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Various rumours were circulating about Cooky's intentions after he sold his '63 Vette Pro Mod to Håkan Nilsson,
but very few of those stories involved a vehicle with two wheels. Now the truth is out: Cooky has bought Paul Willis'
7.5-second Pro Stock Bike, and he will be putting in observed runs at next weekend's race. George Chiarella is
also making a welcome return, to Super Comp in his beautiful '37 Ford Coupe, which has been repaired after a Top End crash
at this race last year.
Next weekend's race is the final round in the UK National, ACU Drag Bike, and Santa Pod Racers Club Championships.
Advance tickets are £8 for Saturday, £8 for Sunday, or £14 for the weekend; advance booking closes
on Wednesday 4th October. Gate prices are £10 for Saturday, £10 for Sunday, or £18 for the
weekend.
For more details including the latest entry list (courtesy of Paula Marshall at SPRC), visit Santa Pod Raceway's web
site at www.santapod.com, or for ticket bookings call Santa Pod on
08700 782828.
ACU points posted. 29th September: The latest (post-Super Series 5) ACU UK Drag Bike Championship points are
now available on the King Racing web site at www.kingracing.com.
Web site updates. 29th September: Eurodragster staffer Sharkman has updated his personal web site
Sharkman's Top End Tales with a report, photographs and video clips from Super Series 5. Check it out at
www.btinternet.com/~sharkman.
Super Series Dinner Dance: book your room. 28th September: Tina Gibbs of Super Series co-ordinators Obsession Motorsports tells us that
the hotel at which this year's Super Series Dinner Dance is to be held is fast filling up, and
so she recommends that anyone wishing to stay at the hotel calls very soon to make a reservation.
The Super Series Dinner Dance is to be held on Saturday 4th November at the Hanover Hinckley; to reserve your hotel room
the phone number is 02476 831345 until Sunday (1st October), and then 02476 607010 from Monday.
For more details on the Dinner Dance itself, call Obsession Motorsports on 01483 236262.
Web site updates. 28th September: Swedish Top Fuel Dragster racer Pelle Lindelöw has updated his web site
with a detailed report from the FIA European Finals. The report is available in both Swedish and English. Check
out Pelle's web site at www.pgracing.nu.
Bob and Anne Valder have launched Bob and Anne's UK Drag Racing website, which features Anni's photographs
from Santa Pod Raceway. The excellent spectator-side photographs cover several classes both on-track and in
the pits, and there is also a great page of nostalgia photographs from the 1970s. The site is well worth a look at
www.feel-the-noise.com (great URL, guys).
Trakbyte's UK Drag Race History at members.aol.com/trakbyte has had the
latest of its regular updates with a great new entry on the Anecdotes page, an addition to the historic vehicle file,
new photographs, and much more.
The European Drag Racing Database at www.eurodrag.com has been updated with the
final standings in the FIA European Championships, and a report and some stunning photographs from the
McDonald's Finals at Wittstock in Germany.
Billadeau wins Perfect Light money. 25th September: Another highlight of Saturday's qualifying at Super Series 5 was Super Street
racer Dave Billadeau's 0.500 reaction time, which won him Eurodragster's £70 Perfect Light award. Ironically,
Dave broke a few yards off the line on that pass as a universal joint let go. He effected repairs using parts
borrowed from his brother and would have been back in competition had eliminations taken place.
Many congratulations to Dave, and thanks to the official timekeepers at both Shakespeare County Raceway and
Santa Pod Raceway for keeping a special eye on Reaction Times for us. In accordance with the rules of the Eurodragster
Perfect Light award we are now putting up another £50, which will be awarded to the first racer to record a
perfect Reaction Time at the National Finals at Santa Pod Raceway on 7th-8th October. This will be the last race this
season at which the Perfect Light money will be available; we hope to repeat the scheme next season.
UK Championship points posted. 25th September: The usual thanks to UK National Championship Points Co-ordinators Yvonne Tramm
and Simon Groves for continuing to forward us the points standings in the UK National Championships. We have just
received the post-European Finals standings, which are available on our
Points Standings page.
SS4, Finals timing data. 25th September: Timing data is now available from Super Series 4 and the FIA European Finals.
