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1994 World Finals at Santa Pod Raceway
Results © TSI Timers, photos © Dick Parnham and Eric Sawyer, programme © Santa Pod Raceway and report © Dave and Alli Gibbons

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Risto Poutiainen, Top Fuel winner

Risto Poutiainen

Risto Poutiainen

Top Fuel

Qualifying

  1. Tommi Haappanen 5.288/267.45
  2. Tony Bryntesson 5.304/271.29
  3. Viveca Averstedt 5.451/216.46
  4. Peter Lantz 10.385/68.32
  5. Risto Poutiainen 16.099/58.50
  6. Kent Persson 19.210/60.62


Tommi Haappanen

Tommi Haappanen

Tommi Haappanen

Eliminations

Round 1

Tommi Haappanen 0.664 RT, 8.340/113.74 Bye
Peter Lantz 0.512 RT, 5.269/273.23 def. Rico Anthes 0.499 RT, 6.668/144.22
Tony Bryntesson 0.542 RT, 5.222/267.57 def. Kent Persson 0.577 RT, 7.013/123.68
Risto Poutiainen 0.538 RT, 5.580/254.23 def. Viveca Averstedt 1.082 RT 5.656/222.89

Semi Finals

Tommi Haappanen 0.518 RT, 5.294/259.16 def. Peter Lantz 0.251 RT, 5.244/276.49 DQ red
Risto Poutiainen 0.551 RT, 5.298/272.66 def. Tony Bryntesson 0.491 RT, 5.629/223.49

Final

Risto Poutiainen 0.452 RT, 6.018/159.66 def. Tommi Haappanen 0.584 RT, 5.935/245.77


Peter Lantz

Tommi Haappanen

Tony Bryntesson


Peter Lantz

Peter Lantz, 1994 ETFA Champion

Peter Lantz

Top Alcohol

Qualifying

  1. Barry Sheavills 6.032/224.92
  2. Bob Feeler 6.163/228.02
  3. Anita Mäkelä 6.188/222.21
  4. Micke Kågered 6.211/222.90
  5. Leif Helander 6.247/218.76
  6. Urs Erbacher 6.253/213.65
  7. Rob Turner 6.307/218.77
  8. Jens Nybo 6.324/216.38
  9. Dave Wilson 6.365/213.83
  10. Alan Jackson 6.858/194.86
  11. Deszoe Krivan 6.901/188.60
  12. Doug Bond 7.011/170.96
  13. Peter Kruse 7.078/139.08
  14. Tony Betts 7.092/182.47
  15. Craig Lowes 7.231/150.79
  16. Ken McCormack 7.535/187.70
  17. Frank Bennett 7.572/161.66
  18. Andy Hill 9.097/111.65


Barry Sheavills

Anita Mäkelä

Anita Mäkelä


Bob Feeler

Leif Helander

Micke Kågered

Eliminations

Round 1

Barry Sheavills 0.477 RT, 6.028/225.55 def. Craig Lowes 0.512 RT, 7.073/199.14
Jens Nybo 0.481 RT, 6.324/216.02 def. Dave Wilson 0.447 RT, 6.447/211.69
Micke Kågered 0.648 RT,6.415/220.17def. Doug Bond 0.747 RT, 11.699/67.12
Leif Helander 0.595 RT, 6.208/216.20 def. Bernie Hepworth 0.815 RT, 6.610/190.58
Bob Feeler 0.702 RT, 6.121/227.75 def. Ken McCormack 0.481 RT, 7.315/189.16
Rob Turner 0.627 RT, 6.211/220.13 def. Alan Jackson 0.536 RT, 6.896/181.32
Anita Mäkelä 0.493 RT, 6.281/223.91 def. Peter Kruse 0.547 RT, 9.522/75.97
Urs Erbacher 0.481 RT 6.049/226.65 def. Frank Bennett 0.691 RT, 7.615/166.25

