    
AA/Gas winner Chris Abbey in the Goshgarian & Abbey Corvette put
away Dale Boomgaarden in the Mallicoat Bros Cuda on the final pairing with
a 6.731 to Dale's 6.751. Dale left first, but Chris was first to the
lights. |
    
After putting away both Howard Anderson and Ed Moss, Dale Boomgaarden,
in the Mallicoat Brothers' Cuda, fell to Chris Abbey in the final. Dale
left on everyone he raced! |
   
Cecil Matthews and his Shotgun-motored T-Bird left on Mike
Leonard's Chevelle by a bunch to become the winner of the AA/Gas "B"
Field eliminations with a 7.100 at 195.14 to Leonard's
6.927 at
201.74 |
    
Darryl Jensen could muster no better than a 7.388 and was not able
to qualify. |
  
With a best in qualifying of 7.202 at 193.42, Dave Thompson and his
"Bad Habit" Willys were unable to qualify for the all 6-second AA/Gas
field. |
    
The other Ford Shotgun-motored entry was Ed Moss. His
qualifying blast of
6.590 at
208.86 stood as low e.t. and top speed for the AA/Gassers and earned him
the #1 spot. After beating "Mad Mike" Molea in round 1, Ed was
late at the light in round 2 and was beaten by Dale Boomgaarden in the
Mallicoat Bros. Cuda. |
   
Howard Anderson, # 4 qualifier with a 6,757 at
206.80 was
defeated in round 1 by Dale Boomgaarden, 6.753 to 7.027. |

John Peterson posted a best of
7.044,
178.11 and was unable to qualify for the 8-car field. |
 
"Mad Mike" Molea lit up the red bulb in round 1, losing to Ed Moss. |
 
Mitch Chamberlin was not the "Lucky One" this weekend. He
couldn't get out of the low 8's and was unable to qualify. |
  
Chuck Moore and Steve Woods, with Chuck at the helm, left late in
round 1, ran a stout
6.667,
and was defeated by Sean Renteria who turned in a
6.788 for
the win. |
  
Rich Roberts had the misfortune of meeting Chris Abbey in round and
turned in a substandard 8.263 at 169.81. |
 
Ron Christy posted a best qualifying pass of
7.944 at
161.03 and had to sit out the eliminations. |
   
A 6.985 at
196.50 qualifying pass wasn't good enough to get Ronnie Nunes into
the pack. |
    
After taking out Chuck Moore in round 1, Sean Renteria was out
first in round 2, but Chris Abbey drove around him for the win. |