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19:00

Junior Dragster qualifying session 2

Lina Wolf 0.027 into #2, Cheyenne Visser 0.179 Sam Timmers 0.098, Lucas Potthoff 0.040 Liam McDonald 0.007 into #1. Mia Thoma 0.108, Mia Hanke 0.346, Lukas Schmid -0.073, Thore Wolf 0.106, Felix Schmid -0.069 Julian Guttzeit 0.116, Eleanor Petzold 0.029 v Anna-Lena Scherschinski 0.046. Emely Kuno 0.152 the final car down the track.

That's the end of today's qualifying, come back later for our gallery from Kirstie.

FIM Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 2

Breakout for Hollie King, Meg Talbot remained in #2 8.464/127.06 (8.22).

18:20

FIM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 2

Aswin Le Noble 8.698/243.32 into the ladder, Dimitrios Petridis 7.524/208.52 straight into #1 v Bertrand Maurice 10.558/239.59, Martin Newbury's bike contacted and displaced a 1000ft reflector alongside Pavlos Sidiropoulos 7.704/278.43 up into #2.

After a break, the remaining pair Karl-Heinz Weikum 9.120/252.83 Charalampos Bousinis 8.061/214.36, no improvement for either. David Simon was pushed back as his engine did not start.

Race officials later decided the times recorded for this session would not stand and would be re-run on Saturday morning.

17:40

FIM-E Super Street Bike qualifying session 2

Daniel Donat Lencses 9.940/320.39 (tyre spin) Mogens Lund 7.077/311.30 into #1, Margot Schmidt 10.363/248.81, Stephen Mead 8.711/259.16 Eleni Reveltzi 9.250/172.04, Ricardo Grauer 7.894/308.25 Steve Woods 19.026/55.27, Erich Gruber 9.472/167.54 v Jake Mechaell 7.038/331.34 into #1 Mathias Bohlin 7.260/318.09 v Clemens Walleit 7.671/312.42

Qualifying after this session:

1. Jake Mechaell 7.038/331.34
2. Mogens Lund 7.077/311.30
3. Mathias Bohlin 7.136/311.88
4. Clemens Walleit 7.505/321.96
5. Erich Gruber 7.872/266.02
6. Ricardo Grauer 7.894/308.25
7. Stephen Mead 8.365/269.71
8. Steven Wood 8.255/261.69
9. Eleni Reveltzi 9.250/172.04
10. D�niel Don�t Lencs�s 9.940/320.39
11. Margot Schmidt 10.453/257.51

Official qualifying results at the end of this session: click here

17:25

FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 2

Ida Zetterstr�m bye up in smoke and pedaled at 330ft, flash of flame at end to 4.286/422.93 and top qualifier. Susanne Callin 5.685/186.81 v Jndia Erbacher 5.555/174.03, synchronised up in smoke at around 330ft and Jndia's parachutes deployed, nevertheless both improved at the expense of Dennis who dropped to the foot of the standings. Final car to go Antti Horto, up in smoke before 330ft mark and lifted to 5.425/204.55 which placed him in #2.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Ida Zetterstr�m 4.286/422.93
2. Antti Horto 5.425/204.55
3. Susanne Callin 5.685/186.81
4. Jndia Erbacher 5.555/174.03
5. Dennis Nilsson 5.696/218.39

17:05

FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 2

Silvio Strauch launched 0.923 to 60ft then the revs reached for the moon, sounding like a gearchange issue, and the burst panel went with a bang, 13.564/55.26. Tony Bryntesson 7.207/331.14 v Sandro Bellio 7.657/202.87 next, cylinders out with plumes of unburnt nitro for Tony, tyre shake and pedalling for Sandro but in the right direction for him. Final pair Jonny Lagg who left before the tree ran and had a cylinder out going down the track and Linn Fl�ysvik 5.871/333.32 (1.003 to 60ft and 3.793/324.99), consistent run for Linn.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Jonny Lagg 5.498/422.60
2. Linn Fl�ysvik 5.783/398.06
3. Tony Bryntesson 6.752/359.70
4. Sandro Bellio 7.657/202.87
5. Silvio Strauch 12.786/88.62

16:55

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 2

Stefan Ernryd 7.057/318.37, after a valve dropped and switching to a spare engine for session 2. Then Michael Malmgren v Jimmy Ålund, Jimmy's engine emitting death smoke at half track. No changes in the standings.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Jimmy Ålund 6.659/334.04
2. Michael Malmgren 6.696/334.09
3. Stefan Ernryd 6.729/329.88

