After pulling into a muddy Norwalk Friday afternoon, Erica unload the car to find a leaky head gasket.   Although she missed Round 1 qualifying, Erica had the car back to running late that night.  

In the morning, Erica lined up for 2nd round qualifying.   But after violent tire shake the first 660 ft, the best she could muster was a 10.03 @ 158.   She headed back to the trailer to ponder how to make the car hook, and improved in the 3rd round to qualify in the #3 spot with a 9.325 @ 159.55.

In Eliminations, Erica took the win with a 9.23 @ 160.30 against Brad Hevwagen.   But in the second round, Erica lost the hook and the round against Randy Haywood, after a close pair of 9.20's from both.