Event Coverage

2006 FIA Main Event
Peak Performance Day (pre-event test)

	Super Pro ET racer Martyn Jones and regular Crew Chief Crunch swapped rôles for the day.		Dave Bailey managed one burnout but what sounded like a stuck throttle curtailed his Funny Bike fun.
	Dave Day ran the Double Trouble roadster in Super Comp trim.		David Warren finally got a chance to ride the Krazy Kat Super Street Bike again, a very easy looking 8.576 the result.
	Jason Weir's stunning Street Eliminator Plymouth Savoy saw the track for the first time. Jason put in a sixteen-second checkout pass.		Strange...we remember Leif Andréasson's Top Methanol Funny Car as being bigger than this. It must be the camouflage paint.
	Is that Nitro the Dragon's baby brother hiding in the Fat Attack Nitro Harley?		Eurodragster.com sponsor Malcolm Francis had a passenger in his Super Comp Grand Am and still ran an 8.553.
	Mark Pointer has installed a Procharger; Paul Watson thinks that there is a Jumbo Jet somewhere missing an engine.		Mats Eriksson was ecstatic at getting his Crown Victoria Pro Mod to stand up on its tyres at the hit.
	Michael Malmgren's Lahega Racing Grand Am is sporting a great new design by Löörs.		Mick Smith brought along a Procharger-equipped Sportsman ET Fox Mustang.
	Mike Lacey had a change to test in his Pro ET Camaro and told us that it worked just fine.		Pro ET Neil Hunter was all set to run and then the rains came. He waited it out until the track re-opened and then ran 10.494.
	Nigel Barker ran an 8.555 off the trailer on his Super Street Bike.		Tech Inspectors Geoff Martin (right) and Mark Norton (left) gave Ray White's Pro Modified Zephyr the once-over.
	Pete Bellenie made his first pass of the year after a winter rebuild of his Super Street Bike, a nine-second pass with no gas followed by an exhaust-ejecting 8.764.		Stuart Doignie ran a 10.2-second checkout pass in his BMW Super Gasser.
	It would appear Stuart Morrice has been practicing as he laid down a storming rolling burnout in the family's Super Comp Camaro.		Karsten and Per Andersen kindly offered the Eurodragster.com staff the run of their well-appointed Top Fuel pit.
	Jon Webster is driving Santa Pod Raceway's Two-Seater Dragster today, running as quick as an 8.180 with a passenger.		This burnout by Pro Mod racer Urban Johansson ended with a bang from the engine, a cloud of smoke, and metal on the track.
	Carla Pittau took the wheel for the first time this year and effortlessly matched the wheelies which partner Rick McCann has been pulling.		Ian Hanson's stunning new 'Vette was at the front of the pairing lanes when the track had to be closed for the day.
	Håkan Nilsson made his first pass in the Veidec/Landmeco Top Fuel Dragster and was on and off the throttle as he was pushed back in his seat.		Lorenz Stauble claimed Pass of the Day with a 6.726 blast on the Fat Attack Nitro Supertwin.
	Micke Gullquist is packing the world's first blown-alcohol Chevy/Hemi Pro Mod engine and put in a very promising checkout pass.		Nev Mottershead put in a gentle pass to check out the newly-installed engine in the Valvoline Toyota Supra.
	Ray White had his hands too full to wave to spectators during the burnout so he had his right door do it for him.		Sean Mills also had his hands full, in this case with the Big CC Racing Super Street Bike.
	Pro Stock racer Tommy Leindahl lost the game of Chicken and had to drive round his crew member.		Urs Erbacher hit shake at twenty feet but still pulled a 0.896 sixty foot time in his Top Fueller.

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