SPR. Peak Performance Test Day. A large number of competitors turned up at this event which was run just a week before the first official race of the year. Making waves on his Super Street bike was Steve Venables who was looking to be the first into the sevens. He began by running an 8.033/175.91 and, after a couple more runs, put in an historic 7.918/186.83. He improved on this with his next run, a 7.787/188.41. Danny Cockerill put in his first pass in his new '57 Chevy Pro Mod, a 9.379/92.19 half pass after tyre shake and a pedal. his second run saw a similar shake and pedal effort, but with a quicker time of 7.392/206.34. His third run saw less shake and resulted in a 7.067/202.59 with a safe stop after his chute failed to open. The Money Hungry '68 Camaro was back at Santa Pod, this time in the hands of Mick Smith. His first pass was an easy 15.391/81.79 followed by an equally gentle 14.929/90.39. Malcolm Francis ran an 8.096/171.17 in his Pontiac Grand Am, new best numbers for the car. He betterd this with an 8.022/170.35. Steve Wells put in a couple of passes in his Super Gas Pop pick-up. The second saw him disappear in a cloud of smoke at the top end as fluid leaked from the car and he tagged the guardrail. The car was badly damaged and it looked like he would be out of action for the coming season. Johnny Hall had problems with his Nostalgia Fuel Slingshot when a rocker arm broke on his only run. John Floyd put in a super-quick 9.277/138.91 on his Supertwin Gas bike, thought to be the quickest STG pass ever, and Dave Warren ran a competant 9.228/152.11 on his first ever pass on the Krazy Kat Super Street Bike. He followed this up with a 9.058/159.45. Ian Caseley put in some runs in his Roadzombie II Jet Dragster. After a few issues he ran an 8.012/199.17 followed by new personal bests of 7.222s and 230.73mph. Unfortunately a tyre failed after the finish line causing some suspension and wheel damage. Martin Hill put in some runs with a best of 5.965/220.56 in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car. Making runs in Junior Dragster were Kane Jones and rookies Harry Gibson and Matthew Rayner. Scott Hauser ran what was possibly the quickest JD run in Europe with a 7.612/84.72, well under the permitted 7.90 index.

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SPR. The Easter Thunderball/Pro Fuel Shootout. The format for the Pro Fuel Shootout for this year changed slightly to an index system, 5.00s for the Dragsters and 5.35s for the Funny Cars. As before three runs for each competitor were then aggregated to find the driver closest to their combined index. The Funny Cars retained a 0.35s start line advantage. Andy Carter took the lead after the first round of qualifying with a an early shut-off 5.583/173.77 after driving through tyre shake. Thomas Nataas moved into the top spot in the second session with a 5.316/198.22 on a red light run which saw the car shed it's blower belt at half track, the first racer to pull a red in the history of the Shootout. In the other lane the only Funny Car contender, Gordon Smith, appeared to lose the left hand cylinders as the car launched, the car turned left, Smith pedalled, and the engine expired in a flash of flame with a holed block. Andy Carter and Jon Webster paired up, Carter hit tyre shake and pedalled before shutting off early, whilst Webster put in a great run and clocked his first four, a 4.979/290.81. The final qualifing session saw Carter on a strong pass before the car moved sharply towards the centre line. Carter shut off and coasted to a 5.642/180.74. Smith was unable to improve with the new engine leaving oil on the track. Lex Joon, getting to grips with a new car for the season, battled with tyre shake and finished at number five. Webster and Nataas paired up with Webster on a promising run before the blower belt let go. Nataas confirmed his place in the final with Carter with a 5.040/257.70. The final was a close run affair with Nataas getting a tiny advantage on reaction time, a quicker 5.047/274.62 from Carter wasn't enough to beat a 5.054/283.14 from Thomas. Top Methanol saw Dave Wilson take the number one spot in the third and final session with a 5.667/243.38. In the other lane Steph Milam, making her first appearance for a couple of years, ran a new personal best speed of 230.56mph on a 6.431s pass. She qualified fourth. Also setting new PB's was Doug Ripley with a 6.592/196.54, and Trev Capewell with a 6.206/229.32. Rob Turner made the number two spot with a 5.893/238.34. In the first round of eliminations Turner took a win over Doug Ripley with a 5.600/249.98 to a 6.444/200.90, a new personal best for Ripley. Trev Capewell,  staged his Funny Car angled towards the centre line. Narrowly avoiding crossing the line as he launched the car then headed towards the guardrail but he kept his boot down and shut off just before the stripe, recording a winning 6.346/210.48 to Milam's tyre shaking 8.415/119.94. Lindsay Deuchar recorded a new personal best of 5.779/219.44 in his race against Wilson, but suffered engine damage in the process. Wilson took the win with a 5.594/254.56. In eliminations Wilson ran a 5.521/253.19 on his bye, while Turner defeated Capewell with a 5.582/251.76, a new Championship record, backed up by his earlier runs, to a 6.228/229.39. In the final Wilson took the win, and regained the record, with a 5.500/248.48 to a 5.541/251.43 from Turner. Pro Mod had three entries and saw Danny Cockerill run his first six on a test pass, a 6.740/208.15. This did not count towards qualifying as it did not take place during a qualifying session. In the final session on Sunday he made up for this with a 6.644/212.21, new personal bests and number one qualifier. Roger Johansson was number two with a 6.802/209.23, and newly-licenced Jogen Karlsson ran 7.067/196.44 to make number three. In the final session on Monday Karlsson moved up to number two with a 6.666/207.47 despite Johansson improving to a 6.696/210.26. A bye in the first round of eliminations saw Cockerill take it anything but easy, re-setting his personal best again with a 6.661/211.05. The race between Johansson and Karlsson saw Karlsson leave before the lights ran, causing Johansson to follow, but as the lights had begun the sequence by then he took the win with a 6.759/206.71 with a -0.021 red light. In the final Cockerill's luck ran out as he launched and the engine stuttered before he shut off. In the other lane Johansson ran low ET of the weekend, a 6.533/193.96, to take the win. Six cars turned up for the first running of the newly-formed National Fuel Altered Association. Mickey Moore and Bob Glassup were the first competitors to take to the track. Moore ran 7.335/199.13 in The Mob to an early shut-off 10.953/121.99 from Glassup. In their next match-up on Sunday Glassup's car turned hard right at the hit as Moore wrestled his Altered to his first 200mph run, a 7.300/200.05. Glassup got straightened up and recorded a 9.455/178.53 before sliding into the field at the top end when his chute failed. Moore improved his PB speed on his next outing with a 7.207/201.01 and then further still with  a new personal best speed of 210.42mph on a solo 7.127s pass. Super Pro ET saw an early qualifying lead for Nigel Turner in his first competition session after gaining his licence the previous weekend. He had finished rebuilding his engine