Ryan began the weekend with a win over Jim Morrison, followed by victories over Ed Toolis and Allen Lowery before receiving a bye into the final. Ryan earned his way into the TOC via a victory at the Mopar Nitro Jam at Grand Bend Motorplex in July.

Perhaps the biggest winner from this weekend’s event was Harrisburg, North Carolina’s Steve Furr. Furr won the Summit Sportsman Spectacular $5,000 race on Saturday before sweeping the Super Rod category again on Sunday behind the wheel of his 1968 Camaro to take the championship over Donald Webb, adding another $10,000 to his weekend total.

Super Rod winner Steve Furr is from Harrisburg, NC.

“I wasn’t expecting to win today because I won yesterday. I thought maybe I had used my luck up then,” Furr said. “This is a good deal. I am super excited to win, I can’t lie about that. And to have it come down to us, Cameron (Manuel) and Donald is fitting. It was the three of us all season long and to have all three of us do well is a perfect way to end this deal.”

Furr won his fourth career IHRA championship by hitting a .017 light and running a perfect 9.90, 159.38 in the 9.90 class to defeat Webb was perfect on the tree but ran too quick on the numbers, turning in a 9.884. Despite not winning, Webb was the only driver to make two final rounds, finishing runner-up in Hot Rod as well.

Furr also defeated defending champion Cameron Manuel, Charlie Stewart, Rick Bayus and Chris Yates on his way to Sunday’s championship. Furr made the TOC via a second-place finish in Division 9.

The only driver to repeat as champion was Chip Johnson who earned the coveted No. 1 in the Summit SuperSeries last year. This year he will move that number over to his ’68 Camaro in Hot Rod after defeating Donald Webb in the final.

Chip Johnson took the Hot Rod win in his ‘68 Camaro.

“Winning never gets old. What gets old is not turning the win light on,” Johnson said. “We have had a really bad year this year. We made a couple finals, but we were not up to what we are used to doing and this really means a lot and helps make up for what we have been through.”