With a couple of teams licensing and Andy Robinson and Danny Cockerill damaging motors in qualifying, Mats Eriksson outlasted the depleted Pro Mod field only having to stage for the event win before the rain came down. He was very happy with the 227.23 mph (above the European record) terminal that came with his 6.348 low qualifier, and very proud of the new paint scheme on his Green Goblin Crown Victoria.
for a couple of seasons now, and John Sleath and his
amazing Pro Charger-equipped 508 ci Audi finally cracked the barrier with a 7.988 in qualifying. Again the weather prevented a back up, although a new record at 8.073 shows the numbers are repeatable. This huge wheelie in second gear was "one of those things you like to do occasionally." Pump gas, street tires, all steel, electric windows and 100 percent street legal -- marvelous.
Martyn "Syd" Jones was catching an unusual amount of air at the start line in his Super Pro bracket dragster. Unfortunately, the aerial excursions were not just confined to the start line as the bumps down track were producing minus-G readings as well and causing much head scratching. The problem might have been caused by a faulty tire pressure gauge that was reading 50 percent of others during the weekend.
The work that organizer Laurie Gatehouse has put into the Nostalgia Fuel Altered Association looks to be paying off, with eight cars putting in passes over the weekend, some great side by side (and end to end!) races and Laurie's own Chaos Topolino just about completed. And on a weekend where nostalgia was the theme, Wendy Baker's Time Warp nitro altered launching on another wild ride down Santa Pod's historic 1320 provides a fitting endnote to this report.
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