First qualifying rounds started early in the morning during the 2016 NitrOlympx weekend at Hockenheim-ring.  Highlight during the first qualifying round was ‘Stig Neergaard’in his SNR Top Fuel dragster setting a time of 4.052 sec.

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Great passes has been made by all top fuel dragster, unfortunately ‘Anita Makela’ broke her main belt during start, but she came back a set a great time during the second qualifying run.

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A lot of good qualifying runs has been seen today, giving the growth a little bit of what’s to come in the next rounds.

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For the ones loving American muscle, well you could easily spot an American beauty wherever you looked

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or just pass by the American muscle/hot rod section.

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We got the TOP 3 qualifiers also in the various categories:

Pro Modified Top 3 Qualifiers
Driver Make ET
Micheal Gullqvist Chevy Camaro 6.011
Johan Lindberg Chevy coupe 6.096
David Vegter Chevy Camaro 6.124
Pro Stock Top 3 Qualifiers
Jimmy Alund Chevy Camaro 6.602
Bengt Ljungdahl Chevy Camaro 6.645
Micheal Malmgren Pontiac GXP 6.813
Top Methanol Funny Car Top 3 Qualifiers
Ari Pietila Panox Funny car 5.684
Johnny Oska Dodge Charger 5.693
Jurgen Nagel Chevy Camaro 5.908

 

Stay tune for DAY 2 and check out the rest of the pictures below.
Coverage by: Benjamin Wefer