“Tomorrow is going to be new territory for a lot of crew chiefs and drivers,” Ron Capps assessed. “So it makes it exciting, but the feel it is such a different track. The track is dry and it's just it's been so difficult to get down. We run [Bobby] Bode in the first roud tomorrow and I think the advantage a lot of times goes to these cars that are part time cars that have the five-disc [clutch] and just kind of go down the track and a car like ours is making a lot of power. And now instead of cutting the light, you got to think ‘OK, I've got to be ready because it's gonna blow the tires off more than likely.’
Check out a full recap by Phil Burgess of a frantic day of final qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals from Pomona: