Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones and Jim Phillips brought their screaming blown alcohol machines to the line in the next pair as Phillips was making his second OFAA event appearance all the way from Indiana. Phillips was amped up for his battle with Jones and jumped the tree with a -.115 reaction time and had the best seat in the house to watch Jones blast to a 3.99 at 180 mph to take the win.

Mark Bowman

As the first round continued, Mark Bowman fired up set to take on Raymond Dawson in the "High Octane" entry in another hard hitting blown alcohol pairing. This was a great side by side bout as Bowman's 4.09 at 176 narrowly defeated Dawson's 4.12 at 169 mph. Dawson finally laid down a solid pass after fighting burst panels and throttle cables in qualifying, but came up just short at the stripe.