Immediately following Scott down the track were the only two Plymouth A cars in Super Street Small Block Normally Aspirated, the gen 3 Hemi powered 67 Barracuda of Ray Meyers, and Cory Pant's LA powered 74 Duster. The Black Pearl worked the Duster over pretty good, 9.96-134 to 10.90-123 and both drivers were apparently happy with the outcome because those were the slips they turned in.

I picked the right time to walk up to the fence because Randy Heinselman's Plum Crazy AAR Cuda clone was up next. Vince Rasch, Mark Covey, and Randy have made a personal playground out of Super Street Big Block Normally Aspirated for the last two years, with Vince's Pontiac winning the class both times, while Mark and Randy swapped places for 2nd and third. For 2016 Randy decided the old RB 535 Victor headed wedge wasn't going to be enough, so he brought out a new all aluminum 528 Indy Hemi. Worried about dialing in the new combo, his wife Connie left her 69 Camaro at home and was riding with Randy. The Cuda looked phenominal, riding on new wheels and a tweaked stance, it had all the camera jockeys paying attention when he rolled into the water. The 9.87-137.7 right out of the box represented an improvement of six tenths, and eight mph over the wedge's best ever numbers, so you couldn't blame Connie for a little fist pump when the Plymouth lit up the board.