Campbell and Vantine.

Eperjesi’s excitement about the class was unanimous.

“Returning to the quarter mile was awesome,” said Vantine, who broke against Campbell in round 2. “Early in the weekend the turn off area was like Christmas morning. Everyone was wearing a huge grin as they took off their helmet waiting for the next pair to tell them how quick and fast they had gone, while they told the pair ahead of them their times. You’d say ‘You went a .50’ or ‘You went 200’ only to watch that person light up like a Christmas tree, do a fist pump and say ‘YES!’  It was the most excited I've seen these guys in years, myself included.”

“It's nice to see that most of the racers enjoyed it,” said sponsor Ray Mancini of Xtreme Motorsports. “Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.”

"I find it amazing that these riders and their mechanics could re-tune these bikes from eighth mile to quarter mile and hit the speeds and times they were hitting,” said Eric Hochstetler of MTC Engineering. “It was exciting to watch."

“It's not much different tuning-wise, just longer,” offered Procopio.

“Honestly, the quarter mile seems like an eternity after running the eighth,” said Schweigert. “I was a little bummed I never ran a .40-something, that’s crazy talk when you think about it. It was awesome having nitrous bikes running .40s and .30s—unbelievable! We had lots of fun breaking in tires and doing John Force burnouts, then running a .60-something on a brand new tire.”

“I have heard nothing but good feedback from the racers and fans concerning the quarter mile Pro Nitrous class,” concluded sponsor Walt Timblin. “I really think you haven't seen anything yet. Give these guys another race or two and I think things are going to really close up as far as ETs. What really shocked me most was the bikes didn't blow up as expected by several.

“I think this outing with the 1/4 mile opens up more race events to run Pro Mod bikes in, and I was and I'm happy to be a part of this class creation.”

Timblin also announced that NX is jumping on board and sending three gift vouchers to give to the class. That adds to the cash, the free Mickey Thompson tires, contingencies, special class T-shirt and other swag that all a part of the Pro Nitrous Quarter Mile Shootout.