This is what it looks like after a valve goes through a piston in a Top Fuel Bike motor. “S**t happens,” said Norway’s Trond Hoiberget after his first round loss to McBride.

Chris Hand, the longtime nitro bike veteran from Jasper, Alabama, came into the SGMP race with the Manufacturers Cup points lead, but never could get his “Redneck Express” up to speed and failed to qualify for Top Fuel Motorcycle eliminations.

Riding as a teammate to Svein Rolfstad, 23-year-old Norwegian Jan Sturla Hegre also was a DNQ for the Manufacturers Cup at SGMP.

Crewmembers for team owner Ray Price perform some between-round maintenance on Tommy Grimes’ ride. Grimes qualified number two, but lost in the first round to Rickey House.