After two rounds of qualifying Jiminez and his ProCharged BBC Camaro took the top spot with a 4.741 followed by Rich Hoyle SBC N2o  4.781, Norm Chang TTSBF Mustang 4.980, Jeff Kyle Turbocharged SBF Mustang 4.986, Johnny Coleman BBC ProCharged ‘69 Camaro 5.429, Mike Orban’s nitrous BBC ‘68 Camaro 5.440, Roger Rydell in Ron Odo’s BBC N/A ‘68 Camaro 5.481, Kelly Henry Vortech Supercharged BBC Fox Body and Jermain Boddie’s 1963 Nova 7.149.

Eliminations: Round 1: Jeff Kyle .173 4.852/153.12 def. Roger Rydell’s .070 5.438/129; Rich Hoyle .089 4.73/151 def. Boddie .041 5.21/145; Mike Orban .117 5.309/140 def. Johnny Coleman .117 7.03/72. Norm Chang got a single and ran .438 4.91/155 when Kelly Henry couldn’t make the call. Jiminez advanced with a potential record pass of 4.677 at 161.88.

Rich Hoyle won the WCHRA 2012 True 10.5 championship.

Round 2: Hoyle advanced with the laddered bye run .072 7.831/78 and clinched the 2012 TT5 Championship. Up next was Norman Chang and Jeff Kyle in a battle of SBF turbocharged Mustangs, Chang’s .013 4.91/156 def. Kyle’s .113 5.16/142; the final pair it was Jiminez .219 4.665/161 over Orban .030 5.235/140 and the new E.T. and MPH Record for Al Jiminez and team!

In the semifinal it was the New Champ met the New Record Holder. Hoyle got a slight advantage at the tree .030 to .047 but then he struck the tires and Jiminez posted another 4.67 at 160 taking the win over Hoyle’s 4.928 at 149. Chang would have the single into the final round.

The final would be a close battle. Chang took the advantage at the tree .038 to .081 and it was a side by side race with Jiminez taking the win with a 4.773 at 143 mph over Chang’s 4.867 at 155 mph.