The timing data from Super Series 4, courtesy of Ozzy Ewing of APIRA, can be found on the Results page
of the Super Series web site at www.eurodragster.com/superseries; the timing data
from the FIA European Finals, courtesy of Andy Marrs of TSI Timers, is available by
clicking here, or via the Timing data link on the left-hand column
of any Eurodragster page.
King offers affordable sponsorship. 21st September: Top Fuel Bike racer Ian King is seeking
sponsorship for a trip to compete in the AMA/Prostar World Finals at Gainesville in mid-November. Rather than approaching
one concern for a large sum, Ian has come up with the idea of seeking a number of smaller sums (it worked for
Thrust SSC - Ed) affordable by fans and companies alike, and promises a great incentive for collectors. Ian writes:
"I am asking any company or individual to support me by making donation of
£100 towards the cost. In return, I pledge to make a big splash on their
support in the media and on the Net, carry logos and/or names on the bike for the meeting,
and in the New Year, all of those who have contributed will receive an exclusive team member
item in the form of an official King Racing embroidered jacket worth £55."
More Turbo CDs available. 21st September: Racer, photographer and journalist Ian
Turburville (aka Turbo) has given his web site a facelift, and to celebrate the relaunch has made two more
CD-ROMs available from his extensive photo library. Turbo now has three Library CDs available. Each contains three hundred high-resolution
pictures; discs one and two contain pictures from the UK, Europe and the USA, whilst disc three contains
pictures from this year's FIM European Championships. We have seen the first of Turbo's CDs and we can testify to the
quality and range of the pictures; as UK supermarkets can't resist reminding us, Christmas is on the horizon and
at £10 each these CDs make an ideal early gift idea - but of course there is no reason to wait that long.
Turbo's redesigned web site at www.turboville.com features
a large number of samples from his CDs and of course ordering information, plus details about his racing operation,
new and used parts for sale, links and much more.
European bests update. 21st September: Following on from our news item on Tuesday, Andy
Marrs of TSI Timers has asked us to thank everyone who has contacted him with amendments. He has now
updated his list, which you can see by clicking here.
Andy has been filling us in on the idea behind his list. "It isn't necessarily a list
of European records authenticated by any governing body", says Andy, "merely those that fill the criteria set
out by those governing bodies, for example the one per cent rule. Also I only include bests set on European
soil. I collated the list for my own use, and share the information
with others through mutual interest. I certainly don't want my list considered official, although obviously many of
the entries are or should be".
Anyone who would like to talk stats with Andy (or offer to buy him a new coat - Ed) is very welcome to
contact him at tsitimers@orange.net.
Polish off a free sample. 21st September: UK Fuel Funny Car team Shockwave Racing have teamed up with one of their
sponsors, Race Glaze, to offer a fans a free sample of the polishing product. All you have to do is to e-mail
the team. You can find full details of the offer on the News page of the Shockwave web site at
www.funnycar.uk.com.
Qualifying starts at 10:00 on Saturday morning and racing at 11:00 on Sunday. Tickets are £12 per day or
£20 for the weekend. For directions and other details check out the
Super Series web site.
We hope to be able to post the SS5 entry list on the Super Series web site tomorrow (Wednesday).
Heezen takes European Top Gas title. 19th September: Many thanks to our good friend Ian
Turburville (aka Turbo) for passing on Piet Mom's report from the final round of the
European Top Gas Series at Wittstock.
"Job Heezen is the champ in Top Gas, but it was a narrow escape. After just one round of qualifying on Saturday,
it rained the rest of the day and Job was not in, because he couldn't keep the bike in his own lane. But they all got
another shot on Sunday morning and Job was on top of the list, with an 8.3/260kmh (161.56Mph).
"With fifteen riders that meant a bye run in round one. Job didn't take it easy, but ran a new personal best
ET: 8.06 and 263Kmh (163.42Mph), in a far from perfect run! So he finished the season with a
new Top Gas speed record (recapured from Ricardo Gilberto) and the number one plate for next year.
"Swedish rider Janne Gustavsson came to Wittstock in second place, only 270 points behind, but dropped to third place
eleminated by Gunter Retsch. Ricardo Gilberto damaged his gearbox, and repeared it in twenty minutes between
qualifying and round one. With everybody else already lined up they were still wrenching! Angela
(Wittenzellner, the Top Gas 'Mother' - Ed) ran back and forth
between the paddock and the start line. But they made it into the quarter finals, passing Janne Gustavsson in the
Championship.
