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K.J. HAS TRACTION PROBLEMS
The semi-finals featured two of Pro Stock's "top guns" as Kurt Johnson squared off with Jeg Coughlin Jr. Kurt was again first off the starting line by .012 seconds, but traction problems sealed his fate. Coughlin claimed the victory in 6.947 seconds while Johnson slowed to a 8.096 e.t. Coughlin then defeated Mark Osborne in the final and bumped Kurt to third in the Pro Stock standings.

"It was a tough loss because the ACDelco Cavalier had Jeg covered by two hundredths in the first 60 feet, but we just couldn't get a hold of that right-hand lane," Johnson said. "The tires spun and shook all the way through second and third gear. I tried to chase him down, but my car just didn't like that lane.

"We'll keep testing and see what we have to do to get hooked up in second gear," Kurt continued. "At least the chassis is reacting and I'm getting good reaction times. Things are coming together, but you have to have the whole package." - Rick Voegelin

WILKERSON TELLS WHAT IT'S LIKE
In Funny Car, Tim Wilkerson drove the LRS Pontiac Firebird to the semifinals before a mechanical failure put the brakes on his bid for the winner's circle. The Springfield, Ill., native lost in round three to Dean Skuza.

"The racetrack kind of came to our tuneup," Wilkerson said. "We seem to run a little bit better on the bad racetracks. On the good tracks we have to lean on our stuff a little too hard and we don't like to do that. But up until the semifinals this LRS Pontiac Firebird was really doing the job.

"We broke a lever off in the clutch, threw the clutch out, and when it did that, it threw the belt off. We had the race won. The car was doing just what it was supposed to do but hey, for not qualifying at Las Vegas we redeemed ourselves pretty well today. We're not going to be the fastest car but if you stumble against us we'll take you out.

"It's frustrating though to be 50 feet from the finish line and not be able to do anything about it when the motor quits. You should have been in the car. That motor was at 8800 rpm by the time it died. It was terrible. I kept sinking lower and lower in the seat thinking a blower was going to come over my head at any second, but it never did. We're very fortunate it didn't blow up. We have a BDK valve that bleeds fuel off if it starts smoking the tires and obviously it did its job." - Jeff Romack

BIONDO WINS SUPER STOCK

In Super Stock, defending Federal Mogul champion Peter Biondo of Mount Laurel, N.J. returned to the winner's circle in a Pontiac Firebird by defeating Gene Bichlmeier in the championship round.

BERNSTEIN MAKES IT TO SEMIS
When Kenny Bernstein qualified fifth during the originally scheduled dates of March 16-17, it was very cool. On the April 21 rescheduled dash for the trophy, it was hot and humid. Though teams were afforded two test and tune runs on Friday, it was still a bit of a roll of the dice for the race day set-up.

Bernstein and the Bud boys may have been holding their breath during first round, but the tune-up was right on, Bernstein winning handily with a 4.636/314.53 to Doug Herbert's tire smoking 6.130/138.02.

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