The number one and two qualifiers, Parks and Hawkins, lined up in the final pair of the second round. Hawkins was off the line first by a slim margin and the cars were side by side at half track. The Parks & Walden power pulled ahead at the stripe with Parks taking the win with a 7.44 at 181 mph to Hawkins’ 7.57 at 171 mph.

Steve Dunkin encountered engine troubles in preparation for the semi-final and could not make the call so Bill Tumlinson soloed into his first final round appearance with the SWJFA.

Parks ended Muncy’s day in the semifinals as he thundered into his fourth final in six starts to face Tumlinson in the final. Muncy’s semifinal finish sent him past Brady in the points to secure a second place finish in the 2011 SWJFA standings.

Parks and Tumlinson brought their cars to the beams for the final race of the 2011 season. Tumlinson knew he had to be nearly perfect on the tree and jumped the green with a -.014 red light, handing Parks his third win of the season with a 7.42 at 179 mph to Tumlinson’s 8.21 at 130 mph.

The Walden & Parks team capped off their dominant 2011 SWJFA Championship winning season with a win at the Texas State Championships in San Antonio. Parks finished the season with a 17-3 round record and won the Championship by over a 100-point margin.

Richard Brady, Mike Millsap and Ron Muncy rounded out the top five finishers in the final 2011 points standings with 25 total teams earning points this season, a series record, as the series concludes its fifth consecutive season.