Nitrolympx 2022 FIA Championship [Day-2, Qualifying – First Eliminations]

Hockenheim-ring GERMANY 27^th August 2022: Qualification continues on the second day of the NitrOlympX weekend. The European weather wasn’t at its best (with rain clouds over the track the whole day), but the sun started to get through the clouds in the afternoon, and the first three-second run is a fact! Swiss driver Jndia Erbacher pushed her dragster to a 3.892 second run at 482 km/hrs. All categories completed their four qualification rounds, and the first eliminations already started for the Pro ET and Super Pro ET classes.

Text: Benjamin Wefer
Pictures: Benjamin Wefer

Jndia Erbacher is the absolute winner on the second day of the NitrOlympX weekend. After struggling to keep the car straight yesterday, the Swiss driver found the right combination to position herself in the number one spot during the third qualification round. She tried to improve her time in Q4 but crossed the finish line in 4.04 seconds at 458 km/hrs. Jndia will have a buy run during the first elimination run. Ida Zetterström, who qualified in first place yesterday, did not run today (last went at expensive of her engine). Her 4.286-second run from yesterday is good enough for the number two spot. She will compete against Susanne Calin in the first elimination round. Dennis Nilsson (qualified in the fifth position) is now third and will meet Antti Horto during the first elimination round. Whoever wins this round will meet Jndia in the second round.

Jndia Erbacher
Ida Zetterström	Dennis Nilsson

Sandro Bellio takes the lead in Top Methanol with a 5.577-second run at 401 km/hrs. He will have a bye run in the first elimination round.

Sandro Bellio

Jonny Lagg couldn’t improve his time today and takes the second position on the qualifying table. Jonny will meet Tony Bryntesson in the first elimination round. Linn Fløysvik improved her time by 0.059 of a second (5.724 seconds at 422 km/hrs), which is good enough for the third spot. She will meet German driver Sylvio Strauch in the first round.

Jonny Lagg	Linn Fløysvik

David Vegter is still in the lead after four qualification rounds! The Dutch driver improved his time by 0.016 of a second (5.919 seconds run at 386 km/hrs), which is fast enough to stay ahead of the remaining competitors. David will meet French driver Jean Dulamon in the first elimination round. Jan Ericsson improved his time and bumped Mats Eriksson from second place. Jan set a 5.948-second run at 388 km/hrs against Marcus Peerman in the third qualification round. He will meet Norbet Kuno in the first round. Mats Eriksson couldn’t improve his time and is now third.

David Vegter
Jan Eriksson	Mats Eriksson

There are no changes or improvements in the Pro stock class. Jimmy Ålund is still in the number in the lead after four qualification rounds and will have a bye run in the first round. Micheal Malmgren is still in second with a 6.696-second run, and Stefan Ernryd is in third with 6.729. who even wins the race between Stefan and Michael will race against Ålund in the final.

Jimmy Ålund
Stefan Ernryd	Micheal Malmgren

Super Gas [9.90 index]  New Qualifier in Super Gas, as Stephan Blauwitz takes the first spot with a 9.914 second run at 216 km/hrs (just 0.014 of a second close to the index). Stevan Reffeltrath from the Orange Country racing team couldn’t improve his time and is now second. Michael Vogt is now third with 9.921 seconds run at 217 km/hrs. Oscar Scapponi from Italy is now fourth.

Stephan Blauwitz
Stevan Reffeltrath	Michael Vogt

There are no changes in the top three of the Funny Bike class. Markus Laur maintained his number one spot and will meet Stefan Hagenstein in the first round. Kars van den Belt remains in second and will meet Maarten Zijlstra in the first round. The third place remains Mike Olie, who will race against his wife Jacky Olie in the first round.

Kars van den Belt

Jake Mechaell remains in the lead. He crossed the finish line in 6.959 at 342 km/hrs. Mathias Bohlin also set a six seconds run (6.977 at 331 km/hrs), which is good for second place, and will race against Erich Gruber in the first round. Moguns Lund (Second in the 2022 championship) is now third and will meet Dániel Donát Lencsés in the first round.

Jake Mechaell

Moguns Lund	Mathias Bohlin

Hereby are the top 3 qualifiers of the classes on the 2^nd  day of ‘NOX’ (NitrOlympX) at the Hockenheim-ring, Germany.

Stay tuned for the last day of the Nitrolympx weekend (elimination rounds!) We from The Chronicles of Boost want to wish all competing drivers good luck, but most of all, have fun!