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21:30

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Tune back tomorrow for all the news from eliminations, and if you are not at SCR in the morning then please join us for the minute's silence for Terry Gibbs at 11:00 UK time.

17:30

Junior Dragster qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Scott Hauser 0.026
2. Tom Watts 0.049
3. Nick Mugridge 0.084
4. Andy Herron 0.093
5. Jayne Kay 0.138

Junior Drag Bike qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Dan Baldwin +1.565 11.025/66.18
2. Andy Irvine +1.706 13.606/51.90
3. Scott Collier -0.087 13.013/46.78
4. Jake Carruthers -0.186 12.014/57.25
5. Michael Rowe -0.262 13.338/49.13

That concludes qualifying, tune back in a couple of hours for today's pictures.

Darren Prentice has asked us to say a big Hello to Kayleigh Trigg, hope you are enjoying the coverage Kayleigh.

17:15

Super Gas qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Brendan Clancy 9.940/133.27
2. Steve Dunn 10.209/145.70
3. Tim Adam 10.232/143.79
4. Frank Mason 10.440/129.86
5. Tethys 10.656/127.33

Conrad Stanley had a wild ride in Trevor Graves' Honda, the car suddenly disappeared in a cloud of smoke at about 400 feet and then appeared out of the cloud sideways and spinning towards the guardrail, a telltale trail of fluid on the track. Conrad got it stopped without hitting anything. Conrad tells us that he thinks a core plug popped and then "We went for a bit of a slide". He got the car stopped and then realised he was rolling gently backwards, and got on the brake to save the wing. He said that the worst part was thinking that the car was going to go over "Because it's not my car!".

The track temperature at the break was 19.0 C.

Because a second qualifying cycle won't be finished by the 18:00 curfew, the Race Director has decided that qualifying will finish at the end of cycle one. We have Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike still to come.

15:55

Super Modified qualifying after session 1:

1. Kev Perkins 7.822/179.20
2. Tim Garlick 7.834/174.82
3. Andy Kirk 7.916/177.44
4. Rob Smallworth 8.036/172.28
5. Ian Marshall 8.844/127.70

Andy Kirk's Rat Fink has a great new paintscheme.

15:45

Top Fuel Bike qualifying after session 1:

1. Steve Woollatt 6.608/216.11
2. Steve Carey 24.531/26.75

Steve Woollatt left a black stripe right down the middle of the Gold RV lane on his pass, with shake marks up to about three hundred feet, and then the tyre mark is bold/light/bold/light for a couple of hundred feet where I am guessing the front end bounced up and down. So there is more to come from the Dealer. Steve Carey's rear slick went up in smoke at the hit and he got off the throttle as he passed the Tree.

15:37

Supertwin Fuel qualifying after session 1:

1. Duncan Hocking 12.307/119.01
2. Chris Stebbings 17.057/42.03

Turbo shut off Mister Spokehead after firing up; he told Sharkman that fuel was not getting through.

15:35

Another great job by the track crew to dry the track and off we go again. The track temperature on the start line when we restarted was 20.5 C.

Super Street Bike qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Steve Venables 8.482/183.13
2. Jamie Sneddon 8.498/180.85
3. Chris Reed 8.616/173.22
4. Ade Lockley 8.746/163.78
5. Wayne Bradley 9.033/132.59

Steve Venables is on Sean Mills' Big CC Racing bike this weekend as his own bike is still at Velocity Racing in the USA.

13:50

Funny Bike qualifying after session 1:

1. Neil Midgley 6.942/199.57
2. Chris Hall 6.958/193.27
3. Steve French 9.081/150.52
4. Tim Blakemore 7.598/160.59

Congratulations to Chris Hall on his first-ever six; Chris is also on an ACU speed record if he can back it up, well done Chris! In the very next run, Neil Midgley stepped up to the plate and also blasted the ACU record, a squeak from 200 mph, well done Midgo! Who's going to be the first to back up their new record?

Pro Stock Bike qualifying after session 1:

1. Ray Debben 8.871/140.39
2. Len Paget 10.430/87.38

13:40

Comp Bike qualifying after session 1:

1. Andy Newcombe 8.476/161.09
2. Phil Leamon 9.168/159.55
3. Kev Charman 11.344/142.78

13:35

Supertwin Street qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Dave Jones 10.323/135.94
2. Steve Ford 10.620/129.38
3. Neil Dickson 11.651/123.94
4. Pete Harrison 12.596/113.10
5. Bev Riley 14.352/106.23

Supertwin Gas qualifying top five after session 1:

1. John Floyd 9.711/141.82
2. Les Harris 10.182/133.35
3. Chris Stebbings 10.316/127.48
4. Chris Mott 10.404/138.46
5. Don Irvine 11.753/120.67

13:30

Outlaw Anglia qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Paul Wright 9.430/103.82
2. Steve Wells 10.374/106.52
3. Paul Hensher 10.770/112.84
4. Ian Norman 10.986/143.71
5. Dean White 12.922/108.84

Paul Wright and Paul Hensher both took wild rides, cars turning left and right and heading for the centreline.