"Herman Jolink was hot on the lights again, and ran 9.606 and 9.607, but was eliminated by Gunther Sohn (fourth
place) in round one. They went side by side for the first eighth-mile. Herman finished number ten this year.
"
Rain spoiled the rest of the event, and that wrapped up the European Series."
Thanks to Piet and Ian for the report. You can find out more about the European Top Gas Series on the
official web site at www.topgas.com.
Smax's Bash crash. 19th September: Thanks to UK Fuel FC racer Smax Smith
for sending us a photo sequence of his crash at the Bulldog Bash. You will remember that Smax's Mainline
Menace 5 had just left the line on a demo pass when an oil line failed, dumping lubricant under the slicks
and rendering Smax a passenger from then on. Smax was unhurt, and he tells us that the car is almost repaired.
European Finals pictures. 19th September: Our good friends at Svensk Dragracing have pulled off quite a coup by
publishing a large number of professional photographer Stefan Boman's pictures from the European Finals.
As you would expect from one of the best Drag Racing photographers in Europe, or indeed anywhere, the pictures
are spectacular. Check out the Svensk Dragracing site at www.dragracing.se.
Not quite in the same class, but Eurodragster staffer Tog has added Pro Stock and Pro Mod to his Finals pictures
on his personal web site at www.togsdragracing.com.
European bests. 19th September: Andy Marrs of TSI Timers
has updated his list of European bests, which you can view by clicking here. Andy
would be pleased to hear from anyone with amendments; you can contact him via e-mail at
tsitimers@orange.net.
FB Racing: thank you! 19th September: Custom Car Street Eliminator racer Ian
Hook has asked us to pass on a personal message of thanks to his supporters, which we are very pleased
to do. Ian writes:
"I'd just like to say a personal thank you to everyone who has helped and supported me through the 2000 season
enabling a podium finish, my best yet in CCSE.
"To all my crew who have been brilliant (and merciless with the mickey taking!), to my sponsors A & E Fire Equipment,
Potters Performance Parts, JWR Motorsport and Robis Curry House (appropriate don't you think), and to all the fans who've
wished me well through the year. Thanks again and watch out for us in 2001!"
If any other racers out there would like to send their acknowledgements, we would be happy to post (clean) messages
here on Eurodragster. You know the address:news@eurodragster.com -
Ed).
Web site updates. 19th September: Dan Bennett has updated the Super Comp 323 Online web site with a
report of the team's progress at the European Finals. Check it out at
www.supercomp323.8k.com.
Pelle's disappointment. 18th September: Swedish Top Fuel Dragster racer Pelle Lindelöw
is disappointed with his trip to last week's FIA European Finals. It was all coming together coming together for Pelle
and his team this year after a nightmare season in 1999, but things went a little awry at Santa Pod culminating in
an engine explosion in the semi-finals.
"We were counting on some real low ETs - but planning is one thing, reality is something else" says Pelle.
"In our last run, against Peter Beck, we were stuck to the track for close to half distance before the motor let
go. We will take it apart on Tuesday then we will know what gave up first! There are several theories but hopefully
we will find out then. What is making it harder to accept is the fact that the incremental times we produced last
weekend are the best we've ever run, and we should easily have ended end up with a new personal best, or even quicker."
Pelle is however philosophical. "Enough with complaints, racing is racing and there are no guarantees or shortcuts
to success. Either it works or it doesn't - this time it didn't. In the coming months we will decide what we will do
next season."
You can keep in touch with the news from Pelle and the team on the PG Racing web site at
www.pgracing.nu.
Bernie on the Maltese scene. 18th September: We were very pleased to hear from much-missed UK Top Methanol racer Bernie Hepworth,
who now spends a lot of his time in Malta. He wrote with some more information on the Drag Racing scene on the island.
"To fully apreciate just what goes on down there you need to visit", says Bernie (all it needs is a
plane ticket through my door and I'll be there, mate - Ed). "There are five Top Alcohol cars, two Funny Cars
and one Top Fuel car, plus all the other classes. The track is a little iffy, but it is after all an old airfield
and the temperatures get to 45C with ninety per cent humidity - a tuner's nightmare!
The track marshals do an excellent job with what they have.
