APIRA Springspeed Nationals
Shakespeare County Raceway, 29th April-1st May 2017

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23:00

Today's gallery has been posted and can be checked out via the Event Index page. There are 100 pictures in all; if you do not see all 100 updated thumbnails when you load the gallery page then click on your Browser's Refresh button.

17:55

Jap Series Pro eliminations

Drama as David Greenhalgh on a storming launch with a 1.219 60ft and 3.358, went across the track in front of Dave Nicol and head-on into the left hand barrier, the impact sending him across the track coming to rest just short of the right hand barrier. Dave Nicol who had started in the left lane, drove round him into the right hand lane and completed his run in that lane. The Ambulance and safety crews were on the spot immediately and took David Greenhalgh to the medical centre for a precautionary check. Word came back from race officials that David got himself out of the car, was thus conscious and talking, and that apart from a banged up elbow was fine. One suspects that he will ache a bit in the morning but that could have been a lot worse.

With only JDS Street not run (8.50 bike were all no-shows), this concludes our coverage of eliminations. Well done to race officials and marshals for getting at least some racing in today. We will be posting our gallery when we are back to base, check back in a few hours' time.

17:35

Modurstang Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners

Nigel Green (11.36) 11.413/103.95, Mike Lacey (9.38) 14.443/71.30 (Bob Molden no-show), Guy King (9.95) 9.814/138.37 (Geoff Cowley no-show), Leigh Morris (10.90) 11.002/114.92, Brian Huxley (9.50) 9.578/140.91 (Karen Stevens no-show), Will Clark (10.20) 10.466/114.29, James Forster (11.84) 11.837/115.12 (Bye). Others were no-show.

Commiserations to Karen Stevens who had suffered a seized engine during qualifying.

Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners

Tom Atkinson 12.926/103.08.

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Mark White 10.554/129.64 (Jon Morton no-show), Andy Harrison staged (Bye)

Wheelstand and wild ride for Mark White who skilfully kept it in his lane.

Super Comp eliminations

Conrad Stanley 9.024/127.14 def. Andy Williams 8.858/152.41 DQ breakout.

17:25

Funny Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Allan Davies staged (all others no-show), Phil Crossley 7.786/150.33 (Dave Peters no-show).

9.50 Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Dave Bowe, Rick Sawatzki 9.66 (Stacey Reed no-show), Brett Cordelle 9.65/141.

Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Blade Dummer (9.15) 9.339/68.49 (Will Pickering no-show), Liam Holgate (9.55) 9.786/63.03.

17:25

Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Rene van den Berg broke (all others no-show).

17:20

Gearhead Garage Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners

Brad Jackson (7.77) 7.897/157.15, Tom Atkinson (8.89) 8.977/146.89, Chris Parker (7.78) 19.552/42.78 (Joe Stevens no-show), Ian Brown (8.99) 17.134/64.49 (Dave Russell no-show), Scott Hauser (7.55) 7.691/173.54

Margin of victory between Scott Hauser and Rock Cooke was 0.001s.

17:15

Outlaw Anglia eliminations round 1 winners

Colin Millar 11.634/87.50 (Jed Guy no-show), Cliff Griffin staged (Rob Stone no-show). Other competitors were no-show.

16:40

ET Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Gary Hester (10.60) 10.658/121.63 (Alfie Udall no-show), Joe Elliott (9.00) 9.120/134.13, Louis Davies (9.40) 10.078/134.86 (Peter Austin no-show), Dave Grundy (11.68) 11.565/116.95 (Dave Smart no-show), Robbie Dobbie (10.20) 10.637/129.74 (Bye).

Wild Bunch eliminations round 1 winners

Phil James (9.47) 9.858/110.79, Tom Hawkins (7.53) 7.601/169 (Bye), Bob Hawkins (6.98) 10.030/65.25 (Terry Clifford no-show)

Bob Hawkins back to base on two consecutive nights to solve transmission woes. His troubles continued with a fluid leak on his bye run and cleanup ensued.

