Pro Mods at the Main Event

[dan tournay]

Ended up wandering down the fire up road and taking a couple of shots of most of the pro mods as they were coming round during Saturday qualification at the Main Event. Been meaning to share these pics from a less often seen view for a couple of weeks. Better late than never I suppose!

Bert Englefield


































Marko Lantto




Marc Meihuizen




Roger Johansson




Mats Eriksson




Andy Robinsson



Seppo Saapola



Michael Gullquist



Urban Johansson

Edited by dan tournay on Saturday 9th June 20:25

Edited by dan tournay on Saturday 9th June 20:26

Edited by dan tournay on Saturday 9th June 21:44

[Furyous]

Im just off the bog..........


Damn I love pro mod.

Far as Im concerned, Id rather watch a 22 car field of these than a four car oil down.


Gonna miss Gordon A. tho.

F

[Time Machine]

Furyous said:

Gonna miss Gordon A. tho.

It isn't the first time he has quit. Plus there will be more racers coming out and joining in, Pro Mod is currently the best it has ever been in Europe.

[revolvor]

Great pictures - Must admit they are my favourite too closely followed by Street Elimantor then the Fuel cars, (am I on my own here?)
Shame the S.E guys/gals do not have rounds at the Main event etc - I am sure thats what the paying public want to see instead of some of the slower classes that are present?

Edited by revolvor on Sunday 10th June 12:56

[liner33]

Yep the main event/finals also drop superstreet bike which is a highly entertaining class to watch

[Furyous]

Another quick point, taking pics down the fire up line is one of the few chances to actually see the cars properly at standstill wiith the advent of pro type pits everywhere.All you can normally see is the back or front of the car if you are lucky.

[BB-Q]

Dayum, that makes me realise how long it is since I've been to Santa Pod, apart from the Speed freaks Ball two years ago.

Last time i was at the Pod Gordon Appleton was in Super Gas and Andy Robinson had a Rover or Sierra.

Ther was also a bonkers Ford Scorpio run by Alan Packman that was pretty much unbeatable.

Pro Mods were pretty wild and out of shape then. I'm guessing they run a bit truer now?

[Furyous]

• Rummages for pic of Bert Englefield on two wheels sideways on to xmas tree*

and those 2 wheels wernt on the same axle !

[Tet]

See also: http://www.topendtales.com/images/2006/summer_nats...

[dragsterworld]

Do you mean this one...

http://www.dragsterworld.com/2005reports/main_even...

[Furyous]

Yep !

A modern pro mod running "nice and true"

[BennettRacing]

How did that not roll??

[KP1]

It didn´t roll because it has a well balanced exhaust system...
Just kidding, the zoomie style headers have saved a lot of blown promod cars when they having a wild ride.

[Rat_Fink_67]

Yeah, I know Mr. Fagerstrom's headers have saved him a couple of times!

[BennettRacing]

KP1 said:

Just kidding, the zoomie style headers have saved a lot of blown promod cars when they having a wild ride.

Yeah that def makes sense we have used ours a few times like that, the bottoms of em are flat!

[MotorPsycho]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

Yeah, I know Mr. Fagerstrom's headers have saved him a couple of times!

indeed!

a certain Mr Bond might of used his a couple of times too

Edited by MotorPsycho on Wednesday 13th June 13:11

[KP1]

Link to check Mikael Nords wild ride today in Västerås : http://www.racebilder.nu/nova/ Click on tumbnails for larger pictures.
And yes he saved the car.

Edited by KP1 on Sunday 1st July 22:52

[NuthinFancy]

MotorPsycho said:

a certain Mr Bond might of used his a couple of times too

Tis true, Luckily they have smiley faces welded on the headers where they were repaired when Mr Spuffard glanced the wall with them before we bought them off him...