Rachael finally made it to the burnout box with just eighteen minutes left in the session. She was paired with Scott Abbott's 70 Road Runner and he outran her pretty soundly, with a too quick 11.44-121 to her 12.08-113.8. When she showed me the time slip I was preoccupied with my conversation, and had only picked up on the fact that she let Scott outrun her. He's beat the Belvedere twice with her driving, and once with Boone driving, and in all three instances the Belvedere ran short of it's potential. I should have realized it was time for another bottle swap, but I missed that important detail.

Dave Kirwan in the red Challenger HellCat was barely hanging onto a spot in the quick 32, and needed a good run to stay in contention as others improved. Fortunately for him, the US131 starting line still had plenty of grip, and the 6.2 picked up over a tenth to a solid 11.08-124.7. James Reeves and 9.99 Omni GLH had struggled mightily the first two days, but a good 11.04-130.2 made it appear that the black beast was rounding back into form, whether he could make a run at the 32nd spot or not though, would have to wait for Indy.