In the first round of eliminations, the Harlow Sammons Chevy Camaro put a brilliant 6.678-second pass at 207.24 mph on the scoreboard, and it held as low elapsed time of eliminations. Kenny Delco was sent home on a 6.750, 204.51. For round two, McGaha was again the quickest of the round in his defeat of Vincent Nobile. McGaha's 6.697, 206.73 snuffed out Nobile's 6.731, 206.29.

The semifinal round pitted McGaha against Jonathan Gray, who is notorious for leaving his opponents on the starting line. This time, however, the young gun left .020-second too quick and turned on the red light. His foul start sent McGaha ahead to the final round on a 6.731, 205.82.

The final with Enders was actually a rematch of the Houston final in which the outcome was the same.

"I'm going to beat her," said McGaha. "One of these days, I'm gonna get it done. But we aren't disappointed at all, absolutely not. We're more motivated than ever, and it feels so good to know that I got back to a final round. I got one chance in Houston, and I got a second chance here – so we know how to get there now, and we're going to keep trying to get there each time. Eventually, one of these will come our way."

For the last two weekends, Greg Anderson has been on quite a tear. The driver of the red Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro has been the last man standing on Sunday as he hoisted the trophy in both Englishtown and Epping. At Bristol he qualified in the No. 2 position and met V Gaines in the first round. Unexpectedly, Gaines got the holeshot win (.007 to .069) with a 6.713, 206.01 and knocked Anderson (6.707, 207.24) out of the Bristol competition.