In IHRA’s other premier class Bobby Lagana Jr. swept Top Fuel with wins over Bruce Litton on Saturday and Ike Maier (below) on Sunday to give the Scarsdale, New York native his first weekend sweep since 2011. Lagana had a tremendous weekend in his first IHRA action of the year behind the wheel of the “Nitro Ninja” machine, defeating Kyle Wurtzel in round one before putting on a tremendous show in the final against Maier.

All weekend long Top Fuel produced incredible side-by-side quarter-mile passes the fuelers saved the best for last as Lagana cut .079 light to Maier’s .187 and blasted down the track with a 5.016, 295.27 to Maier’s 5.022, 289.82 to take the win.

Lagana’s win was made even more special by the unique crew assembled especially for this weekend. The mish-mash crew consisted of his brother Dom, Nitro Harley riders Jay Turner and Mike Scott, Funny Car driver Mark Sanders’ son Jake Sanders and others all helping fill in while Lagana’s father recovers from a heart attack suffered earlier this year.

“All of these round wins are for dad. The poor guy is at home, but as hard as it is for him to be away right now he just needs to heal. This win is for him,” Lagana said. “We got this crazy crew together, Jay, Jake, Mike Scott, Tracy – they are a great group and we were glad to have them on board.

“This win is also for the fans. We love coming up here and we are really excited to get both wins here this weekend.”

In the consolation pairing Bruce Litton went two-for-two in round wins when he took the green light against a broken Kyle Wurtzel. Maier added a near-track speed record pass of 324 miles per hour Saturday night.