(27K) 472 x 173	Joe Amato took the leave in the final with a .459 to former sprint car driver Doug Kalitta's .500
(98K) 896 x 531	At about 150 ft, the Tenneco Automotive cars' lead is already quite apparent.
(60K) 462 x 761	The Exeter, Pa. driver moved to within four points of second place driver Kenny Bernstein in the Winston point standings with the victory here. This makes it four wins in four final round appearances so far in 1999 (and the second in a row) for Amato equaling his number of 1998 wins that came in six final round appearances. The five time NHRA Winston Top Fuel champion is the winningest driver in the history of the class, and may be peaking at just the right time.
(32K) 450 x 352	Amato burns out prior to the Top fuel final. He was also the number one qualifier with a track record elapsed time 4.58 at 312.57.
(51K) 486 x 710	Runner-up Doug Kalitta had his fourth final round appearance of 1999 and like all the rest of those money runs had his American International Airways Dragster grounded by the competition. Results like that can get kinda boring.
(51K) 500 x 434	He did pick up top speed of the event at 319.98 during a first round win over Randy Parks, setting a new track record in the process, eclipsing Bernstein's 318 set last year during the Friday night qualifying session. His 4.652/306.05 was good for the second position in qualifying.
(71K) 842 x 381	Winston World Champ Gary Scelzi (near lane) lost to Kalitta in the semis but got by the MBNA car of 'Mr Intensity', Cory McClenathan in this round one race with a nice 4.639/306.74. He would run a consistant 4.632/312.21 in round two to defeat Vandergriff, before facing Kalitta.
(45K) 556 x 366	The primary race sponsor is also a backer of the other semi-finalist, Kenny Bernstein. The Bud King took out Head in round one with a 4.76/300.23 then Hill in round two running a 4.72/304.80 before falling to Amato in a great semi-final race that saw the Bud car go .486/4.798/286.62 to Joe's .489/4.73/296.63.
(80K) 534 x 857	The Sunday morning lineup of pro drivers really does provide some rather nice photo opps (as you'll especially see in our Funny Car coverage). This is quarterfinalist Tony Schumacher who defeated Larry Dixon in round one with a 4.73/301. His final race of the day was a second round loss to the eventual winner.
(64K) 608 x 447	After his 4.660/306.53 qualifier (good for number three), Bob Vandergriff looked strong. His first round win over Grubnic was a 4.73/310.55, followed by a super race with Scelzi in round two. Both drivers had identical .503 lights with the Winston car running a 4.632/312.21 to get by the 4.643/301.54 effort from the Jerzees machine.
(45K) 600 x 374	Winston points leader (by 24 points over Bernstein after this race) Mike Dunn qualified nineth with a 4.754/295.14, got by Herbert in round one with a 4.750/291.51 before running up against Kalitta in round two where his .486/4.83/286 was no match for Doug's .485/4.63/312.
(83K) 573 x 786	The rumors were out there (again) that the yellow sponsor wants a 'younger' person to represent tham in the near future. I'm not so sure that would be a good idea as Eddie Hill got the biggest cheer I heard all weekend when he pulled up the return road after a fine 4.66/307.86 qualifier (good for 4th spot) on Saturday. He had low ET of eliminations with a 4.61/308 win in round one over Gibson but could only muster a 5.02 against Bernstein's 4.73 in round two.
(26K) 300 x 458	The consummate cool dude, Larry Dixon never quite looked like a threat here. His 4.74/303 ninth place qualifying position was followed by a .522/4.90 against Schumacher's .490/4.73 in the first pairing on Sunday.
(74K) 864 x 530	Tim Gibson made one of the last runs on Friday night under the lights and qualified the Bill Miller car into the 13 spot with a 4.81/266. He watched the back of Hill's car disappear into the round one distance.
(55K) 600 x 412	Qualifying into the number 12 position with a 4.78/295 was about as good as it got for Jim Head this weekend. He lost to Bernstein in round one.
(27K) 445 x 424	The Snap On Tools dragster of Doug Herbert was in the top half of the field with a 4.67/298 charge, then on Sunday he watched Dunn give him a driving lesson in round one with a .463/4.75/292 win to Herbert's .518/4.71/295.
(45K) 732 x 314	Dave Grubnick (far lane) qualified 14th with a 4.93.281 while Randy Parks was the 15th car with a 4.96/280. The Aussie was taken out by Vandergriff in round one with the Fluke dragster suffering the same fate at the hands of Kalitta.
(76K) 638 x 493	Allen Hartley looked this good Friday night on a 5.02, but it left him out of the show as the 17th qualifier.
(102K) 563 x 586	The only local T/F car on site was Ron Smith of Renton who ran a nice 5.09/277 on Friday night.