Santa Pod Raceway, 24th-27th May 2019
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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to return to the Event Index. 20:55 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Stu Crane 7.2567/178.53 bye; Glenn Borg 8.3544/160.22 bye; Mark Smith 21.2219/30.60, Thomas Pettersson 6.5242/186.54; Eric Richard 8.6074/116.13, Filippos Papafilippou 7.6953/122.54; Steve Woollatt 7.0352/135.26, Rikard Gustafsson 5.8361/234.97 Stu gets a time on the board. Glenn's motor struggling to stay lit before the burnout. New PB for Thomas Pettersson but stayed #5. Fil going great guns but hit tyre started to turn about 250 feet out, off the gas and briefly back on then called it a day. Stormer for Rikard Gustafsson, first half of an FIM ET record, well done Rikard and team! In the other lane a puff of smoke from Steve Woollatt's bike as he approached the guardrail, backed out of it. Qualifying after this session:
Clean-up in Steve's lane and not enough time to run Super Street Bike single lane so that's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for today's gallery. 20:45 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Martijn de Haas 7.3169/180.62 bye; Neil Midgley 15.0947/48.39 bye; Christian Jäger 7.5422/171.10, Samu Kemppainen 6.6941/214.92; Marc van den Boer 7.5302/170.48, Marcus Christiansen 6.6820/206.11 A couple of pieces came off Martijn's bike, one about 100 feet out and one near the eighth. if I didn't know better I'd have said that it looked like the soles of his boots. Either way Martijn into the ladder. Midgo's tyre spun at the hit, off the gas before sixty, another brief squirt, then idled through. Improvement for Christian but not enough to get him into the ladder. Qualifying after this session:
20:40 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Kevin Feuz 8.0963/158.48, Martin Bishop 7.6958/173.70; Len Paget 11.5845/66.82, Janne Koskinen 7.6432/179.94; Maurice Bertrand 7.4367/178.51 bye Fredrik Fredlund is out for the weekend after his transmission problem in Q3. Improvement for Kevin but stayed #6. Qualifying after this session:
20:30 Simon has posted today's final set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Kevin Kent 6.0816/117.11 bye; Jason Phelps 13.2262/57.90 bye; Steve Ashdown 4.6069/242.27, Kevin Champman 5.3798/138.63 Kevin in Santa Pod's display FC after building up the car in a monumental effort overnight - see Simon's pit notes for the full story. 0.9470 to sixty, off the gas about 200 feet out - possibly blower belt- 2.4988 to 330 feet, 4.1779/129.01 at the eighth. Clean-up called in Kevin's lane. Gentle burnout for Jason. 1.0023 to sixty, shake and off the gas, pulled over to the right side of the lane and idled through. Maybe a trick of the light but looked like a small trail of fluid, track checked, if there was anything there then it evaporated. Steve to sixty in 0.9603, Kevin in 0.9397, both going great guns but then Kevin hit shake about 250 feet out, backed out of it. Steve with all eight lit at the eighth 3.6397/218.04 and stayed on it all the way to the thousand. Qualifying after this session:
20:00 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Tethys 10.3248/77.60, Micke Kågered 5.8481/114.79; Maja Udtian 4.0543/233.89, Susanne Callin 9.3631/61.76; Stig Neergaard 7.9576/86.04, Jndia Erbacher 9.5980/67.75; Liam Jones 8.8721/75.40, Anita Mäkelä 9.0253/52.16 Tethys' crew signalled to get a wiggle on and get him to stage. Tet's tyres up in smoke at the hit and he shut off as a flash of flame was visible through the smoke. Micke to sixty in 0.8975, 330 feet in 2.3362, shake and some smoke and off the gas. Maja rolled through stage, Susanne in stage, Maja calmly selected reverse and went back into stage. 0.8429 to sixty for Maja, instant, hideous shake for Susanne and off the gas. Maja to 330 feet in 2.1860, the eighth in 3.1291/267.01 then off the gas or possibly belt went just past the eighth, the car's body language implies belt. Instant shake for Jndia, a pedal and off it. Stig also with shake but the better sixty 0.8745, pedal and on it and the car took a step left, off the gas. Small fuel leak on Anita's injector hat on start-up but quickly sorted by a man with a spanner. Liam to sixty in 0.8471, Anita in 0.8484, then shake for both, a pedal for Anita and her blower panel burst, safety device put both chutes out. Qualifying after this session:
19:50 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6178/207.90 bye; Stefan Ernryd 6.9495/201.68, Jimmy Ålund 6.5758/211.84; Robin Norén 7.3471/164.24, Michael Malmgren 6.6328/207.92 Bengt to sixty in 0.9588 driving through shake, 4.2436/165.30, my guess is checking out race set-up. Brief hold for timing system reboot. Stefan had two goes at lining up for the burnout, Jimmy back at the start line before Stefan pulled his burnout. Stefan near to pre-stage and then puished back a few yards and came forwards again. Starter Dave Warren started to walk towards Stefan's crew to get them to put a wiggle on as Jimmy sat patiently in pre-stage. Stefan's sixty came up as 0.8843 which I am not sure is right, Jimmy to sixty in 0.9759. Some shake for Stefan, 4.4868/154.04 to the eighth to Jimmy's trouble-free 4.2309/166.44. Michael to sixty in 0.9853, high-frequency shake... lost the rest of the incrementals to a timing system restart - will try to get them at the end of the day. Robin shut it off past the eighth, I am guessing race day set-up test for Michael. Qualifying after this session:
