Marybeth struggled launching her Talon, because of the Drag Week requirement for sticky tires. Jason Trotter, who now wheels the Daytona actually raced the Talon in Drag Week 2013 to mid twelves at 110-112. Now the Mitsu has the power to run 124 mph!

Sharing the track with Marybeth was Greg Huizenga's 83 Jeep Cherokee which I posted an engine shot of earlier in an attempt to see how many of you were paying attention! There was so much going on beneath the Jeep's lowered body; a C-10 chassis, a turbocharged Gen 3 Hemi, and I believe a 4L80e trans. He clocked an 11.54-119!

Warren Hall's 87 CSX debuted on Drag Week with a 13.38-105 beside Tom Taylor's blue 79 sbc powered Nova. Tom's Nova has ten successful Drag Week journeys to it's credit, progressing from 12 flats in 2006, to 10.28-131 in 2015. Tom's first run of DW2016 looked to be another low ten second shot, but the small block let the smoke out at 800 ft. and the X-body coasted to a 10.55-123. Watching that car out of the event so early was a grim reminder of just how often things can go wrong and dash any hopes of finishing.