PRO STOCK

In Pro Stock, Jason Line powered his Summit Racing Equipment Chevy Camaro to his sixth victory of the season and 43rd of his career by outlasting teammate Greg Anderson in the final round. Line sprinted to a 6.668 at 207.59 to better Anderson’s 6.694 at 207.62 in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevy Camaro. Line, who won this event in 2006, was the No. 1 qualifier. This was his 10th final round appearance of the year and the victory extends his points lead.

“It’s been amazing,” said Line, who has raced to every final round this season except one. “I am so thrilled to be up here, you just can’t imagine. I am living my dream. The fact that I am getting to do this and have been so successful this year is awesome.”

Line won on a single in the first round when Dave River’s car had a mechanical problem and he couldn’t make the call, had a bye in the second round and sprinted past 2014 top rookie Drew Skillman in semi-finals to meet Anderson in the final.

Anderson, a five-time 2016 winner who sits second in the points standings, outlasted John Gaydosh Jr., Shane Gray and five-time world champ Jeg Coughlin in the earlier rounds.

Coughlin’s 6.746/204.63 defeated Allen Johnson’s 6.971/167.32.

Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., winner of 58 races in his career, raced to his first semifinal finish of 2016, beating Bo Butner and Allen Johnson at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on Sunday.

It was the 108th semifinal finish of Coughlin's career but the first this season with his new Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart.

"The ultimate goal is to advance through four rounds and win the race," Coughlin said. “As our fans, friends and family know, it's been an infancy year for us, even when you look at the talent around this team. It's caught us all off guard, quite frankly, but we are where we're at."

Coughlin's race came to an end against No. 2 qualifier Greg Anderson.

"I felt we'd have a real tall order against Greg and Jason (Line) and Bo from a performance standpoint," Coughlin said. "We got just a little jump off the line. As it turned out, we got into some tire shake. I saw Drew Skillman right in front of us get all kinds of crazy and about went across the centerline at the 60-foot clock.
 
"That's when you dig deep and have faith in your car. We rolled out a little farther than he didn't and then it started shaking. It was going nice and straight through the shake, and I was trying to get it in the next gear, the next gear, the next gear because you never know what's happening in the lane over there. I saw Greg motoring by, and that was all she wrote."