Straightliners snippets.
kleiner Bericht auf Eurodragster vom Straightliners Auftaktrennen
Straightliners snippets.
24th March: Further to Jemma Venables' outing at the recent Straightliners event at Santa Pod Raceway, photo-journalist Steve Moxley has kindly dropped us some notes about some other racers who took the chance for some pre-Easter Thunderball testing:
Comp bike rider Stuart Crane rebuilt his bike over the winter break and ran in the Comp Bike class and recorded a Personal Best of 7.67 en route to winning the event. Dave Buttery set the quickest time of the day at 7.57.
Another ACU rider who won was Thomas Granica from Germany. He beat fellow Super Street Bike rider Ian Cotton in the final of Top Bike. Both riders were testing for the Easter Thunderball. Scott Baldwin, also of Super Street Bike, attended but hurt his motor after running a 7.70-second pass. Phil Wood set an ET record of 7.630 at 191.93 mph in Top Bike.
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Super Street Bike rider Richard Stubbins rode Alan Young's Outlaw Bike and ran a best of 8.90. Richard helped Alan with his clutch set-up. Pro Stock Bike newcomer Mark Smith made a couple of passes with Paul Watson overseeing things. Mark's best time was 9.10.
NAST Supertwin ET Champion Joe Elliott ran a Personal Best of 10.15 and reached the final of the 10.10 bracket in the Straightliners Series. Joe is awaiting some parts and hopes that they will get him into the nines. Fellow bracket racer Bob Cornforth has fitted an air shifter for 2009 and ran a Personal Best of 12.05.
