Paul Smith of Alpharetta. GA ran near perfect today but was eliminated with a 9.999 on a 10.00 Index. The car is a 98 Corvette powered by a 347 CI Chevy Engine. But luckily for Paul in the other lane David Esparza broke out by nearly 3 tenths of a second.
Number 31 qualifier Jimmy Young took out Number 6 Cliff LeBlanc with a slower reaction time but managed to run a 12.01 on a 12.00 Index to Cliff’s 10.59 on a 10.50 Index.
With near identical reaction times Dennis Pearson (31) and Damon Sampson (13) were bound to be a good race down the 1320 but Sampson broke out by about .3 seconds will Pearson went near perfect with a 10.52.
David Saunders of Houston Texas lost on a huge hole shot by Clay Alford, Saunders was dead late with a.553 to Alford’s .099 light. Saunders ran near perfect but was not able to make up for his bad light.
John Schaeffer caught a break today when he was dead late on the tree but in the other lane Rob Farley was a little to early. John managed to run a 10.02 on a 10.00 Index and advanced to the next round.
Jimmy Blanco from Pembroke New Hampshire made the haul and showed today that he was here to win. Jimmy ran an 11.51 on his 11.50 Index eliminating Joshua Ramirez of Lake Jackson, Texas.
Doug Kelly on Long Island, NY brought out his 200 Camaro and ran an 11.02 to beat Brian Lozano who broke out by just under a tenth.
Nathan Richardson of Martinsville, cut a .005 light and ran 12.04 on a 12.00 Index. The car is a 2000 Camaro with a 346 Chevy Engine between the frame rails.
Mike Mester of Valley Park, MO cut an .035 light and ran down the 1320 to a 10.03 at 145 to take out Shane Peters.
Number 5 qualifier Sonya Gilliam brought her beautiful 2009 Cadilac CTS’ she ran perfect in qualifying and showed she had consistency when she put Doug Caffrey on the trailer with a 12.02 at 116 mph.