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17:15

Finals

That's the end of our live coverage from the event, come back later for our gallery from Kirstie.

15:55

Susanne Callin is in her first final in 20 years since the 2002 Finals, going for her first FIA win (thanks to Chris Hobson for the info)

Thanks also to Chris who has been calculating provisional Top Fuel points in real time. The unofficial points before the final are:

1. 227 Antti Horto
2. 192 Ida Zetterström
3. 155 Susanne Callin
4.  65 Jndia Erbacher
5.  44 Tommi Haapanen
6.  40 Dennis Nilsson

15:35

Funny Bike eliminations round 2

Markus Laur 7.156/305.39 def. Petr Ceska 9.175/198.52; Kars van den Belt 7.383/309.66 def. Mike Olie 9.094/158.26 DQ red.

Now on a break to collect finalists.

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1

Torben Frahm 9.011/211.15 def. Sascha Hartl 9.341/264.46, Tim Christiansen 8.646/246.13 def. Brad Head 8.496/266.05 breakout.

Super Twin Top Gas Bike eliminations round 1

Joerg Lymant 7.360/285.75 def. Carsten Hormann 8.780/238.82, Gerhard Caspari 7.275/298.43 def. Martin Büer 10.245/154.97, new PB and record for Gerhard, well done!

Pit note courtesy Mike Kraaij: Gerd Caspari has returned to the STTG series after several years out and with a new bike on which he earlier managed a new PB of 7.513 at 291.27kph, a new European speed record in STTG, Gerd's crew chief is Cord Albers who won STTG here in 2019, both are 20 year + veterans of the class which was first formed by the late Ton Pels in 1989.

15:20

ET Bike eliminations round 2

Lorens Bochnig 12.619/154.28 def. Rainer Heschher 10.704/216.80, Stefan Graff (9.70) 10.208/218.55 def. Lutz Kreuzpentner (11.00) 13.818/158.81

15:20

FIA Top Methanol eliminations round 2 re-run

Sandro Bellio (0.22) 5.588/373.30 def. Silvio Strauch 5.548/414.46

Burndown first broken by Silvio who was 0.241 RT 0929 and 3.645/330.38, moving around a fair bit, to Sandro's 0.117 0.960 and 3.674/333.83. Final Sandro v Jonny Lagg.

14:55

Competition Eliminator eliminations round 2

Rene Ehrismann (8.02) 18.250/105.84 bye; Robin Sattler (9.58) 9.470/177.31 def. Bernd Rudolf (6.67) broke on track DQ red (big cloud of smoke from Berndt's engine and he came to a halt at half track; pause for clean up in his lane.

Super Comp eliminations round 2

Enrico Bailo 8.938/241.66 def. Arndt Putzmann pushed back; Gerd Habermann 8.932/218.46 def. Markus Ochsner 9.174/238.32

Super Pro ET eliminations round 4

Stefan Eisenhauer (8.45) 8.506/239.16 def. Tinda Christensen (8.12) 8.158/262.29, Jens Könnecke (8.99) 9.062/247.59 def. Frank Römer (8.61) 8.633/248.69.

14:45

Super Gas eliminations round 2

Stefan Blauwitz 10.043/199.65 def. Pascal Czieschowitz hit wall at 100ft (left rear wheel sheared off which caused Pascal's Nova to go left into the wall, he is completely unhurt); pause to recover Pascal's car using dollies.

After restart Stevan Reffeltrath 10.007/233.66 (Oscar Scappocin pushed back),

Pro ET eliminations round 4

Gerd Habermann (9.13) 9.146/226.64 def. Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.598/193.25, Phillip Daud 9.65 9.618/229.20 def. Janine Petzold 9.88 9.730/217.71

14:25

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3

Eleanor Petzold (9.15) 9.176/114.58 def. Liam McDonald (8.48) 8.483/121.20 DQ red; Mia Thoma 9.32 9.359/106.54 def. Thore Wolf (8.43) 8.515/119.94

FIM-E Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2

Geeuwke Siersema (10.11) 10.126/101.04 bye, Hollie King (11.20) 11.145/92.00 def. Wichard Veldman (11.00) 10.722/96.50

14:20

FIM-E Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2

Rene van den Berg 6.542/356.45 def. Eric Richard shut down before burnout

Rikard Gustafsson 6.167/355.29 def. Thomas Pettersson 7.149/243.29 (Rikard 1.089 to 60ft and 4.094/301.96 to half track)

14:15

FIM-E Super Twin Bike eliminations round 2

Marcus Christiansen 6.380/340.90 def. Roman Sixta 7.318/259.94 (1.117 to 60ft and 4.187/291.82 to half track for Marcus)

Samu Kemppainen 6.732/334.14 def. Martijn de Haas 11.172/133.57 (1.176 to 60ft and 4.412/278.43 to half track for Samu, 0.027 RT for Martijn and shut down after coming down from his wheelie)

Pit note courtesy Mike Kraaij: Samu now runs an injected 200ci V60 engine in his Skull Racing bike and in May became the first Super Twin racer to run a five on British soil with Vesa Lipponen's direct drive 103ci bike built by Jaska Salakari.

