By the time Rachael and I had unloaded our stuff from the car and sat down to enjoy our breakfast, the first session was already thirty minutes in and the first five mopars to hit the track had already ran the passes they would turn in to get their route sheets for the trip to Union Grove.
Corey Pant and his 74 Duster went 10.63-125.9, which was just thousandths off what he ran on opening day. Rick Callahan however, was struggling with his big block Roadrunner. He was nearly three tenths slower than on day 1, and down sixteen mph as the beautiful B-body visibly slowed on the big end. I don't know what the issue was, but since he turned that slip in, he must've realized it was something he couldn't remedy at the track. Rod Munchiando and his familiar black Dart GTS were enjoying their eleventh Drag Week, and an 11.85-110 was indicative of what the small block car has ran the last three years. Certainly an improvement from the low fourteens it averaged in 2007!
Marty Gorman's 72 small block powered Valiant decided to square off against the 70 Hemi Roadrunner of Mike Chenoweth, and due to a hole shot, the little "purple people beater" had a fender on the Lime light B-body for the first fifteen feet. It was all big inch Hemi after that though, 10.79-131.6 to 12.83-107.9.