“That yellow car is one of the baddest hot rods here. He has an experienced tuner, he is a fantastic driver and they are a great team,” Gallen said. “You never say you are afraid of anybody, but I respect them. They have a guy that leaves on time and a car that is quick so it was going to be what it was going to be.”
 
Behind Gallen and Nichols was Greg Jacobsmeyer who defeated John Dunn in the consolation round in the closest race of the afternoon. In the remaining consolation rounds John Lawson got around Rick Krafft and Aaron “Army” Armstrong defeated Mike McIntire.

Greg Jacobsmeyer

John Lawson

When all said and done, however, Nichols and Gallen proved the class of the field once again starting in the first round as Nichols produced low E.T. of the round. Nichols had a 5.874, 236.51 pass over Jacobsmeyer while Gallen was just behind with a 5.928 in a win over Dunn.