[Mazda]

Well done Alan, nice Cougar and a great colour scheme.

[woodcote]

After the first Street Stock qualifying run at lunchtime, the top four look like this...

1. Clive 0.664 sec and 7.355 mph
2. Jane 0.679s / 7.188
3. Leo 0.694s / 7.185
4. Peter 0.699s / 7.379

June's finalists don't make the top five after the first round. Alan failed to get off the line and Rebecca was eighth, but was fastest through the speed trap at 7.609 mph. Still two runs to get it right, but it's Clive and Jane who are the ones to beat...

   

[Pondiless]

 oh dear and there is no helecopter available to send down the emergency pit crew.  It's up to the on site team

[woodcote]

Second qualifying round - looks like Alan went a bit too radical on the braids, but a quick re-profile and order is restored...

1. Alan 0.652s
2. Jane 0.659s
3. Clive 0.664s
4. Leo 0.694s

   

The third round will follow a bit later

[Pondiless]

Well done the onsite team 

[Pondiless]

Well done the on site team 

[BAracer]

I wish i had hadn't sold my motor from the last event to Jane! But the bloke down the railway arches promised me the trickiest of trick motors for my Bugatti and i needed to raise some capital!

[woodcote]

Qualifying is now over. Each car had three timed passes, with at least one on each lane. Cars were run on 9 volts beforehand to get a steady motor tone and then were revved at 12volts immediately before each run. Tyres were also cleaned on masking tape. Cars that needed it, received a little TLC to get them running smoothly down the strip.

First to finish was Micro Scalextric Super Stock. The cars were looking the business with wheelie bars and hood scoops, but the times were a mixed bag. Rebecca's opening run was a course record and enough for Top Qualifier - although the win tomorrow could still be anyone's...

   

   


The T-Jet Nostalgia Super Stock had two of the quick cars from last time missing. Their replacements weren't quite as rapid. Clive's Thunderbolt was right up with the best times in June and took the Top Qualifier position - a long way ahead of Andy's Dodge...

   

   


Finally, Micro Scalextric Street Stock qualifying was very exciting. Clive led after the first round, Alan going top after the second. However, two cars set the same fastest ET - 0.651 seconds - in their final runs to leapfrog Alan. On the best second-fastest time, Jane's Veyron ended Top Qualifier, Clive was second and Alan third on 0.652s. You can't get much closer at the top than that! Leo hung onto fourth - with another second-fastest time tie-breaker...

   

   

Huge congratulations to our three top qualifiers - Jane, Rebecca and Clive!

   

[BAracer]

Oh My! Mrs BAR is very happy to be on pole.

Thank you for organising.

[woodcote]

There was time for some match-racing to reward the fans who had turned up for the qualification runs.

First was the NHRA Top Fueler re-match. It certainly looked like Noah's Optima team had put in the hours since last month. The elder of the two brothers took the first leg by 0.044 seconds, despite a tardy start...

Noah - Optima Top Fueler: 0.743 RT / 0.775 ET / 8.074 mph
Dylan - Alanabi Top Fueler: 0.728 RT / 0.834 ET / 6.262 mph

   

Can Dylan's crew turn things round for tomorrow?

The NHRA Funny Car match will start tomorrow - Andy's crew begged an overnight delay to work on the Castrol Ashley Force-Hood Mustang. Likewise, the Chevy Xtraction crews asked for a delay, claiming fatigue - but everyone knows they are struggling with hangovers following the 4th of July celebrations. And Auto World insisted the fiftieth-anniversary Pro Stock exhibition passes take place on race day. We look forward to seeing those iconic cars on the strip at some point on Wednesday...

   

There was time for some 4-Gear Nostalgia racing, with two pairs of Auto World Funny Cars and two fabulous Aurora Speciality chassis.

Rebecca's Cha Cha Muldowney "Bounty Huntress" was unbeatable last time out and she chose to take on newcomer David. His "King Fish" Cuda surprised everyone with an extremely rapid run and a win by 0.087 seconds...

David - Plymouth Cuda: 0.776 RT / 0.826 ET / 6.119 mph
Rebecca - Ford Mustang: 0.785 RT / 0.904 ET / 5.132 mph

   

Rebecca's crew will, no doubt, be getting an earful overnight.

Clive had a new Funny Car this time - the lovely "King Cobra" Mustang. There were some concerns getting the red Mustang fired-up in the pits, but it showed good pace to put Doug's "Blue Max" to the sword by 0.048 of a second in the first run.

Clive - Ford Mustang: 0.737 RT / 0.919 ET / 5.303 mph
Doug - Ford Mustang: 0.729 RT / 0.975 ET / 4.419 mph

   

Finally, Iain's classic Aurora Chevy Vega faced up against Alan's Chevy C-10 Pro Mod - a lovely resin body on an Aurora chassis. This was an incredibly close race, with Iain getting a hole shot win by a mere 0.005 seconds!

Iain - Chevy Vega F/C: 0.842 RT / 1.078 ET / 4.419 mph
Alan - Chevy C-10 P/M: 0.857 RT / 1.068 ET / 4.079 mph

   

There was time for round two before dusk fell. Iain got away quicker again - but this time his car got really loose off the line and he went sideways. No damage, but Iain sensibly got right out of the gas and limped across the line 9.465 seconds behind Alan.

Alan - Chevy C-10 P/M: 0.907 RT / 1.059 ET / 4.419 mph
Iain - Chevy Vega F/C: 0.898 RT / 10.533 ET / 2.652 mph

   

Everyone's looking forward to the decider tomorrow!