Part 1. More later.
The season opener for Santa Pod's 50th anniversary season promised so much before hand but despite the crews constant hard work on the track I think it's fair to say the weather won this one in the end.
We did have a lovely day on Friday and just to go drag racing after a tough winter was great.
Some promising performances and plenty to look forward to for the rest of the season.
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Bob Hawkins has a ton of updates on the Time Traveler 2 including a bigger blower and I expect to the car to run quicker than ever in 2016
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How does the quickest man in the world on two wheels test which way the gale force winds are blowing, with a tissue.
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And then does this.
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Another car with plenty of new updates and upgrades was Julian Webb's Jet.
The flame was impressive as Roy watches on.
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Team Extreme now own the Bentley which took out 4 blocks on one pass.
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Dan Williams had to chase down James Forster but crossed the center line after a huge wheelie.
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Michel Tooren was taking his first passes on the Pro Dutch Pro Mod and done really well.
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Laura leaving hard.
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The weather stopped Kirstie Tramm running her first round of eliminations
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Peter Walters has a striking new paint scheme on his dragster to celebrate 10 year of PWR.
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The Apache car is looking very strong for 2016. The other teams in NFC have a lot of catching up to do.
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Annie Wallace done really well in the Pop.
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Somebody else who's looking good in the hot seat is Robbie Graham. Time to turn the wick up Dave 
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I don't know anything about this but it looked damm quick.
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Kevin Kent sat around all day on Saturday for just a launch.
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Craig White down well in Super Pro.
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Steve Wollatt flying as always
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Plenty of old ford's about.
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Rene van den Berg's stunning Top Fuel Bike.
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The season opener for Santa Pod's 50th anniversary season promised so much before hand but despite the crews constant hard work on the track I think it's fair to say the weather won this one in the end.
We did have a lovely day on Friday and just to go drag racing after a tough winter was great.
Some promising performances and plenty to look forward to for the rest of the season.
Action
Bob Hawkins has a ton of updates on the Time Traveler 2 including a bigger blower and I expect to the car to run quicker than ever in 2016
The flame was impressive as Roy watches on.