14:10

FIM-E Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2

Pavlos Sidiropoulos 7.507/279.86 def. Aswin Le Noble 8.355/245.43

Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.387/271.20 def. Martin Newbury no-show (push finishes not allowed).

14:05

FIM-E Super Street Bike eliminations round 2

Jake Mechaell 6.891/340.48 def. Clemens Walleit 7.407/276.97

Mathias Bohlin 7.101/273.21 def. Daniel Lencses 9.156/330.98 (up in smoke at the launch for Daniel)

Pit note courtesy Mike Kraaij: It's Jake's first appearance at the NitrOlympX and a stunning one as his 6.959/342.08 put him on pole position; Jake's son Hayden has come over to Hockenheim with his dad and he is loving it; Hayden wants to race in 9.50 Bike and would be the third generation of the family in the sport after Jake and his dad Fuel Altered racer Clive Mechaell.

14:00

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 3

Michel Tooren 6.017/357.45 def. David Vegter 6.139/379.23

David away first 0.046 RT then 1.007 60ft and 4.050/299.17 half track but Michel the better performance 0.054 RT 0.989 60 ft 3.9394/308.21 half track, smoke from David in the last part of the track.

Andres Arnover 8.041/208.10 def. Jan Ericsson no-show

Jan with a broken supercharger and no spare, Andres went for a full bore run, 1.003 to 60ft but the car made a move at 300ft and he lifted, 4.657/208.12 to half track.

13:50

FIA Top Fuel eliminations round 2

Antti Horto 5.515/196.86 def. Jndia Erbacher 7.856/229.17

Similar RTs Antti 0.132 to 0.142 for Jndia, then Jndia up in smoke and Antti drove down the track for the win, lifting early as Jndia, knowing the race was lost, gave the throttle a couple of blips in frustration as she saw Antti ahead of her.

Susanne Callin 9.030/122.98, bye.

100ft launch and shut off for Susanne, 0.886 to 60ft, tyre shake set in after that. Pause for cleanup in Susanne's lane.

13:35

FIA Top Methanol eliminations round 2

Sandro Bellio (0.22) 5.782/326.46, Silvio Strauch DNS.

Silvio had staged when the lights ran on Sandro's side but not Silvio's. Sandro went 0.298 RT 0.960 to 60ft and 3.710/329.13 as Silvio sat on the starting line somewhat bemused but with the guts not to launch which would likely have given him a stage foul. A re-run is likely as both staged but Silvio did not get a green to take. The timing system again had the 0.22s handicap in but the tree did not work as intended.

Jonny Lagg 18.788/76.93.

Jonny's team led by Krister Johansson took two attempts to start the engine but the first attempt had not switched to nitro so no danger. Very short burnout, Jonny idled down the track.

13:25

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1

Stefan Ernryd 6.759/330.03 def. Michael Malmgren 8.695/179.42 DQ red

-0.179 red for Michael to Stefan's 0.095, Stefan's incrementals 0.991 to 60ft and 4.343 to half track.

Jimmy Ålund 6.635/334.04 bye

Incrementals for Jimmy 0.975 and 4.259/264.85, gets lane choice over Stefan Ernryd in the final.

12:50

Pro ET Second Chance eliminations round 2 winners

Joerg Boenisch (11.99) 12.401/172.03 bye, Robert Willinger (9.82) 10.001/196.77 (Matteo Bailo's chute deployed but didn't blossom in his losing effort)

Now on a 30 minute break for lunch.

12:45

Funny Bike eliminations round 1

Markus Laur 7.053/318.37 def. Stefan Hagenstein 11.174/178.49, Petr Ceska 8.595/211.03 def. Thomas Joswig 9.485/151.20, Kars van den Belt 7.271/302.12 bye, Mike Olie 7.394/301.58 def. Jacky Olie-Zijlstra 8.231/253.72.

Some pit notes courtesy Mike Kraaij: Mike Olie had to change a coil and in qualifying ran a PB on ET of 7.28. Jacky, Mike's wife had issues with the bike's clutch.

Official results: click here.

