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
66 CUSTOMCARAUGUST 2019
Perfect
ET
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
7.087