Toyota racers Matt Scranton and Tirso San Juan became the first Import racers to qualify into a Pro Mod field when they shoed their turbocharged, four-cylinder coupes into the field, with Scranton making the top half of the field.

In the end, though, the NHRA and IHRA regulars prevailed and Stott, Halsey, Brinsfield and Thomas Patterson made up the final four. Stott and Halsey had a dramatic semi-final match with both the supercharged car and the nitrous car running a "teen." Halsey and his Camaro put a .028 holeshot on Stott's "Skull and Crossbones" 'Vette but his 6.197/227.50 lap couldn't hold off Stott's top end charging 6.161/230.23. It was really close at the end, though, as Stott got to the strip just three thousandths of a second ahead of Halsey.

In the other semi, Brinsfield got an easy win over Texan Thomas Patterson when Brinsfield strapped a 6.140/229.29 on him that Patterson couldn't match with his 6.317/224.43.

It was all Stott in the final as he ran a 6.233/228.02 to beat Brinsfield's troubled 13.788/68.08.

OPEN OUTLAW

Apparently no one told Charlie Gambino that this was an open wheel class. The Daytona Beach racer put his '01 Avenger into the number one qualifier spot with a 6.197, making him the fourth doorslammer at the event to run a "teen." His 6.090 timing in the second round against Jody Graham made him the second quickest slammer at the event.