19:30 FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Wayne Nicholson no time, Kev Slyfield 7.5923/156.38; Norbert Kuno no time DQ, Kim Kristiansen 5.9795/238.59; Jon Webster no time DQ, Peter Kunc no time DQ; Roger Johansson 5.9105/222.54, Dmitry Samurokov no time DQ; Jean Dulamon no time DQ, Freddy Fagerström no time DQ; John Tebenham 6.4944/225.77, Bobby Wallace 8.9621/99.22; Nick Davies 6.1726/240.21, Marck Harteveld 5.9569/241.11; Micke Gullqvist 5.9171/240.30, Michel Tooren 5.9346/243.73; Mats Eriksson 9.1038/99.71, Jan Ericsson 5.8448/243.84; Andreas Arthursson 5.8656/242.90, Jimmy Ålund 14.0719/48.38 Short burnout from Wayne so as not to risk the reverser not working. Wayne's motor stopped at the hit, rolled to a halt about 300 feet out. 1.0159 to sixty for Kev then sounded like trouble changing gear, a long pedal, 4.6923/118.89 at the eighth, another brief squirt in the second half. Norbret to sixty in 1.0024 with a little shake, 0.9765 for Kim, Norbert's Avenger moved left with tyres shaking, steered right and went up on two wheels, then another sharp left turn and hit the guardrail front left-on. Kim to the eighth in 3.9225/189.35 as Norbert had no steering and the Avenger went across the track and hit the right guardrail. As ever a very rapid response from the safety crews. Word came back from the top end that Norbert is A-OK, got himself out of the car and was taken to the Medical Centre to be checked out. Peter's motor sounded to be misfiring in the burnout. Sat out there for a fair while before reversing. Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon's car was rocking in and out of stage, Peter left and then Jon left. Jon's Mustang made a move left then right about 300 feet out. Roger's motor sounded to be misfiring in the burnout and his tyres didn't might. Screaming burnout for Dmitry with a left turn as he gor off it. Lack of burnout didn't hurt Roger, 0.9770 to sixty, Dmitry to sixty in 1.1412 with tyres shaking, car headed right, corrected, then left, then got into a pendulum turning left and right, up on two wheels more than once and put the chute out about 400 feet out but it didn't help much, ultimately crossed lanes and was headed for the left guardrail. Got it stopped and off the rail. Meanwhile Roger to the eighth in 3.8666/194.54, and into the ladder. On return from his burnout Jean was right over on the right hand side of his lane, reversed up and centred it. Freddy into stage and went up on the revs then left, Jean left, no times. John stopped about thirty feet off the line on the way back from his burnout, pushed back by his crew. Bobby to sixty in 0.9992, tyres started shaking then blackstriping, John to sixty in 1.0859, the eighth in 4.2856/175.62 whilst Bobby shut it off coming close to the centre line, off it by the eighth 4.7202/115.27. Marc straight into stage before Nick pre-staged, seconds counting down but Nick stayed calm and went in in time. Nick to sixty in 1.0758, Marc in 0.9733, the Bird moving left gently but he stayed with it. 3.9103/189.43 at the eighth for Marc, 4.1100/184.23 for Nick, smoke from Marc's motor in the last couple of hundred feet. Great match between Micke and Michel! Micke to sixty in 0.9881, Michel in 0.9912, looked like mild shake for Micke but not much for Michel. 3.9045/190.39 to the eighth for Micke and 3.9070/191.05 for Michel. That's ten cars in the fives! 1.0283 to sixty for Mats, shake and the car started to move left, 0.9755 sixty for Jan driving through shake. Mats off the gas at about 330 feet with a right turn to get away from the rail, in the other lane Jan got to the eighth in 3.8398/193.48. Burndown between Jimmy and Andreas. Jimmy hit instant and appalling shake, 1.0022 to sixty and off the gas. Andreas to sixty in 0.9971, to the eighth in 3.8946/197.97, trouble-free run and up to #3. Qualifying after this session:
18:30 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Manty Bugeja 5.3607/265.08 bye; Jonny Lagg 5.3106/264.23, Sandro Bellio 6.3874/151.64 Manty to sixty in 0.9188, drove through shake, 3.5190/214.68 at the eighth, slight improvement but stayed #3. 200-foot burnout for Eurodragster.com sponsor Sandrooo, rolled to about 750 feet. Joonny to sixty in 0.9143, Sandro in 0.9345 driving through shake, the car started to move right. 3.5236/222.36 to the eighth for Jonny, Sandro off the gas as the car got close to the guardrail, eighth in 3.6885/186.99. Cylinder out for Jonny just approaching the stripe. Qualifying after this session:
18:20 Secret Worx Comp Eliminator qualifying session 9 Lively ride for Kev Perkins with shake, a move right, then up on three wheels when he pedalled. Kev Jenkins shut it off before the eighth and idled along the track. Nitrous burp for Andy Hone, in the other lane Dirk Peiler's Dart was heading right and then a step to the left right on the stripe.
18:10 FIM Europe Junior Drag Bike Cup qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Liam Holgate (7.90) 8.1140/82.58, Casey Holgate (12.70) 12.8319/49.33; Meggie Talbot (9.82) 9.8423/65.65, Blade Dummer (9.32) 9.4025/69.43 Casey Holgate up to #2 in the first pair. Blade Dummer up to #2 in the second pair whilst Meggie Talbot consolidated her #1 spot going even closer to dial-in.
