Needless to say, Steve King and Jeff Miller were ecstatic about their first five-second run, a 5.92, recorded during the second session of Blown Pro Mod, that placed them atop the field going into eliminations. According to Miller, the team put all the parts in the Camaro following the unfortunate crash of their '57 Chevrolet a couple months ago. The team tested a torque converter setup but couldn't get a handle on the new combination and swapped out everything behind the firewall with the tried-and-true clutch combo to make it to Shakedown. "We went out there in the first session yesterday and it left good and I thought, 'man, it's really going,' and then it comes up 6.09. We came back and viewed the graph and really felt like we could go after it," said Miller.'

We're underway with the final qualifying sessions for 8.50 Index and X275. A brief opening ceremony will follow, with the first round of Pro Mod Blown rolling under the tower for a scheduled 11 AM start.

Fredy Scriba Jr. had his 5.83 from last night thrown out after evaluating the incrementals that included a sub-.9 second short time. However, Scruba showed that he's got the muscle to compete for the crown here today with a great opening round shot of 6.04 at 237 MPH to down Scott Hamel.

TJ Kasper sawd the tree down and stole one on a holeshot in the first round of Outlaw 10.5, edging John Cheman's 4.367 with a 4.393, compliments of a perfect .000 reaction time to Cheman's .078.

Steve Jackson has been the dominant car all weekend in Drag radial, and that trend continued in round one with a 4.447 defeat of Ruben Tetsoshvili - low ET of the round.

Isaias Rojas shocked everyone with his best run of the weekend in the hottest temperatures we've seen thus far, cruising to a 5.990 at 231.12 MPH to edge John Hall's 'right there' 6.06.

David Hance experienced some engine damage in his second round victory that the team attributed to a failed injector. According to Hance, his crew patched it back up in hopes of making it through the final round, but it wasn't meant to be as the New York Motorsports '57 Chevy broke right at the starting line against Tim O'Hare. "What a great weekend," said Hance. "We got down to four carsm made our first five-second run, and had top speed by a good margin."

What a turn of events Drag Radial has become. In their semifinal matchup, Steve Jackson lit the red bulb, and adding insult to injury, Scotty Gaudagno's machine broke the wishbone in the four-link, sending small parts scattering across the racetrack. After as thrash in the pits and several calls over the PA for a replacement wishbone, officials made the call that Gaudagno never crossed the scales while being pulled off the track, handing the round win back to Jackson.

Sam Gottier had a backfire through the manifold in the lights in the Heavy Street finale that sent the hood high into the sky above Raceway Park, but by then, he was long gone on his way to the class title, scoring a 4.46 to 4.67 victory over Joeph Richardson.

X275 should've been renamed the Rich Bruder Eliminator this weekend, after dominating virtually every session with low ET, a new world record, the #1 qualifying spot, and polishing it off with a final round defeat of Dean Marinis, 4.89 to 4.92.

Larry Wood captured a popular victory with his gorgeous Corvette in Outlaw 10.5, defeating surprise finalist Rick Snavely, all the way from California, by a 4.21 to 4.49 count.

Alex Vrettos pulled the trigger just a scant .004-seconds too soon in the Drag Radial finale, instantly handing the victory to Steve Jackson and the Killin' Time team, who received a huge gift just to make it into the final round.

Bud Yoder's bright pink motorcycle was a hard one to miss, and Joey Gladstone got a good look at it is as Yoder charged off into the distance in the Pro Street Bike final, recording a 7.318 at a booming 201.52 MPH as Gladstone had troubles and coasted through.