Thanks to a perfect light in the finals, rookie Dallas Glenn was celebrating a Pro Stock win Sunday in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.

Glenn, with a 0.000 at the tree edged Kyle Koretsky in the finals at the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor in Topeka, Kan., Sunday.

Glenn clocked a 6.681-second elapsed time at 205.01 mph to defeat Koretsky’s 6.651-second lap at 206.13 mph at Heartland Motorsports Park.

“I feel like I just raced teammates all day with the exception of Troy,” said Glenn, who drives for KB Racing. “When you have that many cars out there it's just kind of hard to avoid them. The car was excellent all day. It was awesome. It wasn't two of the greatest runs in the semis and the final. But as long as it's good enough to get the win that's all that matters. I felt like I did my job really well and the car’s just working really good right now. I'm really excited for the countdown coming up here in Indy next, because we got a real fast car for it.”

This was Green’s 10th career Pro Stock race and second win. He also took home the title in Charlotte, N.C., May 16. Glenn, who drives a Camaro for KB Racing, entered the Topeka event fifth in the points and moved up to fourth, 256 points behind Greg Anderson.

Glenn, who was the runner-up in Sonoma, Calif., the last event on the circuit, defeated Deric Kramer, Matt Hartford, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Koretsky in the finals by approximately four feet.

“When we went into Q3 and stuck that other motor in and when I made the corner and they told me I went to No. 1 I'm like, ‘oh, we got a good one in it now.’ Went back and looked at the run and I saw that it really wasn't even that good of a run. So that got me really excited, Because I know that there's a lot left in it, and I'm going to come and surprise them. I think that's what we did. All the KB cars are running really, really good right now and I think it's a good time to really start getting your stride right when the Countdown comes along.”

Glenn was happy that his Camaro kept making strides in qualifying.

“We were looking at some of the numbers from Friday night and really nobody really ran that well,” Glenn said. “Kyle is, like Jason Line says, ‘He was the least worst,’ is what he said. That's what Jason would say. We kind of knew that it was going to dry out on Saturday a little bit as far as the humidity. So, we knew that as long as the track was there and stayed good, that we were all going to pick up. Definitely, this is one of the tightest fields we've had all year and it was just crazy racing all day.

“Friday, that was just there for some data so that we can figure out what to do on Saturday, because we knew it was going to be just drier. Normally when it's drier, we run better too.”

Glenn also was thrilled to talk about his season performance.

“It's hard to put into words,” Glenn said. “I got to experience it with Jason and KB for years, at least working on the crew. I'm still working the same as I did last year, but now I get to climb in, and it just wears you out. I'm more worn out now than when I was working on it. But this is like a dream come true. This season has taught me a lot. I've had a lot of highs and I've had some lows where I've been struggling, and we've gotten a little taste of everything this year.”

Not having lane choice in the finals is something Glenn thought might upend him.

“I know that he had lane choice, and I was going to the right lane,” Glenn said. “My car was not as happy over there. I knew, and it didn't make a very good run in the semis. I know that Kyle has been really good. He was 20-something on me when we had to run Q1. So, it's kind of been back and forth. I've had to race him like five times this year. I knew that he's got a really fast car, and he was going to be really on it, because I know how bad he really wants that No. 1. How bad he wants to win. So, I just kind of went in there and I rolled in a little bit quick, and it almost cost me, but I just tried to hit it as best I could. It was a little bit of a long tree which usually I hit him a little better.”

Glenn also took a moment to talk about the rivalry between KB Racing and Elite Motorsports.

“The competition for how different all the cars are and how different all the programs are, they run identical,” Glenn said. “The competition is just brutal. You can just miss one shift. Kyle won by one-thousandth. I don't know how much he won in the semis against Erica, but I know it was tight. You miss one shift and you're going home. So, it demands perfection and the competition right now, we had 19 or 20 cars here. The competition is just incredible right now.”