2007 UK Pre-Season Test Weekend
Peak Performance Day, Santa Pod Raceway
Photos ©Roger Gorringe, Tog (SPR) and Peter Donaldson (SCR)
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Dave 'Nasty' Benjamin is here from across the Pond to help The Mob Fuel Altered team. |
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Ray White deposited a door on the track - we can see a theme developing here. |
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Burnout and launch were about the same for Jim Usher. |
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Street car v street car and Colin Lazenby's mid-eight saw off the MG. |
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Tim Garlick ran a 7.992 in his Super Mod despite shutting off very early. |
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Pat Talbot attached the blue bottle and ran a couple of 7.0s. |
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Ray Comer got to 100 feet and the lights went out. A smashed windscreen was the result. |
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Paula Atkin ran into the eights in her Super Pro ET 100E. |
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Steve Venables' 7.4 in testing will have got his Super Street Bike competitors thinking. |
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Belinda Bull ran into the 8.7s in her Super Comp pick-up. |
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Street Eliminator racer Wilf Stacey ran an eight on his last pass of the day. |
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Whatever Steve Wells has done to his fuel system, the engine now sounds like it's burning nitro! |
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Jon Webster pulled the usual storming burnouts with his Street Eliminator MG. |
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New colours for Martin Curbishley's Super Comp/Super Gas roadster although pedants will tell us that white is not a colour. |
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Wayne Nicholson saved his 'Vette from eating concrete with a great driving job on his second pass. |
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Paul Marston made his first test passes in PMR's new four-link dragster. |
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Luigi Ferretti went over 204 mph on his Top Fuel Bike. |
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Al Simms clocked an 8.6 in his Street Eliminator Cresta. |
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Ray Tucker hazed the tyres and shut off at half track on his only pass today. |
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Gino Bernadine was taking it gently off the line and then turning on the power. |
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We're guessing normally-aspirated passes for Graham Dance as his Super Street Bike ran low nines. |
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Rob Smallworth took Eurodragster.com News Editor Tog for a passenger ride. |
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Tog got his first taste of tyre shake and pedalling on the way to an 8.188/173.05. |
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Graham Balchin went deep into the sevens on Steve Venables' "old" Super Street Bike. |
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John Atkinson went further and further into the eights in his Super Pro ET Mustang. |
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The Morrice Boys Super Comp/Super Gas Camaro sounded strong and was launching wheels-up. |
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Super Street Bike-worthy naughtiness from Nick Mugridge going way below the JMA index. |
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Joe Kellett's day was curtailed by a burned hand from accidentally touching the JM's exhaust. |
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Anna Metcalfe and Mike Lacey took turns at driving their Sportsman ET Mustang. |
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Mike ran consistent high nines in his Pro ET Camaro. |
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A dream come true for Super Pro ET racer Mark Flavell with his first six-second pass. |
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Pro ET racer Vic Amato did some work for charity a short while ago taking an auction winner for a passenger ride. |
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Jason Weir's Street Eliminator Suburban was running tens. |
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Nick Good is now in Super Pro ET and ran a couple of mid-eights. |
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Ex-tractor puller Rod Harrison blasted into the sevens in his Super Pro ET rail. |
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Photographer Nigel Holland has switched to the other side of the guardrail and made his first Sportsman ET outing today. |
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