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19:15

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That's the end of our coverage of the Springspeed Nationals, thanks very much for tuning in. Our next even coverage will be a Photo Gallery from next Sunday's PTM Show and then the pre-FIA Main Event testing. See you then!

18:40

Final results

We had a few finals to go when it started to rain again, enough to put the track beyond drying in the time available. The final results are as follow:

Super Modified: Belinda Bull 7.610/177.21 def. Andy Hone 11.178/94.35
Super Pro ET: Dave Ward (8.15) 9.876/86.12 def. Dave Catton (8.42) red light 8.431/157.38
Pro ET: Rick McCann v Paul Baynton did not take place
Sportsman ET: Ian Petrie (14.40) 14.409/85.69 def. Brian Huxley (15.90) 15.853/86.04 breakout
Super Comp: Brian Pateman v Jon Morton did not take place
Super Gas: Jon Evans v Dan Page did not take place
Super Street: Leigh Morris v John Grant did not take place
Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator: Richard Billings 8.405/170.26 def. Steve Pateman 10.014/102.12
Junior Dragster: Brad Jackson v Clare Giles did not take place
Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association: Tony Betts v Bob Glassup did not take place
VW Sportsman: Russ Weir (17.75) 17.667/76.00 def. Holly Baldwin (15.50) 15.350/82.48 red light
Outlaw Flat Four: James Wotton 11.241/13.05 bye
Outlaw Anglia: Simon Barlow v Cliff Griffin did not take place
Wild Bunch: Chris Hartnell v Andy Murphy did not take place

Pro Stock Bike: Dave Beck 7.484/175.64 def. Mark Smith left before lights ran
Comp Bike: Steve French v Dave Peters did not take place
Super Street Bike: Dave Holland 7.937/169.46 def. Rich Stubbins 8.352/173.27
9.50 Bike: Richard Sawatzki 9.619/131.41 def. Jon Webster 9.486/139.09 breakout
8.50 Bike: Michael Winyard 9.469/158.19 def. Martin Wilson 10.133/156.73
Supertwin Gas: Andy Watson 9.520/137.69 def. Les Harris 9.642/130.79
Supertwin ET: Pete Harrison (11.90) 12.026/103.69 def. Damien Waterhouse (11.40) 11.991/120.55
CC Medical Services Junior Drag Bike: Jorden Bissell (10.21) 10.234/61.06 def. Scott Collier (9.90) 9.974/63.47

Stay tuned as we are working on today's pictures.

18:25

Super Street eliminations round 2 winners:

John Grant 11.171/123.65, Leigh Morris 10.972/113.62

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3 winners:

Brad Jackson (8.05) 8.080/79.93, Clare Giles (9.38) 9.499/67.37

Super Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

Jon Evans 9.918/144.26, Dan Page 9.775/124.37 bye

Pro ET eliminations round 4 winners:

Rick McCann (10.15) staged (bye, Phil Toppin did not start), Paul Baynton (10.63) staged (bye)

18:00

8.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

Michael Winyard 8.858/161.61, Martin Wilson 12.868/113.66 bye

CC Medical Services Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Jorden Bissell (10.18) 10.243/60.81, Scott Collier (9.90) 10.049/61.64

9.50 Bike eliminations round 3 winners:

Jon Webster 9.439/141.59, Richard Sawatzki 9.545/128.30

Wild Bunch eliminations round 2 winners:

Chris Hartnell (9.28) 9.196/123.93, Andy Murphy (10.50) 10.465/128.00 bye

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 2 winners:

Cliff Griffin 9.001/141.01 bye (Rob Stone did not start), Simon Barlow 9.978/137.02 bye

17:45

Supertwin ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Damien Waterhouse (11.45) 11.488/111.11, Pete Harrison (12.00) 12.314/100.32

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 2 winners:

Les Harris 9.673/131.93, Andy Watson 9.515/135.72

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 2 winners:

Richard Billings 8.462/169.10 bye, Steve Pateman 8.339/177.35

Super Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Dave Ward (8.12) 11.135/77.76 bye, Dave Catton (8.46) 8.391/157.13

Super Street Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Rich Stubbins 7.709/183.02, Dave Holland 8.048/171.85

