Santa Pod Raceway, 3rd-5th September 2021
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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. 00:25 First round pairings (Kestrel Beer Lane first) VP Racing Fuels Pro Doorslammer (8 car ladder) Kev Slyfield v Paula Atkin Fast R Street (8 car ladder) Buzz Patar v Joe Stevens 6 cylinder (4 car ladder) Mike Whittaker v Jeff Ludgate Front Wheel Drive (32 car ladder) Carl Goldsmith v Andy Nicholls A-Plan 4 cylinder (32 car ladder) Alex Knott v Paul Jordan 20:05 Final qualifying VP Racing Fuels Pro Doorslammer qualifying (8 car ladder) Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 PD832 BRUNO BADER 0.1090 6.1050 225.51 2 PD606 KEVIN SLYFIELD 0.1993 6.2798 231.55 3 PD1953 JOHN TEBENHAM 0.1141 6.537 227.84 4 PD101 ANDY ROBINSON 0.2452 6.6828 171.67 5 PD58 PAULA ATKIN 4.4116 6.7917 195.47 6 PD581 SIMON BARLOW 0.0997 7.4505 193.7 7 PD1587 DARREN PEART 0.7545 7.7872 171.74 8 PD139 JOHN SLEATH 0.1626 7.8015 177.8 9 PD1941 TONY UNDERHILL 0.1038 7.9039 129.45 10 PD692 DAVE SMITH 0.1328 9.4585 111.94 Fast R Street qualifying (8 car ladder) Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 STR666 ANDY BOND 0.2953 6.9492 212.89 2 STR162 ALAN MCSWEENEY 0.1116 7.8431 176.42 3 STR63 JOE STEVENS 0.19 8.0168 175.08 4 STR69 DAVE MACE 0.4014 8.0671 166.11 5 STR680 BRIAN PATEMAN 0.1057 8.2998 161.32 6 STR13 BUZZ PATAR 0.8175 8.7968 166.69 7 STR28 ASIM HUSSAIN 0.5911 9.6445 145.79 8 STR786 HARVEY BHOGAL 0.631 9.9133 141.59 9 STR31 JACK BOWLEY 0.6771 10.2756 150.55 10 STR82 SIMON SWARBRICK 0.2154 11.2246 126.62 Front Wheel Drive qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 FWD83 CALVIN SKERRITT 1.2677 8.8103 177.15 2 FWD999 ANDY NICHOLLS 0.2041 9.2523 154.21 3 FWD150 CRAIG EVANS 0.5095 9.5632 149.67 4 FWD50 HELDER PEREIRA 1.3795 9.6891 147.65 5 FWD204 NICK SHOTTON 0.2863 9.8119 143.84 6 FWD52 AHMED JAMSHAID 0.3855 9.8168 143.85 7 FWD30 TERRY NEWTON 0.4562 9.8733 150.12 8 FWD16 MATT DAVISON 0.1522 9.9686 145.73 9 FWD112 JACOB BAILEY 0.6295 9.9872 147.25 10 FWD69 PAWEL PIETRZAK 4.5624 10.0303 143.93 11 FWD22 JONATHAN PROUT 0.4077 10.0329 140.27 12 FWD888 JOSE LEITE 1.8301 10.0877 140.33 13 FWD60 STEPHEN RAY 2.8233 10.1604 141.63 14 FWD54 CARL GOLDSMITH 0.1644 10.1867 147.6 15 FWD114 ALLAN DUTHIE 0.0753 10.2075 144.38 16 FWD12 RICARDO LEITE 1.2342 10.3093 138.68 17 FWD515 MARC TAYLOR 0.7334 10.3193 142.17 18 FWD17 DARREN DEWHURST 0.2515 10.3319 143.38 19 FWD99 DEAN HYNDMAN 3.3936 10.4274 138.22 20 FWD383 ADRIAN SOLLY 0.2055 10.7583 139.09 21 FWD616 OLIVER ST QUINTIN 0.5338 10.8916 127.94 22 FWD76 PHIL THOMAS 0.7239 11.1648 124.57 23 FWD62 LEE OPENSHAW 0.5123 11.2762 124.08 24 FWD18 KARL MONKS 0.3237 11.304 123.87 25 FWD33 THOMAS HERBERT 0.2603 11.7605 115.08 26 FWD100 IAN PEPPER 0.4916 11.9766 119.82 27 FWD51 ANTHONY MINCHER 0.6166 12.1572 101.46 28 FWD981 PHIL BOGG 0.6495 12.3819 108.98 29 FWD15 BEN FAGGETTER 0.9164 12.6598 106.52 30 FWD101 SEAN PROUT 2.5951 12.708 130.16 31 FWD256 ETHAN LISLE 0.1868 12.717 104.08 32 FWD331 SIMON CROWLEY 1.5223 12.7257 94.24 A-Plan 4 cylinder qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 4C73 KEVIN JENKINS 0.6565 8.0773 169.18 2 4C32 RICHARD PRYDDEN 2.3005 9.1463 156.33 3 4C59 ANDY HUGHES 3.0584 9.2636 155.75 4 4C18 LEE CONNOR 3.2798 9.5035 152.65 5 4C281 DAVID CROWHURST 0.2121 9.6401 142.04 6 4C70 CHRIS TODD 0.7663 9.6438 143.91 7 4C411 DARREN SCANNELL 0.2964 9.6967 143.38 8 4C126 ADAM SKINNER 0.7336 9.917 142.04 9 4C110 PAUL JORDAN 0.5441 10.0082 138.21 10 4C161 DONALD HARVEY 0.3592 10.1625 127.24 11 4C30 NIGEL HULL 1.1968 10.2216 130.66 12 4C66 STUART MEADS 0.2805 10.2936 134.9 13 4C13 JORDAN LEGARD 2.0364 10.9467 124.43 14 4C11 M. BACHTSEVANIDOU 0.5016 11.0231 123.43 15 4C16 GRAHAM FAIRHEAD 0.898 11.1442 131 16 4C624 CHRIS WATERHOUSE 5.1562 11.371 130.91 17 4C65 LUCAS DAGLISH 0.5661 11.4391 119.96 18 4C306 JONNY MARRIAGE 0.457 11.8194 114.49 19 4C518 MICHAEL MOONEY 1.3022 11.9892 111.95 20 4C58 TOM SEMPER 0.6465 12.0898 113.48 21 4C319 ALEX KNOTT 1.1964 12.0997 115.08 22 4C97 ABI TETHER 0.6272 12.8512 104.8 23 4C35 SIMON KNIEF 1.1611 12.8526 108.85 24 4C56 DION SEWELL 0.5978 14.6883 90.3 6 cylinder qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 6C666 GARY GOODING 1.4191 7.9612 171.74 2 6C28 JEFF LUDGATE 6.2556 8.8425 157.93 3 6C641 MARK MOSELEY 1.1681 8.9744 161.89 4 6C42 MIKE WHITTAKER 4.3994 9.6406 142.03 5 6C573 ANDREW BAMBRICK 0.9767 13.9665 98.6 20:00 Tony Underhill in last chance saloon qualifier, 9.5559/91.07, 1.0446 to 60ft and to the right, pedaling and the car getting squirrelly at half track. Great effort by the team to get the car to the start line for six runs, and a lot learned from his first event in two years. Tom Semper 12.143/114.33, Dean Hyndman 10.9533/134.59, Pawel Pietrzak 10.2096/141.66. Ian Pepper, car going sideways at 60ft, something came off the car, 12.3093/122.20. Harvey Bhogal 10.1197/141.60 vs Helder Pereira 9.6891/147.65, new PB, well done Helder and team! That inspired Pawel Pietrzak to have another attempt at a nine, 10.2092/140.79. Dean Hyndman 10.4274/138.22, quicker yet, well done Dean! Ben Faggetter 12.7875/106.03. Final run of the day by Pawel Pietrzak and 15th of the event, 10.4536/140.79, Andy Nicholls 9.3692/151.62. 