[Editor's Note: This is not a complete race report. Did any other teams compete? Does Jok care that he only wrote about one team? Can you tell he was a member of that one team? Did these guys have fun? Is the celebration still going on?]

Dutch and Diane Hobbs get the "pit crew" into the winners photos.

Team Cedar Falls Raceway started the event held at Cordova (IL) Dragway Park with a distinct disadvantage: Each track could bring 50 team members to earn points, but Team CFR brought only 34 racers. Their advantage was they were collectively on a HOT STREAK!

After the first round of the Top (delay box) class, 16 of the original 19 racers were still in. In Modified (no delay box), 12 survived. The Modified racers then went on a tear; at 10 cars the Team CFR racers still had five racers left and after the round they had all survived. That meant the last five cars in Modified were ALL Team CFR cars! Unheard of -- and a statement to how tough No Box at CFR is. The Top racers pounded away for a few rounds and eventually John Freeborn and Tony Leonard were left at five cars.

In Modified, Dutch Hobbs faced off with Bob Haywood, both from Team CFR, in a race for the prestigious title of Division 5 Modified Champion. Dutch took the biggest win of his racing career and was all smiles in the staging lanes after the race.

Dutch Hobbs prepares for his final with Bob Haywood with a little arm wrestling match in staging before the final run.

In Top Eliminator, Team CFR member Tony Leonard took a .001 of a second victory over his opponent. Tony's newly acquired dragster now has two big wins for him.