Round 2

Barry Sheavills 0.703 RT, 6.102/216.83 def. Jens Nybo 0.498 RT, 6.447/205.13
Leif Helander 0.553 RT, 6.123/225.01 def. Mikael Kågered 0.511 RT, 6.182/221.39
Bob Feeler 0.600 RT, 6.072/228.83 def. Rob Turner 0.563 RT, 6.547/211.56
Anita Mäkelä 0.531 RT, 6.115/228.48 def. Urs Erbacher 0.579 RT, 6.106/225.66

Semi Finals

Barry Sheavills 0.558 RT, 6.004/223.28 def. Leif Helander 1.003 RT, 6.264/223.53
Anita Mäkelä 0.525 RT, 6.094/227.52 def. Bob Feeler 0.525 RT, 6.079/227.87

Final Barry Sheavills 0.466 RT, 5.979*/223.13 def Anita Mäkelä 0.427 RT, 6.145/226.59

*Barry Sheavill's winning pass was the first methanol-fuelled five second pass at Santa Pod Raceway.


Urs Erbacher

Urs Erbacher

Jens Nybo


Alan Jackson

Craig Lowes

Frank Bennett

Super Gas


Allen Flavell

Qualifying

  1. Brian Pateman 9.905/133.31
  2. Paul Letchford 9.911/128.34
  3. Allen Flavell 9.925/133.59
  4. Terry Gibbs 9.932/130.54
  5. Tim Adam 9.942/143.19
  6. Peter Lane 9.944/125.55
  7. Phil Drewitt 9.952/138.15
  8. Paul Watson 9.953/132.84
  9. Jason Savory 9.976/133.68
  10. Jim McGhee 9.978/126.65
  11. Ray White 9.982/122.94
  12. Dave Clarkson 9.992/139.19
  13. Jon Webster 10.027/131.84
  14. Simon Oxberry 10.433/126.43
  15. George Chiarella 10.608/109.81
  16. Trevor Graves 9.899/140.73
  17. Bill MacDermid 9.897/120.36
  18. Nick Davies 9.865/133.90


Terry Gibbs

Peter Lane

Peter Lane


Jim McGhee
Eliminations (Quarter finals onwards)

Quarter Finals

Terry Gibbs 0.431 RT, 9.942/129.28 def. Brian Pateman 0.468 RT, 9.919/132.52
Ray White 0.818 RT, 11.714/102.02 Bye
Tim Adam 0.485 RT, 10.047/127.96 def. Allen Flavell 0.557 RT, 9.986/132.46

Semi Finals

Terry Gibbs 0.422 RT, 9.935/123.10 def Ray White 0.515 RT, 9.924/114.25
Tim Adam 0.661 RT, 9.965/140.08 Bye

Final

Tim Adam 2.600 RT, 13.337/86.83 def. Terry Gibbs, 0.399 RT, 11.411/79.08 Red

Outlaw Anglia

Qualifying

  1. Andy Carter 7.578/181.88
  2. Tony Baker 8.727/156.30
  3. Andy Przybyl 9.272/145.70
  4. Dennis Boyle 9.522/139.36
  5. Paul Wright 10.949/127.10
  6. Rob Stone 11.493/111.66
Eliminations

Round 1

Andy Carter 0.667 RT, 9.335/127.77 def. Rob Stone 0.679 RT, 11.505/118.11
Tony Baker 0.942 RT, 8.580/162.51 def. Paul Wright, no show
Andy Przybyl 9.18/143.71 def. Dennis Boyle 9.553/133.27

Semi Finals

Andy Carter 0.656 RT, 10.254/85.55 Bye Tony Baker 0.806 RT, 8.737/152.00 Bye def. Andy Przybyl 0.570 RT, 9.195/146.85

Final

Andy Carter 0.629 RT, 8.735/134.13 def. Tony Baker 0.531 RT, 8.883/157.41

Pro Rover

Qualifying

  1. Kevin Jenkins 9.419/142.29
  2. Paula Atkin 9.675/140.62
  3. Chris Pegg 10.778/130.92
  4. Bob Owen 12.991/80.78
Eliminations

