Elaine Larsen was up first against Lou Periera. Larsen’s Miller Jet Dragster took the win with a blistering 5.766 @ 276.86 over a struggling Periera . The next pair featured Jill Canuso versus Ernie Bogue. The jets fired up and tore the night in half, but at the finish line, Canuso, the "Queen of Diamonds", beat the Beast from the East, maintaining her unbelievable unbroken string of victories at Summit Motorsports Park -- she remains unbeaten here.

New to the Auto-Plus Night Under Fire this year is the Historic Funny Car class, featuring replicas of the 1970’s highest-profile and most successful cars. When the call went out the historic funny cars took the track in  a step back in time. Even the pros were spellbound by the classic funny cars present; in the pre-race ceremonies John Force had told the crowd that he was amazed to see all those famous cars back in one spot.

The first pairing was Brian Stewart driving the Tom Hoover’s Showtime tribute Corvette against Lee Jennings, Jr. in the Dick Harrell Chevrolet tribute funny car. Stewart rolled the light, giving Jennings the win.

Next up was Doc Halladay in his Telstar Omni. A truly historic car, it was built using the original chassis and body. He was racing Mike Savage driving the Candies & Hughes tribute funny car. Halladay pedaled the car, trying to maintain traction, while Savage laid down a clean pass to trip the win beam.

Jon Capps, driving the Paul Smith tuned Jungle Jim car, faced another actual restoration, as Ronnie Young was driving Raymond Beadle's iconic (and original) Blue Max. Beadle himself was on the starting line. Sadly, despite a strong performance, 6.574 @ 206.76, Young couldn’t seal the deal, and Capps claimed victory and low ET of the meet for the AA/FCs with a stout 5.869 @ 245.63