Bob Pickel’s “El Toro” ‘65 Belvedere thrilled ‘em with full-throttle runs all weekend. Not a reproduction, Pickel found the car in 2000 and restored it to the condition in which he ran it from ‘66 to ‘72. Low nitro load kept it just barely out of the nines.

John Troxel’s gorgeous new “MoPar Crazy” ‘70 Challenger didn’t fare too well in Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car competition but stunned fans with authentic Logghe chassis, accurate injector scoop, and magnificent gold metalflake paint.

Weirdest match found Dean Stevens’ Ohio-based 622-inch Stratus staging for semi-final bout with nitrous purge selenoids stuck wide open. Stevens staged anyway and, with nitrous plumes over the windshield for the entire quarter-mile, chased down Mike Kokenes’ ‘64 Polara to win by 0.010 with a 7.04/195 and an 0.035 package!