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Third Round + Semis

Jane had a bye (she clocked 0.628), so there were only two third round races...

   

Iain and Clive lined up for the honour of facing Jane in the semi final. Iain had qualified third and Clive seventh, but the Audi had been quick in the eliminators, so far... The two cars had identical reaction times and sped down the strip side-by-side. Who'd won? Clive had nicked it by 0.001 of a second! Clive's ET 0.651 and Iain's 0.652.

   

In the bottom half of the draw, Jeff and Bill essentially had a semi final - the winner would go straight through to the final. Bill needed a miracle, but didn't get it... his 0.651 ET was good, but Jeff's 0.619 was the best we'd seen so far in the eliminators. Jeff won by 0.069 seconds. He was off to the final.

   

Fighting it out for the other final berth were Jane and Clive. Jane's Nissan was quick - a 0.627 - to beat Clive by 0.030 seconds. We'll have the top two qualifiers meeting in the final showdown.