McKinney was involved in a wild semifinal race against Scott Gray, who went 4.091 and appeared to win on a holeshot against McKinney’s 4.089. But Gray’s bike hit the center cone to disqualify him, sending McKinney to the finals.

“I knew he had beat me but then I heard on the radio that I had won,” McKinney said. “That round win was all luck, but I’ll take it.”

Kim Morrell was first off the line with a 0.054 to 0.062 Reaction Time in her first-round match with Paul Gast, but Gast got by her for the win. Ray Bamond of Wanaque, NJ, got the runner-up Top Sportsman finish in his ’69 Camaro.

Chip Forman of Albright, WV, was the latest first-time winner in Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman, running a 4.155 at 174.05 mph in his ’68 Camaro to beat Ray Bamond. Both were making their first appearance in a final round, and Forman was thrilled after tracking down Bamond just before the finish line.

“This is my first national event win anywhere, so this is just amazing,” Forman said. “In Bristol, we broke a crankshaft in qualifying, so we went from an extreme low to an extreme high. The car was dead on, I was good on the tree and everything came together.”

Lizzy Musi, who made a spectacular crash in the previous race, did not qualify for the Top Sportsman field at Maple Grove.

After two 2011 Dodge Challengers were eliminated in the first round, the SuperCar Showdown final was a meeting of two 2012 Mustangs. Chris Holbrook (shown) of Livonia, Mich., won for the first time, going 5.881 at 119 mph. Bo Butner from Floyds Knob, Ind., who won the previous two SuperCar Showdown events, was runner up with a quicker 5.824 at 118.78 but a disastrous Reaction Time of 0.303.

In Pro Junior Dragster, Morgan Benfield knocked off Jackson Core with a 7.94 at 77.21 mph. Benfield had a terrific .006 reaction time to win by a mere six inches.

The fourth stop on the 2012 ADRL Tour takes place on June 1-2 as the ADRL returns to St. Louis for the Gateway Drags IV presented by CarSafe at Gateway Motorsports Park.