17:35

Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Rick McCann (10.10) 10.236/130.36, Paul Baynton (10.63) 10.650/115.54, Phil Toppin (9.10) 9.165/144.12 bye

Sportsman ET eliminations round 3 winners:

Brian Huxley (15.90) 16.057/74.31, Ian Petrie (14.25) 15.330/82.61 bye

Outlaw Flat Four eliminations round 1 winners:

James Wotton staged (bye, Jim Smith did not start)

Outlaw Flat Four final

James Wotton 11.241/13.05 bye

Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Dave Peters 7.806/152.37, Steve French 7.639/167.95

17:25

Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners:

Chris Hartnell 9.28 9.309/144.18, Andy Murphy (10.50) 10.615/114.36, Dave Williams (11.52) 11.633/115.61

VW Sportsman eliminations round 2 winners:

Russ Weir (17.75) 17.898/75.88, Holly Baldwin (15.40) 15.697/77.36

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners:

Brian Pateman 30.335/31.38 bye (Steve Wells no show), Jon Morton 9.024/145.36

Simon has posted another set of pit notes which you can check out via the Event Index page.

17:00

Race officials have been called to their positions and racers to their vehicles. Stay tuned.

15:40

As well as the trail of oil, the track crew now have to contend with heavy rain. Stay tuned.

15:15

Supertwin ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Damien Waterhouse (11.80) 11.478/120.01, David Shorthose (11.20) 11.370/113.38, Mike Nelthorpe (13.10) 13.666/105.51, Pete Harrison (11.90) 12.254/108.94 bye

Supertwin Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Les Harris 9.861/126.46, Dave Smart 9.705/139.12, Andy Watson 9.560/136.24 bye (Ric Naylor no show), Chris Mott 9.894/133.51 bye

9.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Jon Webster 9.614/141.99, Richard Sawatzki 9.511/152.66, Jake Mechaell 9.515/132.17, Martin Walker 9.702/141.10 bye

8.50 Bike eliminations round 2 winners:

Martin Wilson 8.863/166.44, Michael Winyard 8.627/161.45, Kev Marshall 9.059/140.41

We're on hold for a trail of oil, stay tuned.

15:00

CC Medical Services Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Jorden Bissell (10.00) 10.244/60.24 bye, Louis Davis (16.00) 16.714/32.68, Scott Collier (9.90) 10.406/54.55, Brett Cordelle (9.30) 9.322/66.77

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2 winners:

Rhiannon Bellenie (9.35) 9.614/67.06, Anna Stanley (8.21) 8.255/75.50, Clare Giles (9.38) 9.416/67.57, Brad Jackson (8.05) 8.094/79.23 bye

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners:

Brian Payne 8.940/174.87, Steve Pateman 8.560/174.97, Richard Billings 9.969/98.27 bye

14:45

Good job by the track crew and some sunshine and we're good to go again.

Sportsman ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Ian Petrie (14.40) 14.455/82.94, Brian Huxley (15.90) 15.871/82.33, Ian Jackson (12.85) 13.034/100.32 bye

Pro Stock Bike final

Dave Beck 7.484/175.64 def. Mark Smith left before lights ran

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Dave Catton (8.45) 8.496/155.71, Dave Ward (8.12) 8.228/155.75, Peter Walters (6.00) 8.348/156.08 bye

14:20

It's raining quite heavily now. Stay tuned.

Simon has posted his first set of pit notes for today, which you can check out via the Event Index page.

14:10

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners:

Tim Stanbury (9.75) 10.138/110.16, Phil Toppin (9.10) 9.330/134.93, Paul Baynton (10.63) 10.782/121.36, Rick McCann (10.10) 10.087/130.79 bye, Carla Pittau (9.77) 9.786/121.28

13:55

Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Ivan Birch staged (bye), Phil Crossley 11.320/129.38, Dave Peters 8.647/115.59, Steve French 7.513/170.47 bye (Paul Wing no show)

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners:

Rob Stone 10.677/124.65, Simon Barlow 9.854/140.59, Cliff Griffin 8.984/124.31 bye

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners:

Rhonda Callaway (16.60) 16.536/81.89, Russ Weir (17.85) 17.780/75.04, Holly Baldwin (15.10) 15.533/76.34, Paul Phelpstead (16.60) 17.256/66.45

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners:

Dan Page 9.945/114.50, Jon Morton 9.879/143.71 bye, Jon Evans 10.025/123.76

13:40

Super Modified eliminations round 1 winners:

Belinda Bull 7.550/179.48 bye (Rob Smallworth no show), Andy Hone 7.502/180.76 bye

Super Street Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Dave Holland 9.009/124.10, Rich Stubbins 7.944/171.26, Chris Reed 8.009/177.73, Mark Watkins 8.046/170.99

Trackside conditions are 10.1 C, 57% humidity and 30.15 inches of air.

