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Nostalgia T-Jet eliminators

With Bill's T-Jet delayed in transit, we had six cars lined up for first round of races. We started with Iain and Andy - first and last place qualifiers...

   

Both were pretty much on par with their best qualifying runs - which gave Iain a win by 0.203 seconds. Their ETs were 0.630 and 0.830. That put Iain straight through to the final.

The contest for the second final place was between Clive, Ken, Alan and Rebecca - Clive and Ken would race first...

   

Clive's pick-up didn't have the pace it showed on Tuesday, but Ken's Dodge couldn't quite take advantage. It was close - 0.031 seconds - but Clive won through to the semi. The ETs were 0.824 and 0.859.

Next were Alan and Rebecca...

   

This one went to Rebecca by 0.060 seconds - Alan's Anglia had an extremely iffy start and, despite turning on the non-mag afterburners, couldn't make it to the finish ahead of the Malcolm Durham tribute car. The ETs were 0.764 and 0.798.

That put Clive and Rebecca together in the one semi-final...

   

This was an upset - Rebecca winning by 0.031 seconds. Clive's car still didn't have the pace - clocking a 0.835 to Rebecca's slightly below-par 0.797.

It all looked very good for Iain...

   

And this is what happened in the final...



A good start...

   

And an even better finish...

   

To give Iain a comfortable win...

   

Congratulations! Iain's Chevy is the T-Jet to beat this year...

   

Here's the T-Jet ladder...

   

And all the stats from the eliminators...

   

The 4-Gear Funny Cars will follow about 8pm.