I heard there were like 6 cars in No-Box and 11 in Box in the ET classes. I'm pretty sure that those weren't the cars that held up the schedule.
Friday started out slowly with multiple downtimes for breakage and oildowns, then it rained Friday afternoon. We only got through 1 qualifying round for everyone. Saturday continued with more breakage (myself included) and numerous oildowns. Sunday ran much smoother, but there was still some downtime here and there, and the night was cut short by another oildown. They should be able to finish everything very easily and very quickly today - probably about 4 hours. So less than half a day Monday, ran less than half a day Friday --- so a total of 3 days on track to run the Tournament of Champions, the All Stars race, and a National Event. Took 'em almost 5 days to run the NHRA Div. 1 race at Atco, so take your pick. Neither event went as planned, and both sanctions did their best.
I'd like to thank Jeff and Zac Ross for letting me drive the Jeff's Auto Body Avenger in the Tournament of Champions and the Summit All Stars race. I bought the Volare from them back in 2005. They definitely have some great cars! I made it to the semis in the TOC (will wear the #3 next year), falling to eventual World Champion Richard Alford, who defeated Brian Rowe in the finals. Lisa Bolton was the other semifinalist, in her NAPA H/CM Dart Sport. Alford, a many-time track champ in bracket racing and former Bracket Finals champ was driving "The Total Look" E/CM Camaro for the Pearsall family, and Brian Rowe, this year's IHRA Div. 9 Champ, who otherwise needs no introduction to the ClassRacer audience, was driving Richie Decola's Southern Crane E/FIA Camaro.
In the TOC for Super Stock, Mike Volkman trailered Scotty Richardson with his GT/GA Sebring with a dominating .012 and dead-on 0 against Scotty's close .016 and dead-on 6. Surprisingly, it was just the second career win for Volkman; his first coming earlier this summer at the Union County Pro-Am, but consistent performances have finally yielded the deserved results. Bryan Worner and Clay Bullard were the semifinalists.
In the Summit All Stars race, I staged up the Ross Family Racing A/FCM Avenger against the Top Notch Auto A/CM Corvette of defending event champ and former NHRA World Champion Terry Taylor. I had a tiny .016 to .023 advantage on the tree, and Taylor got the stripe by .004 to break out by .006, while the Avenger ran a dead-on 10.905. Division 2 Super Stock Champ Clay Bullard wheeled his BTS Tire & Wheel SS/Production Camaro to the All Stars win over Moser Engineering's Larry Cummings on the strength of a significant holeshot.