It would be Fulton power vs. Buck power as the other side of the ladder brought two blower cars together. Jordan and Blankenship were first up and it was a dog fight as Blankenship strapped a holeshot on Jordan that nobody thought he would be able to make up.

Darryl Makins and Terry Green put a tune up in that saved Jordan on this day as the “Blade Runner” earned its berth in the final round with a 3.962 to a losing 4.048.

Nitrous is king in the south as almost every car at the track has some amount on it and everyone in the house was watching and waiting to have a side by side 3-second pass from Mauney and Silance. Silance lit his second bulb and here comes Mauney but he doesn't stop -- Mauney had a transbrake fail at the worst possible time. Mauney got the red light and Silance took the Buck horsepower into the finals with yet another 3.975/183 pass.

If you count the shakedown runs of Silance, the beautiful red Camaro has been 4.02, 4.02, 4.01, 3.97, 3.97, 3.97, 3.97, 3.97 and with the finals has yet to be run, could he save the best for last?

The two baddest converter-driven Pro Mods came to the line at 10:45 p.m. to settle the score.

Jordan took the right lane as he had all day and Silance moved to the left. Both did long smoky burnouts and brought them back to the line to race for the $7,000 top prize.

Jordan's best reaction time of the day came all the way back in the first round with a .043 while Silance had been living in the .030 range all day. Jordan had to be on his game or the Hog Farmer would steal the win on a holeshot.

Not to be denied on this day, Jordan strapped a .009 reaction off the starting line. It only took a second to know the ending as Silance shook the tires for the first time all weekend. Jordan thundered all the way to the Winner's Circle with a 3.962/184-mph pass to start the celebration.

"Alan Pittman built us one heck of a car, it just ran flawless all weekend,” said winning owner Terry Green. “I never would have believed a powerglide could stand those sixty-foot times. Victor Reitzel said, ‘Lay it to it, I bet it will take it.’ I guess I lost that bet."

On November 5-6 Carolina Dragway will host a Pro Mod showdown similar to the $90,000-to-win race held in May. This time the nitrous cars will have their own class with any transmission and clutch legal. Blower and turbo cars will have their own class with the same rules.