Yes, it's that time again... almost. Tomorrow the 66th annual Good Vibrations March Meet unofficially kicks off with a test 'n tune session for the Group 1 & 2 racers at Famoso Dragstrip. Then things amp up considerably on Thursday with qualifying all day for the sportsman racers, and a 4-hour Nitro test session starting at 2:00 pm. Then Friday sees the first day of qualifying for the really fast cars, with two sessions for Top Fuel and Funny Car, and a single go-round for the Fuel Altereds.

Looking at the event schedule seems to indicate that there will be a 16-car Top Fuel field for the first time in a very long while. They advertised the larger field at last year's event, but it was reduced to an 8-car eliminator, even though 16 cars attempted to qualify. Maybe this year? The Funny Car field will certainly be 16-strong, while the Fuel Altereds will be capped at eight cars for eliminations.

The best news we can report at this time is that our Colorado correspondent, Dale Fackler, is enroute to Bakersfield and will be providing us with wall-to-wall coverage of the race for the second year in a row. We hope to have our first installment of his photos, and our commentary, on this page on Friday. Watch for it!