified 
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18:05

Modurstang Pro ET qualifying session 6

Last qualifying session for Pro ET as they will go into eliminations tomorrow. In the first pair 0.0074 RT for David Smith, in the other lane another impressive wheelie and up from #13 to #4 for Mike Lacey. Next pair and a breakout 10.8882 for Carl Goldsmith but he will be pleased after a couple of days of woe. Vapour from the car right on the stripe and down the shutdown area, track checked and all OK so hopefully all good for Carl. Thomas Watkins up from #16 to #9 next pair at +0.0077. Paul Brown with a real close -0.0003 RT. next pair and a fag paper -0.0018 RT for Will Clark.

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                                               FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
PRO ET                                                         THROUGH ROUND # 6                              07/09/2018 18:06:28
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   1001     PRO ET   PAUL BROWN           BEDFORD  UK                DRAGSTER   454 CI     09.00    +  .0010   .0080  9.0010   144.28  
2   314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        SURREY  UK                 FORD T ALT 383 CI     09.15    +  .0027   .1357  9.1527   140.31  
3   74       PRO ET   BEN NEWSOME          DERBY  UK                  MUSTANG    347 CI     11.74    +  .0045   .2037 11.7445   116.51  
4   795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           EVESHAM  UK                CAMARO     598 CI     09.08    +  .0049   .0487  9.0849   148.07  
5   40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.31    +  .0051   .3027  9.3151   142.56  
6   358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          RAUNDS  UK                 BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.65    +  .0053   .0688 10.6553   124.40  
7   731      PRO ET   RICK DENNY           PETERBOROUGH  UK           FIREBIRD   400 CI     11.05    +  .0069   .0523 11.0569   123.37  
8   79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              FORD A VAN 493 CI     10.90    +  .0075  .0388 10.9075    83.78  
9   559      PRO ET   THOMAS WATKINS       EAST SUSSEX  UK            CHARGER    572 CI     09.55    +  .0077   .0457  9.5577   142.08  
10  66       PRO ET   HARRISON BROWN       WILTSHIRE  UK              CAMARO     355 CI     10.74    +  .0080  .0017 10.7480   120.88  
11  1        PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           BROAD HEATH  UK            MUSTANG    520 CI     09.53    +  .0097   .0530  9.5397   138.22  
12  554      PRO ET   AMY WATKINS          WADHURST  UK               FIREBIRD   542 CI     09.89    +  .0110   .1308  9.9010   134.51  
13  637      PRO ET   NEIL WATKINS         WADHURST  UK               DODGE P/UP 505 CI     11.38    +  .0124  .0527 11.3924   114.35  
14  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            COMET      524 CI     09.60    +  .0132   .0682  9.6132   140.77  
15  1111     PRO ET   ARIE WESTEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            'VETTE C3  565 CI     09.60    +  .0154   .1736  9.6154   142.46  
16  692      PRO ET   DAVID SMITH          FLYFORD  UK                DODGE      543 CI     09.74    +  .0180   .0074  9.7580   136.92  
17  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        COPTHORNE  UK              FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.40    +  .0229   .1744 10.4229   128.38  
18  542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               '64 FURY   500 CI     09.65    +  .0233   .0348  9.6733   136.91  
19  82       PRO ET   EDDY VAN DEN BOS     NETHERLANDS  NL            '70 NOVA   455 CI     09.65    +  .0290   .2803  9.6790   133.69  
20  1420     PRO ET   WILLIAM CLARK        BLACK WATER  UK            DRAGSTER   61 CI      10.14    +  .0290   .0713 10.1690   129.47  
21  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           AYLESFORD  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.30    +  .0312   .2011  9.3312   146.69  
22  520      PRO ET   GILLES PERRUCHOUD    FRANCE  FR                 32 FORD    434 CI     09.70    +  .0361   .2207  9.7361   134.52  
23  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    +  .0455   .1851 10.9455   117.75  
24  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.65    +  .0526   .0950  9.7026   135.21  
25  113      PRO ET   CHRIS NEWSAM         CHESTERFIELD  UK           ROVER ZS   468 CI     09.20    +  .0562   .1110  9.2562   143.36  
26  952      PRO ET   ANDY THETFORD        OFFHAM  UK                 CAMARO     565 CI     10.65    +  .0633  .0466 10.7133   131.01  
27  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.15    +  .0635   .0142  9.2135   140.73  
28  179      PRO ET   STUART HODGSON       FOXHOLES  UK               BEETLE     2387 CC    10.42    +  .1474   .0488 10.5674   132.82  
29  833      PRO ET   JOHN DALRYMPLE       HIGH WYCOMBE  UK           COMP ALT   383 CI     10.84    +  .2472   .2543 11.0872   114.32  
30  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    STAPLEHURST  UK            DRAGSTER   1400 CC    09.00    + 1.3124   .0333 10.3124   120.45  
31  54       PRO ET   CARL GOLDSMITH       IVYCHURCH  UK              VW GOLF    1781 CC    11.00    + 2.7851  .0293 13.7851    98.98  
32  281      PRO ET   DAVE CROWHURST       CRANBROOK  UK              VW BEETLE  2000 CC    09.85    + 4.1238   .3552 13.9738    90.85  
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33  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 572 CI     09.71    -  .0621   .0835  9.6479   137.27  
 Best R.T. was  DAVID SMITH         +  .0074
 Best E.T. was  PAUL BROWN           9.0010
 Best MPH was  MIKE LACEY          148.07
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17:50

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 5

First pair and Gill Medley left before the lights ran. Second pair and Andy Bond improved still further to consolidate the #1 spot.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Sports Ladder   QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 17:50:12                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.1299  7.7835  7.7835  00.00 185.06
  2   63      JOE STEVENS         + 0.2127  8.5197  8.5197  00.00 169.81
  3   57      GRAHAM SMITH        + 0.0439  9.9186  9.9186  00.00 144.36
  4   524     NICK HALE           + 0.1475 10.5880 10.5880  00.00 125.14
  5   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.1391 10.6597 10.6597  00.00 128.45
  6   863     GILL MEDLEY         + 0.5952 12.5224 12.5224  00.00 110.72
  7   870     ADAM CHARNLEY       + 0.2302 12.5560 12.5560  00.00 108.99

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Hold for a groom of the track.

17:45

Super Comp qualifying session 5

Lively launch for Arndt Putzmann in the firts pair, had all four wheels off at least four times. Wild Bunch racer Darryl Howells up from #6 to #4 in the second pair. Straight run for Martin Curbishley in the Fiz Auto Penzance-sponsored dragster but broke out, that will be the baseline run though. Leah Kellett up from #3 to #2 with the last run of the session.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 17:45:19                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0132  8.9003  0.0003  08.90 157.93
  2   4       LEAH KELLETT        + 0.1524  8.9071  0.0071  08.90 162.51
  3   25      TERRY CLIFFORD      + 0.2544  8.9094  0.0094  08.90 149.59
  4   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.2636  8.9361  0.0361  08.90 148.09
  5   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        - 0.0013  8.9803  0.0803  08.90 145.24
  6   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0381  8.9864  0.0864  08.90 152.15
  7   22      DAVID FULTON        + 0.0391  8.9877  0.0877  08.90 149.69
  8   164     PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0464  9.0416  0.1416  08.90 152.13
  9   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1175  9.0567  0.1567  08.90 123.87
 10   144     JAN SCHEPPERS       + 0.1214  9.0728  0.1728  08.90 145.31
 11   42      SIMON FULTON        + 0.0188  9.9874  1.0874  08.90 143.84
 12   298     ARNDT PUTZMAN       + 0.2034 10.0201  1.1201  08.90 144.38
 13   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0651  8.8323 -0.0677  08.90 119.95

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street qualifying session 5

No changes in this session.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 17:46:56                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.5075 10.9037  0.0037  10.90 118.23
  2   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0887 10.9040  0.0040  10.90  83.18
  3   55      NICOLE PARKER       + 0.3113 10.9715  0.0715  10.90 127.98

* = Disqualified 
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17:40

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 5

Frankie Taylor up from #21 to #15 in the first pair. Next pair and Katie Ellis up from #17 to #12. #23 to #11 for Thomas Cook-Abbott going right-side. Skye Collier and Jacqueline Bartlett side-by-side up the ladder, #23 to #15 and #10 to #6 respectively. Harley Coulsell up from #12 to #9 next pair. 0.0011 RT for Caitlin Wilson might well have been good for #1 at another event but not this one, #3 it is. Thaliah Gibb pushed back before staging in the next pair, up to #11 with Thaliah remaining #10. 0.0417 for Harry Redshaw good for a move from #20 to #14

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 17:39:02                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   19      LIAM MCDONALD       + 0.0000 13.4498  1.5498  11.90  46.34
  2   8       JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0004  8.1352  0.2352  07.90  79.24
  3   4       CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0011  8.3336  0.4336  07.90  76.44
  4   26      DANIEL WEIR         + 0.0102  9.5382  0.6382  08.90  57.97
  5   5       MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0201  8.1086  0.2086  07.90  79.11
  6   1966    JACQUELINE BARTLET  + 0.0211 12.0871  3.1871  08.90  51.56
  7   1996    LARA BARTLETT       + 0.0235 13.2921  4.3921  08.90  47.44
  8   15      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.0247  9.1257  1.2257  07.90  68.11
  9   12      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0287  9.7516  0.8516  08.90  64.93
 10   32      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0310  9.9379  2.0379  07.90  62.43
 11   22      FREDDIE TAYLOR      + 0.0312  9.3762  0.4762  08.90  68.77
 12   3       JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0387  7.9817  0.0817  07.90  81.08
 13   2       THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.0406  8.1595  0.2595  07.90  78.67
 14   24      HARRY REDSHAW       + 0.0417  9.4297  0.5297  08.90  70.01
 15   43      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.0505  8.0631  0.1631  07.90  80.07
 16   10      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0553  8.1114  0.2114  07.90  78.41
 17   28      SKYE COLLIER        + 0.0592  8.1232  0.2232  07.90  78.40
 18   45      TOM KAYE            + 0.0596  8.1090  0.2090  07.90  81.08
 19   42      FRANKIE TAYLOR      + 0.0647  8.1277  0.2277  07.90  77.47
 20   23      ARCHIE WRAY         + 0.0754 12.4283  0.5283  11.90  51.80
 21   14      FRANKIE FORDHAM     + 0.0857  8.0421  0.1421  07.90  80.23
 22   21      LUKE MUGRIDGE       + 0.0866  9.4879  0.5879  08.90  68.46
 23   997     RICHARD WILLCOX     + 0.0867 17.2683  5.3683  11.90  33.13
 24   18      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.1325  8.3495  0.4495  07.90  78.28
 25   998     KIMMY WILLCOX       + 0.1845 11.8807  2.9807  08.90  52.33

