Story and photos courtesy PRO Edelbrock Series
10/22/04

After four days of on and off rain showers racers were finally able to complete the 3rd Annual Nitto Tire World Finals at Memphis Motorsports Park. An event which should have been completed on a Sunday, stretched until early afternoon Tuesday, as racers who remained in Memphis had to sit through two grueling days waiting for a chance to even get their cars out of the trailers to compete in the final event of the PRO Edelbrock Drag Racing Series.

All eliminators were completed early in the afternoon on Tuesday, with the exception of Denso Pro Street and Nitto Tire Super Street. Those finals were decided off the track as the finalists chose not to stick around to actually race on Tuesday. Under normal circumstances this would not be allowed, but special consideration was given in this instance since both classes were in the final when the rain halted action on Monday night.

In Pro Street, Brian Robbins was awarded the win and Tim O’Hare runner-up after the two of them made it through two earlier rounds. O’Hare had already gathered enough points to claim the season driving title, so the “loss” was of little consequence to the Ocean View, Del., driver.

In Super Street, Dan Millen was determined the winner in an agreement with his would-be opponent, Alan Dudley. As in Pro Street, both drivers had raced their way to the final, but due to the race delay, both needed to get back home to work and thus agreed to proclaim Millen the winner. Millen, by advancing to the final, had also earned enough points to clinch the championship over Dudley.