In the final round it was all the state of Michigan with Ted Lirones, who had run an earlier best of 2.75, 126 mph, taking the win when his friend and fellow Michigan racer, Joe Moat, ran a close but trailing 3.84, 112.88 mph.

FAST FOUR

Ten of the country's finest Fast Fours were on hand at the ASRA Spring Nationals in Primm. Before this weekend, if you would have told me that a four-cylinder dragster was a fantastic show, I would have had to pass, but these guys flat haul ass! Basically, the class is four cylinder "run what you brung." Anything goes!

George Young from Indiana had a four-cylinder VW with a blower and on a heavy load of nitro! Young's machine had nothing for a body, so watching this dragster cover the distance was really interesting. B.K. King and his Animal Control dragster which was

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chromed not painted did wheelstands almost the entire 300 feet, as did some of the others. In the semi-finals Mario Tavares put a holeshot on his competition and won the race, but lost the battle as he carried the wheels all the way through the distance and set them down right before the timing lights. Then disaster struck as he got a little too sideways and barrel rolled the little dragster several times.

The Meltdown team with Donny Diffenbaugh handling, singled in the final at a 2.20, 106.53 mph for the win. Diffenbaugh Jr., a second generation driver, also was Low ET qualifier of the breed.