Semi Final

Kevin Jenkins 0.663 RT, 9.882/134.04 def. Bob Owen 0.940 RT, 12.738/79.97
Paula Atkin 0.491 RT, 9.504/138.46 def. Chris Pegg 0.800 RT, 10.402/132.70

Final
Kevin Jenkins 0.553 RT, 9.483/141.84 def. Paula Atkin 0.634 RT, 9.485/143.36


Jerry Clayton

Super Pro ET

Qualifying

  1. Steve Johnson 7.714/170.69
  2. Martyn Jones 8.013/163.82
  3. Barry Giles 8.087/163.31
  4. Jerry Clayton 8.754/154.88
Eliminations

Semi Finals

Barry Giles (7.90) 0.621 RT, 8.211/145.80 def. Steve Johnson (7.70) 0.779 RT, 7.871/165.92
Martyn Jones (8.01) 0.606 RT, 8.030/161.85 def. Jerry Clayton (8.00) RT 1.000, 8.241/154.0

Final

Barry Giles (8.00) 0.521 RT, 7.859/167.16 def. Martyn Jones, broke after burnout


Mick Hillier, non-qualifier due to engine damage caused by
lack of oil pressure from a faulty sump design

Pro ET

Qualifying

  1. Steve Warner 8.929/147.37
  2. Rob Emmett 9.218/143.27
  3. Chris Orthodoxou 9.414/140.77
  4. Ivan Birch 9.520/139.12
  5. Eric Humphrey 9.585/140.67
  6. John Atkinson 9.591/142.04
  7. Dennis Hawkins 9.644/136.20
  8. Roger Moore 9.753/130.32
  9. John Powis 9.847/137.08
  10. Steph Milam 10.056/121.98
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter finals

Steve Warner (8.92) 0.734 RT, 8.924/147.01
Chris Orthodoxou (9.45) 0.584 RT, 9.467/137.95 def. Eric Humphrey (9.50) 0.523 RT, 9.605/138.84
Dennis Hawkins (9.56) 0.513 RT, 9.623/135.88 def. Ivan Birch (9.45) 0.646 RT, 9.469/140.53

Semi Finals

Chris Orthodoxou (9.40) 0.576 RT, 9.464/140.20 def. Steve Warner (8.49) 0.449 RT, 10.394/83.88 Red
Dennis Hawkins (9.56) 0.556 RT, 9.621/135.26 Bye

Final

Chris Orthodoxou (9.40) 0.496 RT, 9.459/140.22 def. Dennis Hawkins (9.56) 0.440 RT, 9.796/121.72 Red

Modified ET

Qualifying

  1. Steve Brown 10.124/132.50
  2. Mike Ismail 10.159/131.30
  3. Tony Reed 10.266/131.47
  4. Gordon Smith 10.313/130.50
  5. Tony Guy 10.318/125.83
  6. Chris Isaacs 10.776/126.79
  7. Simon Hall 10.794/121.61
  8. Steve Young 10.979/130.86
  9. Paul Mitchell 10.998/119.09
  10. Fay Fischer 11.215/121.55
  11. Brian Huxley 11.343/123.87
  12. John Tebenham 11.884/112.21
  13. Ray Poole 12.082/112.52
  14. Danny Hearn 9.981/118.69
  15. Ray Barrow 9.868/133.86
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter Finals

Steve Brown (10.10) 0.785 RT, 10.230/114.75 def. John Tebenham (10.90) 0.742 RT, 11.226/125.80
Simon Hall (10.80) 0.546 RT, 10.994/117.47 def. Tony Reed (10.28) 0.748 RT, 10.391/130.28
Chris Isaacs (10.77) 0.638 RT, 10.960/112.16 def. Paul Mitchell (11.00) 0.628 RT, 11.252/117.08
Ray Barrow (10.00) 0.681 RT, 10.077/128.74 def. Gordon Smith (10.35) 0.616 RT, 10.449/129.18

