The big block in Michelle's Duster blew soot out of the pipes for the first sixty foot and struggled to an 11.96-113. She hadn't got the rpm up at all in the smokeless burnout, and by the look of Will's body language as he left to head for the time slip booth, he would be directing her straight back to the lanes. Clark Strong was up next in his Road Runner, and a nice 10.75-125 would keep him well within the quick 32 for SME.

Part of the luck we needed to make a match race between Dale and I a reality came in the form of Brian Kohlmann's fuel coupe that Squirrel and Dan were pushing into the water box. The track officials decided to run the little green beast as a single, so that moved the Gremlin from two pairs back to only one! A nice 1.27 '60 was negated when the 354 Hemi fell on it's face about 400 feet out. He eased back into the throttle, and rolled through at 11.09-111.