Tom Kempf arrived this morning with his new Drag Radial Firebird and made a lazy testing hit, rolling out about a quarter track before laying into it a little bit the rest of the way down the quarter mile.

Keith Berry blasted to an 8.22 last night, but Keith indicated that the car spun the tires out of the gate, recording a 1.30 60ft time that is several hundredths off the normal pace. The BMF Corvette left plenty on the table with nearly 100 horsepower of nitrous not being utilized on that pass, with an 8.12 to 8.15 pass very likely later in the day.

One of the more intriguing cars on the property here this weekend is the Honda S2000 of Naples, Floridas' Carlos Rios. Gone is the 2.0L inline four banger, replaced with an LS3 with polished heads and an F1C Procharger, producing around 720 horsepower, enough to push this short wheelbase ride into the 8's.

Steven Fereday displayed yet another exciting wheels-up pass, carrying the nose of the car from the 60ft mark out beyond 330 feet, keeping his right foot planted all the way to the boards and to the top of the qualifying sheet with a 7.549 at 191.21 MPH.

Tom Kempf made another fairly lazy pass, resulting in an 8.355 at 172.87, good for last in the order for the time being.

Judson Massingill took the SAM Racing Camaro straight to the top of the order in All Motor with a 9.118 at 155.63 effort that is well off his normal 8.6-8.7 second pace.

Last night's qualifying leader Chris Fowler was unable to improve upon his 9.22 effort from last night and will certainly be looking for the 8-second zone later this afternoon.

David Lazear made his opening attempt at qualifying here this weekend, but slowed to a 16-second elapsed time.

Keith Berry nearly matched his performance from last night in the much warmer conditions here this afternoon, running a great 8.25.

Adam Preston didn't make a pass in last nights opening session, but came out with a bang this afternoon, running an 8.25 to give leader Keith Berry some serious competition for the weekend.

Mark Carlyle has consistently run in the lo 8's all weekend, and made his best pass thus far in the final session with an 8.151 at 172.85 MPH, good only for the final spot in the order.

While there is clearly a lot left in the brand new car, Tom Kempf improved to a 7.755 at 184.90 effort to hold down the third spot going into tomorrows eliminations.

Steven Fereday has had troubles all weekend keeping the nose of the car from climbing skyward in the front half of the track, and in the final session, carried the wheels out more than 200 feet before getting out near the wall, forcing Steven to lift and rest on his 7.54 from earlier in the day.

Judson Massingill stepped up considerably from his earlier qualifying attempts, laying down a stout 8.763 at 156.37 to solidify his stranglehold on the category.

Danny Niceley made his only qualifying attempt in All Motor in the final session and powered to a 9.759 at 140.39 for the fourth spot going into eliminations.

Things are beginning to heat up atop the charts in Real Street, as Keith Berry, who looked to be the runaway leader in the class, got some competition from 19-year old Adam Preston and his '83 Camaro. In the final session, Adam improved a little to an 8.227 at 168.98, just .002 of a second off of Berry's pace. Later, Berry stated "we think we've got something for them and we're going to pill it up for tomorrow, but it looks like it's going to come down to whoever gets off the starting line first."

Dustin Powell ran a 9.59 at 141.68 in his '99 Camaro, a little off his earlier 9.42 pace that placed him fifth in the order.