* = Disqualified 
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17:25

Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET qualifying session 5

Shock of the round was that Eurodragster.com brother-in-law Tom Atkinson was not first out of the lanes. My guess is that with an unassailable #1 he is staying in the pits. Squeaker -0.0029 RT for John Przybyl. Two pairs, four breakouts. Next pair and Laura Turburville up from #24 to #11, breakout for Mark Flavell in the other lane. Martyn Jones shut off on the way back from the burnout, pushed to the side of his lane whilst Wouter van Leersum took his bye. -0.0046 squeaker for Barry Giles, in the other lane Johan Oomsen's Viper started to drift left and right and he had to feather the throttle. Mark Bailey with a -0.0030 squealer but up from #13 to #4 at +0.0051. At that point +0.0765 bought you #23 spot of 29. Brad Jackson up from #22 to #17 at +0.0296. Breakout of 0.0020 seconds for Billy Gane wouldn't have been had the track been 5.68 inches longer. Next pair and Maurice van der Laan up from #24 to #21 at +0.0579. John Gerritsen close to the guardrail, shut it off and pulled it away.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 17:25:01                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       TOM ATKINSON        + 0.0551  8.8500  0.0000  08.85 151.04
  2   4       JOE KELLETT         - 0.0140  8.1802  0.0002  08.18 164.23
  3   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.0698  8.7628  0.0028  08.76 157.38
  4   450     MARK BAILEY         - 0.0030  8.8251  0.0051  08.82 151.56
  5   984     THOMAS HAAS         + 0.1885  8.1660  0.0060  08.16 165.44
  6   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0998  8.4870  0.0070  08.48 161.29
  7   896     AUSTIN JAQUES       + 0.1334  8.4476  0.0076  08.44 157.36
  8   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.0972  7.3592  0.0092  07.35 180.66
  9   1       SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.1298  7.6096  0.0096  07.60 175.04
 10   640     JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.0763  7.5497  0.0097  07.54 173.71
 11   935     WOUTER VAN LEERSUM  + 0.1175  7.3197  0.0097  07.31 183.52
 12   717     LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.0593  7.9510  0.0110  07.94 166.66
 13   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0261  8.8361  0.0161  08.82 155.23
 14   1001    PAUL BROWN          - 0.0839  9.0109  0.0209  08.99 133.61
 15   793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.4622  8.0946  0.0246  08.07 167.24
 16   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.6863  6.8457  0.0257  06.82 195.43
 17   470     BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0726  7.7796  0.0296  07.75 169.76
 18   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.0147  6.0383  0.0383  06.00 197.15
 19   315     ROBERT DOYLE        + 0.0348  8.5686  0.0486  08.52 154.17
 20   551     MARK FLAVELL        + 0.1598  6.9035  0.0535  06.85 195.55
 21   21      MAURICE V D LAAN    + 0.0502  8.7479  0.0579  08.69 147.58
 22   55      JOHN GERRITSEN      + 0.0291  6.6912  0.0612  06.63 207.97
 23   166     ALAN DIDWELL        + 0.1008  7.6847  0.0647  07.62 176.37
 24   449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.1982  8.0265  0.0765  07.95 175.68
 25   28      JOHAN OOMEN         + 0.2407  6.9756  0.1556  06.82 197.94
 26   251     DAVE CATTON         + 0.1136  7.9488  0.2488  07.70 164.22
 27   474     ASHLEY BELL         + 1.1172  9.0549  0.2649  08.79 145.73
 28   421     MATHIJS KRAETZER    - 0.0234  8.2452  0.3452  07.90 156.35
 29   881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.0546 10.4018  1.4118  08.99 106.27

* = Disqualified 
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16:50

Modurstang Pro ET qualifying session 5

First pair and a 0.0080 RT and +0.0010 on dial-in for Paul Brown, well done Paul! Amy Watkins with RIP Burt on the back of her Firebird, all I can say to that is "These bleeds? These bleeds here? You're gonna take these ******' bleeds and stuff 'em up my nose?". Sean Law up from #26 to #4 at +0.0051. 9.9612 on 10.20 dial-in for Andy Thetford. 10.5696 on 11.10 for Ben Newsome trying the Nitrous for the first time. next pair and Simon Innes was pushed back. Nice 0.0027 RT for Eddy van den Bos but a reasonably-sized breakout.

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                                               FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                                                              TSI RACENET SYSTEM
                                                                QUALIFYING LIST
PRO ET                                                         THROUGH ROUND # 5                              07/09/2018 17:02:25
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    CAR #    CLASS    DRIVER               HOMETOWN                   CAR MAKE   ENGINE     INDEX    OV/UN    R.T.    E.T.    M.P.H.
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1   1001     PRO ET   PAUL BROWN           BEDFORD  UK                DRAGSTER   454 CI     09.00    +  .0010   .0080  9.0010   144.28  
2   314      PRO ET   STEVEN HUDSON        SURREY  UK                 FORD T ALT 383 CI     09.15    +  .0027   .1357  9.1527   140.31  
3   74       PRO ET   BEN NEWSOME          DERBY  UK                  MUSTANG    347 CI     11.74    +  .0045   .2037 11.7445   116.51  
4   40       PRO ET   SEAN LAW             HARLOW  UK                 R.E.D      355 CI     09.31    +  .0051   .3027  9.3151   142.56  
5   358      PRO ET   SIMON INNES          RAUNDS  UK                 BARRACUDA  493 CI     10.65    +  .0053   .0688 10.6553   124.40  
6   731      PRO ET   RICK DENNY           PETERBOROUGH  UK           FIREBIRD   400 CI     11.05    +  .0069   .0523 11.0569   123.37  
7   79       PRO ET   DAVE CHERRETT        WORCESTER  UK              FORD A VAN 493 CI     10.90    +  .0075  .0388 10.9075    83.78  
8   66       PRO ET   HARRISON BROWN       WILTSHIRE  UK              CAMARO     355 CI     10.72    +  .0094  .0492 10.7294   121.71  
9   1        PRO ET   LEE HUXLEY           BROAD HEATH  UK            MUSTANG    520 CI     09.53    +  .0097   .0530  9.5397   138.22  
10  554      PRO ET   AMY WATKINS          WADHURST  UK               FIREBIRD   542 CI     09.89    +  .0110   .1308  9.9010   134.51  
11  637      PRO ET   NEIL WATKINS         WADHURST  UK               DODGE P/UP 505 CI     11.38    +  .0124  .0527 11.3924   114.35  
12  256      PRO ET   ETHAN LISLE          NEW HARTLEY  UK            COMET      524 CI     09.60    +  .0132   .0682  9.6132   140.77  
13  795      PRO ET   MIKE LACEY           EVESHAM  UK                CAMARO     598 CI     09.08    +  .0148   .0758  9.0948   147.11  
14  1111     PRO ET   ARIE WESTEN          NETHERLANDS  NL            'VETTE C3  565 CI     09.60    +  .0154   .1736  9.6154   142.46  
15  559      PRO ET   THOMAS WATKINS       EAST SUSSEX  UK            CHARGER    572 CI     09.58    +  .0189   .1457  9.5989   140.68  
16  692      PRO ET   DAVID SMITH          FLYFORD  UK                DODGE      543 CI     09.72    +  .0204   .0352  9.7404   136.51  
17  59       PRO ET   LAURA BAYNTON        COPTHORNE  UK              FORD CAPRI 383 CI     10.40    +  .0229   .1744 10.4229   128.38  
18  542      PRO ET   KEITH HERBERT        UXBRIDGE  UK               '64 FURY   500 CI     09.65    +  .0233   .0348  9.6733   136.91  
19  82       PRO ET   EDDY VAN DEN BOS     NETHERLANDS  NL            '70 NOVA   455 CI     09.65    +  .0290   .2803  9.6790   133.69  
20  1420     PRO ET   WILLIAM CLARK        BLACK WATER  UK            DRAGSTER   61 CI      10.14    +  .0290   .0713 10.1690   129.47  
21  648      PRO ET   JON TURNER           AYLESFORD  UK              BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.30    +  .0312   .2011  9.3312   146.69  
22  520      PRO ET   GILLES PERRUCHOUD    FRANCE  FR                 32 FORD    434 CI     09.70    +  .0361   .2207  9.7361   134.52  
23  569      PRO ET   LEIGH MORRIS         NUNEATON  UK               JAG E TYPE 3800 CC    10.90    +  .0455   .1851 10.9455   117.75  
24  205      PRO ET   BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.65    +  .0526   .0950  9.7026   135.21  
25  113      PRO ET   CHRIS NEWSAM         CHESTERFIELD  UK           ROVER ZS   468 CI     09.20    +  .0562   .1110  9.2562   143.36  
26  952      PRO ET   ANDY THETFORD        OFFHAM  UK                 CAMARO     565 CI     10.65    +  .0633  .0466 10.7133   131.01  
27  495      PRO ET   GEOFF COWLEY         EVESHAM  UK                NOVA       540 CI     09.15    +  .0635   .0142  9.2135   140.73  
28  179      PRO ET   STUART HODGSON       FOXHOLES  UK               BEETLE     2387 CC    10.42    +  .1474   .0488 10.5674   132.82  
29  833      PRO ET   JOHN DALRYMPLE       HIGH WYCOMBE  UK           COMP ALT   383 CI     10.84    +  .2472   .2543 11.0872   114.32  
30  90       PRO ET   RHIANNON BELLENIE    STAPLEHURST  UK            DRAGSTER   1400 CC    09.00    + 1.3124   .0333 10.3124   120.45  
31  54       PRO ET   CARL GOLDSMITH       IVYCHURCH  UK              VW GOLF    1781 CC    11.00    + 2.7851  .0293 13.7851    98.98  
32  281      PRO ET   DAVE CROWHURST       CRANBROOK  UK              VW BEETLE  2000 CC    09.85    + 4.1238   .3552 13.9738    90.85  
 -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --  ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES -- ALTERNATES --
33  77       PRO ET   DAVID NAPIER         DARLINGTON  UK             CHALLENGER 572 CI     09.71    -  .0621   .0835  9.6479   137.27  
 Best R.T. was  PAUL BROWN          +  .0080
 Best E.T. was  PAUL BROWN           9.0010
 Best MPH was  MIKE LACEY          147.11
-------------------------------------------------- END OF TSI RACENET SYSTEM QUALIFYING LIST ---------------------------------------

