John Broussard

Opening up the first round of eliminations was points leader Poloson up against John Broussard's "Purple Haze" from Louisiana. The two quickest winners from this round would advance to the final in this Chicago style affair. During the burnout, rods made a quick exit from the side of the block in Broussard's entry which left a trail of oil across the right lane and clearly ended their weekend on a bad note. Broussard climbed out of the car and over the wall and could do nothing but watch Poloson blast to a header flaming 3.92 at 186 mph to take the win.

After a brief clean up, Mark Billington's "Magic Dragon" and Mark Hunter were up for battle. Hunter struck the tires at the hit, while Billington ripped off a stout 3.86 at 189 mph for the win. Mark Bowman's "Blown Income" was up next alongside top qualifier McSwain. Bowman went red at the hit and both cars struggled for traction as McSwain took the win with a 5.08.

As eliminations continued, Raymond Dawson's "High Octane" laid down a clean and smooth 4.00 at 182 to defeat a tire smoking Clint Cross. Next up was Ken Singleton's "High Risk" ready for his bout with Jimmy Jones. Jones was off the line first and both cars were battling down the eighth mile as Jones took the win with a massive holeshot. Jones' 4.46 at 168 held off Singleton's quicker but loosing 4.24 at 180 mph.

Mary Reep

In the final pair, Mary Reep's "Grim Reeper" and Eric Buchanan in Terry Darby's "Nitro Relapse" came to the line. At this point, the winner would have to run better than Poloson's 4.92 to earn a spot in the final round against Billington. Both drivers were sleepy on the line but Buchanan was out first, flaming down the strip to a 4.09 at 183 mph to take a holeshot win over Reep's 4.07 at 163. Poloson and Billington were final round bound in Oklahoma.