Pomona World Finals 2003 taken by
Roger Gorringe
a) Championships
2005 FIA European Championship - Winner
2004 FIA European Championship - Winner
2003 FIA European Championship -Winner
2003 MSA British Championship -Winner
2002 FIA European Championship -Runner-up
2002 MSA British Championship -Runner-up
b) Performance
-Quickest pass ever made by a European Top Methanol Dragster 5.386 Seconds
–World Finals –Pomona California November 2003
-Fastest pass ever made by a European Top Methanol Dragster 270.36 mph-Gardermoen Norway 2004, also one of only 3 Top Methanol Dragsters in the WORLD over 270mph.
c) Records
-Mantorp Park Sweden - 2004 Official Track Elapsed Time Record Holder -
5.463 secs
-Mantorp Park-Sweden 2003-Official Track Speed Record Holder - 261mph
-Gardermoen Raceway-Norway 2004 - Official Track Speed Record Holder -
270.36 mph (not backed up within 1% for a european record)
-Gardermoen Norway 2003-Official European Speed Record - 261.25 mph
-Santa Pod UK - 2005 European Elapsed Time Record Holder - 5.422 secs
-Santa Pod UK - 2003 Track Record Holder for Speed - 255.91 mph
-Alastaro-Finland 2005 –Official Track ET and Speed Record holder 5.470
260.92 mph
-FIA European Record Holders 5.422 261.25mph
-MSA British Record Holders @ 5.500 254.56mph
d) Other Achievements
-First European Team to run in the 5.50’s
-First European Team to run in the
5.40’s
-First European Team to run in the
5.30’s
-First European Team to run over 270mph
-First European TAD Team to win an NHRA event-Tuscon March 2004
-After 2004 Tour in the US, 4th in NHRA National TAD Points
-After 2004 Tour in the US, 2nd
in NHRA Lucas Oil Series Points in Division 7
-Attended 6 NHRA National Events-Qualified
in all of them
-Attended 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional
Events-Qualified in 3 out of 4