Dantoni later said he was going after a 4.20 in the final, but the car slipped a little going into second gear. He also confirmed his car is now for sale since he's moving to Pro Mod full-time next season.

In Comp Cams/TCI Engineering Pro Street action, Dan Parker qualified Pat Musi's '69 Camaro on top at 6.715 seconds and looked destined to pick up the win, but in the end it was the boss who went to victory lane. Parker had a bye in round one, then beat Tony

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Gentile in round two to set up the final against Musi, who had trailered Darrell Thomas before making his own bye run in the semis.

However, the fuel pump had broken in Musi's '99 Firebird, so they swapped the engine in from Parker's ride and Musi made an anti-climactic solo pass after the nitrous system wasn't hooked up correctly after the change. "Not the finish we were looking for," Musi said.

Also winning at Columbus were Rob Golobo (Nostalgia Pro Street), Jim Pancake (Pro Nostalgia), Greg Blevins (Super Street), Jim Robbins (Super Modified), Phil Hines (Limited Street), Rick Moroso (Hot Street), Jamie Stanton (Real Street), Dan Forcucci (Drag Radial), Mike Dechicco (Nostalgia Super Stock), Steve Gerrard (American Muscle), and Todd Merkel (EFI).

TOP PERFORMERS

Rick Moroso, from Guilford, CT, came from the number-three qualifying spot in his '61 'Vette to win over Rockin' Al Miller, who redlighted his '85 Corvette in the Competition Engineering Hot Street final.

At each NMCA race, Nitrous Express rewards the top qualifier running its equipment in NX Nostalgia Pro Street with a trophy filled with 200 gold dollar coins. Mike Foulk earned his second straight "Pot of Gold" with a 7.698-secs pass at 173.16 mph that put him fifth on the ladder in his '69 Ford Torino.