In the semis it would be Dave Boles versus three-time 275 Champ, Dave Bowman, in his just completed fourth generation Camaro. The Bowman crew only had three runs on the car and were hoping to find enough to advance. When the tree dropped it was Bowman with the holeshot .039 to Boles’ .199 and it looked like the Bowman had the win until he was forced to pedal it. From then on it was a close race with Boles getting the win light 5.047 at 148 to Bowman’s 5.251 at 156 mph.

In the other semi were Jalil Jaber in his blown alcohol injected SBC ’ 70 Chevelle going against Roger Rydell in an N/A Camaro he borrowed from friend and crew chief, Ron Odo. This race looked to be over early when Rydell red lighted -.021, but about 400 feet out Jaber had a big backfire that resulted in heavy damage to the engine. Luckily the oil didn’t get under the tires and he was able to keep it off the guardrail and out of trouble.

In heads-up racing cars must go over the scales and be at legal weight to advance to the next round. After pushing the wounded Chevelle over the scales, Jaber was 40 lbs. lighter than previous runs due to missing fluids and parts, but advanced nonetheless.

With all the excitement in the semi's, it would be the opposite in the finals with Boles (above) cruising down track on a single run, extending his points lead and getting his back-to-back wins!

In X275 (28vs275) it was Ryan "Toaster" Jones versus points leader Artis Houston in a wild wheelstanding final. Jones’s Chevy II went for the sky and it looked like Houston had the win until he had to lift down track when the car made a sudden move. That’s when Jones went around him, (.063, 5.209 at 144.75 to .092 5.232 at 127.90, It was the first WCHRA win for "Toaster."

In the Outlaw 8.5 class it was multiple time heads-up champ Mike Saiki getting the win in his first try at the little tires. The Saiki family is known for racing classic Corvettes in small tire racing and these cars seem to be a perfect fit, In the Final it was Saiki's 6.072 over #1 Qualifier Richard Gabels "I turned it up too much", tire spinning 6.749 at 114mph. Gabel did reset the record at 6.00 and takes over the points lead from Mark Washington/John Fields who couldn’t get the car back together in time for the event.

In the Limited 10.5 class it was points leader Mike Orban qualifying #1 with a potential record 8.499 at 164.41 mph followed by Ben Davidow, Craig Grefen and Matt Deaeseleer. Orban never looked back and ran the table, setting a new record and taking the win over Ben Davidow, .146, 8.573 at 152.33 to Davidow’s .148, 8.839 at 157.26.

On the bracket/index side of things, the highlight of the event had to be Mark Simonion driving his 1969 Camaro in Sportsman and E/Gas (11.60). At the end of the night he found himself in the winner’s circle in both classes with two checks and two trophies.