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Latest KEG measurements 10:45, 13:25 and 16:15

18:50

Finals

Official elimination ladders: click here. That's the end of our live coverage from the event, thanks for looking in, come back later for our gallery from Julian.

16:25

Junior Funny Car exhibition

A pair of Junior FCs, Lina Wolf 8.746/123.04 def. 9.584/112.45

16:25

Extreme Outlaw qualifying session 3

Pirmin Schmid 6.632/284.03 def. Thomas Ranft 8.394/223.98 (Pirmin's burst panel went towards the end of his pass)

Karl-Heinz Kleider (6.80) 7.000/299.09 def. Michael Vogt (8.20) 8.550/249.01.

Now collecting finalists, stay tuned.

Official qualifying list: click here.

16:15

ET Bike eliminations round 3

Carsten Hemberger-Frauenkron (9.79) 9.916/224.30 def. Lorens Bochnig (9.30) 10.208/220.10

Rainer Hescher (10.11) 10.279/217.06 def. Lutz Kreuzpeintner (10.99) 11.584/184.66

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 3

Carl Thomas 8.501/260.13 def. Jonny Hines 8.481/251.05

Brad Head 8.483/241.50 def. Torben Frahm 8.392/248.63

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Funny Bike eliminations round 1

Karl-Heinz Weikum 8.046/263.09 def. Maarten Zijlstra 8.973/245.18

Thomas Joswig 7.377/287.87 def. Markus Laur 7.584/298.14

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Comp Eliminator eliminations round 1

Robin Sattler (9.54) 9.491/175.92 bye

Michael Winter (7.16) staged, Rene Ehrismann no-show.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

16:00

Super Comp eliminations round 2

Gerd Habermann 9.022/198.86 def. Sam Weyland 9.174/225.37

Leah Kellett 8.918/266.84 def. Mats Antzen Wanvik 8.955/225.84

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Super Pro ET eliminations round 3

Alex Halter (7.80) 7.812/279.29 def. Frank Roemer (8.55) 8.531/254.97

Mark Coulsell (8.34) 8.361/257.84 def Christian Schneebeli (8.01) 8.029/272.42 MOV 0.0003!

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Super Gas eliminations round 2

Stephan Blauwitz 9.954/218.19 def. Christer Uhlin 9.968/210.62

Marcus Himmler 9.908/232.53 def. Stevan Reffeltrath 9.961/232.14

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Pro ET eliminations round 3

Rilana Dold (11.60) 11.575/184.90 def Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.544/207.86

Dirk Kunold (11.41) 11.528/186.57 def. Phiilipp Daud (9.47) 9.578/208.92 DQ red

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:45

DMSB Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1

Yannis Holst (8.35)8.489/131.06 def. Leif-Erik Braune (10.95) 10.900/94.56

Hugo Leistner (12.45) 12.599/85.12 def Eric Spanoiski (12.01) 11.981/83.29

Official elimination ladder: click here.

Junior Dragster eliminations round 3

Mia Thoma (9.50) 9.511/108.84 def. Harley Coulsell (7.93) 7.918/125.77

Thore Wolf (8.54) 8.627/103.38 def. Emely Kuno (14.85) 15.661/63.56

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:45

FIM-E Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 2

Geeuwke Siersema (10.18) 10.191/102.24 def. Hollie King (8.15) 8.464/119.38

Harry Isaacs (13.02) 13.239/76.77 def Leah Morrison (11.60) 11.593/86.36

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:40

FIM-E Super Street Bike eliminations round 3

Daniel Lencs�s 6.934/357.63 def. Jake Mechaell 7.049/350.42

Alan Morrison Jnr 6.758/351.15 def. Mathias Bohlin 7.032/272.59

Official elimination ladder: click here.

FIM-E Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 2

Rene van den Berg 6.315/381.42 def Stuart Crane 6.364/346.84 (). Great race, 0.117 to 0.136 RTs and 1.105 to 1.143 60fts in favour of Stuart before the nitro power of Rene kicked in but Stuart's speed indicates he wasn't going to let Rene go lightly

Eric Richard bye, staged.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:35

FIM-E Super Twin Bike eliminations round 2

Marcus Christiansen 6.283/357.04 def. Juha Hintukainen broke before staging (1.103 and 4.125/296.07 incrementals for birthday boy Marcus, best run of the event for him)

Marko Lantto 6.846/336.89 def Martijn de Haas 7.054/308.60

0.119 to 0.088 RTs and 60fts 1.259 to 1.198 in favour of Martijn then Marko's bike drew ahead as Martijn got closer to the centre line.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:25

