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Rounds 2 & 3

The second round of eliminations began with Alan's first competitive run...

   

Andy got away very well - and there were gasps from the crowd when he was still ahead at half way... Alan turned on the afterburners and comfortably won by 0.032 seconds, carrying 11.769 through the line and an ET of 0.473.

   

Clive needed a great start to get near Bill, but his Nissan bogged down a bit off the line. Bill was away and finished 0.041 ahead - clocking a 0.477 to Clive's 0.501. Bill would meet Alan in the Semi.

Before that, Rebecca met Pete for a place in the final...

   

Wow! Crazy Ivan hooked up another incredible run - repeating the 0.473 from Round One. Rebecca got slightly the better start - and finished a mere 0.008 seconds ahead, her ET 0.469. That was a corker!

The only third round race saw Alan line up against Bill...

   

Wow! Again. A blistering run for both - and all eyes went to the results screen... Alan had it by 0.006 of a second - ETs 0.471 to 0.478. Close? Not 'arf.

That just about gave us the top two qualifiers in the final - although the third and fifth seeds had them both sweating.