For the first time in ten years, Jim Dunn enters a NHRA Full Throttle national event as the defending champion.
Last season, he and his driver at the time, Tony Bartone, stopped Ron
Capps in the Funny Car final round of the NHRA Northwest Nationals in
Seattle.
This year Bartone has returned to his former stomping grounds of Top
Alcohol Funny Car and been replaced with storied veteran Jerry Toliver.
"Getting Tony's first win wasn't as good as me getting one," quipped
Dunn. "No, that was cool to get Tony his first win; I was glad to get
one for him. He had worked hard for it. If you're right, you're right,
and on that day we were right."