12:55

Super Street eliminations round 1 winners:

John Grant 10.763/135.55 bye, Leigh Morris 10.913/119.18, Dave Cherrett 10.953/93.16 bye (Bob Lees no show), Mark Watkins 11.088/133.01

12:40

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

John Atkinson (8.80) 8.724/153.96 bye, Dave Catton (8.48) 8.768/135.23, Dave Ward (8.12) 8.186/166.94 bye (Roy Wilding shut off), Peter Walters (8.31) 8.32/158.90, John Everitt (7.97) 8.341/124.78

12:00

8.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Mick Winyard 8.846/162.18, Sam Sykes 9.037/165.75, Kevin Marshall 9.841/137.43, Andy Fawcett 8.783/163.59 bye (Mark Winder did not start), Martin Wilson 10.157/130.50 bye (Julian Harris no show), Andy Haley 14.657/156.91 bye

We had two dragsters going into stage only to suffer a power cut in the local area, power back it has started to rain. Stay tuned.

Trackside conditions are 11.0 C, 49% humidity and 30.12 inches of air.

11:05

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners:

Laura Turburville (8.10) 8.615/75.63 bye, Rhiannon Bellenie (9.50) 9.391/68.00, Brad Jackson (7.95) 8.098/79.93, Gabrielle McDonald (8.00) 8.103/77.85, Clare Giles (9.35) 9.439/67.57, Anna Stanley (8.20) 8.268/73.89, Joe Kellett (8.60) 8.635/72.93

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners:

Peter Austin 10.266/118.43 bye (Fred Furlong no show), Shaun Spiers 10.435/122.43, Jon Webster 10.363/111.82, Robert Field 10.278/120.56, Richard Sawatzki 9.622/133.34, Martin Walker 9.832/138.52, Jake Mechaell 9.459/139.95 bye

10:50

Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Tim Stanbury (10.00) 9.974/131.80, Steve Hudson (10.14) 10.097/126.85, Nigel Green (11.50) 11.581/115.48, Carla Pittau (9.75) 10.035/111.67, Rick McCann (10.011) 10.192/121.53, Matt Attwood (11.63) 11.763/115.80, Liz Malcolm (11.15) 11.187/114.44, Phil Toppin (9.10) 9.413/132.39, Paul Baynton (10.64) 10.633/122.16 bye

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners:

Steve Taylor (13.10) 13.768/99.50, Brian Huxley (15.90) 15.906/82.41, Ian Jackson (12.88) 13.047/96.02, Sean Armstrong (16.20) 16.249/77.13, Ian Petrie (14.35) 14.487/86.63

10:00

Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway for our coverage of the Springspeed Nationals brought to you in association with American Car Imports.

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

Before we go any further we must again thank Nigel Statham whose mobile internet connection we are using. A big Thank You also to Simon Day and Wayne Schreier of the Tech Crew who went above and beyond trying to restore the usual internet service to Race Control.

It's a nice day here at Shakespeare County Raceway, 50-50 cloud and sun. Trackside conditions are 8.5 C, 57% humidity and 30.09 inches of air.

The usual Raceday Hello to our US Correspondents Ed O'Connell and Kathy Hileman who are tuned in from Rye, NH, in between compiling lists for their forthcoming trip to the UK for the FIA Main Event. A big Hello also to our good buddy Sharkman whom we know is tuned in, and a big Happy Birthday to Super Gas racer Jon Evans who is going to try for the event win as a birthday present.

The track is due to open for eliminations at 10:30 and we today's plan is to bring you the winners of each round of eliminations. Tune back then and we'll have all the news for you.