16:50

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 2

Walle Strobel with his second licensing pass, not a full throttle launch and got into a slight pendulum motion at 330ft and lifted. News from Kirstie that Andres Arnover's parachute deployed in the pairing lanes and had to return to the pits. Marcus Hilt (tyres did not light on the burnout) NTR car rolled through beams v Ingo Eckert 8.037/189.23. Peter Wacker 7.019/309.48 v Sponsor Andy Robinson's team discovered a problem again with the rear axle but returned for this session 6.640/349.40 improvement despite a substantial pedal at half track after the car got twitchy. Bruno Bader has worked hard to regain consistency after moving from a Pro Mag ignition system to Fueltech 8 coil system, the benefits showing in a 6.197/371.57.

Next the blown cars of Michel Tooren 8.778/167,48 and Marck Harteveld 7,019/231.17 who got close to the centre line and also lifted. Jan Ericsson 6.031/376.21 v Marcus Perman 6.221/358.51, both stayed in position. David Vegter's team discovered piston and ring damage and worked hard to fit replacement parts before session 2, running 5.998/382.97 alongside Mats Eriksson 5.950/387.27 side by side fives in the deteriorating air.

Qualifying after this session:

1. David Vegter 5.935/381.89
2. Mats Eriksson 5.949/388.0
3. Jan Ericsson 6.002/348.00
4. Michel Tooren 6.026/384.46
5. Marcus Perman 6.146/374.13
6. Bruno Bader 6.197/371.57
7. Andy Robinson 6.640/349.40
8. Marck Harteveld 6.894/255.45
9. Peter Wacker 7.019/309.48
10. Norbert Kuno 7.148/258.67
11. Marcus Hilt 7.601/234.06
12. Walter Strobel 7.677/259.88
13. Ingo Eckert 8.037/189.23

15:50

Funny Bike qualifying session 2

Markus Laur 7.065/305.18 v Kars Van Den Belt 7.211/292.25 both improved, Kars up one place to #2, Stefan Hagenstein pushed back as Petr Ceska went 12.986/116.43 (session 1 8.820)

Super Comp Bike qualifying session 2

Brad Head 8.622/255.90 v Tim Christiansen 8.634/222.35, a pair later Torben Frahm 8.519/255.90 to go #1.

Super Twin Top Gas qualifying session 2

Olaf Menzi pushed back, J�rg Lymant 7.538/280.30 the only improvement in this round.

ET Bike qualifying session 2

Lutz Kreuzpeintner 11,269 (11.05) no improvement, remained in #3; Michel Schmidlin 9.581/237.52 #7, Stefan Graff (9.65) 9.803/215.94 to remain in #1, Hubert Franger 10.151/232.41 (was 9.893 for #6) v Carsten Hemberger-Frauenkron 13.361/210.85 (was 10.323 #8).

15:50

Competition Eliminator qualifying session 2

Ren� Ehrismann 7.628 (was 7.778) #2, Bernd Rudolf 9.745 (new) into #5, Thomas Ranft 10.783 (was 9.341 in #4) Manuel Kreiter 9.742 (was 9.230 into #3), Robin Sattler 9.056 (was 8.966) remains in #1.

15:35

Super Comp qualifying session 2

Martin Friedschr�der 9.347/241.13 v Arndt Putzmann 9.868/234.42, Enrico Bailo 9.065 (session 1 9.013) #2, Gerd Habermann 8.970 (session 1 8.826) into #1. Break for track prep.

15:30

Super Pro ET qualifying session 2

Robin Perez improved to 8.584/237.93 (8.06) to go #19 as Sylvain Nowak (#23) got out of shape after 330ft. Christoph Burfeindt's Nova (#14) displaced a 1000ft block, his recorded 9.461 was slower than his previous 8.787. No time for Gerhard Dold and #18 in the ladder for him. Michael Winter lost fire and pushed back for the second time as Tindra Christensen ran 8.181/261.38 to go to #7. Michael Winter given a second chance, his '41 Willys Coupe looks and sounds great, car wandered around his lane to get a 9.346/164.34 (8.36 dial) to go #22.

