Custom Car – September 2019

TThheettoopthreequalifiersinthis8.90index

classdidn’tfarewellineliminationnss.AAnn

8.905/1 29 .82nettedDarrylHowellsthe

topspot,buthethenlostouttoPeter

Creswellinthefirsteliminationround.

LeahKellettqualifiedsecondwithan

8.906/1 66 .05andbaggedafirstround

winineliminations,whilstRonaldHuisin

theflamedChevywagonwasanoshow

hhaavvinnggqquaalifiedthhiirdoonn 88. 9007 // 1511. 006.

An8.948/145.82fromMartinCurbishley

sawhimdispensewithPhilipBennett,but

Kellett’s8.96 4 /1 64 .86wasnomatchfor

theperfectET8.900/1 32 .95fromMari

Udtian.Creswellranan8.851/155.76bye,

butPaulHudsoonwaspushedawayfrom

thestartlinebeforetakinghisbye.

Creswwellranan8.890/1 54 .72byein

thethirdround,asCurbishleysawoffthe

8.864/134.43chargefromUdtianwithan

8.940/146.71.

Creswell’sfinalpassof9.010/147.20

didn’tcutthemustardagainstthe8.911/

147.60fromCurbishley.

PhoenixPersonnel SuperComp

DarrylHowells

PhilipBennett

RonaldHuis

MariUdtian

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FIAProModified

Qualifyingwasn’twithoutcasualtieswith

bothMarcusPermanandBertEnglefield

retiringfromtheactionearlyfollowing

contactwiththewall.

Afterthelastsession,though, 10 cars

wereinthefives,thetopthreebeing

DavidVegteron5.804/240.30,Jan

Ericssonon5.844/2 43 .84andAndreas

Arthurssonon5.865/242.90.Allthree

tookfirstroundeliminationwins,along

withMatsEriksson,MichelTooren,

MichaelGullqvist,RogerJohanssonand

JimmyÅlund.

Vegterwasanoshowforroundtwo,

soErikssonrana7.3 09 /127.00bye,whilst

Ålund’s5.8 77 /240.21wastoomuchfor

Johansson’s5.9 63 /212.92.Toreenwas

anothernoshow,leavingEricssontoruna

5.853/2 41 .11bye,andArthurssonredlit

asGullqvistrana5.968/2 34 .45.

Erikssonthenrana6.186/2 32 .7 5

againstÅlund’s6.317/230.23and,with

Ericssonbeinganoshowinthenext

pairing,Gullqvistrana5.924/245.04bye.

WithErikssonleavingtooquickand

notrecordingatimeinthefinal,Gullqvist

tookthewinwitha5.835/245.03.

MatsEriksson

AndreasArthursson

Red JJimmyÅÅlund JJanEricsson

lightin

final

GrahamSmithtookthethirdrungonthe

qualifyingladderwithan8.997/149.62

and,havingfirstlyrunintheeights,Joe

Stevenswasabovehimon7.979/175.78.

ItwasAndyBond,however,whocame

outontop,havingrunthequickestever

StreetEliminatorET,andthefirsthalfofan

ETrecord,withaPB7.139/2 06 .26.

Comeeliminations,JamesMurraylost

outtoAshleyCooper’s10.350/134.95,and

a7.741/2 03 .48fromBondwaswaytoo

strongforNigelHale.WithNickHaleand

AnthonyHiggsbothnoshows,Sttevensand

Smithranbyes,8.317/135.31andd8.973/

149.06respectively.

WithSmithpushedbackbeforestaging,

Bondranashut-off10.454/85.39,whilst

Stevensputinan 8 .871/116.85halfpass

whenCooperdidn’tshow.

Inthefinal,Stevensranastout8.051

/173.10,butthewinlightcameonin

Bond’slane,thankstoanoutlandish7.087/

209.16.ThatsetanewSEETrecordat7.087

seconds,butnotforlong...

TopspeedAutomotiveStreetEliminator

AndyBond

JJoeStevens

NickHale

ET GrahamSmith

record

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