Jack Barfield had one of only two Outlaw 10.5 cars on the grounds, so he spent the time testing rear-end gears. Barfield ran a best of 4.69 seconds straight off the trailer on Saturday, but he and crew chief Randy Conner appeared happy with what they learned before a burned piston ended their day on Sunday. Barfield is still running the 1968 Camaro he won ORSCA’s inaugural Outlaw 10.5 championship last season, but said he’d have a new and improved ’69 version ready by about late-April.

Jeff Cooner, from Townley, AL, qualified on top of the Limited Street ladder with a 5.029-seconds pass in his 1995 Cobra with an aluminum 417 up front breathing through an F3R Reverse-Rotation ProCharger. He had a bye in round one, then defeated Patsy Cannon in the semis and earned lane choice by just two-thousandths over number-two qualifier Shannon Ragsdale for the final. Cooner left with a .370 redlight in the final, but also hazed the tires about halftrack, slowing him to a 5.08 at 140.62 mph.

Shannon Ragsdale also had a bye in the first round, then beat Donnie Key to reach the Limited Street final, where both he and Cooner lit the red bulb on the launch. Cooner left first, though (.370), handing the win to Ragsdale (.398), the defending ORSCA Limited Street champ. After making a 5.07 at 144.69 pass, Ragsdale later said he saw the win light come on in his lane when Cooner jumped the gun, but didn’t realize he’d also got a little anxious until reaching the top end.