Tim Boychuk

Tim Boychuk (Edmonton, Alberta) was the other noisemaker on Friday in what proved to be a wild night in the AMSOIL Prostalgia™ Nitro Funny Car class. Defending world champion Pete Gallen opened the 2012 season with a major breakage on his brand new “Poverty Stricken” car, opening the door for one of the remaining competitors to step into the final and gain some valuable early season points.

This was Peter Gallen’s first time failing to win a race during a Nitro Jam weekend since last year’s season opener in West Palm Beach. New car blues, no doubt.

In the consolation round James Day got around Gallen in the closest drag race of the entire night, a 5.855/236.34 to a 5.884/245.09 as Gallen opened the new season with two round losses after recording just four all of last season.

Nostalgia Fuel Altered also provided a wild night of racing as the two winners from round one were unable to get make the call, leaving the two remaining cars to battle it out for the win. Jason Richey and rookie Kyle Hough were slated to meet in the Fuel Altered final, but issues propelled Ron Maroney and Randy Bradford into the deciding tilt with Maroney getting the slight edge.