The second round was a little more eventful after Adam tried to be an acrobat by dragging the bumper cover until the one-piece front end caught air and blew off the car. The result was a hard landing that broke the k-member, oil pan, flywheel, hot side of turbo, ripped all of the bellhousing bolts out and tossing the alternator on the racetrack. They rushed to their shop to pick up a box of spare parts, their welder and a change of pants to begin putting the puzzle pieces back together. Thrashing Saturday afternoon they re-assembled the car in their pit area in a mere 6 hours!

Luckily, they got a bye run in the first round of eliminations and went out to try to break into the .80’s. Everything was on schedule until a head gasket gave out at around the 450ft mark and finished the pass with a 4.93 @ 137 mph. Teardown found a torched cylinder head, adding onto the already difficult weekend. The boys went to work welding the scars up and hand filing them down until it was ready for a new gasket. Finishing just before second round, they had enough time to fire the engine and ensure there were no major issues running a 5.19 @ 132.84 with no water in the block.

The quarter and semi-finals went much smoother clicking off back-to-back 5.0’s @ 140+ mph and Isaac was confident the car would do it again in the final round. Facing off against Casey Rance in his Nissan 240SX, who chose the right lane after winning the coin toss. Both cars entered the beams; Adam left first with a .081 reaction time and forced Rance to place catch-up. Unfortunately, the track was not long enough and the Mustang rolled through the traps at 5.20 @ 135.54 to Rance’s 5.37 @ 136.40 giving the Preston Brothers the win.