Fan voting before the event established three members on each team, broken down by those drivers who had previously raced in an NHRA AMS Pro Mod event and all others. Three qualifying sessions on Saturday determined the remaining eight positions on each team, as well as set the field for the $10k-to-win Didicom Clash that night, a Quick 8 race for the top qualifiers, regardless of team affiliation.

Fresh off a win in a Quick 8 race at Kennedale, TX, on Friday night, Frankie Taylor made the long overnight haul to Jackson, SC, to qualify for Dragstock. Taylor also deserves "hero" status among the AMS teams as his 3.994 in the final session on Sunday set low elapsed time and garnered the bonus point that meant all Cannon had to do was win his round to take the team title.

DIDICOM CLASH

John Lynam, from Beaufort, SC, led qualifying with 3.993 pass at 175.66 mph in team owner John McGrady's Lil' Red Corvette that actually was racing in gray primer since it had a new body installed just a week before the race. That effort put Lynam on top of an eight-car field for the Didicom Clash, rounded out by an incredible 4.035 bump held by Dale Brinsfield. "This is incredible; we're very excited," Lynam said. "To be out here racing against some of these guys who were my racing heroes and to be number one is unbelievable. I just hope it's still true when I wake up tomorrow."

Lynam went on to beat an up-in-smoke Brinsfield, then overcame a holeshot to win against Jason Scruggs in round two, and put away Mike Neal in the final with a 3.982-second pass at 175.80 mph. "It's all because of my crew, they're the ones who do all the hard work, I'm just the guy that gets to drive this thing," Lynam said of his Tommy Mauney-built car with a Chuck Ford hemi up front. In true outlaw fashion, though, Lynam refused to divulge the car's weight or blower overdrive.

Mike Neal placed Pro Mod pioneer Don Stroud's 1954 Studebaker third on the qualifying list, then raced through Tommy Mauney and Bil Clanton to reach the final round. "We're out here having fun and running quick; what more could you ask for?" he said. Neal, whose home track is Emerald Coast Raceway, at Holt, FL, said his team just ran its usual outlaw package. His son, Michael Jr., missed the cut to race on Sunday, but did pick up $1,000 for winning the burnout contest at Dragstock with his 1992 Lumina.