Perfection.

It is not very often a driver can use that word to describe a race win, but it is the only word to describe Bo Butner’s win Sunday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

With his KB Racing teammate, Greg Anderson, the class of the field throughout the weekend, Butner swung for the fences and hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning, recording a perfect triple-zero reaction time and besting his teammate by one thousandth of a second in the finals at Summit Motorsports Park.

Butner left first, and recorded a 6.601-second pass at 210.59 mph to collect a hole shot win over Anderson’s quicker and faster 6.581 at 210.87 mph.

“We made four pretty consistent runs and we were good when we needed to be,” said Butner, who collected his third win of the season on Sunday. “That is my first trip zip light in the final in any class to win, so that is pretty cool. We have a good car and a good combination. We try a lot of different stuff in all three cars. There were eight cars this week that could have won coming in here today.

“It just has to go your way. You have to be good when you need it, you have to get lucky when you need to. We look back at the runs Friday, Saturday and today and he just had a faster car. He was making better runs, and the only shot you have is to leave first. I am not known for that yet, but I am working on it.”

Butner’s perfect light was the fourth of the weekend in the pro categories, an NHRA record. It was also the second week in a row a Pro Stock driver has recorded a .000 reaction time, with Alex Laughlin doing the same, ironically, against Butner one week ago.

On Sunday, Butner had wins over John Gaydosh, Vincent Nobile and Val Smeland to reach his 11th career final round and his first at Norwalk. Anderson had wins over Jason Line, Allen Johnson and Mark Hogan.

After crossing the stripe and pulling off the upset victory, Anderson went over to Butner and had a few laughs with the current points leader.

“He said something about picking his pocket,” Butner said. “They are a good group of guys and they love to win. We can’t do it without them.”

And, more recently, Butner actually couldn’t do it without the help of Line and Anderson, just not the Line and Anderson behind the wheel.

“Jack Line, Jason’s son, has been to all of my races I have won and all but one final this year,” Butner said. “I lost a crew member today and I didn’t have a backhalf guy, so I also recruited Greg Anderson’s son Cody. So I’ve got both of my teammate’s sons, and they are really working on the car between rounds. They helped me out and it worked great. I don’t know how I can keep them, maybe homeschool?”

With the win, Butner extended his points lead to 126 points over Anderson.

He also got to take home a coveted ice cream scoop trophy, awarded special to the winner’s at the Norwalk, Ohio-based track, something that his fiance, racer Randi Lyn Shipp, already has in her collection.

“I had to wake up this morning to be reminded that she has an ice cream scoop and I don’t. Now I can say shut up, what’s next,” Butner said with a laugh. “She’s a great support to me. It takes so many people to do this sport. It is tough, but I have a great group behind me.”