2006 SPRC Summer Nationals
Saturday (qualifying)
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Splinter was on top of the Street Eliminator pile with an 8.177. |
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Jon Morton made a move from 12th to 2nd in the second round of Super Comp qualifying. |
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Mo Blackburn had an eventful weekend, being qualified 2nd in Pro ET and driving the S&K Super Pro car to a NPB of almost a second quicker than previously. |
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Wendy Clutterbuck took the top spot in Supertwin Top Fuel with a 9.412 in the last session. |
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Mark White from Hillingdon winning the Eurodragster.com/LA Racing Parts Perfect ET award. |
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Chris Hartnell qualified no. 1 in Wild Bunch action with a 9.008/144.65 from his picture-perfect slingshot. |
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Adrian Wigley was at a drag race for the first time, competing in VW Sportsman after encouragement from Spencer Tramm. |
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Rob Smallworth ran a best 7.741/175.13 in the first session, which was not bettered for the remainder of qualifying. |
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Joe Bond debuted his beautiful Topolino on crewman Martyn Hannis's birthday. |
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Ken Cooper is riding TJ O'Brien's this weekend and ran down close to the bike's best with a 7.5s time. |
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Kirsty Gibb is at the wheel of the freshly painted family junior dragster this weekend. |
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Nick Davies goes photographer hunting in the first session before carding a npb 7.155 in the 2nd session |
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After changes to the exhaust tips Turbo has been running much straighter and has a new personal best of 8.302 / 170.49mph. |
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John Hackney spent most of the day as top qualifier in Supertwin Top Fuel, only getting bumped down in the last session. |
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Reach for the sky! Steve Folds gets a little bit too much traction in Supertwin Street. |
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Tony Betts blasted to the first 6 second / 200mph pass in NFAA history with a 6.702 / 204.74mph run |
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Steve Bolton moved from 36th spot up to 6th in the third and final Pro ET qualifying session. |
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Gordon Appleton ran a bracket-like pair of 6.3/220mph passes in practice for the forthcoming Scandinavian Swing. |
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Laurie Craig made his debut in VW Alt Engine with the Cool Runnings Injected big block powered Funny Car. |
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Sarah Howells said she had been working on her burnout technique, it certainly seems to be paying off here. |
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Spencer Tramm had a good day on his Super Street debut, finishing up 3rd with a 10.907 at a huge 141.56mph! |
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Pat and Stephen Talbot had worked hard to install a new convertor before the meeting, which paid off with 7.0s times and a no. 3 qualifying spot in Super Pro. |
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Mark Watkins won the Eurodragster.com/Speedflow Perfect Light award. |
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Ivan Birch debuted his new bike in Super Street action. |
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Graham Dance returned to the top spot in Super Street Bike with a 8.090 / 178mph pass, the hot conditions seeming to favour his nitrous combination. |
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The entry list says Rob Jackson, the timing system says Matthew Wright - either way this Sierra made the Street Eliminator field. |
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Rob Turner drove through tyre shake and then had the car make a big move to the wall at 1000 feet. |
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Phil Pratt took the top qualifying position in 9.50 Bike with a 9.563. |
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"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" |
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Dennis Wratten debuted their Topolino Alky altered to a highly creditable 7.662/186.00. |
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