The man behind the highly successful “Winners Choice Racing” – Tom Nolan -was the low qualifier in Super Stock at Las Vegas with a spectacular 9.411 secs (1.109 under his GT/BA index).

After qualifying #32 of 32 cars – Medicine Hat’s Aaron Steinkey went all the way to the Top Dragster final round before finally losing out!

Wiley Canadian Super Stock racer Don Thomas was the top finishing racer in Super Stock — going to the 3rd round with his reliable GT/EA Pontiac

Mike Pelrine (from Ft. Saskatchewan AB) placed runner-up in the Top Fuel Harley eliminator. He had a best run of 6.411 secs.

Tilly Alberta is home base for Mike Williams’ GXP which does super serious burnouts in the TS class

Calgary’s Bob Gullett qualified #1 over a huge field of Stock eliminator racers — hitting a 1.045 sub index run driving his F/S Chevy Nova!

Edmonton’s Casey Plaizer entered his high-flying Lock Surgeon-sponsored C/SA Firebird in Stock eliminator

Defending division 6 T/D Champion Dan Provost raced his Abbotsford-BC based Extreme Torque Machine car at Las Vegas

Calgary’s Jirka Kaplan made the very best of a rather rare NHRA national event appearance with a #4 qualifier and a semi-final finish in TAFC

BC-based TAD powerhouse Shawn Cowie was the only Canadian entered in the class at Las Vegas. Shawn lost out in round #1

Saskatoon’s Sheldon Erfle made the very long tow down to Vegas and qualified his GT/EA Achieva at .642 under the index

BC’s Mike Shannon raced his always spectacular looking ’57 Corvette in Super Gas – but lost in round #2.

Castrol Raceway regular Ed Matiejewski tried his hand in Stock eliminator with his very clean ’72 Nova H/SA

Rod Hymas (from Standard AB) was the quickest Canadian qualifier in Top Sportsman (6.969 secs)

Norm Lapointe – who has been on an extensive NHRA tour so far this season – raced again at Las Vegas with his slick 2008 Cobalt