This is Kurt's 69th final round appearance, his first here since 2005. He and Dave are even in their final round matchups, with each having won twice. Counting all rounds, Connolly holds the advantage at 11-9.

I'm sure the rest of the class realizes how long it took Connolly to come back up to speed and go to a final - one whole race.

It's a fitting end to Strangeville in Pro Stock. The quickest draw in the west took a very long time to react; so badly I'd bet on a mechanical problem.

Kurt takes the easy win by over 30 feet.

Like I said, amazing.

We're hearing from the top end that the Charter team had installed a new clutch for the finals, and that it was dragging as Dave was bumping in. Connolly had to take exceptional measures to keep the car from rolling through the beams and thus the reaction time was shot.

Kurt Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.010 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.279/166.35mph, 1,000ft-5.555Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-1.024 sec., 330ft-2.808, 660ft-4.294/165.94mph, 1,000ft-5.573