They took about twelve minutes between session 1 and 2 to run the tractors and re-spray the first three hundred feet, so the Street Machine Eliminator group didn't get a chance at "Aeroquip Alley" as the large street sign in the burnout area refers to the drag strip surface at US131 Motorsports Park, until 11:45AM.
Charley Ogle went 11.22-120 in his Gold Challenger, followed by Rod Munchiando's 11.76-113 in his black 68 340 GTS. Dillon Ogle finally seemed to get a handle on his Dad's yellow Cuda, with a nice 11.97-113.9, after struggling the first two days. He was outran handily by John Pfister's bright red 34 3-window Ford coupe that was starting to really get people's attention, running 10.0 to 10.teens at over 130 with a 6-71 blown SBC. Randy Juliani continued the trend of one good run and done Mopars with an 11.83-112 out of his Coronet.

Then, in an unusual move, they let Bryant Goldstone roll his Javelin out of impound and join the SME cars. It was 12:05 when he staged up for a pass that he hoped would keep him in the lead of Ultimate Iron, and 2nd quickest overall.