Dwayne James

Murillo ran a super quick 6.53 and called it good on Saturday, but his rival, Dwayne James, ran bracket-like 6.96s all weekend, some of his best passes ever. John Urist laid down some killer passes all weekend, including a few 7-ohs on true 10.5" M/T slicks.

Besides the heads-up match race, this event hosted a variety of different index and bracket classes, where each racer had the chance to win the highly coveted NHRA Wally trophy. For the street car racers, the TREMEC True Street class was also included at this event, with a "Quick 16" heads-up runoff held for the top sixteen quickest cars in T/S.

Index Rumble

Kent Nine ruled Index Rumble class in Houston, taking down Paul Gamino in the first round with an 11.04 on an 11.00 dial in. Nine treed his next competitor, Blaine King, via a better reaction time. In the third round, Nine got past the number one qualifier Billy Copeland in another holeshot win. In the final round, Nine faced NMRA Super Stang rival Dyno Joe Cram. In a super exciting final round, Nine was able to do it again, taking down Cram in a double break-out race to the finish, granting Nine the win and the NHRA Wally.

Mod Comp

Joe Warwas was able to hack his way through the Triangle Speed Shop Mop Comp field, despite qualifying 18th. In his first round he took out Carl Smith with a better reaction time, followed by a victory over the skilled Susan McClenaghan, who, despite a great run, lost fair-and-square to Warwas who put together a more accurate run in round two. In the semifinal, Warwas saw another win after Jason Coomer lit the red bulb. In the final round, Warwas busted a quick .007 reaction and was able to outrun Brian Gallagher, whose .069 reaction and 9.52 run wasn't enough to catch Warwas.