The incredible weekend of racing in Pro Fuel got underway on Saturday with multiple passes under the national record, but only Evans was able to back up the run and temporarily claim the new mark.

On Sunday, however, Manners (Willis, Texas) threw everything he had at the track and produced his second pass of the weekend in the 20s and walked away with the new record set at 5.276 seconds at 275.11 mph.

Manners had another great run in his win over Stalba, producing a 5.403, 271.13 under the blistering summer sun to best Stalba’s 5.704 pass.

“We had the car worked on a few weeks ago and we have now made six really good laps since then so obviously that was really causing us some problems earlier in the year and last year,” Manners said. “We are finally getting it down the track and it has been fun making these tremendous laps. It is hard to tell what the car has in store the rest of the year.”

In the consolation rounds of Sunday’s Pro Fuel finals Evans claimed his fourth round win of the weekend over Robin Samsel, while Jeff Hamelink defeated John Finke and Rich McPhillips beat around Dave Hill.

Thanks to the big win by Manners, the race for the Pro Fuel title has reached a fevered pitch as Evans, Manners and Hamelink find themselves in a tight battle with only two races remaining.

Manners stole his record back in the opening round of Sunday’s Pro Fuel eliminations with a blistering 5.276, 275.11 to claim both ends of the national record and in the process placing himself in the final against Stalba. Manners defeated Hamelink in the first round while Stalba drove around Samsel.

In Top Fuel Bruce Litton (Indianapolis, Ind.) rebounded after a disappointing Saturday to claim his first win in over a month, besting Saturday winner Del Cox Jr. in the final. Litton ran a 5.059, 294.94 in the final while Cox ran into trouble early in his run.

“What can I say? It was a really, really hot track and we were fortunate to have the runs that we did. We don’t have a lot of data on this hot of a track and we were fortunate enough that we got down the track both times,” Litton said. “It is all about Mike Wolfarth, Mike Sipple, Phil Stuart and everyone that has a job with this car. Mike used a couple match races we have done in the past to get an idea on what to run on the hot track and fortunately we made two great runs and got the win.”
  
In the consolation round of Sunday’s pro finals Bobby Lagana drove around a smoking Mitch King to keep a narrow lead over Litton in the Top Fuel championship points. With the win Litton claimed his sixth win of the season and the 22nd of his career.
  
After breaking the throttle cable on Saturday, Litton came back in a big way on Sunday with a first round victory over King while Cox reached his second final in a row with a first round win over Lagana. Litton ran the low elapsed time of the round at 5.054 at 290.32 mph.