2004 Goodguys Funny Car champ Randy Walls and "Crazy Horse" Mustang Funny Car owner George Doty laughed it up between rounds. Walls failed to make the call for eliminations due to breakage in his '70 Nova, and has a new carbon fiber-bodied Nova on the way. Doty mentioned there's a new candy apple red Paisano Funny Car coming out, possibly at the next event.


Jeff Gaynor's '70 'Cuda sat waiting for the call on Sunday morning after driver Jeff Utterback knocked timing cones in Saturday's only funny car qualifying session. There were enough funnies ready to make an 8-car field in eliminations, however Goodguys decided to go with 6 floppers rather than filling the ladder.


Round one found the Corvettes of Godfrey & Close "Flamed Fortune" meeting Dennis LaCharite's "Back in Black." LaCharite's 6.309 229.94 defeated Godfrey when he crossed the centerline.