The special events portion of the drag race consisted of the VMP Superchargers Terminator vs. GT500 Shootout and the JPC Racing Turbo Coyote Shootout. In the battle of the siblings, Shane Halleman ran deadly consistent low eight-second runs and even dropped into the sevens for the first time in his career, to take the win over Wajdy Khalil-8.14 at 173 mph to a 10.43 at 112 mph.


Justin Burcham (shown) dominated the Turbo Coyote Shootout from start to finish with a 7.78 at 185 mph finale while Brent Roberson was the runner-up with his best run of the weekend, 8.39 at 167 mph. Both Halleman and Burcham won their respective shootouts earlier this year during the Spring Break Shootout.

Mat Brunette of Billet Pro Shop topped the McLeod Racing Stick Shift Shootout with an impressive 8.85 at 160 mph in his grudge race against Jim LaRocca, who spun out of the gate with his 2007 Shelby GT500.

HP Tuners True Street was a slugfest between two New Jersey heavyweights in the street car business. Anthony Leone won out with his turbocharged GT as he claimed the overall win thanks to an 8.61 average that came by way of an 8.54, 8.55, and an 8.75. That narrowly beat Mike Jovanis, who won the Florida True Street challenge earlier this year, and he posted an 8.64 average. He cracked off an 8.31 right out of the gate but spun hard and ran just 9.11 in his second run, only to come back and redeem himself with an 8.51 performance. Rick Kaknes took the overall win in the SVT division of HP Tuners True Street with a 10.40 average.

The Bracket Racing segment of Sunday's eliminations is unique in that there are four segments that run separately until each is down to 16 cars between a pair of categories. The race officials combine Top ET and Mod ET to run out the remainder of the competitors while Street ET is linked up with Stick ET. David Gates secured the Street ET/Stick ET big money with his high nine-second ride while Brian McLaughlin stood on top of the Top ET/Mod ET bracket.