16:30

Terry Gibbs Super Gas Shootout qualifying session 4

Dave Cherrett up to #2 with the last run of the session +0.0040. Stevan Reffeltrath up to #2 and in the other lane Brian Pateman up to #7. 0.0013 RT for Collin Morrice in the last pair but two. Next pair and Dave Fulton up from #7 to #5. Squeaker -0.0060 RT for Simon Fulton, Werner Zuderell up to #5 in the other lane.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 16:38:47                              9  SUPER GAS         
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0241  9.9029  0.0029  09.90 156.87
  2   512     S.REFFELTRATH       - 0.2752  9.9030  0.0030  09.90 145.35
  3   25      BRIAN HUXLEY        + 0.1841  9.9036  0.0036  09.90 108.72
  4   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0013  9.9089  0.0089  09.90 147.60
  5   510     WERNER ZUDRELL      + 0.2482  9.9150  0.0150  09.90 133.23
  6   22      DAVE FULTON         + 0.0395  9.9168  0.0168  09.90 148.16
  7   541     SIMON GOUGH         + 0.0458  9.9206  0.0206  09.90 153.11
  8   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0376  9.9278  0.0278  09.90 152.59
  9   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.1460  9.9427  0.0427  09.90 124.46
 10   42      SIMON FULTON        + 0.0214  9.9568  0.0568  09.90 145.76
 11   970     ANDY HARRISON       + 0.0222 10.0133  0.1133  09.90 143.38
 12   2025    BRETT FEATHERSTONE  + 0.9256 10.1160  0.2160  09.90 116.43
 13   70      TIM MOORE           + 0.0827 10.1781  0.2781  09.90 134.85
 14   648     JON TURNER          + 0.1913 10.3381  0.4381  09.90  94.69
 15   1320    THOMAS BARNES       + 0.6470 11.6341  1.7341  09.90 134.84

* = Disqualified 
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That's qualifying cycle 4 complete, on to Q5.

16:30

Super Street qualifying session 4

Dave Cherrett up to #2 with the last run of the session +0.0040.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 16:28:20                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.5075 10.9037  0.0037  10.90 118.23
  2   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.0887 10.9040  0.0040  10.90  83.18
  3   55      NICOLE PARKER       + 0.3113 10.9715  0.0715  10.90 127.98

* = Disqualified 
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Topspeed Auotmotive Street Eliminator qualifying session 4

In the first pair improvements for Nick Hale and Nigel Hale but stayed in place. Into the sevens and #1 spot for Andy Bond, in the other lane too big a wheelie for Joe Stevens' liking and shut it off. Improvement for Graham Smith but stayed in place to close the session.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET Sports Ladder   QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 16:32:11                              11  STREET ELIMINATOR 
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0990  7.9500  7.9500  00.00 182.15
  2   63      JOE STEVENS         + 0.2127  8.5197  8.5197  00.00 169.81
  3   57      GRAHAM SMITH        + 0.0439  9.9186  9.9186  00.00 144.36
  4   524     NICK HALE           + 0.0637 10.6296 10.6296  00.00 125.81
  5   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.1391 10.6597 10.6597  00.00 128.45
  6   863     GILL MEDLEY         + 0.5952 12.5224 12.5224  00.00 110.72
  7   870     ADAM CHARNLEY       + 0.2302 12.5560 12.5560  00.00 108.99

* = Disqualified 
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16:25

Super Comp qualifying session 4

Second pair and Terry Clifford rode out a lot of skating in the second half, still clocked 9.0734. Great wheelie by Jan Scheppers next pair. Perfect 8.9003 for Stu Doignie next pair to take #1 spot, well done Stuart! In the other lane Martin Curbishley was heading for the centre line in the Fiz Auto Penzance-sponsored dragster, car made quite a sharp move right just before the stripe. Improvement for Leah Kellett but stayed #3.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 16:24:28                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0132  8.9003  0.0003  08.90 157.93
  2   25      TERRY CLIFFORD      + 0.2544  8.9094  0.0094  08.90 149.59
  3   4       LEAH KELLETT        + 0.0837  8.9151  0.0151  08.90 161.31
  4   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        - 0.0013  8.9803  0.0803  08.90 145.24
  5   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0381  8.9864  0.0864  08.90 152.15
  6   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1752  8.9864  0.0864  08.90 140.41
  7   22      DAVID FULTON        + 0.0391  8.9877  0.0877  08.90 149.69
  8   164     PETE CRESWELL       + 0.0464  9.0416  0.1416  08.90 152.13
  9   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.1175  9.0567  0.1567  08.90 123.87
 10   144     JAN SCHEPPERS       + 0.1214  9.0728  0.1728  08.90 145.31
 11   42      SIMON FULTON        + 0.0188  9.9874  1.0874  08.90 143.84
 12   298     ARNDT PUTZMAN       + 0.2034 10.0201  1.1201  08.90 144.38
 13   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0651  8.8323 -0.0677  08.90 119.95

* = Disqualified 
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16:20

FIM Junior Drag Bike Cup qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Marie Rosen (10.60) 10.7513/57.98, Meggie Talbot (9.46) 9.9340/64.78; Liam Holgate (7.80) 7.9010/85.55, Blade Dummer (8.87) 8.8812/73.34

Blade Dummer up to #1 in the second pair.

Qualifying after this session:

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
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07/09/2018 16:17:37                              17  FIM JUNIOR BIKE   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   11      BLADE DUMMER        + 0.1741  8.8812  0.0112  08.87  73.34
  2   12      LIAM HOLGATE        + 0.1220  7.9875  0.0875  07.90  84.28
  3   205     MARIE ROSEN         + 0.2233 10.7513  0.1513  10.60  57.98
  4   13      MEGGIE TALBOT       + 0.2238  9.9340  0.4740  09.46  64.78

* = Disqualified 
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16:15

FIM Super Street Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Erich gruber 7.6960/182.10 bye; Garry Bowe 7.0323/205.25, Clemens Walleit 7.6629/185.84; Dave Thomas 8.2108/160.17, Jemma Venables 7.7094/179.23; Knut Möller 7.8689/178.55, Mark Hope 9.1512/103.03; Mark Dainty 8.0161/174.40, Graham Dance 7.5005/194.63; Rick Stubbins 7.0599/202.57, Margot Schmidt 7.8677/182.20; Rudolfo Maduro 7.1860/193.78, Mogens Lund 7.1331/200.65; Graham Balchin 7.3328/198.12, Rudi Zorzi 7.5935/153.19; Steve Venables 7.0528/201.67, Daniel Donat Lencses 7.2419/197.10

Bump spot into the sevens after Knut's run.

Qualifying after this session:

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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   7        SSB      GARRY BOWE           CUMBRIA  UK                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0767  7.0323   205.25  
2   8        SSB      STEVE VENABLES       WILTSHIRE  UK              HAYABUSA   1340 CC    00.00     0.000   .1040  7.0528   201.67  
3   1        SSB      RICK STUBBINS        SCUNTHORPE  UK             HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2903  7.0599   202.57  
4   2        SSB      MOGENS LUND          DENMARK  DK                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0891  7.1331   200.65  
5   5        SSB      GRAHAM BALCHIN       WINCHESTER  UK             KAW ZX12   1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .1543  7.1774   200.68  
6   88       SSB      RUDOLFO MADURO       NETHERLANDS  NL            SUZ GSXR   998 CC     00.00     0.000   .3210  7.1860   193.78  
7   68       SSB      DANIEL LENCSES       HUNGARY  HU                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .3061  7.2213   198.12  
8   48       SSB      RUDI ZORZI           ITALY  IT                  HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2017  7.2735   199.89  
9   52       SSB      GRAHAM DANCE         WROXHAM  UK                SUZUKI     1425 CC    00.00     0.000   .2131  7.5005   194.62  
10  90       SSB      MARK DAINTY          CHELTENHAM  UK             HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0727  7.5457   194.61  
11  79       SSB      MARGOT SCHMIDT       NETHERLANDS  NL            HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2341  7.5485   185.13  
12  72       SSB      CLEMENS WELLEIT      GERMANY  DE                KAWA ZX12R 1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .2285  7.6629   185.84  
13  61       SSB      ERICH GRUBER         AUSTRIA  AT                KAW ZX12R  1199 CC    00.00     0.000   .2362  7.6960   182.10  
14  107      SSB      MARK HOPE            THORNTON  UK               HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2027  7.7084   173.72  
15  9        SSB      JEMMA VENABLES       WILTSHIRE  UK              HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1876  7.7094   179.23  
16  131      SSB      KNUT MOLLER          GERMANY  DE                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .4322  7.8689   178.55  
17  89       SSB      DAVE THOMAS          LLANELLI  UK               KAW ZX12   1199 CC    00.00     0.000   .1718  8.2108   160.17  
18  60        SSB     THOMAS GRANICA       GERMANY  DE                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2756  8.5075   162.51  
19  56       SSB      STEPHEN MEAD         SOMERSET  UK               HAYABUSA   1340 CC    00.00     0.000   .0950  9.1717    97.30  
 Best R.T. was  MARK DAINTY         +  .0727
 Best E.T. was  GARRY BOWE           7.0323
 Best MPH was  GARRY BOWE          205.25
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16:05