the night before the meeting. He remained at number two by the end of qualifying. Vince Gibbs made it to the number one spot but it was number five qualifier Ian Tubb who took the final win with a 7.591/175.12 over an 8.028/162.68 from Pat Talbot. Super Gas saw the first competative outing for Belinda Bull, she stood at number four after the first round of qualifying but was pushed out of the top five after session two. In the final session she broke out with a 9.751/153.57. Number one qualifier was Lee Pike at 9.905/134.80 and Tim Adam took the number two spot with a 9.911/143.74. Spencer Tramm took the final win. Street Eliminator saw Steve Nash set the first half of a new class ET record on a bye run in the first round of eliminations, an 8.116/173.84. John Sleath ran 179.27mph on an 8.409s pass for the first half of a new speed record. In the semi-finals he blew his chances of backing it up by leaving too early. The final was an 8.425/173.67 win for Colin Lazenby over an 8.535/176.41 from Sleath. The first round of VW Pro qualifying saw a new personal best for Jonathan Grigg of 12.935/105.66. He went on to better this with a 12.699/105.92 in the second session and a 12.641/106.36 in the third before taking the final win with a 12.841/104.88 over a red-lighting 12.093/109.77 from Neil Davies. After two sessions of Top Fuel Bike Ian King was at number one with his only pass of 6.511/200.73. He failed to improve on this in the final session, but maintained the top spot. With a bye in the first round he ran a strong 6.724/200.90 while Steve Woolatt beat Steve Carey with a 6.88/198.29 to a 7.344/179.94 but subsequently withdrew from competition with concerns about the health of his engine. King took the final win with a solo 6.482/209.29. Super Street Bike qualifying saw a new personal best for Dave Warren which put him at number four after the first round. Jamie Sneddon took the early lead with the first half of a new ACU ET record at 8.006/182.06. He backed this up with an 8.071 in the next session, but Steve Venables (who was also running in Funny Bike) took the lead with a 7. 991/190.67, the first seven second SSB run in competition. Sneddon also made it into the sevens in the third session on Sunday with a 7.939/184.44, putting him at the top of the qualifiers, but not for long. Venables then clicked off a 7.925/193. 20 to regain the lead and reset both ends of the class record. Brad O'Connor became the third rider to break into the sevens in the second round of eliminations with a 7.925/186.60. Warren ran another new PB of 8.500s but lost to an 8.020/180.01 from Sneddon. In the semis Venables ran a 7.761/182.13.This was too quick to be backed up by his earlier runs and Sneddon regained the official record with a 7.898/180.92. In the final Venables took the win, backed up his earlier 193.20mph and set a new class record of 7.742s in his defeat of an 8.617/141.94 from Sneddon. Funny Bike qualifying saw Dave Holland at the top spot after the third session with his first six second pass, a 6.926/177.13. In the final session he improved on this with a 6.903/185.93 to consolidate his top spot. Chris Hall finished second with a 7.155/182.22. Steve Venables qulaified at number five, taking his Super Street Bike quicker still with a 7.841/184.58. Chris Hall was the eventual winner. With only three competitors on site for 10.50 Bike the class was not run, and the three joined the ranks of 9.50 Bike. The final was a family affair with Steve Coombs beating Paul Coombs 9.679/138.36 to 9.638/136.41. Martin Hill's first pass of the weekend in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car set a new fastest recorded speed in Europe for Jets with 288.86mph at 5.937s. On Sunday he went one better and clocked a 5.793 at a huge 336.10mph, the fastest jet car pass in the world. His next run was a little calmer after a talking to from the Race Director, 5.948/227.44. On the Monday he put in a 6.043/246.05. Eric Teboul put in some runs on his Rocket Bike, Sunday saw a 5.993/190.64 and on Monday he ran a 5.867/188.41.

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SCR. Power Nationals. Saturdays start was delayed while the track was dried, and there was an interruption during the first session of qualifying for The Wild Bunch when a plane landed in the shutdown area. Chris Hartnell waited patiently then went on to run his first eight and first 150mph run in the Backdraft slingshot, 8.885/150.03. This was a breakout but Chris was understandably unconcerned. Dave Ward ran 9.618s in the Rampage Funny Car, another personal best, but, also a breakout. Most classes made it through the second round of eliminations on Sunday before the rain came back and put an end to the weekends proceedings. The new Wright Racing Top Fuel Dragster was present with driver Darryl Bradford, but never got to the start line. Last minute issues kept the car in the pits on Saturday. Sunday saw the team make it to the pairing lanes but the rain sent them back. Super Modified saw Tim Garlick take an early lead in qualifying with a 7.798/173.01 in the first session, but Kev Perkins ran the first half of new ET and speed records with 7.586s and 180.85mph to take the number one spot in the final session. He backed up the time for a new ET record with a 7.631/176.74 in his first round win. Street Eliminator saw a number of breakages in qualifying for the four-car field, and by the end of the day only Number one qualifier Colin Lazenby remained intact and able to participate in the cruise. In his solo run for the final win he ran 9.084/180.03. The speed was a new personal best but he was unable to back it up for a new record as this was the final round. Outlaw Anglia saw Mark Pointer take number one qualifying spot with a personal best of 8.337/156.37 on his first run in the class, and maintain his place by the start of eliminations. In the first round of eliminations he took the Eurodragster/Speedflow perfect light award with a 0.000 reaction time on a bye run. Top Fuel Bike saw Steve Woolatt go home early with mechanical problems and without qualifying leaving Steve Carey to take the win with a 10.983/76.19 bye run. Pro Stock Bike qualifying saw Ray Debben run a new personal best in the first session, an 8.031/170.46 to put him in second place behind Dave Beck with 7.556/169.72. These were the final qualifying places for the pair. No elimination rounds were run. In Comp Bike Gary Jones left it until the final session to run a new personal best and take the number one spot from T J O'Brien with a 7.725/171.06. O'Brien ran a best of 8.141/157.69. Super Street Bike qualifying saw another competitor break into the seven second zone, the first to do so at Shakespeare County, this time it was Mark Fisher who finished as number one qualifier with a 7.974/181.08. Having run well at Santa Pod some of the teams were having issues dialing into the SCR track, but Steve Venables took a second round win with an 8.016/190.16 for a new track speed record. Andy Smith ran a new class ET record of 9.470/138.06 on his first qualifying run in Supertwin Gas. He backed this up with another 9.470 later for a new NAST record. Roger Goring ran a 6.523/193.22 in the Firestorm Jet Funny Car, followed by 6.347/253.52, a new personal best speed on Saturday. On Sunday he put in a 6.668/180.04, shutting off early due to a top end crosswind.

