The 9.45 was our final qualifier and we were number two to Two Tins.
The second system came in, Andy Carter (who was on a busman’s holiday) thought I’d shifted twice as the nitrous The car moved around a lot the tyres actually squealing on the gear change and when After the 10.70 we ran a 10.09 then heard from John that he’d run a 9.32. It was no Santa Pod but for what was a public road just two days before it offered a I went out and ran a gentle 10.70 to start and found the track to be The return road is also public roads and was still open toĬontrolled traffic whilst we were racing! The lanes were very narrow and grass verges meant that an out of shape There is no racing, the track is a public road. Like Hockenheim the quarter mile is part of a race circuit. Altogether eleven different nations were represented including a "The Brits were well represented with ourselves, John Sleath, the Scoobies and the Fast and Furious crowd", says Fatty. "There was a really interesting mix of vehicles there, from muscle cars through hot rods to rally-prepped John Sleath and the the other UK representatives gave a goodĪccount of themselves at the King of Europe event in Belgium, withįatty taking the event win and John winning the Rear Wheel Drive class. Sponsors and friends, and the National press are all good reasons to do the extra kilometres."ģ0th June: As reported on Monday, UK Street Eliminator racers Will race at the Valais in Switzerland: racing-mad locals, cow bells, cheese soup, a good atmosphere, our "After Alastaro Martin and Horst will drive the truck and trailer back to Switzerland. Ulf Leanders will do anything to get as many points as possible so we are looking forward "We are sorry that Arvid Grødem is not in Alastaro and we wish him all the best - we are already missing Urs in the water barrel again would be fun! So please, come up with something different Side and lost in the second round against Leif Andréasson. Last year we had one qualifying run, we changed an engine just to be on the safe Too bad there was no champagne at the prizegiving ceremony this year.Dan Off on the line we managed to get into the final with a destroyed B&J, and having Dan in the We ran the first round against against Jürgen Nagel, and with Niclas Andersson shut Our B&J just broke in the semi-finalĪnd not in the final. The Main Event was more or less a repeat of the 2004 edition for us.
"The Funny Car is race ready and we think that we found one or two gremlins on the bike. It will be because of that charming Latin guy Dario. If our bike pit gets crowded with the most beautiful girls, Us now and will be giving Lo a hand with the bike. I will manage to wash the salad and prepare food with one hand, but Wini definitelyĬan't push back the bike to the starting line, so we urgently needed an additional crew member. First I, and then Wini our bike mechanic, broke our collarbones and are The team for Alastaro was set some time ago,īut we suddenly needed some more hands. "Here in Switzerland we are sweating and waiting to catch our plane. "Our rig just rolled of the ferry in Turku and Martin and Horst are driving it up to Alastaro", says Andrea. Wucher, one of two crew coping with broken bones at present, says that the team are done with history repeating Weeks as they make appearances at Alastaro, back at home in Switzerland, and then in Sweden. 30th June: FIA European Top Methanol Dragster Champion UrsĮrbacher and his TMFC and Supertwin team will be commuting back and forth between northern and central Europe over the next few
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