The latest update as of May 30, 2021
![March Meet 2021 poster](/images/logos/2021/GVMM_2021_poster_350x505.jpg)
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![March Meet in May poster](/images/logos/2021/GVMM_May_350x490.jpg)
In case you're wondering why we're not getting any top end shots or closeup starting line shots, there's two reasons: one, media credentials were allegedly in short supply (according to Famoso Dragway management), hence we have our correspondent shooting from the spectator side grandstands, and secondly, as you'll see in the photo below, there's a virtual tent city erected over the top rows of the pit side grandstand, preventing him from getting high enough above the track to get any really good shots.
![Tent City in the pit side grandstands](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/Tent City_600.jpg)
You've got to get there pretty early in the morning to snag a spot at the top of the grandstands for your pop-up canopy
We've got photos from Saturday's final qualifying sessions, starting with Xtreme Pro Mods West, then moving right into the Nostalgia Funny Car & Top Fuel classes, followed by some of the California Injected Funny Car Association entrants, and finishing with the always popular and unpredictable AA/Fuel Altereds. Hope you enjoy them!
![Troy Ferry - PM - #7247 (near lane)
vs Jeremy Hanger - PM - #750 - 'Kirk Kuhns' (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08459_500.jpg)
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![Sean Renteria - PM - #7965 - 'R.E.
Borrmann's Steel Co.' (near lane) vs Josh Kalish - PM - #711 (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08505_500.jpg)
(LEFT) While not strictly speaking a nostalgia class, with the 2014 Challenger of Troy Ferry in the near lane, the Pro Mods put together a fairly tightly
bunched field, with a quarter second separating the top seven qualifiers. Ferry's best time in qualifying was
(RIGHT) In the near lane, veteran Sean Renteria topped the field in his unique '65 Valiant with a very good
![Brad Thompson's BUG - Back-Up Girl - 'Jailbreak' team](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08536_500.jpg)
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![Billy Morris - AA/FC - #7000 -
'Problem Child' (near lane) vs Michael Peck Jr. - AA/FC - #6591 - 'The Instigator' (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08613_500.jpg)
(LEFT) Unfortunately we didn't get a picture of Brad Thompson's System One sponsored "Jailbreak" car, but we managed to snag a pic of his helpful BUG (Back-Up Girl). We can however, report that she must have helped as Brad snuck into the bump spot with an improved 6.033 - 211.96 that was good enough to anchor the field
(RIGHT) The first pair of cars we can show from the final AA/Funny Car qualifying session are Billy Morris and his Camaro-bodied "Problem Child" in the near lane, paired up with the Northwest's Michael Peck Jr. in the Quote Wizard-backed "Instigator". Morris stepped up in a big way on his last shot, climbing from the #19 spot all the way to #6 with a very good 5.727 - 247.02, while Peck picked up a tenth and five mph, to move from #12 to #8 on the final qualifying list
![Geoff Monise - AA/FC - #7787 -
'Quartr Pounder' (near lane) vs Matt Melendez - AA/FC - #7001 - 'Cacklin' Critter'](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08653_500.jpg)
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![Terry Jongewaard - AA/FC - #701](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08694_500.jpg)
(LEFT) One of the longest competing Funny Car teams in the pits, the Van Gundy, Clark & Monise group, with their iconic "Quarter Pounder" (near lane), were barely hanging on to a spot in the field with a 15th best 6.098 - 219.40 from Friday, but they pumped up the volume to the tune of a 5.813 - 232.75 to move up to #13 in the field. In the far lane, the "Cacklin' Critter" Challenger of Matt Melendez kept the throttle open to the finish line, picking up a full tenth from his Friday best of 5.923 to a #15 qualifying 5.852 - 233.20
(RIGHT) Running by himself in a last ditch attempt to stay in the field, Terry Jongewaard in the '79 Omni failed to hang onto to the bump spot (from Friday) as he couldn't improve on his earlier 6.136 - 232.43 and ended the weekend in the 2nd alternate spot and an early trip home
![Kamaka Pocock - AA/FC - #808 -
'California Hustler'](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08721_500.jpg)
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![Dan Horan - AA/FD - #7736](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08729_500.jpg)
