In the slowest car bracket on the day ten drivers came out for the first round sporting dial-ins from 13.10 to 18.10. By day’s end it all came down to a pair of Holden 308 engine powered cars with the EJ Holden van of Shawn Richardson taking on the more conventional Holden HZ sedan of Sean Martin. When it came to the green light Martin was narcoleptic thanks to a .430 light giving Richardson’s .167 bulb a significant advantage. At the other end Martin closed within .028 of his 14.60 dial-in, however the damage had already been done and a comfortable but slower .054 over 14.004 ended up winning the trophy.

With only six entries quality rather than quantity was the name of the game in the Classic Bike bracket in what was to be a round robin three round tournament. Brett Copping on his superb looking Z 1 900 Kawasaki was the only rider with three wins and he faced the V Twin powered Triumph Bonneville of Ed Harring who had two wins and was closest to his dial-in. Despite a sleepy .175 light Harring was closer to his dial-in at the other end with a 0.138 over 13.338 doing it to a .120 reacted .354 over 13.104.

Six entries were on hand for the HAMB bracket with a similar three round Chicago Shootout format weeding out the two best competitors on the day. This saw Gerard O’Neill and Jeff Danglemaier both take three wins in their Ford flat head powered dragsters. After doing so well in the preliminaries O’Neill just snored on the start-line with a .433 light compared to his opponent’s .159. Seeing that he wasn’t going to catch him, O’Neill broke out big time with a .211 under 13.691 having to watch Danglemaier’s .123 over 13.523 turning on the win light.