Scott Hintz qualified at the top of the Pro Stock field.

The Bridgeport, West Virginia, native drove the AMSOIL-sponsored Black Diamond Motorsports 2014 Chevrolet Camaro to the winner's circle in dramatic fashion. Going up against top qualifier Scott Hintz in the final, Bealko got the jump on the line with a .039 reaction time to a .085 and used that narrow margin to edge his opponent with a 6.289-second pass at 222.13 mph. Hintz ran a 6.280 at 223.60 in the runner-up effort.

In the winners’ circle Bealko said, "This means a heck of a lot to me. I have never been able to win a Pro Stock race in all these years of trying and to do it here today in this division, with these great racers, on the quarter-mile and right here in Michigan where John (DeFlorian) got his first win a few years back, is just tremendous," Bealko said. "The whole gang has done a wonderful job for us, we are fortunate to have them. I just strap in and drive this thing; they deserve all the credit here."

Bealko added wins over Pete Berner and Cary Goforth on his way to the victory.

Fuel Altered qualifying and eliminations

IHRA Fuel Altered regular Ron Maroney was Saturday's big winner as the driver of the "Blind Faith" Nitro Altered. Maroney collected his third win of the 2014 IHRA series and, more importantly, became the second racer in IHRA’s Pro categories to lock up a Championship before the last race of the 2014 season is completed.

Maroney’s old school altered was quickest in class for most of the weekend and entered the finals as the fast car from round one. In the final, Maroney drew Kyle Hough and dominated from starting line to finish line with a 6.382-second pass at 217.95 mph. Hough had a 6.899 at 162.48 as he just missed collecting his first win of the season.