FIM-E Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 2

Bertrand Maurice 7.381/278.18 def Pavlos Sidiropoulos 7.373/283.22 (holeshot win)

Joerg Lymant 7.328/292.25 def. Martin Newbury DQ crossed centre line (PB for Joerg, well done, Martin's bike drifted to the centre line and punted the second half track reflector)

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:20

FIA Top Fuel eliminations round 1

Ida Zetterstr�m 3.962/409.54 def. Susanne Callin 4.778/263.09

Ida off first, 0.112 to 0.178, then quicker to 60ft 0.866 to 0.879 and to half track 3.104/450.84 to 3.441/304.92 by which time Susanne had lifted. Slightly early lift for Ida but a nice run until then.

Jndia Erbacher 4.117/456.71 bye

Final is Jndia v Ida with the lane choice going to Ida. Jndia's incrementals 0.868 and 3.272/405.26, green flames out of the engine early on an indication that a head gasket was getting burned.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:10

FIA Top Methanol eliminations round 2

Johnny Oksa 5.583/415.57 def. Linn Fl�ysvik 5.609/411.24

Very similar RTs then Johnny quicker at each incremental in a great race, 0.961 to 0.991 to 60ft and 3.692 to 3.706/333.68 to half track.

Sandro Bellio 13.874/87.46 bye

Tyre shake for Sandro after a 0.962 launch, then lifted and deployed chutes.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:05

FIA Pro Stock eliminations round 1

Michael Malmgren 8.404/190.04 def. Stefan Ernryd 6.948/319.22 DQ red

-0.022 red for Stefan then 1.005 to 1.009 60fts in favour of Michael, half track 4.702 to 4.444 for Stefan but to no avail

Robin Nor�n 6.767/331.99 Simon Ekengren 7.000/264.01

0.031 to 0.118 advantage to Simon then Robin 1.022 to 1.000 and Robin 4.364/261.69 to Simon 4.316/261.03 then Simon faded.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

15:00

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 3

Roger Johansson 7.081/238.48 def. Mats Eriksson no-show

Mats had a dropped valve and couldn't change the engine in time; Roger made a run but one of the cylinders was misfiring.

Jan Ericsson 5.820/398.57 def. David Vegter 5.876/393.37

Jan off first, close race, Jan 0.976 David 0.982 Jan 3.831/316.47 David 3.864/318.19. David had a lot of engine work between rounds after turning the engine had detected a broken inner valve spring necessitating a top end rebuild.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

14:45

Pro ET eliminations round 3

Rilana Dold (11.60) 11.681/176.70 def. Stefan Alberth (10.59) 10.696

Phillip Daud (9.47) 9.516/226.90 Rene Schindler (11.92) 12.027/180.37 red

Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.601/203.18 def. Ronnie Mercer (10.50) 10.605/199.90

Dirk Kunold (11.47) 11.423/184.95 def Karin Becker (11.11) 11.061/191.40

Official elimination ladder: click here.

14:40

Junior Dragster eliminations round 2

Thore Wolf (8.54) 8.562/120.42 def. Max Timmers (8.14) 8.131/129.26

Mia Thoma (9.45) 9.553/107.56 def. Ellie Brown (8.11) 8.182 red

Emely Kuno (14.85) 14.858/65.82 def. Lukas Schmid (8.20) 8.276/124.03

Harley Coulsell (7.90) 7.938/127.23 def. Mackenzie Love (8.01) 8.068/128.17

Official elimination ladder: click here.

14:00

During the lunch break we had some sprinkles of rain which developed into a shower so we are on hold. Stay tuned.

13:25

FIM-E Junior Drag Bike eliminations round 1

Geeuwke Siersema (10.16) 10.203/101.93 def. Brad Morrison (15.30) 15.252/64.06 breakout

Hollie King (8.20) 8.224/123.47 def. Richard Willcox (9.42) 9.545/107.89

Leah Morrison (11.60) 11.710/86.81 def. Alia Lester (13.40) 13.437/68.77

Harry Isaacs (13.07) 13.023/77.98 def Jaxon King (13.12) 13.032/76.74

Now on a 30 minute statutory lunch break, come back at 14:00 for more news.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

13:20

FIM-E Super Street Bike eliminations round 1

Jake Mechaell 6.770/348.11 def. Margot Schmidt 7.208/292.80

Daniel Lencs�s 6.936/351.89 def. Clemens Walleit 7.937/310.68

Mathias Bohlin 6.807/347.11 def. Ross Morrison 7.166/313.41 (Ross with the RT advantage)

Alan Morrison Jnr 6.830/349.63 def. Angelos Semertzidis 7.203/328.53

Official elimination ladder: click here.

