FIA Pro Modified - Review Round #1 2014
This was another frustrating weekend at the drag races as rain disrupted qualifying and washed out Bank Holiday Monday’s eliminations altogether.  
The opening qualifying session rolled out of the lanes at 7.15pm on Saturday evening, and ended abruptly not long after. Mats Eriksson’s Green Goblin, with a new chassis beneath its familiar body, got out of shape and clipped both walls. The driver was fine but the car will need some rebuilding before Alastaro. As the debris was being cleared away, the rain returned and the session was not only cancelled, but the results annulled.


Michael Gullqvist

A new Q1 was scheduled for Sunday morning, the first of three sessions that would be completed that day. By the end, Marc Meihuizen and Michael Gullqvist had both dipped into the 5-second/240mph zone. Looming behind them in the 6.10’s were


Bruno Bader
Bruno Bader, winner of last year’s FIA European Finals on this track, and Robert Joosten, whose Easter 6.068 at Santa Pod’s Festival Of Power had lain down an early-season gauntlet to his competitors.


Roger Johansson

Fifth qualifier Roger Johansson needed a masterful driving job to keep his gleaming black Mustang off the wall on his last qualifying pass and sixth qualifier Norbert Kuno was one of two racers to set fresh personal bests. British Pro Mod newcomer Chris Isaacs wrapped up his licensing procedure with new ET and speed PBs on his last attempt.


Roger Moore

Mattias Wulcan


David Vegter

Team Meihuizen 


Tero Laukkanen

Tero Laukkanen will have been disappointed at the original Q1’s annulment, having delivered his best figures of the weekend on his first-ever pass down the Santa Pod track. A 6.310sec/221.45mph/356,39km/h effort would have secured him eighth spot but he had to settle for a next-best 6.758, good for 11th, in Sunday’s Q3.


Jean Dulamon

Jean Dulamon’s fastest pass (204.16mph/328,56km/h) also came in the annulled Q1, but Sunday’s new Q1 produced his quickest ET in more than three years, 6.876, to place him 13th.

After a day’s rain and track-drying, Pro Mods were called to the lanes to begin eliminations late on Monday afternoon, perhaps more in hope than expectation. Three cars actually made it down to the collection area before the drizzle returned and the event was called off.


Team Micke Gullqvist Motorsport 

See the Championship points standings after the event under a separate headline in this newsletter.



See the full event coverage at Eurodragster.com 

RESULTS DATA:
- LINK TO FINAL QUALIFICATION LIST
credit to TSI Timers



Rogert Joosten


Andy Robinson
 
        RESULTS: QUALIFYING                                                                                                           Best

                                                         ET        MPH     Km/H     Km/h
1.      Marc Meihuizen            NED         5.981    241.25    388,25              
2.      Michael Gullqvist          SVE         5.990     240.31    386,74              
3.      Bruno Bader                SUI          6.106    227.95    366,85              
4.      Robert Joosten            NED         6.108     236.14    380,03              
5.      Roger Johansson         SVE         6.122     224.75    361,70              
6.      Norbert Kuno               DEU         6.201     231.55    372,64              
7.     David Vegter              NED         6.218    231.66    372,82              
8.    Matttias Wulcan           SVE        6.316   198.88    320,07              
 9.      Andy Robinson             GBR         6.338    228.92    368,41    372,39
10.    Rick Garrett                  GBR         6.687    198.82    319,97              
11.    Tero Laukkanen           FIN          6.758    181.40    291,94              
12.    Roger Moore                GBR         6.825    192.98    310,57              
13.    Jean Dulamon              FRA         6.876    202.35    325,65              
14.    Chris Isaacs                 GBR         7.068    198.99    320,24              
15.    Andy Wright                 GBR         7.239    213.08    342,92    346,22


Crashed entry:         Mats Eriksson               SVE

Withdrawn entries:
          Roland Bolleter             SUI
          Andy Frost                   GBR
          Steve Hall                     GBR
         Wayne Nicholson         GBR
          Mats Wicktor                SWE
         

ELIMINATIONS: Rained off.

 
Low Elapsed Time of the Event:  5.981sec. – Marc Meihuizen (Q3)
Top Speed of the Event:  388,25km/h / 241.25mph – Marc Meihuizen (Q3)

 
Personal-best performances set during event: 

                                            ET        Km/H        MPH

Chris Isaacs                    7.068       320,24    198.99
Norbert Kuno                  6.201                 -              -


Chris Isaacs - Isaacs & Tramm Racing

Report & Statistics: Robin Jackson
Photos:  Remco Scheelings

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