Bad Bart Tobener is here this weekend competing in the Afco Street Outlaw class. Tobener is running an 88mm turbocharger atop his 336 cubic inch Modular combination; both items carry a weight break in the brand-new class.

Coyote Stock champion HiPo Joe Charles debates the merits of the Ford Racing Parts Boss 302 intake manifold.

Coyote Stock competitor Paul Dishroon had quite the challenge on his way to the event. Four trailer tires (and a smoked tow rig transmission) later, he's here and ready to race.

The Iron Man of True Street, Randy Seward, made his first hit of the day and clicked off a stout 8.58 at 160 mph. The car was driven here from Tennessee - no trailer needed.

We caught up with future Coyote Stock competitor and Holley's Director of Sales, "Uncle" Robin Lawrence. He'll be teaming up with Bruce Hemminger to field an entry for the class shortly - Hemminger is working on getting the car finished up.

Street Outlaw competitor Chip Pike purchased John Urist's old car and is here with the NMRA for the first time this weekend. He's got a ProCharger F-1X under the hood of the familiar machine, and Urist is assisting with the program.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend so far is the 94mm turbocharger hidden in the nose of John Urist's machine. Urist will be working with both the turbo and the ProCharger you're all familiar with - the car is actually capable of being swapped from one to the other in about an hour and a half. Since the class is brand-new and there isn't a lot of testing data for any of the combinations, Urist is planning to test both power-adders at some point this season.

Shane Stymiest took the top spot in Coyote Stock this afternoon by besting the competition by one-and-a-half tenths.

Also testing this weekend is Pro Mod racer Steve Matusek. Although Matusek hasn't been able to get down the track cleanly yet the team is working hard to sort out the car.

After digging his trailer out of the Illinois snow earlier this week, Louie Sylvester Jr. made the long trek to Florida worthwhile with the number-one spot after the first round. His 10.77 bested Matt Amrine by .05 heading into tomorrow's qualifying.

Street Outlaw brought out former Fun Ford Weekend Renegade racer DJ Loiacano. DJ's machine uses a 443 cubic inch engine and F-1X ProCharger for motivation and propelled him to the number-two spot with a 7.54 at 187 MPH.

We talked to Factory Stock racer Chalie Rankin earlier today. Chalie has a brand new engine from class championship engine builder Chris Smith and is planning on hitting all of the events this year thanks to a new job title.

A surprise visit from Conrad Scarry - the Con-Man is testing the Scarry Crew's new Outlaw Radial car - a soft 5.10 pass was straight as a string. This is only the fifth pass on the car to date,and the combination is basically the same as what he ran in his Outlaw 10.5 car.

Jim Breese made lots of changes to his Renegade car over the winter. A new intercooler has improved performance and a revised seating position has him feeling much more comfortable in the car.

Terrence Whalen made the trip down from Georgia to compete in the new Street Outlaw class. He is currently qualified fourth with a 7.75 at 186 MPH.

Randy Seward found a split silicone connector after his last hit and was able to fix it in time for the last True Street time trial. His 8.44 this afternoon is his best pass to date this weekend.