Kris Krabill scored his second straight Funny Car crown at the 38th Annual Pepsi Nightfire Nationals at Firebird Raceway. Driving Gary Turner’s Pedaler Arrow, Krabill nailed a 5.95-241.48 to defeat Bucky Austin who finished at 6.16-217.18 to win the 16-car Hot Rod Heritage Series stop. During qualifying, Garrett Bateman established a new track record 5.85 (to lead all qualifiers) and Steve Macklyn set the speed mark at 242.13.

In the AA/Fuel Dragster final, Rick White saved his best for last, ripping off a 5.70-254.45 for low e.t. and top speed of the meet. He beat the defending Nightfire winner Jim Murphy who slowed to a 6.74-144.43.

Dennis Radford swept the Pro Modified class. Driving his `70 Duster, Radford pedaled to a winning 7.07-190.59 to stop Billy Harper. Earlier in the event Radford set low e.t. at 6.19 and a new track speed record of 231.24.

The National Dragster Challenge 4-Night Bracketeer Point’s Champions included: Bracketeer Champ-Michael Zimmerman, Pro-Troy Pecht, Heavy-Dave Wilson, and Pro Snow/Bike-Rich Pedraza.

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