The Gilliam family of Staunton, Illinois, boasts a three-car team which includes a dragster, a doorslammer and an altered roadster…not to mention three Gateway season point championships. Dennis Gilliam campaigns this magnificent all-black 150-inch wheelbase ‘32 Austin Bantam.

Lou Murray’s 8.9-second ‘73 Camaro gets “stopped down” for Super Street Eliminator action on a 10.90 Index. When the throttle stop comes off, the second wheelstand, (beginning sixty feet off the starting line), is usually higher than the first! The longtime St. Louis racer took his 540-inch Chevy to the runner-up in the SST Shootout.

He may have been gone after the first round of Super Quick action but Ohioan Dean McIlvane’s Profiler Performance Products Spitzer dragster earned “Best Burnout” honors from a panel of experts.