But wait, there's more. Shawn Gann ran a 7.05 on his Suzuki and G.T. Tonglet recorded a 7.113 on a Harley-Davidson.

Then, there were the racers in Stock and Super Stock. If there was any doubt left that the air was indeed rare, the racers in those two classes proved the point. It took a lap of 1.08

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seconds under the class index to crack the quick 32 in either division. A sample of the performances included Dave Barton's SS/AA car that qualified with a 8.73 (which was 1.269 seconds under the index) and Steve Ficacci's A/Stocker that ran a 10.15 lap on a 11.25 index and was only good enough for the number 25 qualifying spot.

The point here is that instead of the event being one where the driver had to negotiate a slippery track or the tuner had to soften the tune-up to keep the car going forward, it was a race where raw horsepower was what was required if you didn't want to catch the early flight out of Newark.

STAND 'EM UP, CLAY!

Crew chief/tuner, Mike Klober, gave his driver Clay Millican the horse for the course at E-town. Millcan drove the Chi-town based fueler to the number two qualifying spot with a stout 4.538. He had a by in the first round when Mike Smith was a no-show and lost a close race in the second round to Larry Dixon.

MR. HEAD, MR. JOHNSON

The tuning expertise of Alan Johnson is beginning to turn Jim Head's ride into a certifiable threat. Head ran back-to-back 4.50's at Atlanta and then qualified at E-Town with a 4.54. He was also a Larry Dixon victim in the semi's. With the budget that Head has, and Alan Johnson's parts and tune-up, this team is going to be hard to deal with in the second half of the season.

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