PRO BOOST

Veteran Pro Mod racer Alan Pittman visited Maple Grove's victory lane as a driver for the first time in three years, but he got off that "Schneid" and steered the roots-blown '69 Camaro owned by Terry and Terri Green to the Precision Turbo Pro Boost title.

Pittman, who builds race cars when he isn't racing, qualified eighth in the 16-car field with a 3.88 pass down the eighth mile at just 189.08 mph. Number one qualifier was Todd Moyer in his twin-turbocharged 2014 Camaro with a 3.83/215.10 lap

Regardless, it was Pittman who reached the final round against number-three starter Jim Bell by beating Jason Hamstra in round 1. Then Jeremy Ray went red in round two, and Pittman got past a traction-challenged Eddie Rogers in the semis.

"That one round I went up there knowing the transmission was broke, but I went ahead and staged just in case he redlit and when the tree came down I went red, but he did too, but even worse," Pittman explained of his advancement past Ray. "That was our lucky break."

Bell, meanwhile, beat Tylor Miller and Brian Hicks before winning with a holeshot over teammate Kevin Fiscus in the semifinals.

Unfortunately, Bell timed out at the tree in the final round, automatically handing the win to Pittman, who ran 3.87 at 190.68 to cap off his weekend.

With the win, Pittman moved up from 13th to sixth in Pro Boost points. Fiscus took over the points lead from Kevin Rivenbark, who debuted a brand-new Jerry Bickel-built 2015 Corvette at the Summer Drags, where he qualified 11th but lost a close race to a holeshot by Hicks in the opening round.

PRO EXTREME MOTORCYCLE

In Pro Extreme Motorcycle it was a repeat of the previous event four weeks earlier in St. Louis, as Chris Garner-Jones rode his 2014 Suzuki to the number-one starting position, then defeated defending class champion Eric McKinney (who had won each of the first three PDRA races this season) for the race win.

After three rounds of qualifying Garner-Jones led the slim five-bike field with a 4.04-second ride at 174.28 mph with McKinney just four-thousandths of a second behind at 177.03 mph and Terry Schweigert third at 4.11 and 169.94 mph.

In eliminations Garner-Jones opened with a 4.07 bye run, then defeated Schweigert with a 4.05 before turning things up for the final with a 4.02 at 174.15 to overcome a .012 holeshot leading to a 4.06 pass at 175.99 by McKinney.

"I wasn't aware of where he was; all I know is he wasn't in front of me. You know, (McKinney) is a great racer. I look up to the man, I really do," Garner-Jones said in victory lane. "He's been doing this a lot longer than me and he's won a lot of races, so I'm going to take advantage of any chance I get and when we race it's really going to be a race."

Leaving the track, McKinney retained a strong lead in points over teammate Ashley Owens in second place, but Garner-Jones climbed one position over Schweigert to third overall with five races remaining in the 10-event season.