19:30 Phil Thomas 11.2523/123.43 vs Craig Evans 9.7801/147.71, Chris Waterhouse 16.3662/67.22 vs Stuart Meads 10.2936/134.90, Mike Whittaker (VW Caddy) 9.6406/142.03 for a new PB, well done Mike! Richard Prydden 9.9233/134.06. Stephen Ray 10.1604/141.63, Ricardo Leite 10.3093/138.68, new PB, well done Ricardo but a huge cloud of smoke and possibly engine damage. Jonathan Prout in his new Civic 10.2674/141.58, Lee Connor in the Elise 11.4192/108.99 with a series of short shifts, Adam Skinner 10.1956/138.55 with a more calm launch and avoiding wheelies as best he could. 19:15 Guy King first out in the last hour of qualifying, flat launch, 10.0655/133.21, John Tebenham 6.5370/227.84, 1.0411 to 60ft and 4.3464/176.24, lift to calm the car down after shake, and then back on it, great driving job, particularly with loose looking wheelie bars. Nic Williams in the COPO Camaro 8.5558/159.03. Another out of shape run for Adam Skinner, he recovered and idled through in 16s. Allan Duthie 10.3025/138.12 vs Ant Mincher 12.9618/83.03. Dean Hyndman 10.6715/134.45 vs Tom Herbert 12.0281/113.62. John Sleath going for a pass in case Tony Underhill improves, 7.9192/175.72, good run and still safe until Tony or Dave Smith goes quicker. Al McSweeney 7.8852/177.12, Darren Peart having another run for the same reason as John, 7.963/167.30. 19:00 Stephen Ray in #12 of FWD went 10.3725/141.14, no improvement. Harvey Bhogal for another run 9.9133/141.59, Calvin Skerritt back, leak having been fixed, 8.8103/177.15 to consolidate his #1 position in FWD. Stephen Ray hot lapping, this time a 10.2211/141.20. Lee Openshaw 11.2762/124.08 for a new PB, well done Lee! In the other lane Pawel Pietrzak 10.1581/138.25. Next Paul Jordan 13.0024/82.12. Harvey Bhogal 9.9705/142.15, Tom Herbert 11.903/113.93. Phil Thomas 11.3611/118.53 vs Dean Hyndman 10.7927/112.50 for a new PB, well done Dean! Keith Bartlett brought Roarin' Rat out again and 10.5933/125.48, wonder if he's tempted to enter the Big Bracket tomorrow? Oliver St Quintin 11.2819/129.42 vs Tom Herbert 11.7605/115.08. Nigel Hull 10.3959/123.42, Ian Pepper 11.9766/119.82 (new PB well done Ian!) vs Darren Dewhurst 10.4652/142.10, Ant Mincher 13.8614/114.34 vs Ethan Lisle 12.9429/102.80, Chris Waterhouse 12.449/123.77, Tom Herbert hot lapping 12.2435/113.92 wheelspinning off the line. Oliver St Quintin 11.2984/125.60. 18:40 Calvin Skerrett pushed back for fluid on track. Pete Grange 9.1010/148.69, Richard Prydden (Toyota Celica GT4) 9.7030/143.07. Simon Swarbrick 11.2393/118.24 for a new PB, well done Simon! Ethan Lisle alongside 13.2640/82.57, Paul Jordan 10.789/147.61 vs Ian Pepper 12.8737/117.77, Stuart Meads 11.0157/122.73, Pawel Pietrzak 10.701/139.90, Keith Bartlett in Roarin' Rat 10.8971/127.32, Paul Jordan 10.0082/138.21, Chris Waterhouse 13.498/102.66, Jonathan Prout 10.0329/140.27 for another PB, well done Jon! Tony Underhill on the outside of Pro Doorslammer looking in, needs to run better than 7.80 to bump out John Sleath. He lifted at half track, got back on it and rqn 7.9039/129.45, can he get round again before 8pm? Next Harvey Bhogal in his BMW ran 9.9320/142.10 and is actually on the bump as David Mahoney is out. Pawel Pietrzak came back for another try for a nine, 10.2730/140.77 shows he has the power. 18:15 OCS Group Big Bracket final, round 6 Keith Herbert 9.6131/124.50 (9.51) RT 0.0370 def. Peter Lane 11.9059/110.71(11.80) RT 0.1287 Keith Herbert wins £2,500 and Pete Lane £1,000. 18:10 Jet Funny Car exhibition run Martin Hill with a fantastic 5.8436/274.68 with a 1.0722 to 60ft and 4.0119/203.27, great pass for Martin. 