Crew chiefs Steve Boggs and Ron Swearingen talk strategy.

Afterwards Bartone was ecstatic, not only about the win but about how the car ran and the team worked. 

“I can’t believe it -- we ran this car all weekend and never once took the heads off of it. That’s unheard of! This team worked their (behinds) off all weekend, and Steve Boggs is the master, he is simply the best there is.”

It can’t be argued that Boggs is gifted as a crew chief. He can run an Alcohol Funny Car one weekend and win, then bring out a nostalgia Top Fuel dragster and win with it. 

“There are three types of people in the world; those who make things happen; those who watch what happens; and those who wonder what the (heck) just happened.  We (Bartone Bros Racing) are those who make things happen,” Bartone concluded as he left the track.

It was another great Pepsi Nightfire Nationals, a great crowd all weekend long and great racing in abundance.

Nevertheless, one has to wonder about the shortage of professional cars attending, and what could be done to remedy that situation.

The New Crew has not been running a drag strip for over forty years for nothing; they are fully capable with finding a solution to that anomaly and something tells me that the 44th Annual Nightfire Nationals will be another spectacular event.

The shortage of professional cars is one of those bumps in the road that keep life from getting boring.