Finally we were moving towards the burnout box. For some reason, David Kirwan in the red HellCat Challenger was only two sets ahead of Rachael, and was making his first pass of the day as well. The 11.346-122.86 that he accepted and turned in basically bumped him out of the quick 32, following the 11.08 from the day before, his second attempt was an 11.37-119 just eighteen minutes after the first, and supercharged cars, even modern ones, notoriously dislike being hotlapped. Rachael made a clutch, picture perfect pass in the Belvedere, with an 11.57-119.2, so I breathed a little easier in my helmet. I was in the right lane, and as I eased into the water I looked to the left and realized I was paired with the red 34 HotRod of John Pfister!
"This is going to be interesting", I thought to myself. Pfister would be looking for a 10.00, so if I could lay down another 9.60, I'd be driving around him at some point.