Outlaw Fuel Altereds at Asbury, MO

Massey Masters Mo-Kan Labor Day Classic

Words by Chris Graves
Photos by Steven & Dallas Wilson / MoKan Dragway

The fourth of seven events on the 2015 Painless Performance Products Outlaw Fuel Altered Association tour brought the series to Mo-Kan Dragway in Asbury, Mo., to headline the 50th Annual Labor Day Classic on Sept. 5-6. This special two-day event is the biggest feature at the facility each year, attracting thousands of fans to the historic drag strip.

The wild and crazy OFAA racers were making their twelfth consecutive appearance in Missouri over Labor Day weekend with a full field of blown altereds ready for action.

Saturday night hosted two heads-up qualifying rounds as 13 cars did battle for a spot in the 12-car field. With air temperatures in the 90's and humidity over 50% the crew chiefs made their final adjustments as the call went out to bring them to the lanes and the fans found a spot in the stands, eager for some nitro fumes.

Eric Buchanan

Upon the conclusion of two qualifying rounds, Eric Buchanan sat atop the standings with a 4.01 (3.98) elapsed time at 183 mph in the new look "Nitro Relapse" entry owned and tuned by Terry Darby. Points leader Jimmy Jones secured the number two spot with a 4.04 at 154 mph in the "Texas Tremor" and Mark Bowman posted a 4.09 at 127 mph in "Blown Income" to qualify third.

Donnie Massey, Terry Brian and Bobby Marriott rounded out the top half of the field as the teams returned to the pits to prepare for the first round eliminations set for Sunday evening. Brett Henry was unable to complete a run in the "Iron Mistress" entry and got no time, while Doyle Smith battled the centerline in both his qualifying runs in "Chemical Reaction" but was able to nab the final qualifying position heading into Sunday.