Tommy Grimes celebrates Las Vegas win and Championship

Grimes was in a battle with Damian Cownden with the two separated by just 51 points heading into the final event of the 2014 season. Grimes, Pfafftown, N.C., had collected five wins so far where Cownden, Victoria, B.C., had three. Cownden took the top spot in qualifying and Grimes sat in the third spot which put the two on opposite sides of the ladder for Sunday's eliminations.

Both worked their way through rounds one and two with Grimes clocking in at 6.315 seconds at 220.73 mph in the final to take the win and put an exclamation point on his championship. Cownden suffered problems in the final and slowed to a 10.676, 80.74.

In addition to Las Vegas, Grimes scored wins at Virginia Motorsports Park near Richmond, Va., Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn., National Trail Raceway near Columbus, Ohio, and Mission Raceway Park, Mission, B.C.

Johnny Vickers celebrates Championship

Vickers locked up his NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series Pro Fuel Championship at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Sept., with a final round showing, and then closed out the season this weekend with the win over second place finisher Bill Bentz.

Vickers, Millers Creek, N.C., won five of his seven scored events including Baytown, Texas, Richmond, Va., Columbus, Ohio, and at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Md.

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