Over on the Pro Doorslammer side, Dave Earhart moved up the leader board with his capture of that class win.

(Stacee Kenington photo)

Earhart and his Earhart Heating & Cooling INC. / Performance Unlimited sponsored 2002 Camaro took Brighton, Michigan’s Dave Sullivan and his ’63 Corvette with a 6.74 run at 216 mph in the first round. The second round produced his quickest pass and speed with a 6.57 at 218 mph for his triumph over Wayne Nielsen of Bayfield, Ont., and his Stoney Brook Auto Service-backed Lumina. In round three he faced Jarvis, Ontario’s Jack Brohman’s ’69 Camaro SS. Even though Brohman ran the quicker ET, Earhart beat him on a holeshot.

Earhart lined up against Jerry Ransford of South Lion, Mich., for the final round and took the stripe with a 6.68 over Ransford’s 7.10 in his ’03 Grand Am.

“We had our share of challenges over the weekend,” Earhart said. “In qualifying, we had ignition issues so we took the electronics out to go old school, mag only and got the car running smoothly for Sunday and even picked up a 6.57 run. In the third round, the tranny gave us some problems, even though we still won it.”

He added, “This wasn’t just my win. Everyone on the Earhart Racing team worked really hard all weekend to clean up all of the issues. As a matter of fact, before the final round, the team showed what they are made of. Chris Melo took on the valve train and the rest of the engine maintenance and the girls (Tanya Vieira and Sherry Earhart) packed the chutes while Simon Couto (crew chief) and I replaced the 3-speed Lenco. We did it in around 20 minutes or so and got it all done just in time for the call up. Amazing! Yeah, this was a real team win!”

Doug Cadman’s “Chi-Town Hustler” and Gary Kraus’s “Pony Up” wowed the crowd with their billowing burnouts and awesome passes.  (Stacee Kenington photo)

The monster three-jet engine semi truck “Shockwave” put on the show of shows to end the evening along with an impressive display of fireworks as fans made their way out of the track.  (Brad Turk photo)