2004 Power Nationals
Saturday (qualifying)

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22:30

Today's pictures have now been posted, you can view them via the Event Index.

As you can see from the timestamp above it is pretty late so we can't guarantee that tomorrow's pit notes are going to be particularly extensive (not least because your reporter has been up since 5:00 this morning and in addition to reporting on-line has at the same time been been track announcing alongside John Price for most of the day). But tune back in the morning and we'll let you know what we've found out, as well as bringing you all the news from eliminations.

21:30

As promised, here are the final top five qualifiers in each class now including ET and dial-in classes. Although a lot of this repeats what we have already reported below we figured it would be sensible to put them all in one place in class order.

We must say a big Thank You to everyone on APIRA's timing crew who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to do us the bike standings, especially in those classes which ran both quarter and eighth mile today since that has necessitated ploughing through the timing database to compare incrementals.

Top Fuel Bike final standings (eighth mile):

  1. Steve Woollatt 4.455/173.75
  2. Steve Carey 4.759/145.63

Funny Bike final standings (best eighth incremental on quarter mile or best eighth-mile):

  1. Neil Midgley 4.603/158.00
  2. Dave Bailey 4.833/145.15
  3. Stu Chamberlain 4.855/150.00
  4. Tim Blakemore 6.478/114.21

Pro Stock Bike final top five (best eighth incremental on quarter mile or best eighth-mile):

  1. Dave Beck 4.772/152.03
  2. Richard Gipp 4.876/144.69
  3. Martin Bishop 4.991/141.51
  4. Paul Watson 5.081/134.08
  5. Len Paget 5.093/135.51

Super Street Bike final top five (best eighth incremental on quarter mile or best eighth-mile):

  1. Steve Venables 5.374/142.86
  2. Graham Dance 5.528/141.96
  3. Matt Nixon 5.717/135.48
  4. Mark Fisher 5.758/138.95
  5. Richard Stubbins 5.773/135.14

Comp Bike final top five (eighth mile):

  1. TJ O'Brien 5.112/118.73
  2. Vaughan Foster 5.197/130.06
  3. Phil Leamon 5.418/130.81
  4. Barry Holland 6.191/118.42
  5. Wayne Hobbs 6.754/107.40

9.90 Bike final top five (best to-index of all runs, quarter and eighth)

  1. Richard Sawatzki +0.006 6.306/113.64
  2. Andy Burfitt +0.016 6.316/115.09
  3. Dave Warren +0.061 9.961/129.34
  4. Fred Furlong +0.066 9.966/139.15
  5. Ady Reade +0.080 6.380/98.04

10.90 Bike final standings (best to-index of all runs, quarter and eighth)

  1. John Hackney +0.165 11.065/109.73
  2. Shaun Spiers +0.199 7.099/94.14
  3. Dave Burfitt +0.476 11.376/114.33
  4. Nick Holland +0.659 7.559/97.40
  5. Andy Grant +0.881 7.781/95.14

Supertwin Fuel final standings (eighth mile):

  1. Chris Stebbings 5.838/120.64
  2. Ian Turburville 6.148/116.88
  3. Steve Clutterbuck 7.016/95.23

Supertwin Gas final top five (eighth mile):

  1. Andy Smith 6.191/113.07
  2. George Laycock 6.304/115.68
  3. Ian Worthington 6.712/102.97
  4. Les Harris 6.722/106.64
  5. Brian Udall 7.371/101.58

Supertwin Modified final standings (eighth mile):

  1. Simon Hodgson 6.575/118.11
  2. Barrie Gregory 7.144/95.56
  3. Pete Richardson 7.198/102.27
  4. Tim Boutle 8.232/97.61

Supertwin Street final top five (eighth mile)

  1. Mark Earrey 6.517/110.02
  2. Chris Mott 7.167/101.35
  3. Ian Radanke 7.367/106.13
  4. Pete Harrison 7.393/93.17
  5. Dave Jones 7.852/84.11

Junior Drag Bike final standings

  1. Dan Baldwin +0.068 12.318/51.55
  2. Jake Carruthers +0.169 12.169/55.76
  3. Harry Stedman +0.469 10.369/65.98
  4. Andrew Irvine +0.880 12.280/54.81

Rebecca Puddle, Jordan Meakins and Johnny Walker have made observed runs on their Junior Drag Bikes today but have not yet completed their licencing and so are not in the standings.

