For the last three years, Allen Johnson has been stellar in the Pro Stock Class at the NHRA Mopar Mile-High Nationals.

Sunday was no different.

Johnson won his second title in three years at Bandimere, beating Jason Line in the finals with a holeshot.

Johnson ran a 7.004-second time, compared to Line's 7.001-second
effort. Johnson won by virtue of his 0.29 reaction time, while Line had
a 0.50 reaction time.

Dan Fletcher and Justin Lamb took the class to school during the NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Co.

Fletcher, from Churchville, N.Y., took home his 61st NHRA Wally when he
defeated Doug Young in the Stock final round. ‘Fletch’ nailed the tree
at the start, posting a stellar 0.008 reaction time to Young‘s 0.080
reaction. Both cars broke out and Fletchers -0.033-second infraction
was the lesser of the two evils.

Fletcher, a professional sportsman drag racer, sponsored this season by
K & N Filters, revels in the opportunity to put his AA/SA 1969
Chevrolet Camaro in the winner’s circle for his new backers.

Home field advantage is often crucial in sports. The
advantage Super Comp racer Ray Groves and Super Gas competitor Dennis
Hay held this weekend at the NHRA Mopar Mile-High Nationals at
Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Co., was good enough to propel both
drivers to their first NHRA National Event wins.

Groves, from Evans, Colo., drove his old school 1993 Jerry Fritz
hard-tail chassis dragster past former Super Comp world champion Gary
Stinnett in the final round. Stinnett held a slight starting-line
advantage but Groves’ compensated by running closer to the Super Comp
index. His 9.507-second elapsed time was good enough to hold off the
hard charging Stinnett.

Ron Capps raced to his fifth Funny Car victory of the season Sunday at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway.

Capps beat Ashley Force Hood in the final round for his 30th career
victory and first at the Denver dragstrip. With the win, Capps moved
into a first place tie with Force Hood in the Funny Car point standings.

 “I could hear her car over there,” said Capps, who powered his NAPA
Dodge Charger to a 4.187 second run at 297.22 mph to hold off Force
Hood’s Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, which finished in 4.231 at 296.96.
“Fortunately, out car got through the early part of the track and
pulled away. I talked to ‘Ace’ (crew chief Ed McCulloch) during the
off-week and he said, ‘We’re going to get the points lead back.’ I’ve
never heard him talk like that before.”

Point standings (top 10) for NHRA professional categories following the
30th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway, the
13th of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

Final round-by-round results from the 30th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA
Nationals at Bandimere Speedway, the 13th of 24 events in the NHRA Full
Throttle Drag Racing Series:

Sunday's final results from the 30th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA
Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. The race is the 13th of 24 in the NHRA
Full Throttle Drag Racing Series:

This season hasn't been what Robert Hight expected.

Hight the driver of the Auto Club Ford Mustang for John Force Racing,
finds himself in 12th place in the Top Fuel Funny Car points standings
after 12 of 24 races.

Hight will try and change his fortunes today during eliminations at the
Mile-High Nationals. He knows that will not be easy though.

“What’s tough about this place (Bandimere) is getting the power right and then hitting the clutch right,” Hight explained.

The fields in all four sportsman divisions competing this weekend at the 30th Annual

Tony Deluzio burns out prior to his dead-on 10.500-second ET to capture the number one spot in Super Gas

Mopar Mile-High Nationals in Morrison, Co., are down to a 16-car ladder, as eliminations began Saturday afternoon.

The biggest surprise of the day occurred in the first round of Super
Stock, as number one qualifier, Larry Schmidt, driving his SS/PA 1955
Chevrolet rolled through the staging beams and triggered the red-light.

When Lane Weber from Dacono, Colo. pulls into the burnout box with his V/Stock Automatic 1978 Buick Skylark

Dale Carlson Photo

most people in the stands giggle. The competition in the other lane knows better.

Weber is a good drag racer, capable of winning astride a bicycle.

Weber began his drag racing career in 1985 driving a car he received as
a high school graduation present from a very close family friend, Sandi
Carr. His car uses the original 231 cubic-inch engine while he competes
in one of the slowest indexed classifications within Stock eliminator.