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T-Jet Nostaglia Super Stock

Qualifying was a breeze for Clive, but anything can happen in the elimination races. A field of nine gave us an odd-looking FIA ladder, but it worked well. Clive had a bye run in the first round, so the first competitive action was a humdinger between Doug and Gareth...

   

It looked as if a steady run by the yellow Impala would give Gareth the win, but a sensational recovery by Doug saw him sneak past on the line - a 0.002 winning margin and a very rapid 8.533 mph in the speed trap... not far off his class record. Another very close one was between Alan and Noah in the bottom half of the ladder. A hole shot win by Alan of 0.005 was enough to see “The Tortoise” through to the Quarters.

   

There were only two second round races - Clive beat Doug and Rebecca beat Alan - both comfortable wins. It was Andy’s turn to receive a bye.

Rebecca’s win saw her straight through to the final. Clive and Andy would battle it out in Round Three to meet her there.

   

The Malcolm Durham “Strip Blazer” tribute Dodge 330 had been incredibly consistent, but required a big mishap from the Tasca Ford Thunderbolt to get any further. It didn’t happen - Clive beat Andy by a comfortable 0.086 seconds.

The Final ended up with the fastest two cars of the elimination rounds - and the possibility of an upset. Rebecca’s AMC AMX-1 needed to continue its momentum towards 0.700 seconds and hope that the Thunderbolt had an average run. Both seemed very possible...

   

Although Rebecca was visibly slow out of the blocks, both cars had great runs. The Thunderbolt always had the advantage and pulled away at the top end of the strip, finishing 0.045 ahead having clocked a 682.

   

And here's some video...



Clive is our first repeat winner of the series - his Auto World Ultra-G car has set the standard for the T-Jet class...