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SPR. Big Bang. Amongst the VW's at this event were the Super Modifieds, running a round of their UK Championship. Graham Ellis was the number one qualifier with a 7.744/175.74, but he was unable to compete in the eliminations after destroying his engine. Number two was Steve Rawlings (8.047/170.49), followed by Andy Hone (8.059/168.56), Andy Kirk (8.121/169.84) and Craig Gibbs (8.520/15505). Farmer had a wild ride in the first round after opponent Rawlings suffered a double nitrous burp, the car got out of shape after the propshaft disconnected and a tyre punctured just to add to the drama. He was unable to make the semi final, allowing Hone through to meet Kirk, who took the final win with an 8.058/169.70 to a quicker 7.977/169.23. VW Pro was won by Joe Gallagher with a 14.148/78.13, on a 12.61 dial in, against a red lighting Ian Dale, who clocked a 12.830/103.72 on a 12.80 dial in. Paul Herbert dialled in a 15.27 for the VW Sportsman Final, and ran a 15.335/83.64  to defeat a breakout 14.382/91.82 from James Lake. VW Alternate Engine went to Matt Attwood with a 13.606 on a 13.59 dial in at 98.01mph while opponent Wayne Allman pulled a red light, running 11.914/111.44 on an 11.90 dial in.

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SPR. Speedfreaks Ball. On the first day rain provided some disruption, and times were affected by a strong crosswind for much of the day. The Fuel vs Supertwin Shootout saw Steve Carey and Ronny Aasen lead the pack after two rounds with a 7.536/140.10 and 7.888/166.07 respectively. Brad O'Connor led the Super Street Bike Shootout field with an 8.097/175.00, followed by Steve Venables with an 8.142/177.84. Sunday saw numerous heavy showers and the wind hadn't let up. The competiton bikes all ran solo passes and Ton Pels put in a 7.171/183.57 to put him into the final with Carey despite a close 7.167/157.25 from Steve Woolatt. In Super Street Bike nobody managed to improve on the previous days times. Eliminations and finals were not run due to safety concerns in the strong winds. Tony Baker put in some demonstration runs in the Fireforce 1 Jet Funny Car, with a weekends best of 7.247/194.89 on the Sunday. Ian Caseley managed a best of 7.578/189.20 in the Road Zombie 2 Jet Dragster.

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SPR. FIA Main Event. Top Fuel had a ten car field with five UK drivers, Gary Page, Jon Webster, Andy Carter, Chris Andrews and Smax Smith. Andrews had his engine lift the blower during his burnout in the second qualifying session. Webster put in a 5.319/264.47 to put himself in second spot after the second session, Thomas Nataas just ahead of him with an early shut-off 5.297/198.27. In the third session Webster improved to a 5.090/254.35, but stayed at number two as Tommy Moller had already put in a 5.071/218.52. Nataas and Smith were staged and ready to go when the starter's button that runs the tree failed. They were both shut off and came back once everything had cooled down. Smax hit tyre shake and shut off but Nataas regained the number one spot with a 4.874/296.12. He remained at the top after the final session despite some determined performances from Tommy Moller with a 4.917/308.28, putting him at number two, Andy Carter with a 5.004/295.74, and a stunning driving job from Lex Joon which saw him pedal twice and keep the car under control as it came close to the centre line, twice, finishing with a 4.920/281.39 to put him in third place, just ahead of Carter. Round One of eliminations saw Joon run low ET of the round with a 4.963/282.95 as opponent Joran Persaker rolled through stage. Micke Kagerad beat number one qualifier Nataas, who hit tyre shake and shut off. A 5.824/194.09 for Kagerad as his blower belt left the party at 900ft. Carter had similar misfortune, smoking the tyres at the hit, leaving Webster to take a 5.078/259.74 win. Smax was unable to get his car out of reverse after the burnout, leaving Moller to take a leisurely bye win. Webster advanced to the final with a 5.089/264.76 win over a 6.769/131.26 from Kagerad who shut off after tyre shake. Joon took the othe semi-final win with a 4.930/288.37 over a 5.867/163.09 from Moller, who hit tyre shake and came very close to the wall. In the final Webster hit tyre shake that was bad enough to cause him to shut off and move to the side of his lane. Meanwhile Joon's car went up in flames after drifting to the left, he kept his foot down and took the win with a 5.410/219.60. Top Methanol Dragster saw Rob Turner put in a strong 5.657/234.45 in the first session of qualifying, only to be pushed down to number two after Dave Wilson drove through tyre shake to record a 5.448/252.88. Turner improved slightly in the second session with a 5.638/239.77. Session three produced a 5.518/253.93 from Turner and a 5.491/252.85 from Wilson. The final session saw a new personal best from Timo Habermann, a 6.233/210.27, for fifth spot. Wilson and Turner stayed at numbers one and two with Krister Johansson at three with a 5.537/244.73, and Peter Schofer at four with a 5.574/253.93. It was Wilson and Turner that made it to the final, Wilson taking the win with a new European ET record of 5.422/248.83 to Turner's 5.604/249.85. The first session of Top Methanol Funny Car qualifying saw new personal best speeds for Steph Milam with a 6.537/231.97, and Jurgen Nagel with a 7.105/200.73, putting them at numbers 5 and 7 respectively. This made Milam the fastest ever UK female racer. She already had the ET record at 6.308. Reigning champion Urs Erbacher was half a second ahead of the rest of the field and took an early lead with a 5.789/248.55. In the second session Trev Capewell ran a new personal best of 6.167/229.84 having initially pulled into the same lane in which Leif Andreasson had seconds earlier left on his burnout. Erbacher ran 5.696/249.95 in session three, which was two thousandths quicker than the European record. Dan Larsen stepped up and took second spot with a 5.874/240.28. Steph Milam again reset her personal best speed with a 6.424/238.09, the fastest terminal speed for a female UK racer. In the final session Trev Capewell ran a new personal best of 6.005/236.88 to take the number five spot and make him the quickest UK TMFC racer. Erbacher took a first round win against Nagel with a new European