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March Meet 2009 Photos, Page 1
By Robert Briggs
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| Art Chrisman in his Hustler I doing what he was doing 50 years ago at Famoso. |
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| NE1 Bob Byrd didn't qualify but did some terrific burnouts. |
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| C-Gas Richard Webb's '67 VW goes Up, Up & Away during Friday's qualifying session. |
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| Brett Harris thundered to the Top Fuel crown with impressive 5.6's sec and 250 mph runs. |
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| Top Fuel's Terry Cox in the Cheetah II qualified 10th with a 6.119 sec and 231.36 mph run. |
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| Randy Guitar's D-Gas '51 Chevy finds plenty of traction at Famoso. |
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| Garrett Bateman driving the beautiful Plueger & Gyger '72 Mustang Funny Car. Bateman qualified #2 with a 5.804 sec and 242.45 lap. |
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| Digger Dan Horan moments before colliding with Mike Chrisman at midtrack. Dan suffered a broken vertebrae and rib and many bruises. |
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| Steve Gibbs celebrated his 50th March Meet behind the wheel of John Ewald's MasterCar AA/FD with a push down start and a cruise down the drag strip. |
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| Mike Smith won the popular 7.0 Pro class by beating Ken Rappaport in the Final Round. |
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