In Round Three Danny Blankenship joined the 3-second runners with a 3.99/184 mph run. With no runs yet under his belt due to different problems all day, Ric Fleck brought his ProCharged Corvette to the line in a last ditch effort to make the fast field. When the chutes deployed at the finish line, Flex Racing had just reset the ProCharger World Record with a move from the outhouse to the penthouse in just 4.036 seconds at 181 mph. Could things get any better in eliminations? We soon would find out.

First round of eliminations brought only 15 cars due to parts breakage in Round Three of qualifying. Ric Fleck and Steve Kirk did battle first and what a opening run it was. Fleck had the advantage at the start, .033 to .041, and when the scoreboards lit up both cars ran identical 4.051-second runs. Fleck took the win by a margin of .008.

Robert Mathis was next to get the win light against Craig Miller who experienced some electrical problems, 4.09 to 4.30. Silance got a single run when Carol Long was unable to get her blown Corvette started. Silance took full advantage of his single with another career best run of 3.971 seconds at 183 mph.

Famed chassis builder Tommy Mauney brought the ex-Burton Auxier Camaro to the line next to take on the turbocharged entry of Coby Rabon. Mauney took the advantage at the start and never looked back, winning with a 4.000 to 4.172. Danny Blankenship brought the drama to the line with him in the opening round when he got distracted on the starting line and was dead late giving Dave Hance a starting line advantage of .048 to a .333, however the blown horsepower pulled through for Blankenship as he took the win 4.073 to a 4.425.

Chris Rini and Clarence Cloud were the next pair. When both cars came through the water, the blown Willys of Cloud did a very short burnout and took a left out of nowhere, narrowly missing the wall. The steering wheel had come off so Cloud calmly put it back on, backed up and told Rini to bring it on. Bring it he did as Rini took the win going away with a 4.02 to Cloud’s 4.41.

Kenny Kneece and Mike Hill left the line together but Kneece took the win over a tire shaking Hill 4.19 to 4.27. Jordan took his single run and put down yet another quick pass for the round with a 3.970-second lap.

Under the lights with a little cooler air, Round Two came smoking out of the water box as Blankenship and Kneece battled and this one turned out to be a heartbreaker for Kneece. He took a shot at the tree only to turn on the red bulb and to top it off Blankenship was out of shape by 300 feet.

The two racers who reset the World records in their respective combinations would do battle next but Fleck is nowhere to be found as he broke a gear in the blower the previous round, giving Jordan a free ride to the semi's.

A little payback was in order next as Silance (shown) and Rini would do battle. Rini strapped a holeshot win on Silance back in May at this same track so Silance was focused on the job at hand this time. Rini once again had the better reaction but only by a slight margin .030 to .033, with both cars having Buck Racing engines.

Charlie Buck was on the starting line smiling as he watched both cars make the eighth-mile trek with the flames hung out of both sides. Silance pulled ahead to take the win with another 3.975 to a losing 4.02.

A pair of Fulton race engines came out as the final pair in Round Two. Mauney was second off the line as Mathis took the advantage .023 to .063, but Mauney took the win 3.990 to 4.045.