ET Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Lorens Bochnig (9.36) 9.379/233.89, Rainer Hescher (10.10) 10.144/219.72, Stefan Graff (9.70) 10.077/196.83, Lutz Kreuzpeintner (11.00) 11.298/195.94

Official results: click here.

12:35

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2

Mia Thoma (9.33) 9.335/107.60 (Lukas Schmid DQ red), Thore Wolf (8.43) 8.457/121.13 def. Anna-Lena Scherschinski (8.15) 8.179/128.26, Eleanor Petzold (9.30) 9.175/108.53 (Lina Wolf DQ red), Liam McDonald 8.48 8.615/111.40 def. Julian Guttzeit 8.794/114.43.

FIM-E Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1

12:25

FIM-E Super Twin Bike eliminations round 1

Marcus Christiansen staged, bye

Roman Sixta NTR def. Chris van Nimmen (Roman up in smoke off the line after taking the green and Chris pushed back)

Martijn de Haas 7.233/254.52 def. Christian Jäger DQ crossed lane (Martijn 1.176 to 60ft and 4.435/253.66 to half track, Christian crossed centre line about 900ft out).

Samu Keppainen 6.554/336.63 def. Juha Hintukainen 7.049/273.87, Juha's team had undertaken a complete engine rebuild with problems from his run, great run for Samu 1.116 60ft and 4.280/285.11 to half track.

Some pit notes courtesy Mike Kraaij: Chris van Nimmen is getting used to a nitro bike, his PB of 7.25/176.63 was set at the 2022 Main Event, he runs a 150ci Overkill twin, these bikes use around 6 litres of nitro each run and have mechanical fuel injection; the nitro percentage is 98.

Roman Sixta from Czechia tested at Kumandaras early in the season however his 200ci V60 engine was destroyed, with help from Jha Hintukainen from Sweden they worked all week to rebuild it for the NitrOlympX with a new crank, rods, pistons. Running a best here of 7.257/274.59 he is working his way towards his 6.54 PB.

12:15

FIM-E Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

Aswin Le Noble 8.701/240.81 def. Bertrand Maurice broke off line.

Pavlos Sidiropoulos 7.834/277.61 def. Jerome Rougemont 7.943/259.29

Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.545/324.31 def. Dimitrios Petridis 7.463/281.75 DQ

Dimitrios hit the reflectors which invalidated Karl-Heinz's speed and was consequently DQ'd

Martin Newbury v Charalambos Bousinis, both broke on track immediately after the start, Benni recalled a similar incident involving Jack Valentine as both pushed their bikes down the track with Martin the victor and possibly needing a lie down before the next round despite Charalambos getting some team help! We don't think these push finishes are allowed so no winner.

12:05

FIM-E Super Street Bike eliminations round 1

Clemens Walleit 7.611/314.27 def. Steve Mead 7.811/284.89

Mathias Bohlin 6.996/332.71 def, Steve Wood 8.103/242.18, Woody's last appearance at the NitrOlympX and thanks for the memories Steve!

Daniel Lencses 6.796/353.09 def. Mogens Lund 7.012/310.01, Daniel's best time of the event by far.

Jake Mechaell 6.964/339.89 def. Richard Grauer 7.752/311.75

Followed by time trial race, Eleni Reveltzi 7.895/273.66 def. Margot Schmidt 9.489/252.95

12:00

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

David Vegter 9.900/135.49, bye

David having had tyre shake in the right lane, selected the left lane for this pass. Car got into tyre shake and went right at 200ft and off the throttle. 0.998 to 60ft and a slowing 4.946/157.25 at half track.

Michel Tooren 5.994/389.07 def. Bruno Bader 6.010/380.75

Some vapour out of the outlet behind Michel's rear window. Incredibly close race, 0.0008 MOV for Michel or 3 inches. 0.088 RT 0.975 to 60ft and 3.935/303.47 half track for Bruno, 0.104 RT 0.992 and 3.952/308.43 for Michel.

Jan Ericsson 5.963/385.83 def. Marck Harteveld 5.963/384.19 DQ red

0.141 red for Marck then 0.977 and 3.905/305.31 incrementals to Jan's 0.043 RT, 0.993 to 60ft and 3.912/307.08. Identical ETs to the thousandth!

