Driver Fred Hahn was also surprised. "I got out of my car at the other end and Bill Kuhlmann, who was in the other lane, walks over to me and says, 'Great run! What do you think you ran?' I told him 6.12 or 6.13 and he said, '6.07.' I was completely surprised. I had no feeling that I had run that quick."

The team never got close to repeating that lap the rest of the event, however.

Oddy and Hahn weren't the only team that shocked the troops. Former nitrous oxide racers turned supercharger fans brothers Mitch and Quain Stott (lead photo) battered the mph record like a couple of sumo wrestlers slamming into each other. Hahn came into the event holding the NHRA Pro Mod speed record at 230.80 and the IHRA record at 231-plus. Both Mitch and Quain bettered those marks during the race, making 230-plus laps look cheap. Between the two they ran 11 laps of 230-mph or faster.

First Mitch, in the Radiac Abrasives Corvette, re-set the NHRA record at 231 and then Quain, in the LeeBoy Corvette, upped the ante with a 232.51 lap during the fourth round on

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Saturday. At that time it was too fast to get the record, but on Sunday he ran a 231.00 while putting out Tim McAmis, which gave Quain the NHRA speed record at 232.51.

Going into eliminations on Sunday, the Pro Mod cognoscenti were giving the betting edge to Texas quick-eight racer Frankie Taylor who, with help from his engine/fuel system consultant Jim Oddy, ran four laps under 6.26, including a last lap 6.217, and Tim McAmis, who was the only car consistently in the 'teens all weekend. Unfortunately for them, the Stotts didn't know they weren't favored and they marched through the field to make the first all-brother final in NHRA Pro Mod history.

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