"Did you see Chenoweth's Road Runner? He had to back off on the top end to stay out of the nines!"
"That big Hemi is quicker every year he brings it", Boone acknowledged, "but he's only made a pass on Friday once in five attempts!"
"Still, 10.06 at only 127, is plenty impressive, and after ten years, I think he knows every part on that car that can break!"

The first session ended with a single for Vinnie Barbone's low nine second Geo Tracker. Two hundred, forty-nine passes had been made in the first two hours and twenty-five minutes, which was just the kind of start we needed with nearly 400 cars in the field. The Cordova staff quickly went over the first sixty feet, and brought up the first pair of Street Machine Eliminator cars seven minutes later.

Kim and Jim's (451Dart, Moparts) flamed "Primal Scream" 72 Satellite was in the second pair up, and prompted Brian Lohnes to immediately question as to why more people didn't just grab their bracket racer and come to Drag Week. Kim was paired with Kathy Hoover who was making her second DW in her slammed, pro street, 69 Camaro. Kim drove the big Plymouth right down the lane to a strong 10.22-131.2.
"Wow", Boone nodded, "that sounded and looked great!"
"Yeah", I agreed, "I think they have it dialed in to the track pretty good, just not sure if they have any street miles on it yet!
"That's the easy part, right?"
"We'll have to ask them tomorrow", I suggested.

Four pairs later a bright red HellCat Charger grabbed air under the front tires and ripped off an incredible 10.09-138!
"Good grief, Boone", I shook my head, "Those cars just continue to amaze me!"
The fortieth SME car to traverse the Cordova quarter mile for an official Drag Week time slip was Cody Walker's 71 Swinger, equipped with what Freiburger proclaimed to be "a homemade mod-top". The 12.19-108 seemed like a very efficient run, and the little green Dodge was one and done for Monday.