:::Drag Racing Online::: Lakefest drag boats at Marble Falls, Texas

Sportsman Top Qualifiers
Quick Eliminator (6.00): Jerry Hardwick, Texas Red, 6.017 at 145.068

Pro Eliminator (8.00): Shelby Ebert, Cant Touch This, 8.012 at 147.783

Top Eliminator (9.00): Sambo Smith, Crapshooter, 9.028 at 108.434

Modified Eliminator (10.00): Frank Carter, Pier Pressure, 10.008 at 104.167

Stock Eliminator (11.00): Bob Windner, Mammas Diamond, 11.005 at 91.371

River Race: Denise Hodges (12.00), Aquatic Therapy, 12.003 at 86.789

PWC1: Paul Sternadel (11.80), Texas Rattlesnake, 11.959 at 80.573

PWC2: Kevin Walton (17.68), Water Warrior, 17,686 at 52.662

With qualifying done and the ladders set, the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series began eliminations in all the Pro and Sportsman classes on Sunday, Aug. 10.

The second pair in Top Alcohol Flat Bottom was Chuck Hartsfield's “Son of Speed” against multi-time class champ, Tony Scarlatta in “Shazam.”

As both boats fired up, Hartsfield's (Left) lurched forward with the starting rope getting hung on the wing end plate. As the rope recoiled, it swamped the back of the boat and sent it down. As the boat went nose up, Hartsfield turned on his capsule air supply and was alright, but upset, after divers freed him. Scarlatta coasted through the starting beams for the win.

Eliminations didn't go well for the top qualifiers, but it gave Bryan Sanders, “Nitrochondriac” and Jeff Gregory, E3/Safety Kleen (fourth and fifth) the chance to run for the win from the bottom of the bracket. Sanders (far lane) got the jump off the start by a tenth, but his boat sputtered with Gregory going by at mid-track. Gregory had his own problems and slowed to a 4.261 at 157.101 mph, with Sanders sneaking past at the line for victory with a 4.337 at 221.370.