FIA Main Event Entry List
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NitroChrisUK

Original Poster:

228 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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well that is looking very promising .. considering that is version 1 .. nearly every class looking great already.

Jon C

3,214 posts

268 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Manty Bugeja!

Maltese half passes anyone?

Barry B

505 posts

232 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Never mind the half passes, how about those 60 foot squirts ?

robc3303

277 posts

190 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Its looking very healthy. Really looking forward to spending the whole weekend there. I think more entries to come, Lex in top fuel I think will happen.. who else ? 8 in TMD and Pro stock already. ProMod looking fantastic. What a treat to look forward to.

NIRO LEWY

239 posts

200 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Its going to be great maybe Shelley Pearson yet. Should expect a few more entries in TMFC Ulf Leanders Leif Andreasson Jurgen Nagel and Dezsoe Krivan all being well. All in all its shaping up to be a corker

nuknuk

19 posts

177 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Has anyone had any news on the forbes and andrews TF dragster.

Burndown

732 posts

187 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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I am very excited. Will Timo smoke the tyres or not?????

wicked fish

526 posts

184 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Burndown said:
I am very excited. Will Timo smoke the tyres or not?????
lol

Jon C

3,214 posts

268 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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wicked fish said:
Burndown said:
I am very excited. Will Timo smoke the tyres or not?????
lol
Timo v. Fred will be a significant encounter, and the body language on the startline between Will and Werner should be interesting...

veryoldfart

1,739 posts

226 months

Friday 6th May 2011
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entry list looking not too shabby........lol

robc3303

277 posts

190 months

Friday 6th May 2011
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23 pro mods now... praise be ! It is going to be fierce.

robc3303

277 posts

190 months

Friday 6th May 2011
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Tommy Johnson Jnr joining the FIA tour... the good news just keeps coming..

veryoldfart

1,739 posts

226 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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recession? what recession?............

robc3303

277 posts

190 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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Apart from the solitary fuel funny, a really healthy entry list and indeed one that betters previous years pre-2008 recession. Respect to everyone pulling out the stops and doing the deals necessary to be here in round one and taking the European Championships very seriously. The MPM village should be interesting now it has been completed with the addition of Lex Joon, a racer I have a lot of time for.

Burndown

732 posts

187 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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I agree.

The only other class struggling is Top Fuel Bike. Class sizes have been reduced since the Funny Bikes were stopped from running in that class.

WJM

333 posts

209 months

Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Just looking at the entry the most cosmopolitan class seems to be TMD these days, 10 entries 2 each from the UK, Germany, Malta, Norway, and 1 each from Sweden and Finland. This from a class that seemed to be dying on it's feet 3 years ago.

Bill

robc3303

277 posts

190 months

Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Good observation Bill and it is strange how classes ebb and flow in entry level numbers. To think Malta can produce two entries from a small island with all the transport costs etc. I wonder why (big motorsporting) countries like Italy and Spain have yet to embrace drag racing in any significant way ? I have no idea myself... there has long been talk of Italy getting involved but nothing has materialised so far.

Its a really healthy entry list, surprisingly so. This entry list to me represents another small but significant step up in the profile of the sport. I hope the rest of the rounds produce big fields too.

Burndown

732 posts

187 months

Tuesday 10th May 2011
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The real improvement in Top Methanol has been since Dave Wilsons domination of the Championship has ended.

Classes need to be competitive to attract people to the class. Pro Mod has been a good example, but its a fine balance and classes seem to go through cycles. We seem to get a number of years of growth and competitive racing which then makes it much easier to justify spending the big bucks. This can then lead to domination by certain teams and then a drop off in numbers, before the cycle starts again.

NitroWars

667 posts

232 months

Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Burndown said:
The real improvement in Top Methanol has been since Dave Wilsons domination of the Championship has ended.
More given up than ended - it was Dave who decided to go the A Fuel route...

Tet

1,196 posts

225 months

Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Indeed. And I wouldn't want to bet against him regaining his dominance now he's starting to get a grip on the car. I'm fairly sure we'll be seeing 5.2s from him this year. Fortunately, the others in the class are likely to be much closer to his performance levels than they were 5 years ago. So even if he does end up on top of the pile, his dominance isn't likely to be as complete as it was last time around.