Bobby Marriott

Marriott's "Shockwave" was lined up with McSwain's "Wild One" and both cars could easily rip off a 3.80 zone pass and bump Massey from the final. It was close, but Marriott's winning 3.92 at 188 mph came up just short while McSwain posted a 4.07 at 183. It was Jones and Massey moving into the last dance in Denton with the pressure on Jones to get as many of those precious Painless Performance Products points he could, while Massey aimed to play spoiler at his home track.

Massey and Jones brought their machines to life for the final pass of the night, under the lights at North Star Dragway. Jones had the performance advantage from first round but Massey had laid down three straight strong passes as this was going to be a very good drag race on paper.

At the flash of amber, Jones took almost a tenth of a second advantage off the line (.026 to .127) but Massey closed the gap fast as his header-flaming "Showtime" machine charged hard through mid-track and took the win light with a 3.94 at 189 mph to Jones's pedal job 4.23 at 185 mph.

This marked Massey's first win since the spring of 2013 and capped off an excellent performance in Denton. Jones closed the gap in the points chase and now leads Broussard by just one point as the series heads south to San Antonio Raceway on Saturday, Oct. 11, for their final event of the season where the Championship battle between Jones and Broussard will be decided.