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T-Jet Nostalgia Super Stock eliminators

The T-Jets were the first cars to race this time. Eleven cars made it the biggest entry so far and qualifying had seen ten cars below 0.900 seconds. Maybe it wasn’t a surprise that we had a couple of upsets in a close first round…

Top qualifier Clive had a bye and clocked a steady (for him) 0.710. Next up, seventh qualifier Gareth beat sixth qualifier Dylan...

   

Andy (3) only just beat a fast-finishing David (10) by 0.046 seconds, but then Al (9) made the most of a disappointing start and run by Doug (4) for a debut win. Second qualifier Alan was comfortably through against Noah (11) and then Iain (8) beat Rebecca (5) by 0.176 seconds to give us another giant-killing...

   

The second round was more straightforward - Clive beating Gareth by 0.171 seconds and Andy beating Al by 0.117...

   

Those two winners would meet in the semi-final. In the bottom half of the ladder, Alan and Iain faced each other for an automatic place in the final...

   

The first half of the run was incredibly close - Alan’s non-mag Wiz-Jet getting far from perfect traction off the line. However, he picked up the pace and was through the finish line sensors 0.079 seconds ahead of Iain’s Chevy.

   

The customary semi between Clive’s Thunderbolt and Andy’s Dodge had a familiar outcome - a solid 0.766 for Andy and a rapid 0.696 for Clive. The winning margin was 0.076 seconds. Alan took the option of a free run and clocked an intimidating 0.712 to put some psychological pressure on Clive for the final.

   

There was certainly a buzz in the crowd and expectation of a close race.

       

Clive got the better start and stretched out a 0.044 gap by the top end of the strip.

   

He needed his fastest run of the day and the fastest speed to get the job done. Here's how it happened...



   

Congratulations to Clive and the T-Bolt on their fourth win and for wrapping up the Summer Series Nostalgia T-Jet championship title.

Here's the full ladder...