Mean Street Semi-Finals 
• Jeff Swanson has been one of the long-time royalty of Mean Street, and in comparison, Gillam has been charging hard finishing just behind Swanson in 2007. Now, after qualifying, the tables had turned with Gillam qualifying at #1 with a 9.99. Then.. comes this semi-finals match up, which couldn't have gone worse for Gillam, because he red-lit, then smoked the tires. Swanson's run was slightly slower than normal, but he would have had no chance if Gillam lit him up with another 10.0 run.
Although Swanson escaped with the victory at Bradenton, we think Gillam has what it takes to seize the #1 come Memphis. Don Baskin took a single to go to the finals.
Street Race
• It was the end of the road for Kenward's Malibu Wagon, as his 9.17 at 146.3 mph wasn't nearly enough against #1 qualifier Macaluso's Mustang - Macaluso would move on to the finals.
• Semi-finals match up posted Brian Edwards against Brad Schehr. Schehr won the race - a 9.10/147.6 mph victory. However, he was disqualified by the NMCA tech department for having a Racepak Digital Dash Data Logger. We will get more information on this. As such, Brian Edwards (see above) went to the finals.