2008 Springspeed Festival Monday (eliminations) Pictures are ©Roger Gorringe and Eurodragster.com and must not be taken, copied or used in any way without written permission. Unauthorised use may result in legal action. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view, click on your Browser's Back button to return. Stu Crane finished qualifying in fourth spot on his very smart Comp Bike. Lee Huxley had made it to the Pro ET semi-finals before we had to stop. Jorden Bissell faced off against buddy Scott Collier in the first round of Junior Drag Bike. Dave Beck led Pro Stock Bike qualifying and was fair set for the final round before a crew member committed a blue line violation. We were in Race Control when the Race Director broke the news to Dave and he took it in a very courteous and sporting manner. Tethys was fourth qualifier in Sportsman ET but made a first-round exit. Jerry Smith got over his defeat at Tog's hands at the Flame and Thunder Show and contested Pro ET with his beautiful Roadrunner. The price of these headsets is going up all the time. Something about inflation... Kerry Rolfe ran very close to dial-in but the reaction time in the first round of Super Pro ET came printed on yesterday's newspaper rather than a timing slip. We've all done it. Eurodragster.com News sponsor Peter Walters had a couple of runs out in his Super Pro ET rail. Graham Dance is the original Daddy of Super Street Bike. Bev Riley was a first-round casualty in Supertwin ET. Don Irvine's son Andrew designed the new paint on his Supertwin Gas bike. Steve Woollatt smoked the tyre at the hit during qualifying but was back on the numbers in the first round of Top Fuel Bike. Ian Carruthers is looking very comfortable on Dave Newbery's Top Fuel Bike. Wild Bunch racers Darryl and Sarah Howells were back with the repaired Chemical Reaction. They couldn't believe that someone took Easter's "opening the garage door" caption literally. Race Control filled with nitro fumes courtesy of Jim Usher and John Wright in the NFAA session. Jungle Hils seeing Dave Grabham back to the line in the NFAA session. Björn Martensson finally got to make his first observed run in his Fuel Altered and we have never heard such a wicked-sounding car. We like the colour of the smoke from Carolynne Campbell's Rocket Dragster. Tim Blakemore's Funny Bike was back into the sevens. Andy Haley is one of the few racers to have run 9.500 since the new index was instituted and in fact was the first to do it. Phil Leamon pulled out a huge lead on Fiona Moor in Comp Bike eliminations. Simon Barlow's Orange Pop got way out of shape and went into the field in the shutdown area. Simon kept it right side up and both he and the Pop were fine. Pro ET racer Dan Page got very close to both a Perfect Light and a Perfect ET. Jerry Collier looked like he had been riding his Pro Stock Bike all his life with two very competent observed runs. Just a hint of a wheelie from B&H Automotive Street Eliminator racer Ray Comer. Eurodragster.com webcam sponsor Jon Webster had Ian Jackson's Street Eliminator 'Vette into the 8.40s. Mark Watkins redlit his chances away in Super Street Bike handing the win to Graham Dance. Frank Mason was on double duty in Super Comp and Super Gas and made it to the Super Gas final which never happened. There are some racers you could strap into a washing machine and they would run on the numbers in it. Spencer Tramm is one such although this weekend he was running something a bit more orthodox in VW Sportsman. Jim Smith's very tidy Outlaw Flat Four Beetle is a good advertisement for his company Cotsweld. Zak Johnson would have faced Jayne Kay in the Junior Dragster final. Return to Event Index