Alex Halter in #4 but no improvement (7.70) 13.249/94.15 v Eric Mathis (7.85) 8.089/270.66 to improve to #15. Stefan Eisenhauer (#13) v Jens K�nnecke 9.166 to #12, Oliver Petzold (8.39) 8.398/257.17 into #1 v Robert Gassner (8.45) 8.554/256.02 into #8. Alain Duerr (dial in 8.71) 8.783 to #2 v Harald Scherschinski 8.843 (session 1 8.539 in #3), Christian Schneebeli in #10 0.007 RT and 8.291 (first session 8.203) v Franz Aschenbrenner in #17, 8.389 (first session 8.202), Claude Knopf (7.60) 8.227 in #21 (first session 8.590) Billy Gane (8.60) lifted at half track 9.88/160.39 (8.685 first session and in #6).

More crowd cheering for Frank Roemer's burnout (8.59 dial) 8.714 (was 8.635 in #9) alongside Angel Romero (8.40) 8.833 (was 8.769 amd in #20), Mike Bruckm�ller 8.350 ( was 8.272, dial in 8.18) v Urs Embacher NTR for second time (6.50)

15:00

Super Gas qualifying session 2

Marianne Wisotzke 10.252 (session 1 10.069), Oscar Scappocin 10.174 (session 1 9.981), Michael Vogt 10.362 (session 1 10.162) Stevan Reffeltrath 10.160 (session 1 9.917) Pascal 10.244 (session 1 10.023) Daniel Vetterl 9.999 (session 1 9.961, still in #1) Stefan Blauwitz new #1 Q.

14:50

Pro ET qualifying session 2

By the end of the session Ronnie Mercer #3 up to #2 (+0.021 on dial) v Thomas Bublitz #22 up to #8, Laurent Levi #13 Nick Weel #20, Matteo Bailo #27, Marco Meroni #42 Clarissa Czekalla #12, Aaron Schmalenberg (514) #19 v Jill Kemp #21 up to #7, Michael Foersch #32 to #17 v Juergen Foersch #20, Robert Vos #33 v Arnold Hol #26, Til Sch�ninger 24 Rilana Dold #4, Ed Breedveld new, Armin Widdman #1 +0.019, Marc William Wagner #36 pushed back, Eberhard Keil #11 Sando Widmer #29 Janine Petzold #12 to #5, Karl Geiger #25 Martin Weikum #13 Roberto Bonasso #28 Philipp Daud #11 Johannes Nold #33 Dirk Sommer new into #22, Gerd Habermann #9 (-0.005RT) Andre Nahler #28, Joerg Boenisch new v Stefan Alberth #16, Dirk Kunold #21 Sally Ekerst #29, Juergen Frank v Jerry Bachinger (snapped to the right and clipped the wall) #42

Udo Becker 10.241/209.79 #21, Alexander Beck new into ladder 10.554/181.74 (9.00)

14:15

Junior Dragster qualifying session 1

Mia Hanke 0.441 Lucas Potthoff 0.115 Lina Wolf -0.039 Liam McDonald 0.177, Sam Timmers 0.109 v Max Timmers 0.148, Eleanor Petzold -0.006 v Cheyenne Visser -0.092, Anna-Lena Scherschinski -0.054 v Mia Thoma 0.385, Julian Guttzeit 0.072 into #1, Thire Wolf 0.103, Lukas Schmid 0.016 into #1 v Felix Schmid -0.139, Emely Kuno 8.211

13:30

FIM Junior Drag Bike qualifying session 1

Marie Rosen (8.60) 8.696/125.62 Siersam (11.90) 10.216/100.98, Wichard Veldmann (11.00) 12.594/67.94 v Anouk Burgering (11.90) 12.453/84.48, Meg Talbot (8.21) 8.272/127.82 v Hollie King (11.14) 11.274/90.99, Meg Talbot into #1. Now on a lunch break.

FIM Top Fuel Bike qualifying session 1

Eric Richard 1.104 60ft, 4.559/243.29 to half track, Rikard Gustafsson 6.145/379.03, Rene van den Berg 6.866/306.34. Thomas Petterson pushed back

Qualifying after this session:

1. Rikard Gustafsson 6.145/379.03
2. Rene van den Berg 6.866/306.34
3. Eric Richard 7.221/291.54

Official qualifying results after this session: click here.

13:20

FIM Super Twin Bike qualifying session 1

Qualifying after this session:

1. Marcus Christiansen 6.393/314.37
2. Martijn de Haas 6.727/323.16
3. Samu Kemppainen 6.961/321.72
4. Chris van Nimmen 7.968/221.96
5. Juha Hintukainen 8.383/193.24
6. Roman Sixta 15.832/89.80

Official qualifying results after this session: click here.