(LEFT) Before we move on to the Top Fuel Dragsters, Don Nelson's "California Hustler", with Hawaiian import Kamaka Pocock at the wheel,
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![Dan Horan - AA/FD - #7736 (near lane)
vs Pete Wittenberg - AA/FD - #1 - 'KMA Circuit Breaker' (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08761_500.jpg)
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![Frank McBee Jr. - AA/FD - #775 -
'Valley Thunder' (near lane) vs Jim Murphy - AA/FD - #774 - 'WW III' (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08797_500.jpg)
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![Adam Sorokin - AA/FD - #766 -
'Champion Speed Shop Special'](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08841_500.jpg)
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![Bret Williamson - AA/FD - #7238 -
'Forever Young'](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC08933_500.jpg)
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![Dave Kommel - 'Outstanding In His Field'](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09367_500.jpg)
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![Ralph Fox - 7.0 PRO - #641 - 'Fox & Goosella'](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09009_500.jpg)
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![Jesse Welch - #696 - BB/FC - 'Hart Braker Too' - '79 Omni
(near lane) vs Brett Lammers - BB/FC - #7532 - 'Terminus' - '80 Datsun (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09219_500.jpg)
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![Don Hart - BB/FC - #663 - 'Hart Braker' - '78 Corvette](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09243_500.jpg)
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![James Maher - CIFCA - #777 - 'Junior Vibes' - '84 Tempo (near lane)
vs Jim Maher - CIFCA - #701 - 'Good Vibrations' - '85 Tempo (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09287_500.jpg)
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![James Maher - CIFCA - #777 - 'Junior Vibes' - '84 Tempo (near lane)
vs Jim Maher - CIFCA - #701 - 'Good Vibrations' - '85 Tempo (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09290_500.jpg)
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![Keith Wilson - AA/FA - #770 - 'Witch Doctor' - '39 Fiat](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09304_500.jpg)
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![Robert Winefsky - AA/FA - #768R - 'Nitro Moose' - '32 Bantam](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09317_500.jpg)
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![Keith Wilson - AA/FA - #770 - 'Witch Doctor' - '39 Fiat
Topolino (near lane) vs Robert Winefsky - AA/FA - #768R - 'Nitro Moose' - '32 Bantam (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09327_500.jpg)
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![Randy Bradford - AA/FA - #648 - 'Bradford's Fiat - '48 Fiat](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09386_500.jpg)
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![Nick Van Horn - AA/FA - #7534 - 'Panic' - '32 Bantam
(near lane) vs Randy Bradford - AA/FA - #648 - 'Bradford's Fiat - '48 Fiat (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09411_500.jpg)
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![Nick Van Horn - AA/FA - #7534 - 'Panic' - '32 Bantam
(left lane) vs Randy Bradford - AA/FA - #648 - 'Bradford's Fiat - '48 Fiat (right lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09427_500.jpg)
![Kyle Hough - AA/FA - #784 - 'Nanook' - '23 T](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09440_500.jpg)
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![Kyle Hough - AA/FA - #784 - 'Nanook' - '23 T](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09443_500.jpg)
![Kyle Hough - AA/FA - #784 - 'Nanook' - '23 T (near lane)
vs Tom Padilla - AA/FA - #601 - 'Red Dragon' - '27 T (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09458_500.jpg)
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![Johnny West - AA/FA - #7066 - 'Plan 'A' - '23 T (near lane)
vs Pete Petersen - AA/FA - #7212 - '37 Fiat Topolino (far lane)](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09511_500.jpg)
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![Rodney Flournoy - AA/FA - #7786 - 'Godzilla II' - '23 T](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09532_500.jpg)
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![Rodney Flournoy - AA/FA - #7786 - 'Godzilla II' - '23 T](/images/features/2021/March Meet/Saturday/DSC09542_500.jpg)