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John Minor's '32 Ford Roadster runs in the Hot Rod division.
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Mike Lawless's 65 VW Karmann Ghia is in D/Gas and is qualified seventh with +0.008 over the 10.60 index.
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Ron Danly's D/Gas '51 Thames is powered by a Ford 347cu in engine. He is qualified 13th of 42 in an all run field.
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Bob Williams's C/Gas '48 Anglia is powered by a Chevy 496 cu in engine and Bob is in 10th place with a 0.033 on the 9.60 index.
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Dan Barrie's '62 Nova powered by a 427 cu in Chevy could not get under the index and he is in 42nd place with 0.155 under.
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Miguel Lomas's '32 Bantam is leading Nostalgia Eliminator II with 0.001 over the 8.60 index.
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Kevin Riley's '67 Cuda is leading B/Gas qualifying with a perfect 8.600.
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Hans Jakob's Hansen-Chevy dragster ran a thousandth below the 7.60 index and now he has to accept being in 34th place with eliminations starting tomorrow morning.
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Terri Lynne Brewster's Neils & Park Chevy runs in NE1 and is placed 18th, 0.140 above the 7.60 index.
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Phil Lukens Donovan 460 cu in-powered '48 Topolino is in 25th in NEI with 1.213 over the index.
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Ryan Tietz in a Chevy 565cu in powered '32 Bantam is in 32nd out of 36 with a 0.061 under the 7.60 NE1 index.
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Jesse Adams in the Nitro Nick Vega Funny Car ran a best of 5.87/244 to go 13th out of 27 qualifiers.
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The Crop Duster driven by Anthony Bronga had an engine explosion in the lights launching the burst panel high into the air.
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Rian Konno is the driver of the Kazanjian Gems-sponsored Mustang and a 5.932/229.20 put him on the bump spot with one more qualifying session to go.
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Rick White is qualified second in Top Fuel with a 5.691/241.45.
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Mike Chrisman ran a 6.994 in Junior Fuel and is qualified second as he is plus 0.104 to his 6.89 index.
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Jerry Kumre Jr is in fifth place in A/Fuel with a 6.526/205.76.
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Kin Bates is qualified second in A/Fuel with a 6.241 to Les Davenport's 6.238.
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Peter Gallen is in 10th place in Funny Car with 5.829 and no doubt the team will try to improve on that tomorrow.
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James Day is in 9th place with 5.819.
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Dan Horan's performance continues to dominate the Funny Car field with an outstanding 5.668/257.83. The only other car in the 5.6s range is Stephen Densham.
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Mark Sanders could not get down the track and is placed 25th.
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John Hale is not in the competitive Funny Car field after the first day of qualifying, although his best is 5.965.
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Dennis Swearingen's '79 Omni hit the timing reflectors on its only pass of the day.
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Ron August in Mike Fuller's Forever Young Top Fuel Dragster ran a 5.862/224 to qualify seventh.
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Tony Bartone is qualified no.1 in Top Fuel with 5.630/241.
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Keith Wilson is qualified no.1 in AA/FA with a 6.26/164, the altereds running on a 6.00 index.
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Leon Fitzgerald's Pure Heaven III was suffering fuel problems going down the track
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At the end of Friday the crowd were treated to match racing jets including the MATV/Lucas Oils Missile and Terminal Velocity.
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This '56 Chevy had about the highest wheelie of the day.
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Lindsey Lister is no.1 qualifier in NEIII in his dragster powered by amall block Chevy.
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Ed DeStaute is no.2 in NEIII with +0.009.
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This dragster driven by Dwight Garland Jr was originally raced as a Top Fuel car in 1969 by Bill Wigginton. Body panels are new for 2014.
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Rafael Quiroga in his 732cu in powered Bel Air is 0.272 over the index.
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Steve Faller runs this blown 540cu in '63 Vette in A/Gas and is in seventh.
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Roger Garten ran a 5.848 to go 12th place.
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Tom McEwen was on site signing copies of the Snake & Mongoose DVD.
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Adam Sorokin will be looking at improving the Top Fuel car's performance after he was only able to muster a 6.29 to go twelfth.
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