FIM Pro Stock Bike qualifying session 1

Qualifying after this session:

1. Jerome Rougemont 7.821/261.85
2. Charalampos Bousinis 7.959/221.28
3. David Simon 8.533/191.08
4. Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.673/261.88
5. Martin Newbury 16.752/147.79
6. Pavlos Sidiropoulos 21.806/34.29

FIM Super Street Bike qualifying session 1

Qualifying after this session:

1. Mathias Bohlin 7.136/311.88
2. Clemens Walleit 7.505/321.96
3. Jake Mechaell 7.617/322.29
4. Erich Gruber 7.872/266.02
5. Erich Gauer 8.172/296.92
6. Stephen Mead 8.365/269.71
7. Steven Wood 8.255/261.69
8. Margot Schmidt 10.453/257.51
9. Eleni Reveltzi 11.569/151.420
10. D�niel Don�t Lencs�s 17.037/80.36
11. Mogens Lund 21.165/64.30

Official qualifying results after this session: click here.

12:40

FIA Top Fuel qualifying session 1

Dennis Nilsson 5.696/218.39 (short burnout, lifted half track), Jndia Erbacher 19.241/38.83 (up in smoke, good to see Gary Page back with Jndia's team) v Susanne Callin 6.481/154.28 (tyre shake and shut off), Antti Horto shut off v Ida Zetterstr�m 9.623/104.40 (up in smoke from tree), second attempt for Antti after start line button glitch identified was 5.514/189.18 without a burnout.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Antti Horto 5.514/189.18
2. Dennis Nilsson 5.696/218.39
3. Susanne Callin 6.481/154.28
4. Ida Zetterstr�m 9.623/104.40
5. Jndia Erbacher 19.241/38.83

12:05

FIA Top Methanol qualifying session 1

Silvio Strauch 12.786/88.62 (tyre shake, shut off around 150 ft out), Tony Bryntesson 6.752/359.70 (cylinders out from the start, 1.401 60ft) v Jonny Lagg 5.498/422.60 (0.985 60ft and 3.676/359.34 to half track), Linn Fl�ysvik 5.783/398.06 (1.001 60ft, 3.804/319.07 to half track) v Sandro Bellio (tremendous effort by the Bellio team to get the car ready after fire damage at Tierp, 10.173/132.51)

Qualifying after this session:

1. Jonny Lagg 5.498/422.60
2. Linn Fl�ysvik 5.783/398.06
3. Tony Bryntesson 6.752/359.70
4. Sandro Bellio 10.173/132.51
5. Silvio Strauch 12.786/88.62

11:55

FIA Pro Stock qualifying session 1

Stefan Ernryd 6.729/329.88, Jimmy Ålund 6.659/334.04 v Michael Malmgren 6.696/334.09. Great start with three full passes.

Qualifying after this session:

1. Jimmy Ålund 6.659/334.04
2. Michael Malmgren 6.696/334.09
3. Stefan Ernryd 6.729/329.88

11:50

FIA Pro Modified qualifying session 1

Walter Strobel (Camaro), licensing run, 1.099 60ft 4.916 to half track, 7.677/259.88; Ingo Eckert NTR stage foul v Peter Wacker 7.117/303.18 (with renewed ignition and fuel system), Norbert Kuno 7.148/258.67 v Marcus Hilt 7.601/234.06, both drivers pedaling down the track and Marcus sounding as if there was a second gear selection issue; Marcus Perman 6.146/374.13, Andy Robinson 7.387/223.31 (got sideways, lifted, and then no parachutes but got stopped in time) v Michel Tooren 6.026/384.46, Mats Eriksson 5.949/388.0 v Bruno Bader 6.620/361.92 (got sideways and pedalled); Andres Arnover v David Vegter 5.935/381.89 (0.662 60ft 3.892/320 to half track); Marck Harteveld 6.894/255.45 (with General Lee wrap new this event, clutch dragged car through beams and burst panel went down the track) v Jan Ericsson 6.002/348.00.

Apologies for the lack of incremental times.