16:25

VW Pro eliminations round 1 winners

James Gould (12.80) 12.980/98.14, Jacob Bailey (11.90) 16.000/99.73 (Richard Brook no-show), Alex Knott (12.50) Staged (Sam Levett no-show)

VW Sportsman eliminations round 1 winners

Carl Goldsmith (21.50) 22.195/56.47, Aaron Beales (13.70) 14.322/90.11, Andy Voce (15.20) 16.030/88.61, Paul Day (15.30) 15.527/83.84, Lee Chisholm-Brown (14.80) 14.943/89.03, Ian Dance (16.95) 16.342/83.20, Thomas Herbert (14.00) 15.191/92.83 (Nathan Couzens no-show) Jason Turnock (14.00) 20.929/47.02 (Martin Ayton no-show), Luke Stevenson (16.10) 16.262/84.87 (Jon Devlin no-show), Jon McGee 15.864 (Paul Walkwate no-show)

16:15

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners

Richard Willcox (17.10) 17.484/26.04, Luke Mugridge (12.12) 12.234/50.68, Kaitlin Deevey (9.00) 9.278/69.44, Frankie Fordham (9.01) 9.036/66.27, Thomas Cooke-Abbott (8.20) 8.238/77.05, Adam Bentley (8.22) 8.416/75.38, Charlotte Bradford (8.15) 8.175/78.40, Jack Gooding (8.09) 8.177/77.99, Harley Coulsell (9.82) 10.049/62.24, Aaron Fensome (8.10) 8.333/77.45 (Billy Ringer no-show), Jordan Payne (8.08) 8.202/78.95 (Daniel Weir no-show), Saskia Fensome Jell (8.04) 8.283/81.23 (Joe Taylor no-show)

15:50

Sportsman ET eliminations round 1 winners

Andy Dibley (13.80) 13.914/99.92 (Dave Smith no-show), Richard Medley (17.31) 17.091/83.48, Elaine Hancock (16.40) 16.592/73.38, Janet Lawson (15.61) 15.605/89.35, Felicity Gibbs (17.30) 17.204/80.74 (Bye), Marc Huxley (12.20) 12.099/113.67 (Adam Charnley no-show), Jon McGarrigle (18.45) 18.693/71.16 (Jemma Hale no-show), Gill Medley (13.05) (13.05) 13.217/100.84 (Chris Barnes no-show), Kirsty Tramm (17.30) 17.520/72.10

15:35

The track is being sprayed with grip juice and the Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam is now switched on.

14:40

It rained once again and the track crew have been working feverishly to dry the surface in order to get racing. The tractor and sweeper are working the track and it is coming round rapidly under mainly clear skies. Stay tuned.

11:20

The track crew have been out drying the surface and sweeping away excess moisture. There are odd sprinkles in the air, but work continues and the aim is to get started as soon as conditions allow. Stay tuned.

09:50

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the APIRA Springspeed Nationals brought to you in association with John Woolfe Racing.

The Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcam is switched off currently, due to weather conditions (see below) and will be broadcasting live video and commentary when racing commences. Thanks to Doyousee.me for the provision of streaming services.

It is currently wet on track, an isolated shower just having been and gone. The radar is looking much clearer and the track should dry quickly, so we are optimistic that eliminations can take place later.

After observations from the MSA Steward, competitors and crew will have noticed that passes are being checked more thoroughly in the staging lanes and on startline. SCR is famous for being a friendly and lenient place to race, but we have had to tighten up on the number of people in the startline area purely for safety reasons. The clerks of the Course - Glenn Stockton, Jane Read and Tony Smith would like to thank all the teams for their good natured co-operation.

The traditional Raceday Good Morning to our US Correspondent Kathy Hileman who is tuned in from New Hampshire, hope you had a good weekend Kathy. Hello also to SPRC Club Secretary Ian Marshall who is tuned in from home as his recovery from a back operation progresses, look forward to seeing you back at the track soon. A big Good Morning to all of the Eurodragsterholics and especially Kai Plathan and the faithful Otto in Vehkataipale, Finland and of course to our #1 fan Ivar Kolberg in Norway.

The start is likely to be delayed, but stay tuned, and we will bring you the news as soon as the first pair fires up.


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