18:05 Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. FIM Europe Super Street Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Dave Thomas shut off, bye; Rick Stubbins 7.2783/195.55 bye; Rudi Zorzi 7.8376/136.49, Roberth Häggblom 7.7281/185.81; Rudolfo Maduro 7.3594/188.22, Ida Zetterström no time; Steve Wood 9.7676/98.58 bye; Erich Gruber 7.7051/183.62, Margot Schmidt 7.8870/179.91; Mark Hope 13.7533/53.13, Knut Möller 7.8003/179.87; Graham Dance 7.4534/190.60, Yannick Richard 8.0632/167.30; Daniel Donat Lencses 7.3054/198.13, Graham Balchin 7.2565/197.16; Alex Hope 7.1394/203.48, Kristian Jasz 7.9477/193.77; Mathias Bohlin 17.6506/38.24, Clemens Walleit 7.7005/188.93; Garry Bowe 7.0517/188.22, Steve Mead 11.5680/73.47; Mogens Lund 7.0947/205.33, Steve Venables 6.9999/204.15 Dave Thomas' motor banged in the burnout, shut off and pushed back. Ida shut off before sixty feet and idled through. Woody shut off in the second half. Tyre screech and wheelie for Mark Hope, shut it off before the eighth. Graham Dance and Yannick Richard shut off before staging, spots of rain which turned into a brief but heavy downpour. PB for Alex Hope, Well done Alex! Qualifying after this session:
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FIA & FIM(E) Main Event 2019. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING LIST
FIM E SUPER STREET THROUGH ROUND # 3 26/05/2019 18:03:36
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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 3 SSB STEVE VENABLES MESH POND BUSA 1340 CC 00.00 0.000 .1527 6.8766 201.55
2 2 SSB MOGENS LUND DENMARK BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .2885 6.9642 209.13
3 10 SSB GARRY BOWE ASPATRIA BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .0966 6.9951 203.49
4 844 SSB MATHIAS BOHLIN SWEDEN BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1281 7.0626 206.28
5 48 SSB RUDI ZORZI ITALY BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .2922 7.0710 209.81
6 30 SSB ALEX HOPE HALSHAM BUSA 1298 CC 00.00 0.000 .1494 7.1394 203.48
7 56 SSB STEPHEN MEAD WEDMORE BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .0943 7.1648 201.45
8 5 SSB GRAHAM BALCHIN WINCHESTER KAW ZX12 1200 CC 00.00 0.000 .0762 7.2139 199.04
9 68 SSB DANIEL LENCSES HUNGARY BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .2578 7.2413 200.57
10 1 SSB RICK STUBBINS SCUNTHORPR BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1660 7.2783 195.55
11 13 SSB IDA ZETTERSTROM FINLAND BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1821 7.2811 194.71
12 88 SSB RUDOLFO MADURO NETHERLANDS GSXR 1000 998 CC 00.00 0.000 1.5027 7.3594 188.22
13 52 SSB GRAHAM DANCE WROXHAM TL1000R 1425 CC 00.00 0.000 .2226 7.4097 193.89
14 21 SSB MARK HOPE THORNTON BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .2093 7.5729 185.13
15 61 SSB ERICH GRUBER AUSTRIA KAW ZX12R 1199 CC 00.00 0.000 .4653 7.6330 186.66
16 72 SSB CLEMENS WALLEITT GERMANY KAW ZX12R 1200 CC 00.00 0.000 .1304 7.6597 186.60
17 79 SSB MARGOT SCHMIDT NETHERLANDS BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .3613 7.6939 185.90
18 817 SSB ROBERTH HAGGBLOM SWEDEN BUSA 1340 CC 00.00 0.000 .0926 7.7281 185.81
19 76 SSB KRISTIAN JASZ HUNGARY BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1505 7.7341 194.59
20 90 SSB MARK DAINTY GLOUCESTER BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1782 7.7863 185.90
21 131 SSB KNUT MOELLER GERMANY BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .4897 7.8003 179.87
22 234 SSB YANNICK RICHARD FRANCE BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1502 7.8505 177.13
23 66 SSB STEVE WOOD SOMPTING BUSA 1300 CC 00.00 0.000 .1367 8.8284 126.25
Best R.T. was GRAHAM BALCHIN + .0762
Best E.T. was STEVE VENABLES 6.8766
Best MPH was RUDI ZORZI 209.81
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Jet match race (1000 feet) Julian Webb (Split Second Jet Dragster) 5.8008/190.56 def. Martin Hill (Fireforce 3 Jet FC) 5.1306/226.69 DQ red light 16:25 FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Stu Crane no time, bye; Thomas Pettersson 7.8449/158.48 bye; Glenn Borg 7.4223/173.73, Steve Woollatt 6.1878/215.89; Filippos Papafilippou 6.3422/176.44, Mark Smith 8.1687/154.74; Rikard Gustafsson 6.0253/213.00, Eric Richard 7.7453/185.83 Stu went before the lights ran, a lot of radio discussion amongst the start line and timing crews and a check of the Tree. 1.1198 to sixty for Thomas, one of the gear changes sounded amiss from the engine note. Consistent run for Steve, 1.0357 to sixty and 3.9977/185.42 at the eighth. No improvement for Glenn, bike was heading right in the first eighth, 1.1003 to sixty and 4.6379/145.69 to the eighth. Fil to sixty in 1.1298, the eighth in 4.0386, speed displayed 222.34 mph, that'll be a front wheel down in the traps, Your Reporter's magic spreadsheet suggests 202 mph. Shut off at 1000 feet and chute out. Mark's bike sounded unhappy, didn't hear all the gear shifts one would expect. 1.0620 to sixty for Rikard, 3.9490/197.08 at the eighth, off the gas at about 1100 feet and chute out. 1.4270 to sixty for Eric, 5.1578/153.17 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
