Drag Radial qualifying saw Jason Lee cover the field in qualifying from the word “go”. At the end of three rounds, he had the number-two qualifier – David Hill – covered by over three and a half tenths with a stout 7.52 second pass at 185-plus miles per hour. En route to the final round, Jason Lee broke the class record, running an insane 7.41 at 177 miles per hour.  There, he faced Don Lamana. Lamana was sleepy at the tree and didn’t put up much of a fight against Lee’s solid 7.50 at 172 miles per hour.

The premiere naturally-aspirated class in the NMRA, Hot Street, features some of the most technologically-advanced small-block Ford engines in the world.  Robbie Blankenship took the top spot with an 8.55 at 156 miles per hour. Blankenship had a bye into the final round, while Don Bowles advance into the finals over a broken Mike DeMayo. In the final, Blankenship got a holeshot, but Bowles’ consistent 8.45 won out as Blankenship spun the tires and slowed to a 9.23.

New for this season is Strange Engineering Coyote Stock Presented by 5.0 Mustang Magazine. The sealed crate motor class utilizes a sealed version of Ford Racing’s newest 5.0-liter powerplant and a sealed processor. With cars not yet finished for the class, turnout was light with only two cars, and Joe Charles took the top spot in qualifying with an 11.13 at over 121 mph. In the only round of eliminations for the class it was a battle of the Joes, as Charles ran a 10.90 at 118 miles per hour to Joe Geurtin’s 12.19 at over 122 miles per hour.

In Factory Stock action, Louis Sylvester, Jr. took the top qualifier spot with a 10.97 at 121 miles per hour. He carried those performances over into eliminations, resetting the class record with an astonishing 10.73 at 125 miles per hour en route to the final round. There, he met Carlos Sobrino, and while late on the tree, was able to drive around Sobrino’s 10.93 with a 10.79 at 124 miles per hour for the class win and backing up his ET record.