With eliminations taking place, the Sparco-sponsored Racer Appreciation Barbeque fed the masses with Chef Anthony (Bertozzi) and crew, including crew chief extraordinaire “Rod Nuts” and NHRA champion Jimmy DeFrank from the left coast doing the cooking. Great food, some great product giveaways, a live DJ, dancing, karaoke went well into the night.

Eric Mann of Summerville, GA, won a golf cart in the Saturday giveaways.

With the 459-car field whittled down to four, former Spring Fling winner Kevin Brannon from Boiling Springs, SC, faced Brian Jones from Cookesville, Tenn. Jones left the starting line with the dial-in advantage but with a .025 reaction time to Brannon’s .019. At the finish line, though, it was Brannon taking a little too much stripe, running under his dial-in and handing the win to Jones.