16:15 FIM Europe Supertwin qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Martijn de Haas 7.9572/152.70 bye; Samu Kemppainen shut off, bye; Hans Olav Olstad 6.6924/175.07, Marc van den Boer 7.4372/162.52; Neil Midgley 7.4844/127.26, Christian Jäger 7.2474/188.90 DQ; Marcus Christiansen 6.5136/209.16, Gert-Jan Laseur 6.7231/198.00 1.2130 to sixty for Martijn, bike heading right, a brief feather of the throttle trying to steer the bike left again, 4.8558/136.97 at half track. Samu shut off after the burnout for a fluid leak. Hans Olav headed left all the way down, 1.1993 to sixty and 4.5435/175.07 at the eighth then rolled off the gas. 1.1573 to sixty for Marc, 4.6572/142.99 to the eighth, new pb - well done Marc and team! Christian's run DQ'd for Blue Line violation, crew arming the parachute whilst Christian was in pre-stage. 1.0375 to sixty for Midgo, 4.3453/157.25 at the eighth then shut it off. Midgo's lane checked and tractor called for a sweep. Marcus on an ET record as noticed by our good buddy Andy Marrs to whom thanks, as ever. No back-up this time but plenty of time left yet. 1.1238 to sixty, 4.2600/176.99 at the eighth. New best for gert-Jan, 1.1849 to sixty and 4.4275/174.18 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
15:55 FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Janne Koskinen 7.3784/172.41 bye; Martin Bishop 7.5426/174.41, Kevin Feuz 8.6371/153.68; Maurice Bertrand 7.2704/179.97 bye, David Simon broke; Fredrik Fredlund no time, Len Paget 7.4545/175.75 Janne gets a time on the board. 1.0857 ro sixty, 4.6328/145.70 at the eighth, sounded like hesitation from the motor at half track but stayed with it. David shut off in the bleach box. Maurics took a great bye, 1.0800 to sixty, 4.5925/150.00 at the eighth Fredde to sixty in 1.0596, motor grunted past 330 feet and he shut off, got it stopped about 1200 feet out and awaited retrieval. Len to sixty in 1.1119, 4.6925/145.14 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
15:50 Top Doorslammer qualifying session 4 (left lane first) Caroline Strand 6.1619/190.58 bye, Ingo Ekert shut off; Charlie Östedt 6.9903/194.71 bye; Micke Nord 10.5801/79.80 bye; Andreas Sjödin 5.9896/229.22 bye; Mattias Wulcan 6.3670/164.84 bye; Ingo's motor leaking fluid in the burnout, the left slick went right through it and the car took a step to the left. Caroline took the bye, 0.9689 to sixty, a move to the right, 3.9480/192.12 at the eighth then the car started moving left and right and the blower panel blew, chutes out. Single lane running whilst Ingo's oil was cleaned up. 1.1614 to sixty fo rCharlie, driving through shake and moving left but staying on the gas. 4.5545/162.47 at the eighth, swaying left and right, a new PB into the sixes. bad shake for Micke which we felt up here in the office, 1.0026 to sixty, a feather of the throttle as if Micke was thinking about it and then shut it off. Last-photographer burnout for Andreas then 0.9659, very straight launch, 3.9241/189.72 at the eighth, on the gas all the way there. Mattias to sixty in 0.9218, drift left, back tothe centre of the lane, 3.7805/186.59 heading right and then a step to the right and backed out of it. Qualifying after this session:
14:55 European Nitro Funny Car Series qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Jason Phelps 6.2316/114.05 bye; Kevin Chapman no time, Steve Ashdown 4.7934/198.89 DQ Jason to sixty in 0.9220, shake and a cylinder out, a pedal, 2.6275 to 330 feet, back on the gas then gave it up. But a time on the board now. Kevin to sixty in 0.9862 and Steve in 0.9964, 2.5309 to 330 feet to Steve's 2.5715 then Kevin was off the gas, fortuitously as it turned out as Steve's FC was heading left, 3.6953/224.01 at the eighth and then crossed the centre line and smashed both 1000-foot reflectors to pieces. Qualifying after this session:
14:45 FIA Top Fuel Dragster qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Micke Kågered 5.8506/115.51, Maja Udtian 4.1176/275.98; Susanne Callin 6.6719/87.88, Tethys 10.3550/39.80; Jndia Erbacher 8.7381/77.60, Stig Neergaard 6.6503/87.52; Anit Mäkelä 3.9747/240.23, Liam Jones 9.4042/71.74 A twitch left from Maja's dragster as she got off the burnout. Micke to sixty in 0.8773, Maja in 0.8835 with a cylinder out, Maja's tyres blackstriping from 100 feet onward, Maja with the better 300 foot time 2.2823 to 2.3192, Micke was driving through shake and got off the gas about 300 feet out. 3.2745/254.25 to the eighth for Maja, heading left with smoke from the motor. Susanne's crew had trouble firing up the motor, started very abruptly making bystanders jump back, by this time Tet was back from his burnout. Brief squirt for a burnout for Susanne and both ready at the same time. Susanne to sixty in 0.9056 then shake and off the gas. Tet to sixty in 0.8544 with shake to about 120 feet, 2.6966 to 330 feet, blower panel burst and the safety device put the chutes out. Nice to know Your Reporter gets things right occasionally, it was indeed a body panel and not blower belt which came off Jndia's car yesterday, Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon Webster supplying replacement bodywork. 0.8576 to sixty for Jndia, 0.9088 for Stig, instantaneous shake for both, both off the gas about 250 feet out. Smoke from Jndia's right bank after she shut off. 0.8619 to sixty for Liam, shake and shut it off as the dragster headed left. Storming 0.8335 to sixty for Anita, 2.1549 at 330 feet, 3.0728/275.38 at the eighth then the blower belt came off the car and slid to a halt under the gantry. Qualifying after this session:
