Bobby Lagana

The biggest matchup of the quarterfinal round saw Dallas winner Scott Weis take on Lagana. Weis actually got a jump on the New York native, but Lagana was able to drive around him for the win by eight hundredths of a second at the line, 4.904/287.05 to Weiss’s 4.982/288.39. In other first round action Boychuk got a free pass when Bowers couldn’t get his car fired, Litton got an easy win over Todd Simpson who went red and Cox beat team owner Mitch King.

It is now off to Edmonton, Boychuk’s hometown, for the next race on the Nitro Jam schedule.

“This is just a great way to go into Edmonton. Knowing that we will have a lot of backing up there and with this win it is going to make it a whole lot sweeter,” Boychuk said.

PRO MODIFIED

On Saturday, Taylor Lastor (Cleveland, Tex.) put down a 6.057 elapsed time at 235.72 miles per hour to top Pro Mod qualifying and claim the Last Man Standing award heading into Sunday’s eliminations.

“This is an all new combination for us. Every run the last couple of races we have been picking it up,” Lastor said. “We finally made a run tonight like it should run. It was a really good lap and I think we still have some left in the tank.”

While Lastor topped the charts, Ed Hoover (Gilbert, S.C.) had a triumph of his own Saturday night, setting a new track speed record at 237.42 miles per hour while also placing himself second in qualifying with a 6.083 second run.