"There are eight-second four-cylinder Ford Escorts, low six-second dragsters, altereds, Pro Mods, even twelve-second
diesel trucks. The two teams that came to the UK have a lot of experience, and I'm sure they suprised most of the 'old
hands' in the alky dragster class. You must remember this: the Elbros guys were the ones who appeared a few years ago
with a tin eight-second Ford Escort and started the ball rolling with the Turbo Cosworth stuff.
"As for me I tune a small block dragster down there. We ran 6.04/220 last meeting and it was sunny all weekend -
you kinda don't miss Bedfordshire's tricky climate!"
After the season we've had in Europe doesn't it just make you want to pack up and move the whole Tour down to Malta! Thanks
very much for the insight, Bernie.
FIM, ACU records, points posted. 18th September: The latest FIM European records and the remaining post-Super Series 4 ACU UK
Championship points standings are now available on the King Racing web site at
www.kingracing.com.
Perfect Light prize fund now £70. 4th September: Nobody won the Eurodragster Perfect Light money at the European Finals,
although Super Pro ET racer Jon Webster and Sportsman ET racer Phil Walker running in Custom Car Street Eliminator
both came very close with 0.501s, so the prize
fund has gone up to £70 for this weekend's Super Series 5 at Shakespeare County Raceway. The money will be
awarded to the first racer to cut a perfect light (0.400 or 0.500) during either qualifying or eliminations.
Web site updates. 18th September: The Shockwave Fuel Funny Car web site at
www.funnycar.uk.com has been updated with an account of the team's outing
at the European Finals. Written by crew member Stuart Abram, the report is interesting and informative and gives fans
another insight into the work involved in one of these operations.
Gary and Phil Cottingham's fan site at
www.dragracing.atfreeweb.com has been updated with the promised
report from the European Finals.
Eurodragster staffer Tog has added Top Methanol Dragster and Top Methanol Funny Car to his European Finals
pictures at www.togsdragracing.com.
"We all had an enjoyable day which ended
with the beer swilling and Trophy bash at the Brighton and Hove Motor Club", says Shaun.
"The Fastest Time of the Day or FTD was myself in the Datsun with a 10.29/140. The prize
was a trophy and £200 petrol money. I also received trophies for FTD by a
Brighton Club member, FTD by a pushrod V8-powered car, winner of the Brighton
and Hove Handicap class and winner of class 8, Open Class.
"You have to run the event with a smile as it's just a bit of fun along the seafront.
The surface is very slippery and bumpy - I doubt a Pro Mod car would run any faster!"
Congratulations to Shaun and Paul on their success at Brighton.
Web site updates. 17th September: We have a fair number of web site updates today, as racers
and fans return from the European Finals.
First up are our sponsors Speedflow;
Fay and Paul Fischer have updated the Speedflow Racing page of their extensive web site
with a report from the European Finals, where Fay made the final round of Super Pro ET. It
was a very busy weekend for the Fischers since they were not only racing but also playing
host to two young girls from Belarus who made a lot of new friends in the pits.
"Special thanks to Pat Talbot, Pat Johnson, Shelby Webster, Georgina Pateman
and a really special thank-you to Jeanette Webster. What a bunch", says Paul Fischer.
Check out the Speedflow Racing report at
www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lfracing/news.htm.
Richard Bell, aka Richard the Pie Boy, has put together an absolutely superb new web site
designed to introduce and explain Drag Racing to newcomers. Drag Racing Explained at
www.dragracing.4all.cc is packed with features
including an A-Z of Drag Racing, a run-down of classes, a track locator, a special
feature on Top Fuel Dragster, monthly quiz and much more. The site is well-designed and easy to
navigate and is well worth a visit.
The UK1320 web site at www.uk1320.com has been updated
with a full report and photographs from the European Finals. Both the report and pictures are
of the usual high quality and are well worth a viewing.
The Drag Torque web site at www.dragtorque.co.uk
has been updated with a large number of photographs and videos covering every class
of racing. Webmaster Dave Nelson has put in a lot of work on this site and it shows.
Eurodragster staffer Sharkman has updated his personal web site Sharkman's Top End
Tales with a long report, a huge batch of photographs, videos and wallpapers from
the European Finals. Check it out at www.eurodragster.com/sharkman.
