In his first national event entry, the Aussie mentioned that "the crowd was right behind us; everybody was into this with us today." The low buck owner-driver added, "My wife put the new supercharger on her credit card, but we didn't hurt a part all weekend." The team will run some match races in a few weeks and may make the fall Las Vegas race if the funds are available.

Whit seems to attract fans that love him or love to hate him and one Denver fan's vinyl comment said it all for some of them.

The disappointed Bazemore added, "It's extremely disappointing when you qualify No. 1 by almost a full tenth and you lose in the first round to a new driver who has hardly ever even been down the race track."

The Funny Car final came down to two Chevy Monte Carlos: Cruz Pedregon and Phil Burkart, driving the Worsham and Fink car, looking for his second win of the season. Burkhart (shown) left on a tire-smoking Pedregon, grabbing his third career Wally driving the CSK-sponsored Chevrolet to a 5.338/289.69 win.

Once again Bob Glidden seems to be making his mark on Pro Stock. His tuning on Larry Morgan's Dodge has really made a difference this season getting the Stratus R/T to another final round here at Denver. Morgan defeated both Warren and Kurt Johnson, but unfortunately in the final met the brand new Summit-backed Pontiac Grand Am of Greg Anderson (below) in a tight finish with Morgan's 7.199 losing to Anderson's 7.194.

Back in his pit, a smiling Morgan was philosophical after the final round loss, saying, "Someone's got to lose, but I'm not happy about it. I wish we would have won. Coming here to Mopar's race and being in the final, that's a good thing; we are a lot closer than the other guys out here."

Asked if it was now easier since he's no longer an owner, but a part of Schumacher Racing, the Newark, Ohio veteran said, "I like it, it's not over -- he (Don Schumacher) hasn't paid me a damn dime yet. You never know, it may be me and Bob racing out here next year; if it was up to me that's all it would be. Bob works his butt off and he deserves to have it."