Semi Finals

Steve Brown (10.10) 0.584 RT, 10.186/116.85 def. Simon Hall (10.78) 0.633 RT, 11.056/120.25
Ray Barrow (10.00) 0.548 RT, 9.883/134.13 def. Chris Isaacs (10.77) 0.465 RT, 10.819/124.30

Final

Ray Barrow (10.00) 0.628 RT, 10.013/129.28 def. Steve Brown (10.10) 0.656 RT, 10.150/124.93

Super ET

Qualifying

  1. Stuart Cree 11.587/103.68
  2. Lorraine Payne 11.631/112.98
  3. Howard Thomas 11.641/119.20
  4. Dave Day 11.722/115.10
  5. Mike Bentley 11.771/114.69
  6. Bob Lees 12.045/111.42
  7. Andy Holmes 12.100/108.50
  8. Simon Farmer 12.212/106.25
  9. Jon Evans 12.283/109.67
  10. Martin Wicker 12.376/105.14
  11. Chris Garner 13.038/105.39
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter Finals

Stuart Cree (11.50) 0.547 RT, 12.800/81.01 def. Jon Evans (12.25) 0.481 RT, 12.321/109.05 Red
Chris Garner (13.01) 0.600 RT, 13.088/104.53 def. Howard Thomas (11.65) 0.438 RT, 11.869/102.94
Andy Holmes (12.10) 0.699 RT, 12.159/104.92 def. Mike Bentley (11.75) 0.668 RT, 11.921/114.43

Semi Finals

Stuart Cree (11.50) 0.525 RT 11.578/102.11 def. Chris Garner (13.00) 0.591 RT, 13.075/104.81
Andy Holmes (12.10) 0.961 RT, 12.223/108.27 Bye

Final

Andy Holmes (12.10) 0.641 RT, 15.330/60.74 def. Stuart Cree (11.50) 0.408 RT, 11.478/117.06 Red

Street ET

Qualifying

  1. Tim Holmes 13.522/82.44
  2. Carla Pittau 13.678/74.76
  3. Phil Walker 14.006/97.09
  4. Pat Bedford 14.127/98.82
  5. Dave Billadeau 14.213/98.10
  6. Glenn Rees 14.493/93.13
  7. Bill Weston 15.364/90.71
  8. Keith Ridley 15.716/83.85
  9. Derek Annable 16.545/84.45
  10. Colin Catlin 17.949/73.99
  11. Martin Lewis 18.308/70.25
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter finals

Tim Holmes (13.50) 0.971 RT, 13.307/102.27 def. Pat Bedford (14.00) 0.484 RT, 14.380/97.43 Red
Martin Lewis (18.00) 0.947 RT, 18.711/69.37 def. Keith Ridley (16.00), 0 RT, 16.775/84.39
Dave Billadeau (14.10) 0.613 RT, 13.952/99.65 def. Bill Weston (15.40) 0.365 RT, 20.632/54.72 Red

Semi Finals

Martin Lewis (18.00) 0.806 RT, 18.157/72.06 def. Tim Holmes (13.50) 0.885 RT, 13.409/89.18
Dave Billadeau (14.10) 0.809 RT, 14.106/98.15 Bye

Final

Martin Lewis (18.00) 1.000 RT, 18.934/68.77 def. Dave Billadeau (14.10) 0.329 RT, 14.076/97.70 Red


Gary Page

Gary Page

Harlan Thompson

Car demonstrations

Sammy Miller (Jet dragster) - 5.57/288 (new track records for jets), 5.71/285
John Spuffard (Funny Car) - 5.86/180, 5.63
Gary Page (Funny Car) - half pass, engine fire and car rolled into field
Harlan Thompson (Funny Car) - blower explosion on burnout
Clive Mechaell (Fuel Altered) - 7.69
Alan Packman (Pro Modified) - 6.93/203, 6.87/205, 6.81/204