Andres Arnover 5.967/402.03 def. Macus Hilt 11.552/117.52

Andres away first 0.074 to 0.358 then tyre shake and directional problems for Marcus and he had to pedal. 1.012 and 3.985/313.87 incrementals for Andres and 1.019 and 5.754/134.92 for Marcus

11:30

FIA Top Fuel eliminations round 1

Jndia Erbacher 3.941/489.98 bye

Aaron Brooks and Tony Shortall on the team before they fly back to the US for the U.S. Nationals next weekend, great bye run to 0.846 60ft and 3.144/426.33, for lane choice in the winner of Antti Horto and Dennis Nilsson

Susanne Callin 4.182/350.47 def. Ida Zetterstrom 4.622/264.08

Ida off the line first 0.116 to 0.200 Susanne then 0.880 and 3.177/404.50 to Ida's 0.850 and 3.296/309.84 to the eighth, after which both cars went up in smoke after the clutches fully engaged. Susanne has a bye into the final.

Antti Horto 3.955/431.58 def. Dennis Nilsson 4.112/452.81

These cars separated by only 1/100 of a second in qualifying and a close race, 0.154 to 0.156 RTs in favour of Antti, then Antti marginally better incrementals 0.884 and 3.131/446.85 to Dennis's 0.893 and 3.270/418.05 and new PB ET, well done Dennis and team! MOV 0.1597.

11:20

FIA Top Methanol eliminations round 1

Silvio Strauch 5.559/414.30 def. Linn Fløysvik (0.22) 7.605/213.21

Linn off the line first by 0.055 to 0.459 then she lifted with tyre shake 0.938 to 60ft for Silvio to 0.997 for Linn. Half track 3.661/330.98 to a slowing 4.219/213.08 for Linn. Silvio's team appear to have conquered the mechanical breakage earlier in the event.

Jonny Lagg 5.517/425.75 def. Tony Bryntesson 5.767/405.64 DQ red

Two A/Fuel dragsters in this pair-up. Tony had a 0.152 red light, Jonny 0.032 then 1.010 and 3.700/351.72. Much improved 1.025 and 3.870/336.83 for Tony, less sign of cylinders out and the tuning clearly coming round.

Sandro Bellio 5.531/418.53 bye Sandro running for lane choice, great pass with 0.964 60ft and 3.658/336.89 to half track.

11:00

Super Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners

Tinda Christensen (8.14) 8.147/261.72 (Billy Gane (8.65) 8.639/242.61 breakout), Frank Roemer (8.61) 8.598/254.13 bye, Stefan Eisenhauer (8.42) 9.150/217.26 (Christian Schneebeli DQ red), Jens Könnecke 8.99 9.041/246.21 (Thierry Senges broke out)

10:50

Pro ET eliminations round 3 winners

Janine Petzold (9.88) 9.978/205.04 (Udo Beacker DQ red), Philippe Daud (9.58) 9.650/227.64 (Eberhard Keil stage foul), Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.612/204.69, Gerd Habermann (9.13) 9.138/218.66 (Ronnie Mercer (9.08) 9.097/230.73 0.221 RT to Gerd's 0.099).

10:40

Competition Eliminator eliminations round 1 winners

Rene Ehrismann (8.02) 7.837/234.90, Bernd Rudolph (6.67) 9.453/273.59 (Manuel Kreiter suffered a nitrous burp on launch and stopped on track), Robin Sattler (9.58) 9.546/168.31

Official results: click here.

10:40

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Stevan Reffelrath 10.017/213.94 (holeshot Daniel Vetterl), Oscar Scappocin 9.950/208.18, Pascal Czieschowitz 8.696/214.57 bye, Stefan Blauwitz 9.945/217.36

Official results: click here..

Pro ET Second Chance eliminations round 1 winners

Joerg Boenisch (11.99) 12.430/172.32, Robert Willinger (9.82) 16.405/192.30 (Robert Vos broke out), Matteo Bailo (9.33) 14.323/91.41 (Bachinger DQ red)

Official results: click here.

10:30

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners

Lucas Schmid (8.00) 8.076/130.69 bye, Mia Thoma (8.43) 9.357/107.34 (Max Timmers broke out), Thore Wolf (8.43) 8.449/121.19 (Lucas Potthoff DQ red), Anna-Lena Scherschinski (8.15) 8.188/129.25, Lina Wolf (10.93) 11.064/91.64 (Felix Schmid DQ red), Eleanor Petzold (9.21) 9.340/111.02 (Emile Kuno no show), Liam McDonald (8.50) 9.092/76.39, Julian Guttzeit (8.58) 8.815/98.99.

Official results: click here.

10:20

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Marck Harteveld 6.069/380.62 def. Marcus Perman 7.634/180.01

Marcus away first 0.048 to 0.151, then Marck drove round him, 0.995 to 60ft and 3.979/299.01 to half track, to Marcus 1.026 and 4.209/234.39.

Andres Arnover 6.031/395.30 def. Andy Robinson 6.055/390.26

Identical RTs of 0.047, Andres quicker to 60ft 1.009 and virtually the same to half track 4.018/308.74 to Andy's 1.021 and 4.017/316.33, Andres top end turbo power giving him a narrow win in a great race, MOV 0.0247.

