2008 FIA Main Event
Monday (eliminations)
Pictures are ©Roger Gorringe and Eurodragster.com and must not be taken, copied or used in any way without written permission. Unauthorised use may result in legal action.
Click on the thumbnails for a larger view, click on your Browser's Back button to return.
|
|
Antony Wilkins was a first round casualty in Pro ET. |
|
It was great to see Neil Hunter back out on track after an oil fire in his Pro ET Capri during qualifying and he got through round one of eliminations. |
|
|
Liz Malcolm's Pro ET rail is beautifully turned out. |
|
Despite the licence plate this was Carla Pittau setting a new best of 10.1 in Heaven and Hell As Well although it was a big breakout so she was on the trailer. |
|
|
Pro ET racer Dan Page kindly provided Super Gas notes for the event programme. |
|
Darryl Howells and wife Sarah both contested Pro ET in their slingshots. |
|
|
Pro ET racer Nigel Green was running in a new motor this weekend. |
|
Chris Johnson looked to have an easy win when Laurie Bamford broke off the line in the first round of Pro ET. But Chris broke out, handing the win to the stranded Laurie. |
|
|
Charlie Chivers made it into the second round of Pro ET. |
|
Dave Cherrett in "not breaking out" shock, going half a second over dial-in and taking his first round win in Pro ET. |
|
|
Eddy Van Den Bos campaigns one of the Pro ET pick-ups... |
|
...and Paul Foote the other. |
|
|
Steve Hudson was another Pro ET racer running in a new engine. |
|
UK National Pro ET Champion Paul Baynton made it through the first round. |
|
|
Marko Lantto took the first version of his Pro Mod race... |
|
...when Micke Gullquist spelt his name out on his lane, but the race was due to be re-run. |
|
|
Terje Håkonsen pulled a huge red light in his race against Patrick Wikström. |
|
Patrick pulled a red too but Terje had already thrown it away. |
|
|
Micke Lindahl drove through shake and chased Kristian Nyström down for the win. |
|
Check out the shake marks behind Mats Eriksson's Crown Victoria. |
|
|
Both of Freddy Fagerström's doors came open in his race against Andy Robinson... |
|
...Andy made it through with a finely-judged 6.4-second pass. |
|
|
Roger Johansson's victory against Bert Englefield was one of the passes of the round. |
|
Bert hit shake and was off the throttle by half track. |
|
|
Graham Ellis' stealth Superbird gave him a lively ride against Urban Johansson. |
|
Bruno Bader took the win against Danny Cockerill... |
|
|
...who did a great driving job as his Chevy was up on one wheel at one point. |
|
This is as far as Top Fuel Dragster got, shut off after the burnouts in the first pairing. |
Return to Event Index