18:00 Darren Peart getting into wheel hop, 8.0020/166.70 and 1.1116 to 60ft. Followed by Andy Robinson with a great 330ft burnout, giving the rods a bit of a stretch, 6.6828/171.67 with 1.1068 and 4.2470/184.13, nice solid run, early shifts and off the throttle. Dave Smith not in the ladder, car moved around and off the throttle to 9.4585/111.94. John Tebenham next, burnout to 200ft, tyre shake before 60ft and 1.0570 and 12.3938/66.78 at the stripe. Nic Williams with a time trial for tomorrow's Big Bracket, 8.5737/158.46, next Guy King and Dan Williams in Spencer Tramm's Camaro, Spencer wanting to see how the car performs from outside of it, 9.9954/134.01 to 11.1549/115.62 for Dan, Spencer walking away with a big smile. Tom Semper 12.0898/113.48, Carl Goldsmith spinning the tyres off the line 10.4347/143.38 vs Adrian Solly 10.7583/139.09, Dave Crowhurst 9.6401/142.04 vs Michael Mooney 12.1017/109.75, Ahmed Jamshaid 9.8168/143.85 vs Simon Swarbrick 11.2246/126.62. Then Simon Barlow with another double step and lifting to a 17 second run, the power from the car vibrating the tower in the burnout like no other this event. Darren Scannell 13.55/77 vs Andy Nicholls 9.2523/154.21 for a new PB, well done Andy! Adam Skinner on a massive wheelie and then sideways, lifting before the car hit the wall vs Tom Herbert 11.772/114.53. Jacob Bailey with some wheelspin to 10.1292/143.49. Stuart Meads ran 11.6016/122.19, followed by Helder Pereira who idled down the track. Adam Skinner with more conservative revs on the gear shifts, ran 9.9170/142.04, followed by Helder Pereira 9.8146/145.78 and Andy Hughes 9.2636/155.75 into #4 for 4 cyl class. Dean Hyndman with breakage of a driveshaft or CV joint on launch vs Darren Scannell 9.9534/142.56. Donald Harvey's Beetle went 11.6529/117.00 17:35 OCS Group Big Bracket round 5
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VP Doorslammers
TSI SYSTEM
ELIMINATION ROUND 5
04/09/2021 17:35:11 10 BIG BRACKET #1
Results CarNum Driver R.T. E.T. O/U INDEX MPH
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Foul 90 BILLY GANE 10.9833 2.4333 08.55 153.09
Win 542 KEITH HERBERT + 0.0794 9.5287 0.0187 09.51 138.16
Win 66 PETER LANE + 0.0293 12.1221 0.3221 11.80 108.75
NONE . 0.0000 00.00 0.00
* = Disqualified
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17:05 VP Racing Fuels Pro Doorslammer qualifying (8 car ladder) Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 PD832 BRUNO BADER 0.1090 6.1050 225.51 2 PD606 KEVIN SKYLFIED 0.1993 6.2798 231.55 3 PD58 PAULA ATKIN 4.4116 6.7917 195.47 4 PD1953 JOHN TEBENHAM 0.0666 7.2018 140.77 5 PD581 SIMON BARLOW 0.0997 7.4505 193.7 6 PD1587 DARREN PEART 0.7545 7.7872 171.74 7 PD139 JOHN SLEATH 0.1626 7.8015 177.8 8 PD1941 TONY UNDERHILL 0.1431 7.9714 119.52 9 PD101 ANDY ROBINSON 0.2223 8.733 80.53 10 PD692 DAVE SMITH 0.1116 9.6277 131.42 Fast R Street qualifying (8 car ladder) Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 STR666 ANDY BOND 0.2953 6.9492 212.89 2 STR162 ALAN MCSWEENEY 0.1116 7.8431 176.42 3 STR63 JOE STEVENS 0.19 8.0168 175.08 4 STR69 DAVE MACE 0.4014 8.0671 166.11 5 STR680 BRIAN PATEMAN 0.1057 8.2998 161.32 6 STR13 BUZZ PATAR 0.8175 8.7968 166.69 7 STR68 DAVID MAHONEY -0.1428 9.0226 152.15 8 STR28 ASIM HUSSAIN 0.5911 9.6445 145.79 9 STR786 HARVEY BHOGAL 0.5507 9.9271 142.52 10 STR31 JACK BOWLEY 0.6771 10.2756 150.55 11 STR82 SIMON SWARBRICK 0.4314 11.7417 116.4 Front Wheel Drive qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 FWD83 CALVIN SKERRITT 0.4810 9.1271 176.44 2 FWD150 CRAIG EVANS 0.5095 9.5632 149.67 3 FWD999 ANDY NICHOLLS 0.2605 9.5819 149.56 4 FWD50 HELDER PEREIRA 1.3828 9.8039 147.23 5 FWD204 NICK SHOTTON 0.2863 9.8119 143.84 6 FWD52 AHMED JAMSHAID 0.4042 9.8439 142.92 7 FWD30 TERRY NEWTON 0.4562 9.8733 150.12 8 FWD16 MATT DAVISON 0.1522 9.9686 145.73 9 FWD112 JACOB BAILEY 0.6295 9.9872 147.25 10 FWD69 PAWEL PIETRZAK 4.5624 10.0303 143.93 11 FWD888 JOSE LEITE 1.8301 10.0877 140.33 12 FWD60 STEPHEN RAY 1.1111 10.1649 143.01 13 FWD54 CARL GOLDSMITH 0.1644 10.1867 147.6 14 FWD114 ALLAN DUTHIE 0.0753 10.2075 144.38 15 FWD22 JONATHAN PROUT 0.5586 10.2492 135.26 16 FWD515 MARC TAYLOR 0.7334 10.3193 142.17 17 FWD17 DARREN DEWHURST 0.2515 10.3319 143.38 18 FWD12 RICARDO LEITE 0.7037 10.4204 136.86 19 FWD383 ADRIAN SOLLY 0.1967 10.7779 137.83 20 FWD616 OLIVER ST QUINTIN 0.5338 10.8916 127.94 21 FWD76 PHIL THOMAS 0.7239 11.1648 124.57 22 FWD18 KARL MONKS 0.3237 11.304 123.87 23 FWD62 LEE OPENSHAW 1.3245 11.4657 122.74 24 FWD99 DEAN HYNDMAN 2.5291 11.6057 129.45 25 FWD33 THOMAS HERBERT 0.3345 11.8921 114.49 26 FWD51 ANTHONY MINCHER 0.6166 12.1572 101.46 27 FWD981 PHIL BOGG 0.6495 12.3819 108.98 28 FWD15 BEN FAGGETTER 0.9164 12.6598 106.52 29 FWD101 SEAN PROUT 2.5951 12.708 130.16 30 FWD256 ETHAN LISLE 0.1868 12.717 104.08 31 FWD331 SIMON CROWLEY 1.5223 12.7257 94.24 32 FWD100 IAN PEPPER 0.8705 19.5556 77.07 A-Plan 4 cylinder qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 4C73 KEVIN JENKINS 0.6565 8.0773 169.18 2 4C32 RICHARD PRYDDEN 2.3005 9.1463 156.33 3 4C649 GINO BERNADINE 0.4845 9.2325 146.73 4 4C18 LEE CONNOR 3.2798 9.5035 152.65 5 4C70 CHRIS TODD 0.7663 