DOUG FLIES AT E-TOWN

In the Top Fuel semifinals, Doug Kalitta faced off against Paul Romine. Romine ran a respectable 4.617-second, 310.13-mph lap, but it was not nearly enough to compete with Kalitta's incredible 4.481-second, 328.62-mph blast in the other lane. Kalitta's extraordinary effort stunned the near-capacity crowd in Englishtown and re-set the track's elapsed time record, which he had set Saturday. The 4.481-second trip down the track was also the quickest pass ever for Kalitta and third quickest in NHRA history. Kalitta now holds three of the top five quickest runs ever.

STUNNER FROM GREG ANDERSON

The score board and the picture on the Motel 6 screen tells it all. Getting the 20 points for setting the e.t. record at 6.67 put Greg Anderson into the overall points lead by 10 points.

GRANT HAS A GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS WEEKEND

The good news for Barry Grant was that both of the BG team cars made the field at E-

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Town with Terry Adams in the eighth slot and Barry in the 14th. The bad news is arch-rival Kurt Johnson took home 50 large of Barry's cash by winning the King Demon Crown.

KJ IS 'KING DEMON'

Kurt Johnson captured the King Demon Crown title for the third time in his career when he drove his ACDelco Chevy Cavalier to a run of 6.753 seconds at 205.60 mph to beat Greg Anderson, who lost traction and slowed to a pass of 7.631 at 135.04. Johnson defeated Jeg Coughlin and his father Warren Johnson before knocking off Anderson in the final.

"We weren't great in the finals," Johnson admitted. "We had a 6.75, but Greg said one of his tires got out of the groove and it pushed him hard towards the wall. That was pretty much it for him and it allowed us to get the win."

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