Fellow Eurodragster staffer Tog is putting in what time he can on his personal web site
Tog's Drag Racing Page whilst also attending to the daily Eurodragster work,
but he has just posted a large number of night racing pictures and all of his Top Fuel
Dragster pictures from the European Finals on TDRP at
www.togsdragracing.com. Top Methanol, Pro Stock
and Pro Mod are next up on Tog's site.
"It was hard to be part of a race team and series organiser at the same
time, but it worked!" said Peter, who owns the SSB ridden by Rudi Thurmayr. "Next year we will have a
computer to collect the points and manage the results."
Peter and his fellow racers are full of praise for Santa Pod and particularly its surface.
"For the German racers the weekend was incredible, and most of them think that this was their best weekend ever.
We had a lot of new personal bests - no wonder on that track - including Rudi who ran a new German record of 8.596;
I think that anyone wanting to beat that will have to come to Santa Pod. Frank Hetscher, who has been
racing for ten years, told me that you have to come to Santa Pod to learn what the words 'traction' and 'grip' really
mean. I think someone should give a medal of honour to the track-crew."
One of the ideas behind the European SSB Series was to bring together SSB racers from different countries in
a social as well as competitive atmosphere, and there is no doubt that this aim was met. "I would like to
say a big Thank You to the British racers" said Peter. "They were very co-operative."
The Challenge is now over for the season, and UK racer Graham Dance became the inaugural winner. "Graham
said to me that this was the biggest pot he ever won!", said Peter.
The European SSB Challenge web site, at www.dragsterracing.de/eurossb,
has now been updated with results and the final points standings. Peter promises a race report and pictures in the
very near future.
German Finals this weekend. 15th September: The final race of the German Drag Racing season, the McDonald's Finals at
Wittstock, takes place this weekend. An entry list and other details are available on Wittstock's web site
at www.dragracing.de/wittstock.
Web site updates. 15th September: Tommy Nilsson has updated his European Drag Racing Database at
www.eurodrag.com with a summary, qualifying and elimination details from the
European Finals. We can highly recommend a visit to the Database, as it has become the
reference for European records and performances; it also includes an extensive historical results and
Championship database.
Dutch TMFC racer Lex Joon has updated the News page of his web site with a brief review of his weekend at
the European Finals. Check it out at www.eurodragster.com/lexjoonracing.
The Fantasy Drag Racing Competition at
www.fantasy-sports-web.com has been
updated following the European Finals at Santa Pod. Monique and Vincent Pels
topped the scoring for this round, but Spencer Tramm is still out in front
with his Quantum Leap team. He is closely followed by Andy Marrs of TSI Timers, who
moves ahead of our Eurodragster staffer Sharkman. Ian Highfield, the
site's webmaster, would like to thank Andy Marrs for providing the timing data for the European
Finals, which assisted in the speedy production of the results.
Santa Pod RWYB cancelled. 13th September: Santa Pod Raceway tell us that the Run What You Brung which
was due to take place this Sunday, 17th September, has been cancelled because of the current fuel supply problems in the
UK. The next scheduled RWYB at Santa Pod is on Sunday 24th September.
Web site updates. 13th September: The official web site of the Showtime Racing Fuel Funny Car team has been
updated with a report and pictures from the European Finals. As ever the report is entertaining and highly
informative. Check it out at www.showtimeracing.co.uk.
Jim Seward has updated the web site of his Harry The Spider Fuel Altered operation with a report from the
weekend's Hot Rod Drags, where Jim ran 7.1/178, and a couple of video clips. "The Hot Rod Drags was the last
race of the season for us", says Jim, "I can't wait for next year when we will be running even faster!".
The Harry The Spider web site can be found at
www.geocities.com/hts_racing.
"The FB Racing website at www.fbracing.co.uk has now been updated with the final Custom Car
Street Eliminator standings for this year. Ian Hook's personal race report will appear later in the week."
Thanks Ian, and congratulations to John Sleath on his Championship victory.
NAST points posted. 12th September: The latest (post-Super Series 4) points standings in the UK National Association
of Supertwins Championships have now been posted and are available from our Points
Standings page. Thanks to Sue Beneke for sending the points.
Web site updates. 12th September: Gary and Phil Cottingham's fan site at
www.dragracing.atfreeweb.com has been updated with some photographs
from the FIA European Finals, with a report to follow. Gary and Phil are to be congratulated on actually posting
their pictures at the end of each day of the race, but since we were busy at the track with our own updates we did
not see their mailshot until yesterday: apologies guys, you can be sure that we will post a link during the next
race if you do the same thing.
