AJ PICKING UP THE PACE FOR JH

In case anyone had doubts about Alan Johnson's tuning abilities, Jim Head's performance at Bristol should have erased those. Despite several small engine fires, Head managed a couple of back to back four-fifties in qualifying and a four-sixty and change pass in the first round. Don't be surprised to see this team win a race soon. Johnson knows how to make power and Head has the budget to pay for the parts to feed a Johnson tune-up. That is a dangerous combination.

Shannon Jenkins purges the nitrous system, right, while the nitrous Pro Mod of Steve Vick gets ready in the other lane. (Jeff Burk photo)

IS IT COMP ELIMINATOR OR A/EA ELIMINATOR?

It's hard to tell, judging from the number of A/EA that are found these days in the Comp Eliminator ranks. Three of them qualified at Bristol, three made it to the round of 16, and number one qualifier David Rampy won. Maybe NHRA should at least consider looking at the index for that class or, better yet, soften up the index for B/EA -- which just happens to be the class in which DRO's Project Bad Bird (snivel, snivel, whine, whine) competes.

 

Food City gets our vote for best signage at a drag strip. You bet we'll buy the shrimp for the barbey there! (Jeff Burk photo)

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