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Alex Hope 9.5400/87.54 bye; Mark Smith 7.9598/164.85, Len Paget 7.6364/170.45; Martin Bishop 7.5676/176.37, Bertrand Maurice 7.3632/175.74; Martin Newbury 7.1484/185.13, Charly Abraham 7.2199/177.80

Alex to sixty in 1.1472, bike drifting left, off the gas before the eighth 4.9325/112.91. Improvement for Len good for one spot up the ladder. PBs for Martin N and Charly in the last pair, well done both! Martin N up to #1.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Martin Newbury 7.1484/185.13
  2. Charly Abraham 7.2199/177.80
  3. Bertrand Maurice 7.3632/175.74
  4. Martin Bishop 7.5097/177.82
  5. Len Paget 7.6364/170.45
  6. Mark Smith 7.9275/160.75
  7. Alex Hope 9.5400/87.54

16:00

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Micharel Malmgren 6.6469/207.21, Stefan Ernryd 6.6388/205.10; Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6088/206.27, Robin Norén 30.0293/61.94

Nice match to open the session. Michael to sixty in 1.0111 wth shake but drove through it, 0.9932 for Stefan with high-frequency shake but no ill effect. Stefan with the better eighth 4.2643/165.20 to Michael's 4.2796/165.87 Hiedous shake at the hit for Robin, rolled along the track for several seconds then drove through. Bengt to sixty in 0.9822 and the eighth in 4.2436/167.15, picture-perfect pass.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6088/206.27
  2. Stefan Ernryd 6.6388/205.10
  3. Michael Malmgren 6.6450/207.13
  4. Robin Norén 6.7105/206.29

15:55

FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 2 (left lane first)

Sandro Bellio 5.4525/264.06, Jonny Lagg 5.4819/266.72; Timo Habermann 5.3164/264.20, Dennis Habermann 5.2888/268.36

Sandro for Eurodragster.com sponsor Dyno Unlimited again rolled to the eighth after his burnout. I would imagine that the team were delighted with the first run after the Tierp damage was fixed, and I would imagine that they were even more delighted with a fantastic run! Sandro to sixty in 0.9264 to Jonny's 0.9659 slight shake which he drove through and the car was visibly accelerating hard by the eighth 3.5986/212.82. High-frequency shake for Jonny until the Tree, to the eighth in 3.6722/218.63. Sandro stopped short of the exit, retrieval called. Another great match between Timo and Dennis, Timo to sixty in 0.9159 and Dennis in 0.9077. Dennis with visible shake but I think it was Timo I heard pedal, Timo with the better eighth 3.4824/215.97 to Dennis' 3.4857/216.64, Dennis overhauled Timo in the second eighth.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Sandro Bellio 5.2325 (5.4525/264.06)
  2. Dennis Habermann 5.2888/268.36
  3. Timo Habermann 5.3164/264.20
  4. Jonny Lagg 5.4300/264.20

15:40

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 4

Shake and bunny hops for Conrad Stanley in the second pair, in the other lane Robin Orthdoxou shut off early. Belinda Bull up to #5, in th eother lane Paul Brooks' Sierra got into a pendulum and made a hard move right at the eighth, shut off and gathered it up. Tractor called to sweep the lane. Big improvement for Tim Mugridge to take #4 spot, 0.0014 seconds or 4.42 inches between Tim and Andy Hone in the other lane. Next pair and Dirk Peiler had a go at the Tree in the burnout, held on to the big Dart though and then I believe a new PB, well done Dirk and team! Word from darryl at the top end is that the bonnet suffered damage on the run. Screaming motor in the burnout for Chris Orthodoxou next pair, Bernd Rudolph in the other lane, what a photogenic pairing. Big improvement for Chris and up to #3. Big shake for Rene Ehrismann, almost had the guardrail and shut off, in the other lane an improvement for Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris Isaacs but stayed #10.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET - DialIn        QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 15:44:26                              12  COMP ELIMINATOR   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   801     ROBIN SATTLER       + 0.0321  8.8886 -0.7514  09.64 143.82
  2   203     ANDY HONE           + 0.4083  7.4290 -0.5610  07.99 182.78
  3   45      CHRIS ORTHODOXOU    - 0.3622  6.7108 -0.4492  07.16 220.35
  4   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.7134  7.0769 -0.3731  07.45 184.29
  5   68      TIM MUGRIDGE        + 0.1680  7.6496 -0.3404  07.99 179.22
  6   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      - 0.0444  7.0926 -0.3374  07.43 194.49
  7   95      BELINDA BULL        - 0.0752  7.1772 -0.2728  07.45 185.72
  8   821     RENE EHRISMANN      + 2.4597  7.4845 -0.1955  07.68 184.34
  9   222     PAUL BROOKS         + 0.0821  7.6949  0.0149  07.68 176.43
 10   70      CHRIS ISAACS        + 0.1433  7.1140  0.0840  07.03 166.65
 11   818     JENS ZIMMERMANN     + 0.0844  8.0589  0.3789  07.68 146.68
 12   820     DIRK PEILER         + 0.1176  7.8136  0.6836  07.13 158.47
 13   2       KEV PERKINS         + 0.2901  9.6566  1.6666  07.99 146.62
 14   870     BERND RUDOLF        + 0.4093 11.3375  4.2075  07.13 116.82
 15   570     NICK DAVIES         + 1.9542 12.3259  5.2959  07.03  80.07

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Part-time photogs have emerged so we can get on with Pro Q2 now. I wonder how long Your Reporter would last if he took that attitude towards Sportsman racing.

15:20

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 4

Jacquelin Bartlett up from #21 to #10 in the second pair and Holley Marshall up from #25 to #12. In the last pair Harry Redshaw up to #17 from #24. Not many changes to the standings in this session but a lot of reds including paired reds. The squeakiest of the session a -0.0024 for Harley Coulsell and -0.0039 tryer for Thomas Cook-Abbott. At the end of the session 0.0981 RT buys you #22 of 25.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: Reaction Time      QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 15:20:38                              21  JUNIOR DRAGSTER   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   19      LIAM MCDONALD       + 0.0000 13.4498  1.5498  11.90  46.34
  2   8       JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0004  8.1352  0.2352  07.90  79.24
  3   4       CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0102  8.2391  0.3391  07.90  79.10
  4   26      DANIEL WEIR         + 0.0102  9.5382  0.6382  08.90  57.97
  5   5       MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0201  8.1086  0.2086  07.90  79.11
  6   1996    LARA BARTLETT       + 0.0235 13.2921  4.3921  08.90  47.44
  7   15      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.0247  9.1257  1.2257  07.90  68.11
  8   32      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0310  9.9379  2.0379  07.90  62.43
  9   3       JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0387  7.9817  0.0817  07.90  81.08
 10   1966    JACQUELINE BARTLET  + 0.0395 12.1157  3.2157  08.90  51.67
 11   12      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0482  9.9162  1.0162  08.90  64.20
 12   10      HOLLEY MARSHALL     + 0.0553  8.1114  0.2114  07.90  78.41
 13   45      TOM KAYE            + 0.0596  8.1090  0.2090  07.90  81.08
 14   22      FREDDIE TAYLOR      + 0.0641  9.4745  0.5745  08.90  68.33
 15   23      ARCHIE WRAY         + 0.0754 12.4283  0.5283  11.90  51.80
 16   43      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.0786  7.9924  0.0924  07.90  80.93
 17   24      HARRY REDSHAW       + 0.0816  9.3132  0.4132  08.90  69.27
 18   14      FRANKIE FORDHAM     + 0.0857  8.0421  0.1421  07.90  80.23
 19   21      LUKE MUGRIDGE       + 0.0866  9.4879  0.5879  08.90  68.46
 20   997     RICHARD WILLCOX     + 0.0867 17.2683  5.3683  11.90  33.13
 21   42      FRANKIE TAYLOR      + 0.0960  8.0742  0.1742  07.90  78.00
 22   28      SKYE COLLIER        + 0.0981  7.9750  0.0750  07.90  80.79
 23   2       THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.1311  9.2312  1.3312  07.90  61.24
 24   18      LOTTIE BRADFORD     + 0.1325  8.3495  0.4495  07.90  78.28
 25   998     KIMMY WILLCOX       + 0.1845 11.8807  2.9807  08.90  52.33

