Kurt Kaemerle’s ’72 Nova ran 10.591 on a 10.50 dial to take the Hot Rod win over Stan Johnson’s ’67 Camaro, which ran 10.606 on a 10.51 dial-in. You can’t go wrong with basic black.
This photo is from the A Gas semi-final, but we just had to show these two cars. That’s eventual class winner Ken Ratzloff from Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the ’53 Studebaker against the ’51 Henry J of Chris Beanes from Arcadia, Calif. Ratzloff defeated Rob Patten in a (ho-hum) ’63 Vette in the final round.
Ray Padgett got a close one in the B Gas final against Jerry Wold. Padgett’s ’68 Camaro went down the quarter mile in 8.610 while Wold’s “Screamin’ Norwegian” ’68 Chevy made it in 8.686
Doug Petrosky’s ’64 Chevy took the C Gas win over Nick Kendrick’s ’64 El Camino.