In Pro Stock, six showed up to race for the Nitto Tire gold, but it was Skip Baskin who was made it to the final with his SBC Nova, winning over Andy Schmidt. He first took out Mike DeMayo with an 8.45, then got a bye run straight to the final where a 8.48 was enough to overthrow Schmidt’s 8.50 charge. 

In Mean Street there was the best turnout so far this year with eight cars. Don Baskin book ended the weekend with the number one spot, a 9.93, and then a series of of 10-oh passes to take out Tim Ketels, Jeremy Gillam, and then Alan Von Ahnen in the finals with a 9.96 at only 128 mph. This gives Baskin a pretty hefty lead in the points for the year.   

NMRA

Pro Outlaw was a big source of excitement throughout the weekend, both on track and off. West Coast racer Doug Sikora towed out from Barstow, Calif., to test his mettle against some of the nation’s biggest names. After some fuel check issues, Sikora came out on top of the field with a record-breaking 6.69. In eliminations, Sikora had a single in the first round, before facing Mike Murillo in the second round. Sikora advanced 6.72 to 6.90 to make it to the final round.

On the opposite side, Dan Millen (above) took out Jim Brown in the first round when Brown blew the tires off. In the next round, Millen advanced over Conrad Scarry, 6.72 to 7.07 to meet Sikora in the final. In a close final-round battle, Millen defeated Sikora 6.72 to 6.76

EFI Renegade saw two new members of the 8.30 club as both Alton Clements and Chris VanGilder qualified with 8.38s, the quicker of which belonging to Clements, putting him in the number one qualifier spot. Bart Tobener worked through one side of the ladder in eliminations, getting a broken bye, and then defeated Brian Mitchell and Bob Cook for a final round berth.

On the other side of the field, Dan Rawls took out Rich Groh and VanGilder before getting the competition bye into the finals. Rawls left with a perfect light, which allowed his slower 8.52 to defeat Tobener’s quicker-but-losing 8.50.

With all of the other records be broken, it only stands to reason that Drag Radial would follow suit. At the end of qualifying, there were two new seven-second players – Dave Guy with a 7.97 and Sean Lyon with a 7.95 for the pole.

In eliminations, Enzo Pecchini made it through Jeff Lorch and Stephen Biggs for the bye into the finals, while the seemingly unstoppable Jason Lee took out Marvin Bridge, Pete Johnson and Dave Guy to meet Pecchini in the finals. In the final, Lee went .052 red, giving the win to Pecchini – his first in the NMRA - and ending Lee’s winning streak.