JapShow Finale 2006 Pro Shootout Sponsored by Do-Luck RWD/4WD Report

After the largest number of pro cars ever had turned up for Saturday's Test Day many teams spent much of Saturday night working on their cars, trying to get them ready again for Sunday. Kevin Huntley and Greg Buccheri both missed the first session after late nights but managed to make it for the 2nd and 3rd respectively. In all 22 of the 28 entered cars managed to make it to the Pod and put in qualifying runs, the bump spot for the 16 car eliminator was 11.588s.

The first round of qualifying set the standard for the rest of the day with 5 cars running into the 9's including, Tim Webster, Ross Juniper, Simon Norris, Andy Forrest and Dee Ireland. Unfortunately the first round of qualifying was the last for Mikee Singh who went out with a broken manifold.

Eight cars in total ran 9's on the day with Paul Blamire joining the club in the quarter finals as he resisted the chance to take his by run easy. Andy Barnes went out again after being eliminated and ran 9.851s at 138.03 mph. The eighth 9 second car was actually in RWYB, Mark Biggers ran 9.939s at 144.19mph in his Nissan Skyline, expect to see him running with the pros next year.

4WD/RWD Best Qualifying Times:

4WD/RWD Alternates Qualifying Times:

4WD/RWD Round 1

The top three alternates all got a second chance as damage sustained during the last qualifying round prevented cars from making it out for the first round of eliminations. James Willday replaced Andy Forrest who tragically couldn't get his Subaru Impreza out again after putting in three mid 9 second runs and qualifying second. Jonny McKeon replaced Mick Begley who had battled with mechanical problems for two days and had qualified 10th. Nick Evans Skyline replaced Rocket Ronnie's Evo.

In the first pairing Tony Charles never had a chance in his Celica as Tim Webster decided now was the time to run Europe's first ever FWD 8 second quarter mile. The second pair was more of a contest with Barrie Rycroft knocking out the defending champion from June Kevin Huntley. In pair 3 Gary Passingham red lighted allowing Simon Norris to take the win with a 16s run. Ross Juniper ran a 9.386 to beat John Bradshaw and smash his own European Mazda record. Next up two alternates and Nick Evans got the better of James Willday. Steve Whittaker beat the other alternate Jonny McKeown. The penultimate pair saw two of the big names in Jap racing go head to head and promptly saw both number 3 qualifier Dee Ireland and Andy Barnes brake down and go out of the competition. The last pair was a close one with Paul Blamire taking the win over Adrian Smith.

4WD/RWD Quarter Finals

In the first quarter final Tim Webster slipped back into the nines but still tock an easy win over Barrie Rycroft. Simon Norris beat Ross Juniper who could not repeat his first round performance. Steve Whittaker's Supra knocked out the Skyline of Nick Evans, before Paul Blamire ran 9.795 in his Impreza despite having no competition.

4WD/RWD Semi Finals

Simon Norris failed to make the first semi final so Tim Webster took the opportunity to take it easy and save the Skyline for the final. The second semi was very close with Steve Whittaker taking the win despite running a slower time due to Paul Blamire's considerable less than perfect reaction time.

4WD/RWD Finals

The final of the 4WD/RWD Do-Luck Pro Shootout saw Tim Webster saving the best till last and breaking the European record for the fourth time as he ran 8.808 seconds to beat the Supra of Steve Whittaker.

4WD/RWD Elimination Tree:

PRO12 +0.421 8.890 164.29 PRO3 +0.596 11.984 126.06		PRO12 +0.152 9.170 159.46 PRO21 +0.135 12.252 113.37
PRO1 +0.287 11.686 138.90 PRO21 +0.265 11.254 127.44
PRO10 +0.754 16.870 87.36 PRO16 -0.288 13.915 128.14		PRO10 +0.396 10.277 149.10 PRO4 +0.587 10.918 152.65
PRO4 +0.525 9.386 154.08 PRO9 +0.854 11.095 143.76
PRO11 +0.656 12.524 113.44 PRO19 +0.514 12.045 116.57		PRO19 +0.256 11.998 117.84 PRO5 +0.504 10.316 146.95
PRO5 +0.721 10.981 129.68 PRO28 +0.421 12.088 95.14
PRO26 Broke/Abort PRO24 Broke/Abort		Bye PRO7 +2.634 9.795 146.97
PRO7 +0.391 10.205 144.67 PRO2 +0.184 10.569 139.24
Semi Finals / Final
PRO12 +1.913 15.003 124.32 PRO10 Broke/Abort		PRO12 +0.327 8.808 162.88 PRO5 +0.290 11.342 126.87		PRO12 Winner - Tim Webster
PRO5 +0.464 10.410 143.70 PRO7 +0.602 10.364 145.15

4WD/RWD Do-Luck Pro Shootout Competitors:

PRO1 - Kevin Huntley		PRO2 - Adrian Smith		PRO3 - Tony Charles		PRO4 - Ross Juniper
PRO5 - Steve Whittaker		PRO6 - Greg Bucherri		PRO7 - Paul Blamire		PRO8 - Mick Begley
PRO9 - John Bradshaw		PRO10 - Simon Norris		PRO11 - James Willday		PRO12 - Tim Webster
PRO15 - Andy Forrest		PRO16 - Gary Passingham		PRO19 - Nick Evans		PRO20 - Simon Wilson
PRO21 - Barrie Rycroft		PRO22 - Rocket Ronnie		PRO23 - Mikee Singh		PRO24 - Andy Barnes
PRO26 - Dee Ireland		PRO28 - Jonny McKeon

4WD/RWD Pro Shootout History

FWD Report:

With less than 8 cars competing in the front wheel drive class everyone qualified for the elimination rounds and Guy Chamberlain got the bye into the semis. Stuart Anderson in his Civic Type R narrowly beat Paul Lee-Davis in another Civic Type R. Peter Cattel in the fourth Civic knocked out the Suzuki Swift of John Ardis. In the semis Peter Cattel got a bye run into the finals where he faced Guy, who beat Stuart Anderson in his semi. The final went to Guy with an 11.800 second run.

FWD Best Qualifying Times:

FWD Elimination Tree:

PRO1 +2.471 11.753 132.34 Bye		PRO1 +0.520 12.586 118.44 PRO5 +0.254 12.913 104.38		PRO1 +0.634 11.800 129.69 PRO3 +0.410 12.729 106.41 PRO1 Winner - Guy Chamberlain
PRO5 +0.248 13.137 107.41 PRO8 +0.539 13.262 108.70
PRO3 +0.272 12.757 100.82 PRO6 +0.595 13.841 96.73		PRO3 +1.114 15.136 107.69 Bye
Bye       Bye

FWD Competitors

PRO1 - Guy Chamberlain PRO3 - Peter Cattell PRO5 - Stuart Anderson PRO6 - John Ardis

PRO8 - Paul Lee-Davis

FWD Pro Shootout History

The JapShow Finale 2006 Report