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21:15

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18:50

Final results

Super Pro ET: Barry Giles (7.60) 7.631/165.95 def. John Everitt (7.96) 7.987/170.32
Pro ET: Phil Toppin (9.11) 9.136/148.84 def. Paul Baynton (11.02) 10.945/122.21
Sportsman ET: Brian Huxley (15.71) 15.961/86.72 def. Ian Jackson (14.04) 14.117/99.06
Super Comp: Dave Catton 8.907/159.06 def. Jon Morton 8.887/151.89 red light
Super Gas: Conrad Stanley 9.912/154.77 def. Mike Bentley 9.982/131.31
Super Street: Bob Lees 11.051/120.95 def. Harrison Brown 11.139/94.58
Junior Dragster: Joe Kellett (8.95) 8.976/72.12 def. Josh Saunders (8.90) 8.912/73.29
Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association: Dave Grabham 7.350/190.03 def. Nick Davies 7.346/199.84
B&H Automotive Street Eliminator: Steve Nash 12.353/93.21 def. Steve Pateman shut off
Outlaw Anglia: Paul Wright 7.907/173.24 def. Richard Colby 10.757/106.96
Wild Bunch: Phil Sweeney (9.50) 9.517/112.66 def. Dave Rowlands (9.67) 9.843/145.17
VW Pro: James Hodson (10.80) 11.282/106.02 def. Phil Norman (12.50) 12.654/106.12
VW Sportsman: Chris Bray (16.10) 16.124/85.72 def. Polly Naylor (17.60) 17.637/76.85
VW Alternate Engine: Andy Raw (9.25) 9.263/143.87 def. Scott Evison (12.15) 12.435/107.90
Outlaw Flat Four: Richie Webb 11.062/122.33 def. Anton Murrells 12.821/97.11

Top Fuel Bike: Rene van den Berg 8.002/172.06 def. Steve Carey 9.106/172.30
Funny Bike: Chris Hall 6.922/188.66 def. Tim Blakemore 7.193/186.49
Pro Stock Bike: Dave Beck 7.449/167.45 bye, Jerry Collier did not start
Comp Bike: Ivan Birch 7.364/182.59 def. Phil Leamon 8.376/158.34
Super Street Bike: Richard Stubbins 7.539/196.82 def. Steve Venables 7.629/191.28
9.50 Bike: Dave Hall 9.619/141.14 def. Fred Furlong 9.628/129.17
Supertwin Fuel: Wendy Clutterbuck 10.184/143.49 bye
Supertwin Gas: Chris Mott 8.954/144.24 def. Andy Smith 9.353/140.83
Supertwin ET: Joe Elliott (10.48) 10.519/137.66 def. John Hackney (9.77) 9.859/135.11
Junior Drag Bike: Giselle Moor (11.95) 11.997/55.76 def. Brett Cordelle (12.95) 13.026/53.89

Race Director Paul Satchell has asked us to say a big Thank You to the racers for pulling the stops out and for turning round probably quicker than they ever have before to get the event finished.

18:25

Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners: Ian Jackson (14.04) 14.190/94.23, Brian Huxley (15.71) 15.961/87.33

18:20

Funny Bike final: Chris Hall 6.922/188.66 def. Tim Blakemore 7.193/186.49

Chris Hall rewarded with a six-second pass for his sportsmanship in loaning Tim Blakemore his offboard starter and then waiting patiently whilst Tim had problems starting. A great pass for Tim, too.