Qualifying after this session:

1. David Vegter 5.935/381.89
2. Mats Eriksson 5.949/388.0
3. Jan Ericsson 6.002/348.00
4. Michel Tooren 6.026/384.46
5. Marcus Perman 6.146/374.13
6. Bruno Bader 6.620/361.92
7. Marck Harteveld 6.894/255.45
8. Peter Wacker 7.117/303.18
9. Norbert Kuno 7.148/258.67
10. Andy Robinson 7.387/223.31
11. Marcus Hilt 7.601/234.06
12. Walter Strobel 7.677/259.88

11:10

Funny Bike qualifying session 1

Thomas Joswig 7.712/283.07 v Kars Van Den Belt 7.342/290.88, Jacky Olie-Zijlstra 9.495/239.27 v Maarten Zijlstra 9.974/228.81, Mike Olie 7.286/276.83 v Petr Ceska 8.820/215.32, Stefan Hagenstein 11.377/207.09 v Markus Laur 7.125/317.91 to go #1 (his best of 7.01 was run in Hungary we believe).

10:55

Super Twin Top Gas qualifying session 1

Gerhard Caspari 8.038/239.06 v Carsten Hormann 8.808/230.58, Olaf Menzi broke off line v Martin B�hler 10.416/129.29, J�rg Lymant into #1 with 7.544/279.79.

10:45

Super Comp Bike qualifying session 1

Torben Frahm 8.735/245.61 to go #1 v Sascha Hartl 10.278/202.78, Brad Head shut off as his team pointed down the track before he staged. Tim Christensen on the ex Kenneth Holmberg SweComp bike pushed back after a timing system glitch. Then Brad Head staged to a 8.787/256.84 to go #2.

On his second attempt Tim Christensen 8.923/208.74 for #3.

ET Bike qualifying session 1

Stefan Graff v Lutz Kreuzpeintner, Ralf R�diger 10.542/208.26 v Hubert Franger 9.893/226.81, Rainer Hescher 10.369/218.37 v Patrick Lenaers 13.727/181.29, Lorens Bochnig 9.519/231.27 v Michel Schmidlin 9.605/239.56, Carsten Hemberger-Frauenkron 10.323/215.13 (9.58) Hannes Burgering (9.00) 11.434/219.41, Marc Quattelbaum (9.19) 9.339/232.21 v Bernd Thomer (9.00) 11.965/200.96

10:30

Competition Eliminator qualifying session 1

First out Thomas Ranft (AT/A Camaro with 5.3l engine) 9.341/182.75 (6.67 index), then Robin Sattler (F/D index 9.52) 8.966/233.86 to go #1. Next Bernd Rudolph (AT/A Mustang 6.67 index) NTR stage foul v Ren� Ehrismann (CN/A Chevy Bel Air 8.02 index) 7.778/289.14 fairly gentle run for Ren� but #2. Then Manuel Kreiter (BN/A Firebird 7.68 index) misfiring a bit to 9.230/203.25 to go #3.

10:20

Super Comp qualifying session 1

First pair Arndt Putzmann (Beetle) 10.473/207.52 v Enrico Bailo (Nova) 9.013/238.27, Markus Ochsner (Dodge Ram) 9.728/162.95 v Gerd Habermann (dragster) 8.826/229.32 breakout. Martin Friedschr�der's amazing Volkswagen Karmann Ghia went down the track very quickly but sadly no time.

10:10

Super Pro ET qualifying session 1

Gerhard Dold v Thierry Senges, Eric Matthis (Chevy Belair) 8.390/251.34, Christoph Burfeindt's Nova 8.787/247.22 (8.06) v Robert Gassner Camaro 8.597/256.47 (8.68), then Robin Perez (dragster) (8.06) 9.029/198.99 v Jochen Beck (8.68) 8.956/236.53 in a Willys Woody '34. Followed by Frank Roemer (Camaro '78) 8.635/252.83 v Alain Duerr (8.68) Alfa GTV '84 8.691/250.64, then Alex Halter (Roadrunner) (7.65) 7.713/282.12 v Angel Romero (7.76) (he won Pro Street at Tierp) 8.769/221.37. Next for the UK Billy Gane (8.59) 8.685/247.98 v Harry Scherschinski 8.539/262.04 (8.50).