terminal speed record of 251.31 in 5.791s. He advanced to the final with a 7.177/131.93 bye after opponent Niclas Andersson was shut off with a fluid leak. Larsen took the other semi-final win with a 5.852/235.75 over a 6.048/234.41 from Andreasson. Erbacher reset the speed record again in the final with a 5.725/252.37 over a 5.783/244.35 from Larsen. Pro Modified had nineteen entries. Ian Bishop put in his first ever Pro Mod pass, a 7.343/187.62 in the first qualifying session. Bert Englefield had a wild ride, the car hit tyre shake immediately it left the line before turning hard right and up on two wheels before turning right and clipping the guardrail with the rear right quarter. Andy Robinson ran a new personal best of 6.572/212.28 for an early fourth place. Micke Gullquist put in a 6.423/213.26 that put him in the number one spot, until Mats Eriksson followed with a 6.339/225.21. In the second session Robinson re-set his PB again with a 6.491/214.29. He remained in number four spot though as Roger Johansson put in a 6.403/206.25 to move into second spot. In the third session Gordon Appleton ran a new personal best of 6.549/213.54 to put himself in the number seven slot. Hakan Fallstrom also set a new personal best with a 6.447/214.37 that put him at number five. In the final session Micke Gullquist and Roger Johansson ran side-by-side 6.3's to finish in numbers two and three spots, a 6.349/219.61 and a 6.381/217.24 respectively. Andy Robinson reset his personal best again with a 6.394/217.29 to finish at number four. Eliminations opened with John Ellis pulling a red light as Eriksson ran a storming 6.344/223.80. This remained the low ET of the round until the fifth pairing. Number five qualifier Patrick Wikstrom ran the quickest European Pro Mod pass ever with a 6.301/225.10 defeat over a 6.878/196.40 from number twelve qualifier Peter Wacker. Round Two saw wins for Wikstrom, who defeated Robinson 6.566/219.72 to 8.053/135.46, Johansson, Danny Cockerill and Freddy Fagerstrom. The semi finals saw Johansson defeat Cockerill with a 6.493/193.12 to a 6.692/211.29 before Wikstrom trounced Fagerstrom, setting new ET and speed records of 6.255/227.17, making him the first European Pro Mod driver to get into the 6.2s. His luck ran out in the final however when he hit tyre shake allowing Johansson to take the win with a 6.598/208.27 to a 7.932/135.93. Pro Stock Jackie Hansen ran a personal best of 7.022/196.44 in the third session to make the number three spot. By the end of qualifying he was pushed down to number four with the first three qualifiers all in the sixes, Jimmy Alund was number one with a 6.913/199.86, followed by Magnus Hansson with a 6.941/197.17, and Michael Malmgren with a 6.984/197.84. Alund defeated Rickard Sundblom in the first round, 7.214/192.33 to 7.322/188.40, and took a bye to the final in the semis. Hansen defeated Ulf Jonsson 7.103/195.59 to a red lighting 7.149/193.90 and went on to take the final win with a 7.050/195.52 to Alund's red-lighting 7.071/195.51. The Fuel Funny Cars of John Spuffard and Gordon Smith put in a series of match races. The first saw Spuffard shut off early to a 10.859/72.57 while Smith went up in smoke off the line. Both cars lit the tyres in the second round and in the third Smith lost his blower belt on what looked like a promising run as Spuffard once again smoked the slicks. The final match up on the Monday saw Smith shut off with problems after his burnout. Spuffard put in a 5.769/220.45 with cylinders out and the car moving around visibly. Steve Woolatt took an early lead in Top Fuel Bike qualifying with a 6.864/197.34. Roel Koeda m bettered this in the second session with a 6.490/198.08, leaving a large cloud of smoke from a broken piston in the shutdown area. In the third session Ian King took the number one spot with a 6.451/198.50. He improved on this, and remained at number one, in the final session with a 6.353/205.47. Koedam remained at number two but looked unlikely to continue. Woolatt finished at number three and Gary Jones ran a new personal best of 7.604/174.27 to finish in the number seven spot. King ran a new personal best of 6.336/205.47 in the first round of eliminations to defeat a 7.626/139.82 from Shaun Branch. Woolatt beat Dave Holland with a 6.616/212.23 to a 7.255/165.33. King ran 6.396/200.78 in the semis to defeat a 6.827/193.96 from Neil Midgley, and Woolatt beat Gary Jones, 6.592/211.23 to 7.725/162.99. King took the final win with a 6.383/206.19 to Woolatt's 6.597/212.25. The final session of Supertwin saw Svein Olav Rolfstad put in a new personal best of 6.682/210.42 to make himself number one qualifier. Ton Pels was number two with a 6.800/22.97. There were breakages for Tomas Sulek, Svien Gottenberg and Ronny Aasen in the first round, and Pels smoked the slick on the hit before trying to catch Joachim Riemer and getting getting close to the centre line at the top end. Riemer took the win. He then advanced to the final with a 7.437/157.92 win over a 7.964/157.71 from Hans Christian Nilsen. Rolfstadt ran 7.052/199.87 against a 7.358/196.71 from Olav Olstad in the other semi. He went on to take the final win with a 6.924/202.86 after Riemer lost fire quickly after leaving the line. Pro Stock Bike saw Anders Abrahamsson take the lead in qualifying, running a new personal best of 7.594/172.41 in session two, and beating it again in session three with a 7.498/175.90. Ray Debben also ran a new personal best of 8.007/163.66 in the second session, and improved further with a 7.999/164.36 in session three and a 7.979/168.39 in the final session, finishing at number seven. Roger Pettersson leap-frogged Abrahamsson in the final session, taking the number one spot with a 7.351/182.05, with Abrahamsson running an improved 7.412/176.59 in the other lane. Pettersson defeated Len Paget in Round One with a 7.287/181.36 to an 8.171/154.65. Abrahamsson pulled a red light allowing Debben through with another personal best of 7.874/165.40. It was Martin Bishop and Richard Gipp who made it through to the final, Bishop taking the win with a 7.673/168.57 to a 7.827/169.86. Martin Hill in the Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car put in a number of consistent runs over the weekend with a 5.958/252.88 on saturday, a 5.932/254.24 and a 5.923/274.67 on sunday, and a weekend's best of 5.802/281.43 on monday.