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners: Chris Mott 9.022/144.93, Andy Smith 9.405/140.62

Wild Bunch eliminations round 3 winners: Phil Sweeney (9.50) 9.595/109.77 bye, Dave Rowlands (9.67) 9.720/144.81

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners: Paul Wright 7.822/179.86, Richard Colby 8.874/150.38

18:05

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners: Josh Saunders (8.90) 8.904/72.46, Joe Kellett (8.94) 8.966/72.23

Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners: Phil Toppin (9.11) 10.752/82.31 bye, Paul Baynton 11.047/123.45

Volkswagen Sportsman eliminations round 3 winners: Polly Naylor (17.60) 17.964/76.58 bye, Chris Bray (16.10) 15.959/86.73

Supertwin ET eliminations round 3 winners: Joe Elliott (10.48) 10.586/132.13, John Hackney (9.77) 10.659/98.66

17:55

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association:

Final: Dave Grabham 7.350/190.03 def. Nick Davies 7.346/199.84
Third-fourth place run-off: Paul Wratten 14.219/102.87 (bye)

Super Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners: Barry Giles (7.58) 7.602/176.17, John Everitt (7.97) 7.982/169.92

Congratulations to Bob Doyle on a Personal Best ET of 8.886 in his race against Barry Giles.

9.50 Bike eliminations round 4 winners: Fred Furlong 10.360/103.26, Dave Hall staged (bye)

17:45

Super Gas eliminations round 3 winners: Mike Bentley 9.925/142.99 bye, Conrad Stanley 9.936/153.23

Super Street Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Steve Venables 7.465/193.57, Richard Stubbins 7.536/191.40

17:40

Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners: Phil Sweeney (9.50) 9.514/115.18, Dave Rowlands (9.67) 9.711/143.90, Mark Richardson (9.55) 9.519/142.22 bye

Volkswagen Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners: Polly Naylor (17.60) 17.855/74.56, Martin Ayton (14.80) 18.384/65.29, Chris Bray (16.10) 16.355/80.90

17:30

Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Brett Cordelle (12.50) 13.625/51.72 bye, Giselle Moor (11.95) 12.011/56.04

Supertwin Fuel final: Wendy Clutterbuck 10.184/143.49 bye

Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Ivan Birch 7.684/179.59, Phil Leamon 8.265/160.97

Super Street eliminations round 3 winners: Bob Lees 10.799/133.25 bye, Harison Brown 10.974/104.71

B&H Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 3 winners: Steve Nash 11.526/135.47, Steve Pateman 8.503/156.45 bye

17:20

Sportsman ET eliminations round 2 winners: Graeme Sanne (14.09) 14.139/98.02, Brian Huxley (15.71) 15.906/87.51, Ian Jackson (14.04) 14.051/94.40, Steve Unsworth (13.38) 13.413/101.28

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners: Anna Stanley (8.15) 8.138/82.87, Joe Kellett (8.95) 8.949/72.35, Josh Saunders (8.90) 8.992/72.82, Dan Giles (8.95) 8.835/73.29

Supertwin ET eliminations round 2 winners: Barrie Gregory (10.85) 11.515/98.26, Aaron Sparks (12.25) 12.280/109.57, Joe Elliott (10.45) 10.756/137.69, John Hackney (9.80) 9.800/144.85 bye

Congratulations to John Hackney on winning the £75 Eurodragster.com/Gold RV Perfect ET Award. The temptation to tell John that honorary Eurodragster.com staff members aren't eligible was very great.

Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Dave Beck 7.261/182.56, Jerry Collier 7.865/168.19

Dave Beck backed up his earlier 7.199 for a new ACU UK Pro Stock Bike ET record, well done Becky!

17:05

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners: Chris Orthodoxou (7.90) 19.313/49.97 bye (Lee Darby no show), Barry Giles (7.65) 7.595/176.93 bye (Steve Saunders no show), Bob Doyle (8.90) 9.036/133.75, John Everitt (7.97) 8.009/170.06

8.659 for Ashley Bell in his race against Bob Doyle, maybe a PB but certainly the quickest I can remember seeing from the Cobra, well done Ashley!