13:05

FIM-E Top Fuel Bike eliminations round 1

We have just heard from Benni that Rickard Gustafsson is out, commiserations but he had to change an engine yesterday between Q3 and Q4 and then suffered further damage at the Night Show. Mike Olie is also out

Eric Richard 7.261/302.97 def. Mark Smith NTR left before tree ran.

Rene van den Berg 6.054/354.42 def. Mikko Rajaniemi 7.566/243.32, smoked tyre after 60ft Rene 1.061 and 3.998/311.88 incrementals

Stuart Crane 6.808/292.25 def. Thomas Pettersson broke off line

Official elimination ladder: click here.

13:00

FIM-E Super Twin Bike eliminations round 1

Marcus Christiansen 6.373/348.79 def. Vesa Lipponen 7.308/216.74

Juha Hintukainen 6.966/275.74 def. Samu Kemppainen 7.651/204.96

Martijn de Haas 6.705/315.87 def. Chris van Nimmen 7.948/226.36 (Chris van Nimmen in for Christian Jaeger)

Marko Lantto 6.889/325.24 def. Roman Sixta 7.295/244.96 (Roman ahead until half track and hit finish line reflectors)

Official elimination ladder: click here.

12:50

FIM-E Pro Stock Bike eliminations round 1

Joerg Lymant 7.353/288.79 def. Charalampos Bousinis 7613/280.84

Pavlos Sidiropoulos 7.395/279.47 def. Jerome Rougemont 8.198/240.65 DQ red

Bertrand Maurice 7.334/283.22 def. Aswin Le Noble 8.988/244.69 (in for Martin Bishop who broke)

Martin Newbury 7.366/296.88 def. David Simon broke before staging

Official elimination ladder: click here.

12:40

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 2

Roger Johansson 5.995/376.27 def. Bruno Bader 6.367/365.20

.009 RT for Bruno, then tyre shake and Roger ran better 1.010 and 3.945/310.81 incrementals to 1.013 and 4.175/283.59 for Burno

David Vegter 5.852/393.58 def Marck Harteveld 6.161/351.32

Similar RTs in the 0.1s range then great run for David who had the wheels in the air on a 0.973 launch, 3.842 to half track.

Mats Eriksson 5.892/392.59 def. Andres Arnover no-show

Andres reported gearbox issues and a lack of spares for his three speed box after a soft round 1, damage done yesterday. 0.964 and 3.871/309.93 incrementals for Mats who kept on it through tyre shake down the track

Jan Ericsson 5.876/395.81 def. Jean Dulamon6.137/365.63

0.131 0.256 RTs to Jan, then incrementals for Jan 0.995 and 3.875/313.78 to best run for Jean this weekend, 1.013 4.038/310.68

Official elimination ladder: click here.

12:25

FIA Top Methanol eliminations round 1

Tony Bryntesson 5.770/386.17 Linn Fl�ysvik 5.625/406.39 def.

Linn quicker RT then 0.976 60ft and stayed in front of Tony.

Johnny Oksa 5.597/395.66 def. Silvio Strauch broke

After the burnout, Silvio suffered a repeat of the shut-off that had plagued him on his runs at Tierp, the burst panel going and chute coming out deployed by the Electromotive system. Johnny shut off as Silvio's car was stranded on track. Silvio had earlier reported a lifted blower in Q2 which took out the belt. Johnny refired and ran a great pass, 0.963 and 3.695/332.66 incrementals and lane choice against Linn

Sandro Bellio 5.510/421.53 J�rgen Nagel 5.7901/395.45

The winner of this race gets a bye into the final. Sandro 0.377 to J�rgen 0.091 RTs, Sandro's incrementals 0.941 and 3.637/337.25 to 0.993 and 3.802/319 for J�rgen

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:55

ET Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Carsten Hemberger-Frauenkron (9.79) 9.900/224.51, Lorens Bochnig (9.30) 9.677/218.15, Lutz Kreuzpeintner (10.99) 11.171/201.03, Rainer Hescher (10.11) 10.224/219.23.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:50

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 2 winners

Jonny Hines 8.522/251.05 (def. Dan De'ath), Carl Thomas 8.681/246.66, Brad Head 9.170/177.41, Torben Frahm 8.608/256.17.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:45

Super Comp eliminations round 1 winners

Gerd Habermann 8.907/204.77, Leah Kellett 8.955/281.64, Sam Weyland 9.241/222.51, Mats Antzen Wanvik 8.912/225.44 (Markus Ochsner left before tree ran)