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15:00

Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET qualifying session 4

First pair and Joe Kellett pulls a perfect 8.1802 on an 8.18 dial-in, up form #17 to #1 and subject to decal check wins the Eurodragster.com/Vitesse Labelling Products Perfect ET Award. Next pair and Eurodragster.com brother-in-law Tom Atkinson went even more perfect with an 8.8500 on 8.85 dial-in to take #1 spot, well done Tom! In the other lane Dave Russell up to #3 +0.0029 on dial-in. Another quarter mile reflector taken out by Jon Gerritsen's parachutes, moved up from #26 to #17 as a chute hitting a reflector is not a DQ. At that point +0.0722 on dial-in bought you #19 spot. Mark Flavell up from #24 to #17 at +0.0535 on dial-in. Next pair and Mark bailey up from #23 to #12 at +0.0192, let's not forget that Mark was in Modurstang Pro ET at the start of the event.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 15:03:08                              22  SUPER PRO ET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   6       TOM ATKINSON        + 0.0551  8.8500  0.0000  08.85 151.04
  2   4       JOE KELLETT         - 0.0140  8.1802  0.0002  08.18 164.23
  3   782     DAVID RUSSELL       + 0.0698  8.7628  0.0028  08.76 157.38
  4   984     THOMAS HAAS         + 0.1885  8.1660  0.0060  08.16 165.44
  5   90      BILLY GANE          + 0.0998  8.4870  0.0070  08.48 161.29
  6   896     AUSTIN JAQUES       + 0.1334  8.4476  0.0076  08.44 157.36
  7   263     BARRY GILES         + 0.0972  7.3592  0.0092  07.35 180.66
  8   1       SCOTT HAUSER        + 0.1298  7.6096  0.0096  07.60 175.04
  9   640     JOHN PRZYBYL        + 0.0763  7.5497  0.0097  07.54 173.71
 10   935     WOUTER VAN LEERSUM  + 0.1175  7.3197  0.0097  07.31 183.52
 11   68      BRIAN PATEMAN       + 0.0261  8.8361  0.0161  08.82 155.23
 12   450     MARK BAILEY         + 0.2590  8.8292  0.0192  08.81 151.07
 13   1001    PAUL BROWN          - 0.0839  9.0109  0.0209  08.99 133.61
 14   793     DAVID EVANS         + 0.4622  8.0946  0.0246  08.07 167.24
 15   250     NICK GOOD           + 0.6863  6.8457  0.0257  06.82 195.43
 16   453     MARTYN JONES        + 0.0147  6.0383  0.0383  06.00 197.15
 17   315     ROBERT DOYLE        + 0.0348  8.5686  0.0486  08.52 154.17
 18   551     MARK FLAVELL        + 0.1598  6.9035  0.0535  06.85 195.55
 19   55      JOHN GERRITSEN      + 0.0291  6.6912  0.0612  06.63 207.97
 20   166     ALAN DIDWELL        + 0.1008  7.6847  0.0647  07.62 176.37
 21   470     BRAD JACKSON        + 0.0426  7.7522  0.0722  07.68 171.72
 22   449     PEL NORMAN          + 0.1982  8.0265  0.0765  07.95 175.68
 23   21      MAURICE V D LAAN    + 0.1235  8.8315  0.1015  08.73 136.94
 24   717     LAURA TURBURVILLE   + 0.0882  7.9736  0.1236  07.85 164.30
 25   28      JOHAN OOMEN         + 0.2407  6.9756  0.1556  06.82 197.94
 26   251     DAVE CATTON         + 0.1136  7.9488  0.2488  07.70 164.22
 27   474     ASHLEY BELL         + 1.1172  9.0549  0.2649  08.79 145.73
 28   881     PETER WALTERS       + 0.0546 10.4018  1.4118  08.99 106.27
 29   421     MATHIJS KRAETZER    - 0.0140 10.0898  2.1898  07.90  75.66

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14:25

FIM Junior Drag Bike Cup qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Blade Dummer (8.70) 8.8927/72.38, Marie Rosen (10.50) 10.6693/59.60; Meggie Talbot (9.46) 10.4712/45.34, Liam Holgate (7.90) 7.9875/84.28

Meggie stopped on track at about 1000 feet, her bike lifted over the guardrail by the track crew.

Qualifying after this session:

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 14:23:48                              17  FIM JUNIOR BIKE   
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   12      LIAM HOLGATE        + 0.1220  7.9875  0.0875  07.90  84.28
  2   205     MARIE ROSEN         + 0.1764 10.6693  0.1693  10.50  59.60
  3   11      BLADE DUMMER        + 0.1763  8.8927  0.1927  08.70  72.38
  4   13      MEGGIE TALBOT       + 0.2400 10.4712  1.0112  09.46  45.34

* = Disqualified 
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Martin Hill followed with a 5.8699/269.79 in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car.

14:15

FIM Super Street Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Mark Dainty 7.5457/194.61 bye; Margot Schmidt 7.5485/185.13, Dave Thomas 9.8613/82.73; Graham Dance 7.5636/193.04, Rudolfo Maduro 7.2592/195.43; Mark Hope 7.7084/173.32, Garry Bowe 9.8758/83.79; Jemma Venables 7.9974/185.13, Knut Möller 9.4820/95.43; Erich Gruber 23.5684/21.56, Thomas Granica 8.5075/162.71; Clemens Walleit 8.1184/186.59, Steve Mead 9.1717/97.30; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.2213/198.12, Graham Balchin 7.1774/200.68; Rudi Zorzi 7.2735/199.89, Steve Venables 7.1636/186.57; Mogens Lund 7.5193/142.93, Rick Stubbins 7.2987/187.36

Dave Thomas off the gas after heading for the centre line. Mark Hpoe close to the guardrail at the quarter, in the other lane Garry Bowe off the gas before the eighth. Knut rode out a couple of big wheelies with legs flailing. Wheelies for Erich Gruber and Thomas Granica necessitated backing off. Clemens Walleit lost time to a big wheelie at the hit, in the other lane Steve Mead shut it off before the eighth. Ven very close to the centre line towards the stripe, a brief look over his shoulder to see where Rudi was and stayed with it. Mogens Lund very close to the left guardrail in the second half.

Qualifying after this session:

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FIM SUPER STREET                                               THROUGH ROUND # 1                              07/09/2018 14:21:51
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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   8        SSB      STEVE VENABLES       WILTSHIRE  UK              HAYABUSA   1340 CC    00.00     0.000   .1232  7.1636   186.57  
2   5        SSB      GRAHAM BALCHIN       WINCHESTER  UK             KAW ZX12   1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .1543  7.1774   200.68  
3   68       SSB      DANIEL LENCSES       HUNGARY  HU                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .3061  7.2213   198.12  
4   88       SSB      RUDOLFO MADURO       NETHERLANDS  NL            SUZ GSXR   998 CC     00.00     0.000   .4362  7.2592   195.43  
5   48       SSB      RUDI ZORZI           ITALY  IT                  HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2017  7.2735   199.89  
6   1        SSB      RICK STUBBINS        SCUNTHORPE  UK             HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2915  7.2987   187.36  
7   2        SSB      MOGENS LUND          DENMARK  DK                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .1111  7.5193   142.93  
8   90       SSB      MARK DAINTY          CHELTENHAM  UK             HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0727  7.5457   194.61  
9   79       SSB      MARGOT SCHMIDT       NETHERLANDS  NL            HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2341  7.5485   185.13  
10  52       SSB      GRAHAM DANCE         WROXHAM  UK                SUZUKI     1425 CC    00.00     0.000   .2668  7.5626   193.04  
11  107      SSB      MARK HOPE            THORNTON  UK               HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2027  7.7084   173.72  
12  9        SSB      JEMMA VENABLES       WILTSHIRE  UK              HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2022  7.9974   185.13  
13  72       SSB      CLEMENS WELLEIT      GERMANY  DE                KAWA ZX12R 1200 CC    00.00     0.000   .3516  8.1184   186.59  
14  60        SSB     THOMAS GRANICA       GERMANY  DE                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .2756  8.5075   162.51  
15  56       SSB      STEPHEN MEAD         SOMERSET  UK               HAYABUSA   1340 CC    00.00     0.000   .0950  9.1717    97.30  
16  131      SSB      KNUT MOLLER          GERMANY  DE                BUSA       1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .4380  9.4820    95.43  
17  89       SSB      DAVE THOMAS          LLANELLI  UK               KAW ZX12   1199 CC    00.00     0.000   .2423  9.8613    82.73  
18  7        SSB      GARRY BOWE           CUMBRIA  UK                HAYABUSA   1300 CC    00.00     0.000   .0588  9.8758    83.79  
19  61       SSB      ERICH GRUBER         AUSTRIA  AT                KAW ZX12R  1199 CC    00.00     0.000   .3418 23.5684    21.56  
 Best R.T. was  GARRY BOWE          +  .0588
 Best E.T. was  STEVE VENABLES       7.1636
 Best MPH was  GRAHAM BALCHIN      200.68
-------------------------------------------------- END OF TSI RACENET SYSTEM QUALIFYING LIST ---------------------------------------

14:10

FIM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Phil Crossley no time, Rene van den Berg 7.1102/186.60; Steve Woollatt 6.2760/202.59, Dale Leeks 7.0586/160.18; Lorcan Parnell 17.8219/62.90, Stu Crane no time; Eric Richard 9.4305/134.02, Filippos Papfilippou 6.9213/171.77

Rene to sixty in 0.9921 with shake, blackstriping then the tyre went up in smoke and the bike headed determinedly for the centre line, feather of the throttle to pull it back then back on the gas with the tyre still hazing in the second half. Phil with problems as soon as he launched, stopped before the quarter and pushed the bike to the end. 1.0507 to sixty for Steve, 1.0947 for Dale, Steve's front wheel gently down just before the eighth 4.0503/183.38, Dale there in 4.3900/160.57. Stu's motor stopped before launch, Lorcan's motor fell flat on its face at launch, then cruised up the track. 1.0013 to sixty for Fil, tyre started to turn and then smoke, a feather at 300 feet, 4.4341/159.36 at the eighth, off and on the gas again in the second half. Eric to sixty in 1.3043 then problems before the eighth and eased off it.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Steve Woollatt 6.2760/202.59
  2. Filippos Papfilippou 6.9213/171.77
  3. Dale Leeks 7.0586/160.18
  4. Rene van den Berg 7.1102/186.60
  5. Eric Richard 9.4305/134.02
  6. Lorcan Parnell 17.8219/62.90

13:55

FIM Supertwin qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Allan Davies 7.6962/182.83 bye; Marc van den Boer 10.0083/81.97, Neil Midgley 6.7171/167.29; Gert-Jan Laseur 7.6723/134.02, Martijn de Haas 6.8328/207.87; Ronny Aasen 7.4408/125.49, Marcus Christiansen 6.9114/205.17

Relatively languid launch for Allan but as straight as you like and the motor burned clean too. Midgo off the throttle at about 1000 feet, the team have identified a problem with belt slippage at the eighth but they have a plan for a cure. Smoke from Gert-Jan's motor in the second half and off the gas before the stripe, both he and Martijn close to the centre line at half track Martijn havnig ridden through 200 feet or so of shake. Ronny going great guns but the motor puffed at the eighth and off the gas, chute out at about 1000 feet.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Neil Midgley 6.7171/167.29
  2. Martijn de Haas 6.8328/207.87
  3. Marcus Christiansen 6.9114/205.17
  4. Ronny Aasen 7.4408/125.49
  5. Gert-Jan Laseur 7.6723/134.02
  6. Allan Davies 7.6962/182.83
  7. Marc van den Boer 10.0083/81.97

13:50

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

FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Mark Smith 7.9275/160.75 bye; Len Paget 8.7581/132.45, Martin Bishop 7.5097/177.82; Charly Abraham 7.3480/175.76, Martin Newbury 7.4557/179.23; Bertrand Maurice 7.5896/174.39, Alex Hope no time

Mark rode out shake to sixty. Len rolled the beams very slightly before hitting the throttle. Martin N's legs moving a lot to keep the bike straight. Nightmare start for Championship leader Alex, motor zinged and a lot of shiny parts came off the bike.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Charly Abraham 7.3480/175.76
  2. Martin Newbury 7.4557/179.23
  3. Martin Bishop 7.5097/177.82
  4. Bertrand Maurice 7.5896/174.39
  5. Mark Smith 7.9275/160.75
  6. Len Paget 8.7581/132.45

13:35

Nostalgia Funny Car session 1 (left lane first)

Tony Betts 7.8799/108.59 bye

Only Tony turned out for this session. 1.0206 to sixty, then at 300 feet shake which we could feel from here, off the gas before the eighth 4.1790/141.55.

13:25

Fuel Funny Car qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Jason Phelps 14.9481/21.75 bye; Kevin Chapman 5.0570/158.73 bye; Kevin Kent 7.3973/65.37, Steve Ashdown 18.2012/49.93

Jason again in Mark and Jackie Hawkins' car. Instant shake, 0.9000 to sixty, then the tyres hourglassed and blackstriped, the FC turned right, the blower relief panel blew and the chutes deployed as Jason pulled the car away from the guardrail. Trail of fluid on the track, clean-up called. Birgitte Bremnes on the pairing list to run alongside Kevin C but Birgitte was here in civvies without the car. Kevin with an invalid sixty of 0.7252, 2.4727 to 330 feet with cylinders going out and heading right, off the gas before the eighth 3.6866/187.16. Kevin k on his way back from his burnout before Steve pulled his own burnout but back at the same time. 0.9888 to sixty for Kevin K, shake and off the gas, chutes out before the eighth. Steve's tyres briefly shook and then hourglassed, Steve off the gas and idled through.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Kevin Chapman 5.0570/158.73
  2. Kevin Kent 7.3973/65.37
  3. Jason Phelps 14.9481/21.75
  4. Steve Ashdown 18.2012/49.93

12:45

FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Urs Erbacher 4.1816/225.47 bye; Jndia Erbacher 9.2924/76.55, Stig Neergaard 17.7193/23.78; Duncan Micallef 13.0107/65.56, Liam Jones 7.0432/76.58; Antti Horto 3.9351/298.96, Anita Mäkelä 4.4224/180.33

Urs to sixty in 0.8476 with shake, drove through it, 2.2231 to 330 feet blackstriping and moving left, 3.2203/254.43 at the eighth with a flash of flame and smoke from the motor, off the gas before the stripe. Possibly blower belt going by the car's body language. Jndia to sixty in 0.8781, shake and off the gas, 0.9060 to sixty for Stig with shake and off the gas. Car stopped beneath the gantry. Brief burnout for Liam then shake passing the Tree, 0.8607 to sixty, bad shake for Duncan and off the gas before sixty 1.2554. Liam off the gas and back on, then again, blower panel blew and a chute deployed. Anita the Champion-elect, this qualifying pass should do it for her. Antti to sixty in 0.8571, Anita in 0.8460, Anita drove through visible shake. Anita with the better 330 foot 2.1833 to 2.1952, but smoke started to issue from her motor towards the eighth 3.2153/212.46, a puff of smoke and off the gas. Antti to the eighth in 3.1385/268.56 .Congratulations to Anita, Tommi and team on the 2018 FIA European Top Fuel Dragster Championship.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Antti Horto 3.9351/298.96
  2. Urs Erbacher 4.1816/225.47
  3. Anita Mäkelä 4.4224/180.33
  4. Liam Jones 7.0432/76.58
  5. Jndia Erbacher 9.2924/76.55
  6. Duncan Micallef 13.0107/65.56
  7. Stig Neergaard 17.7193/23.78

12:30

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Robin Norén 6.7105/206.29, Michael Malmgren 6.6450/207.13; Stefan Ernryd 7.0909/145.69, Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6223/206.93

Robin to sixty in 0.9952, Michael in 0.9823 driving through shake, Robin's car starting to move about its lane at the eighth 4.3074/162.90, Michael straight to the eighth 4.2677/164.05, Robin's car made a serious move right bu the stayed with it. -0.0010 red for Bengt not that it matters in qualifying, a thump of shake and to sixty in 0.9763. Stefan to sixty in 0.9816 and the eighth in 4,2783/161.84. Bengt to the eighth in 4.2540/164.70, then all eyes on Stefan as his car started to move left and right, shut it off and put the chutes out at 1000 feet.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6223/206.93
  2. Michael Malmgren 6.6450/207.13
  3. Robin Norén 6.7105/206.29
  4. Stefan Ernryd 7.0909/145.69

12:20

A big Good Morning to our dear friend Lena Perés tuned in from Sweden and to our good buddy and former Eurodragster.com colleague Sharkman tuned in just up the road from here.

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Jon Webster 7.0100/206.22, Mats Eriksson 6.3190/213.95; Wayne Nicholson 8.1543/110.72, Kev Slyfield 6.4822/171.76; Marcus Hilt 7.0848/151.06, Peter Wacker 7.9098/171.73; Jean Dulamon no time, Michel Tooren 12.5561/77.51; Roger Johansson 5.8884/230.48, Kim Christiansen 5.9832/239.85; Jimmy Ålund 7.8853/105.43 bye; Andy Robinson 5.9133/242.89, Norbert Kuno 10.4291/103.74

Mats with tuning assistance from Adam Flamholc. Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon to sixty in 1.1486, Mats in 1.0042 with a little shake which he drove through, a little shake for Jon also. Mats to the eighth in 4.1012/174.78 fishtailing which turned into a couple of serious moves right and left in the second eighth. Jon to the eighth in 4.6063/161.33 and a PB for this car. Kev to sixty in 1.0799 with shake, Kev in 0.9781 driving through shake, Wayne visibly losing ET and I think I heard a pedal. Wayne off the gas at the eighth 4.4812/139.03, Kev having driven through his shake got to the eighth in 4.0294/181.09, off the gas at about 1000 feet. Clean-up called in Wayne's lane in the shutdown area. Always good to see US tuner Camp Stanley here calling the shots for Marcus Hilt, even if Camp is a pantywaist liberal. Marcus to sixity in 1.0179 with shake, Peter with shake also 1.1373, pedal for Marcus about 200 feet out and to the eighth in 4.4030/165.38 to Peter's 5.0515/136.99, all eyes on Marcus at 1000 feet as there was a bang, a big cloud of smoke and a flash of flame. Safety crews chased Marcus down but quickly back on station. Track checked and all OK. big nitrous burp for Jean at the hit, stopped by the Tree and pushed back. 1.0131 to sixty for Michel but bad shake, hourglass tyre tracks, zinging motor and shut off. Roger launched as if shot from a gun, 0.9542 to sixty and no shake, 0.9925 for Kim who was left for dead at the Tree, shake past sixty. Storming eighth-mile ET for Roger 3.8618/194.47 to Kim's 3.9374/190.14. Clean-up called in Kim's lane. Bye for 2018 Champion Jimmy Ålund, congratulations to Magnus, Jimmy and the team. Some rearrangement of qualifying pairings as Jan Ericsson had a fluid leak in the lanes. Jimmy to sixty in 0.9695, high-frequency shake, the Old 51 was moving left and Jimmy was off it before the eighth 4.1425/138.15. Instant shake for Norbert, 1.0897 to sixty of fthe gas by then. Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy to sixty in 0.9751, not much shke to speak of, the eighth in 3.8977/194.47.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Roger Johansson 5.8884/230.48
  2. Andy Robinson 5.9133/242.89
  3. Kim Christiansen 5.9832/239.85
  4. Mats Eriksson 6.3190/213.95
  5. Kev Slyfield 6.4822/171.76
  6. Jon Webster 7.0100/206.22
  7. Marcus Hilt 7.0848/151.06
  8. Jimmy Ålund 7.8853/105.43
  9. Peter Wacker 7.9098/171.73
  10. Wayne Nicholson 8.1543/110.72
  11. Norbert Kuno 10.4291/103.74
  12. Michel Tooren 12.5561/77.51

11:25

FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 1 (left lane first)

Jonny Lagg 5.4300/264.20, Sandro Bellio 5.7276/236.24; Dennis Habermann 5.3009/272.17, Timo Habermann 5.3949/265.53

I would imagine a checkout pass for Sandro for Eurodragster.com sponsor Dyno Unlimited after tagging the guardrail at Tierp a couple of weeks back. Well, shows how wrong you can be! Jonny to sixty in 0.9379 then shake, Sandrooo with a little shake to about thirty, got to sixty in 0.9942. Jonny drove through the shaka and got ot the eighth in 3.6170/219.12 visibly ahead of Sandro's 3.8039/207.60, both on the gas all the way. Dennis to sixty with shake 0.9144, Timo to sixty 0.8886 and then shake, a brief pedal from Dennis and then his tyres hooked right up. Dennis to the eighth in 3.5058/219.11, Timo in 3.5402/212.55 with haze from his motor, a big puff of smoke from Dennis' motor right on the stripe. Track check followed in the shutdown area.

Qualifying after this session:

  1. Dennis Habermann 5.3009/272.17
  2. Timo Habermann 5.3949/265.53
  3. Jonny Lagg 5.4300/264.20
  4. Sandro Bellio 5.5076 (5.7276/236.24)

11:15

Comp Eliminator qualifying session 4

Paul Brooks shut off before staging in the first pair, looked like a problem with the wheelie bars. Kev Perkins took the bye, motor fell flat on its face after launching, took it relatively gently when it recovered. Problem sorted Paul came back for another go. Big twisty wheelie, tyre shake and the Sierra went left and banged the 330-foot reflector. Next up the first appearance this weekend of the ICE Automotive Pro Mod, electronic problems in testing on Wednesday all sorted, today's issue is when to stand on the revs given that Comp uses a Sportsman Tree instead of the usual Pro Mod Pro Tree. Big improvement for Tim Mugridge, up from #13 to #4, looked like problems launching for Nick then the Forebird made a coupl eof serious moves at the eighth. Tyre shake and spin for Belinda Bull, a pedal and back on it, stayed #7. Great to see Bernd Rudolph's Mustang here. Tyres didn't light on the burnout, effectively a test launch to 400 feet then shut off for a fluid leak whilst returning from the burnout and pushed back. In the other lane the straightest run I have ever seen from Robin Orthodoxou, I mean not by any means straight but straight for him, a huge improvement and up from #11 to #3. Clean-up in Bernd's lane.

On the restart shake part tre Tree for Andy Hone, a brief pedal then hooked up again. Problems off the line for Jens Zimmermann, stopped just before the eighth and retrieval called. Eurodragster.com sponsor Chris Isaacs in the Isaacs and Tramm Pro Mod reportedly having hit the tune-up with a bigger stick but problems getting a burnout and pushed back. Rene Ehrismann took the bye but instant and very bad shake, shut it off. Dirk Peiler on a good one but then his blower relief panel blew past the eighth. Chris Orthodoxou closed the session in his blown-alcohol Pro Mod, drove through shake, sounded to be misfiring but probably related ot the shake, Viper was drifting left all the way down an dtook out the 1000-foot and quarter-mile reflectors DQing his 6.4939/205.10. A new PB though, well done Chris and team!

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  1   801     ROBIN SATTLER       + 0.0321  8.8886 -0.7514  09.64 143.82
  2   203     ANDY HONE           + 0.4083  7.4290 -0.5610  07.99 182.78
  3   727     ROBIN ORTHODOXOU    + 0.7134  7.0769 -0.3731  07.45 184.29
  4   1059    CONRAD STANLEY      - 0.0444  7.0926 -0.3374  07.43 194.49
  5   68      TIM MUGRIDGE        + 0.5017  7.7310 -0.2590  07.99 177.15
  6   821     RENE EHRISMANN      + 2.4597  7.4845 -0.1955  07.68 184.34
  7   222     PAUL BROOKS         + 0.0821  7.6949  0.0149  07.68 176.43
  8   95      BELINDA BULL        - 0.0667  7.5751  0.1251  07.45 177.74
  9   70      CHRIS ISAACS        + 0.1150  7.2593  0.2293  07.03 197.88
 10   818     JENS ZIMMERMANN     + 0.0844  8.0589  0.3789  07.68 146.68
 11   820     DIRK PEILER         - 0.0904  8.0745  0.9445  07.13 161.88
 12   2       KEV PERKINS         + 0.2901  9.6566  1.6666  07.99 146.62
 13   45      CHRIS ORTHODOXOU    + 1.0399 11.5894  4.4294  07.16  72.83
 14   570     NICK DAVIES         + 1.9542 12.3259  5.2959  07.03  80.07

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Next up FIA Top Methanol Q1.

10:15

Modurstang Pro ET qualifying session 4

We won't be seeing Perfect Light Award sponsor Tig Napier again this weekend as the touchdown from the second large wheelie has done some damage in the area of the sump (the car's, not Tig's). Mike Lacey up to #10 in the first pair and a great Stock/Super Stock wheelie to boot. Lee Huxley up from #14 to #7 in the sixth pair, next pair and Laura Baynton moved up from #19 to #15. New PB for Jon Turner, 9.1990... on a 9.31 dial-in but I doubt he'll be bothered about breaking out. Geoff Cowley shut off for a fluid leak. 0.0970 buys you #25 at the end of the session.

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  1   314     STEVEN HUDSON       + 0.1357  9.1527  0.0027  09.15 140.31
  2   74      BEN NEWSOME         + 0.2037 11.7445  0.0045  11.74 116.51
  3   358     SIMON INNES         + 0.0688 10.6553  0.0053  10.65 124.40
  4   731     RICK DENNY          + 0.0523 11.0569  0.0069  11.05 123.37
  5   79      DAVE CHERRETT       - 0.0388 10.9075  0.0075  10.90  83.78
  6   66      HARRISON BROWN      - 0.0492 10.7294  0.0094  10.72 121.71
  7   1       LEE HUXLEY          + 0.0530  9.5397  0.0097  09.53 138.22
  8   554     AMY WATKINS         + 0.1308  9.9010  0.0110  09.89 134.51
  9   637     NEIL WATKINS        - 0.0527 11.3924  0.0124  11.38 114.35
 10   256     ETHAN LISLE         + 0.0682  9.6132  0.0132  09.60 140.77
 11   795     MIKE LACEY          + 0.0758  9.0948  0.0148  09.08 147.11
 12   1111    ARIE WESTEN         + 0.1736  9.6154  0.0154  09.60 142.46
 13   559     THOMAS WATKINS      + 0.1457  9.5989  0.0189  09.58 140.68
 14   692     DAVID SMITH         + 0.0352  9.7404  0.0204  09.72 136.51
 15   59      LAURA BAYNTON       + 0.1744 10.4229  0.0229  10.40 128.38
 16   82      EDDY VAN DEN BOS    + 0.2803  9.6790  0.0290  09.65 133.69
 17   1420    WILLIAM CLARK       + 0.0713 10.1690  0.0290  10.14 129.47
 18   648     JON TURNER          + 0.2011  9.3312  0.0312  09.30 146.69
 19   542     KEITH HERBERT       + 0.1858  9.6330  0.0330  09.60 136.88
 20   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.1851 10.9455  0.0455  10.90 117.75
 21   1001    PAUL BROWN          + 0.0677  9.0490  0.0490  09.00 144.83
 22   205     BOB MOLDEN          + 0.0950  9.7026  0.0526  09.65 135.21
 23   952     ANDY THETFORD       - 0.0466 10.7133  0.0633  10.65 131.01
 24   495     GEOFF COWLEY        + 0.0142  9.2135  0.0635  09.15 140.73
 25   40      SEAN LAW            + 0.1442  9.3470  0.0970  09.25 142.16
 26   179     STUART HODGSON      + 0.0488 10.5674  0.1474  10.42 132.82
 27   113     CHRIS NEWSAM        - 0.0974  9.2762  0.1962  09.08 142.50
 28   833     JOHN DALRYMPLE      + 0.2543 11.0872  0.2472  10.84 114.32
 29   90      RHIANNON BELLENIE   + 0.0333 10.3124  1.3124  09.00 120.45
 30   54      CARL GOLDSMITH      - 0.0293 13.7851  2.7851  11.00  98.98
 31   281     DAVE CROWHURST      + 0.3552 13.9738  4.1238  09.85  90.85
 32   77      DAVID NAPIER        + 0.0835  9.6479 -0.0621  09.71 137.27

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Track prep then Comp Eliminator and Pro Q1.

10:00

Terry Gibbs Super Gas Shootout qualifying session 3

Squeaker -0.0022 RT for Nick Hale.

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  1   666     ANDY BOND           + 0.0564  8.1421  8.1421  00.00 163.10
  2   63      JOE STEVENS         + 0.2127  8.5197  8.5197  00.00 169.81
  3   57      GRAHAM SMITH        + 0.0928 10.5574 10.5574  00.00 132.06
  4   524     NICK HALE           + 0.1776 10.7000 10.7000  00.00 125.60
  5   436     NIGEL HALE          + 0.2053 10.7075 10.7075  00.00 128.09
  6   863     GILL MEDLEY         + 0.5952 12.5224 12.5224  00.00 110.72
  7   870     ADAM CHARNLEY       + 0.2302 12.5560 12.5560  00.00 108.99

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09:55

Terry Gibbs Super Gas Shootout qualifying session 3

Simon Gough with a 9.9209, his previous best a 9.9206, how about that for consistency? Brett Featherstone up from #12 to #11. Next pair and Brian Pateman up from #10 to #8. Next pair and our welcome Austrian visitor Werner Zudrell up to #2. Stu Doignie up from #9 to #1 +0.0029, the Eurodragster.com/Vitesse Labelling Products Perfect ET Award still available and Stu first to have a go today.

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1   1        S/GAS    STUART DOIGNIE       NORTHAMPTON  UK            VAUX VX490 582 CI     09.90    +  .0029   .0241  9.9029   156.87  
2   25       S/GAS    BRIAN HUXLEY         CALLOW END  UK             MUSTANG    520 CI     09.90    +  .0036   .1841  9.9036   108.72  
3   510      S/GAS    WERNER ZUDRELL       AUSTRIA  AT                BARRACUDA  525 CI     09.90    +  .0188   .0982  9.9188   133.71  
4   541      S/GAS    SIMON GOUGH           BURNHAM  UK               CAMARO                09.90    +  .0206   .0458  9.9206   153.11  
5   22       S/GAS    DAVE FULTON          TADLEY  UK                 CAMARO     540 CI     09.90    +  .0228   .0573  9.9228   146.64  
6   512      S/GAS    S.REFFELTRATH        NETHERLANDS  NL            CHEV NOVA  461 CI     09.90    +  .0378   .0162  9.9378   143.83  
7   205      S/GAS    BOB MOLDEN           LEEDS  UK                  PUG 205    410 CI     09.90    +  .0427   .1460  9.9427   124.46  
8   42       S/GAS    SIMON FULTON         TADLEY  UK                 FALCON     400 CI     09.90    +  .0568   .0214  9.9568   145.76  
9   68       S/GAS    BRIAN PATEMAN        WESTCLIFF  UK              FIREBIRD   540 CI     09.90    +  .0995   .0923  9.9995   151.67  
10  970      S/GAS    ANDY HARRISON        BEDFORD  UK                SIERRA     460 CI     09.90    +  .1245   .0581 10.0245   142.59  
11  1969     S/GAS    COLLIN MORRICE       LINTON  UK                 CAMARO     540 CI     09.90    +  .1514   .0550 10.0514   146.65  
12  2025     S/GAS    BRETT FEATHERSTONE   CLACTON  UK                CHEVY NOVA 436 CI     09.90    +  .2160   .9256 10.1160   116.43  
13  648      S/GAS    JON TURNER           AYESFORD  UK               BARRACUDA  512 CI     09.90    +  .4381   .1913 10.3381    94.69  
14  70       S/GAS    TIM MOORE            BASINGSTOKE  UK            '67 NOVA   540 CI     09.90    +  .4984   .1176 10.3984   129.05  
15  1320     S/GAS    THOMAS BARNES        IRCHESTER  UK              MINI 1     96 CI      09.90    + 1.7341   .6470 11.6341   134.84  
 Best R.T. was  S.REFFELTRATH       +  .0162
 Best E.T. was  STUART DOIGNIE       9.9029
 Best MPH was  STUART DOIGNIE      156.87
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09:45

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster qualifying session 3

A big Thank You to Archie Wray for the cakes for the Eurodragster.com team.

Improvement for Caitlin Wilson with an identical RT to Daniel Weir, the timing system has put Caitlin above Daniel at #2 but I suspect that that may be adjusted since in this case it is usually the first to do it who has the higher spot... and indeed it has been adjusted. Next pair and Kimmy Willcox's dragster stopped a few feet out but she got an RT. Perfect 0.0000 RT for Liam McDonald to take #1 spot, well done Liam! Thanks to James of the timing crew for giving us the extended timing slip which reads 0.000037. Improvement for Harley Coulsell but stayed #10. Tom Kaye up from #22 to #11. next pair and a perfect 0.0004 for Joe Holland-Villa, well done Joe! That would normally byu him #1 spot but outdone by Liam.

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  1   19      LIAM MCDONALD       + 0.0000 13.4498  1.5498  11.90  46.34
  2   8       JOE HOLLAND-VILLA   + 0.0004  8.1352  0.2352  07.90  79.24
  3   26      DANIEL WEIR         + 0.0102  9.5382  0.6382  08.90  57.97
  4   4       CAITLIN WILSON      + 0.0102  8.2391  0.3391  07.90  79.10
  5   5       MATTHEW DOWDY       + 0.0201  8.1086  0.2086  07.90  79.11
  6   1996    LARA BARTLETT       + 0.0235 13.2921  4.3921  08.90  47.44
  7   15      KAITLAN DEEVEY      + 0.0247  9.1257  1.2257  07.90  68.11
  8   32      THALIAH GIBB        + 0.0310  9.9379  2.0379  07.90  62.43
  9   3       JORDAN PAYNE        + 0.0387  7.9817  0.0817  07.90  81.08
 10   12      HARLEY COULSELL     + 0.0482  9.9162  1.0162  08.90  64.20
 11   45      TOM KAYE            + 0.0596  8.1090  0.2090  07.90  81.08
 12   23      ARCHIE WRAY         + 0.0754 12.4283  0.5283  11.90  51.80
 13   43      KATIE ELLIS         + 0.0786  7.9924  0.0924  07.90  80.93
 14   14      FRANKIE FORDHAM     + 0.0857  8.0421  0.1421  07.90  80.23
 15   21      LUKE MUGRIDGE       + 0.0866  9.4879  0.5879  08.90  68.46
 16   997     RICHARD WILLCOX     + 0.0867 17.2683  5.3683  11.90  33.13
 17   42      FRANKIE TAYLOR      + 0.0960  8.0742  0.1742  07.90  78.00
 18   28      SKYE COLLIER        + 0.0981  7.9750  0.0750  07.90  80.79
 19   2       THOMAS COOK-ABBOTT  + 0.1311  9.2312  1.3312  07.90  61.24
 20   1966    JACQUELINE BARTLET  + 0.1663 11.9035  3.0035  08.90  52.89
 21   998     KIMMY WILLCOX       + 0.1845 11.8807  2.9807  08.90  52.33
 22   24      HARRY REDSHAW       + 0.1912  9.0296  0.1296  08.90  71.39
 23   10      HOLLEY MARSHALL     - 0.0147  7.9975  0.0975  07.90  80.07
 24   18      LOTTIE BRADFORD     - 0.0182  8.2888  0.3888  07.90  79.11
 25   22      FREDDIE TAYLOR      - 0.1467  9.4080  0.5080  08.90  68.37

* = Disqualified 
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09:35

Super Comp qualifying session 3

Martin Curbishley for Fix Auto Penzance and Pete Creswell opened the day to complete yesterday's Super Comp qualifier. Big wheelie by Pete and an 8.6166 breakout, I suspect a baseline pass. 9.5616 for Martin.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 09:33:34                              8  SUPER COMP        
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   25      TERRY CLIFFORD      + 0.2544  8.9094  0.0094  08.90 149.59
  2   1       STUART DOIGNIE      + 0.0196  8.9342  0.0342  08.90 157.48
  3   4       LEAH KELLETT        + 0.0940  8.9414  0.0414  08.90 162.49
  4   99      CRAIG WRIGHT        - 0.0013  8.9803  0.0803  08.90 145.24
  5   1969    COLLIN MORRICE      + 0.0381  8.9864  0.0864  08.90 152.15
  6   58      DARRYL HOWELLS      + 0.1752  8.9864  0.0864  08.90 140.41
  7   144     JAN SCHEPPERS       + 0.1214  9.0728  0.1728  08.90 145.31
  8   22      DAVID FULTON        + 0.1307  9.0869  0.1869  08.90 147.61
  9   386     MARTIN CURBISHLEY   + 0.2101  9.5616  0.6616  08.90 143.96
 10   298     ARNDT PUTZMAN       + 0.2034 10.0201  1.1201  08.90 144.38
 11   164     PETE CRESWELL       + 0.1022  8.6166 -0.2834  08.90 135.68

* = Disqualified 
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Super Street qualifying session 3

Leigh Morris improves still further to consolidate his top spot, a prticular relief to see after the fluid trail yesterday.

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                FIA & FIM (E) European Finals 2018. Santa Pod Raceway. 
                               TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING BY: ET         QUALIFYING LIST
07/09/2018 09:36:13                              10  SUPER STREET      
Place CarNum  Driver                R.T.     E.T.    O/U    INDEX  MPH
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  1   569     LEIGH MORRIS        + 0.5075 10.9037  0.0037  10.90 118.23
  2   55      NICOLE PARKER       + 0.3113 10.9715  0.0715  10.90 127.98
  3   79      DAVE CHERRETT       + 0.1358 11.1646  0.2646  10.90  98.34

* = Disqualified 
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07:55

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

It is a beautiful morning here at Santa Pod, again hardly a cloud in the sky, a moderate and slightly off-centre breeze up the track. If you heard Track Announcer Colin Theobald's op-ed/rant yesterday morning, and if you have ever read one of our race reports, then you will know that Colin and Your Reporter are in full agreement on the subject of weather mizzogs on social media. Well, they got what they wanted yesterday so hopefully they can go away now and leave the real fans to relish both the anticipation and the racing.

Today's plan is for the usual real-time reports and results, pit notes courtesy of Simon, and an end-day gallery courtesy of Julian and off-track photographer Diana. During Pro qualifying sessions I will try to upload between each pair so keep hitting Refresh.

No webcast from us today, the Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam will be back at next week's NSRA Hot Rod Drags, but Santa Pod Raceway are providing their excellent free multi-camera high-def Web TV for all four days of the event. You can find a link on the Event Index.

A big Good Morning to all the Eurodragsterholics out there, especially Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto in Finland, Ivar Kolberg in Norway, and Bob Roberts. Thanks to all of you for your continued support. To those of you tuned in from your day jobs, please don't get yourselves in trouble.

We are due to start at 09:30 with the rest of yesterday's interrupted Super Comp qualifying session; Martin Curbishley in the Fix Auto Penzance-sponsored rail is I believe the only runner left for that session. Then as much of the rest of Q3 as can be fitted in before Pro Q1 at 10:30. Some of Pro Q2 takes place at 15:00, specifically Top Methanol, Pro Stock Bike, Super Street Bike and Junior Drag Bike, then all of the remaining Pros run in the evening session starting at 18:15.

Sit tight and we will be here for you with all the news as soon as Martin Curbishley fires up the Fix Auto Penzance rail and for the rest of the day. In the meantime you could do worse than to check out yesterday's pit notes and gallery if you have not already; you can access both via the Event Index.


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