Peter Gallen, of Broomall, Pa., also had to wait until Saturday to clinch a title, but he didn’t have to wait nearly as long. On the very first pass of the evening Gallen was able to seal his second straight AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car championship as Gallen advanced to the final with a very fast 5.927/244.96 as contender Mike Savage in the “Candies & Hughes” Barracuda was relegated to the consolation round.

“Jake” Jacobsmeyer (far lane) won the race, but Peter Gallen won the championship.

In the final Gallen smoked the tires for the second straight race and Greg Jacobsmeyer in the “All Star Dodge” was able to cruise right down Broadway with a 6.220/231.40 to take his second win of the year. Despite the disappointing finish, it was still an Ironman for Gallen and the “Poverty Stricken” team at the end of the night.

“This definitely isn’t the way we wanted to end the year, but we are still very happy to have this opportunity to win two of these in a row,” Gallen said. “This is an all volunteer crew and I couldn’t do this without them. They work tirelessly on this car and it is my job to go out there and make them proud. Nobody likes losing, but it happens.

“Overall this was an enjoyable season. We had some issues with the new car at times, but we worked through it and hopefully we can continue to turn this car into the same consistent machine we saw last year. This is really all for my crew.”

In the consolation round Savage had a bye and Troy Martin defeated Mike McIntire.

Pro Fuel Dragster saw the most intriguing contest of the evening as Bill Evans, riding a streak of final rounds made at every race he has attended in 2012, was stunned to watch opponent Kristen Dennis blow the doors off of the place with a 5.193/273.68 to advance to the final and move Evans into his first consolation round of the season.