9.6438 143.91 6 4C281 DAVID CROWHURST 0.2643 9.6472 142.56 7 4C411 DARREN SCANNELL 0.2964 9.6967 143.38 8 4C126 ADAM SKINNER 0.4146 9.9984 142.02 9 4C110 PAUL JORDAN 0.362 10.1238 142.07 10 4C161 DONALD HARVEY 0.3592 10.1625 127.24 11 4C30 NIGEL HULL 1.1968 10.2216 130.66 12 4C13 JORDAN LEGARD 2.0364 10.9467 124.43 13 4C66 STUART MEADS 0.3348 11.0109 123.87 14 4C11 M. BACHTSEVANIDOU 0.5016 11.0231 123.43 15 4C16 GRAHAM FAIRHEAD 0.898 11.1442 131 16 4C624 CHRIS WATERHOUSE 5.1562 11.371 130.91 17 4C65 LUCAS DAGLISH 0.5661 11.4391 119.96 18 4C306 JONNY MARRIAGE 0.457 11.8194 114.49 19 4C59 ANDY HUGHES 1.54 11.8623 127.58 20 4C518 MICHAEL MOONEY 1.3022 11.9892 111.95 21 4C319 ALEX KNOTT 1.1964 12.0997 115.08 22 4C58 TOM SEMPER 0.3763 12.131 113.48 23 4C97 ABI TETHER 0.6272 12.8512 104.8 24 4C35 SIMON KNIEF 1.1611 12.8526 108.85 25 4C56 DION SEWELL 0.5978 14.6883 90.3 6 cylinder qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 6C666 GARY GOODING 1.4191 7.9612 171.74 2 6C28 JEFF LUDGATE 6.2556 8.8425 157.93 3 6C641 MARK MOSELEY 1.1681 8.9744 161.89 4 6C42 MIKE WHITTAKER 0.6823 9.6422 144.37 5 6C573 ANDREW BAMBRICK 0.9767 13.9665 98.6 16:45 Andy Bond 6.9514/213.93, Al McSweeney 7.8431/176.42 16:45 Joe Stevens 8.0189/178.42 against Jonathan Prout 10.2492/135.26, Tom Semper 12.1662/113.78 vs Helder Pereira 9.8039/147.23, Adam Skinner with a huge wheelie and backing off vs Marc Taylor 11.0913/127.70, Anthony Mincher with gearchange issues vs Karl Monks 11.304/123.87. Bruno Bader ran a 6.105/225.51 with 0.9735 and 3.9746/183.40 to the eighth, getting to grips with the track and driving through a slight drift to the left. John Sleath's next pass was with nitrous, 7.8015/177.80, great pass for a new PB with the pickup, well done John! Paula Atkin went 6.7917/195.47, getting the car back in the groove at half track and then feeding more throttle through. Tom Herbert with 11.9554/114.50, followed by Ricardo Leite 10.426/138.13 vs Pawel Pietrzak 10.3623/139.52, followed by Chris Todd 9.6438/143.91, should move him up to 5th in 4 Cyl. Adam Skinner went 10.5882/137.83, Dave Mahoney 9.1185/130.57 as Marc Taylor ran a new PB 10.3193/142.17. Followed by Calvin Skerritt 11.3382/138.12 losing momentum after a 1.5177 launch vs Lucas Daglish 11.6443/113.07. Karl Monks 12.5663/105.55, then Jeff Ludgate 8.8425/157.93 (new PB on speed) vs Phil Bogg 12.8282/105.46, then Ethan Lisle NTR and Tom Herbert 11.9143/114.78. 16:25 OCS Group Big Bracket round 4 This is the quarter finals in which losers will get £250. Keith Herbert with a holeshot win over Jason Dodd who was 0.0046 over his dial in. Bye for Billy Gane. Katie Booth a no show when some bolts were found to need replacing and no spares were available despite a call out over the PA.
16:15 Asim Hussain 9.6552/147.17 vs Phil Thomas 11.1648/124.57. Dave Smith with his Jaguar XKR following last night's gearbox thrash, not yet in the ladder, car wandered to the left after 330ft to 10.4752/97.09. Ethan Lisle 12.7568/103.60 vs Phil Blogg 12.3819/108.98. Stuart Meads 11.2117/122.07 vs Chris Waterhouse 11.4258/127.72. Asim Hussain again to 9.6912/147.13, Andy Hughes (4 cyl Subaru WRX) 11.8623/127.58 in a brand new car. Pawel Pietrzak 10.0685/142.09. Tom Herbert 11.8921/114.49, Lee Connor 9.5035/152.65 going the long way round, he's currently 4th in the 4 Cyl class. Bem Faggetter 12.6598/106.52. 16:00 Darren Peart went 7.9519/166.67 with a 1.1264 60ft, car went to the left but Darren controlled it superbly. Simon Barlow with another two step issue and 8.2675/180.64. Followed by Asim Hussain with a 9.7070/146.18, he is currently on the bump with three racers likely to try to bump him out. Chris Waterhouse 11.3710/130.91, better pass and 0.15 away from his PB. Dave Swift with a licensing pass, double step off the line to half track and 12.4074/66.32, the car getting squirelly just before half track. Dave Crowhurst 9.6472/142.56 after Darren Dewhurst was pushed back with a transmission issue. 15:35 Kev Slyfield with caterpillar marks and 1.0055 to 60ft and off the throttle by 330ft to 9.5940/92.72. Chris Waterhouse 14.4412/80.37 vs Anthony Mincher 12.1572/101.46. Tony Underhill looking for a 904 lifter for the BBC engine to his Willys Sedan, contact him if you have one and can get it to the track. Allan Duthie 10.5738/135.23 vs Adrian Solly 10.7779/137.83, Tom Semper 12.131/113.48 vs Lucas Daglish 11.4391/119.96, Paul Jordan 12.0001/129.41 as Nick Shotton stopped on track. Ian Pepper with a 19.5556/77 to get into to FWD ladder. 15:25 OCS Group Big Bracket round 3 Dan Williams broke out by just 0.001 after a startline advantage. Red light for Brian Pateman against Peter Lane.
