Dale idled the Gremlin into the water box at 2:00pm, about ten minutes after they announced that the lanes would close at 3:30, He launched at bit crooked, and the Gremlin moved out of the groove, fighting for traction, and basically throwing away a full tenth by the 330ft clocks compared to earlier passes. He held on for a 9.41-141.16.
Rachael ran just behind him, and carded another 12.614-109.53, the last bottle Monte had filled for us only had 6lbs. in it, and I was beginning to wonder if we had enough nitrous left to get an eleven second run in the Belvedere today. Addie Ross made her third pass of the day just behind Rachael, the little gold Falcon wagon went 11.06-122, and I could tell by her dad's body language on the starting line, that it was their last shot of the day, and the dream of an all ten second Drag Week had slipped through their fingers. As happy as I was to move past them in our class at that point, I would've preferred seeing them get a 10.99.