A late night on Friday saw the finals completed at 12:45 in the wee hours of Saturday morning. In addition to Dabney’s win, Dustin Dodgen defeated John Labbous Jr. in the McCarty Auto Parts Door Car Shootout. Wesley Washington then defeated red-hot Cameron Manuel in the American Race Cars/Racetech Dragster Shootout with both final round competitors winning a dragster of their choice.
Prior to eliminations, the Spring Fling $20,000 Challenge took place with 20 names randomly selected from their Tech Cards. Each driver got one shot at the Christmas tree. Anyone of them with a double-zero reaction time would receive $100 cash. A perfect triple-zero reaction time would earn a cool $1,000. At the end of the session, seven drivers who scored a double-zero reaction time left the time slip booth with a one hundred dollar bill. There were lots of near perfect reaction times but no one walked away with the $1,000.