Custom Car – September 2019

AUGUST 2019 CUSTOMCAR 63

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helateMayBankHolidayweekend

provedperfectforstagingoneof

SantaPod’smostprestigiousevents,

TheMainEvent.Withover 200 race

teamsdescendingonthefacility,amongst

themsomeoftheSwedesthathadcome

overforTheDoorslammersmeet,thesigns

weregoodrightfromtheoff,andwith

virtuallynoraintospeakof,thefourdaysof

racingwasprettymuchuninterrupted,edge-

of-the-seatactionalltheway.

Withafulllineupofsupportingactionfor

bothlittlekidsandbigkids,theweekend

offeredjetcarexhibitionrunswithJulian

Webbrunningabestof 6. 670 / 238 inthe

SplitSecondjetdragsterandMartinHilla

5. 313 / 296 inFireforce 5 .Alongwithbye

runs,therewereacoupleofmatchraces

over 1 , 000 ft,whichnettedonewinapiece.

Here’sourroundupofwhatwenton...CC

over 200 raceteamsdescending

onthefacility

In The Main

■Words:DBPics:MattWoods

Secret

Worx Comp

Eliminator

Havingqualifiedsecondwitha7.3 53

/1 84 .33,AndyHonepromptlyfouled

againstKevPerkinsineliminations.

ThirdplacequalifierUebelFlorianwas

anoshowallowingDirkPeilertotake

thewin,withotherroundonewinners

beingKevinJenkins,NigelPayneand

DaveSmith.

Nexttimeout,Peilerfouledandan

8.200/1 65 .43fromJenkinstookthe

win.Perkinsthenrana7.614/175.67

byeandPaynea7.4 98 /181.86bye.

Paynethenlostouttoa7.6 44 /177.13

fromPerkins,whilstJenkinsrana

leisurelybye.

Inthefinal,Perkinsrana7.737/

151.02totakethewinas

Jenkinsshutoff.

Attheendofqualifying,thethree

driversnearesttothe9.90classindex

wereStuartDoignieon9.905/1 55 .80,

MarkWhiteon9.908/134.16and

CollinMorriceon9.909/147.20.All

threeprogressedthroughtheinitial

eliminationround,asdidEddyVanDen

Bos,SimonFultonandDaveFulton.

Whitethenrana12.787/96.88when

VanDenBosdidn’tshow,Doigniefouled

asDaveFultonrana9.984/148.14and

SimonFulton’s9. 99200 // 113399. 4 7overcamea

hharrd-chhargingMorrice.

Thenextroundsawabattleofthe

Class

winner

Class

winner KevinJenkins

DaveFulton

DirkPeiler

KevPerkins

SimonFulton

NigelPayne

Jon Morton Super GasShootout

Fultons,Simontakingthewinwitha

10.001/141.22,whilstWhiterana9.9 32

/1 34 .14bye.

ThefinalsawWhiteshuttingoffand

SimonFultontakingthewinwithan

almostpedestrian 15. 23 9/84.26.

EddyVanDenBos