In the Pure Street class, the points battle was very much in effect, with Brandon Alsept, Shawn Johnson, and Steve Gifford all having an opportunity to take home the ring entering Sunday’s sessions, as Alsept topped the ladder with a stout 10.01 over Johnson’s second-place 10.09 hit. On Sunday, Gifford took himself out when his engine expired in dramatic fashion in the first round, sending him into the wall on three separate occasions, which allowed Johnson and Alsept to fight the battle through eliminations. In the final round, Johnson (above) got out of the gates first and never looked back, carding a 10.03 to Alsept’s shutdown 16.89.

Another class that entered the weekend with an undecided champion was the Factory Stock grouping. Carlos Sobrino had a slim lead over 2009 Champ Tommy Godfrey, but hurt a cylinder in pre-race testing. That led to an offer of a borrowed car from friend and fellow competitor John Leslie Jr.

Matt Amrine topped the ladder, carding a strong 11.04 to lead the field of eleven into eliminations. Sobrino had his work cut out for himself entering eliminations, as he had to face Godfrey in the second round. That matchup ended up deciding the championship in Godfrey’s favor when Sobrino just couldn’t drive around him on the top end. The final round between Leslie Jr. (driving John Tymensky’s car) and Godfrey saw Godfrey making his way to the winner’s circle with an 11.13 to Leslie’s 12.32 shutdown pass.

Tommy Godfrey

In the Modular Muscle class, 30 racers entered the field with Howard Ledford topping the qualifying sheets based on a sweet .002 reaction time. During eliminations, Gary Parker locked up the championship on his way to the finals against Susan McClenaghan. McClenaghan (shown) drove around Parker on the top end for the win.

The Open Comp class brings out the best in the world in Open Comp-style racing, with Michigan’s Ashley Conway leading the pack with a .004 reaction time. With 31 racers on the property, Saul Walker and Matt Paul outlasted them all, with Paul taking the stripe and the win in the final round.

Brent White, who pulls double-duty at the events by racing in two classes, drove his daily-driver F150 to a .029 reaction time to take the 23 racers in the Truck and Lightning class into Sunday. Eliminations found Gary Windsor locking up the championship and making his way into the finals against Paul Gamino, where Windsor sealed the deal and won the event to go along with the season title.

The Super Stang class had 24 of the coolest late-model Mustangs on the planet vying for all the gold. With the points battle on the line, Chris Parisi went just far enough to catch and surpass points leader Lloyd Mikeska to repeat as class champion, but neither one made it to the finals. There, perennial competitors Larry Firestone and Terry Reeves battled it out, and Firestone went red, handing Reeves the event win.