The
Pro Final, Mike Armstrong vs. Sammy Torres.
Mike Armstrong gets the win!
Modified
The
final 6. - A Ford, a Dodge, and 4 Chevys. 4 of the
6 were Thunder Alley regulars.
Eddie
Cordero, of El Paso, and Greg Chenault, also El Paso in the Finals.
This
is Eddies first win! *Note:This is Eddie Cordero - bis brother Jerry used
to race the car
The
motorcycle racers had their own class at this race - good turnout.
Louie
Vasquez of El Paso had some major reconstruction going on during the winter
with a back half job done by Danny's Race Fab and built a new blown small
block to compliment the 14x32 Good Years out back. Looked really good, but
there is still some tuning and work to be done. 
Gary Couffal of El Paso brought out his new S-10 and got it down in the
low 12's!
Trini Ortiz of Silver City getting some lift in his 302 powered Mercury Capri!
We got
the Mustang down to a 13.07/103- knocking on the door to bust into the 12's.
The car was running right on the numbers running a 13.127 on a 13.12 in
the second round.... too bad I cut a .491 redlight! 
Local
legend Ray Montoya brought out this Dart - even after an unfortunate accident
that may have totalled his truck and trailer Saturday before the race. 
The
Adobe Deli got hit by the Dust Devil that came through parts of the pits
and mangled the big awning that shaded patrons.
As a reuslt- DIRT BURGERS HALF PRICE! woohoo!
Just joking... I don't know what they did with the dirt burgers.
Julian Moody made a pass in his blown alcohol dragster - 8.0 and still stopped!
Cliff
Wells and Vince Moore of El Paso brought out their small block street
driven 4 Speed Chevelles to get some time runs in and practice some bracket
racing. Cliff got his yellow Chevelle down to an 11.7 off the bottle!
Vince had some timing problems and ran a 12.6 first pass but slowed every
pass after that. Cliff made it to the second round but missed a gear.
As
if the long hot sunny day of drag racing and driving 2 hours each way
wasn't enough! Vince found the problem and made it out to the Dezert Demonz
Drags along with Cliff for some more drag racing action. I met up with
these guys out there and made a few runs. Ended up leaving just before
midnight. Monday was a long day at work!
Dirty, sunburned, tired and stinky - but we made it to both races in one day!
Billy Graham of the Hot Rod Connection presented Eddie Cordero with a 100
Bucks for winning Mod with the Hot Rod Connection Decal on the front fender.
Billy will be doing this in both Pro and Mod all year long. Richards Automotive
will also be doing this all year long if you run his decals as well!