Steven Fereday came out and laid down a 7.771 @ 179.23 pass to earn the number one qualifying position. The turbo Camaro seemed to leave rather soft and also shut down at 1000 feet due to richening up on the top end. The crew plans to lean out the Camaro slightly and will be adding in a few pounds of boost. They are hoping for a 7.50.
Last year's Drag Radial winner, Tom Kempf sits in the second spot by a half of a tenth. Tom also left a little soft since the drag radial cars were having issues hooking up during the morning test and tune session. All of this added up to his 7.827 @ 186.27.
From what we thought was turbo issues earlier today ended up being transmission problems for Paul Major. The crew had to swap out out the transmission and put the Shakedown tune in it. The track wasn't able to hold the traction and Paul now sits in the last spot in the ten car field after round one.