11:13 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, track temperature 75 degrees. A lovely day for a drag race.

Green legged it on out trying for lane choice. Unfortunately there was a bunch of damage that was caused by partially closed fuel shut off at about 1.8 sec (got all 8). Crew Chief Brett Johansen is pretty sure they also had an electrical gremlin (coil or spark box). These factors resulted in an off pace 5.932 at 231.12 which would not be good enough for lane choice in round two.

The damage to the #1 engine in round one was too much to fix so it came out and a new "bullet" was installed for round two.

There were several guests in the High Speed pit on Sunday including Ashok Lall MD, President of RMS Healthcare which is the teams newest sponsor pictured here with CEO Dale Singh and below with Singh and Team Manager, Tom Shelar.

Also on hand were Rick Apodaca and his wife Victoria. Steve Vertrees and his wife Michele.

Dale and Amelia Singh with Dr. Ashok Lall and his parents Madan and Rohinee Lall. (Dale's sister, brother-in law and nephew).

Troy Green took a minute to try out the unique canopy cockpit of good friend Adam Sorokin's top fuel ride.

2:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 32.06 inches, track temperature 81 degrees.

In round two Green was paired with Denver Schutz who ran a 5.824 in round one which was good enough for lane choice. He put Troy in the less favored right lane.

From the hit it was obvious the High Speed car was not its usual self. Although the spare engine was a twin to the one that was hurt, the performance didn't match their earlier numbers.

Although Schutz was there for the taking running an off pace 6.009 at 251.95, Green's ride was further off with a shut off 6.289 at 187.77.

And so the 2009 season is underway. Only time will tell if a repeat championship is in Green's future.