In the consolation round Tom Padilla in “Nasty Benjamin” defeated Ron Hope and the “Rat Trap” team.

The rest of the professional rounds featured qualified fields headed by the AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car class. At the head of the field was Mission, British Columbia’s Jim Obalek who topped the field with a solid 5.829/241.20 entering eliminations on Sunday. Behind Obalek was Jay Mageau, Ken Webster, Tim Nemeth and Tim Boychuk.

Damian Cownden

The biggest field of the weekend resides in Nitro Bike as another British Columbia native Damian Cownden, hailing from Victoria, topped the field with a very quick 6.516/217.84. North Carolina’s Jay Turner sits second atop the “Big Pig” Nitro Harley, followed by Nitro Jam regulars Mike Scott and Randal Andras. Joey Stenotti round out the top five entering final eliminations.

In Rocky Mountain Nostalgia Funny Car David Brant drove the wildly popular “Reaper” ’77 Firebird to the top of the charts in the 6.99 index class with a 6.993-second run. Cal Tebb sits second, followed by Norm Kolwich, Arvid Fonstad and Ron Sekura.

Saturday’s SMS Komatsu Nitro of Fire concluded with exhibitions passes by Alcohol Funny Cars, Alcohol Dragsters, Pro Modified, jet dragsters, the Super Shockwave jet truck and Edmonton’s debut matchup between the “Grave Digger” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle” monster trucks as “Grave Digger” kept his winning streak alive.