15:10 Donald Harvey 11.3414/115.50 vs Dave Mace 8.0671/166.11 for a new PB, well done Dave! Then Matt Davison 9.9686/145.73, new PB and first nine for Matt, well done! Alongside Ricardo Leite 11.0499/137.80. Joe Stevens with tyre shake to 8.0582/176.40. Sean Prout (FWD Civic) 12.708/130.16 vs Stuart Meads (4Cyl Mini) 11.0109/123.87. Pawel Pietrzak 10.4025/140.26 vs Chris Todd 11.7372/143.51. Dion Sewell (4 Cyl Caddy) 14.9705/88.57 vs Stephen Ray 10.1649/143.01, Carl Goldsmith 10.2006/146.64 vs Terry Newton 9.8733/150.12, Terry went slightly quicker. Ahmed Jamshaid 9.8439/142.92, more improvement for his stock block. 15:00 Andy Bond with 6.9492/212.89 with 1.2081 to 60ft and 4.6349/167.37 to the eighth, looked so smooth. Then Gino Bernadine lifting to 10.7468/92.37 and Paul Jordan moving over to the right with a problem. Oliver St Quintin 10.8916/127.94 vs Pawel Pietrzak 10.4548/143.91, the rear of the car exposed to show an ultra light setup. Dean Hyndman 11.6057/129.45 vs Dion Sewell 14.6883/90.30, pause for fluid in the Kestrel Beer lane. On the restart, Ethan Lisle 12.9670 101.26 vs Maria Bachtsevanidou 12.1130/113.06, Simon Knief 12.8526/108.85 vs Alex Leiserach 10.3757/136.53. Abi Tether 12.9727/103.61 vs Darren Scannell 9.8869/142.10. Jeff Ludgate (assissted by Team Xtreme) 9.7211/150.55 vs Jacob Bailey 10.3263/116.26. Followed by Simon Barlow whose Fordson jumped forward and he didn't receive any times on what looked like a solid run. Then Simon Swarbrick 12.5966/112.06 vs Helder Pereira 9.9824/140.77. Andy Nicholls' first time this weekend in a Civic (he has four other race cars!) 9.5819/149.56 and Tom Herbert 12.0383/114.20. Then Jonathan Prout 10.6165/131.71 vs Richard Prydden 9.2533/155.26, great run. Al McSweeney opened the sun roof to let the burnout smoke out, 7.8947/176.45 to Dave Crowhurst's 11.3269/87.86. 14:35 Lee Connor with an entertaining run, left with 1.4176 60ft, wheelie, move to the left close to the centre line and then a wiggle before the finish line which he reached in 10.6967/128.79. Andrew Bambrick 13.9665/98.60 vs Tom Semper 12.5986/112.78. Tom Herbert 12.1091/111.54 vs Lucas Daglish 12.0862/110.59. A pair of Pro Doorslammers next, Darren Peart 7.9590/164.25 vs Paula Atkins 6.8128/180.67 with 1.0485 60ft and 4.3643/167.31 to half track, again staging before spinning up the turbo. Bruno Bader 0.9835 to 60ft and 4.4700/146.12 with 7.4367/145.29, lifting at 300ft as the car got unsettled. Then Dave Smith 1.1841 launch and 9.6277/131.42, the launch looking soft and then tyre shake around 200ft. John Tebenham in his '53 Chevy with a smaller amount of smoke than with his Pop, 1.0898 launch and 4.2667/170.30 lifting afterwards to 7.2018/140.77. 14:20 OCS Group Big Bracket round 2 Red light for John Tebenham as Peter Lane goes through, 0.0031 or seven inches between Jason Dodd and Jon Turner, Katie Booth ahead of Nic Williams who slowed, Lee Huxley beat Harrison Brown with a win margin of 0.0100 or 21 inches. Pete Grange with a 0.0079 red and got there first to cede the win to Dan Williams. Rick Denney shut off against Brian Pateman who ran 8.8322 on a 8.83 dial. Andy Park was shut off against Marc Huxley.
