FINAL QUALIFYING ORDER:
1. Donny McSwain (Rockwall, TX) - 4.00/180
2. Jimmy Jones (Cleburne, TX) - 4.027 (3.97)/158
3. Donnie Massey (Little Elm, TX) - 4.028/188
4. Raymond Dawson (Nevada, TX) - 4.03 (3.96)/182
5. DoDad Burton (Tyler, TX) - 4.076/175
6. Mary Reep (Austin, TX) - 4.079/176
7. Bobby Marriott (Pilot Point, TX) - 4.08/185
8. Sean Belt (Shawnee, KS) - 4.09/177
9. Terry Brian (New London, TX) - 4.15/172
10. Roger Lechtenberg (Cedar Rapids, IA) - 4.18 (3.81)/183
11. John Broussard (Lake Charles, LA) - 4.19/168
12. Doyle Smith (Paris, TX) - 4.22/144
13. Mark Bowman (Oklahoma City, OK) - 4.28/177
14. Ken Singleton (Chickasha, OK) - 4.48/184
15. Clint Cross (Crossroads, TX) - 5.00/106
16. Nick Poloson (Bulverde, TX) - 6.04/75

R oger Lechtenberg

The all-important first round of eliminations was set and the two quickest winners in this round would advance to the final. Twelve cars paired up in the lanes and the call went out to fire the first pair, which brought Roger "Radar" Lechtenberg to the line driving Scott Gaulter's "Nitro Madness" machine against Raymond Dawson's "High Octane" entry. Lechtenberg left first and never trailed, taking the win light with a solid header flaming 3.95 at 199 mph to Dawson's 4.15 at 154 mph.

Donnie Massey's "Showtime" nitro burner was out next alongside Mark Bowman's "Blown Income". Bowman took the starting line advantage and clicked off a career best 3.98 at 186 mph, his first 3-second pass ever, but it still wasn't enough to hold off Massey's thundering 3.90 at 192 mph.

DoDad Burton was out next with John Broussard in the opposing lane. Broussard was out qualified by Jones and really needed a round win here to stay alive in the Championship hunt. Despite leaving first, Broussard ran into problems and his 4.51 at 120 mph was no match for Burton's career best 4.03 at 181 mph as Burton and company celebrated a stellar weekend for the "Free Spirit" team.