Special awards from the 16th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Nationals
Best Appearing Car – Oakley Pontiac Firebird Funny Car entry. Driver: Scotty
Cannon, Lyman, S.C.
Best Appearing Crew – Top Soils Northwest/Northwest Construction Super Street
entry. Driver: Leon Elliott, Marysville, Wash.
Hedman Hedders Best Engineered Vehicle Award ($1,000 to the best engineered
vehicle) –Reust Racing Super Street entry. Driver: Gary Reust, Rancho Cordova, Calif.
Budweiser Shootout At Pomona Award ($4,000 to the No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel) –
Larry Dixon, Indianapolis, Miller Lite dragster, 4.676 seconds, 317.27 mph.
Budweiser Shootout At Indianapolis Award ($4,000 to the No. 1 qualifier in Funny
Car) – Gary Scelzi, Fresno, Calif., Oakley Dodge Stratus R/T 4.964 seconds, 299.33 mph.
NHRA King Demon Crown Award ($3,000 to the No. 1 qualifier in Pro Stock) –
Greg Anderson, Concord, N.C., Vegas General Construction Pontiac Grand Am, 6.754 seconds,
205.19 mph.
Motel 6 “Who Got the Light” ($1,000 to the individual Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro
Stock driver who earns a round win in eliminations by the narrowest margin.) – Larry
Morgan defeated Kurt Johnson by .0075-of-a-second margin of victory in the semifinal round
of Pro Stock eliminations.
Strange Engineering “Perfectly Strange” Performance Award ($250 bonus to the first
racer in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street who wins an
elimination round by running dead-on their dial-in or index) – Mike Hiatt, Super Comp;
Paul Bledsoe, Super Gas; and Ray Carlson, Super Street.