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Shakespeare County Raceway. Shakespeare Nationals. Two Top Fuel Dragsters headlined the weekend with Andy Carter and Darryl Bradford in attendance. The first match-up on Saturday turned out to be a solo for Carter as the Bradford team had issues with their braking system. An early shut off rom Carter produced a 9.03/84. The second race on Sunday saw a huge fireball from Bradford's engine as an oil line came loose. Carter again shut off early to the tune of a 7.22/125. In Super Modified Kev Perkins and Andy Hone were the number one and two qualifiers with  7.085/166.85 and 7.983/169.80 respectively. The only other entrant was Andy Kirk who qualified with an 8.115/171.87. Perkins took the final win with a 7.756/178.09 to an 8.034/170.07 from Hone. Top Fuel Bike was again a two horse race between the two Steves, Woolatt and Carey. Woolatt led the qualifying with a 6.787/212.11 to a 7.224/179.44. In the final Carey broke leaving Woolatt to take the win with a 6.806/205.27. Pro Stock Bike saw a return to form for Len Paget who was back in the seven second zone with a 7.8.3/172.41 which put him at second spot in qualifying. Dave Beck made the number one spot with a 7.567/174.31. The pair met in the final after Paget ran a new personal best of 7.603s in the first round. It was Beck who took the win though with a 7.352/183.55 to a 7.668/179.18. Seven second Super Street Bike runs were now cropping up regularly. Mark Fisher and Steve Venables ran 7.969/179.51 and 7.977/191.50 respectively for the number one and two qualifying spots, followed closely by Richard Stubbins at 8.012/184.07. Venables went on to run sevens in every round, as did all the semi final riders. He took the final win against Fisher with a huge terminal speed of 196.86mph in 7.912s. Supertwins Modified saw new track ET and speed records from Tony Legg with a 9.494/154.23 in qualifying. He reset his own record the next day with a 9.399 and took the final win with a 9.484/152.11 over a 10.544/137.18 from Chris Mott. Supertwins Gas saw a new ET record of 9.2s for John Floyd who went on to win the elimination with a 9.205/140.61 over a 9.480/139.59 from George Laycock. Roger Goring put in four passes over the weekend in the Firestorm Jet Funny Car. Saturday produced a best of 6.41/252 and Sunday a best of 6.48/245.

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SPR. Summer Nationals. The first qualifying session for Top Methanol saw Steph Milam heading towards the wall after the car turned hard left after losing traction on the launch. In the other lane Lindsay Deuchar pedalled once on his way to a 6.723/220.52. John Parkinson was making observed runs and came out for the second session. Unfortunately a fuel leak was spotted after the burnout and the car was shut off. Milam took the final win with a 6.488/221.65 over an early shut off 8.970/92.41 from Deuchar. Andy Kirk ran a new personal best of 7.829/170.51 in Super Mod qualifying, putting him into number two position. Graham Ellis took the number one spot with a 7.652/176.96. Kirk went quicker still in the final session with a 7.816/170.49 but remained at number two. It was Ellis and Kirk who made it to the final, Ellis taking the win with a 7.715/177.13 to a 7.880/169.86. Super Pro ET saw a new personal best of 7.099s for Mark Flavell on a 6.90 dial in. Pro Mod racers Andy Robinson and Gordon Appleton were running in the class for the weekend. Appleton ran a new personal best, breaking out with a 6.347/220.54, and Robinson made it to number five in qualifying with a 6.447/223.78. Robinson went out in the first round, Appleton in the second. Barry Giles took the final win over Steve Johnson. Appleton came out later for a demo run and reset his personal best with a 6.321/222.91, putting him in the top three European Pro mods. The third session for the Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association saw a scary moment for Dave Grabham when his Freddy's Revenge Altered went vertical before coming down hard and heading into the guardrail. Grabham was unharmed in the incident but the car was too badly damaged to appear in the next session. Street Eliminator saw Colin Lazenby qualify at number one with an 8.654/174.99, set a new personal best of 8.223/179.79 in his semi final win, and end up runner up to Andy Frost with an 8.502/165.35 to a winning 8.492/172.32. Top Fuel Bike began with Steve Woolatt laying down a superb first qualifying run of 6.594/215.35. He bettered this in the final session with a 6.534/192.97 while the only other competitor, Steve Carey, ran a new personal best of 6.924/189.76, his first six second run. He ran another six in the final, a 6.968/188.96, but Woolatt took the win with a 6.487/216.51. Pro Stock Bike saw Dave Beck take an early lead in the first round of qualifying with a 7.231/181.47, the quickest pass outside the USA. He backed this up for a new record with a 7.244s pass in the next session. In the final session on Sunday morning he added a new speed record as well with a 183.73mph pass, backed up by his previous run. Len Paget finished qualifying at number two with a new personal best of 7.563/176.36. Beck lowered the record again in the semi final with a 7.215/184.33. He took the final win against Richard Gipp with a 7.305/182.93 to a red-lighting 7.644/170.96. The first qualifying session for Funny Bike saw the first half of a new record when Neil Midgley clocked 192.32mph in 6.904s. Stu Chamberlain ran a new personal best of 7.282/180.91. Midgley then clocked 6.800/189.82 in the second session and ended qualifying in the number one spot. In eliminations he progressed to the final setting another ET record of 6.737s and backing up his 192.32mph for a new speed record with 196.52mph. In the final against Dave Holland he reset the speed record again with a 6.764/193.11 win over a 7.065/185.98. Super Street Bike saw the top three qualifiers all in the sevens. They were Jamie Sneddon at 7.817/185.41, Steve Venables at 7.860/183.06, and Richard Stubbins at 7.994/189.01. Number four qualifier Mark Fisher was just outside with an 8.039/182.25. Sneddon made his way to the semi finals where his bye run of 7.720/187.31 set the first half of a new ET record. In the other semi Dave Smith and Steve Venables ran the first ever side-by-side seven second race, with Smith taking the win with a 7.932/180.74. Sneddon defeated Smith in the first seven second final round, and backed up his ET record, with a 7.757/189.85 over Smiths 7.986/179.10. In Supertwin Gas John Floyd set a new speed record over the first two sessions of qualifying, recording 141.94mph and 142.82mph. He bettered this in the final session on Sunday morning with a 9.065/143.71 to consolidate his number one qualifier spot. In the first round of eliminations he won with a 9.223/143.33 and went on to take the final against Andy Smith with a 9.057/142.87 over a 9.437/139.78. Tony Baker put in some runs in the Fireforce 1 Jet Funny Car. He ran 7.194/218.34 on Saturday, and 7.130/227.53 and 7.166/225.96 on Sunday.

