In the elimination round, the tightest race was between James Day in Gary Turner’s “Pedaler” and Heritage Series Champ Jason Rupert (shown). The starting line advantage went to Day with a .104 light to Rupert’s .160, Day got to the stripe first with a holeshot victory. Day’s 5.864 ET at 246.03 to Rupert’s quicker 5.842 made for the second quickest, winning AA/FC. (Paul Schmitz photo)

On a single, Dan Horan Jr. took the win and the $3,000 prize money running the Low ET of 5.752 and Top Speed of 253.95. (Paul Schmitz photo)

To close out the show, Tony Franco’s double Jet Car MAV-TV team lights up the Bakersfield night sky. (Paul Schmitz photo)

After the race VP/Track Manager Blake Bowser said, “Based upon how the 2013 March Meet comes out, we’ll be back with three more Saturday Night Nitro events. Every owner or driver I spoke with this weekend said they’d be back to support us!”