13:20

Super Comp qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Matt Gatland 9.395/134.98
2. Malcolm Francis 9.607/150.04
3. Shaun Lathan 11.583/136.05
4. Andy Williams 11.912/78.99
5. Jon Morton 8.885/143.75

Eurodragster.com sponsor Malcolm Francis is driving the Morrice Boys' Camaro this weekend as Malcolm's Grand Am is awaiting parts.

Street Eliminator qualifying after session 1:

1. Colin Lazenby 8.606/154.20
2. Ian Hook 10.041/139.78
3. Jon Webster 17.938/48.95

Colin backed off a way before the finish line so there is plenty more to come from the Pinnacle-sponsored Chevy.

13:05

Sportsman ET qualifying after session 1:

1. Ian Petrie +0.697 17.597/79.55
2. Nick Gay +0.761 15.161/89.96
3. Keith Crampton -0.055 15.715/87.22
4. Brian Huxley -1.010 15.710/88.27

Super Street qualifying top five after session 1:

1. John Grant 10.935/132.19
2. Scott McCarthy 11.005/125.26
3. Simon Cooper 11.031/119.49
4. Bob Lees 11.847/122.97
5. Leigh Morris 12.220/117.76

12:55

VW Sportsman qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Paul Herbert +0.0138 14.638/89.83
2. Graham Fairhead +0.342 15.342/88.08
3. Martin Ayton +0.457 15.057/94.02
4. Abi Tether +0.869 16.869/84.91
5. Holly Baldwin +0.980 17.930/73.80

Wild Bunch qualifying after session 1:

1. Sarah Howells +0.056 9.706/143.28
2. Helen Smythe +0.611 10.611/127.01
3. Chris Hartnell +3.030 12.530/100.46
4. Alec Coe -0.360 8.240/169.37

We think a Personal Best for Alec Coe, well done Alec!

We're on hold for sprinkles of rain, stay tuned.

12:45

VW Pro qualifying after session 1:

1. Nigel Green +0.356 11.456/112.93
2. Glynn Morgan +0.388 12.788/106.50

VW Alternate Engine qualifying after session 1:

1. Ian Sewell +4.497 16.997/76.81
2. Andy Raw +22.638 34.538/23.91
3. Matt Finney -0.079 15.421/89.96

12:35

9.50 Bike qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Richard Hann 9.506/141.59
2. Geoff Connor 9.623/144.57
3. Lee Baxter 9.623/145.92
4. Fred Furlong 9.636/145.64
5. Richard Sawatzki 9.967/145.15

12:30

Super Pro ET qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Nick Spence +0.051 8.211/168.22
2. Pat Talbot +0.220 7.880/176.30
3. Mark Flavell +0.513 7.523/181.64
4. Nigel Turner +0.918 9.418/138.05
5. Martyn Jones +1.647 9.317/172.98

The track temperature at the end of Super Pro qualifying was 19.2 C.

12:20

Pro ET qualifying top five after session 1:

1. Lee Huxley +0.018 10.418/129.84
2. Kev Slyfield +0.113 11.563/117.78
3. Chris Hodgkins +0.125 9.925/139.52
4. Tethys +0.198 10.798/123.68
5. John Atkinson +0.353 9.553/145.91

Personal bests for Rick McCann at 9.958 and Andy Chilton at 9.071, well done guys!

11:25

Just as Pro ET qualifying started, it started to spit with rain. Stay tuned.

The track temperature on the start line at the start of Pro ET qualifying was 12.2 C.

9:45

Good morning and welcome from Shakespeare County Raceway for the first day of the 2006 UK National Championships. We're here to bring you all the news in association with American Car Imports.

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

It's a nice spring day out there right now, as you can see from the webcam it's sunny and springlike. The track got plenty of washes yesterday and overnight and the track crew are just applying the finishing touches with the jet drier. Yours Truly left his weather station at home this weekend, apologies for that, but we have a new toy to try out this weekend in the form of a temperature gun so we will be bringing you the track temperature through the day.

We have a couple of special days today, firstly a very Happy Birthday to Wild Bunch racer Darryl Howells. Wife Sarah tells us that when she first met Darryl, she thought he was joking when he said that his birthday was 1st April. Have a great day Darryl. We'd also like to wish a very Happy Anniversary to Paula and Ian Marshall, who are here this weekend racing the Highlander Super Mod Camaro. Have a great day guys.

A big Hello to Libby Mottershead who has already been in touch to say that she is tuned in to the webcam. Hope you're enjoying the coverage Libby, and hi to Nev.

The first three classes have been called to the pairing lanes for their first qualifying sessions so stay tuned and we'll bring you all the news as soon as things get going.