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners: Harrison Brown 10.977/101.83 bye, Leigh Morris 10.855/122.21, Bob Lees 10.892/133.84

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Scott Baldwin 7.605/190.74, Richard Stubbins 7.756/189.26, Steve Venables 7.471/198.70, Mark Watkins 7.666/182.79

We think a Personal Best ET for Scott, well done Twiglet! 7.873 for Graham Dance with his nitrous set-up. Steve Venables on a new ACU Super Street Bike speed record, well done Ven!

16:50

Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners: Paul Baynton (11.00) 11.033/123.37, Dave Cherrett (10.00) 10.032/118.65 bye (Rick McCann no show), Phil Toppin (9.11) 9.087/147.73

9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners: Fred Furlong 9.509/134.94, Shaun Spiers 9.531/144.15 bye, Dave Hall 9.624/129.88

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners: Conrad Stanley 9.951/144.52, Frank Mason 9.922/146.49 bye, Mike Bentley 9.904/143.37

16:40

Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Joe Dear (11.85) 12.716/53.83, Giselle Moor (11.95) 12.053/55.90 bye, Brett Cordelle (12.50) 13.524/50.73 bye (Scott Collier did not start)

B&H Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners: Steve Pateman 8.032/178.24, Steve Nash 10.095/138.21, Ian Hook 10.272/134.90

A wild ride for Wilf Stacey in his race against Steve Nash as his Zephyr got out of shape and at one point was up on one wheel. Wilf did a great driving job and kept hold of it. Great to see Jon Webster back out on the track after his 9.50 Bike spill a little while ago, Jon with a couple of minor injuries but nothing serious enough to stop him racing.

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 3 winners: Anton Murrells 12.613/106.54, Richie Webb 10.598/137.08

16:30

Volkswagen Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners: Polly Naylor (17.65) 17.563/77.01 bye (Dennis Cox shut off), Helen Williams (17.43) 17.411/74.84, Martin Ayton (14.80) 14.549/95.23 bye, Holly Baldwin (15.35) 15.260/80.32, Chris Bray (16.10) 16.562/79.05, Adrian Wigley (16.70) 16.801/84.99

Volkswagen Alternate Engine eliminations round 1 winners: Andy Raw (9.25) 9.259/141.38, Scotty Evison (11.80) 12.197/108.05

16:15

Top Fuel Bike final:

Rene van den Berg 8.002/172.06 def. Steve Carey 9.106/172.30

Steve away first 0.299 to 0.425, but the bike appeared to sit down as it crossed the concrete/asphalt transition and made a move to the right, Steve feathered the throttle and ran alongside the guardrail before pulling it back towards the middle of the lane, meanwhile Rene was long gone with a straight pass, right through the back door and his first event win, well done Rene!

Steve Woollatt followed with a 6.493/221.83 checkout pass on his Top Fuel Bike.

Trackside conditions are 20.4 C, 72% humidity and 29.80 inches of air, track temperature is 26.4 C.

16:10

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Mark White 9.763/138.24 bye (Ritchi Smith no show), Frank Mason 9.888/146.71, Mike Bentley 10.169/141.67, Steve Dunn 9.899/149.59, Conrad Stanley 9.894/154.53 bye

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners: Josh Saunders (8.93) 8.939/73.05, Dan Giles (8.93) 9.038/63.38, Clare Giles (12.10) 12.232/53.64, Scott Hauser (7.90) 7.914/80.65, Vicky Molden (7.90) 7.909/83.18, Jayne Kay (8.05) 8.001/82.57, Anna Stanley (8.12) 8.196/81.82, Joe Kellett (8.90) 8.965/72.46 bye

16:00

9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners: Dave Hall 9.758/123.20, Shaun Spiers 9.628/121.23, Fred Furlong 9.669/118.69, Augy Harrison 9.679/147.35, Richard Sawatzki 9.598/139.22 bye

Jon Webster took a spill on the shutdown area after his race with Fred Furlong. Jon walked to the ambulance and is A-OK, Tim Blakemore Racing's bike ended up on its side in the field so hopefully, like Jon, took a soft landing and not damaged.