We're still working on today's pictures...could be a late finish! Stay tuned.

19:50

Below are the top qualifiers in all car classes; because some bike classes have run over the quarter and the eighth the timing crew are still working on those so stay tuned.

Super Modified final top five

  1. Andy Hone 7.828/172.43
  2. Tim Garlick 7.927/169.51
  3. Andy Kirk 8.084/152.74
  4. Paul Brooks 8.155/168.56
  5. Steve Rawlings 8.226/170.71

Super Pro ET final top five

  1. Ian Tubb +0.024 7.794/173.47
  2. Barry Giles +0.040 7.640/171.81
  3. Steve Saunders +0.042 8.892/150.98
  4. Mick Cheley +0.051 8.701/158.36
  5. Ashley Bell +0.052 8.952/154.66

Pro ET final top five

  1. John Morris +0.003 11.103/120.38
  2. Brian Huxley +0.005 10.875/122.03
  3. Carla Pittau +0.016 10.316/131.20
  4. Dave Baldwin +0.022 11.582/117.04
  5. Dave Ward +0.034 10.264/128.94

Sportsman ET final top five

  1. Nick South +0.038 13.838/99.82
  2. Nick Gay +0.049 15.649/86.11
  3. Mark Anderson +0.052 13.802/98.59
  4. Linda Platt +0.057 12.707/110.29
  5. Ian Jackson +0.085 16.385/85.67

Super Comp final standings

  1. Chris Johnson 9.055/154.10
  2. Shaun Lathan 9.067/151.85
  3. Malcolm Francis 9.127/139.76

Super Gas final top five

  1. Stuart Doignie 9.909/135.55
  2. Conrad Stanley 9.925/139.95
  3. Trevor Graves 10.170/135.87
  4. Frank Mason 9.898/140.52
  5. Malcolm Francis 9.761/128.93

Super Street final top five

  1. Mark Pointer 10.903/122.23
  2. Mike Bentley 10.920/131.59
  3. Mark Watkins 10.923/123.96
  4. Bob Lees 10.925/124.85
  5. Lee Huxley 10.937/120.63

Junior Dragster final top five

  1. Nick Mugridge 0.027
  2. Scott Hauser 0.037
  3. Jay Hauser 0.062
  4. Matthew Seamarks 0.074
  5. Anna Stanley 0.080

Custom Car Street Eliminator top five before Cruise

  1. Steve Nash 8.295/172.96
  2. Ian Hook 8.728/165.07
  3. Ian Jackson 8.809/164.21
  4. Colin Lazenby 8.814/175.66
  5. Andy Frost 9.065/155.84

Supercharged Outlaw final standings

  1. Keith Charman 8.821/148.08
  2. Lindsay Deuchar 7.239/119.782

Wild Bunch final top five

  1. John Munday +0.007 12.427/105.97
  2. Tony Smith +0.020 11.620/110.44
  3. Chevone Charman-Osborne +0.032 9.632/141.83
  4. Andrew Murphy +0.051 12.401/102.76
  5. Steve Field +0.081 11.681/109.84

Outlaw Anglia final top five

  1. Pete Ashworth 8.895/148.31
  2. Paul Hensher 8.951/151.96
  3. Paul Wright 9.303/135.30
  4. Steve Wells 9.769/134.32
  5. Al O'Connor 9.918/132.10

VW Pro final top five

  1. Ken Blomer +0.091 9.391/136.03
  2. Russ Fellows +0.129 11.029/122.22
  3. Justin Aldred +0.238 11.538/109.49
  4. Paul Bates +0.243 11.043/119.03
  5. Scotty Evison +0.312 12.802/103.76

VW Sportsman final top five

  1. Amy Homewood +0.044 20.044/64.88
  2. Jonathan Grigg +0.052 14.202/91.23
  3. James Lake +0.076 14.976/88.05
  4. Nick Hartwell +0.114 14.514/90.25
  5. Mick Geraghty +0.134 15.434/83.23

VW Alternate Engine final standings

  1. Spencer Tramm +0.107 9.807/138.97
  2. Wayne Allman +0.341 12.441/112.58

Andy Carter and Thomas Nataas did not venture out onto the track today, but we understand that they will be running twice tomorrow (1:30 and 4:45).

