Last Man Standing

Wow. This was our best qualifying session so far of my brief nitro funny car career. Not only did we qualify second with a 5.10 (more on that later), but we won the "Last Man Standing" crown for the fastest winning ET of the evening qualifying session. We get 5 valuable points toward our season total, and the recognition of being the Last Man Standing (hello, potential sponsors!).

Now for more on that 5.10 at 294 that won us the LMS. We decided to run all out tonite and try to get the car in the 4's for the first time. After a last second decision to lower our tire pressure .2 lbs on each side, the car launched hard, and i had probably the best run of my life going. I was really hauling down the track, but at the 1000' mark the engine threw the blower belt and I coasted the rest of the way. And still went 5.10 at 294!!

We face Mitch King in round one Sunday and he's been hot lately. He went to the finals last week in Michigan and has a car that can run 5.0's.