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Veidec Festival. Mantorp Park Sweden. Overnight rain on Friday delayed Saturday's start, and returned later in the afternoon to halt qualifying. On Sunday morning it was still there and eliminations didn't get started until early in the afternoon. The result of this was the meeting was unfinished as there was a track curfew in place. Top Fuel saw two Brits in competition, Andy Carter and Gary Page, with Susanne Callin taking over the driving seat vacated by Chris Andrews. The first qualifying session saw Page and Micke Kagerad both shut down after problems with the staging lights. Carter put in a 5.060/297.08 to make number two behind the 4.845/281.87 of Tommy Moller. Page got a re-run an hour later, hitting tyre shake and shutting off to an 8.851/95.13 for number seven spot. The next session saw the front of Page's car twist and lift the left wheel off the track, causing him to shut off early. He failed to qualify. The third session saw Carter go down to number three after a stronger 4.986/300.81, the fastest speed of the weekend at that point. In the first round of eliminations he met championship leader Lex Joon. Joon got the quicker start and won with the fourth quickest time in European Top Fuel history, a 4.788/299.45 to a 4.953/298.75. In the first session of Top Methanol qualifying Dave Wilson and Rob Turner were paired together and took the number one and three spots. Wilson ran a new track record of 5.459/260.00 and Turner clocked a 5.608/253.91. The pair ran together again in the next session and Wilson re-set his record with a 5.435/260.50, remaining at number one. Both drivers progressed to round two of eliminations with Wilson running a 5.522/256.06 bye, and Turner beating Timo Habermann 5.592/251.10 to 7.672/112.56. Pro Mod qualifying saw Andy Robinson take an early lead in the first session with a new personal best of 6.363/223.55. Gordon Appleton had briefly held the number one spot with an earlier 6.510/218.10. In the third session Robinson consolidated his position with a 6.349/224.17 while Appleton failed to improve and stayed at number five. Both drivers went out in the first round of eliminations on the Sunday. Appleton shut off after his burnout and Robinson was beaten by a holeshot from Terje Hakonsen, 6.416/221.81 to a winning, but slower, 6.453/218.67. Pro Mod was the only Pro class to make it through the second round of competition before the rain came back. Ian King stood at number three after the first session of qualifying in Top Fuel Bike with an early shut off 6.929/156.79. He moved up to number two in the next session with a 6.675/187.15, but despite improving slightly with a 6.40/197.90 in the third he went down to number three. He won the first round of eliminations with a 6.848/188.44 over a 7.997/166.06 from Mikael Andersson. Pro Stock Bike saw Brits Chris Hope and Martin Bishop at numbers four and five respectively after the first session of qualifying with a 7.596/170.73 and a 7.693/174.18. Both riders improved in the next session, with Bishop running a new personal best of 7.450/179.21 and moving up to third, and Hope recording a 7.567/170.45 but staying at number five. Bishop was pushed down to fourth in the third session meaning that the pair would meet in the first round of eliminations. It was Bishop that took the win with a 7.468/177.40 after Hope came close to the guardrail and shut off to an 8.062/124.92.

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Two Top Fuel cars were in attendance, Darryl Bradford and Thomas Nataas. In the first match up Bradford was unable to find reverse after the burnout and idled down the track. Nataas hit tyre shake before the 330' mark and shut off to a 9.179/93.81. On Sunday Norwegian TV presenter Haral Rumaberg took a turn in Nataas' car. Having completed a successful burnout he staged but accidently put the car in reverse, causing the driveshaft to break at the hit. With a lot of work required to change the engine and get the car back out Bradford came out later for a solo run, but he suffered the same problem as before and could not get the car in reverse. The final match-up on Monday saw Bradford's car go up in smoke before the sixty foot mark while Nataas pedalled through tyre shake and came close to the guardrail on his way to a 5.471/281.46. Gordon Appleton and Danny Cockerill were match racing in their Pro Mods. Appleton took the first round with a new track speed record, 6.659/214.17. Cockerill shut off after tyre shake to coast through with a 9.539/96.53. The second race saw Cockerill red light his way to a personal best of 6.565/216.71, resetting both ends of the track record. Appleton's car shook and suddenly turned right leaving Gordon no option but to shut off and idle to a 12.265/72.70. Race three saw another strong and straight run from Cockerill, a 6.611/215.71, while Appleton once again hit tyre shake and had to wrestle the car both ways before crossing the line with a 7.448/152.16. The final bout saw Cockerill red light again on his way to a 6.643/215.18 win as Appleton once again hit tyre shake and shut off early to an 8.225/120.86. Kev Perkins ran the first half of a new UK speed record in Super Modified with a 7.675/179.83, and backed it up on his next run with a 178.59mph pass. In the final session he clocked 180.53mph to reset the speed record again. He took the final win with a 7.631/179.76 over a 7.853/174.30 from Andy Kirk. In the first round of eliminations for Street Eliminator Colin Lazenby laid down the quickest pass, an 8.683/175.48, and secured enough points to make him 2005 champion. In the second session he ran 8.426/181.52 for the first half of a new speed record. He backed this up in session three with an 8.323/181.48. On the Sunday he continued to assert his authority over the class by running 8.120/183.19, resetting his speed record and setting himself up for a new ET record. He backed this up in the first round of eliminations on Monday with an 8.155/183.37 win. Number two qualifier Andy Frost won his round with a new personal best ET of 8.261/177.31 having run a PB speed of 174.28mph the previous day. In the final it was Frost that took the win with an 8.231/175.16 as Lazenby's engine coughed, leaving him unable to wrap up a sucessful weekend the way he wanted. Top Fuel Bike was again a two horse race between Steve Woolatt and Steve Carey. Woolatt opened his account in fine style with an early shut off 6.854/179.12. After an aborted run in session two, which saw the bike lose drive, he came out in session three and put down a 6.605/208.3. Session four saw further improvements with a 6.507/212.82. The final session produced new personal bests of 6.420/219.17, a new track speed record and the first half of a new ACU UK speed record. Carey suffered problems all weekend so Woolatt took a bye run for the final win. This he did in great style with a 6.508/213.93. Pro Stock Bike saw Dave Beck dominate qualifying, running 7.281/183.23 in the third session. By the fourth session Len Paget had run 7.612/172.54, and Paul King laid down a new personal best of 7.969/167.61 for number three spot. In the final session Beck improved again, running 