Bruno Bader 5.996/380.09 def. Ingo Eckert, broke

Ingo's engine stopped before staging, giving Bruno a run for lane choice against Michel, 0.970 to 60ft and 3.923/303.86. Dick Koster reported that Ingo's team had worked hard to replace pistons and cylinder heads during the evening, likely low oil pressure forced the decision to shut off after the burnout.

Michel Tooren 6.060/334.09 def. Peter Wacker broke on track

Peter had severe tyre shake away first 0.016 to 0.057 for Michel, the shake enough to break Peter's front suspension after 1.275 60ft, his steering wheel also coming off, flame out of the nitrous engine as he slowed, incrementals for Michel 0.993 and 3.929/307.08 to half track.

Marcus Hilt 7.763/266.31 def. Mats Eriksson 5.879/390.40 DQ red

Camp Stanley behind Marcus signalling after reversing. Then Mats had a 0.060 red light and 0.963 and 3.852/309.35 for Mats in a great pass was for nothing, 1.042 and 4.839/212.23 incrementals for Marcus.

Jan Ericsson 5.927/388.73 def. Norbert Kuno no show.

Jan ran for lane choice, 0.972 to 60ft and 3.891/308.47 gives him lane choice over Marck Harteveld in the next round. No sign of why Norbert couldn't make the call.

David Vegter 6.211/370.87 def. Jean Dulamon 6.426/374.39 DQ red

The winner of this race between #1 qualifier David and #14 Jean has a bye run to the semi finals. 0.043 red for Jean, runs his best of the weekend but the race already lost. David 0.111 RT, 0.977 60ft but tyre shake set in and sent him towards the centre line 4.065/284.59 to half track, Jean 1.216 to 60ft and 4.318/306.82 to half track.

Official results: click here.

09:35

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners

Tindra Christensen (8.14) 8.180/260.72 bye, Jens Konnecke (8.99) 8.979/247.05 (double breakout), Billy Gane (8.65) 8.733/239.90 (0.005 RT for Billy, Angel Romero red by 0.001), Thierry Senges (8.99) 9.026/240.94, Christian Schneebeli 8.14 8.153/267.72 (Alex Halter red), Frank Römer (8.60) 8.621/251.45, Stefan Eisenhauer (8.41) 8.431/248.10.

Official results: click here.

09:25

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners

Udo Becker 10.321 (0.001 RT), Philipp Daud (10.20) 9.588/235.33, Gerd Habermann (9.13) 9.178/229.61, Eberhard Keil (9.12) 9.315/232.16, Ronnie Mercer 9.06 9.137/210.23 (0.001 RT) as competitor Bonasso had 0.007 RT and a huge wheelie. Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.906/188.85, Til Schöninger (10.00) 10.038/209.34, Janine Petzold (9.88) 9.973/189.40.

Official results: click here.

08:55

Good morning and welcome to day 3 of our coverage from the NitrOlympX at Hockenheimring. The weather here is pleasant with high cloud, temperature of 19C rising to 26C in the afternoon and wind of 6mph from the north. Density altitude is forecast to be 1500-2000ft with 80 grains of water reducing to 75 during the day, less humid conditions than Friday or yesterday.

You can see Kirstie's pictures from yesterday's qualifying and sportsman eliminations plus night show shots. The night show was completely sold out with packed grandstands enjoying the demos. Few runs were timed but one that we got times for was the outstanding pass by Eric Teboul on his rocket bike, which Eric will be parking after this season. He ran a PB of 5.123/261 mph which is some achievement, particularly in the dark, followed by a trophy presentation by Clerk of the Course Yasin Özer and deputy Clerk of the Course Jerry Lackey.

Today's plan is for eliminations in all classes, starting with round 2 of Pro ET and Super Pro ET with Pro Modified at 09:45 CET or 08:45 UK time. There will also be a Pro ET 2nd Chance elimination for first round losers from yesterday. Join us for the detail on winners and times, incrementals as well if we can type that fast.

Thanks for the comments on the race coverage, it is much appreciated, especially if we make an error in the heat of the moment. Thanks also to announcers Benni Vos and Thomas Stüber for accomodating your editor in the commentary box, and to all the NitrOlympX staff for their hospitality and food. Happy Birthday for today for Junior Dragster racer Jess Bishop, Williams Bros Racing crewman Lorne Denny, Nostalgia Superstock racer Pete Christmas and rotary racer James Willday, we hope you all have a wonderful day.

Come back shortly for the coverage of eliminations.