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| Pete Farber’s insane blown 526-inch Hemi-powered ‘79 Dodge Ram pickup made the Denso Pro Street field at 6.82/200 before blowing the tires off in round one against Steve Spiess’ IHRA Pro Stock Cobalt. |
As Tim Essick’s Maryland Mustang breaks traction in the far lane, Canadian Sandro Sementilli pushes on to a 7.24/197 in the opening round of NMCA 10.5W Super Street; 632-inch nitrous Chevy-powered Mustang qualified third at 7.15/197 and went to the semis before falling to Dan Millen. |
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| Perfect NMRA Drag Radial launch balance achieved by Jason Lee’s Ohio-based 359-inch ‘86 Mustang was no consolation for this first-round redlight against eventual winner John Kolivas, whose white Mississippi ‘95 Cobra was busy recording Low ET at 8.226/172.73 in the other lane. |
Don Rayburn’s outrageous Indy-based 638-inch ‘72 Gremlin is a 7.70/175 contender in NMCA’s Nostalgia Pro Street division but a redlight by six thousandths ended his assault on the 20-car field in the first round. Incredibly, Brian Ambrosini qualified a 485-inch AMC-powered version in Nitto 10.5W Super Street with a 7.95/174! |
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| Ohioan Troy Coughlin expresses his displeasure with Illinois weather while scouting the groove before Denso Pro Street qualifying. Team Jeg’s carbureted 800-inch Cobalt qualified seventh at 6.65/210 in record bump (6.91/200) 16-car field and went to the semi-finals on massive holeshots over Steve Miller’s turbocharged S-10 pickup, (6.67/210 to 6.65/210), and IHRA Pro Stock hitter/Route 66 owner Steve Spiess’ Cobalt, (6.74/209 to 6.62/213!), before shaking the tires against Brian Robbins’ blown ‘72 Hurst/Olds. |
Legendary Ford sportsman superstar, (and major global energy commissar), Don Bowles wheeled one of a dozen different test vehicles for event Grand Marshall Jack Roush; 2006 Mustang uses a factory supercharged 330-inch modular motor to hit 9.60s at over 140 mph! |
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| Floridian Outlaw campaigner Susie Vanderspool was astounding in her blown Chevy-powered BMW sedan with 8.40/165 performance and “double-oh” RTs. |
One of the most colorful of all Pro Street entries, Steve King’s wild blown Viper ran 214 mph in qualifying but fell to a Troy Coughlin holeshot in round one, 6.67/210 to 6.65/210.  |
