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The top fuel final pitted the two quickest dragsters on the property against each other as Harris locked horns with Visalia’s Brad Thompson who was having his best weekend ever at a Goodguys race. At the green, Thompson appeared to have a sizeable advantage but the car lost traction and skated back and forth allowing Harris to slip by for the winning time of 5.85. After the finish line things got really exciting for Thompson when his parachute failed to deploy sending him into the sand trap at over 100mph. His bright orange dragster barrel rolled several times but he escaped uninjured.
In Nostalgia Funny Car competition, Orange, California’s Kris Krabill (right), a fresh faced 30-year-old rookie to the Goodguys circuit got his first-ever event win driving Gary Turner’s 1979 Plymouth Arrow, named the “Pedaler” after Turner’s former GT Bicycles empire. Krabill, under the guidance of veteran crew chief Donnie Couch battled Arizona’s Mike Savage in the trophy dash taking the win in 6.074 seconds. His top speed was 229.78mph.
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In other action it was Burlingame, Kansas racer Scott Parks taking the Junior Fuel division win over Chico’s JD Zink while John Rasmussen defeated Bud Hammer in the Junior Fuel B final. Both Parks and Rasmussen are defending series champions who look poised to repeat those championship efforts this season.