While Dennis went on to pick up the win, her second straight at the Northern Nitro Jam, with a 5.306/273.81 in the “Ladies First” entry to Robin Samsel’s 5.434/262.08, Evans was able to add to his trophy collection with his second career championship.

Bill Evans took the 2012 championship trophy.

“This class is so unpredictable as we saw here earlier tonight. You never know what you are going to get out of these things and all of a sudden we are not in a final for the first time all year,” Evans said. “We made a goal at the beginning of the year to win every race in 2012 and while we definitely didn’t do that, we did make every round except for this one which says a lot about this team. It was a difficult year with a rotating crew and a few problems we couldn’t quite figure out on the car, but we are still very proud of what we accomplished and look forward to really taking this up another notch next season.”

Evans won the consolation round over Cherissa Smallwood. But it was Dennis who really set things on fire with another win at U.S. 131.

“We were really nervous on our first pass and I don’t know where that number came from, but it says a lot about the hard work these guys put in on this car,” Dennis said. “Saturday must be our night here at this track as we won here again and that is really exciting. The car was great and obviously we are happy to come away from here with another win.”

Wrapping up Saturday’s CarSafe Northern Nitro Jam were the daredevils of the Nitro Harley class. Jay Turner came into the event with a sizable gap over defending champion Steve Dorn and he showed why Saturday night, setting low ET of the night while cruising to his sixth win of the year, the most by any pro in 2012.