18:35

Super Comp top qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Chris Johnson 9.055/154.10
  2. Shaun Lathan 9.067/151.85
  3. Malcolm Francis 9.127/139.76

Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Andy Hone 7.828/172.43
  2. Tim Garlick 7.927/169.51
  3. Andy Kirk 8.084/152.74
  4. Paul Brooks 8.155/168.56
  5. Steve Rawlings 8.226/170.71

In this session Kev Perkins ran his first full pass since his crash, 8.571/156.85 and he will doubtless be very happy after his week's work.

Supertwin Fuel top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Chris Stebbings 5.838/120.64
  2. Ian Turburville 6.148/116.88
  3. Steve Clutterbuck 7.016/95.23

Top Fuel Bike top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Steve Woollatt 4.455/173.75
  2. Steve Carey 4.759/145.63

Supercharged Outlaw top qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Keith Charman 8.821/148.08
  2. Lindsay Deuchar 7.239/119.782

Lindsay Deuchar ran a cracking 6.273/221.64 in this session.

Stay tuned and we will bring you the final qualifying standings and today's pictures.

17:55

Custom Car Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Steve Nash 8.295/172.96
  2. Steve Pateman 8.672/171.42
  3. Ian Hook 8.728/165.07
  4. Ian Jackson 8.809/164.21
  5. Colin Lazenby 8.814/175.66

Al Simms' Cresta disappeared into a cloud of white smoke in the shutdown area, no word yet on the problem: there was some oil under the engine where Al stopped but none on the track. Steve Pateman is out for the weekend after taking out all eight pistons - his first DNQ in three years. Ian Hook returns to the eights after a horrible season so far.

Super Street top five qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Mark Pointer 10.903/122.23
  2. Mike Bentley 10.920/131.59
  3. Mark Watkins 10.923/123.96
  4. Bob Lees 10.925/124.85
  5. Lee Huxley 10.937/120.63

Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Pete Ashworth 8.895/148.31
  2. Paul Hensher 8.951/151.96
  3. Paul Wright 9.303/135.30
  4. Steve Wells 9.769/134.32
  5. Al O'Connor 9.918/132.10

17:45

Comp Bike top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. TJ O'Brien 5.112/118.73
  2. Vaughan Foster 5.197/130.06
  3. Phil Leamon 5.418/130.81
  4. Barry Holland 6.191/118.42
  5. Wayne Hobbs 6.754/107.40

Super Gas top five qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Stuart Doignie 9.909/135.55
  2. Conrad Stanley 9.925/139.95
  3. Trevor Graves 10.170/135.87
  4. Frank Mason 9.898/140.52
  5. Malcolm Francis 9.761/128.93

17:10

Supertwin Street top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Mark Earrey 6.517/110.02
  2. Chris Mott 7.167/101.35
  3. Ian Radanke 7.367/106.13
  4. Pete Harrison 7.393/93.17
  5. Dave Jones 7.852/84.11

Supertwin Gas top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Andy Smith 6.191/113.07
  2. George Laycock 6.304/115.68
  3. Ian Worthington 6.712/102.97
  4. Les Harris 6.722/106.64
  5. Brian Udall 7.371/101.58

Supertwin Modified top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Simon Hodgson 6.575/118.11
  2. Barrie Gregory 7.144/95.56
  3. Pete Richardson 7.198/102.27
  4. Tim Boutle 8.232/97.61

16:55

All bike classes are now running over the eighth mile because of a gusting side wind. We're going to give you the qualifiers as they stand after running over the eighth, with some classes having already run over the quarter things are going to get complicated so we'll stick with the eighth passes for now and then bring you the final standings at the end of the day.

Top Fuel Bike top qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):

  1. Steve Carey 5.049/107.91
  2. Steve Woollatt 12.173/32.40

Steve Carey, who is this weekend carrying new sponsorship from Mobil, was heading for the centre line and was off the throttle before half track, Steve Woollatt's rear slick went up in smoke off the line and then he lost a belt.

Supertwin Fuel top qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):

  1. Chris Stebbings 5.983/118.11
  2. Ian Turburville 6.299/116.88
  3. Steve Clutterbuck 7.016/95.23

Comp Bike top five qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):

  1. Vaughan Foster 5.197/130.06
  2. TJ O'Brien 5.217/132.74
  3. Phil Leamon 5.418/130.81
  4. Wayne Hobbs 6.154/107.40
  5. Barry Holland 6.584/110.02

Supertwin Gas top five qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):

  1. Andy Smith 6.191/113.07
  2. George Laycock 6.304/115.68
  3. Les Harris 6.878/101.58
  4. Ian Worthington 6.888/100.22
  5. Don Irvine 7.578/98.04

Dave Hirst is OK after parting company with his Supertwin Gas at about 200 feet. Dave was straight up on his feet and his bike stayed upright even after it stopped!