On the restart Darren Dewhurst 10.8241/143.38 vs Nigel Hull 10.2216/130.66, new PB for Nigel, well done to him! Graham Fairhead 12.2027/122.39 vs Calvin Skerrit who rolled the lights to 9.7772/180.66, incredible speed! Jack Bowley 12.704/82 vs Allan Duthie who had problems off the line. Then Chris Waterhouse 15.688/79.52 vs Phil Bogg 13.6278/86.19 14:00 Andy Robinson's first run a soft launch 8.7330/80.53, chutes out at half track. Followed by Dave Crowhurst 10.5690/138.22, Paul Jordan's first run this event 10.1238/142.07, Jonathan Prout (FWD Civic) 10.8340/116.26, Maria Bachtsevanidou 11.4028/121.74 in the RTMG Audi TT. Pause for clean up after Grant Parker's 6 Cyl Golf emitted smoke. 13:05 VP Racing Fuels Pro Doorslammer qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 PD606 KEVIN SLYFIELD 0.1993 6.2798 231.55 2 PD832 BRUNO BADER 0.1136 6.5001 155.78 3 PD581 SIMON BARLOW 0.0997 7.4505 193.7 4 PD1587 DARREN PEART 0.7545 7.7872 171.74 5 PD139 JOHN SLEATH 0.172 7.8724 176.41 6 PD1941 TONY UNDERHILL 0.1431 7.9714 119.52 7 PD58 PAULA ATKIN 9.2051 8.8951 102.81 8 PD692 DAVE SMITH 0.2375 12.2279 85.21 Fast R Street qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 STR666 ANDY BOND 0.3352 6.9534 213.91 2 STR162 ALAN MCSWEENEY 0.294 7.8916 176.43 3 STR63 JOE STEVENS 0.19 8.0168 175.08 4 STR69 DAVE MACE 0.6295 8.1529 162.47 5 STR680 BRIAN PATEMAN 0.1057 8.2998 161.32 6 STR13 BUZZ PATAR 0.8175 8.7968 166.69 7 STR68 DAVID MAHONEY -0.1428 9.0226 152.15 8 STR28 ASIM HUSSAIN 0.5911 9.6445 145.79 9 STR786 HARVEY BHOGAL 0.5507 9.9271 142.52 10 STR31 JACK BOWLEY 0.6771 10.2756 150.55 11 STR82 SIMON SWARBRICK 0.4314 11.7417 116.4 Front Wheel Drive qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 FWD888 JOSE LEITE 8.5993 9.0267 159.61 2 FWD150 CRAIG EVANS 0.5095 9.5632 149.67 3 FWD52 AHMED JAMSHAID 0.2863 9.8119 143.84 4 FWD50 HELDER PEREIRA 2.5226 9.9271 143.95 5 FWD30 TERRY NEWTON 0.8025 9.9823 147.72 6 FWD112 JACOB BAILEY 0.6295 9.9872 147.25 7 FWD69 PAWEL PIETRZAK 4.5624 10.0303 143.93 8 FWD54 CARL GOLDSMITH 0.1644 10.1867 147.6 9 FWD114 ALLAN DUTHIE 0.0753 10.2075 144.38 10 FWD16 MATT DAVISON 0.2384 10.2542 144.77 11 FWD60 STEPHEN RAY 2.7917 10.2671 142.15 12 FWD17 DARREN DEWHURST 0.2515 10.3319 143.38 13 FWD12 RICARDO LEITE 0.7037 10.4204 136.86 14 FWD515 MARC TAYLOR 0.8563 10.4251 142.02 15 FWD383 ADRIAN SOLLY 0.2426 10.7919 139.95 16 FWD22 JONATHAN PROUT 0.4794 10.9183 133.76 17 FWD616 OLIVER ST QUINTIN 0.6575 11.0129 126.26 18 FWD18 KARL MONKS 0.47 11.4028 123.43 19 FWD62 LEE OPENSHAW 1.3245 11.4657 122.74 20 FWD33 THOMAS HERBERT 0.4106 11.9091 115.37 21 FWD981 PHIL BOGG 0.8587 12.4875 108.56 22 FWD83 CALVIN SKERRITT 0.5628 12.4987 114.07 23 FWD15 BEN FAGGETTER 0.6695 12.6769 107.04 24 FWD256 ETHAN LISLE 0.1868 12.717 104.08 25 FWD331 SIMON CROWLEY 1.5223 12.7257 94.24 26 FWD70 NICK SHOTTON 3.3416 13.2752 108.74 A-Plan 4 cylinder qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 4C73 KEVIN JENKINS 0.6565 8.0773 169.18 2 4C32 RICHARD PRYDDEN 2.3005 9.1463 156.33 3 4C649 GINO BERNADINE 0.4845 9.2325 146.73 4 4C18 LEE CONNOR 2.5235 9.6689 144.38 5 4C411 DARREN SCANNELL 0.2964 9.6967 143.38 6 4C281 DAVID CROWHURST 0.2582 9.7332 140.41 7 4C70 CHRIS TODD 0.6385 9.9708 141.67 8 4C126 ADAM SKINNER 0.4146 9.9984 142.02 9 4C161 DONALD HARVEY 0.3592 10.1625 127.24 10 4C30 NIGEL HULL 0.2426 10.3309 126.87 11 4C13 JORDAN LEGARD 2.0364 10.9467 124.43 12 4C610 ALEX LEISERACH 1.7294 11.0121 129.04 13 4C11 M. BACHTSEVANIDOU 0.5016 11.0231 123.43 14 4C16 GRAHAM FAIRHEAD 0.898 11.1442 131 15 4C65 LUCAS DAGLISH 0.7795 11.7583 116.15 16 4C306 JONNY MARRIAGE 0.457 11.8194 114.49 17 4C518 MICHAEL MOONEY 1.3022 11.9892 111.95 18 4C319 ALEX KNOTT 1.1964 12.0997 115.08 19 4C66 STUART MEADS 0.396 12.2213 123.4 20 4C58 TOM SEMPER 0.3887 12.3147 112.65 21 4C269 BECKI TURNOCK 0.684 12.5967 106.04 22 4C624 CHRIS WATERHOUSE 1.6486 12.8029 119.2 23 4C97 ABI TETHER 0.5354 12.8863 106.2 24 4C35 SIMON KNIEF 0.6346 14.6048 102.2 25 4C56 DION SEWELL 0.5223 15.4199 86.86 26 4C322 FI SINCLAIR 0.476 15.5687 94.1 27 4C60 DANNY PIKE 3.0791 21.6415 69.11 6 cylinder qualifying Pos Race # Driver R.T. E.T. MPH 1 6C666 GARY GOODING 1.4191 7.9612 171.74 2 6C641 MARK MOSELEY 1.1681 8.9744 161.89 3 6C42 MIKE WHITTAKER 0.6823 9.6422 144.37 4 6C28 JEFF LUDGATE 1.651 9.665 157.93 5 6C11 GRANT PARKER 1.847 10.6508 128.45 6 6C573 ANDREW BAMBRICK 0.5244 14.0301 99.27 13:00 Kevin Jenkins 8.0773/169.18, 1.1458 60ft, nice run to consolidate his lead in the 4cyl class. Simon Barlow for a second pass 7.5598/192.03 without two step and 1.1580 60ft. Then Kev Slyfield, 330ft burnout, 6.279/231.55, 1.0341 to 60ft and 4.1548/182.72 with a misfire along the way but nicely controlled down the track. Followed by Maria 11.8908/114.62 in her Audi TT and Mike Whittaker 9.6422/144.37 new PB, well done Mike! Stuart Meads 12.2213/123.40 vs Adrian Solly 10.7919/139.95. Then Ben Faggetter 14.0599/101.71 and Stephen Ray 10.5025/142.56. Followed by Carl Goldsmith 10.1867/147.60, his best of the weekend so far, and Tom Herbert 13.4968/113.34. Jacob Bailey 10.1825/125.58, slower speed for Jacob. Marc Taylor 10.4251/142.02 vs Gary Gooding 1.1707 to 60ft and 7.9612/171.74. Next the track debut of Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy Robinson and the Anger Management 2.0 Camaro, Luke and the team with a mass of media around the car. On the burnout the chutes popped out as the car came to a halt, and Andy was quickly prevented from reversing over them. Car pushed back and will undoubtedly be back later. We're now on a lunch break. 12:45 John Sleath 7.8724/176.41, great pass. Big Bracket round 1 buy back Great race for Simon Innes and Jordan Payne, but Jordan's day ends there. John Tebenham, Jason Dodd, Harrison Brown, Spencer Tramm, Marc Huxley and Billy Gane through. Identical RTs for Spencer Tramm and Dave McCallan to four decimal places!
