“It goes to show you that you have to keep chipping away and find what is wrong. I told everyone when you see us again we won’t be in the bottom half of the field anymore,” Goforth said. “Chris Bell just would not let me give up and it has paid off yet again.”

Goforth (Holdenville, Okla.) ran a solid 6.334 elapsed time at 219.61 mph to pick up his second career victory, getting around Bertsch’s (Willis, Mich.) 6.343 at 219.61 as Bertsch fell just short in his second consecutive Elite Motorsports Pro Stock final.

“I think it felt better than it would had we not had any bad luck. It was just as sweet as the first one, I just didn’t cry this time,” Goforth said. “We are happy and it means just as much to us, maybe more with the trouble we have had.”

Goforth blasted through the field on Sunday with victories over Bertsch, John Montecalvo, John Pluchino and Lester Cooper to pick up the win. Bertsch also made his share of noise on Sunday with a pair of upset victories to severely shake up the Pro Stock point standing with one race remaining.

“We shot ourselves in the foot for a championship, but we didn’t give up. Dad got us all together and told us how proud he was of everyone and he got chocked up a little and he doesn’t show emotion,” Goforth said. “This has been one hell of a year for us and I hope we can keep it going.”