Funny Bike top qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Stu Chamberlain 4.855/150.00
  2. Tim Blakemore 6.478/114.21

Supertwin Modified top qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):

  1. Simon Hodgson 6.575/118.11
  2. Pete Richardson 8.010/94.94
  3. Barrie Gregory 8.242/92.98
  4. Tim Boutle 9.084/93.96

Super Street Bike top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Steve Venables 5.374/142.86
  2. Graham Dance 5.528/141.96
  3. Richard Stubbins 5.773/135.14
  4. Matt Nixon 5.808/132.74
  5. Mark Fisher 5.857/112.78

Supertwin Street top five qualifiers after session 1 (eighth mile):

  1. Mark Earrey 6.517/110.02
  2. Chris Mott 7.167/101.35
  3. Pete Harrison 7.393/93.17
  4. Ian Radanke 7.829/104.41
  5. Dave Jones 7.852/84.11

Pro Stock Bike top five qualifiers after session 2 (eighth mile):

  1. Dave Beck 4.772/152.03
  2. Richard Gipp 4.876/144.69
  3. Martin Bishop 4.991/141.51
  4. Paul Watson 5.130/140.62
  5. Tony Clark 5.228/139.75

15:35

Supercharged Outlaw top qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Keith Charman 8.821/148.08
  2. Lindsay Deuchar 7.239/119.782

Junior Dragster top five qualifiers after session 3:

  1. Nick Mugridge 0.027
  2. Scott Hauser 0.037
  3. Jay Hauser 0.062
  4. Matthew Seamarks 0.074
  5. Anna Stanley 0.080

15:10

Super Comp top qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Chris Johnson 9.055/154.10
  2. Shaun Lathan 9.067/151.85
  3. Malcolm Francis 8.807/157.22

Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Andy Hone 7.828/172.43
  2. Tim Garlick 8.037/167.14
  3. Andy Kirk 8.113/163.08
  4. Steve Rawlings 8.257/170.00
  5. Paul Brooks 8.617/156.95

Rob Smallworth is not having a lot of luck after shutting off before the burnout in the first session, and then driving down the track and off after the burnout in this session. First time out for Steve Rawlings after the big breakage at the Easter Thunderball, and for Kev Perkins after his crash at the same race. Kev launched and stayed under power to about 250 feet.

14:40

Super Street top five qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Mark Pointer 10.903/122.23
  2. Mike Bentley 10.920/131.59
  3. Bob Lees 10.925/124.85
  4. Lee Huxley 10.937/120.63
  5. Cliff Puddle 10.958/94.07

We had a stop for an oildown after Ron Haffenden's Capri dropped what looked like all of the liquid content of the sump on the start line. Ron probably got a bit of a shock as the car made a hard turn when he hit the oil, but he held on to it.

Super Gas top five qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Stuart Doignie 9.909/135.55
  2. Conrad Stanley 9.925/139.95
  3. Trevor Graves 10.170/135.87
  4. Frank Mason 9.851/139.59
  5. Spencer Tramm 9.691/139.34

We noticed Spencer Tramm's Corrado twitch to the right on the finish line, Spencer tells us that a pheasant ran out in front of him! Spencer managed to miss the pheasant.

Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Pete Ashworth 8.895/148.31
  2. Paul Hensher 8.951/151.96
  3. Paul Wright 9.120/136.28
  4. Steve Wells 9.799/132.36
  5. Al O'Connor 9.918/132.10

12:30

Junior Dragster top five qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Jay Hauser 0.062
  2. Nick Mugridge 0.071
  3. Anna Stanley 0.080
  4. Kevin Ford 0.083
  5. Matthew Seamarks 0.083

Custom Car Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 2:

  1. Steve Nash 8.295/172.96
  2. Steve Pateman 8.672/171.42
  3. Ian Jackson 8.908/166.82
  4. Andy Frost 9.065/155.84
  5. Colin Lazenby 9.132/169.17

12:25

Supercharged Outlaw top qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Keith Charman 9.048/151.16
  2. Lindsay Deuchar 7.239/119.782

Don't forget that we'll be bringing you the standings in ET/dial-in classes at the end of the day.