12:30 On the restart Dave Mace 8.4470/127.95 vs Chris Todd 9.9708/141.67, Dave Mahoney 9.3535/146.64 vs Terry Newton 9.9823/147.72 new PB and close to the wall in the shut down area. Then Becki Turnock 13.902/95.09 and Asim Hussain 10.1006/141.23, Dion Sewell 15.9774/86.04 as Alex Knott had a huge puff of smoke, and the car came to an instant halt on the track. Alex was out of the car and was perfectly ok. Pause to recover Alex's car and track clean up. 12:20 Lucas Daglish 11.7583/116.15 for a new PB, well done Lucas! Andy Bond 6.9534/213.91 with a 1.1832 60ft and 4.6410/166.66 to the eighth. Tom Semper 12.3147/112.65 vs Al McSweeney 1.2510 to 60ft and 7.8916/176.43, new PB for Al Mc, well done! Joe Stevens 8.0168/175.08, one of his best runs, vs a wheelspinnning Darren Scannell 10.0471/142.20. Asim Hussain 9.6445/145.79 in his Porsche, great first pass. Karl Monks 11.402/123 vs Phil Bogg 12.678/108. Pair of FWD Civics, Matt Davison 10.8749/136.50 vs Jonathan Prout 10.9183/133.76. Maria from Greece in the RTMG Audi TT, first pass this event, 11.0231/123.43 vs Dave Crowhurst 9.7332/140.41. Andrew Bambrick (6cyl Golf) 14.0412/97.77 vs Lee Connor 9.6689/144.38. Craig Evans' Corsa went 9.563/149.67, new PB, well done Craig! On hold for clean up. 12:00 Paula Atkin on another qualifying run, staged and then brought up the boost to 8.8951/102.81, 1.1274 to 60ft and 4.8775/122.22 to the eighth. Ahmed Jamshaid 9.8119/143.84, quicker still vs Nick Shotton 13.2752/108.74. Simon Swarbrick 12.1431/114.05 vs Jonny Marriage 15.702/59.88. Ethan Lisle 12.717/104.08 vs Simon Crowley who pulled over to the right with drivetrain issues, possibly a broken drive shaft. Pause for retrieval. 11:45 Williams Bros Racing Big Bracket round 1 Katie Booth with a close to dial run after a great RT earlier in practise. Brothers Lee and Marc Huxley in the random pairings, watched by dad Brian. John Tebenham towed away in the Crew Killer Pop. Nic Williams with a bang on run to go through. Dan Williams in holeshot win over Jordan Payne. Dave McCallan with a 0.009 red against Tom Atkinson. Rick Denny with a newly installed head gasket wins against a breaking out Harrison Brown. Short pause for cleanup in the Kestrel Beer (left) lane and Geoff Cowley then got a win running close to his dial in. Dave Cherrett on a odd-lot bye. Andy Park with a perfect light defeats a red lighting and almost perfect ET Spencer Tramm. Billy Gane with a stage foul against Brian Pateman. Great win for Pete Grange knocking out recent Pro ET winner Simon Innes. Bye for Peter Lane. Buy back races are at 12:20.
11:30 Fi Sinclair (first run of the event) 15.5687/94.10 vs Stuart Meads 12.7333/117.46, Stuart's launching slowly as if clutch issues. Simon Knief 14.6048/102.20 vs Gary Gooding 8.5779/122.88, much better for Gary but more to come. Buzz Patar 8.7968/166.69 best yet, well done Buzz! Harvey Bhogal (Street BMW 1 series) 9.9271/142.52, new PB for Harvey, well done! Alongside Dave Mahoney 9.2573/149.13. Stephen Ray 10.3208/140.26 vs Carl Goldsmith 11.0952/146.23. Darren Peart (Pro Doorslammer Cortina Mk3) 7.9153/168.56, 1.1051 to 60ft. Chris Waterhouse 12.8029/119.20. Followed by Alex Leiserach in the Second Coming Bay Window pickup, 11.2699/142.48, a quicker launch should see a second or more off that ET, Alex wanting to go into the nines when the pickup is fully sorted. 11:15 Mike Whittaker 9.6500/143.37 new PB, well done Mike! Alongside Grant Parker (Golf Mk1 6cyl) 10.6508/128.45. Jordan Legard 11.0751/124.21, Donald Harvey (Beetle) 11.179/106.04 with nitrous slowing at the top end. Dave Swift on a licensing 1.2376 60ft and then shut off. Jeff Ludgate 9.8556/155.22 after a slight bog on the launch, 1.7763 to 60ft. 11:00 Marc Taylor 10.6204/139.01, followed by Bruno Bader. Pro Doorslammer will be an eight car field so there will be two non-qualifiers. Bruno went 0.9498 to 60ft and then the car went towards the wall, shut off to 7.9302/120.12. Grant Parker (Mk1 Gof 6cyl with Powerglide) 11.0362/124.43 vs Alex Knott 12.1571/113.90. Marc Taylor 11.4562/138.16 vs Jonathan Prout (HSP Civic FWD) 11.5558/132.54. Dave Smith (Pro Doorslammer Jaguar XKR) after a massive 05:30 thrash to replace his transmission (including a trip to Zane Llewellyn in Bristol) 1.1902 to 60ft, drift to left and 12.2279/85.21. Marc Taylor 10.5893/139.96 for a new PB, well done Marc! 10:45 Gary Gooding 1.27 to 60ft and 11.1867/78.71 so he is on the qualifying list. Ben Faggetter alongside Keith Bartlett who went 10.4983/129.18, Keith saying he was considering going into the Big Bracket. Lee Connor 10.2881/115.53 vs Oliver St Quintin 11.3010/126.30. Nigel Hull 10.3309/126.87 Stephen Ray 10.2671/142.15, new PB for speed, well done Stephen. Jose Leite 10.1572/138.98 vs Stuart Meads (4cyl Mini) 12.8765/112.76; Phil Bogg (Caddy) 12.4785/108.56 Craig Evans 9.9029/147.68; Simon Swarbrick 11.7417/116.40 vs Graham Fairhead 11.7053/125.94. Nick Shotton (A70 Corsa FWD) 14.4205/106.52. Dave Crowhurst 9.8814/138.67. Ben Faggetter 12.8534/106.26, Jordan Legard 11.0202/124.22, new PB, well done Jordan!. 