Hales’ crew celebrates their win after a lot of work getting the Camaro back in winning form.

In the winners circle Hale said, "Pete (Gallen) is such a great driver. He has a great racecar and is capable of putting down some solid numbers. I was a little surprised that he took the left lane; I was ready for our car to do something goofy in that right lane and it did when we smoked the tires. I just happened to slap the pedal and recover it and cross the finish line first."

Hale added. "For once luck was on our side. These past few months have been very frustrating for myself and for my team. I often tell people, you may lose your job, your house may burn down, you may wreck your car, but the people that rebound from adversity the quickest are always the most successful.

“I just made it my goal to rebound from this, get this thing off my back, and win a race. And that is exactly what we did here this weekend."

Round 1: Peter Gallen, 5.803, 239.74 def. Greg Jacobsmeyer, 6.084, 231.87; Mike Smith, 5.831, 250.51 def. Bruce Litton, 5.924, 245.27; John Hale, 5.800, 250.41 def. Tim Boychuk, 11.075, 76.21; Mike McIntire Jr., 5.849, 238.26 def. Mark Sanders, 5.857, 244.60

Semis: Gallen, 5.790, 245.18 def. Smith, 5.845, 243.90; Hale, 6.515, 191.27 def. McIntire, 6.850, 177.23

Final: Hale, 6.319, 237.05 def. Gallen, 10.817, 84.95

MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK

John Konigshofer joined Hale in a surprise trip to the winner's circle on Saturday when the Otterville, Ontario, native took the Ironman in Pro Stock. Another driver not seeing the results he had hoped for, Konigshofer put together three solid runs after qualifying next-to-last on Saturday, eliminating the first, second and third place drivers in points to take the win.

"This is very exciting for us. We were definitely the underdogs coming in here, all of the GMs are running really strong right now and we simply did what we could and came away with the win," Konigshofer said.