Martyn Payne was unable to refit his rear suspension in time
to make the meeting
Qualifying
3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday produced the following:
- OA 3 Paul Wright
8.01 / 172mph
- OA 222 Mark Pointer
8.363 / 158mph
- OA 2 Paul Hensher
8.367 / 161mph
- OA 14 Ian Norman
9.69 / 143mph
- OA 344 Ray Guy
9.76 / 135mph
- OA 31 Cliff Griffin 10.46 / 110mph
- OA 8 Mike Callan 11.21 / 118mph
- OA 81 Simon Barlow 12.18 / 108mph
- OA 52 Matt Cooper
12.43 / 103mph
- OA 54 Debbie Hancox 12.67
/ 108mph
During the second round of qualifying on a blustery day, Debbie Hancox
in the Team Runaway Prefect suffered a top-end spill. The car slid on its side,
roof 1st into the concrete retaining wall. Debbie was quickly out of the car.
Team owner Bob intends to rebuild.
Eliminations
1st Round
OA3 Paul Wright v Bye
Paul recorded 8.090/172.41mph, this backed-up the 8.011/172.3mph
from yesterdays qualifying session, to reset the class ET record.
OA344 Ray Guy v OA31 Cliff Griffin
Ray Guy 9.67/132.66
Cliff Griffin 12.19/111.50
OA222 Mark Pointer v OA52 Mat Cooper
OA14 Ian Norman v OA8 Mike Callan
Ian Norman water problem, staged for points 12.48/98.91 Mike
10.85/133.91
OA2 Paul Hensher v OA81 Simon Barlow
Paul Hensher 8.85/164.03 Simon
Barlow 12.09/111.33
Paul Wright won the
Street Rodding in Motion
reaction time prize, with a 0.039 reaction in the 1st qualifying session.
2nd Round
OA3 Paul Wright v OA344 Ray Guy
Paul Wright broke (misfire on start-up in staging lanes) Ray 9.74/137.61
OA222 Mark Pointer - Bye
8.367/160.06
OA2 Paul Hensher v OA8 Mike Callan
8.54/164.78
9.82/135.94
Semi-Final
OA222 Mark Pointer v OA344 Ray Guy
8.28/161.20
11.80/70.81
OA2 Paul Hensher - Bye
8.51/165.54
Final
OA222 Mark Pointer v OA2 Paul Hensher
Mark Pointer Win, 8.29/161.18
Paul Hensher broke (No oil pressure in staging
lanes)
Paul Wright won the Carter
Motorsport Lucas Oil prize, with
the best ET of the meeting 8.011
During a practice session on Sunday, Paul Wright recorded his first 7-second
pass: 7.814 /175.97mph