12:50 On hold for rain. 12:45 FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Bengt Ljungdahl 6.6567/207.23, Simon Gustafsson 6.9396/198.04; Jimmy Ålund 6.6498/209.14, Stefan Ernryd 7.0896/197.13; Michael Malmgren 17.0325/47.74, Robin Norén 6.7316/204.24 Bengt to sixty in 1.0031, Simon in 1.0300, some shake for Simon and a drift right, 4.2806/165.27 to the eighth for Bengt and 4.4642/159.50 for Simon. Simon off the gas before the stripe and chutes out in the traps. Jimmy Tree'd Stefan 0.0443 to 0.1147, the better sixty 1.0081 to 1.0205, Stefan's car started going fo rthe centre line but he stayed on it and wrenched it back under power just before the eighth, Jimmy visibly ahead 4.2984/166.54 to Stefan's 4.5657/153.52. Awful shake for Michael, the whle car looked to be jumping up and down, 1.2443 to sixty already off the gas. 1.0042 to sixty for Robin, 4.3224/163.41 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
12:35 Simon has posted today's first set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index. FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Norbert Kuno 6.4315/219.10 bye; Freddy Fagerström 6.3114/219.28 bye, Jean Dulamon shut off; Jimmy Ålund 5.8736/240.30, John Tebenham 6.5051/222.29; Jan Ericsson 5.9264/242.90, Nick Davies 6.1314/241.13; David Vegter 5.8046/240.30, Marcus Hilt 9.2768/70.40; Kim Kristiansen 6.6805/222.43, Roger Johansson 6.3698/220.13; Kev Slyfield 6.8057/148.57 bye, Wayne Nicholson broke; Peter Kunc 6.9595/179.97, Micke Gullqvist 6.0064/239.98; Dmitry Samurokov shut off, Jon Webster shut off; Dmitry Samurokov 7.4776/131.33, Jon Webster 6.4062/230.20; Bobby Wallace 6.2731/213.08, Mats Eriksson 6.1474/234.89; Michel Tooren 6.0467/237.76, Andreas Arthursson 11.4740/74.81 Norbert into the ladder. 0.9876 to sixty, Avenger headed for the centre line with tyres shaking but Norbert wasn't getting off the gas, just wrenched it to the right. 4.1806/172.97 at the eighth, some smoke in the second half. One of Jean's chutes deployed on the start line. Freddy took the bye, 0.9827 to sixty, no visible shake, 4.1424/179.85 to the eighth, looked to be off the gas a touch early. Jimmy off the line as if shot from a gun, 0.9523 to sixty to JT's 1.0858, Jimmy with a visible lead at the eighth 3.8388/196.25, JT there in 4.2740/174.95, no dramas for either. Great match between Jan and Nick! Jan to sixty in 0.9931 with front wheels up, Nick in 1.0419, front wheels down and shake stopped for Jan and to the eighth in 3.8967/194.48, Nick right there at 4.0763/187.01 and visibly accelerating hard in the second half. A new best for Nick in this car, well done Nick, Rob and team! Hard work rewarded for David and team after last week's problems. 0.9450 to sixty, storming eighth ET 3.7916/194.56. 1.1324 to sixty for Marcus driving through high-frequency shake, a bang from the motor as the blower panel blew, 4.5802/131.65 to the eighth slowing, chutes put out by the safety device. Kim to sixty in 1.0529 with shake and motor note shooting, up, a pedal, Roger to sixty in .09724 driving through shake as the Mustang moved right. Roger to the eighth in 4.2195/174.72, Kim havni glost time to the shake and pedal got to the eighth in 4.4618/169.16. Roger up to the bump spot. Kev had trouble starting his motor, Wayne and team very sportingly (unsurprisingly so) waited for him to fire up and come round the corner. Wayne pulled his burnout but then no reverse so drove it up the track to get out of the way. 0.9966 to sixty for Kev, 4.0053/173.01 to sixty then the motor note rose and Kev shut it off before the thousand and put the chutes out. Clean-up in Wayne's lane. Peter drilled Micke at the Tree 0.1523 to 0.5962 but Micke quickly started to reel him in getting the new combination together, 0.9912 to sixty to Peter's 1.0580, passing at the eighth 3.9569/190.95 to Peter's 4.4212/150.43 and well ahead in the second half, eventually 0.5092 in it at the stripe. Micke leaves the Last Chance Saloon. Dmitry and Eurodragster.com sponsor Jon ready to stage but shut off for rain. On the restart a brief but high-rev burnout for Dmitry then 0.9722 to sixty to Jon's 1.0877, Dmitry's Camaro drifted left, Jon's Mustang drifted left towwards the centre line then Dmitry's Camaro made a move to the right, Jon saw him and moved right, Dmitry off the gas at the eighth 4.1937/144.19, Jon stayed on the gas and drove round Dmitry 4.2442/176.84. Bobby with a 1.0030 sixty to Mats' 1.0369, Bobby had the better eighth 4.0432/176.32 to Mats' 4.0534/234.89, Mats' car made a move left and right but he stayed with it. More spots of rain before the next pair fired up, turned into enough to wet the track. On the restart, amusing two see two of Andreas' team run into one another on the way round from the pairing lanes. Michel to sixty in 1.0081, Andreas in 0.9982 with shake to about 100 feet, rolled off the gas. Michel to the eighth in 3.9743/188.02. Qualifying after this session:
10:45 FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Sandrooo Bellio 5.5295/259.65 bye; Manty Bugeja 5.4041/261.02, Jonny Lagg no time DQ 150-foot burnout for Eurodragster.com sponsor Sandro then rolled to the eighth. 0.9418 to sixty, no shake at all - it was just like the test runs on Thursday - 3.6504/209.06 to the eighth, straight down the middle of the lane and into #1 spot. Jonny left as Manty lit the stage bulb so no time. Manty to sixty in 0.9197, drove through some shake just past the Tree, 3.5348/211.03 at the eighth. Qualifying after this session:
10:35 Secret Worx Comp Eliminator qualifying session 8 Another improvement for Kev Jenkins, stayed in place but going in the right direction.
