ON TWO WHEELS

European bike action has always been a major backbone of the straightline scene this side of the pond, and at Easter the main talking points were in two brackets.

In Top Fuel bike, Ian King swept the board with potentially championship winning form-- number one qualifier, low ET (a close to PB 6.48), TS (209.29 mph) and the event win after a no-show from Steve Woollatt in the final round, with a stock Yamaha cylinder head which is soon to receive a well earned retirement as a new Puma billet head awaits the next outing.

Super Street Bike was simply the bracket of the meeting, with a bumper 16 bike field chasing not only the event title but the gold rings on offer for the first four riders into the seven second bracket. Brad O’Connor picked up one after his turbo Hayabusa propelled him to a 7.925/186.60 pass in the second round of eliminations.

Jamie Sneddon picked up some gold as well on his first competitive outing on his newly imported Honda Blackbird, with tuning calls being made by Paul Watson under the watchful eye of former owner Kent Stotz. Sneddon ran a best of 7.898 and briefly held the ACU ET mark before losing out in the final round of eliminations.