There were quite a few wall bangers at this race with Shannon Jenkins, Hugh Scott and Jason Scruggs all crashing their cars. Scruggs had trouble all weekend and failed to qualify, something he rarely does. Scott is said to have totaled his Pro Extreme car. Reports are that Scruggs will take delivery of a new car soon and will be at St. Louis.

Pro Nitrous driver Charles Carpenter.

Rickie Smith double-dipped at this event with a pair of emotional victories. Smith dedicated both victories to his ill father and teared up after the win on Friday, saying his father served as motivation a day later as well.

“I wanted to dedicate this race to him and it was on my mind,” Smith said. “I didn’t want to try too hard and mess up, but it’s so unbelievable to do two in a row. It’s a tremendous lift for me.”

Smith was impressive on Friday in running the best times in the class, but he was dynamite a day later, reaching 3.90 in both the semifinals and finals.

After qualifying in the top spot, Smith went 3.90 to defeat Jenkins in the semifinals, before knocking off Johnny Pilcher on a red-light win in the finals.

Pilcher surprised many by running well while debuting a new Camaro, but Smith had far too much power and consistency to be denied on this weekend.

“We’ve been fighting the engine all year and I’m just so tickled with this car right now,” Smith said. “The car is just working great.”

EXTREME 10.5

Bill Glidden wove his own memorable tale at HRP, winning for a second straight night just weeks after a devastating crash in Topeka almost sidelined him for the season.

The XTF standout returned quicker than expected to the track and the payoff was his best weekend in more than a year.

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