10:30 FIM Europe Junior Drag Bike Cup qualifying session 3 (left lane first) Blade Dummer (9.16) 9.3406/70.13, Casey Holgate (12.78) 13.2723/48.38; Liam Holgate (7.90) 8.0444/82.13, Meggie Talbot (9.80) 9.9634/65.32 Blade Dummer up to #2 in the first pair, then Liam Holgate up to #2 in the second pair.
10:25 Good Vibrations Motorsports/Przym Paint Super Pro ET qualifying session 8 Stu Doignie up from #18 to #4 at +0.0036, at that point the top 17 were in the +0.00s. Oliver Krautberger discovered what has been ailing him, doesn't make the cut this time but at least now knows what was wrong. Eurodragster.com sponsor Pete Walters up from #36 to the bump spot #32. Next pair and no drive at the hit for Mark Flavell, stopped about 300 feet out, car put on dollies and pushed back. Ian Brown up from #24 to #18 at +0.0104. Perfect 0.0004 Rt for Ron Bartlett, nice one Ron! Paula Atkin shut off and pushed back before staging, fluid leak. Similar story for Martyn Jones, shut off on return from the burnout.
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FIA & FIM(E) Main Event 2019. Santa Pod Raceway. England
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SUPER PRO ET THROUGH ROUND # 34 26/05/2019 10:25:51
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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 4472 S/PRO SCOTT CROOKSTON KINROSS UK FORD POP 560 CI 07.60 + .0010 .1228 7.6010 175.74
2 90 S/PRO BILLY GANE CHELMSFORD UK VICTOR 662 CI 08.51 + .0010 .0502 8.5110 157.35
3 450 S/PRO MARK BAILEY LUTON UK BARRACUDA 540 CI 08.74 + .0017 .0316 8.7417 153.11
4 704 S/PRO STUART DOIGNE BOUGHTON UK VX4/90 582 CI 08.56 + .0036 .0698 8.5636 156.81
5 68 S/PRO BRIAN PATEMAN WESTCLIFFE UK FIREBIRD 540 CI 08.79 + .0038 .1026 8.7938 158.46
6 782 S/PRO DAVID RUSSELL CHIDDINGFOLD UK MARINA VAN 540 CI 08.71 + .0045 .0737 8.7145 157.41
7 953 S/PRO COLIN MILLAR KINROSS UK ANGLIA 632 CI 08.05 + .0053 .2686 8.0553 169.14
8 717 S/PRO LAURA TURBURVILLE NOTTINGHAM UK DRAGSTER 555 CI 07.79 + .0053 .1430 7.7953 169.14
9 988 S/PRO JENS KOENNECKE GERMANY DE OLDSMOBILE 584 CI 08.13 + .0054 .0079 8.1354 164.23
10 221 S/PRO TOM ATKINSON LITCHBOROUGH UK CORTINA 540 CI 08.83 + .0062 .0334 8.8362 152.61
11 1 S/PRO BRAD JACKSON YORK UK DRAGSTER 565 CI 07.64 + .0073 .0274 7.6473 173.00
12 250 S/PRO NICK GOOD WEREHAM UK DRAGSTER 509 CI 07.57 + .0079 .1537 7.5779 176.38
13 324 S/PRO JOHN TEBENHAM WOKING UK FORD POP 5000 CC 08.98 + .0082 .0708 8.9882 147.10
14 497 S/PRO ELODIE DUBOIS FRANCE FR DRAGSTER 585 CI 07.72 + .0087 .0474 7.7287 172.38
15 944 S/PRO MARC HENNEY GERMANY DE DRAGSTER 620 CI 07.50 + .0091 .1247 7.5091 176.41
16 105 S/PRO RON BARTLETT LEAMINGTON SPA UK ANGLIA 584 CI 08.38 + .0094 .1058 8.3894 163.04
17 692 S/PRO DAVE SMITH BINTON UK FIREBIRD 615 CI 07.70 + .0099 .1577 7.7099 179.22
18 66 S/PRO IAN BROWN CONOCK UK CAMARO 706 CI 07.69 + .0104 .1407 7.7004 176.43