10:30 Alex Leiserach (VW Bay Pickup) 11.0121/129.04, Buzz Pattar (Lamborghini) 8.8819/167.93 first time for these two at the event, Mike Whittaker 9.7964/142.03 his Caddy with a new 6 cylinder engine, David Mahoney 9.2614/149.62, Lee Connor 16.9185/69.39 the car bogging off the startline, perhaps the ECU anticipated another wheelie? Ricardo Leite 10.4204/136.86, Tom Semper 12.6582/112.22 for a new PB, well done Tom! Jordan Legard (4cyl Golf) 11.1366/123.10. Lucas Daglish 12.3942/110.31, Jacob Bailey 9.9872/147.25, his first nine, well done Jacob! Followed by Tony Underhill and Kev Slyfield, Tony in Kev's previous car. Tony 7.9714/119.52 and Kev first by 0.0041 at 7.5638/131.44, both cars getting loose but an exciting race. Tony 1.04 to 60ft and Kev 1.0312. John Sleath to 7.9291/172.40. Half track times 4.5623/141.51 for Tony and 4.3400/153.15 for Kev. 10:15 Big Bracket practice session Keith Herbert 9.5474/138.99, Kate Booth 10.3812/131.78 with 0.0034 RT; Harrison Brown 10.8278/120.45, Jon Giles 8.9430/156.28 0.0064RT; Andy Park 9.8339/130.51, Chris Skinner 10.3521/132.91; Brett Featherstone 9.5187/139.81, Marc Huxley 9.9885/132.56; Guy King 10.0544/133.61, Tom Atkinson 8.9102/151.56; Brian Pateman 8.8080/156.81, Simon Innes 10.6855/122.83; Pete Grange 9.0007/148.60, Peter Lane 11.8484/111.90; Dan Williams 10.0853/128.66, Lee Huxley 9.492/140.35; John Tebenham 9.0376/148.11; Billy Gane 8.5313/156.26, Jon Turner 10.4201/130.98; Dave Cherrett 9.7487/133.60, Spencer Tramm 11.1791/116.16; Geoff Cowley 10.2464/138.57, Dave McCallan 8.9852/148.60; Jason Dodd 10.6401/126.52, Nick Williams 8.5102/160.72, Nic wearing signage from VP Racing Fuels with a new sponsorship deal; Jordan Payne -0.0065 RT and 7.4363/183.54. David Swift (first run with his AMX) 10.1028/141.13. 10:00 Lee Connor (Lotus Elise) 12.2935 vs Jose Leite 10.7168/130.64, see our photo of Lee's 45 degree wheelstand yesterday, apparently the ECU recorded the front wheels had stopped moving and removed engine power which explains the violent landing, although Lee was able to get back on it. Graham Fairhead 12.8398/117.92, Alex Knott 12.0997/115.08, no improvement. Then Ahmed Jamshaid went 9.9591/140.71 with his stock block Civic, Ahmed's team very happy with that. Stephen Ray's Astra Van went 10.5978/137.70. Matt Davison (Civic FWD) 10.2542/144.77, new PB we think, well done Matt! Alongside, Helder Pereira idled down the track. Simon Crowley (FWD Golf) 12.7257/94.24 on his first pass of the event, Ricardo Leite 10.5063/136.50. Jordan Legard's first run of the weekend with his white Golf 11.1239/124.07 alongside Jose Leite 10.9971/128.81 09:45 Ricardo Leite 10.6721/132.48 and Jose Leite 10.2043/137.01 the first pair down the track. Then Helder Pereira ran a new PB 9.9271/143.95, great start to the day, well done Helder and team! Jose Leite came back for a second run 10.642/138.14. Then Helder Pereira 10.3240/136.89 and Jacob Bailey 10.5447/143.52. Ricardo Leite's second run of the day 10.5392/136.55. Danny Pike's engine stopped, there was a backfire, and then restarted and he launched but issues were apparent from the start and he came to a halt on track. Pause for recovery. 09:00 Good morning and welcome to day 2 of our coverage of VW Action and the Doorslammers from Santa Pod Raceway. It's dry but cloudy here with temperature 15C and forecast to rise to 20C with tail wind of 11mph. Yesterday was a mixture of Run What Ya Brung for mainly VWs and Outlaw Street, with test runs for those entered in the Williams Bros Racing Big Bracket and open qualifying for the five race classes. Today will be more open qualifying together with the first of the two Big Bracket competitions, racers will be competing for a winner's prize of £2,500 with runner up getting £1,000 and semi final losers £500 and quarter final losers £250. As pairings will be drawn at random we will report on each round as it happens, with buy-backs from first round losers subject to a race to determine who goes through to the second round. Qualifying positions at the end of yesterday for the heads-up race classes are at the top of yesterday's report. We will update those at lunchtime and at the end of the day before the draw for first round pairings takes place at 20:30 at the announcement area by the Pod Shop, this draw will be live streamed via Santa Pod's Youtube and Facebook pages. There were many PBs yesterday which we highlighted in our race report, but of all the runs it was Bruno Bader's that reminded us that it is international competition our sport thrives on, and hope there will be much more of that in 2022. Big efforts were made to attract European racers, but Covid restrictions and governments' red tape have made it difficult for the moment, we can't wait for these issues to be surmounted. Greetings to all Eurodragsterholics who are following the coverage. We would like to send a special Happy Birthday greeting to the first racer to ever go down the Santa Pod strip, Harold Bull who reaches his 97th birthday today and we saw at Dragstalgia enjoying the racing. Have a great day Harold. Racing is scheduled to start at 09:30, we will bring you the action from then, and you can keep up with SPR's live feed as well. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |