Compton beat Lelsz and Houck to meet Jones in the final. Compton has been cutting some pretty super lights recently and this was another one decided at the tree. Compton was the winner.

In the BFGoodrich Tire Drag Radial class, there is one name that stands out from all the others, and that of course is Dwayne "Big Daddy" Gutridge. As usual, Big qualified No. 1 with an 8.303/175.68, a new mph record if he could back it up. In the finals it was Big over Manny Alvarez. Looks like Big Daddy intends to bust his own records at every event. Imagine, 8.2's on a DOT tire.

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In the ProCharger Street Renegade class, the first four qualifiers were all under the e.t. record of 8.970 and, other than Manny Geno, were all above the speed record (153.75) too. On the pole was DJ Loiacano with an 8.454 at 175.52. In second spot was Ronnie Wilson at 8.580/162.16, followed by Joe Robinson (8.685/163.69) and Manny Geno (8.892/125.56). In eliminations, with records falling in almost every round, it was DJ (8.587/169.23) over Geno for the win.
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