“We have had some great runs this year and had a great battle with Peter. He got us tonight and had a really nice run to set the new mark, but we were able to use some consistency to do some great things this year,” Nichols said. “It feels great and I really have to thank all of these guys that work on the car, the IHRA and everyone for helping make this happen. It was a great season.”

Despite a valiant effort by Gallen, Nichols still came away with the title by 48 points thanks to a tremendous season that saw the bright yellow Camaro make every single pass this year without missing a round.

“One of the most exciting things for us is the fact that we have made every round at every race and every track this year and didn’t put any oil down,” Nichols said. “For us that was a pretty big goal to make every round. Even though we had some problems, we were always able to overcome them and that is a big part of what this championship is about.”

During the race itself Gallen pushed his car to the limit with a new world record pass of 5.786 seconds and came away with the win over Nichols, his seventh of the season.