Diablo Sport EFI Renegade was one of the most hotly contested classes coming into Bowling Green, with four racers having a shot a the championship. At the end of qualifying, Larry Hourcle had the number one spot with the quickest pass in Renegade history – an 8.32 – which was part of what he needed to be able to win the championship.

In eliminations, the championship race was further shaken up when Dan Rawls, who sat number one in points coming into the race, lost to Alton Clements in the second round, opening up the door for Clements to take the title. The semifinals gave Clements a bye to the final, while Hourcle redlit against Bob Cook, ending his bid for the ring.

In the Cook-Clements final, Clements ran hard to the stripe, taking the win light and the 2009 Championship.

The BFGoodrich Tires Drag Radial class saw the quickest side-by-side drag race ever as Sean Lyon and Enzo Pecchini both lit the boards with seven-second elapsed times; 7.95 to 7.99, giving Lyon the number-one spot going into eliminations.

However, the championship battle came to a head in the second round where Jason Lee defeated Pecchini to lock up the points battle en route to the final round where he faced Lyon. The final round was an exciting one as the pair’s ETs were only separated by .001 second at the stripe, 7.973 to 7.972, giving Lyon his first win of the season against the newly crowned class champion.