Custom Car – September 2019

Qualifyinginthisclassprovedtobea

bagofmixedfortunes.GlennPallantran

aPB8.769/155.76butbrokeoutonan

8.80dial-in,whilstColinMillar’sAnglia

sufferedabrokencamshaftandmore,

prematurelyendinghisracing.

IanBrownnettedthe£50

Eurodragster.com/BadHabitRacing

PerfectLightAward,andMarkTodd

decidedthiswastheclassforhim,having

alreadyrunhisAstonMartinAdvantage

inStreetEliminatorandCompEliminator

earlierintheweekend.

Thetopthreequalifiersthenwere

ScottCrookston,BillyGaneandMark

Bailey,withCrookstonliftinginthefirst

eliminationroundwhenhiscargotout

ofshape,allowingDaveSmithtotake

thewin.

GaneandBaileythenbothwentoutin

thenextround.

Inthesemis,StuartDoignie(8.51

index)ranawinning8. 521 /152.08

againstCollinMorrice’s(8.90index)8.780

/150.03,andDanielGiles’(7.40index)

7 .4 1 8/172.38overcameBradJackson’s

(7.69index)7.716/171.70.

ThefinalwentthewayofDoignieas

Gilesbrokeout,an8.523/153.65taking

thewin.

Asreportedlastmonth,Street

Eliminatordebutant,,Anthoony‘Piggsy’

Higgss’,Caapriicaughtfireinthefirst

roundofqualifying.Thankfully,the

driverwasokay,butthecarsuffered

somewhat,ascanbeseenbythese

beforeandafterpics.

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StuartDoignie

CollinMorrice

ScottCrookston

Class
winner

FIATopFuelDragster

Whilstqualifyingfinishedwithallbutone

oftheeight-carfieldonsub-five-second

times,thatisnotwhatthiseventwillbe

rememberedfor.Inthesecondround,

AnitaMäkeläcameupalongsideLiam

Jonesand,althoughJonesranquicker

inthepreviousround,thisturnedoutto

bethefastestside-by-sideTopFuelrace

inEuropeyet–3.870/3 11 .38vs3.893/

312.16.AtcloseofplayonSunday,the

qualifyingtablereadMäkelä3.870/311.38,

Jones3.887/311.18,StigNeergaard3.917

/3 01 .78,JndiaErbacher3.945/302.92,

SusanneCallin4.019/299.00,MajaUdtian

4.054/2 33 .89,Tethys4.416/215.49and

MikaelKågered5.850/1 15 .51.

Thefirsteliminationroundnettedwins

forErbacher,Mäkelä,JonesandUdtian.

InthenextroundErbacher’scaremitteda

loudbangandaballofflameasMäkelä

wentthroughwitha4.008/300.79,whilst

JonessawredandUdtiantookthewin

witha4.3 28 /249.00.

ItwassomewhatirrelevantthatUdtian

didn’trecordatimeinthefinalasMäkelä

ranastonking3.842/296.72tosetanew

EuropeanETrecord.

BradJackson

JJndiaErbacher,

MajaUdtian

LiamJones

AnitaMäkelä

ET

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