15:00

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners: Paul Wright 7.739/180.48, Cliff Griffin 8.865/150.64, Rob Stone 9.607/139.17, Richard Colby 9.463/149.20

14:00

Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association qualifying session 3 (left lane first):

Jim Usher 10.229/80.64 bye, John Wright no time, Tony Betts 9.269/146.29, Joe Bond shut off, Dave Grabham shut off, Paul Wratten 7.258/146.76, Nick Davies 8.808/123.72, Joe Bond 10.134/85.25 bye

Shake marks off the line for Jim, 1.120 to sixty feet then 3.056 to 330 feet, off the throttle at that point. Tony away first 0.188 to 0.355, 1.205 to sixty feet to John's 1.029 then all eyes on the Chaos altered as it drifted to the right and then the right slick started to smoke and the car turned hard left and flipped over, rear ending the guardrail and then flipping again on the rebound, coming to rest on its side at about 1200 feet. John is A-OK, has been checked out in the Medical Centre and is fine.

Having confirmed that John and wife Lesley are OK, car owner Lawrie Gatehouse told us that the altered's body is damaged but that the chassis of the car is fine apart from broken front A-arms. "That's why you have safety rules", he said. "The roll cage is fine and it did exactly what it was meant to do. We just need to raid the piggy bank again and we'll be back out as soon as we can".

You have to feel for Joe and Dave sat strapped in behind the bleach box and getting a grandstand view of John's accident. No sign of nerves from either though, great burnouts. Just as they pulled forward to stage the cars were shut off as the timing system had thrown a wobbler. Paul and Nick brought forward to give Joe and Dave's cars time to cool down. Great burnouts and then Nick away first 0.123 to 0.198, Paul with the quicker sixty foot time 1.029 to 1.146, from here Nick looked to be driving through shake although the altered went pretty straight, a long pedal and then back on the throttle to about half track. A very straight run from Paul with a fair bit of clutch dust off the line, 4.388/155.34 at half track, off the throttle and chutes out early. Looked like a starter motor failure for Dave so Joe took the bye for the re-run. 0.067 reaction, 1.003 to sixty feet and the car made a move towards the guardrail, getting into a little bounce and Joe pedalled, the engine tried to zing when Joe got back on it so he shut off. Oil was found in Joe's lane and Roger at trackside reported that pieces had come off the car.

Trackside conditions are 20.2 C, 74% humidity and 29.74 inches of air, track temperature 26.3 C

This weekend's Best Appearing Awards have been announced:

• Best Appearing Car sponsored by Newgate (Newark) Ltd: Nick Davies, Havoc Fuel Altered
• Best Appearing Bike sponsored by Jacksons MOT: Bob Brooks, Yellow Metal Comp Bike
• Best Engineered Car sponsored by Drag Race Engineering: Liz and Iain Malcolm Just '4' Fun Pro ET dragster
• Best Engineered Bike sponsored by Drag Race Engineering: Bob Brooks, Yellow Metal Comp Bike
• Best Appearing Car Crew sponsored by Scottie's Maintenance and Transportation: Thatadoo Racing, Pro ET and Super Street
• Best Appearing Bike Crew sponsored by Shakespeare County Raceway: Dave Peters, Comp Bike

12:25

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners: Rick McCann (10.40) 10.663/116.90, Phil Toppin (9.11) 9.117/146.60, Paul Baynton (11.05) 11.026/123.30, Dave Cherrett (10.00) 9.969/132.99, John Atkinson (9.00) 8.759/155.95 bye, Mick Howling (9.68) 9.654/137.65

John Atkinson is the 2008 APIRA Pro ET Champion, congratulations John!

12:15

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners: Chris Mott 9.052/143.70, Dave Jones 10.418/123.28, Andy Smith 9.332/141.85, Les Harris 10.113/133.25

A new Personal Best ET for Chris Mott, by a long way, well done Chris!