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:40

Super Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners

Christian Schneebeli (8.01) 8.039/270.69 (Jens Konnecke stage fouled), Alex Halter (7.80) 7.896/269.55 (def. Lee Huxley), Frank Roemer (8.55) 8.560/254.50, Mark Coulsell (8.34) 8.351/256.68

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:30

Super Gas eliminations round 1 winners

Hi to Stuart Hodgson who is a no show with engine damage. Stevan Reffeltrath 9.974/227.85, Stephan Blauwitz 9.926/219.45, Christer Uhlin 9.973/208.40, Marcus Himmler 9.900/224.42, well done Marcus!

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:25

Pro ET eliminations round 2 winners

Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.530/199.96, Dirk Kunold (11.45) 11.546/185.02, Rene Schindler (11.92) 11.951/181.59, Stefan Alberth (10.57) 11.041/159.28, Rilana Dold (11.60) 11.604/184.13, Ronnie Mercer (10.48) 10.536/192.02, Karin Becker (11.11) 11.176/190.31 (def. Kirstie Tramm), Philipp Daud (9.45) 9.495/227.66.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

11:15

Extreme Outlaw qualifying session 2

Average closest to index competition as with UK Wild Bunch: Thomas Ranft (7.70) 9.021/235.69 def. Michael Vogt (8.20) 8.406/254.13 DQ red, Karl-Heinz Kleider (6.80) 6.740/287.34 def. Marc Schoen (7.99) broke on launch DQ red, Pirmin Schmid (7.00) broke off line (launched on idle and engine cut out).

Official qualifying: click here.

11:00

Junior Dragster eliminations round 1 winners

Max Timmers (8.05) 8.174/129.22 (def. Damion Redshaw), Emely Kuno (14.85) 14.889/65.96, Harley Coulsell (7.97) 8.073/115.11, Ellie Brown (8.10) 8.166/127.07 (def. Liam MacDonald broke out), Mia Thoma (9.47) 9.468/108.96 (Nieve Deevey red lit), Lukas Schmid (8.18) 8.231/128.26 (def. Ada Cassisi). Thore Wolf (8.53) 8.547/120.39 (def. Harry Redshaw), Mackenzie Love (8.01) 8.064/127.35.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

10:50

Super Comp Bike eliminations round 1 winners

Mike Dolata and Jonny Hines were pre-staged and then shut off and pushed back as a medical incident in the pairing lanes is taking the attention of the track medics.

Dan De'ath 9.079/197.81, Carl Thomas 8.592/257.05 bye S Spanoiski no show, Jonny Hines 8.859/194.31, Joerg Braune 9.692/207.42, Brad Head 8.495/249.18 (R Verena Wilke no show), Matthias Kirchner 10.908/220.18 (after huge wheelie and Sami Ylh�inen slowed) Torben Frahm 9.288/216.43, Dirk Lange 8.888/260.91 (T Hochmuth no show).

Official elimination ladder: click here.

10:30

FIM-E Super Street Bike eliminations round 1

Margot Schmidt 7.058/326.46 def. Kriszti�n Jasz 7.122/210.

Daniel Lencs�s 6.767/352.81 def. Ricardo Grauer 7.686/297.74

Clemens Walleit 7.626/299.42 def. Mark Hope 7.596/307.12 (holeshot win)

Mathias Bohlin 6.875/335.22 def. Erich Gruber 7.655/298.51

Ross Morrison 7.239/313.32 def. Peter Oestlund 15.849/58.37 (suffered wheelie)

Alan Morrison Jnr 6.944/339.36 def. Stephen Mead 7.613/279.54 (Stephen's last run as he is retiring from the sport, best wishes to him)

Angelos Semertzidis 7.386/321.34 def. Mogens Lund 8.581/174.52, Angelos left first and pulled away in the second half.

Jake Mechaell 6.837/346.06 bye

Official elimination ladder: click here.

10:25

FIA Pro Modified eliminations round 1

Andres Arnover 18.065/88.59 bye

#1 bye for Andres with 15 qualified. He staged and took the green light for the win, idling down the track.

Marck Harteveld 6.054/383.92 def. Mike Reymond 8.888/196.19

Marck off first 0.079 to 0.107, and had incrementals of 1.010 and 3.992/303.90 as Mike slowed.

Jean Dulamon 6.147/358.99 def Michel Tooren 7.978/193.37

Suspected transmission problems for Michel slowed him after a good launch and leading the race up until the eighth mile, Jean improving on his qualifying time by a tenth.

Bruno Bader 8.853/147.05 def. Mogens Sorenson no-show

Mogens suffered engine damage including a burnt head in yesterday's run and unable to repair in time. Bruno 0.975 and 4.490/191.74, aggresive launch but then went towards the left wall and lifted.

Roger Johansson 6.426/301.58 def. Walle Strobel 7.083/323.59

Walle away first, Roger's incrementals 0.994 and 4.117/294.35, both went left but Roger got back on it sooner for the win.

Jan Eriksson 5.914/395.30 def. Peter Wacker NTR DQ red

Peter left before the tree ran, Jan's incrementals in the left lane 0.994 and 3.906/312.11. The 23 round win streak is still alive.

David Vegter 5.891/384.39 def. Marcus Hilt 7.677/214.02

-0.287 red light for Marcus who went sideways on his run but kept it in his lane, incrementals in the right lane for David 0.976 and 3.860/311.08, quickest time of the round

Mats Eriksson 6.056/388.93 def. Pete Kunc 6.254/365.08

Close race, Peter away first 1.028 60ft for Mats - and then the screen cleared...

Official elimination ladder: click here.

09:55

Super Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners

Lee Huxley (8.95) 8.998/223.68, Alex Halter (7.80) 7.950/279.43, Alain D�rr (8.59) 8.657/237.41, Frank Roemer (8.54) 8.582/242.66, Christoph Burfeindt (8.72) 8.771/244.66 (Gerhard Dold broke after burnout), Christian Schneebeli (7.99) 8.037/270.22.

Mark Coulsell (good to see back after a small fire preventing him from running at the Night Show) (8.32) 8.363/259.07, Jens Konnecke (8.33) 8.385/264.14.

Time trial run by non-qualified Claude Knopf (7.61) 7.807/284.29 def. Colin Millar (7.90) 8.484/206.26.

Official elimination ladder: click here.

09:35

Pro ET eliminations round 1 winners

Frank Kraus (11.41) 11.588/183.08, Rene Schindler (11.92) 12.034/180.35, Stefan Alberth (10.48) 10.705/197.63, Karl Geiger (9.35) 9.440/220.32, Lucas Potthoff (9.14) 9.301/234.54, Arnold Hol (9.90) 10.418/212.41, Dirk Kunold (11.45) 11.590/175.06, Maurice Heller (10.72) 10.755/201.75.

Kirstie Tramm (11.93) 12.395/152.92, Karin Becker (11.11) 11.298/177.68, Aaron Schmalenberg (9.50) 9.815/201.11, Gabriel Widmann (10.75) 10.995/201.63, Rilana Dold (11.60) 11.645/182.41, Martin Weikum (10.60) 10.573/206.83 bye, Ronnie Mercer (10.50) 10.631/186.61, Philipp Daud (9.44) 9.485/226.85 bye

Official elimination ladder: click here.

09:00

Good morning and welcome to day three of our coverage from the 38th NitrOlympX from the Hockenheimring, Germany. It's a dry morning with clouds covering the sky and temperature of 17C rising to 21C. Wind again is negligible, 9mph from the south west. Density altitude is 1300-1700ft with 77 grains of water.

We have a birthday on the team today, many happy returns to photographer Julian who will be spending his special day taking pictures from trackside, as he has for the previous two days. If you see Julian there or in the lanes, do greet him!

We concluded qualifying yesterday and will go into eliminations this morning. The running order is now available via the event index, and we start with Pro ET and Super Pro ET. You can see the ladders by going to this link. Commiserations go to a couple of UK racers who won't be taking part, Colin Millar broke out in both his qualifying attempts and is not in the ladder, also Wendy Baker couldn't find a replacement mag for the one that failed her and will return to the UK not having run the car.

You can see a number of pit snippets at the excellent reports supplied by Remco Scheelings on the FIA car classes and Ivan Sansom and Rose Hughes on the FIM-E bike classes at www.dragracingeurope.eu.

Thanks to all those who have supplied corrections for the race report which is copy typed at speed and errors inevitably arise. We appreciate everyone who has commented. We were able, thanks to former editor Tog, have galleries of photos by Julian at the night show and also contributions from the Silverstone Classic by Diana and Bob Roberts which you can see via our Event Coverage page.

Happy Birthday wishes also go to Super Twin racer Marcus Christiansen and Swedish former Top Fuel and Pro Mod racer H�kan F�llstr�m who is recovering from recent surgery. Have a great day all.

We'll be back shortly with the news from eliminations.