2009 Auto Trader Easter Thunderball Friday Pictures are ©Eurodragster.com and must not be taken, copied or used in any way without written permission. Unauthorised use may result in legal action. To enquire about purchasing copies please see the Eurodragster.com FAQ or E-Mail photography@eurodragster.com. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view, click on your Browser's Back button to return. Pro ET racer Carla Pittau was the first racer to leave the line in the 2009 UK Championships. OK so it was a red light but in qualifying who's bothered. Billy Gane is campaigning the former Banzai Cobra in Pro ET. The Heaven & Hell Pro ET team now have two wheelying Camaros as a result of off-season engine work. Rick McCann got a round of applause for this fine effort. Dave Russell is currently nineteenth in Pro ET in his first competitive outing in the blown Marina van. Liz Malcolm is eighth in Pro ET, +0.2002 on dial-in. Steve Bolton and Dave Catton are driving Gary Springford's Shogun in Pro ET and Super Comp respectively. For more see today's pit notes. Mark White is the third of three Super Gas racers in the 9.9s. Reigning UK National Super Gas Champion Conrad Stanley has a fetching new paintjob on his Firebird which will hopefully stop people asking if it's Rune Berg's old Pro Stocker. Stuart Morrice broke out big time in Super Gas qualifying, almost as if the Super Comp settings were left in. Jon Morton also broke out in Super Gas qualifying but there are plenty of sessions left to get right side. Frank Mason ended session one fifth in Super Gas. Dave Day is second in Super Gas with a rejuvenated roadster. Andrew Gibb made his first pass in the rebuilt Stripteaser, great to see the car back where it belongs. Another very welcome return although not after such a long break is Pat Talbot whose Super Pro ET rail is now running on alcohol. Only three Super Pro ET pairings made qualifying passes before the rains came, one pairing featured Ashley Bell. Norbert Schneider's Corrado runs on bio-ethanol. The first pass was a gentle check-out. Reigning Junior Dragster Champion Scott Hauser is not racing this year. Here he talks with Gabrielle McDonald. Also waiting hopefully was Mark Flavell in the MFR Super Pro ET Funny Car. Wild Bunch, Super Pro ET and Junior Dragster racers all waited for the rain to stop but it won in the end. John Tebenham's Super Pro ET Ford Probe is now painted as one of the characters from the film Cars and was gaining instant recognition from all the kids on the facility. John Morris' Super Pro ET Probe was quickly protected from worsening rain. Roger did his best to fill in for Kirstie who is on crewing duties this weekend. Back to 7:30 yesterday morning and there were already a few keen racers waiting at the gate several hours before they were due to open. Who are you calling chicken? Jon Giles' Super Gasser has been to Eurodragster.com sponsor Andy Robinson Race Cars this week for some last-minute tweaks. It took about twenty four hours, but this water tanker was filled by garden hose... ...don't believe us? Take a close look. Off-season work at Santa Pod included cloning scooters. Scrutineer Amos Meekins and his team are delighted with the new scrutineering bay. Moose, Mark Todd and Norbert Schneider were the first racers in for scrutineering under cover this morning. Supertwin Gas racer Les Harris said that his sponsors are very pleased with his bike's inclusion in a new Top Trumps book. The new track scrubber was on test yesterday... ...one test was to put some trans fluid on the track and this was the last part of the clean-up. Top right is the listener count for Nitro FM on-line, see if you can spot where Tog's interview finished. Nigel rounded off the evening with a Nitro FM jingle and then we all went off for a curry at Eurodragster.com sponsor The Curry Garden in Rushden. It was mild and dry last night; the rain had to come in during racing hours didn't it? Return to Event Index