Images by Chris Wold Photography, Gary & Jessica Himes,
along with Firebird staff.
 Idaho Falls’ Mike Sutton ran strong at Armdrop Live, but lost in the opening round of the 10-second class to Dale Shippen, 10.15 to 10.26. |
 Scoring the biggest victory of his racing career, Alan Adams won the 11-second $2,000 cash prize with his Payette-based `73 Vette. |
 Jim Evans `73 Vette stood on the bumper on several launches, including a weekend best of 9.91-134.94 to qualify 28th overall. |
 Christensen worked over four hours straight on the mike from his elevated perch at the starting line. |
 Hands down the “burnout king”, Dan Lundmark, Clarkston, Wash., hit a best of 8.23-173.71 (7th) and put down several 300’ burnouts that the fans cheered for. |
 In one of the very close elimination heats, Jim Shadwick lost to Mike McNamara, 12.32 to a 12.30 by the AMC (in a race decided by a mere .007 of a second). |
 Snow/Bike point’s leader Zac Pedraza qualified 34th at 9.99 at 124.27. |
 Twin Falls’ Kim Mason really danced the front wheels on his `40 Willys coupe, eventually qualifying at 10.18-129.57 (#43). |
 Driving his `65 Coronet, Matt Hiscox qualified 73rd at 10.72-124.34, but lost in the first round of the Armdrop to Troy Lind. |
 Driving the Annie Whiteley YNOT Dragster based out of Grand Junction, Colo., Eric Nyborg won the Quick 8 by dusting Chris Jaggers in the final with a very quick 7.06. |
 Mike Osmus (far side) just did stop Jim Dillon in the first round of the 10-second class in a 10.75 to a 10.71 (by Dillon) decision. |
 Fighting overheating issues late in eliminations, Mike Bann from Lewiston finished runner-up in the 11-second grouping. |
 Blair Grover from Idaho Falls drove his very sweet 5.4 L `08 Cobra Ford to a 12.02-114.30 (qualifying in the 129th spot). |
 Mark Keas and associates from NAPA Auto Parts were special guests at the Armdrop Live event. |
 Firebird’s Bob Towery presented the Preliminary Armdrop trophy (staged Friday afternoon) to Chuck Giordano from Winnemucca, Nev. |
 Under cloudy skies, Kent Gibbs (far side) defeated Rick Sayers in this second round pairing in the 10-second division. |
 Although Jim Tattersall (pictured) lost to Larry Hale in round one of the 10-second group he did come back in subsequent rounds to assist the Magic Valley racer (Hale) in the staging lanes during his five-round race win. |
 Cody Hiatt (near side) won his opening round Quick 8 race against the door car of Dan Lundmark. |
 Adam Adamson was part of a huge group of Idaho Falls racers who made the cross-state trip to race at Firebird. |
 All the Armdrop staff including both Rich Christensen and president Brian Bassone (center) accepted a specially engraved plaque from Firebird’s Jason Fry, Renee’ New, Vance Gabiola, and Byron Stewart. |
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