Race day at the NitrOlympX again took place under sunny skies and the event ran to completion thanks to the hard work of race officials and the co-operation of the racers after some lengthy on-track delays.

In the car classes, Switzerland’s FIA Top Fuel Dragster winner Jndia Erbacher rode out a large engine fire and held on to take the win over the UK’s Liam Jones. Sweden’s Susanne Callin did not contest Top Fuel today after suffering severe damage to her car’s rear axle amongst other items. Silvio Strauch took the event title in FIA Top Methanol after the team were up into the small hours installing their spare engine, whilst the Netherlands’ David Vegter and team similarly stayed up late to swap engines only to find that the replacement motor would not start for the first round of eliminations. Germany’s Norbert Kuno achieved the feet of lifting all four wheels of his Dodge Avenger off the track after a particularly violent launch. Also in Pro Modified a long clean-up was necessary after the converter split open in The Netherlands’ Michel Tooren’s Camaro. As automatic transmission fluid is particularly nasty to shift, the track crew had to remove a layer of the track surface to be sure that the raceway was safe.

The final of Pro Modified was decided on a rarely-invoked First or Worst rule after The Netherlands’ Marck Harteveld left the start line before the green light which would usually have been enough to disqualify him; however, Finland’s Jere Rantaniemi then hit a track fixture which was deemed a worse infraction handing Marck the event title. Another rare event occurred in FIA Pro Stock eliminations when an explosion blew the hood scoop clean off Swede Michael Malmgren’s Pontiac GXP.

Super Pro ET racer, Finland’s Veli Koivula suffered a huge explosion whilst pulling to the start line; safety crews rushed to Veli’s aid and extricated him from the kit car before taking him to the medical centre to be checked out. Better news for Italy’s Roberto Bonasso who recorded a perfect elapsed time in Pro eliminations, dialling-in an 11.20 and running 11.200. Also in Pro ET, the UK’s Jake Fronda drove the whole quarter mile with his front bonnet raised almost vertical after it came unlatched upon landing from a huge wheelie.

On two wheels, Germany’s Lennart Tomczyk was thrown off his bike as it slipped over near the finish line. Safety crews sped to the scene where Lennart was standing to meet them. Malta’s Luke Farrugia set low elapsed time of the event in FIM Europe Super Street Bike with a 6.701 in eliminations. Finland’s Mikko Rajaniemi similarly set low ET in FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike with a 6.209 in the second round. However, overall low ET honours on two wheels this weekend went to Denmark’s Marcus Christiansen with a 6.191 in the semi-finals of FIM Europe Supertwin.

Final results

  • FIA Top Fuel Dragster: Jndia Erbacher 4.202/376.66 def. Liam Jones 4.349/317.91
  • FIA Top Methanol: Silvio Strauch 5.492/415.81 def. Sandro Bellio 5.672/390.40
  • FIA Pro Modified: Marck Harteveld 10.023/139.46 red light def. Jere Rantaniemi 6.914/245.07 DQ hit track fixture
  • FIA Pro Stock: Jimmy Ålund 6.624/336.26 def. Robin Noren 6.715/330.93
  • FIM Top Fuel Bike: Stuart Crane 6.265/362.70 def. Mikko Rajaniemi 6.439/310.50
  • FIM Supertwin: Marcus Christiansen 6.205/353.61 def. Per Bengtsson 6.282/363.00
  • FIM Europe Super Street Bike: Jake Mechaell 6.756/339.04 def. Alan Morrison 7.053/296.27
  • FIM Europe Pro Stock Bike: Karl-Heinz Weikum 7.372/290.76 def. Jörg Lymant 7.404/290.92
  • FIM Europe Junior Drag Bike: Leah Morrison (8.00) 8.153/131.89 def. Alia Lester (9.30) 9.437/113.33
  • Pro Comp Doorslammer: Rene Ehrismann 7.161/301.62 def. Paul Dziubek 7.495/330.93
  • Super Pro ET: Alain Dürr (8.73) 8.745/247.98 def. Franz Aschenbrenner (8.16) 8.125/249.29 DQ breakout
  • Pro ET: Rilana Dold (11.57) 11.632/182.14 def. Harald Geuss (10.55) 10.844/206.11
  • Super Comp (8.90): Gerd Habermann 8.980/232.53 def. San Weyland 8.933/235.69
  • Super Gas (9.90): Philipp Daud 10.138/224.51 def. Marianne Wisotzke 10.294/214.34
  • Junior Dragster: Lina Wolf (8.52) 8.605/120.21 def. Emily Schaupp (8.38) 8.472/124.75
  • Funny Bike: Mike Olie 6.401/350.47 def. Markus Laur no time DQ left before lights ran
  • Super Comp Bike (8.50): Panos Charchalakis 8.610/246.77 def. Patrick Merite 8.726/253.72
  • ET Bike: Falk Odenthal (9.91) 10.012/226.73 def. Thomas Troupkos (9.39) 13.419/138.98 DQ red light
  • Junior Drag Bike: Leif-Erik Braune (7.55) 8.271/137.38 def. Feline Gross (8.60) 8.667/126.43 DQ red light