Santa Pod Main Event

Santa Pod Main Event

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robc3303

277 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Main Event and 2015 FIA season almost upon us and this feed is really buzzing.

Geoff Stilwell

679 posts

174 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Ok.....a little competition.....let's have a guess how many full passes there will be in Top Fuel and Funny Car. There are 4 qualifying sessions plus Eliminations. There are 8 Top Fuel and 3 Funnies. Oh and what about Low ET for both as well.


NitroWars

661 posts

210 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Geoff Stilwell said:
Ok.....a little competition.....let's have a guess how many full passes there will be in Top Fuel and Funny Car. There are 4 qualifying sessions plus Eliminations. There are 8 Top Fuel and 3 Funnies. Oh and what about Low ET for both as well.
Some would say "nil" or "zero" or "none"... because they are only running to 1,000 foot! evil

tom405

38 posts

109 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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I’m gonna go out on an optimistic whim and say Jari or Stig to make a 4.00 or even a 3.98… wouldn’t expect the newcomers to race many complete passes but I think the old hands will put on a good show if the conditions are right. Seeing Jari at the Festival of Power you could tell they were preparing that car for some seriously quick runs, just whether it hooks up or not. Or blows up.

I know there’s only 3 but I think funny cars could get pretty serious, they are so evenly matched and I think there will probably a fair amount of ego involved. You don’t go to the lengths of running a nitro funny car team without wanting to make some proper runs in front of a crowd. I reckon one of em will hit 290/300 if conditions are OK, and my money would be on Gordon Smith for the event win, even if it’s more by consistency than speed

Pro mod qualifying should get pretty fraught, Bobby Wallace might make a surprise leap up the field, he’s been getting consistently quicker. Tero Laukkanen may win event if he can combine that tremendous top end speed his car is capable of with good RT’s, but I guess it’s more likely to go to a blown methanol car

I’m no expert though, anyone else got some educated guesses?

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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I'll take a guess at 11 full passes in Top Fuel, and 3 in Funny Car.

Low ETs: 3.98s in Top Fuel, 4.39s in Funny Car.

NitroWars

661 posts

210 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Tet said:
I'll take a guess at 11 full passes in Top Fuel, and 3 in Funny Car.
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Only 3 out of a maximum of 17... That's harsh!

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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NitroWars said:
Only 3 out of a maximum of 17... That's harsh!
It's 17.6% compared to my guess of 23.9% for the dragsters. Yes, it's a bit worse, but not massively so. I suppose the funny cars have been improving a lot of late, so perhaps I am being a bit harsh. We'll see.

NitroWars

661 posts

210 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Tet said:
It's 17.6% compared to my guess of 23.9% for the dragsters. Yes, it's a bit worse, not massively so. I suppose the funny cars have been improving a lot of late, so perhaps I am being a bit harsh. We'll see.
The FCs have had an outing this year, most of the TFs haven't but then I suspect that the TFs will contest more qualifying sessions (points incentive).

sim1

107 posts

146 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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I will take a guess ..
Stig 3.95 and Duncan for the win .. Kevin Kent 4.37 and event win .
Timo to run a 5.24 and all tmd in the 5.3's
Pro mod 3 cars in the 5,80 mats,tero,Micky.g Rodger in the 90's
And tero for event win

tom405

38 posts

109 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Best of luck Tet, hope conditions are right for some great runs...

quarterpounder

166 posts

205 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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TF low et 4.01, AAFC 4.39, TMD 5.31, PM 5.97. Hoping to see some great passes in SSB and SSE, 2 fantastic classes

With the weather looking ominous for sunday, Saturday's 2 sessions might prove pivotal and with Micke G always seeming to take 2-3 runs to get the right set up it'll be interesting to see what happens.

MrExile

30 posts

194 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Been looking on the Eurodragster site, looks like I may have to drag myself out of spectator retirement and come and take a look at the motorcycle powered car of Rhiannon Bellenie. Looks to be very consistent time and speed wise - and those reaction times - if no nitrous yet this could well be a mid to low eight second car. Great to see one out there again. Best of luck Rhiannon.

Gastech

26 posts

130 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Anyone know if there are grandstand seats available for tomoorow (Sat) as there is no option to buy them online. Thanks

Turn7

23,504 posts

220 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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I would think so, but they will be a fair way down track by now.

Geoff Stilwell

679 posts

174 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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Well I have to say that was a good day. Qualifying was exceptional. Bright blue skies here this morning.

quarterpounder

166 posts

205 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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quarterpounder said:
Hoping to see some great passes in SSB and SSE, 2 fantastic classes.
WOW, what a show these guys put on yesterday, 6sec SSB can't be far off. The whole day was end to end & I cant recall any downtime which had its drawbacks because I didn't get round to the pits at all. Day off today then another long drive down tomorrow

ribaric

262 posts

174 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Pro Mod starting, grandstands effectively empty. That's a disappointment for all concerned.

Turn7

23,504 posts

220 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Crowd certainly preety thin.

Guess the weather and webcast is keeping folks at home.

ribaric

262 posts

174 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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The days of free webcasting must soon be over. Once the glitches are ironed out, it will sell well.

Turn7

23,504 posts

220 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Yep, Ive thought for a while tbh.