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Nostalgia T-Jet Super Stock

There's no doubt about it, the eleven car T-Jet field is getting stronger. Alan's awesome top qualifying Anglia had a bye in the first round and ran a 0.715.

   

Noah and Al put on a fabulous show with their Willys Gassers. Al had by far the better start, but Noah's car has a bit more pace than earlier in the summer... He closed in on the purple Willys and passed it on the line. The winning margin an incredibly tight 0.003 seconds! That means Noah is through to the second round to meet Alan.

   

Andy's Dodge Super Stock lined-up against Iain's wonderful Chevy Gasser, but this one wasn't close - Andy beating Iain by 0.139 seconds with a quick 0.766 to Iain's 0.904.

   

Dylan beat Doug off the line and had an early lead before the green Ford rocketed through to a 0.109 second win. What did we expect?

The first round was wrapped up with routine wins for Clive - 0.150 over Rebecca - and Gareth - taking a 0.057 win over fifth-place qualifier David. A mild shock, but not quite a giant-killing.

The three Round Two races began with Alan clocking 0.699 and beating Noah by 0.161...

   

Andy's normally metronomic Dodge had an awful start against Doug's Ford. Doug completely nailed the run, winning by 0.130 seconds and clocking a 0.741 - look out Alan!

   

Finally, Clive's Thunderbolt saw off Gareth's Impala - a 0.125 second win and a 0.744 second run, which puts T-Jet champion Clive straight through to the final.

   

The one third round race saw Doug take on Alan...

   

Neither car has traction magnets and it was Doug who got the better start. Alan clawed back to level pegging and seemed to have it, before Doug came back again. It was too close to call. A look at the screen and it was Alan - by 0.007 of a second! Alan nearly lost it on the reaction time - a 0.013 second difference - despite his ET being 0.020 quicker.

That gave us the top two qualifiers in the final...

   

Alan got another horrendous start - his reaction time 0.028 seconds slower...

   

But the speed of the Anglia soon kicked in and the sizeable gap disappeared...

   

Alan was through the line and he certainly hit the catch box first... But did he pass Clive before the line?

   

The all-important information on the screen was a 0.009 second win for Clive - a huge holeshot win. Clive's ET of 0.727 was a full 0.019 of a second slower than Alan's - but it was all about the start... Clive got to the finish first.

This is how it looked...



Congratulations to Clive on making it five out of five for the Series...

   

Here is the full ladder...

   

And the stats...

       

There will be a short break and then more match racing about 7.45pm.