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners: Chris Kenny 10.903/124.60, Harrison Brown 10.829/107.72, John Grant 11.029/116.89, Leigh Morris 10.921/121.03, Bob Lees 11.008/125.94

0.001 reaction for Bob Lees in his race against Martyn Sanger.

Supertwin ET eliminations round 1 winners: Tim Boutle (12.50) 13.246/89.93, Joe Elliott (10.45) 10.593/125.74, Dan Baldwin (15.72) 15.794/77.94, Pete Harrison (11.95) 12.484/95.14, John Hackney (9.80) 10.179/137.48, Aaron Sparks (12.40) 12.279/106.60 bye, Barrie Gregory (10.85) 10.768/127.72 bye (Lee Bradbury no show)

12:00

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Scott Baldwin 7.740/189.97, Dave Smith 7.905/190.59, Richard Stubbins 8.742/178.07, Graham Dance 8.080/173.39, Mark Watkins 8.070/179.60, Graham Balchin 7.794/182.14, Chris Reed 7.943/178.98, Steve Venables 7.451/194.30 bye

11:55

Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Chris Hall staged bye (Steve French no show), Tim Blakemore 7.420/171.45,

Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Phil Leamon 8.324/157.99, Dave Peters 7.780/181.14, Ivan Birch 7.528/181.28, Roland Chaplain 8.368/155.30

We think a new Personal Best of 9.247 for Phil Crossley in his race against Roland, well done

11:45

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners: Jon Morton 8.954/151.64, Dave Catton 8.879/160.07 bye

Dave Catton is 2008 APIRA Super Comp Champion, congratulations Dave!

Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Dave Beck 7.199/183.70, Ray Debben 7.886/170.06 bye (Len Paget no show), Jerry Collier 7.976/170.78

A new track ET record, and the first half of an ACU UK ET record for Dave Beck, well done Dave!

Trackside conditions are 18.8 C, 82% humidity and 29.74 inches of air, track temperature is 22.1 C.

11:35

VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners: Phil Norman (12.50) 12.595/106.82, James Hodson (10.80) 10.863/134.61 bye

A big cloud of smoke from Richard Merriman's Beetle in the shutdown area but no problems reported back on the track radio.

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 2 winners: Pete Englezos 10.776/128.93, Anton Murrells 12.524/108.62, Paul Bate 11.220/122.84 bye, Richie Webb 9.887/138.38 bye

Congratulations to the winners of the Lucas Oil Products Quick Six qualifying awards:

• Jim Usher (Nostalgia Fuel Altered) 6.921seconds
• Steve Woollatt (Top Fuel Bike) 6.487
• Chris Hall (Funny Bike) 7.077
• Dave Beck (Pro Stock Bike) 7.388
• Paul Wright (Outlaw Anglia) 7.770
• Steve Nash (Street Eliminator) 7.977

11:25

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners: Laurie Drysdale (16.98) 16.991/80.93, Ian Jackson (14.00) 14.133/98.88 bye (Martin Lewis no show), John Parker (13.20) 13.166/101.92, Geoff Cowley (14.72) 14.715/91.06, Steve Unsworth (13.38) 13.473/98.85, Graeme Sanne (13.97) 14.094/98.12, Don Brittan (13.83) 13.925/99.61, Brian Huxley (15.71) 15.712/81.46

11:15

Supertwin Fuel qualifying after session 3:

1. Martin Blackwell 9.344/132.95
2. Wendy Clutterbuck 10.569/133.15

Wendy last woman standing in the class, an improvement but she stayed in #2 spot.

Trackside conditions are 18.7 C, 82% humidity and 29.74 onches of air, track temperature is 22.1 C.

11:05

Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1:

Steve Carey 11.705/75.40 bye, Steve Woollatt shut off

Steve W's blower belt came off so Steve C took the bye. On the throttle to about 80 feet then feathering the rest of the way.

