2008 FIA Main Event
Bonus gallery (Sunday rained out)
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This is what we have been looking at all day from our office in Race Control. |
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Typically it had been pleasant all week leading up to the race. |
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With qualifying finished by the weather, Lex Joon is seventh in Top Fuel Dragster and faces Stig Neergard in the first round of eliminations. |
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Micke Kågered faces Jari Halinen tomorrow morning. |
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Torstein Risdal's 5.4911 was good for sixth spot in Top Fuel Dragster. |
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"Snowball" - just what we need, a reminder of what happened at Easter. Jan Palmqvist faces Jimmy Ålund in round one of Pro Stock tomorrow. |
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Michael Malmgren could have done with more runs to shake the bugs out of his new combination but is up against Adam Flamholc in tomorrow's first round of Pro Stock. |
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We love the new paint on Jonas Dantanus' Pro Stock. |
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Len Paget faces Chris Hope in the first round of Pro Stock Bike eliminations. |
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Neil Midgley's Funny Bike ended up fifth in Top Fuel Bike qualifying and he faces Steve Carey's actual Top Fuel Bike in tomorrow's first round. |
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Rene Van Den Berg took a large bite out of his Personal Best ET during Top Fuel Bike qualifying. |
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Steve Carey also beat his Personal Best on his Top Fuel Bike, this one for speed. |
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Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy Robinson faces Freddy Fagerström in the first round of FIA NDRS Bilsport Pro Modified. |
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There was a lot of excitement when an ET of 5.967 came up on the boards on Micke Lindahl's first Pro Mod qualifier yesterday but we quickly noticed the 0.6611 sixty foot time so something was obviously amiss. |
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Micke Gullquist faces a tricky Pro Mod first round tomorrow against Marko Lantto who is also in the 6.3s. |
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Gunther Sohn was frequently the form of the field in Supertwin last season and is qualified second this weekend. |
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Job Heezen has made two runs on his Supertwin and has already topped 200 mph. |
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The fuel pump drive came off Ian Turburville's Supertwin in the second qualifying session which robbed him of the chance to qualify. |
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Danny Bellio's first aim for this year is a five-second pass in his Top Methanol FC. |
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Jarmo Kuutniemi shut off in this Top Methanol FC qualifying pairing against Ulf Leanders when he head Ulf's engine bang alongside him - now that must have been loud for Jarmo to hear it from where he was sat. |
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Eurodragster.com sponsor Dan Larsen is second in Top Methanol FC and faces Danny Bellio in the first round tomorrow. |
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0.0535 seconds separate the top four Top Methanol Dragster qualifiers and Rob Turner is the fourth of those. |
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Paul Ingar Udtian leads Top Methanol Dragster qualifying in the Q8 Oils-sponsored car. |
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Eurodragster.com sponsor (with Rob Loaring) Nick Davies made a couple of exhibition passes in the Havoc blown-alcohol altered. |
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Chris Johnson is usually seen in Super Comp but is racing in Pro ET this weekend. |
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Steve Nash continues to change the appearance of his B&H Automotive Street Eliminator Cougar in a blatant attempt to be featured in each event's gallery. |
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Joe Pando of MSD Ignition is on the facility to assist racers and helped Super Pro ET racer John Everitt... |
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...the Alien team were very grateful to Joe for his help which helped John to get out on the track at last this season. |
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Eurodragster.com sponsor Malcolm Francis was running sevens during testing but was a bit closer to the numbers in Super Comp and Super Gas in qualifying. |
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It's not often you see a Super Street top five without Martyn Sanger's name on it. |
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Dennis Habermann was getting quicker and quicker in Comp Eliminator qualifying and ended up 0.5344 under index. |
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Rosie Hunt pulled a Perfect Light to take the Junior Dragster qualifying lead. |
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Graham Ellis sits on the Pro Mod bump with a Personal Best 6.7189. |
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Hans Olav Olstad faces Tommy Möller in the first round of Supertwin. |
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Paula Atkin tried out fellow Super Pro ET racer Mark Flavell's Funny Car for size. Paula's 100E is up for sale, could this be her next plan? |
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The TSI timing system's sensor alert display - can you spot the offending cell? |
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