This was Enders-Stevens' 14th Pro Stock victory, although she quickly deflected any praise to team owner Richard Freeman of Elite Motorsports and crew chiefs Rick and Rickie Jones.

"I say it every time anyone asks and I'll say it again, I have the best team in drag racing," Enders-Stevens said. "What we've been able to accomplish in the last year and half is nothing short of amazing. I always dreamt of winning here when I used to run my Jr. Dragster here with my dad and sister, and when I dreamed about winning, I would dream about being with a team just like this ... the very best.

"I credit Richard for putting together an awesome group and constantly motivating them to push themselves every race. This is my dream and it continued today."

By the numbers, Enders-Stevens beat Johnson with a 6.562, ran a better 6.553 against a red-lighting Nobile, took out Gray with a 6.570, and dispatched McGaha with a 6.571. Her average reaction time was a stellar .017-second.

Chris McGaha met Greg Anderson in the semifinal.  (Joe McHugh photo)

Odessa, Texas, native Chris McGaha raced to the first Pro Stock final round of his career with a well-tuned machine and some of the best reaction times he's clocked all season long.
 
The Harlow Samons team qualified in the No. 7 position – not their highest position this year but still a respectable start, and one that came with lane choice in the first round of eliminations. In the other lane for that first-round match was another former Competition Eliminator competitor, Richard Freeman. McGaha was first off the starting line and first to the finish with a 6.564, 210.90 to his opponent's 6.630, 208.68.
 
Next in his line of fire was Shane Gray, the No. 2 qualifier. McGaha was on his game, launching off the starting line with a crisp .019-second reaction time and flying to a 6.575 at 210.28 that shut out his challenger's quicker 6.567, 209.75 on a holeshot that catapulted the Harlow Sammons Racing Silver Bullet Chevrolet Camaro to its third semifinal round of the season.
 
There stood Greg Anderson, a quick leaver by nature and a four-time Pro Stock world champ with 75 national event wins. As expected, Anderson clocked in with a fast .010 reaction time, but McGaha was already gone with a blistering .002 that allowed him to stay ahead the entire way down the track, finally sealing the deal with a 6.575, 210.28 to shut down a 6.567, 209.75. Although he most certainly had victory on his mind heading into that round, McGaha in no way imagined it happening in that manner.