In round one, Foley banked a 4,67 while tossing Louie Allison, but Millican again struggled in a 5.21/268.97 dumping of a tractionless Andrew Cowin. Veteran observers could be justified for figuring that after four shots at the track, IHRA’s best fuel crew chief, Mike Kloeber, would roll a 4.5-second grenade under the door of the San Antonio Euro trash disco in that frame. But not so.
Foley stumbled in a 5.90 semi-final tire-smoker over Cooper, and Millican appeared to get somewhat "well-er” when a 4.66 iced out Litton.
However, in the final, the old inconsistency blues hit Millican again as a tractionless 6.14 was gobbled up by Foley’s low ET/Top Speed 4.585/321.27.
As a side note (and there are more below) seven cars ran in the 6.0's. Pro Modified, as usual, was spectacular with 33 cars trying to crack into the quick 16. In two words, the race boiled down to “Oh Canada.” The Low ET/Top Speed/Low Qualifier was Calgary, Alberta’s Rick DiStefano in his and Al Billes’s ’53 Corvette with a 6.062/234.13, and the eventual winner Kerunsky was third in the field with a 6.08/233.96. Quite impressive considering that the whole shebang was bubbled by a record 6.195 registered by Burton Auxier. 
Once the bell rang, Kerunsky stepped to the fore. Successive 6.159, 6.202, and 6.193 passes pitched Jim Halsey, Johnny Russo, and Danny Rowe, setting a final round date with Tommy D’Aprille in Quain Stott’s ’63 Corvette. Kerunsky killed ‘em with consistency, racking up another .19, this one with a 1 and 230.59 to dispatch Mr. D’Aprille.
Pro Stock, at least for this reporter, was the best of the Pro eliminators. Brian Gahm’s 2003 Mustang made the quickest IHRA Pro Stock pass history with a qualifying-leading 6.354/218.65. Seven cars were in the 6.3's, with Elijah Morton’s 6.457 bubbled, making the show the second quickest in IHRA history.
Neither Gahm nor Morton were factors as both were 86’d in round one. Rick Jones took a 6.44 to 6.43 win over Gahm and Morton was crushed by former UDRA superstar Tony Gillig.
Instead, Frank Gugliotta and Charlie Taylor got together about a week or so before the show on a 2005 Ford Escort and pulled off a surprise by taking the title. Opposite them 
was Rob Mansfield’s 2005 Chevy Cobalt. Mansfield ran the only 6.30-second time in eliminations and appeared to have Gugliotta by the throat, but a beaming red bulb sent him back to Margate, Florida, with a handshake instead of a kiss. What had to be especially galling was that Mansfield logged a 6.42/218.48 that would’ve easily covered Gugliotta’s winning 6.498/216.55.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
| TOP SPORTSMAN | |||
| W | Melvin Goss | Maverick | 7.765/172.19 |
| RU | Michael Collier | Monte Carlo | 7.855/169.25 |
| TOP DRAGSTER | |||
| W | Bryan Bennett | 7.162/180.96 | |
| RU | Nick Folk | 7.301/178.02 | |
| SUPER STOCK | |||
| W | Scotty Stillings | Grand Am | 8.785/157.69 |
| RU | Paul Blackmon | Calais | 10.448/122.03 |
| STOCK | |||
| W | Dan Fletcher | Camaro | 10.681/116.85 |
| RU | Harvey Emmons III | Camaro | 11.574/104.20 |
| QUICK ROD | |||
| W | Cris Poque | 8.926/167.78 | |
| RU | Britt Cummings | 8.938/167.78 | |
| SUPER ROD | |||
| W | Brian Folk | Cavalier | 9.913/159.53 |
| RU | Mike Bonfield | Corvette | 9.907/149.70 |
| HOT ROD | |||
| W | Alan Savage | 10.916 | |
| RU | Alan Bracey | 10.948 | |
| ET BRACKET | |||
| W | Cassie Thornburg | dragster | 7.734/159.70 |
| RU | David Bixler | Ford roadster | 9.627/121.92 |
| ET BOX | |||
| W | Cassie Thornburg | dragster | 7.737/157.41 |
| RU | Ed Galbraith | Chevy wagon | 12.155/109.36 |
| NO BOX | |||
| W | David Bixler | Ford roadster | 9.738/119.27 |
| RU | Jay Robinson | Nova | 11.315/117.52 |
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