Winner of the “A” field event, Roger Lechtenberg is being backed up by crew member Dan Robinson in round number two. “Radar” laid down a run of 3.95 at 166 MPH on his way to the winners circle with the “Nitro Madness” car.

The number-one qualifier of the 2015 event went to Roger Lechtenberg in the purple “Nitro Madness” Fiat owned by race promoter Scott Gaulter. Their team effort laid down a 4.0211 ET at 161.93 MPH. Throughout the weekend, the team seemed unstoppable with a string of great runs of 4.02, 3.95, 3.92, and a 3.91 to finish off the weekend. The following weekend while running exhibition runs at the World Series of Drag Racing at Cordova Raceway, they ran a best ever 5.90 ET at 236 MPH in the quarter mile with the front wheels off the ground until mid-track. Being the winner of the 2014 race and now 2015 race, they seem to on top and the car to beat. I wonder if the outlaw Fuel Altered group from Texas has anyone that can take them on for the 2016 race?

To make things even more interesting, former driver of the “Nitro Madness” car Sean Belt of Merriam, Kan., arrived late Friday evening with his skinny black coupe called the “Metal Mafia” and qualified number two with a stellar 4.0596 at 175.99 MPH. His whole team had put all of their blood, sweat and tears into repairing the car that was damaged the weekend before in Tulsa, Okla. At the Tulsa race, Belt blew the motor to pieces. The explosion was so big that it bent the right frame rail on the car. They got very little sleep during the week while building a complete new motor and replacing the bent frame rail.

The “Crop Duster” can compete as an altered or a AA/C.

During the first round of completion Sean drew Marc White in the “Crop Duster” owned by Frank and Deb Ousley. White was number-six qualifier, but is fully capable of winning any race anywhere. Belt hit the 90% nitro coupe with a .0792 reaction time and ran a great 4.0574 at 177.17 while exploding another 427 Chevy truck block, putting him out of competition. White ran a great side by side 4.0460 at 182.33. Belt left the starting line first, won the round and lost a motor to White’s also great but slightly slower reaction time of .0924. The resulting oil on the track shut down the race for quite some time, as the motor tossed some rods out at the finish line.