FIA European Finals coverage. 11th September: Tommy Möller's dream start in Top Fuel, Championships
won on red lights and holeshots, Håkan Nilsson's 6.33,
Jarmo Roivas breaks the 250 mph barrier, BJ sets a record of 6.12, Anders Karling's 6.69, and personal
bests aplenty. Just some of the
headline-grabbers from an incredible race and you can relive it all in our race reports and pictures, which you can
read by
clicking here, or
by clicking on the Race coverage link on any Eurodragster page.
Personal note from Tog and Sharkman: We would like to thank all of the racers and fans who
approached us over the weekend to compliment us on our work on Eurodragster.com. We couldn't do it without you, guys,
so the compliments are rightfully yours. And our very special thanks to Lars Petterson, Gittli Koller and
Leif Andréasson for their generosity.
The latest standings in ACU UK Super Street Bike Championship are now available on the
King Racing web site.
CCSE goes international. 7th September: It has been confirmed that, for the first time, there will be competitors from outside the UK taking part in the
Custom Car Street Eliminator championship. David Dony (Buick Skylark) and Basseille Emerson (VW Type III Fastback) will be joining Europe's
quickest street driven vehicles for the Custom Car Street Eliminator final round at the European Finals this weekend. They are hoping for times in the 11s.
There's still a lot to play for with John Sleath and Jeff Meads battling for the title and a real scrap for 3rd through to 6th places. For up to date points
standings and background information on the cars and competitors check out www.fbracing.co.uk.
Final Finals entry list. 7th September: The final version of the entry list for the FIA European Finals is now available
on the Next Event page of Santa Pod Raceway's web site at www.santapod.com.
The most notable changes are the cancellation of Competition Eliminator after Anders Jonsson's withdrawal, and
Leena Nyström's withdwrawal from Pro Stock, leaving the Pro Stock field at eight.
Web site updates. 7th September: New NPSC Super Mod Champions and reigning Swedish Competition Champions Team
North Race have updated their web site at www.northrace.com. Congratulations
to driver Kenneth Feldthusen and the team on their latest Championship with their wild blown-alcohol altered.
Trakbyte's UK Drag Racing History at
members.aol.com/trakbyte has had the latest of its regular updates,
including a tribute to the late Dave Grady penned by Darren West. Webmaster Chris Dossett would also like to hear
from any fan who happens to know the exact date upon which Dennis Priddle ran 5.87 in 1985. If you have not
checked out Trakbyte's site recently, or at all, then we can highly recommend it as it is an absolute gold mine
for any fan interested in drag racing history.
European Finals Press Day. 6th September: Also as part of our build-up to the Finals, we attended the Press Call
at Marble Arch in London earlier today. Click here to read our
report, or you can get to it from the Race coverage link on the left hand side of any
Eurodragster page.
We understand that Andy will be at Santa Pod Raceway this weekend lending a hand on Gordon Appleton's team.
You can stay in touch with the construction of Andy's new car on Luke's web site at
lrracing.8k.com.
Rapport på svenska: no worries. 5th September: Yesterday we bemoaned the fact that our good buddies Erik and Christer would
not be at the European Finals, which we feared would mean no Swedish-language reports this weekend on
top of the lack of their hugely-enjoyable company. We have just heard the excellent news that
another of our good friends from Svensk Dragracing, Christina Lidström, will be at the Finals and that she plans to
produce reports which will be posted on the Svensk Dragracing web site.
Web site updates. 5th September: On the subject of Svensk Dragracing, their web site has now been updated with
some photographs from the weekend's Semcon Drag Finals at Mantorp Park. The Svensk Dragracing site can be found
at www.dragracing.se.
We were very sorry to hear that Erik and Christer, our journalistic partners-in-crime at Svensk Dragracing, will not
be able to make the FIA European Finals at Santa Pod Raceway this weekend. This means that our readers in Scandinavia
will be subject to Tog's unique brand of English on the live updates. It's not too late for someone to buy Erik or
Christer a plane ticket, guys - Ed.
