NitrolympX Hockenheim 2012

[beschleunigerms]

Hey Folks,

the Entry List on dragracing.eu starts to fill and by now, where a lot will happen for sure, there are only 2 entries from the UK. Whats up guys? Who else is coming? No SSB enties so far! Would be nice if we could bring some life to this topic and the Nitros.

Cheers
Matt

[beschleunigerms]

sad to hear that but good luck for the fix and the full 2013 tour. john bradshaw should be there as well.

[beschleunigerms]

very healthy bike fields already. even if there are no SSB listed yet. I think we will have a great field in hockenheim this year. looks like lots of swedes in the pro categories as well.

[beschleunigerms]

yes, urs started racing in historic hillclimbing races with a pretty cool old corvette this year. i bet thats a small fortune as well.

[beschleunigerms]

it depends. with 3 days of good weather they will get larger numbers done. I think this is about half the field yet. and already lots of full (8 car/bike) fields.

[beschleunigerms]

Whoop, whoop! What do you say about that? Full field of 8 TF Cars, 8 PS, 10 PSB, 11 STTF and close to full fields in TFB (!!!) TMD and TMFC as well as PM. 12 FB was the maximum nubers n entries in that class, Bracket categories also very well entered and still lots more to come. I guess we will get a full field of PM and also CC will fill to a at least 8 car field with John Bradshaw and Andy Raw as well as some common locals not in the mix yet. Still waiting for a sign of SSB yet.

Also the invitation form online states NFAA and TFFC doing show runs. any thoughts on that?

[beschleunigerms]

thats really good news! happy to see you guys here!

[beschleunigerms]

thats a pretty good idea andy. cause the crowd in hockenheim will finally love to see a blown VW funny car. get ready for some stadium atmosphere goosebump action!

[beschleunigerms]

any idea how complete sportsman entries on dragracing.eu are? cause if i remember the alastaro entry list more than half of the field, even in pro classes have been missing. cause i know at least 20 teams (including pro teams) entered not on the list yet. and those teams do not include any SSB and JD. so we are talking easily 200+ entries.

[beschleunigerms]

there is a statement from race director jerry lackey about the entry list on eurodragster. just like i thought.

[beschleunigerms]

yes, thats what jerrys statement says. lots of the entered sportsman racers are not on that list yet. i think that also counts for some pro entries.

[beschleunigerms]

yes but things have been better the last few years. things like rain and oildowns are unpredictable and a fourth day would help a lot. they wanna do a four day event but the hockenheimring is only allowed to have events with a certain noise level a limited amount of days a year. that includes drag racing, formula 1 and concerts. thats why it is only a three day event.

its a shame and i would love to see more dutch racers as you guys have a healthy scene and awesome vehicles. lets hope for the future.

[beschleunigerms]

ok, i just read on the german dragracing board that 238 teams have entered for the NitrolympX, sounds like that is without late entries and without those entries that could not be accepted (due to full fields in sportsman or missing required timeslips?).

[beschleunigerms]

http://www.nitrolympx.com/files/news/NOX2012starte...

this is the official entry list. Compared to what is online at dragracing.eu its 80 more entries however lord dante is missing in PS which makes it 7 entries there. no doubt a 16 car field will be run with 16 entries in PM despite the 19 entry limit for a 16 car field.

I expected Dez Krivan to enter in TMFC but he didnt. the rest of the field looks really good. with a fourth - sportsman day, i am pretty sure hockenheim would hit 300+ entries easily.

Hope to see many of you at the track!

[beschleunigerms]

I am happy with 16 cars already as it is a relativly strong field. and its not the swedes missing this time. imagine 5 more cars from UK in the mix with gus and spencer in the future hopefully joining and its gonna be hell of a field next year. also with you doing the full tour. YAY!

[beschleunigerms]

maybe thats just a mistake. I also dont know a 12 avenger pro mod anywhere. norbert sat out until hockenheim so i dont think he has a new body or even new car.

[beschleunigerms]

a very trustworthy source tells me that janne ahonen will be in hockenheim. that makes 9 TF and good qualifying action!

[beschleunigerms]

we would love to see you run in hockenheim someday frosty!

[beschleunigerms]

well, im sure he would but i think its not possible as long as you are running in an FIA class. hope you will find the funding next year.

[beschleunigerms]

redvictor said:

Yea, i know that. I was just joking..

yes, I know. I wanted to say that your car is special enough to deserve some extra funding