Harlan Thompson

Harlan Thompson

John Spuffard


Stefan Jonsson

Alan Packman

Alan Packman

Top Fuel Bike

Qualifying

  1. Steve Woollatt 6.829/201.68
  2. Phil Baimbridge 7.037/197.13
  3. Roel Koedam 7.193/189.57
  4. Brian Johnson 8.652/127.59
  5. Tony Bizjak 9.427/147.79
  6. Werner Bruckle 11.294/102.29
Eliminations

Semi Finals

Steve Woollatt 0.633 RT, 14.31/77.31 Bye
Roel Koedam 0.951 RT, 6.915/192.20 def. Jules Boag 0.732 RT, 8.005/156.22

Note: Jules Boag took the place of broken Tony Bizjak

Final

Roel Koedam 0.558 RT, 6.989/189.33 def. Steve Woollatt 0.570 RT, 7.217/194.83


Roel Koedam, winner in Top Fuel Bike

Roel Koedam

Competition Bike

Qualifying

  1. Chris Hall 7.724/168.79
  2. Mike Beaumont 7.755/174.31
  3. Augy Harrison 7.795/162.43
  4. Dave Turner 8.214/174.95
  5. Barry Eastman 8.216/172.65
  6. Roger Turner 8.467/170.67
  7. Mark Stiles 8.790/147.19
  8. Robert Brooks 9.479/145.47
  9. Stephen French9.509/143.21
  10. Martin Cavicchioni 9.642/144.57
  11. Mel Nolan 9.715/144.30
  12. Brian Noble 9.784/140.71
  13. Ken Thorne 9.821/135.34
  14. Andrew Folberth 12.436/107.58
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter finals

Chris Hall 1.000 RT, 7.414/176.88 Bye
Dave Turner 0.629 RT, 8.153/174.05 def. Martin Cavicchioni 0.517 RT, 17.80/36.83
Mike Beaumont 0.655 RT, 9.573/139.59 def. Robert Brooks 0.916 RT, 9.573/139.59
Augy Harrison 0.660 RT, 7.446/172.90 def. Roger Turner 0.552 RT, 8.524/175.22

Semi-Finals

Chris Hall 0.644 RT, 7.520/172.64 def. Dave Turner 0.354 RT, 8.311/163.17 Red
Augy Harrison 0.821 RT, 7.753/161.56 def. Mike Beaumont no-show

Final

Augy Harrison 0.817 RT, 7.617/171.17 def. Chris Hall no-show

Pro Stock Bike

Qualifying

  1. Paul Willis 8.206/160.02
  2. Ceri Visick 8.279/157.26
  3. Graham Dance 8.362/156.57
  4. Len Paget 8.445/156.82
  5. Nigel Dowding 8.477/153.75
  6. Ray Debben 9.331/132.85
  7. Eddie Galvin 9.378/132.10
  8. Martin Bishop 9.645/135.15
Eliminations

Round 1

Paul Willis 0.490 RT, 8.101/163.56
Nigel Dowding 0.419 RT, 8.321/158.10 def.Len Paget 0.570 RT, 9.595/99.55
Ceri Visick 0.598 RT, 8.293/152.42 def. Eddie Galvin 0.617 RT, 9.222/148.73
Graham Dance 0.857 RT, 8.403/155.66 def. Ray Debben 0.603 RT, 8.872/146.11

Semi Finals

Paul Willis 0.660 RT, 8.121/162.21 def. Nigel Dowding 0.429 RT, 8.372/157.58
Ceri Visick 0.484 RT, 8.094/159.72 def. Graham Dance 0.436 RT, 8.124/160.09

Final

Paul Willis 0.410 RT, 8.173/157.58 def Ceri Visick 0.467 RT, 8.124/160.09

Super Street Bike

Qualifying

  1. Jarrod Frost 8.841/164.42
  2. Andy Richards 8.865/153.82
  3. Marc Fossey 8.946/155.95
  4. Steve Ashby 8.973/157.65
  5. Tony Clark 9.178/155.97
  6. Mike Chislett 9.337/150.41
  7. James Curnick 9.429/152.56
  8. Andy Smith 9.727/118.19
  9. Graham Balchin 9.749/151.60
  10. David Smith 14.581/126.45
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter finals

