Local favorite Joshua Hernandez set the pace in Pro Extreme with a blistering 3.83 run in first round qualifying.

Hernandez's stellar 3.83 – 199.02 run over the eighth-mile came midway through qualifying as most other teams were over-powering the race track. Hernandez said afterwards that going into the sole Friday night session he was confident his Jim Oddy-tuned '68 Camaro would deliver a strong run.

"It was awesome, it really was," said the Houston resident. "We tested last weekend in Georgia and saw we could make that kind of power. When I saw that big number come up I was really happy for the National Guard and everybody on the team.

Travis Swearingen, driving the National Guard ’41 Willys, got the first-round win over Frankie Taylor. Swearing ran a 4.004/188.89 over a 4.073/177.93 for Taylor’s Corvette.

An overhead view of the ’68 Firebird of Mike Janis really shows the flames.