2008 Auto Trader Easter Thunderball
More Friday pictures (Saturday snowed out)
Photos ©Roger Gorringe, Tog (Test Weekend)
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More pictures from yesterday as not a wheel turned today. Congratulations to Jon Giles who has gained his race licence and so will be contesting Super Gas this weekend. |
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Antony Wilkins' Pro ET pick-up was getting all twisty on launch and wandered about its lane a bit in the stuff crosswind. |
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Pro ET racer Neil Hunter blasted his Personal Best in qualifying, into the nines and making it look easy. |
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Sportsman ET racer Nick Gay has his own radio programme and takes every opportunity to plug drag racing. |
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Malcolm Francis had a bit of a moment when his throttle stop released on the cold track during Super Gas qualifying but he had it covered. |
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Brendan Clancy wanted to show an appreciative start line crew every angle of his new car. |
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Jeff Meads' B&H Automotive Street Eliminator Pop was remarkably stable on a cold track with a strong crosswind. |
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Mark Richardson runs the Pony Express in the Wild Bunch. |
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Dave Cherrett holds the lead in Super Street. |
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Mats Eriksson's rear tyres spun at the hit in the Pro Mod test and tune session. |
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Steve Wells fogging the start line in Super Comp qualifying. |
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Whilst some racers had problems sticking to the track, Steve Green's Cortina shot off the line as if it had been fired from a gun during Super Pro ET qualifying. |
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Steve Nash has started how he means to go on to defend his Street Eliminator title, taking #1 spot with an 8.1 which was astounding for the conditions. |
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Whilst Carla Pittau and crew member Jemma went home to get another transmission for Heaven and Hell As Well, Rick McCann amused himself with huge wheelies and #1 spot after the first Pro ET qualifying session. |
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Another one of our Swedish visitors, Ludvig Perés featured in the Junior Dragster top five after the second qualifyign session. |
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Steve Hudson made his first competitive passes during Pro ET qualifying. |
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Ed Yates' very smart slingshot dragster is second in Wild Bunch qualifying... |
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...Chris Hartnell took the Wild Bunch lead in the last session of the day. |
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It was getting plenty dark by the time Jayne Kay made her third Junior Dragster qualifying pass of the day. |
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You can clearly see why nothing happened today. |
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Back to Thursday now and Simon Rowland and the Formula Tanker Rental team hired the track for a private test. Simon was testing his newly-acquired Super Pro ET rail. |
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Under the gaze of the car's former owner Nick Spence, Simon got into the 8.1s within three passes. |
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Also testing during Thursday's private test was this Comp Bike racer whose name we didn't catch (sorry). |
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This is the view from Nitro FM's new studio. I am guessing that they will discover friends they never knew they had as soon as Top Fuel appears. |
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