It didn't take long for the news to spread through the pits about Matt Blasco and the EFI Dart's transmission woes. Many times on Drag Week, it's not about the parts failures, as much as it is about the timing of those failures. Breaking on his first attempt, on a day destined for a rain shortened finish was exceedingly bad luck! I'm sure as painful as turning in that 16.98 slip had to be, they were happy that the Dart was able to leave Cordova Dragway under it's own power!