Jarrod Frost 0.568 RT, 9.366/135.96 def Tony Clark 0.599 RT, 9.392/155.33
Marc Fossey 0.614 RT, 9.311/145.78 def. Andy Smith 0.616 RT, broke
James Curnick 0.515 RT, 9.411/147.45 def. Andy Richards 0.619, broke

Semi Finals

Jarrod Frost 0.578 RT, 9.058/159.88 def. Marc Fossey 0.580 RT, 9.138/153.79
James Curnick 0.534 RT, 10.186/133.07 Bye

Final

James Curnick 0.795 RT, 9.491/144.23 def. Jarrod Frost 0.669 RT, 9.618/149.02

9.90 Bike

Qualifying

  1. Mark Sweetman 9.915/133.32
  2. Jeff Dowsett 9.916/144.88
  3. Den Avenell 9.925/134.32
  4. Kevin Fox 9.954/137.09
  5. Guy Chamberlain 9.977/127.43
  6. Dave Whattam 9.984/137.54
  7. Paul Hanson 9.989/131.46
  8. Andy Tyszkiewicz 10.044/130.21
  9. Bob Sharples 10.056/136.58
  10. Andy Haley 10.129/125.86
  11. Mark Watkins 10.225/143.66
  12. Dave Holland 10.227/134.73
  13. Paul Carter 10.239/136.14
  14. Tim Whetton 10.274/134.60
  15. Dave Peters 10.305/139.63
  16. Bradley O’Connor 10.378/140.95
  17. Karl Larcombe 10.399/139.21
  18. Jeff Sims 14.461/73.64
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter Finals

Paul Carter 0.887 RT, 10.064/113.37 def. Andy Haley, no-show
Jeff Dowsett 1.000 RT, 10.337/125.83 bye
Den Avenell 0.517 RT, 17.358/60.10 def. Bob Sharples 0.097 RT, 10.026/133.52

Semi-Finals

Jeff Dowsett 0.703 RT, 9.987/125.53 def. Paul Carter 0.513 RT, 9.775/131.77 breakout
Den Avenell 0.582 RT, 18.043/63.30 bye

Final

Jeff Dowsett 0.592 RT, 9.775/131.77 def. Den Avenell 0.600 RT, 9.714/141.04

10.90 Bike

Qualifying

  1. Mike Payne 10.931/125.21
  2. Anthony Wrather 10.941/129.08
  3. Geoff Rogerson 10.943/125.86
  4. Mark Nathan 10.946/124.23
  5. Stu Chamberlain 10.955/119.00
  6. David Hirst 11.016/114.89
  7. David Glover 11.071/125.15
  8. Andy Minor 11.112/122.25
  9. Dave Hall 11.174/124.69
  10. Mike Vickers 11.295/125.69
  11. Wayne Saunders 11.295/124.14
  12. Steve Debben 11.340/119.68
  13. Louise Kiernan 11.359/117.54
  14. Laurie Walker 11.477/126.37
  15. Darren Rose 11.617/115.01
  16. Jamie Sneddon 11.637/105.13
Eliminations from quarter finals

Quarter Finals

Dave Hall 0.542 RT, 10.994/125.94 def. Stu Chamberlain 0.556 RT, 10.852/116.29 breakout
Wayne Saunders 0.595 RT, 11.151/125.17 def David Glover 0.585 RT, 11.295/123.55
Laurie Walker 0.926 RT, 11.798/90.35 def. Anthony Wrather no-show
Mark Nathan 0.592 RT, 11.211/101.43 def. Jamie Sneddon 0.544 RT, 11.517/119.71

Semi Finals

Wayne Saunders 0.447 RT, 11.015/125.46 def Dave Hall 0.536 RT, 11.948 /92.99
Laurie Walker 0.606 RT, 11.230/124.02 def. Mark Nathan 0.697 RT, 11.170/125.15

Final

Wayne Saunders 0.650 RT, 11.082/125.10 def Laurie Walker 0.663 RT, 11.157/124.76


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