Antron Brown, Del Worsham, and Frank Pedregon were in - or on - Jurassic Park III-themed vehicles for the Mopar Mile-High Nationals. Unfortunately, in the case of Worsham and Pedregon, their Checker/Schuck's/Kragen entries acted like the dinosaurs depicted on the quarter panels. Worsham qualified only 16th and, as a result of a first round loss, dropped from second to third in season points.

MORGAN'S NEW DODGE NEON WINS 'BEST ENGINEERED'
After traveling hundreds of miles and working endless nights to get here, Dodge Motorsports Pro Stock Neon R/T driver Larry Morgan has a chance to take a breather.

Despite falling a bit short in his qualifying efforts at Denver, Morgan, and the Larry Morgan Racing crew, garnered a lot of valuable information in debuting his new Hemi-powered Pro Stock Dodge Neon R/T. The Newark, Ohio, resident clicked off a 7.390-second elapsed time at 186.41 mph, which was the 20th quickest time in qualifying.

"I am just glad to get the Neon here for Dodge," Morgan said. "I'm pretty pumped up to make four runs down the track. We just need a little time with the car."

Morgan's team was awarded NHRA's Best-Engineered car for the weekend.

"This team, (chassis builder) Don Ness, (chassis specialist) John Holt and the Mopar design and engineering crew really deserve that award," Morgan praised. "We couldn't be more pleased with what they have accomplished over the past month in getting this new car ready for competition." - David Harris

WHEN WE SAY 'GROUND POUNDING' WE MEAN IT
In an additional note, the U.S. Geological Survey crew has been attending the Mile-High Nationals registering seismic readings all along the quarter-mile. Their highest ground shaking equivalent so far has been a 2 on the Richter Scale. It's enough to shake the surface and rattle the windows. Impressive! - Jay Wells