Millen ended 2010 with the Extreme 10.5 World Championship, but his first event win didn’t come until Saturday when his 3.953 at 196.50 mph was enough to beat Lamar Swindoll Jr. in a wild final round. Millen was ahead of Swindoll Jr. the entire race when Swindoll’s car swerved and darted into Millen’s left lane, narrowly missing the back of Millen’s Mustang right as he crossed the finish line.

Millen said he never saw Swindoll, and instead was concentrating on the win light that came on after a challenging weekend.

“It’s really amazing,” Millen said. “With all the disasters that happened to us this weekend, it was just one thing after another. We really just went up there in the finals and rolled the dice. I’m just so happy to get the win.”

Schweigert was dynamite the entire weekend, running as quick as a 4.138, making him due for a fortunate pass. That luck appeared in the finals when something on his bike broke, leading to a pass of 5.984, but only after Carlos Wilkerson went red by .002. That led to a major celebration from a beaming Schweigert, who advanced to four finals in 2010 but came away with no wins until Saturday.

“I’ve wanted one of these (Minutemen) for so long. This is just an excellent feeling,” said Schweigert, who was also the No. 1 qualifier. “I felt like it was our time. We were fortunate in the finals, but we were ready to get this win.”

Hintz had no easy challenges in Extreme Pro Stock, beating 2010 World Champion John Montecalvo in the semifinals before going 4.14 in the finals against class standout Pete Berner. It also made his first ADRL win even more significant.

“It means a lot to get this win competing with the guys we run against,” Hintz said. “That makes it even more special.”

Hintz qualified in the No. 5 position and ran an identical 4.181 against Trevor Eman in the quarterfinals, wining the round with a .038 reaction time. That set the stage for the final two rounds, and Hintz was overcome with emotion after seeing the final win light.

“I didn’t believe it. We were all real excited,” Hintz said. “Pretty much everything went smooth and it’s nice when it works out like that.”

Billy Banks Jr. claimed the win in Top Sportsman, running a 4.709 at 155.51 mph in the finals against Tony Jackson.

In Pro Junior Dragster, Zac Barnett’s 9.063 carried him to the win against Wayne Gunneis.

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