Pennsylvania native “Mountain Man” Mike Achenbach worked through numerous challenges to earn his first-ever Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous victory at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) P2 Contracting Northern Nationals presented by P2 Racing at Maple Grove Raceway. He won on a holeshot in the final round Saturday night, defeating Ed “Ironman” Burnley in a side-by-side 3.70-second race. 
 
The other professional class winners were Kevin Rivenbark in Penske/PRS Pro Boost presented by WS Construction, JR Carr in Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition, Wes Distefano in $hameless Racing Pro Outlaw 632, and Tim Essick in Drag 965 Pro Street. 
 
The Northern Nationals also included the PDRA’s full lineup of sportsman classes, where the winners were Steve Drongowski (MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by Tejas Borja), DJ Cox (Lucas Oil Elite Top Dragster), Nick Meloni (MagnaFuel Top Sportsman 32), and Stacy Hall (Lucas Oil Top Dragster 32). Joe Ithieu won in Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by COMP Cams, defeating Martin Flegal in the final round. 
 
In the Jr. Dragster classes, Zach Shirkey scored the Coolshirt Systems Pro Jr. Dragster victory by running 7.932 to Keaton Peterson’s 7.92, both on a 7.90 index. It was Shirkey’s holeshot advantage that secured the win. Donald O’Meara III earned his first win in Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster in a double red-light final round, with O’Meara going .005 red and running 8.992 on an 8.93 dial-in in his “Lucky Duck” ’21 Mike Bos dragster, while Zack Gale went .061 red and ran 9.132 on a 9.05 dial-in.