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Article: Carter claims Top Fuel crown; Wilson, Erbacher, Ålund win titles
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- National Dragster
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- October 22, 2004
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SANTA POD RACEWAY, England (Sept. 9-12) - With his final-round victory at Santa Pod Raceway, Andy Carter became the first person to win the FIA European Top Fuel Championship twice, having won it also in 2001. Carter used a 4.98 pass to take top qualifier honors. He then beat a red-lighting Smax Smith with a 5.14 in the opening round. Holland's Lex Joon used a 5.00 to beat Jöran Persåker's 5.21, and Norway's Thomas Nataas' 5.00 ousted Jon Webster's 5.05. Micke Kågered blew a tire in the lights but won with a 5.07 when fellow Swede Tommy Möller banged the engine at threequarter-track and slowed to a 6.70. Carter pedaled the car to a 5.33 in his semifinal win when Joon overpowered > ...
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Article: FIA European champ Wilson U.S. bound
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... ... driving the American Car Imports-backed Top Methanol Dragster, became the second British driver to win the prestigious FIA European Top Methanol Dragster championship and the MSA British Top Methanol championship in the same year. At the ...
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