Walt,
I always get in the staging lanes for the domestic cars,never the imports.Whenever the local track has an import race I stay far away as they are too wild a bunch for me.Besides,the car has no decals or chrome exhaust tips so it doesn't qualify.
I'm running it at Irwindale's 1/8 mile track tomorrow. 7.64/91.6 in the 1/8 ain't too bad for a junk yard refugee.