It’s Eliminations Day in Las Vegas and we are just about to run the first round of Pro Street eliminations. There’s a substitution rule in effect for Pro and Outlaw 10.5, and with several qualified cars inoperative, a few lucky drivers will get called up as alternates to make full 32-car fields. It’s also going to be a race against Mother Nature – we’ve already gotten a few sprinkles during the opening rounds of index and bracket competition, and the sky is a dark steel gray to the northwest, so we’ve got our fingers crossed. Temperatures in the low fifties mean good air though, and some early morning sunshine put a little much needed heat into the track. “Interesting” might be too mild of a description for what we’re anticipating – check back later in the day to get the full story.

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First Round Notes

We’ve got a few minutes of lag time here due to an oildown, so here’s a quick update on what’s gone down so far. Round One of Pro Street is complete, as well as the majority of Outlaw 10.5. We’ve seen a lot of upsets, as well as some just plain odd racing. Top Pro Street qualifier Wilmes is out, losing when he got loose past the 1000 foot mark. Pat Musi is done as well, going out against Mike Holdridge. Here’s a look at the line results for the first round, and the second round ladder:

In Outlaw 10.5, Craig Pullin took a wild ride in his 64 Nova, with the car making a hard left just past the stripe, and almost enrolling Erick Halverson in an involuntary ridesharing program:

Fortunately the cars never came together, and Pullin will be back for round two since he stayed in his lane until after he had crossed the finish line.

And then there’s the incident we’re just about done cleaning up – John Wall’s 1992 Mustang, pushing out what must have been every drop of oil in the engine, but in an act of supreme driving skill, damaging nothing but the wheelie bars. To really appreciate how lucky and good he was, check out the track in the second photo…

They’re gluing down the track, so we’re going to get back to it at any moment. Check back later for more coverage from the Sixth Annual Street Car Super Nationals!

UPDATE:

It’s 4:00 PM, we just got done with Round One, and the decision has been made to shorten every class to eighth-mile in an effort to keep the carnage to a minimum and actually finish this race before everyone here dies of old age. In the meantime, here are a few more highlights from the opening round.

In Extreme Drag Radial, Allen Stewart had a little excitement when a brief fire subjected the GoPro camera mounted to the roof to an impromptu torture test - we can't wait to see what the video looks like...

Andrew Osborne stands his 91 Mustang up on the bumper against Jack Avetisyan in in Limited Street.

We got to see both sides of Tony Politano's Limited Street Mustang on a single pass - amazingly he managed to get air under the car on both swings but didn't hit anything other than the reflector block or barrel roll the car.