7.244/181.34. The final saw Beck run the first sub-7.2s run outside the USA, taking the win against Paget with a 7.168/184.27. Paget crossed lanes and received no timeslip. Funny Bike qualifying saw Tim Blakemore save a personal best of 6.867/184.76 until the fourth and final qualifying session to take number one spot and set a new track record. He went on to win the final against Chris Hall with a 7.173/180.04 after Hall broke. Steve Venables and Dave Smith were in the sevens again in Super Street Bike. Venables number one spot of 7.808/195.24 laid down the first half of a new UK speed record. He backed it up in the third session with a 194.75mph pass and Richard Stubbins moved into the sevens, and number three spot, with a 7.899/191.51. Venables was running with his number two engine after a head gasket failure on number one. In session four Graham Dance put in his first seven second run, a 7.968/183.02, and moved up to number four. By the end of the final session the top four riders, Venables, Smith, Stubbins and Dance were all in the sevens, with Jamie Sneddon just outside at 8.001/186.24. Venables ran 7.900/192.98 in a bye run for the first round of eliminations, and collected enough points to give him the 2005 Ultimate Power Championship title. He took the final win against Smith with a 7.994/192.87 to an 8.690/144.47. Gary Jones led the qualifying in Comp Bike and in the fourth session ran a new personal best of 7.535/176.96. In the final session he ran another new personal best of 7.521/184.80 to consolidate his number one position and set a new track speeed record. He ran 7.690/180.97 in the final to defeat an 8.474/148.18 red light run from Roland Chaplain. The first qualifying session for Supertwin Modified saw Tony Legg take an early lead with a 9.574/152.70, while John Hackney ran his first nine second pass to make number two spot with a 9.931/139.20. The pair met in the final, Legg taking the win with a 9.316/152.83 to a 10.031/137.51. Supertwin Gas saw Ric Naylor run a new personal best of 10.335/124.20 to make the number four spot. Andy Smith took the early lead with a 9.374/140.02. Naylor improved in the second session with a 10.266/124.37 but stayed at number four. John Floyd pushed Smith down to number two with a 9.225/141.25 in the final session. Smith took the final win with a 9.523/138.85 over a 10.781/119.02 from Floyd. Roger Goring put in some exhibition runs in the Firestorm Jet Funny Car. A 6.285/252.27 on Saturday was followed by a 6.297/254.29  and a 6.428/210.28 on Sunday. On Monday he unleashed a 6.373/251.38 and a 6.302/252.48.

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SPR. FIA European Finals. The weekends action was affected at various times by rain with most of Saturday's qualifying lost. Eliminations on Sunday couldn't commence until mid-afternoon, but the FIA and FIM classes were completed. Six of the eleven Top Fuel Dragsters present made it out for the first session of qualifying. Micke Kagerad took the early lead with a 5.082/250.29, followed by Jon Webster with a 5.159/267.57. The second session saw Susanne Callin run her first four and first 300mph pass. Her 4.980/300.10 put her at the top of the pack until Andy Carter laid down a 4.977/294.15. Lex Joon moved up to number three with a 4.991/274.60 before Kagerad came out and ran a 4.934/279.35 to regain the number one spot. With no further qualifying run, due to the rain, the first round of eliminations took place mid-afternoon on Sunday. Joon defeated number eight qualifier Gary Page with the only four of the round, and low ET & top speed of the weekend, a 4.933/304.19. This meant he would clinch the championship if he could win the semi-final. Carter went out with a red light, handing the win to Tommy Moller. Webster went out to Callin, a 5.025/247.11 beating his 5.171/276.12. Kagerad also advanced to the semis with a 9.828/99.76 after opponent Joran Persaker failed to find reverse after his burnout. In the semis the championship was suddenly thrown wide open when Joon was shut down with a fluid leak on the start line, allowing Kagerad to advance with a 7.971/113.35. Moller then pedalled three times, struggling with grip, on his way to a 6.161/180.75, not knowing that opponent Callin had gone up in smoke with a bang at the hit. Moller needed to win the final and take the points for low ET from Joon to take the championship. He managed the race win, pedalling three times on his way to a 7.009/131.99, Kagerad shutting off early to a 10.453/67.25. Joon took the European Championship. The first session for Top Methanol Dragster saw the injected nitro car of Krister Johansson take the number one spot with the first half of a new European record, 5.496/261.29. Dave Wilson and Rob Turner were close behind with a 5.598/246.10 and a 5.673/250.24 respectively. Timo Habermann made the early number five spot with a new personal best of 6.137/228.64 which produced a lot of engine smoke in the shutdown area. Wilson and Turner ran together in the second session, both improved on their previous times, Wilson taking the number one spot with a 5.491/257.10, and Turner staying at number three with a 5.580/251.74. The early end to qualifying due to rain on Saturday meant that Dave Wilson secured the 2005 European Championship title. Johansson secured the new speed record in the first round of eliminations with a 5.459/260.14 win over a 6.382/221.45 from Habermann. Turner secured second place in the championship with his 5.579/248.84 win over a 5.576/255.43 from Peter Schofer, who took third place. Wilson ran 5.561/252.88 to defeat John Parkinson who struggled with grip and shut off early to a 10.549/67.54. The semi finals saw Wilson take the bye, and the clutch go up in a shower of sparks on his way to a 7.794/94.87. Turner took the other semi win in a very close race with Johansson, a 5.534/252.85 beating a 5.558 with a new European speed record of 262.79mph. The clutch damage sustained on Wilson's car wasn't repairable in time for the final so Turner staged for the win. Top Methanol Funny Car saw a couple of personal bests in the first session of qualifying, Martin Lundqvist ran his first five second pass, a 5.958/235.73, putting him in number four position, and Arvid Grodem ran 6.025s with a new PB speed of 242.05mph for number six. Urs Erbacher took the early lead with a 5.710/249.93, followed by Dan Larsen with a 5.823/247.45. In the first round of eliminations Erbacher secured the 2005 Championship despite pulling a red light in his match-up with Ulf Leanders, losing with a 5.907/248.63 to a 5.991/230.54. The title was decided when Dan Larsen also red-lit on a 5.927/239.55 pass against a 6.044/224.02 from Kjell Sjoblom. In the final the win went to Leanders with a 7.018/136.38, shutting off early after Grodem red lit to a 5.964/218.48. Fuel Funny Car was a series of match races between the Shockwave car of Gordon Smith and John Spuffard's Showtime. In the run-up to the event the Shockwave team announced that it may be their last appearance as a lack of sponsorship loomed. Smith's tyres went up in smoke at the hit while the Showtime car drifted to the left and tagged the guardrail at half track, giving Shockwave the