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NHRA 4-Gear - Round 1 & 2

Eight cars are absolutely perfect for a full ladder - four first round races, two semis and a final...

   

Clive's lovely Red Bull car wasn't firing on all cylinders. Iain had it for breakfast - a winning margin of 0.339 seconds and an ET of 0.745 a good start for the Die Hard Funny Car.

   

Fourth and fifth qualifiers met in the second race. Jerome created a minor upset, winning by 0.018 seconds. The DHL Funny Car was away quickest and held on to that advantage. Jerome's ET was 0.839.

   

Alan beat David by 0.180 seconds, with a 0.828 ET.

   

And the final race saw Andy beat Doug by 0.068 seconds - the winning ET 0.860.

Round 2 - Semi-finals

   

The first half of the first semi-final was extremely close, Jerome having a small lead at half distance. Then Iain's car found a big burst of speed to win by 0.094 seconds - his ET 0.746. It was a devastating turn of speed.

   

Alan got the better start in the second semi-final and pulled away, winning by 0.070 seconds. His ET 0.835.

That put the top two qualifiers through to the final...