12:15

Super Comp top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Shaun Lathan 9.067/151.85
  2. Chris Johnson 8.812/155.14
  3. Malcolm Francis 8.807/167.22

Super Modified top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Andy Hone 7.828/172.43
  2. Tim Garlick 8.182/164.87
  3. Andy Kirk 8.220/165.33
  4. Kev Taylor 9.106/148.97

11:40

Super Street top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Mike Bentley 10.957/131.72
  2. Lee Huxley 10.979/120.17
  3. Mark Pointer 11.058/120.17
  4. Mark Watkins 11.129/118.81
  5. Cliff Puddle 11.353/89.22

Outlaw Anglia top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Pete Ashworth 8.895/148.31
  2. Paul Wright 9.447/111.72
  3. Steve Wells 9.799/132.36
  4. Ian Norman 11.183/102.41

Paul Wright's 9.447 was shut off way before the finish line!

11:30

Funny Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Dave Bailey 7.709/161.46
  2. Neil Midgley 7.938/118.90
  3. Stu Chamberlain 7.965/164.92

Dave Bailey took a spill from his Funny Bike in the shutdown area after his pass, he was straight up on his feet and is quite OK. No word on the bike as yet.

Super Gas top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Stuart Doignie 9.909/135.55
  2. Conrad Stanley 9.968/135.89
  3. Trevor Graves 10.173/136.94
  4. Frank Mason 9.851/139.59
  5. Spencer Tramm 9.691/139.34

Malcolm Francis had his first run out in his very nice-looking Pontiac Grand Am, a 9.359/110.04 off the throttle at 1000 feet.

Custom Car Street Eliminator top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Steve Nash 8.556/172.96
  2. Steve Pateman 8.672/171.42
  3. Andy Frost 9.065/155.84
  4. Ian Jackson 9.106/155.59
  5. Colin Lazenby 9.132/169.17

10:55

Super Street Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Graham Dance 8.384/176.55
  2. Mark Fisher 8.574/175.40
  3. Matt Nixon 8.638/166.11
  4. Steve Venables 8.640/181.43
  5. Jamie Sneddon 8.719/165.53

Pro Stock Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Richard Gipp 7.800/172.59
  2. Martin Bishop 7.971/169.42
  3. Tony Clark 8.069/165.28
  4. Len Paget 8.234/136.97
  5. Ray Debben 8.268/165.37

10:05

9.90 Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Dave Warren 9.961
  2. Fred Furlong 9.966
  3. Andy Burfitt 10.022
  4. Dave Baker 10.149
  5. Richard Sawatzki 10.197

10.90 Bike top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. John Hackney 11.065
  2. Shaun Spiers 11.112
  3. Dave Burfitt 11.376
  4. Andy Grant 11.973
  5. Nick Holland 12.573

This weekend is Shaun Spiers' first as a member of Team Breakout - vying with the Hyenas for biggest team!

Junior Dragster top five qualifiers after session 1:

  1. Jay Hauser 0.062
  2. Nick Mugridge 0.071
  3. Anna Stanley 0.080
  4. Ross Norris 0.160
  5. Lottie Watts 0.217

9:15

Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway on a very pleasant summer's morning. It's qualifying day for the Power Nationals and we're here to bring you the action in association with American Car Imports.

The Webster Race Engineering/MPM Oil webcam is on-line and broadcasting a picture every two minutes.

Trackside conditions right now are 17.5 C, 58% humidity, and 30.21 inches of air pressure. The track is looking very good and action is scheduled to commence at 9:30.

A big good morning and Get Well Soon to Ally Gowlett who is at home with a bug, we're missing you already Ally.

Our coverage plan for today is to try to keep up with the qualifying heads-up and index classes as much as we can by hand, and then to bring in the ET and other dial-in classes at the end of the day when we get the official qualifying sheets on paper. Of course we will also let you know how Roger Goring gets on in the Firestorm Jet FC. On the other side of the scales, keeping track of the qualifying in such detail means that there will not be very many start line photographs in today's update but Sharkman is poised with his camera at the top end to get shots from there.

Stay tuned and we will start to bring you the qualifying news very shortly.


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