19 3001 S/PRO SCOTT HAUSER FINEDON UK DRAGSTER 598 CI 07.55 + .0114 .0007 7.5614 173.00
20 262 S/PRO MARK COULSELL TAMWORTH UK SLINGSHOT 383 CI 08.25 + .0137 .0916 8.2637 156.27
21 896 S/PRO AUSTIN JAQUES EASTBOURNE UK CAPRI 598 CI 08.48 + .0154 .1420 8.4954 161.87
22 1969 S/PRO COLLIN MORRICE LINTON UK CAMARO 540 CI 08.72 + .0172 .0136 8.7372 150.12
23 59 S/PRO CALLUM SWINCHATT KINGSBURY UK TOPOLINO 400 CI 08.99 + .0251 .1212 9.0151 143.82
24 474 S/PRO ASHLEY BELL GUYHIRN UK AC COBRA 383 CI 08.91 + .0292 .3253 8.9392 144.33
25 263 S/PRO DANIEL GILES SOUTHAMPTON UK DRAGSTER 548 CI 07.30 + .0390 .0417 7.3390 179.86
26 868 S/PRO PETER LANE WANTAGE UK CHEVROLET 540 CI 08.74 + .0397 .3610 8.7797 153.60
27 2 S/PRO JOE KELLETT BOLTON UK DRAGSTER 598 CI 07.70 + .0503 .0464 7.7503 171.07
28 22 S/PRO DAVE FULTON TADLEY UK CAMARO 540 CI 08.94 + .0516 .0051 8.9916 151.06
29 793 S/PRO DAVID EVANS BACUP UK IMPALA 634 CI 07.98 + .0571 .1096 8.0371 169.14
30 453 S/PRO MARTYN JONES HAMBLE UK DRAGSTER 452 CI 06.00 + .0642 .0414 6.0642 200.73
31 412 S/PRO FABIEN DUBOIS FRANCE FR AMERICAN 701 CI 07.32 + .0705 .0423 7.3905 180.66
32 881 S/PRO PETER WALTERS NORTH PETHERTON UK DRAGSTER 496 CI 07.98 + .1215 .0633 8.1015 162.45
33 200 S/PRO STEVE JOHNSON BURRIDGE UK DRAGSTER 509 CI 07.20 + .1406 .7832 7.3406 183.59
34 432 S/PRO PATRICK DUBOIS FRANCE FR PONTIAC 781 CI 07.60 + .1647 .4020 7.7647 175.06
35 572 S/PRO MARK TODD BUDWORTH UK VANTAGE 568 CI 07.25 + .1661 .5486 7.4161 192.07
36 118 S/PRO GLENN PALLANT CHELMSFORD UK CAPRI 510 CI 08.75 + .1698 .3035 8.9198 147.59
37 449 S/PRO PEL NORMAN WAKEFIELD UK NOVA 540 CI 07.56 + .2333 .4467 7.7933 146.16
38 161 S/PRO STEVE SAUNDERS BILLINGHAM UK ZEPHYR 632 CI 08.73 + .3083 .0400 9.0383 147.57
39 551 S/PRO MARK FLAVELL NORTHALLERTON UK FIREBIRD 482 CI 06.80 + .4446 .3991 7.2446 188.19
40 58 S/PRO PAULA ATKIN DAVENTRY UK MUSTANG 498 CI 07.80 + .4756 .0014 8.2756 110.58
41 28 S/PRO JOHAN OOMEN NETHERLANDS NL VIPER 740 CI 06.60 + .4760 .2337 7.0760 186.64
42 208 S/PRO OLIVER KRAUTBERGER AUSTRIA AT CHEVROLET 620 CI 08.99 + .5498 .3122 9.5398 140.69
43 315 S/PRO ROBERT DOYLE BRAINTREE UK DATSUN 423 CI 08.99 + .6289 .1398 9.6189 141.56
44 700 S/PRO PHILIP TOPPIN FELTHAM UK STINGRAY 468 CI 08.99 + 5.0209 .2837 14.0109 86.35
45 55 S/PRO JOHN GERRITSEN NETHERLANDS NL BEL AIR 540 CI 06.65 - .0175 .2457 6.6325 204.39
Best R.T. was DAVE FULTON + .0051
Best E.T. was MARTYN JONES 6.0642
Best MPH was JOHN GERRITSEN 204.39
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09:45 Modurstang Pro ET qualifying session 8 Looked like a carb cough for Laura Baynton, safety crew sprinted with fire extinguisher. All OK, back into stage, but took it gently doen the track. Al Medley up from #23 to #21 at +0.0275. Memo to Ethan Lisle: you don't have to do something spectacular to get into our galleries. Appeared sans bonnet this morning.
