Defending Daily Driver Champ Scott Abbott finished up his Drag Week with a stout 11.528-120.06 to massage his dial in to 11.56, and lock his familiar 70 Road Runner into the 19th qualifying spot. As happy as I was to see Scott, Kim, and the Road Runner, I was hoping to see the big Hemi in his 67 Plymouth.
"We were probably about 6 to 10 hours short of having it here", he had told me wistfully on Sunday at registration.