Dustin Lee

It was Lee’s turn for the bye to the final, while Markham beat Otts in a close race. Spooky’s .025 to .068 advantage at the tree was the decider in the final as Lee broke out making up the difference, giving Markham the win just before midnight and Lee the $700 runner-up check.

Spooky and the Markham family were obviously thrilled with the $5000 win, but there was more work to be done on Sunday—and complete the job they did. Markham won Sunday’s MPS Pro ET final as well, beating Wells and his classic Ray Skillman-sponsored Top Gas TL1000 in the final this time around. Wells took the tree with a Pro-Stock-sharp .009 but Spooky made it up by running only .004 over his dial-in.

Markham’s a loyal NHDRO regular and is racing somewhere every weekend. But Saturday’s Big Money Kevin Dennis Insurance Street ET winner was a bit of a wild card, and the runner-up even wilder.