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FIA & FIM(E) Main Event 2019. Santa Pod Raceway. England
TSI RACENET SYSTEM
QUALIFYING LIST
PRO ET THROUGH ROUND # 29 26/05/2019 09:44:53
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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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1 601 PRO/ET AL PLATT HYDE UK CAMARO 346 CI 11.48 + .0002 .0906 11.4802 118.35
2 554 PRO/ET AMY WATKINS WADHURST UK FIREBIRD 542 CI 09.54 + .0044 .0377 9.5444 138.53
3 648 PRO/ET JON TURNER AYLESFORD UK BARRACUDA 512 CI 09.15 + .0045 .0716 9.1545 150.09
4 735 PRO/ET NIC WILLIAMS FLORE UK CHEVELLE 454 CI 09.80 + .0050 .0668 9.8050 132.08
5 731 PRO/ET RICK DENNY PETERBOROUGH UK FIREBIRD 400 CI 11.14 + .0054 .0370 11.1454 122.71
6 559 PRO/ET THOMAS WATKINS WADHURST UK CHARGER 572 CI 09.50 + .0081 .1700 9.5081 142.47
7 59 PRO/ET LAURA BAYNTON COPTHORPE UK CAPRI MK1 383 CI 10.40 + .0102 .0975 10.4102 127.70
8 2 PRO/ET LEE HUXLEY L'ER BROADHEATH UK MUSTANG 520 CI 09.55 + .0107 .0197 9.5607 138.58
9 637 PRO/ET NEILL WATKINS WADHURST UK DODGE 505 CI 11.44 + .0125 .2270 11.4525 114.45
10 205 PRO/ET BOB MOLDEN LEEDS UK PUG 205 410 CI 09.69 + .0130 .0670 9.7030 134.44
11 972 PRO/ET JAMES OLIVER CORNHILL UK FIREBIRD 454 CI 09.58 + .0138 .0797 9.5938 136.85
12 610 PRO/ET TIM STANBURY ST GILES UK CAMARO 584 CI 09.19 + .0145 .1257 9.2045 146.62
13 1420 PRO/ET WILLIAM CLARK YATELY UK DRAGSTER 61 CI 10.05 + .0158 .1334 10.0658 131.36
14 795 PRO/ET MICHAEL LACEY EVESHAM UK CAMARO 598 CI 09.02 + .0160 .0734 9.0360 149.05
15 777 PRO/ET NEIL HUNTER CHESTERFIELD UK CAPRI 446 CI 09.93 + .0174 .2714 9.9474 133.64
16 256 PRO/ET ETHAN LISLE NEW HARTLEY UK PLYMOUTH 572 CI 09.87 + .0183 .0293 9.8883 136.85
17 74 PRO/ET BEN NEWSOME DERBY UK MUSTANG 347 CI 11.70 + .0224 .0206 11.7224 117.90
18 569 PRO/ET LEIGH MORRIS NUNEATON UK JAG E TYPE 3800 CC 10.15 + .0241 .1200 10.1741 131.73
19 475 PRO/ET VIC PARSONS HAYWOOD OAKS UK BELVEDERE 10.28 + .0258 .2915 10.3058 130.60
20 495 PRO/ET GEOFF COWLEY EVESHAM UK NOVA 540 CI 09.18 + .0265 .0985 9.2065 141.62
21 864 PRO/ET ALAN MEDLEY SCUNTHORPE UK OMEGA 383 CI 10.87 + .0275 .1623 10.8975 121.87
22 276 PRO/ET ELAINE HANCOCK BRISTOL UK ALTERED 383 CI 11.00 + .0296 .3915 11.0296 115.20
23 358 PRO/ET SIMON INNES RAUNDS UK BARRACUDA 493 CI 10.58 + .0305 .0183 10.6105 125.22
24 157 PRO/ET RONNIE MERCER ST HELENS UK ANGLIA 363 CI 10.53 + .0383 .0140 10.5683 124.85
25 79 PRO/ET DAVE CHERRETT WORCESTER UK MODEL A 493 CI 10.90 + .0488 .0258 10.9488 81.24
26 542 PRO/ET KEITH HERBERT DENHAM UK PLYMOUTH 500 CI 09.54 + .0497 .3894 9.5897 139.47
27 281 PRO/ET ANDRE NAHLER GERMANY DE BEETLE 2800 CC 09.90 + .1711 .1416 10.0711 134.80
28 527 PRO/ET JILL KEMP GERMANY DE BEETLE 2500 CC 11.30 + .2162 .0990 11.5162 116.23
29 2810 PRO/ET DAVE CROWHURST CRANBROOK UK BEETLE 2000 CC 09.90 + .2181 .0772 10.1181 135.21
30 290 PRO/ET STUART HODGSON FOXHOLES UK BEETLE 2387 CC 10.30 + .2680 .1425 10.5680 131.65
31 113 PRO/ET CHRIS NEWSAM CHESTERFIELD UK MG ZS 468 CI 09.00 + .2751 .1113 9.2751 143.82
32 649 PRO/ET GINO BERNADINE SOUTHALL UK ESCORT MKI 2000 CC 09.25 + .3144 .0077 9.5644 141.68
33 608 PRO/ET DAN WILLIAMS FLORE UK NOVA 396 CI 09.95 + .4049 .0956 10.3549 129.39
Best R.T. was RONNIE MERCER + .0140
Best E.T. was MICHAEL LACEY 9.0360
Best MPH was JON TURNER 150.09
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08:35 Good morning from Santa Pod Raceway for our coverage of the FIA/FIM Main Event brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing. Different conditions here at Santa Pod today, high overcast and a headwind. Not quite as warm as yesterday. Today's plan is to bring you real-time reports and results, pit notes courtesy of Simon, and a gallery at the end of the day courtesy of Julian, Kirstie and Diana. No webcast from us until Tuesday; Santa Pod Raceway are streaming this event on YouTube Live (Santa Pod TV) and Facebook (Santa Pod Raceway); you can find a link to the YouTube on the Event Index. Please note that the YouTube page will not, of course, show the live broadcast until it commences so just keep hitting Refresh on that page. Our next Webster Race Engineering/Nimbus Motorsport webcast will be from next Tuesday's and Wednesday's private test days here at Santa Pod. A big Good Morning to the Eurodragsterholics, especially Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto in Vehkataipale, Finland, and Ivar Kolberg who is tuned in from Norway. We are due to start at 09:30 with Q8 of Modurstang Pro ET; Pro sessions are set for 10:25 and 14:25. In those Pro classes in which it is possible we will post between pairings so keep hitting Refresh. Until 09:30 tune in to Nitro FM and check out yesterday's report, pit notes and gallery, all of which are available via the Event Index. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |