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TOP FUEL |
Norwegian Thomas Nataas stormed
down track in the third qualifying session to secure the pole
with a 4.874/296.12 and slightly early click off. The cool conditions
early on raceday combined with the sticky track conspired to
violently shake the Rune Fjeld owned car at the hit and breaking
the throttle linkage handing an upset first round win to Micke
Kagered.
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 Defending European champion
and Nataas' stablemate in the Fjeld camp Andy Carter had a weekend
he would rather forget, unusually failing to crack the four-second
barrier with a 5.004 for 4th spot in the field and then also
hitting extreme shake (the slicks at one point jumping a foot
off the ground) in his first round loss to Jon Webster.
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 The Lorentzon and Moller team
have picked up the ex-Doug Herbert giveaway car over the winter
with all the latest bells and whistles, and it is, by general consensus,
producing noticeable more power than the rest of the field. Shake
plagued Tommy Moller for most of the weekend, but a glimpse of
the potential was seen on a double pedaling
4.917/308.28 for second spot in qualifying. Severe tire chatter
almost sent Moller into the barrier on a second round loss to Joon,
but once the clutch is dialed in, look for the team to win with
this car! |
Running like a 5.0 bracket car
for most of the weekend, Jon Webster in
Peter Knight's Canto Consultancy car produced a consistent run
to the final round of eliminations where he met up with Joon, on
whose rail he'd spent most of Saturday night working on the front
suspension to get the Dutchman race ready. Unfortunately, the consistency
went away in the money round as the silver bullet was another to
hit the dreaded shakes off the line. |
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