win, although as Smith idled down the track he left a trail of oil. The second race didn't come until Sunday evening where Smith took the win with an 8.732/99.17 as Spuffard shut off with tyre shake. Spuffard put in a demo pass late on Sunday night, the car again scraping the left hand wall on a 6.901/135.55 pass. Pro Modified saw Andy Robinson take the early lead with a new personal best of 6.295/222.92. Freddy Fagerstrom held the number two spot briefly with a 6.361/221.53, until Patrick Wikstrom followed with a 6.339/221.45. The second session began with the first two pairings running the semi finals of the unfinished Viedec Festival at the end of July. Hakan Nilsson defeated Micke Gullqvist with a 6.438/218.34 that saw him remain in fourth place. In the other pairing Wikstrom's car would not start, leaving Marc Meihuizen to take the win with a 6.618/211.40 that moved him up the qualifying table to number ten. The session was cut short by rain. On Saturday morning the session was completed and the top three places remained unchanged. Robinson put in a 6.337/227.19, the first half of a new speed record. Gordon Appleton moved up to number four with a 6.406/219.36. The semi-finals decided the Championship when Wikstrom defeated Johansson 6.433/219.44 to 6.739/199.18 and secured the 2005 title. In the other semi Robinson defeated Nilsson and secured the new European speed record with a 6.351/226.32. He went on to take the final win against Wikstrom with a 6.283/226.26 to an 8.087/115.95. Top Fuel Bike saw a slow start in qualifying for many competitiors, but the Super Street Bike of Jamie Sneddon made it to an early third place with a new personal best of 7.660/188.39. There was also a personal best speed for the Funny Bike of Neil Midgley with a 6.879/198.27 putting him at number two. Roel Koedam took the early lead with a 6.302/209.03. Most riders made improvements in the second session with Ian King moving up to number two with a 6.394/202.81, and Steve Woolatt traking number three spot with a 6.485/213.26. Midgley improved to a 6.790/195.59 but was pushed down to fourth. After Saturday's rain ending the qualifying Ian King was confirmed as the 2005 FIM/UEM European Top Fuel Bike champion. He went out in the first round of eliminations after losing a belt, handing the win to Gary Jones. Woolatt was shut off after the burnout, allowing Steve Carey through to the semis. Koedam hit the top end reflectors on a 6.514/161.98 pass and the subsequent disqualification allowed Sneddon to take the win with no ET or time recorded. In the semis Carey shut off early as the bike drifted to the right, allowing Jones through to the final with a 7.513/177.85. Sneddon took the other win with an 8.818/160.21 after Midgley shut off early to a 10.059/90.88. Jones took the final win with a 7.464/170.50 against Sneddon's 8.433/164.18. Supertwin saw a new personal best for Lorenz Stauble in the second session of qualifying, a 6.861/189.83. Sv ein Olav Rolfstad led qualifying through the first tw o sessions, with a new PB in the second of 6.675/207.55. Ton Pels moved into the number two spot in session three with a 6.786/202.80. The first round of eliminations decided the championship. Rolfstad won his race against number eight qualifier Hans Christian Nilsen 7.150/160.06 to 7.717/177.84, but the bike suffered damage that prevented him progressing further. Ronny Aasen then defeated Joachim Riemer with his best run of the weekend, a 6.745/207. Ton Pels then looked to be taking the win against Hans Olav Olstad but he hit the top end timing reflectors and recieved a disqualification, meaning that nobody could now catch Aasen in the title race. Olstad defeated Aasen in the final, 6.955/207.31 to 7.601/133.51. Martin Hill put in some demo passes in the Fireforce 2 Jet Funny Car. He ran 5.989/266.36 on Friday and a 5.885/284.18 on Sunday.

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SPR. UK National Finals. Showers interrupted the proceedings on Saturday but Sunday stayed mostly dry. Top Methanol qualifying began with Dave Wilson taking an early lead, after a couple of shut-offs for brief top end showers, with a blistering 5.450/255.63, the first half of new MSA British Championship ET and speed records. Session two saw Rob Turner move into the number two spot with a 5.646/239.46. In the first round of eliminations Wilson suffered engine failure leaving John Parkinson to move to the next round with an 8.915/119.64 after a flurry of pedalling. Turner defeated Steph Milam with a 5.534/252.82 to an 8.660/95.95. Trev Capewell was the other first round winner with a 6.159/228.36 defeat of a 6.935/204.78 from Lindsay Deuchar. Parkinson took the bye to the final in the next round. Turner defeated Capewell with a 5.762/233.23 to a 6.144/229.84 and clinched the 2005 MSA Championship title. Turner took the final win with a 5.575/248.85 after Parkinson shut off early. The first session of Super Modified produced the quickest field the class had ever seen to date with the top five all in the sevens. Andy Kirk led the way with a 7.859/169.86. At the end of the second session he had run a new personal best of 7.780/170.38 but was pushed down to number two after Graham Ellis ran 7.706/177.12. Kirk improved his PB again in the first round of eliminations with a 7.733//171.73 win. Ellis made it to the final where he defeated Tim Garlick 7.634/179.27 to 7.856/149.93. Gordon Smith put in a couple of runs in the Shockwave Fuel Funny Car, but engine problems and dropped cylinders prevented him from achieving any big numbers. Darryl Bradford put in a single run in the Wright Racing Top Fuel Dragster which resulted in the engine going bang in spectacular fashion. Junior Dragster saw the class's first all-girl final with Jayne Kaye taking the win over a red-lighting Holly Mitchell, 12.555/50.27, on a 12.35 dial-in to 10.010/67.64 on a 10.20 dial-in. Top Fuel Bike saw Steve Carey take the early number one spot with a 7.549/135.94 as the only other competitor in the class, Roel Koedam, shut off at half track on a 9.501,86.39. In the second session Koedam laid down a 6.334/212.23 which kept him at number one going into the final. In the third session Carey improved to a 7.082/164.96 while Koedam ran 6.350/217.50. The final proved to be full of drama, Carey got out of shape and appeared to touch the left hand guardrail before parting company with the bike. Meanwhile Koedam set a new ACU speed record, backing up his 217mph run with a winning 6.072/225.08. Carey was ok after his spill. Super Street Bike began with both Steve Venables and Jamie Sneddon getting into the sevens with a 7.783//190.66 and a 7.908/180.57 respectively. Venables made it to the final where he defeated Mark Fisher, 7.925/190.66 to 8.085/177.13. In Supertwin Gas John Floyd set a new NAST ET record of 9.049s in the first round of eliminations, and backed it up with a 9.125 in the second round. He made it to the final where he met George Laycock, and took the win with a 9.303/139.22 to a red-lighting 9.996/129.36. Martin Hill took the Fireforce 2 Jet Funny Car to a 5.884/271.33 on Saturday and a 5.871/260.00 & 5.809/276.58 on Sunday.

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