Next the Mustang of Franz Aschenbrenner (7.90) 8.202/271.50 v Christian Schneebeli (8.05) 8.203/266.90. In the next pair Tindra Christensen (8.06) 8.303/208.84 v Oliver Petzold (8.13) 8.409/256.17 in the Schumann Motorsport Corvette snapped right in the burnout but he kept it off the wall. Jens K�nnecke's Olds (8.20) 9.114/245.07 v Mike Bruckm�ller's Camaro (8.10) 8.272/259.13. Claude Knopf (7.60) 8.590/283.96 v Stefan Eisenhauer's Camaro (8.30) 8.479/246.41

Then a name from the past to SPR fans Urs Embacher in his funny car (6.50) stage foul NTR v Michael Winter (7.95) in his Willys Coupe pushed back.

09:40

Super Gas qualifying session 1

Stevan Reffeltrath 9.917/231.84 v Marianne Wisotzke 10.069/208.40 to start with then Michael Vogt 10.162/215.38 v Pascal Czieschowitz 10.023/223.15, followed by Stefan Blauwitz (Camaro) NTR v Oscar Scappocin 9.981/207.52 to go #2 then displaced by Daniel Vetterl who went 9.96.

09:35

Pro ET qualifying session 1

First pair out J�rgen Frank (Camaro) and Thomas Bublitz (Nova) who made a big burnout to the delight of the crowd, both red lit and above their dial in. Then Frank Juergen ('80 Camaro) and Stefan Alberth (VW Beetle) the latter running 10.650/198.48 on a 10.47 dial. Then Arnold Hol (Roadrunner) v Eberhatf Keil ('86 Camaro) who ran 9.16 on a 9.01 dial.

Karl Geiger #1060 (9.20) Copo Camaro 10.161/227.37 v Clarissa Czekalla (altered) 10.427 on 10.35 dial. Micahel Foersch ('68 Valiant) v Juergen Foersch (Dodge Dart), 0.4-0.5 above their respective dials. Martin Weikum ('78 Camaro) -0.4 v #514 not on file. Followed by Jill Kemp and Laurent Levi 9.928 (9.85) in his Mercury Comet gasser to go into #1.

Phillip Daud v Johannes Nold next Johannes breaking out 8.821 on 11.80 dial. Matteo Bailo's slingshot 10.391 on 9.35 dial and Rilana Dold Corvette 11.851. Next Ronnie Mercer with 9.074 on a 9.00 dial went #2. Marco Meroni (Beetle) v Roberto Donasso (Vega '72) who pulled a wheelie and went 11.118 on his 9.00 dial. Mark William Wagner (BMW 520i 427ci) v Udo Becker (Beetle) next, running mid tens.

Til Sch�ninger (Prelude) v Dirk Kunold (VW Beetle), Andre Nahler Beetle v Philipp Thurnher (Nova), Harald Geuss (Opel GT) pulled to the side and idled down the track v Sando Widmer (Nissan GTR), Armin Widdman ('78 Camaro) who went into #1 v Janine Petzold (Mercedes CLK) 9.845 (9.69 dial) who went to #10. Jerry Bachinger (Barracuda) v Niek De Kruif (Firebird), then Marco Grandini ('69 Coronet) (9.675 on 9.90 dial) v Gerd Habermann (dragster) (9.136 on 9.92 dial), Sally Ekerst ('74 Camaro) v Lorenzo Dolcini (Belvedere) went to #7. Robert Vos (Nova) 9.946 finished the class.

08:30

Good morning and welcome to the 35th running of the NitrOympX from Hockenheimring. This is day one of our live coverage from the race. The weather is sunny with temperatures of 23C rising to 30C with a negligible wind of 2mph-9mph later from the north west. Density altitude is forecast by airdensityonline.com to be 1850-2800 ft with a high 84-95 grains of water.

There won't be a video stream of the action today but you will be able to keep up with events from our live report. The action starts with sportsman classes from 09:15 and FIA/FIM-E qualifying starts at 11:00 with the cycle repeated in the afternoon from 13:30 and FIA/FIM-E from 15:30, subject of course to on track or weather delays.

Greetings to all British teams that have made it over, in Pro ET Ronnie Mercer, Super Pro ET Billy Gane, Super Comp Bike Brad Head, Pro Modified Andy Robinson, in Top Fuel the British based Rune Fjeld Motorsport with Susanne Callin, in Super Street Bike Jake Mechaell, Steve Mead and Steve Wood, in Pro Stock Bike Martin Newbury, in Junior Drag Bike Meg Talbot and Hollie King, and in Junior Dragster Ellie Brown with Liam McDonald from Ireland too. We will follow your progress with interest.

Happy Birthday for today to Kenny Gomez of Superchargers Unlimited. Have a great day Kenny.