Wednesday was a rain out, so Thursday everyone was itching to make some passes. Dave Fiscus gave us a glimpse of what was to come when he made a 7.97 pass then turned things up a bit and ran a 7.75@180mph pass. Unfortunately, he broke a cylinder head on tha pass and was out for the weekend. Several other racers made partial passes.
On Friday we had peer tech and qualifying. I was pleased to see that we ended up with 21 cars competing for the 16 TSO spots. We kept the TSM qualifying separate and then put the 3 TSM cars in the ladder Saturday.
After the first round of qualifying, we had 3 cars in the 7's. Don Cruz went #1 with a 7.791@178.38. Gary Harmon followed him with a 7.831, followed up Tony Gomes with a 7.91. Jimmy Morrison ran a 8.137, Billy T ran a 8.197, Todd Humphries went 8.295, and Ross Roman rounded out the 8 second guys with an 8.867. In the 9's were car # 7350 with a 9.058, Tom Robison 9.271, Paul Dubois 9.392, Race Jace 9.650, and Martin Riendeau 9.795. There were several other cars that didn't meet the 9.99 class minimum.
Second round Tony Gomes took over the #1 spot with a 7.732, Billy T 8.588, Ross Roman 8.779, Paul Dubois 9.236, Martin Riendeau 9.261, Dave England 9.583. Don Cruz had a transmission failure that took him out of the event. Tom Robison, Todd Humphries, and Jason Cramer all had aborted passes.
On Saturday we had the last round of qualifying. Most racers elected to skip this round and get ready for eliminations. Brad Tennyson arrived the evening before and had one shot to get in. Unfortunately, his transmission was hurt and he didn't get in the field. Ross Roman went fastest with an 8.901, Martin Riendeau 9.093, Dave England 9.193, Paul Dubois went a 9.302 but hurt something and was unable to continue. Jimmy Morrison, Jason Cramer, Todd Humphries, and Tom Robison all had aborted passes.
On Friday we had peer tech and qualifying. I was pleased to see that we ended up with 21 cars competing for the 16 TSO spots. We kept the TSM qualifying separate and then put the 3 TSM cars in the ladder Saturday.
After the first round of qualifying, we had 3 cars in the 7's. Don Cruz went #1 with a 7.791@178.38. Gary Harmon followed him with a 7.831, followed up Tony Gomes with a 7.91. Jimmy Morrison ran a 8.137, Billy T ran a 8.197, Todd Humphries went 8.295, and Ross Roman rounded out the 8 second guys with an 8.867. In the 9's were car # 7350 with a 9.058, Tom Robison 9.271, Paul Dubois 9.392, Race Jace 9.650, and Martin Riendeau 9.795. There were several other cars that didn't meet the 9.99 class minimum.
Second round Tony Gomes took over the #1 spot with a 7.732, Billy T 8.588, Ross Roman 8.779, Paul Dubois 9.236, Martin Riendeau 9.261, Dave England 9.583. Don Cruz had a transmission failure that took him out of the event. Tom Robison, Todd Humphries, and Jason Cramer all had aborted passes.
On Saturday we had the last round of qualifying. Most racers elected to skip this round and get ready for eliminations. Brad Tennyson arrived the evening before and had one shot to get in. Unfortunately, his transmission was hurt and he didn't get in the field. Ross Roman went fastest with an 8.901, Martin Riendeau 9.093, Dave England 9.193, Paul Dubois went a 9.302 but hurt something and was unable to continue. Jimmy Morrison, Jason Cramer, Todd Humphries, and Tom Robison all had aborted passes.