In the semi’s Brown gave the North’s Gentile all he could handle, just losing with a slower 4.43 to Gentile’s 4.41. In the most anticipated match of the weekend it was a rematch of last year's final as Tutterow was set to face off against Dantoni. Team North was throwing everything at the car as Musi was loading a program into the EFI system appropriately named “737_BigDog_Tutterow” custom-made just for this match.

In the minutes before the finals, Bob “Big Daddy” Harris interviewed Pat Musi on the starting line and said “Win, lose or draw, y’all have been gentlemen and we’ve had fun.” Musi replied, “I’ll tell you anyone that says street car racing is dead needs to be here tonight” to the cheers of the capacity crowd.

As team North was servicing Dantoni's '69 Camaro they found a nitrous problem that had been plaguing them all weekend. Since there was so little time to change anything else, they fixed it and went with what they had. The race was anti-climatic as Dantoni’s car with all the power now on tap shook the tires hard and watched Tutterow drive away with yet another bracket-like 4.19.

The crowd burst into a huge cheer as it now looked like the South was solidly in a position to reclaim their lost Big Dog title. Tutterow said “I owed him from last year” as he was busy preparing for the final round

In the finals, despite Gentile's much quicker .025 to .114 light, Tutterow ran off yet another bracket-like 4.19 to take the win over Gentile's 4.46. The crowd went absolutely crazy as their man had now brought back the respect lost in last year's race. The “Big Dog” was now safely home.

When Harris told Tutterow “You’re the man,” Tutterow replied “in the south that’s what we call Getter Done” (and the crowd went crazy). Harris then said he’d never pulled for a Ford in his life but tonight he pulled harder then ever before. Tutterow then asked him, “So do you like Todd Tutterow now?” Harris’s reply: “I love Todd Tutterow” and he kissed him too!

With the score tied 1 to 1, and the Big Dog resting back home south of the Mason-Dixon line, it’s going to be interesting to see who will win round three of this incredible race!