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The latest updates are at the top of the page. Click on your Browser's Refresh key to be sure of seeing the latest news. Click here to go back to the event index 17:50 That's all of the track action for today. The Test and Tune session yielded a lot of spinning tyres and smoke as you can probably tell from the numbers below and a couple of teams went back to the pits instead of running. We will post today's pictures in a short while and Simon is getting some more pit notes so stay tuned for those. 17:40 Test and Tune
Micha Vogt (Comp Eliminator) 9.027/280.77 bye Super Street Bike
Sandro Haldimann 10.594/232.93, Danny Cockerill 12.770/115.78 Pro Stock Bike Len Paget 8.425/271.33, Dimitris Petridis 15.219/80.90 Supertwin Hans Olav Olstad shut off (fluid leak) bye Top Fuel Bike Kai Selkämaa 24.442/105.30 bye 17:05 The Pro racers making test passes have been called to the lanes. Super Pro ET qualifying top five after session 4
Junior Dragster qualifying top five after session 4
16:40 Super Gas qualifying top five after session 4
Super Comp qualifying top five after session 4
16:25 A small number of Pro racers are set to make checkout passes to help race officials to assess the state of the track. One is Norbert Kuno with his new Pro Mod, we also understand that Top Fuel Bike racer Ian King is set to run as well as a couple of others. Stay tuned. Pro ET qualifying top five after session 4 Congratulations to new #1 qualifier Gerard Dold on a perfect run.
16:15 SImon has posted his first set of pit notes, which you can check out via the Event Index page. Funny Bike qualifying top five after session 3
15:45 Comp Eliminator qualifying top five after session 3
Supertwin Top Gas qualifying top five after session 3
15:25 We have received a new running order which confirms what we already told you - no Pro qualifying today. Super Pro ET qualifying top five after session 3
15:05 Super Comp qualifying top five after session 3
Junior Dragster qualifying top five after session 3
14:45 Word from the drivers' meeting in the pits is that there will be no Pro qualifying this afternoon. Pro ET qualifying top five after session 3
Super Gas qualifying top five after session 3
13:55 Track prep is continuing and now we hear that a small hole has been found in the track which needs repair. FIA racers are meeting in the pits at 14:00, we will let you know what we hear - as you know we don't do rumour so we won't say anything until we get authoritative information. 12:55 Funny Bike qualifying top five after session 2 We believe a new PB for new #1 qualifier Mike Olie, well done Mike!
We're now on a short break for track prep. 12:45 Super Pro ET qualifying top five after session 2
Comp Eliminator qualifying top five after session 2
12:15 An updated running order has a single Pro session at 15:00 this afternoon. 12:10 Pro ET qualifying top five after session 2
Super Gas qualifying top five after session 2 Super Gas racers now being encouraged to burn out across the start like - usually not allowed in this class. Wild burnout by Werner Zudrell as the 'Cuda drifted right then suddenly turned hard left. Werner stood on the brakes and got it stopped just before the car could hit the rail.
Super Comp qualifying top five after session 2
11:40 Junior Dragster qualifying top five after session 2
Word from the pits is no decision yet about Pro sessions. 11:25 Funny Bike qualifying top five after session 1
11:15 Super Pro ET qualifying top five after session 1
Comp Eliminator qualifying top five after session 1
Supertwin Top Gas qualifying top five after session 1
10:30 Super Comp qualifying top five after session 1 Gerd Habermann contesting Super Comp in the Partyschnapps two-seat dragster. Broke out in this session.
10:20 Super Gas qualifying top five after session 1 Manic run by Rudi Füssl in his Opel, tyres smoking and blown motor screaming, lots of smoke but unfortunately a long trail of oil on the track.
09:50 Pro ET qualifying top five after session 1 Huge cloud of smoke from Alex Mahl's Gremlin in the shutdown area, track checked and found to be OK. Hair moment for Alain Duerr, right slick smoking away from the start line and his Alfa turned hard left a couple of hundred feet out. Alain got off the gas and got hold of it. The situation with results is that we are getting sheets but that as things stand they are only showing the first two digits of Over/Under. So we'll have to go with what we have right now and when we get additional detail we will bring it to you.
There is to be a meeting of Pro racers at 11:00 to discuss the track. Simon will be attending that meeting and will let us know what transpires. 09:25 Junior Dragster qualifying top five after session 1 There's something you don't see every day, Fabien Dubois' clutch locked up and his crew and three start line officials picked the car up (with Fabien in it) and carried it out of the way.
08:30 Good morning and welcome from the Hockenheimring for our coverage of the 2012 NitrOlympX brought to you in association with Alamo Rent-A-Car. No webcam from us this weekend; the PPV Web TV will be running tomorrow and Sunday and you can find a link to the sign-up on the Event Index. It's a very nice day here at Hockenheim, sunny and warm. If you have kept your eyes and ears open since last weekend you will be aware that there have been issues with the track surface. What happened was that the FIA insisted upon the removal of rubber and glue from the entire drag strip, not just that part which uses part of the circuit. The removal of the rubber also damaged the asphalt which made it difficult to apply the prep. At the Drivers' Meeting last night, Race Director Jerry Lackey said that the track crew had been working their butts off all week, working until it got dark every day. He did however freely concede that the track is not yet perfect. The plan this morning was for Sportsman qualifying and then Pros commencing at 10:30. This has been changed; we now have two cycles of Sportsman qualifying commencing at 09:00 and then the state of the track will be assessed and a decision made about today's two scheduled Pro sessions. If the track is adjudged to be ready then both Pro sessions will take place this afternoon; if not then more Sportsman qualifying will take place. So, whatever rumours you may have heard, the above is the actual fact of the matter. So far as our reports are concerned we are on manual qualifying so we will be following the top fives in Sportsman classes and then winners in eliminations. Pro classes including UEM Super Street Bike Cup will be reported upon in their entirety. We will do our best as regards incrementals; sometimes the screens here clear quite quickly. We are due to commence at 09:00, whatever happens it's going to be an interesting day so stay tuned. Reports and pictures ©Eurodragster.com |