Words and photos by Jeff Burk

Team owner/driver Paul Romine, crew chief Mike Cavalieri and his crew dominated the DragRacingOnline.com AA/FC Challenge race that was part of the third annual Muscle Car Reunion and Nostalgia Drags at historic KCIR in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City show was the second of two six-car qualified field races on the DRO circuit this year. The first was at St, Louis in May. The unique race has a $12,500 total purse and a 6-4-2 three-lap format that puts the loser with the quickest ET during the first round back into the show. That way the fans get to see three full rounds of racing.  The first-round loser gets $1,500 and the second round $1,850, with the winner getting $3,800 and the runner-up $2,400 plus those valuable DRO Series points.