The stands were packed on both sides of the track and all eyes were on the starting line as the first round anticipation mounted.  The altereds were also under the watch of several interesting spectators including NHRA Top Fuel pilots Spencer Massey and Scott Palmer as well as veteran drivers Kebin Kinsley and Mitch King, whom both made mention of possible OFAA appearance in new racecars as soon as the next event in Denton.  Legendary local top fuel duo Vance Hunt and Watus Simpson were in the house as well as Paul Gordon, who is rumored to be the very first driver to wheel a funny car branded “Blue Max” under ownership of Harry Schmidt.  Gordon recently took ownership of a fuel altered and plans to debut with the OFAA this season!  Last, but in no way the least, the always entertaining Bubba Corzine was on hand to get his fix.

Opening the first elimination round of the 2011 Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered season was a blown alcohol showdown between rookie Terry Brian in “II N’Tense” and Nick Poloson in “Sundown”.   Poloson was out of the gate first at .058 and recorded career best early numbers with both front wheels a foot in the air and the car drifting steadily to the centerline.  Poloson held it wide open until the last second but had to lift as Brian was .098 on the tree and laid down a solid pass taking his first OFAA round win with a 4.04 at 160 mph, lifting a bit early.

Jimmy Jones and DoDad Burton rolled out next and as the cars backed up from their burnouts Burton’s crew noticed a small fuel leak and safely opted to shutoff, giving Jones the single pass.  The “Texas Tremor” launched hard off the line but was out of shape early.  Jones, knowing he needed to be one of the quickest two winners of the round to advance to the final, pedaled it several times before finally taking out the finish line cones on a 4.40 at 162 mph pass.  This earned Jones the round win, but obviously forfeited his chances of a fifth straight final round appearance.  This would be the first event Jones had entered since his mid-season 2010 debut that he wouldn’t be advancing to the last dance.