While Darren Morgan may not have won the battle he did win the war as he revealed. “The 2012/2013 was the longest and probably toughest season conducted in the sport’s history”, Morgan stated on his website. “With eleven rounds, the introduction of a three race format that limits qualifying to a single pass, two round weekends plus two new venues in two new States at a 1,000 foot race distance compared to 1,320 feet at all the others,” he went on to say. Morgan fell to eventual race winner, Tommy Johnson Jnr in the first frame – 4.919 to a 4.952 but he did have enough points to keep second placed Phil Lamattina at bay – 805 to 755. This was Morgan’s third straight Top Fuel title and his fourth overall (earlier at the butterfly of the Lamattina Racing dragster). Morgan’s day didn’t end well when his chute fell out just before the sand trap and he went deep into the sandbox.