|
|
 |
 |
The Summer Nationals13-14 June 2009
Santa Pod
Raceway |
|
I (Chris Kenny)
found myself without a car, after cracking the head at the Main Event. I
managed to buy some Ali heads for the 355cin engine, and had the car booked
into ZaNNetec Motorsports to have the heads put on. However, we found that the
existing cam would not give me much of a performance advantage with the new
heads, and I was advised that if I wanted the car to go any faster I would need
to replace the cam to match the heads, and as I was only going to race it for
one more meeting in 2009, it would be better and more cost effective to do the
work while the engine was already out of the car. So we have been concentrating
on getting my dad's (Aidan) car back on the track for the European
finals.
Here is how the rest of Bristol Teams did at the Summer
Nationals. |
| |
|
Super Gas
- Conrad Stanley and the team qualified number 1 with a 9.901 @ 155mph, which
gave him a bye in the first round, he beat Jon Morton in the second round, but
lost in the semi final against Frank Mason, after the car started to get out of
shape (not to go straight) at the 1/8 mile, and Conrad was forced to lift and
coast across the finshline with a time of 11.51 sec @ 93mph. |
| Conrad Stanley
|
|
 |
| |
|
Super
Street - Saw Neil Grant qualify number 5 with a 10.93 sec run, Bob Number 6
with a 10.96, and John number 7 with a 10.96. John Lost in the first round to
Leigh Morris in the Jag, John's 10.94, not quite beating Leigh's near perfect
10.904. Neil and Bob went through their first rounds, with Neil beating Nick
Griffin, and Bob beating Mark Watkins. In the semi finals Neil lost to Leigh
Morris's Jag with Leigh running a near perfect time again - a 10.909, to Neil's
losing and out of shape 11.04. Bob lost to Martyn Sanger, with Bob red lighting
his chances away at the startline. Martyn did get his first National points win
after beating Leigh Morris's Jag in the final, so well Done Martyn!! |
| Neil Grant |
|
 |
| Bob Lees |
|
 |
| John Grant |
|
 |
| |
|
Junior
Dragster - Anna Stanley qualified her Panther Racing Dragster number 4 with
a 0.030 reaction time. In the first round she beat Josh Saunders, in the second
round she took out Matthew Seamarks, which gave her a bye in the semi final. In
the final Anna faced Joe Kellet, and unfortunately she deep staged (which means
the car is further into stage than you would normally see, and is very easy to
do by accident, this is shown when the top light goes out on the Christmas
tree) which may have just thrown her off a bit and she red lit, giving the win
to Joe. |
| Anna Stanley
|
|
 |
| |
|
Wild Bunch
- Chris Hartnell in the Backdraft Dragster and Pete 'Ed' Yates in the Ramraider
Dragster faced each other in the first round, with Pete wining the Bristol
match up with a 9.33 on a 9.33 second Dial in, to Chris's losing 9.05 on a 8.89
second Dial In. Pete had a bye in the semi final to put him in the final
against Dave Rowlands - but Dave had problems on the startline and never staged
the car, giving Pete the win in Wild Bunch.
Chris Kenny
|
| Chris Hartnell
in the pits with his Purple Helmet |
|
 |
| Pete 'Ed'
Yates |
|
 |
| Chris Hartnell
wheelies away from the line |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
DN0903 |
|
|
