Qualifying
Three rounds of qualifying on Saturday produced:
- OA 1 Paul Wright 7.97
/ 173mph
- OA 2 Paul Hensher 8.10 / 165mph
- OA 5 Mike Callan
9.67 / 142mph
- OA344 Ray Guy
9.72 / 137mph
- OA 25 Pete Moore
9.73 / 140mph
- OA 10 Al O'Connor
9.84 / 132mph
- OA 31 Cliff Griffin
9.99 / 128mph
- OA 82 Richard Colby
10.12 / 132mph
- OA 298 Steve Wells 10.15 / 127mph
- OA 79 Justin Krekelaar
10.26 / 120mph
- OA 81 Simon Barlow
10.35 / 129mph
- OA 76 Rick Hooper
11.12 / 121mph
- OA 85 Mick Donohoe
11.31 / 121mph
- OA 700 Phil Toppin
11.43 / 119mph
- OA 56 Bloompy & Squeaky 11.63 /
118mph
- OA 590 Aidan Kenny 11.50 / 118mph
- OA 60 Dean White
15.49 / 53 mph
Cliff Griffin won the Moving Parts burnout
Bonanza
Paul Hensher suffered major engine damage in the second qualifying
session, when his block let-go big time!
Richard Colby's motor wouldn't turn-over after his second qualifier,
inspection at the track proved inconclusive.
Rob Stone had some teething troubles with his great looking new car.
1st Round
OA1 Paul Wright
- Bye
8.07/173mph
OA79 Justin Krekelaar v OA81 Simon Barlow
Justin discovered some valve spring damage & didn't make the call. Simon ran
11.69/114mph.
OA25 Pete Moore v OA56 Bloompy & Squeaky
Pete won 10.02/140mph to 11.96/117mph
OA10 Al O'Connor v OA700 Phil Toppin
Al won
9.94/114mph to Phil's 11.62/119mph
OA5 Mike Callan v OA60 Dean White
Dean had a water issue on warm-up, leaving Mike on a solo 9.75/142mph
OA298 Steve Wells v OA76 Rick Hooper
Steve won
10.15/127mphto Ricks 10.85/123mph
OA344 Ray Guy v OA590 Aidan Kenny
Ray won
9.73/137mph to Aidan's 11.96/112mph
OA31 Cliff Griffin v OA85 Mick Donohoe
Cliff won
10.19/110mph to Mick's 11.17/122mph
2nd Round PRO
OA1 Paul Wright
v OA81 Simon Barlow
Paul was back in the 7's this round 7.98/172mph, Simon ran a PB
10.15/131mph.
OA10 Al O'Connor
v OA25 Pete Moore
A close one this. Al left first & managed to keep ahead of a hard charging Mr
Moore. Al's winning 9.69/135mph to Pete's quicker 9.60/143mph
OA5 Mike Callan
v OA298 Steve Wells
Mike's ran has fastest time of the weekend 9.56/143mph to beat Steve's
10.20/128mph
1st Round Sportsman
OA76 Rick Hooper - Bye
11.04/117mph
OA700 Phil Toppin (11.50 d.i.) v OA590 Aidan Kenny
(11.90 d.i.)
Aidan won this Pro-Et match up 11.96/113mph, Phil broke-out
11.46/120mph
OA56 Bloompy & Squeaky (11.75d.i.) v OA85 Mick Donohoe
(11.05d.i.)
Mick went out to Bloompy & Squeaky 11.96/113mph to Mick's 11.40/122mph
Semi-Final PRO
OA1 Paul Wright v OA10 Al O'Conner
Almost even on the tree but another high seven second pass 7.99/172mph.
was too quick for the professor's 10.21/99mph.
OA5 Mike Callan v OA344 Ray Guy
Ray took this one when Mike left a cherry on the tree. Mike ran 10.97/97mph,
Ray 9.83/132mph
Semi-Final
Sportsman
OA76 Rick Hooper (10.85d.i.) v OA590 Aidan Kenny
(10.90d.i.)
Aidan won this match up 11.99/111mph to Rivk's 13.09/96mph
OA56 Bloompy & Squeaky - Bye
11.78/116mph
Finals
RAINED OFF. All weekend we had truly scorchio weather with track
temperatures reaching 160 degrees, but at 16:10 the skies opened &
produced a meeting stopping downpour. British weather don't you just love it!
Thanks to the organisers & track staff who did an amazing job in
difficult conditions.
Mike Callan had an incident on the M5 during the long tow back down to
Cornwall. He ended up on the grass embankment facing the wrong way with 4 flat
tyres! Mike & the race car are ok.