Nordic Pro Street Cup Champions. 4th September: Thanks to Hasse, webmaster of the Swedish
Pro Street News magazine, for writing with this year's NPSC Champions. Congratulations to:
Super Promod: Fast Freddy Fagerström (Chevy '66 C10 pick-up)
Super Mod: Kenneth Feldthusen (Altered)
Super Prostreet: Jimmy Ålund ('67 Nova)
Prostreet: Blues Racing, Kim and Uno ('63 Nova)
Street: Leif Ivarsson ('69 Camaro)
Freddy Fagerström is now bound for the UK where he will be competing in Super Pro ET at the FIA European
Finals; his web site at come.to/fast-freddy has been
updated with the latest news from his pit.
Möller: all systems go. 4th September: We understand that Tommy Möller gained his Top Fuel
licence in testing at Santa Pod Raceway yesterday, which gives him the all-clear to race at the FIA European Finals.
Tommy's qualification confirms this weekend's Top Fuel Dragster field at seven.
For a report and photographs from yesterday's test session at Santa Pod, click
here, or our live updates can be accessed from the Race coverage link on the left hand side of any
Eurodragster page.
Perfect Light prize fund now £60. 4th September: Nobody won the Eurodragster Perfect Light money at Super Series 4 last week,
although some racers came very close indeed, so the prize fund has gone up to £60 for this weekend's FIA
European Finals. The money will be awarded to the first racer to cut a perfect light (0.400 or
0.500) during either qualifying or eliminations. Good luck everyone!
Web site updates. 4th September: The web site of UK Fuel Funny Car team Showtime Racing has been updated with
crew member Chris Dossett's highly entertaining report and great pictures from Super Series 4. Check it out at
www.showtimeracing.co.uk.
Dutch Top Methanol FC racer Lex Joon has updated the News page of his web site with a preview of
this weekend's FIA European Finals including an introduction to a new crew member. Lex's web site can
be found at www.eurodragster.com/lexjoonracing.
UK Funny Bike team Predator Racing have moved URLs to www.predatorracing.co.uk
and have updated their site with news and photographs of their new Funny Bike, which is expected to appear
later this season.
Pre-FIA Finals RWYB coverage. 3rd September: We're in place at Santa Pod Raceway reporting from the last Run What
You Brung before next week's FIA European Finals.
Eurodragster will be reporting from tomorrow's RWYB, stay tuned.
Web site updates. 2nd September: Swiss TMFC racer Dezsoe Krivan has updated his web site with a report of
his weekend at the Nitro Olympics at Hockenheim, which unfortunately resulted in a holed block. Check out
Dezsoe's web site at www.dragracing.ch.
UK TMD team Shell Racing have updated the News page of their web site at
www.eurodragster.com/shellracing with a report from Super Series 4.
The FB Racing website at www.fbracing.co.uk has now been updated with a personal race report by Ian Hook
on the Super Series 4 weekend, and the latest times and speeds are now reflected in the Competitor's Details of the
Custom Car Street Eliminator section (including copious new Personal Bests - congratulations to all concerned).
The web site of UK Super Street racers Team Top Banana has also been updated with a race report from Super Series 4. The Top Banana web site
can be found at www.topbanana.home-page.org.
Eurodragster staffer Sharkman has updated his personal web site Sharkman's Top End Tales with a very brief
report and a number of photographs from Super Series 4. Sharkman's site is at
www.btinternet.com/~sharkman.
The UK1320 web site has been updated with a report and some great photographs from Super Series 4. UK1320 can
be found at www.uk1320.com.
The weekend according to... 1st September: Three race teams have updated their web sites with reports from recent events.
First up is the Nemesis Top Methanol Dragster team at www.eurodragster.com/nemesisracing who
have updated their News page with a report of their exploits at Super Series 4. The account, by crew member Andy Bissett, is the usual
entertaining fare although you should also have a hanky ready for the more heartbreaking paragraphs.
Top Fuel Dragster racer Barry Sheavills' web site at www.topfuel.co.uk
has been updated with a short account of his weekends at Hockenheim and Shakespeare County Raceway, and some
thoughts going into the FIA European Finals. You can find the updates on the Press Release page.
UK Super Pro ET team Speedflow Racing have updated their web site with a short report from Super Series 4. Check it out
at www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lfracing/news.htm.
Views on Super Series 4. 1st September: In addition to yesterday's statement from Super Series organiser Terry Gibbs about
events at Super Series 4, we have also received a few comments from racers, fans and officials. You can read these by
clicking here.
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