“(The crew) did a very good job today,” Al-Naemi said. “They wanted to make sure nothing went wrong.”

Frankie Taylor may be used to the ADRL winner’s circle, but he graced it for the first time in Extreme 10.5 after beating Billy Glidden with an impressive 3.914 at 199.33 mph.

“To get that first win in this class, it feels really good,” said Taylor, who also credited Mickey Thompson Tires. “My brother made great calls on the car all weekend and every pass we made was good. He had the car in bracket-racing mode.”

Taylor qualified in the No. 1 spot with a track record 3.88 and was a step ahead of the class all weekend at U.S. 131 in his Jeffers Pro Cars Corvette.

Taylor had the perfect call on his Extreme 10.5 car from the outset on Friday as it went 3.88 right out of the trailer. That was exactly what the team had hoped for after changing the car back to a more consistent combination before this race.

“The car has its normal set-up back in it and everything worked in it today,” Taylor said. “We’re still learning these 10.5 cars a little, but this was pretty good. We’ve been trying a lot of stuff, but we’re trying to win a championship now.”

He used a 3.924 to beat Chuck Ulsch in the semifinals and Taylor considered his victory against Glidden, who has 12 career wins, in the finals to be significant.

“Billy is so good and we needed that horsepower against him,” Taylor said. “If you beat him, you’ve earned it and it’s a big deal.”

The Pro Stock Motorcycle win at the Ford Drive One Summer Drags VII for Owens against Eric McKinney was historic, as it gave him 12 for his career to tie Glidden for the most in ADRL history. He also did it in fashion, running a 4.009 at 178.39 mph to make it the quickest PXM pass in ADRL history.