Rene van den Berg 7.863/175.60 def. Ian Turburville no time DQ

Rene away first 0.195 to 0.277, Turbo's Supertwin headed for the centre line whilst Rene went straight down the middle of his lane. Turbo took out both eighth-mile reflectors, then the 990 foot reflector, and one of the top end reflectors for good measure.

11:00

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners: Dave Hall 9.652/129.09 after re-run, Richard Sawatzki 9.659/121.67, Steve Whiting 10.148/134.99, Paul Watson 9.545/151.23, Augy Harrison 9.780/145.74, Shaun Spiers 9.698/119.33, Steve Coombs 9.752/141.14, Fred Furlong 9.868/107.56, Jon Webster 9.731/126.35

Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners: Pete Yates (9.25) 9.392/128.04, Terry Clifford (10.05) 10.112/120.92, Mark Richardson (9.55) 9.598/138.07, Dave Rowlands (9.70) 9.761/133.23, Phil Sweeney (9.50) 9.705/102.10 bye (Darren Law no show)

10:45

B&H Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners: Jeff Meads 10.222/165.33, Ian Hook 10.352/133.17 bye (Jason Weir broke), Jon Webster 8.424/175.17, Steve Pateman 11.193/116.07 bye (Martin Taylor no show), Steve Nash 8.354/173.51 bye, Wilf Stacey 9.369/151.90 bye (Jerry Charles no show)

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners: Steve Saunders (8.83) 8.896/154.80, Dave Ward (8.80) 8.845/141.46, Bob Doyle (8.91) 8.918/142.14, Chris Orthodoxou (7.91) 7.934/163.93, Barry Giles (7.65) 7.738/161.79, Lee Darby (8.99) 12.495/76.85, Ashley Bell (8.75) 8.734/148.10, John Everitt (7.99) 8.005/169.86 bye

A new Personal Best of 7.499 for Kerry Rolfe, breaking out in her race against Lee Darby, but well done on the PB Kerry!

Mats Andersson pulled a 0.006 reaction time in his race against Jon Webster.

Trackside conditions are 17.8 C, 85% humidity and 29.71 inches of air, track temperature is 20.7 C.

10:20

Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners: Nigel Green (11.30) 11.387/94.47, Mick Cutts (11.25) 11.395/123.99, Rick McCann (10.60) 10.690/117.45, Paul Baynton (11.00) 11.065/123.11, John Atkinson (9.00) 8.949/137.76, Charlie Chivers (10.78) 11.035/118.10, Neil Hunter (9.70) 9.723/135.42 after re-run, Phil Toppin (9.10) 9.148/148.46, Mick Howling (9.68) 9.671/137.20, Dave Cherrett (10.90) 10.928/90.78 bye (Jon Turner no show), Ian Brown (10.98) 10.715/122.92 bye (Alan Williamson no show)

Trackside conditions are 18.0 C, 83% humidity and 29.71 inches of air, track temperature is 20.C.

10:05

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 1 winners: Pete Englezos 10.884/127.66, Paul Bate 11.721/123.58, Frank Hofmann 12.742/107.80, Anton Murrells 12.461/108.39, Jason Rew 12.333/109.23, Dave Dinning 11.942/113.20 bye (Jim Smith broke), Richie Webb 9.671/139.85 bye, Joe Gallagher staged

A Personal Best for Richie Webb, well done Richie!

9:15

Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway. It's race day and we're here to bring you all the news in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is on-line and posting a picture every sixty seconds.

The traditional race day Good Morning to our US correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from Rye, NH. Hope you are having a good day guys. Also on the personal notices front a big Happy Birthday to Wild Bunch racer Chris Hartnell, have a great day Chris.

It's overcast but dry and not at all cold here at SCR. Trackside conditions are 17.1 C, 86% humidity and 29.71 inches of air. Track temperature to follow.

We are due to start at 9:30 with Outlaw Flat Four and Pro ET. Stay tuned and as soon as the racing starts we'll bring you all the results.