It took five rounds of eliminations to whittle the 30-car field of Roush Super Stang down to just two—JD Coon and Lloyd Mikeska. Coon (shown) wheels a 2008 Shelby GT500 that runs 9.70s thanks to a Whipple 3.4L supercharged combination. His deadly consistent attitude brought him to the finals against Mikeska, who runs out of the Dyno Joe camp. Coon overcame a reaction time deficit to drive around Mikeska with a 9.70 on a 9.64 to Mikeska’s breakout of 11.78 on his 11.87 index.

The Exedy Modular Muscle category saw Joe Marini go to his first final round in his NMRA career. The turbocharged 2005 Mustang from JPC Racing had been deadly consistent in the 10.40 range all day long. The final was anticlimactic as Randy Mounce broke his car in the semifinals. He took the light but didn’t drive down track and Marini lifted early to roll through the lights with an 11.82 on a 10.43 index.

Trick Flow Open Comp was the biggest class of the weekend with 36 racers entered in the breakout category. It took six rounds of eliminations to find a winner and crown a champion. Greg Cole (shown) drove his 1988 Mustang to victory with a 9.73 on a 9.72 while his competitor Don Carver ran 10.35 on a 10.35 but lost on the reaction time. Cole made it to the finish line first thanks to a .030 light to Carver’s .067 light. The margin of victory was a mere .027 at the stripe.

The Detroit Locker Truck and Lightning finals might have been overshadowed by Johnny Lightning’s first NMRA championship but those keeping track of the race saw Jim Roberts take the win. Johnny was in the finals but his truck had a stutter that slowed him from the low 9-second pace and Roberts won with a 12.18 on an 11.68 index.

The Aeromotive Bracket classes included B1, B2, and B3—B1 is for cars with bracket racing electronics, B2 allows a transbrake and slicks but no electronics, and B3 is DOT tire only. The B3 win went to Bill Feckley as he ran 11.14 on an 11.12 dial-in. The B2 winner’s circle visitor was Larry Traughber in his 1965 Comet. Troughber ran a 7.27 on a 7.24 dial-in. The B1 final round victory was ewarded to local racer Brian Barnard and his 1984 Mustang, which ran 6.13 on a 6.13 for the win.

The Aeromotive Bracket showdown pairs the B1 and B2 winners in a King of the Hill Runoff. Barnard would take the win with another 6.13 on a 6.13 to beat Troughber who went red in the runoff round.