Round one qualifying for the NMRA heads-up cars started with Drag Radial.
David Guy has been about the only guy to get down the track today with out spinning the tires or tossing it sideways. Even Jason Lee fell victim to the slick track conditions as he currently sits in second.
Drag Radial
David Guy: 8.187@179.52
Jason Lee: 8.605@165.68
3) Ken Ewer: 8.696@163.53
4) Pete Johnson: 8.802@163.93
5) Steve Thompson: 8.985@157.30
6) Matt Bell: 9.003@170.90
7) Sean Lyon: 9.051 @162.00
8) Jeff Lorch: 9.689@155.70
9) Enzo Pecchini: 9.929@147.26
10) Marvin Bridge: 11.148@86.76
Steven Biggs: 11.159@96.96
Next up was Renegade.
Chris VanGilder is the fastest pushrod powered car in the class and is an even .10 behind Alton Clements and his 4.6 Modular powerplant.
Renegade
1) Alton Clements: 8.784@159.42
2) Chris VanGilder: 8.884@156.08
3) Chad Almandinger: 8.903@155.04
4) Larry Hourcle: 9.015@153.70
5) Bart Tobener: 10.433@103.95
6) Brian Mitchell: 10.465@85.37
7) Dan Rawls: 12.060@69.34
8) Brian Tuten: 14.114@61.07
In Factory Stock, Tommy Godfrey is showing the rest of the class that the weather doesn’t effect him. He leads Jay Dold and the rest of the field by almost .30. Look for the rest of the guys to close the gap as the sun goes down.
Factory Stock
1) Tommy Godfrey: 11.180@119.87
2) Jay Dold: 11.413@118.11
3) Jim St Charles: 11.496@119.57
4) Brian Marr: 11.945@113.29
5) John Leslie Jr: 12.120@88.75
6) Zane Reed: 12.292@111.65
Jeremy Taylor: 12.472@105.22
Jimmy Wilson’s car was one of the few that really got their car’s to hook. Unfortunately, it hooked so well the it brought the front end up and came down a little rough resulting in a number six qualifying run in Pure Street.
Pure Street
1) Steve Gifford: 10.288@132.21
2) Brad Meadows: 10.395@130.18
3) Ryan Hecox: 10.411@129.42
4) Shawn Johnson: 10.474 @129.72
5) Eric Burkhart: 10.507@129.98
6) Jimmy Wilson: 10.659@107.13
Teddy Weaver: 12.115@84.21
Paul Wiley had a good run qualifying number 2 in Real Street, but he is .20 behind number one qualifying Bruce Hemminger.
Real Street
1) Bruce Hemminger: 9.680@140.28
2) Paul Wiley : 9.872@138.94
3) Tim Matherly: 10.192@139.40
4) Jim Breese: 10.270@140.55
5) Matthew Johnson: 10.426@106.35
Dave Ginter: 11.563@119.33
In Hot Street, Robbie Blankenship came out and qualified number one in his ’04 Mustang.
Hot Street
1) Robbie Blankenship: 8.778@153.44
2) Charlie Booze JR.: 8.860@150.03
3) Don Bowles: 8.872@152.88
4) Richard Preiser: 9.228@129.64
5) Max Gross: 9.335@156.17
6) Jim Sutterlin: 9.402@134.98
7) Rick Riccardi: 9.411@146.67
John Urist put himself on top of the Super Street Outlaw run-sheet when he drove his Mustang to a 7.525.
Don Burton had a rough run as he smoked the tires about mid track and coasted the rest of the track.
Super Street Outlaw
1) John Urist: 7.525@194.07
2) Chris Tuten: 7.753@187.44
3) John MacDonald: 8.199@181.96
Don Burton: 12.823@72.72
Dyayne James didn’t get to far off the line. The car sounded like it had a problem with the limiter and stalled right off the line.
Pro Outlaw 10.5
1) Conrad Scarry: 7.264@157.25
2) Dan Millen : 7.516@158.74
3) Mike Murillo: 8.353@124.83
4) Dwayne James: DNF